http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

I am wondering if anybody can give me their thoughts on the best or most-used admission coaches for applicants who want to do the JD/MBA dual program? I am wondering if each degree program would be a little leery of you because it may come off as not sufficiently committed, etc? I found some US News articles by Shawn O'Connor from Stratus Prep from 2012 but it looks like he does not work there anymore. Appreciate any help.

Has anyone been put on hold by a law school after they finish their initial review? If so can you please share what your experience has been like & if you did anything to improve the chances of changing the hold to an accept? Thank you in advance.

Is anyone applying to a law school that allows you to add an optional essay in regards to certain fellowships they may offer? (Aka financial aid)

If so... Do you have any advice as to what to include in the essay? I'm not generally interested in the fellowship, but I am interested in the financial help.... At a crossroads!

Example of "fellowships" - working at the law library, special education advocacy clinic, public service admissions ambassadors etc.

Thanks for the help friends!

My fellow June Test-takers!

Please take a look at this tentative schedule below and comment your thoughts/revisions. I also have a TON of “notes” that I’d like you to consider. Please leave any thoughts about them in the comments below. You should also add me on Skype. My username is dmlevine76 .

NOTE: We’re trying to organize some 2-3-Hour interactive workshops with 7Sage tutors during the month of December. They’ll be on specific fundamental topics like Blind Review, Finding Assumptions/Flaws, and Active Reading. Be on the lookout for another discussion within the next week as we try to organize this. However, if you are interested in attending, please say so in the comments below. Also, if you’d like to suggest a topic, leave that info in the comments section. It’s all new, so we’re trying to make sure we’re matching up supply with demand. If they’re successful, I’d like to continue them into January.

NOTE: We’re starting at PT 29 because we have so many extra weeks. It’s true that many of the questions from the problem sets will be in these tests, so we really need to take those scores with a grain of salt. That being said, it’s still good practice.

NOTE: I front-loaded the PT 70s for Fridays because I believe that people need to get eyes on 70s sooner rather than later. We’ll still have PT 77 available to PT in May. Trust me when I say it is worth it to do these tests twice.

NOTE: Friday’s attendance has been hit-or-miss. I’ve been considering I AM changing Group BR days to Tuesday-Thurssday-Saturday. Tuesday and LSATurday would be the regularly scheduled tests and Thursday will be the “wildcard” day. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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JUNE TEST GROUP.

We’ll now use GoToMeeting for all of our Group BR needs. Simply click this link to join the scheduled BR: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/239503069.(/h1)

All times are PST

Very Tentative Schedule

Wed Dec 16, 2015 5 pm June LSAT BR Group PT 29

Sat Dec 19, 2015 1 p m June LSAT BR Group RC question types

Sat Dec 19, 2015 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 30

Tues Dec 22, 2015 5 p m June LSAT BR Group - Principle Questions (@c.janson35 & @nicole.hopkins) -

Wed Dec 23, 2015 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 31

Fri Dec 25, 2015 - CHRISTMAS

Sat Dec 26, 2015 1 p m June LSAT BR Group Assumption/Flaw (@blah170blah)

Sat Dec 26, 2015 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 32

Tues Dec 29, 2015 - 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 33

Fri Jan 1, 2016 All day New Year's Day

Sat Jan 2, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 34

Tues, Jan 5, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 35

Thurs Jan 7, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group TBA

Sat Jan 9, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 36

Tues Jan 12, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 37

Thurs Jan 14, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group TBA

Sat Jan 16, 2016 June LSAT BR Group PT 38

Tues Jan 19, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 39

Fri Jan 22, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group 70

Sat Jan 23, 2016 June LSAT BR Group PT 40

Tues Jan 26, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 41

Thurs Jan 28, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group 71

Sat Jan 30, 2016 June LSAT BR Group PT 42

Tues Feb 2, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 43

Thurs Feb 4, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 44

Sat Feb 6, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 72

Tues Feb 9, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 45

Thurs Feb 11, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 46

Sat Feb 13, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 73

Tues Feb 16, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 47

Thurs, Feb 18, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 48

Sat Feb 20, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 74

Tues Feb 23, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 49

Thurs Feb 25, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 50

Sat Feb 27, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 70

Tues Mar 1, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 51

Thurs Mar 3, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT52

Sat Mar 5, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 71

Tues Mar 8, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT53

Thurs Mar 10, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT54

Sat Mar 12, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 72

Tues Mar 15 , 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT55

Thurs Mar 17, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT56

Sat Mar 19, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 73

Tues Mar 22, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT57

Thurs Mar 24, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT58

Sat Mar 26, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 74

Tues Mar 29, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 59

Thurs Mar 31, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 60

Sat Apr 2, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 75

Tues Apr 5, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 61

Thurs Apr 7, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT62

Sat Apr 9, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 76

Tues Apr 12, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT63

Thurs Apr 14, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR GroupPT64

Sat Apr 16, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group 77

Tues Apr 19, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT65

Thurs Apr 21, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT66

Sat Apr 23, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues Apr 26, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 67

Thurs Apr 28, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 68

Sat Apr 30, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues May 3, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 69

Thurs May 5, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 70

Sat May 7, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues May 10, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 71

Thurs May 12, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 72

Sat May 14, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues May 17, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 73

Thurs May 19, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT 74

Sat May 21, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues May 24, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 75

Thurs May 26, 2016 5pm June LSAT BR Group PT76

Sat May 28, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Tues May 31, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PT 77

Thurs Jun 2, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group TBA

Sat Jun 4, 2016 5 p m June LSAT BR Group PEP RALLY

MON JUNE 6, 2016 1:00 LSAT Actual

Hey guys

I am registered for the Feb LSAT, it is taking place on 28th Feb in Asia. I have been studying for the test on and off for the past 6 months while I somehow juggled my seven day workweek of over 80 hours, it wasn't really "preparation". One month ago I took leave from work to study for the LSAT full time, I had completed the curriculum earlier so just went through some lessons again as a refresher. I have taken 6 prep tests (mix of pts in 40s, 50s and one from 70s) and I am averaging at 160 actual and a br score between 170-175(br-ing only the circled ones as recommended on 7sage) . I want to ideally score around 168 plus to have a chance at getting some scholarship at a decent law school and I am willing to put in the work and time, however, I was wondering if I should still take the LSAT to get a feel of it. I know I will not score in my target range if I take the test in Feb. In my limited knowledge most law schools consider only the highest LSAT score and having an experience of taking the test could only benefit. Or should I aim at nailing the June LSAT and take it when I am atleast feeling ready. Right now it is like I know I am not ready but I am registered so may be I should get the experience of writing the real exam but at the same time I am wondering if it will be waste of a take. This community has been super helpful and I will appreciate any thoughts and advice on this.

Before signing up with 7Sage, I took the LSAT twice and fell short. I began studying last July with a lesser study program and I just didn’t effectively prepare myself. While the LR and CR part of my prep wasn’t bad, the Games prep was totally insufficient. Worst of all though, I took a lot of PTs without Blind Reviewing. I wasted those PTs, and I wasted those LSATs. Now, with 7Sage in my corner, I realize just how badly I hurt myself. With only one more shot at it, I feel like there’s a higher threshold of confidence I need to clear before taking it than if it were my first or second attempt. My dilemma is this: I think I’m going to be just shy of 100% confidence for the June LSAT, but I don’t have enough PTs left to hold out for October. I think June is my better prospect. So, to accelerate my schedule to try and hit my 100% confidence level in time for June, I’m considering skipping some of the basic and intermediate LR and RC core curriculum. I really don’t want to, but I’ve spent a lot of time on it already; and even though it wasn’t quite to par with 7Sage, it was decent prep material and I perform well and consistently on those sections. I did the BR on the diagnostic, and I can really tell that that’s where the magic is going to happen for me; so if I’m going to compress my time on anything, I don’t want it to my on my BRs. I’m a little afraid I’ll miss some revolutionary insight that could radically improve my approach, but at this point I think I would benefit more by advancing my schedule so I’ll have more time for PT and BR. What y’all think?

Anyone else experiencing a 504 error? I’ve been locked out for about 30 minutes. Really threw my groove off. Anything I can do to avoid this in the future or was that a 7Sage thing?

Hi! Just wondering if anyone knows where that great list of 19 logical fallacies went? It was really good and comprehensive. Cheers.

Special Event! Using 7sage's Study Buddy Finder

Thursday, February 25th | 9pm ET

Many of you may be familiar with 7sage's unique Study Buddy Finder tool—but did you know you can use it to find study buddies both in person and virtually? That you can find more advanced users (we call them Sherpas) who can help guide you through the course—or that you can volunteer to be a Sherpa? Or that you can use it to set up special in-person studying opportunities (like taking proctored PT's with a group)? JY and I will be guiding a demonstration and discussion regarding the ways in which you can use this tool and also sharing some ideas about how working with others can really take your LSAT study experience to the next level.

To join this special event, please do the following:

Using 7sage's Study Buddy Finder Tool

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM CST

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Back by popular demand!

Strategies for 170+ Prep with Allison Gill Sanford

Tuesday, February 23rd | 9pm ET

Allison (173) has prepared an exciting webinar dedicated to strategies for 170+ prep. Even if your goal score falls outside this range, every LSAT taker will benefit from this webinar. Learn what it REALLY takes to get a 99th percentile score from someone who's done it!

To join the webinar, please do the following:

Strategies for 170+ Prep with Allison Gill Sanford

Tue, Feb 23, 2016 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM CST

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Note on all webinars: Only the live webinars are free and open to the public. No recordings will be made publicly available, but we do make past webinar videos available to anyone with a paid course at 7sage.com/webinar . So if you want to get some great webinar content for free, be sure to attend the live version. Furthermore, any recording or broadcasting of webinars is strictly prohibited (Periscope, screencapture, etc.) and constitutes a violation of LSAC's copyright. Copyright infringement is not a good way to start a legal career.

I find myself having a very hard time understanding the causation strategy and i had a few questions about its use. first off, is this strategy for strengthening and weakening questions only or is it useful for other question types throughout the test? I do very well on the strengthening and weakening questions without the causation strategy and i find myself both struggling with the strategy and taking much longer than i would if i didnt use the method. Im basically unsure if i need to use this strategy for these types of questions but i need to know if they are useful in other parts of the test as well Thanks

BR Group!!!! PT 48!

Talk to your heart’s content at Group BR

Saturday, Feb 20th at 8PM ET: PT48

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June BR Group Schedule: http://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/6171/june-test-takers-group-br-schedule-updated

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Anyone else's section performance analytics look like this? Kind of all over the place? I consistently get around my average score, but what I miss in each section kind of feels up for grabs... Every score minus 3 (174, 165, 165) is between 168-170. Guess I need to keep working on individual question types...? It's just that as is, this really doesn't tell me shit other than they are slowly tightening towards the end.

EDIT: Corrected image link.

Hey gang,

Any 7sagers going to this tomorrow? Here’s the PDF flyer: http://files.ctctcdn.com/92037273401/c984fd3a-a0bd-427e-8f0e-3e52efe1eff2.pdf

I’ll be there at 10am. Let me know if you want to meet up.

Plain and simple, should I write thank you emails upon receiving scholarship offers from schools? Would it be bad form if I did not? Any insight is appreciated.

Anyone ever use this book? Thoughts?

For games do you think supplementing a book with the 7sage course is detrimental or do you think it'll be helpful? I know many here use some books for LR and RC, but haven't seen many use a prep book for games.

Hey everyone,

Want to get some thoughts on how to build up confidence and efficiency during RC. My recent PT scores are trending upwards from the low 160s to the 165/167 range. I think this spike is the result of embracing the skip on LR (the webinars have been enormously helpful). Recently, I've been averaging -2/-0 on LG, -6/-8 LR total but I'm stuck getting around -5/-8 on RC.

The best way I can describe how I feel during RC is anxious. Not sure how many football people are here, but think of it as a quarterback who feels under pressure in the pocket. Basically I try to put in a 3/3.5 minute read to get a good grasp on the passage, I can knock out the easy question fairly quickly, but panic on many of the more difficult ones. I basically read the ACs and have trouble eliminating noncontenders. I start to second guess myself and stumble through the passage, eventually just kind of guessing on an answer because I know that I need to avoid time sinks. I have tried implementing a new notation strategy, but I'm worried that it may cause me to drain more time on irrelevant steps.

June will be my second take. I have limited fresh material left, so should I just focus on drilling hard with old material to establish some better consistency? RC is the only section I feel like this during, so I'm fairly certain I lack confidence with it in particular. Really want that 170 in June, but I know I'll have to improve in RC to get there

We're so excited to be bringing you three more FREE webinars this week:

Flaw Intensive (with Sage Jimmy Dahroug)

Friday 2/19 at 6pm ET

Sage Jimmy (173) will be taking us to Logical Reasoning: Flaw bootcamp this Friday, so get pumped to ramp up your LR skills and join this webinar.

To join the webinar, please do the following:

Flaw Intensive with Sage Jimmy Dahroug

Fri, Feb 19, 2016 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

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Note on all webinars: Only the live webinars are free and open to the public. No recordings will be made publicly available, but we do make webinar recordings available to 7sage's students as part of the paid course. So if you want to get some great webinar content for free, be sure to attend the live version. Furthermore, any recording or broadcasting of webinars is strictly prohibited (Periscope, screencapture, etc.) and constitutes a violation of LSAC's copyright. Copyright infringement is not a good way to start a legal career.

I couldn't find where JY discusses this topic. Is the negation of "few," none and most? For example,

Statement A: Few dogs are evil

Negation of A: No dogs are evil OR Most dogs are evil

Thanks

Hi everyone, I have just received an email from Wake Forest requesting that I complete a video interview. I wonder if anyone else has gone through this experience that could give me a heads up on what to expect? Thanks in advance.

We're so excited to be bringing you three more FREE webinars this week:

Personal Statement Bootcamp: Story Strategies with 7sage's David Busis

Thursday 2/18 at 9pm ET

What’s the best way to write a standout statement? Tell a good story. In this webinar, we’ll discuss tactics for choosing a topic, drafting, and revising—all with storytelling in mind.

More specifically, we’ll cover:

About David: David is a graduate of Yale, where he received a prize for excellence in the English major, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he received a third-year teaching fellowship. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic online. His fiction has won two national contests, received notable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2014 and been anthologized by Autumn House Press.

David has taught literature at Phillips Academy Andover, fiction at the University of Iowa and creative writing at Southern New Hampshire University. He currently teach creative writing at Southern New Hampshire University, and has designed a course about law school personal statements for 7Sage LSAT.

To join the webinar, please do the following:

Personal Statement Bootcamp with David Busis

Thu, Feb 18, 2016 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM CST

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Note on all webinars: Only the live webinars are free and open to the public. No recordings will be made publicly available, but we do make webinar recordings available to 7sage's students as part of the paid course. So if you want to get some great webinar content for free, be sure to attend the live version. Furthermore, any recording or broadcasting of webinars is strictly prohibited (Periscope, screencapture, etc.) and constitutes a violation of LSAC's copyright. Copyright infringement is not a good way to start a legal career.

I'm very eager to ask the question below when I attend this Thursday's personal statement webinar with 7Sage's resident expert, @david.busis. But I wanted to throw it out to you all, as well, to get your thoughts on the matter.

Which approach to writing my personal statement (PS) is preferrable:

OPTION 1: Crafting my PS alone, revising the hell out of it, then obtaining PS edit(s) from David or another expert.

OPTION 2: Reaching out to David or another expert for help BEFORE I begin writing my PS so that I have assistance in selecting a topic, drafting, revising, etc.

OPTION 3: Some other ideas that you brilliant people have done that I have yet to think of.

I know which option I'm leaning towards, but I won't say because I'd definitely like an unvarnished opinion from all of you first.

Here's some helpful context: I am not taking the LSAT until September and if a December re-take becomes necessary, I won't be applying to schools until January. Yet as David says in the initial video to his awesome "PS Intro. Course", it's always a good time to "stop fucking around" get started on the PS because "revising is the essence of writing".

Moreover, law school consultant Mike Spivey that the vast majority of people have an underwhelming PS that fails to differentiate them among their fellow applicants.

With David and Mike's advice in mind, I want to get a jump start on making my PS as strong as possible. Thanks in advance to any of you who aid me in this process.

I noticed that, every now and then, I would bubble in 1- 2 answer choices that are different from the booklet. It is, of course, my carelessness, but I am wondering if there are any tactics I could use. I often make the mistake of circling the adjacent letter of my intended answer, or bubbling in the previous answer choice.

Thanks!

When I'm going through the course (particularly the problem sets) and I notice I'm not doing well, should I go do more practice problems from the question bank or move on to the next chapter on my syllabus after finishing all the practice problem sets?