Question: How much time do you give yourself to drill/BR between PTs?

I am taking two PTs a week. I try to give myself a few days between each test but I am finding that BR is taking up a lot of time and leaving very little time for drilling. Does this sound right?

I am 9-5er and literally studying whenever I have free time (early mornings, lunch, after work). I feel like my studying schedule is all over the place and will eventually leave me feeling burnt out.

Does anyone have any scheduling suggestions? What works best for you?

For instance, do you only give yourself X amount of time to BR and then move on? Do you BR until you're finished? Do you pick your drilling sets based off what questions you got wrong when PTing? Or do you drill random sets anyway?

I need to schedule my study time wisely as I am aiming to write in October.

Thanks!

Guys, this might be a weird question but can I setup the LSAC account now if I'm planning to apply next year? would that be a problem? or should i wait?

Thanks.

I am planning to write the October test, and currently have around 19 fresh PTs left.

I joined 7sage half way through my study and wasted many modern PTs for drilling purposes following another study schedule.

However, for PT 40 and before, many I have completed only the whole LG session or certain LR question types, leaving some RC and LR sections from various PTs untouched.

I am considering to combine these untouched sessions (from various PTs) together and compile "fresh PTs" if that makes sense, consisting of course 2 LR, 1 LG and 1 RC sections.

Would this be too much of a crazy idea? I know the computed raw scores will no longer be accurate to find out my scaled score, but at least I can still figure out how many questions per session am I missing?

Or should I just do all untouched sections timed?

Any thoughts will be appreciated. Thank you.

AHHHH!!!!!!!!

This is the first time EVER so far that I have gotten a 170. I did LSAT #56 and I honestly thought I had BOMBED it.

Reading Comprehension is my WORST section and I spent my week dedicating myself to it and only got -3 :D.

Hard work pays off! You can do it!!!! #feelingproud

A lot of you know my story, but if you don't here's a link to the situation I was in about three weeks ago: http://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/3178/i-m-not-really-sure-how-to-feel

So, I received the score I need to be seen as a strong applicant to the 2 schools I have in mind, but I was waitlisted because seats were full. I was able to convince my family that taking a year off was the best move (Trust me, this is hard on me as well; I had a huge timeline planned in my head, and I feel like I failed myself.) So here I am. I now have a year off, and I get to apply during early admissions to the schools I would like to go to. I still feel stuck, however. I was told that both schools don't necessarily care if I take the LSAT 3 times, because they don't average the scores, but is it worth it?

If I'm accepted early and I take the LSAT a 3rd time (this will be around December), can I even make a case that I can have more, if any, scholarship? I have not touched LSAT since my test ended on June 8th, so if I wanted to have any improvement that warrants a larger scholarship opportunity, I'd need to wait till December. However, I may not even be able to make a case for higher scholarship at that point, because a lot of money will have already been given out.

Also, to be quite honest, I'm not sure how much time I can dedicate to studying the LSAT until I find a job that pays more and work out what's going on with my potential participation in a presidential campaign (which should boost my resumé for law school.)

I've ran through 7Sage two times, and I understand it's a bit different now than when I went through it the first two times, and I've been through the trainer once. If I do study, should I go through 7Sage again or just fill the gaps (ie the new stuff added or unchecked in my schedule.) I'd probably go through the Trainer again.

So is it worth it? I still feel as though taking the test 3 times, even if they don't average it, looks bad! Also, even if I did study again, I'd only take it AGAIN if I averaged at least a score that was decently higher than my current score. Any advice is appreciated >.

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if you are a busy person and planning to take your LSAT next year how long should you study a day?

Where are the rest of the old LSAT official test's? How is it possible their are less than 100 official LSAT Test's? What am I not understanding?

Hi All,

I'm a reader. I love reading. However, I'm finding that my mind is wandering somewhat out of control (most likely due to anxiety, not boredom) with Reading Comp. I'm concerned that on test day, the same will happen. I did take the LSAT back in 2013, but I don't really remember my RC experience. (I will look back at my score to see how I did, though).

What are some tips for increasing stamina/endurance? I feel like RC is becoming a [soy] hot dog eating contest for my brain.

Let me add - I'm not talking about reading speed, as this is not an issue, but rather timely comprehension and retention.

#2 Additional thought - I'm finding that my mind wanders with the abstract stories, rather than the more concrete stuff, such as stories about paintings, trees and animals, and Native Americans.

One technique that I've been considering is flipping through the passages and moving on immediately from the flowers and butterflies and attacking the [personally] harder stuff first and then returning to the flowers and butterflies. Thoughts on that?

Anyone else dreaming in Lawgic?

I have been making improvements in RC and LR. LG, on the other hand, is not going well. I still have trouble finishing the last game and miss a lot of questions in hard games. With not a lot of time left for Oct LSAT, I want to hit the LG target asap with plenty of cushion room left. How many new and old games repeats I should do every day to have a good chance to hit my target LG (-0) in a month? I'm currently missing 6-8 questions for each LG session.

Hi guys,

I've finished the 7sage curriculum and am feeling prettty good about my PTs as of right now (high 160s, aiming for 170+). RC is suddenly giving me a lot of trouble, but that's likely because I have spent MINIMAL time in the past 6 months on that section. For the other sections, timing is not an issue as I usually have about 7 minutes left on both LR sections and am going -2/-3 on the games (going to get to -0 eventually, not even concerned). I work long hours but have committed to taking three tests a week. That being said, I just purchased the trainer in hopes that I can perfect some areas. My best friend is an LSAT tutor and his advice for me specifically is to take 3 tests a week.

Does anyone have any advice for using the trainer to complement PTing? I'm not willing to take less than 3 a week but want to maximize my time.

well?

Looking for how I can gain these points! My raw score needs about 15 points to do so. I would like to take the October 2015 test but could bear through until December 2015 if need be! If anyone has achieved this gain, please post your experience. If anyone is at the same point in their studies but hasn't figured it out yet, please chime in as well! Anything to keep my endurance and momentum going!

This might seem dumb, but is it allowed to chew gum while taking the LSAT? There is some pretty interesting research out there that says chewing gum helps one focus, make better and more rational decisions, avoid fight/flight mode, etc. etc. etc.

Thanks in advance!

Hi All,

Do you have any recs on what templates from the interwebs are great for giving to professional colleagues who are happy to write a letter of recommendation? And for that matter, for professors in general? Or is it better to just give them a short diddy of why you're awesome and why you want to go to law school (and become a lawyer) and trust that they'll figure it out themselves?

Thanks

Hi. Yesterday I got my preptest books from lsac, whoop! I'm still doing the 7sage curriculum but are you guys doing the problem sets right in the book (in pencil) or are you making copies?

I know there are keywords for specific problems, but I don't know if theres an easy way to locate them using those keywords. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I was recently waitlisted at my law school of choice. I want to make this clear, this is my first law school of choice. My score and UGPA/LGPA are what they are looking for. I contacted the school to ask some questions. There are 66 applicants ahead of me (which include full/part-time) and I can be notified as late as the first day of school to be taken off the waitlist and transition in the 2015 cycle. I was advised to write a letter of continued interest. Once I write this and email it, it will be added to my file. I was wondering if anyone has advice about this. I know what I want to write, generally, but I don't want to come off... Idk, I can't find the word, I'm too upset. I was told that this is an application they'd take if it was earlier in the year. What should I include in my letter of continued interest?

I finished the core course about 2 weeks ago, and am now in prep test mode.

I will be done Prep Tests 39-45, by next Wednesday, and unfortunately I don't have 46 until 51. I could obtain those from Amazon, or I could move to Prep test 52 and beyond.

I'm planning on doing the Oct LSAT, and am currently doing 3 prep tests a week, although I think 2 would allow me to blind review tests better. By my current pace I'd be done the prep tests a couple days before Oct 3rd, but I'd really have to neglect school potentially as it starts in Sep, and still manage 3 prep tests a week.

So should I jump to 52, or obtain and complete 46-51?

Is it me or parallel flaw is more challenging than parallel reasoning, and it requires more intuition. I just started that section in my 7sage course, and I am just total trash at these questions lol. Also, from my 7sage course experience, it seems that these questions do not use too much lawgic. Any idea how to make approaching these questions slightly less difficult?

So, I totally understand why Powerscore books are not recommended and why the LSAT Trainer is. However, has anyone used the Manhattan books...especially their Logic Games book? A friend of mine (who is now done with the LSAT) gave me his Manhattan books to go over. From my research, I think they're recommended more than the Powerscore Bibles. I also read that Mike Kim had co-authored these books. Any thoughts on them?

Is the LSAT trainer written by Mike Kim? I saw this on Amazon, just wanted to make sure it is the same book that everyone is talking about. Also, there are two versions, 2013 and 2015. Which are you guys using? Thanks.

Hey all,

The June 2015 LSAT (PT 75) is available for purchase on LSAC and Cambridge. Here are the links: https://os.lsac.org/Release/Shop/PublicationDetail.aspx

http://www.cambridgelsat.com/preptests/4-section/

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Whats the best strategy to deal with questions that relate to weakening questions on logical reasoning? I keep getting those wrong and I don't know how to approach them. Thanks!

Hello!

I have read so many good things about the LSAT trainer and I plan on purchasing the book. So, my question is how do you incorporate the LSAT trainer with 7sage. Do things overlap? Also, as a side not I am in the beginning stages of studying, I just finished the weaknesses/assumptions portion of 7sage.

Thanks for any help or advice!