I have a question on how the video comes to the contrapositive of the answer choice.

"there are many records of major meteor impacts that do not seem to have been followed by mass extinction"

in the stimulus

becomes

""...then all major meteor impacts would be followed by mass extinction"

I understand we need

P ---> -CCL

or

CCL---->-p

And that this is to be P3. But how is all the contrapositive of many? Many could potentially be All. Shouldn't the right answer here be not many aka none, no, etc?

Hello fellow 7sagers!

I hope that studying and preparing applications is going well!

I was just wondering if I should write a "Why X?" essay to the law school I will be applying ED. I read on TLS (http://www.top-law-schools.com/writing-effective-why-x-addendum.html) that I run the risk of being redundant if I do write one, as my decision to apply ED essentially says more than my essay ever could. Should I go on ahead and write one anyway? I feel like I should just to be safe...Thanks!

Does anyone have a specific strategy for these? They seem to be cropping up more often, and I usually do it by gut instinct, which is fine with easy ones but hasn't worked as well for harder questions. I think this trips me up because I'm not sure what the LSAC wants here. I heard one explanation that you need to take all given premises from the stimulus and choose a conclusion that uses them all in some way... but should that the be goal if using all the given premises would make you construct a bad/illogical argument? I don't know if they want a solid, less flawed argument, or something that looks more like a typical question stem with issues, but that links all the ideas in a flawed support structure.

Help?

Hey guys.. It looks like the guys over at 180watch.com ran out of stock. Anyone know where else I can pick it up? I'd love to buy it!

It seems like the LSAT score is valid for 5 years after you take the test.

I'm planning on working for a couple years after I take the LSAT.

It is possible to apply then with the LSAT taken a couple years before right?

I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I just did preptest 64 & just realized my premium course only includes the video explanations up to 58 (except for games of course). Just curious how many of you high scorers out there upgraded your course, and if so was it worth the extra expense? Thanks in advance.

So just to give some background I started studying for the October LSAT end of June and was PT-ing around the early160's by the time I wrote the exam.

The thing is that I didn't do all the PT's from 30-75 as usually recommended since I was on a time crunch, so I skipped 51-61. But did the 30's, 40's, 60's and 70's.

Now I am studying for December and writing all the PT's that I missed. The bizarre thing is that in the 50's series so far I've been getting mid 150's! Should I be too concerned? Why has my score dropped so much for the older LSATS?

Thanks in advance!

So I've gotten through 17 PTs, and until the last couple of weeks my BR score has consistently been between 173-177, although it jumped around spastically within that range. A few weeks ago, that suddenly jumped to a consistent 178-179. Then, four tests ago, I FINALLY got a 180 and I've managed to do the same on each test since. I'm curious, for those who have a good number of PTs under their belts, did your BR scores follow a similar pattern? It was a little odd to me how they seemed to move in such discrete steps. And once you got to that point, did your actual scores level off as well, or did they continue to improve afterwards? I'm still not quite where I want to be and I'm hoping that my BR is indicating that I've mastered my fundamentals and may see a corresponding increase in my true score if I keep at it!

Hi 7sagers!

I've been working on keeping track of the amount of question types I keep getting incorrect. What I'm currently doing is writing everything out by hand with every test by creating a table. In this table I have 4 columns. The first column includes question types(each question type = one row) and the other 3 include tests (one test per column) I then go down each row and tally the amount of questions per question type I get wrong. After three tests I count how many MBT question types I got wrong, or how many Strengthen questions I got wrong. By visually seeing the last 3 tests tests and amount of incorrect question types, it gives me a better visualization on what I have to work on.

A major perk I learned for doing this is:

- it forces me to label all question stems during blind review (I double check them through 7sage grader if I'm having trouble)

I'm not scoring that high yet, and I can imagine this not really working on the high scorers (since you're probably only missing like 2 questions per section anyway). But for the newbies, like myself :) I've found it to be helpful and just wanted to share :)

If anybody has any recommendations or ideas let me know! I can always use some guidance.

LSAT Takers And Widow Makers,

90 days ago I was chilling in my dorm waiting to meet with a few of my residents and thought "you know what I am actually going to study for the LSAT". I took the 2007 test a few months prior scored it and got a whopping 147 and did nothing until July 20th.

I started by reading through the Logic Games Bible and LR Bible. I bounced back and fourth for about 2 weeks getting through 80ish% and then the most vital and important moment of my studying hit me. I googled one of the games to get some feedback and was brought to the voice of J.Y. Ping telling me how to do the game and EVERY OTHER SINGLE GAME EVER FOR FREE. I said to myself "I like this guy I am going to buy his coarse" and so I did. For the weeks following I started blowing through. I averaged about 8-10 hours a day but I think I took breaks totaling at least 2 hours a day until school hit mid august then slowed my pace. During the coarse I took notes and watched videos twice if I had the slightest confusion. I do also want to say that every test I take I watch EVERY single J.Y. video explanation for every question. Then I go through it again but this time I pretend like I am making the video and speak out loud explaining why all the wrong answers are wrong and why the correct answer is.. you guessed it...correct.

In 73ish day's I have been able to raise my score 13 points as I scored a 160 on PT41 (my last PT I have taken). Here is the kicker though. I feel really fucking good about this test. When I blind review I miss 2-3 questions for the entire test. I have only taken I think 5 PT's so yeah I am quite happy with my progress. If I scored into the 170's on my next PT I honestly would not at all be surprised and I am not saying that to brag, I am saying that because I think it speaks for itself what this coarse has done for me.

One other thing though that is important. Friday and Saturday night want to know where I am? The library. The past 90 days I have watched the sun come up more than I have watched it set. I am in the worst physical shape of my life and my friends and family tell me to "just take the test to see how you do" which anyone who is studying for this test understand why this is so hurtful? Even when I meet other LSAT takers which is rare they didn't study and thus all have scores in the 150s so not even they can relate. I am keeping a journal so I am tossing the idea around about posting it but I am going to wait to make sure I hit my test day target of at least 176 before I go spouting any type of advice.

J.Y. Thank you for the help. I feel like we are best of friends and you don't even know it, I mean we hang out every weekend. bahahaha.

Best,

LSATKingsman

receive a news alert for the millionth tree being planted in NY, and the first thing you think is, "but no... deforestation to plant more trees can release more carbon dioxide in the short term..."

that would be my brain on LSAT crack

For many of us, this is a long process. It will most likely not be a steady incline toward your goal. With that being said, you will have your ups and your (many) downs, but keep a level head and keep plugging away.

It wasn't but 10 days ago I was feeling pretty hopeless after regressing about 10 points back to my diagnostic score. After taking a few days off and getting some much needed encouragement by lurking through the 7sage forums, I got back at it and not only did I get back to where I was, I actually surpassed my previous high score (+3) and met my goal score when I took PT72 today.

Y'all have helped me tremendously, so I just wanted to send some encouragement to anyone who may need it. Keep goin!

South Bay area people where do you take the test?

SCU used be excellent but lsac removed it as a test center this year.

Jfku Pleasant Hill had complaints related to overcrowding, exteme close seating this year.

Looking to register for december.

Sorry if this a redundant post, but do you guys warm up before you take a PT? I noticed awhile back that my second LR section was consistently better so I started to do some LR questions. Have you seen a benefit to warming up? If so, I am curious to how many questions you guys do before. Do you do a game and a RC passage before too?

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Hi All- I am wondering how to best drill to improve my score on various sections. I have a book I got from a friend that is the Manhattan LSAT 10 Real LSAT questions grouped by question type. I am currently focusing on questions that according to the LSAT analytics tool on 7Sage says are high priority. But I feel like I am spending too much time on each question type and do not feel like I am seeing a difference in my prep test scores. Any tips or advice on the best way to drill?

Hi everyone, I was just wondering is there a way to keep the original as well as the BR score for each test? Or should we just keep the original score on the 7Sage site? I just think it would be helpful to compare progress or lack of in both, especially in the early stages of PTing. Thank you in advance for your feedback.

I took the LSAT in Oct for the first time. I had been PTing 156-160 and BR in the 172-173 range. However, I don't think the actual test went well. I am signed up to retake in December. I would really like to get a 166 (that's what I need to get a scholarship).

Here is my study plan for each day:

LG foolproof method

2 new games per day (do each at least twice, watch video between attempts)

Repeat yesterday's new game at least once to cement inferences

At least 2 Reading passages

Drill LR in specific categories identified as weaknesses by analytics

PT on Saturday

BR on Sunday

(Will increase number of PTs per week as we get closer to December)

What changes would you make, if any, to this schedule, to get me ready for a 166 in December?

Clearly I'm having a hard time mapping out logic... Can someone please explain the correct answer? Also any tips on how to improve mapping out logic would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

I was about to start up studying again for the December LSAT and wanted to get through as many practice tests to up my endurance since I feel the only thing holding me back is my timing. I was thinking 2 days of rest in between tests is adequate rest while not working or going to school and 3 days would be fine when working 40 hours a week, but I wanted some feedback on this idea.

Ok, is this just me or do ya'll hear JY's voice in your head there entire time you PT saying:

"What? That's complete irrelevant. This answer is just wrong."

And, "'This' that is referential phrasing that refers to ___ up here."

And, "Yea but so what? Who cares? It doesn't matter that _____"

Might be going crazy but if for sure helps.

Can the writers of the LSAT really be able to deceive you the way they do on this question? One of the rules states that "At most one CD received more stars than Quasi did". And there can only be 1, 2, 3, or 4 stars. Thus, Q cannot receive 4 stars. Yet in the asnwer choice Q does receive 4 stars.

This does't make any sense and is obviously contradictory with their rules. I even watched the video on this, and there have been numeorus complaints about this quesion. Can the writers really contradict their own rules like that?

I am looking for someone to Skype with between 530-730 am MST (mountain standard time) everyday for the next 4 weeks. I feel that having each other's presence will push us to work hard and do more. Let me know if you are interested by replying to this thread and I'll PM you my Skype ID

When I use the app on my phone or my iPad, the speed function for the videos shows but has no effect, or does not show at all.

Anyone else have a problem with this?