Quick question. I've only taken the initial pretest. I've been through the syllabus once but that was some time ago due to various reasons. I plan on signing up for December. Should I go ahead and begin on PT? At this point they won't be timed but I think I need to start figuring out my weaknesses. I was thinking about taking the PT and referring to the lessons when necessary. Does that make much sense, or should I continue to make my way through the entire syllabus again before taking PT?

Hey there,

Is it possible to view the videos offline? Watching the videos on the subway would be a great use of my travel time.

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I saw a recommendation in one of threads to study up on the weirdest logic games in prep for the test on Saturday given the recent tendency to have one really weird game. Seems like a good idea to me. I have been playing "the ten hardest logic games" according to Power Score (link: http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/lg_10-hardest-logic-games.cfm) but thought this group might have additional suggestions on the toughest/weirdest games. Any ideas?

when I print out PTs from 7sage, my logic games are always a page, front and back, and it get's annoying to have to flip around to look at my master board and so forth... so sometimes i just practice on another piece of paper and use the PT to fill out my answer. I was wondering if the official LSATs logic games have a format of either a whole spread of 2 pages or just one page?

So with only a week left, I'm seriously beginning to contemplate deferring Saturday's exam to December as I'm still having issues with getting timing down. I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on any possible disadvantages of waiting until then. I'm planning on applying to primarily Canadian schools.

Hey everyone, I keep getting around a 155 (highest 157) LSAT score on practice tests. I am very nervous about writing the actually LSAT test next Saturday because I have not yet reached my goal of 160-162. Should I still write the test?

Of course you are. You're about to take an important test. It's not the most important test though. That one you will be taking in December.

Just kidding. This is likely the last LSAT you'll ever take.

I'm only trying to remind you that for something this important, there are second chances. That's not true for a lot of other important things in life, so that's something to feel good about.

For most of you, you already know what score you'll get. Take your last three recent properly administered LSAT PrepTests (e.g., 70, 71, 72) and average your score. You'll get plus or minus 3 points of that average.

There is nothing separating you from that score except the mere passing of a few day's time.

You are as prepared as you can be. You have already seen everything those crafty LSAT writers will throw at you and you've amply demonstrated your ability to respond with craftiness of your own.

Saturday will not be a new day and the September 2014 LSAT will not be a new LSAT. It will only be "LSAT PrepTest 73" which will be just like PT 72 and PT 71 and PT 70 and so on.

For Saturday, remember only this: keep moving.

You will encounter a few insanely difficult curve breaker questions. Every LSAT has them. Every student who has ever taken the LSAT before you has encountered them. You will encounter them (again) on Saturday. I am telling you this now, so you will be prepared. Skip those difficult questions. Maintain your rhythm.

Keep moving.

You got this.

I've been consistently within the 167-170 range since June. I can't imagine that I've lost any knowledge or skill in the past week, but my scores have dropped. I scored a 164 on PT 70, and a 166 on PT 72. Logically, I think it's the pressure of the impending administration getting to me, but I can't help but think that somehow the other tests were a fluke, or that the PT's in the 70's are harder than those in the late 60's. I know these recent scores are still "good," but I also know they are not my best. My confidence has definitely taken a blow, and I'm not sure what I can do to regain it in the next week. I had PT 71 scheduled for Monday, should I risk taking it and scoring poorly right before the test? Or should I just work on my confidence? I've put more into this test than I thought I ever could, and I'm utterly disappointed that this is happening with 7 days left. If anyone has experienced something similar to this, I would tremendously appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance!

Hello J.Y. and 7Sagers!

I love 7Sage and would like to suggest some improvements to the site.

1. Include an Up&Down voting mechanism for lesson comments a la Reddit

2. Include a delete function for lesson comments (if it is there, I cannot find it)

3. Create an additional sub-forum under "For 7Sagers only" to house meta-discussion such as suggestions

4. Create a lesson or permanent forum post that contains all of the skills, knowledge, and other attributes common among high-scoring students. I know there are several of these hidden throughout the curriculum but I don't think they exist in aggregate.

Hello! I signed up for the maximum content course and I'm wondering how I can gain access to the explanations for all logical reasoning questions... if that exists. I can only find explanations for logic games at this time. Can anyone help navigate the site to locate this information? Thank you!!

Have you guys heard the Planet Money podcast about hunting for the hundred dollar bills? Apparently, 80% of cash is in the form of $100 dollar bills but when's the last time you saw a Benjamin Franklin? The fact is we don't know where most of the $100s are.

Why is that? And just how many $100s are floating around out in the world? Well, that's exactly what the Federal Reserve wanted to know. They begin with a hypothesis that the $100s are "hiding". They guessed that the $100s are used as long term stores of sketchy wealth, stored in vaults and in between pages of books, by international drug dealers and their ilk.

Working off that hypothesis, they concocted a way to "count" how many $100s are out in the world.

They borrowed a clever technique from fish biologists that wanted to count fish in a lake. Like $100s, fish hide too. What you do is you catch say 100 fish, you tag them and you set them back into the lake. Later, you pull up another 100 fish, randomly. You check to see how many of the fish are tagged. If all 100 are tagged, then there's probably only 100 fish in the lake. But, if only 50 are tagged, then there's probably 200 fish in the lake.

The Federal Reserve used the same trick. They tagged $100s and tossed them into the world's lake of $100s. They waited, they resampled, and they got their "answer".

Regardless of the results, my question concerns their technique. What you do think about their technique? Would it yield accurate results? Would it over or under count?

Source:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/08/13/339827662/episode-560-hunting-for-the-hundreds

5:48 is where they talk about the fish biologists sampling technique

I took the LSAT in June, and got a 166, which was at the lower end of my average and (I think) worse than I was capable of because I got thrown off (I had to pee like a racehorse through the first part of the test before the break). I'm taking it again Saturday, but my biggest issue is, because I took most of the most recent practice tests in June, the only recent practice test I have that I haven't done is PT 71. So lately I've been working on some older ones, which I know are easier (as evidenced by my score going way up),and I still have practice tests 54-61, and practice test 71 (which I'm saving for the last one I do before the real thing.) I know I can just go over the newer ones I've already done, or even erase all my pencil marks thoroughly and retake them, but I was really hoping to take some live, timed PTs for the first time that resemble what I likely face Saturday. Does anybody know if any of PTs 54-61 are especially worth trying, in terms of how they resemble recent trends?

I went through 4-9 Forms today and I feel overwhelmed.

How did you guys remember all these? Do I just need to watch the Invalid Argument Forms videos to understand? Mind blown.

Hi Everyone,

I just came across a free online MOOC from Stanford University called LPL language, Proof and Logic. I think I may be helpful to everyone and didn't want to keep it to myself! There is still time to join - but there is low stress with MOOCs, since you don't have to take it for a grade, etc....

Try to locate it at www.edx.org. You'll be directed to the Stanford MOOC site.

Best of Luck everyone!

I took a Testmasters in class course last year and really did like it because of the structure. I scored a 160 on the June 2013 LSAT, 4-5 points below my average but am now looking to really make some gains. The course very was linear and I knew once I had finished the curriculum I would be prepared to take PT's. I am having a really hard time with getting into the groove for this online specific course. I consider myself very disciplined but it seems mentally intimidating for me that I am my own teacher with this style of course and I am really having a hard time getting comfortable with it. I go through the lessons but when it comes time for me to do a problem set, I feel like I have gained nothing from the lesson itself and am rather just doing the problem sets the way I had done them previously. Can anyone share their tips on how they really began to lock in to this type of learning or is struggling with this format normal for a lot of people at first?

Struggling.

I’m writing the exam in December.

I am getting through the material mostly ahead of schedule, but I’m not grasping some of the concepts. I think that being “less than perfect” the first time doing this is stressing me out.

Is it beneficial to not move ahead to next week’s lesson, print off the problem sets for each section, and re-do them. To give me a review of the past concepts (strengthening, weakening, MSS, ect), and to see if I’ve some-what improved a bit?

Then next week I can start on my lesson plans again.

Hi Everyone,

I hope your LSAT studies are going well. I had three or four great tests in a row with time left over at the end of most sections. Now, I just feel tired all the time, have headaches, and always run out of time on each section no matter how fast I feel I am reading...I also have scores ten points below where I was at. Has anyone else been through this? Am I just burned out and need to step away? There's only a little more than a week before the test....HELP!

Thank you!

When I blind review an LR section, I usually end up getting 3-4 answers more correctly than when I do an LR section timed and this has been the case for the last month lol.. Just wondering if anyone has helpful tips or insight on how to lessen the difference between the two scores?

Hey everyone,

So like some others here on the forums, I am scheduled to write the LSAT September 27th. I had a plan for this week and next to write PT's 67-72. So far this week I have been successful, I have done 5 part PT's at the exact same time I will write the LSAT and using the proctor app. I was planning to get at least 2 PT's in next week (final week). However, I got accepted into the MBA program, so I will now have class next week from 9am-5pm. Thus, I lost the luxury of having a wide open schedule to match the LSAT conditions. Furthermore, I don't know that I will have enough time to hammer out the last 5 tests I have within the next 9 days, at least not while giving each test a thorough review afterwards.

So I am looking for some suggestions, should I peel back the number of tests I take? Should I do as many as I can, including deep review, but rather than go sequentially, maybe work backwards that way I can get the most recent tests in indefinitely? Since I won't have the whole day to study anymore, should I write full tests at night or just do individual sections? Would it be more beneficial to take say PT 70-72 under real conditions, and use PT 68&69 as timed individual sections (which will be more realistic to do given I only have the evenings).

I don't know I got caught off guard with the MBA offer and now my whole plan kind of got messed up and am looking for some advice, any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Christian

But if you haven't seen this, it's smile-worthy.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jameskicksa/35-signs-you-are-studying-for-the-lsat-b2tp

So I'm still around -14 in logic games.... Would I be better off drilling different games ( until I can do it , ect ) for a whole day, or taking a pt then reviewing the pt and if there's still time, drilling the lg of that pt?

As test day gets ridiculously closer, I'm not sure whether to focus on more pts or more drilling

I am trying to transfer course PDF files onto a flash drive so that I may be able use a business size printer at my father's office, rather than print hundreds of pages off of my own printer, or even worse have to pay for them at a public library or something of that nature. However, when I transferred some of the files I wanted to print onto a flash drive for him to take to work, he could not access them once he tried to open any of the PDF's on his own computer. I understand that there may be some copyright restrictions on these files, however by paying for them I thought I would be able to transfer them for the purposes of printing. Can someone please tell me if this is even possible or has been done before?

It basically made my day.

If you have't listened to it you need to.

Do you guys use the double not arrow that the PS LR Bible is talking about? I haven't yet stumbled upon a lesson where JY talks about it so it doesn't look like he's particularly fond of it. I personally find it quite confusing. Is the same as /A (-) /B?

I expected a few f-bomb responses. Yea, I'm well aware that people swear. I've dropped my share. But I don't go into a professional setting and expect to hear it. You don't walk into a Dillards and expect to hear the sales associate say "let me get you some f---ing pants" Its nice to have some places where you don't have to hear it. I can be "light" and "humorous" without swearing. And if everyone does it what's so humorous about it anyway? I have emailed J.Y. My complaints were heard. The end. On to the next lesson. Back to the LSAT.