Did you take an Adderall the day of the exam? If so, did you take your regular dose, less, or more of? I am most interested in those who the title applies to that didn't take it the day of the exam, and how it affected you, either beneficially or detrimentally.

I am taking the test in June and as you might of assumed have ADD. I have heard a variety of answers from friends/colleagues and was curious what other answer samples might conclude.

Also I was going to request accommodations for my LSAT, but time turned fragile and I ended up not going through with all of it due to the opportunity costs associated with getting re-diagnosed for LSAC standards. A part of me wishes I would of done everything required to get the accommodations, because hey more time is MORE TIME. Please share any experiences or input you have on the issue.

Good Luck in June!

I know some people have stated that they PT in a library or in a coffee shop like Starbucks. I was wondering how many people here ACTUALLY do it. Is it only a few people. If you've taken more than one LSAT, and you took one while studying in silence and one after studying with ambient noise, did it help? I'm just curious. I finished the curriculum the second time around and going over all the old PTs I already did before jumping into new PTs. Soon I should be PT on fresh tests and was wondering what you guys might think/have done.

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Rather than falling under the category of comments, could 7Sage implement a highlighting system that colours what is a question comment from just a comment, or separate out questions from recent comments for people who need questions answered in the lessons? Comments fill the recent comment box resulting in questions receiving belated answers, unless someone actively looks for them after each lesson/question or happens to come across one while doing their lesson.

I know that study for the LSAT can be a struggle. It can take everything you have and even at times you may feel like you no longer want to do this. Because everything in your personal life + studying is starting to add up and it'll make a lot of things change. Some may need encouragement to continue grinding for whatever their end goal may be. Maybe a 170+ but in the process you may lose sight because you aren't reaching your goal, or nowhere near that score. And that is okay because you can't blame anyone but yourself when things don't go right. It's important to have that type of mentality especially during this time of your life. So I speak for myself and everyone else who sometimes get carried away by a score or for how certain situations play out in one's life. If anyone is going through a situation where they want to give up, I want you take some time out and thoroughly think through it.

I also want to recommend for everyone to read "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story" by Ben Carson it will really change your perspective in life.

Hi folks,

for all of you studying for the LSAT.. I know it can be a stressful process... so here's something to cheer you up and lighten your mood... and trust me, you'll be better able to laugh at it now... and not when you're facing the actual bar exam ;) - enjoy:

When you blind review are you supposed to get in the 99th percentile since there is no timing

Fun tidbit that I found online!!! http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/23/study-shows-studying-for-the-lsat-can-change-brain/

Just as the title says. Probably looking at a writing in October for the first time. I work weekdays so weekends probably work better for me.

Hey all,

so i am new here at 7sage (Ultimate) and just finished PTJ07 scoring a 157. my original intention was to prepare for the better part of a year and take the real deal in Feb '16. at this point i would just like some feedback on what significance that sort of score (if any) should have on my preliminary timeframe. i hope to get to 170 (at least 165+) and the sooner i take the real LSAT the better, but i'm not at all willing to compromise my preparedness in order to save time. is it reasonable to think that i can bump up that score 10+ points? before PTJ07 i essentially did no LSAT prep outside of reading about the test.

i'd appreciate any and all feedback!

Hi,

I'm new to 7sage. I've been watching the games on YouTube and noticed 7sage has an app so I had to download it immediately! lol

Anyone want to study? I'm almost there with my prep

Hey all! I'm currently living in Bologna, Italy. If there is anyone here studying for the June 2015 exam and looking for a study partner, please let me know.

Cheers!

Thought you might get a kick out of this.

Hi 7Sagers,

I just joined 7Sage about a week ago and the reason why I joined is because of the comments that I read about the course. My last PT was 135 :-( and my goal is to score between 160-165 on the June/October LSAT. I just don't know where to start. Should I finish the whole course first and then start taking practice tests? I signed up for the LSAT Starter. Should I upgrade to the LSAT Premium or LSAT Ultimate? When do I start using the Cambridge Drilling Packets? I will be studying an average of 20 hours per week and English is not my first language. Help.

I am wondering anyone has any advice on building mental endurance? I tend to get tired around 90 minutes or so, RC section tend to nosedive if I am already tired...

I already workout and read quite a bit so I am hoping for advice on other areas that may help.

Some A's are not B's

A's -----> not B 's

(some)

What if I want to negate some A's are not B's?

would the negation be ....

B's ---> not A's some B's are not A's?

(some)

or would it be

no A's are not B's?

A->B?

Has anyone noticed that lawgic is useful for many things beyond the LSAT... I'm actually so grateful to 7sage because going thru the material for the LSAT has been useful in so many more ways than one... for 1, it made dealing with the methods classes in my PhD program SO much easier... both qualitative (sufficiency necessity/ some-all-most/ truth validity) and quantitative (causation correlation)... changed my way of looking claims in general... and it helps me build stronger arguments... and take apart other arguments for example... I had an exchange on an issue immensely sensitive to me yesterday on FB and in replying to a friend I went off on a (not rude yet firm) rant.. which involved everything I've learned here, from causation, to truth and validity.... just curious to know... anyone else had the experience that studying for this test has affected other areas of their life in similar ways?

I have the Premium package, yet am unable to view my comment and others' responses on a question in an available problem set. Is there any way I can bypass this?

Hello,

I can't seem to access the test and videos for PTJ07. It isn't showing up on my syllabus and I currently have the 'Ultimate' package.

Would like to invite discussion/participation in the topic of validation/invalidatin issues with the LSAT—both from folks currently in the study process and folks who have graduated from it (perhaps especially Sages). This is something I think about a lot: it is to be expected that even top scorers will get many hundreds of questions wrong throughout the course of study; so what perspectives have you found helpful in not feeling invalidated by wrong answers, and/or embracing the validation of correct answers and progress (without becoming overconfident)?

I haven't been active on these boards for long, but I've sensed these dynamics at play. I wonder how attitudes towards performance contribute to or mitigate burnout—and how to pursue a balance of confidence and humility.

One of the ways I try to coach myself: every time I miss a question in a drill or a PT, I try to remind myself that every mistake is an opportunity—to learn more deeply, uncover otherwise undetectable weaknesses, and establish a quantitative basis against which to measure progress.

If the LSAT is meant to be a predictor of success in law school, then emotional maturity should unequivocally contribute either to success or lack thereof—just as it would in said academic setting.

Hey all,

I purchased the Premium package a few days ago and I just finished the June 07 LSAT but for some reason my account is denying me access now that I want to go back and review the score and answers. All of the lessons from the June 07 LSAT link including the video explanations are now locked and highlighted in yellow. I tried logging in and out a few times but its still the same. What could be the problem?

Thanks,

Matt

I dreamed about getting a JD in the US before I came here but I didn’t dare to even look at a LSAT question because I wasn’t that confident in English. I came to the US for an LLM degree in 2013 and purchased 7sage ultimate course one week after graduation in May 2014.

My diagnostic was an untimed 159. I went through the curriculum in June and started PTs in July. I did 3 PTs a week. At first I would do 5 sections, then 6 sections, using old tests as experimental sections. On non-PT days I would also drill individual sections from old tests. I always BR.

My first 14 PTs were in the low 160s with the highest being 169. But the last 2 (PT 48 & 49) I got 159. I knew I burned out. I took a one-week vacation, after which I went through the RC/LG part of the LSAT Trainer in a week. I then took PT ABC in the following week. I got 170, 167, 166 respectively.

In September I started doing PT 50s and I was in the low-mid 160s during PT 50-55. I thought it was because the PT ABC were relatively old, so they were easier. But as I got used to the newer tests, I could see incremental improvements to mid-high 160s in PT 55-60, with 2 low 170s.

In October I scored 5 170s consecutively, the highest being 175 in PT64. I then started redoing older PTs, where I usually did 2 PTs back to back in the morning and another 1 in the afternoon. I drilled some sections from the latest PTs, rather than on their entirety. I did the rest PTs in a library with my study buddy. At this stage I would do the PTs at various places, including my desk, library, coffee shop, supermarket and so on. But I only had 5 170s out of my most recent 10 PTs, others being mid-high 160s.

When I went to the test room in December, I had done all 78 available PTs (PT 1-73, ABC, June 07, Feb 97). But the test didn’t go so well. I usually had little trouble with LG but for some reason the last two games were just so weird to me that I literally thought about cancelling during the first section. I barely finished them in the last second. I had two RCs with the scored one being the fifth section. I had trained myself intensively but I felt exhausted during the last section. I felt that I rushed and had difficulty understanding.

I didn’t study during the waiting month and got 169, with -1 in LG, -6 in RC and -3 in each LR. I decided not to apply for the cycle and retake it in Feb. I bought Manhattan Guides for RC/LR and several Cambridge packages (weaken/strengthen/ RRE, etc).

I had a part-time job but I thought it was OK. Since I had BRed before, so I would just circle the questions that I thought worthy of going through again after the drill. I still redid maybe nearly 30 PTs in January. Sometimes I would do 100 RRE questions and 8 humanities passages in a row.

The Feb test went OK, though there were some questions I wasn’t sure about and I felt I rushed the RC too (again the fifth section). Another 169. I know that I’ve made quite some progress in the test and it may well be that 169 is my potential on the real test. But I want to take my last chance.

I had thought the LSAT as mental heavy lifting and tried to train my mental muscle accordingly. However, upon reflection, I made my biggest improvement in BR and the curriculum when I would just focus one question type.

I think I need to hone my fundamentals again, rather than stressing repetition and quantity. My initial strategy for June is that I go through the Trainer and Manhattan Guide for LR/RC again, but really slowly and carefully. And I need to set stricter time limits for redoing PTs, 32m or 30m per section.

Another problem for me is that redoing PTs and the real tests were so different for me. I got used to getting 180 in redoing familiar PTs, though I would try to force myself to go through the processes even in redoing. But the unfamiliarity in the real test just made me very uncomfortable. I’ve practiced skipping questions consciously and thinking fast. But I found my brain couldn’t think slowly and deeply enough to tackle some hard RC/LR Qs during the test. It was being “conservative”. I wonder how I can find certainty in a test which is designed to let me experience uncertainty. How can I improve?

Sorry for the long post. Hope it’s not so confusing. I know this is an amazing community and I’ve got a lot of help and motivation from it. I truly appreciate any advice and suggestion. Thanks!!!

Hi all,

I got a ton of help from fellow 7Sagers when I was studying for the LSAT. Now that I'm a Sage, I'm trying to pay it forward by helping out current students. I'm mostly going to spend some time going through the course and writing out explanations for questions where videos don't yet exist.

If you want some input from me on a particular problem that you're having, please tag me ( @"Allison M" ) or send me a PM. If you need help with a question from a specific problem set, please include a link!

Cheers!

Allison

Hey

I will be taking PT 40 tomorrow and I will BR/review with another 7Sager, is anyone else interested in joining?

Hey 7Sagers,

Someone emailed in with a question I thought you could help out with! Here it is:

I recently started using 7Sage, and I am currently having difficulties with identifying embedded clauses, modifiers, details and predicates. I've gone over the lessons a few times and done the practice quiz. I am looking for some insight.