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My score is in the high 160's....but my goal is to score above 173...

I've pretty much completed my course online, and I've practiced blind review for about a month now. I just took preptest 40...and my score has not budged.

I swear, my score has not budged since February. It's so funny because my score is so predictable. For some people it's a range, but for me, it's usually the same exact number time after time....and it's the same score it's been since February.

I am so disappointed because I've worked so hard and have seen little improvement. I'm starting to think I'm not smart enough...Anyone else feel the same way?

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On the test day is the bubble sheet detachable from the test booklet? So far I have been PTing with the bubble sheet detached and on my right side while my test questions on my left side. It suddenly occurred to me if that is possible on the test day? If not, how would you guys go about it? Thanks!

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I am about to begin my PT practice. I would like to hear from my fellow 7Sagers and see what you think is the best way to approach my next level of LSAT prep. This is my plan thus far:

- Begin with taking 1 per week and focusing on Blind Review and weaknesses (for example, if I see that I am having trouble with Parallel Method of Reasoning, I will find some of these questions in older PT's and go back to 7Sage's lesson).

- As I progress, I will increase the number of PT's I take per week, but only up to 3 max.

Thank you for any suggestions you have to offer.

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I work full time near Grand Central. I'm free on my lunch hour (generally 1 pm -2 pm) and after 5:30 pm. Scored 167 on my first LSAT, looking to retake in Sept! Aiming for 172. If you're around this range, looking to take in Sept, and in the city- message me!

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I’ve been splitting my time up between studying with 7Sage and the LSAT Trainer, and I have found the LSAT Trainer to be very helpful so far. That said, I prefer 7Sage’s approach to logic games so far.

Does anyone who’s familiar with both have any advice regarding whether or not I should skip over the LG sections in the LSAT Trainer? Would the LT complement 7Sage’s system, or would I risk confusing methods?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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I recently started the LSAT starter and have not had any prep tests, besides the one given in the trial. I've looked through the syllabus and do not see may prep tests, until the end of the program. Shouldn't there be prep tests throughout the starter program?

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Hi all! I am looking for a study buddy for the Sept 2014 LSAT! I live in Hacienda Heights, zipcode 91745 and can drive to meet up with anyone if needed. Given experiences, I prefer studying with someone who is scoring in a similar range as me (mid 150s). Email if interested at awtu@ucla.edu!

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I have been at times confused about the exact meaning of attacking a premise.

When a stimulus includes a study that says, for example, most people with certain genes hate apples in a weaken question, if an answer choice says "some studies show that most people with the same genes do not hate apples," this is considered as attacking the premise, right?

But if an answer choice says something that implies that the study did not include enough people to provide a legitimate level of support, it is not attacking the premise.

Is it a correct way of understanding the concept of attacking a premise?

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Alright JY, this one is specifically for you.

I have now spent more that 24 hours watching these videos, and I'm still stumped.

Early in the videos, you said "through the miracle of Microsoft Paint" you were going to show us something.

How did you get so good at drawing accurately within paint?!?!??! Do you have one of those fancy drawing tablets? Are you not actually using paint?? Did you sell your soul for LSAT skills, and the devil threw in Paint skills as a freebee?

I keep watching these videos and trying to focus, but I'm constantly distracted by this errant thought of "How is JY doing that?"

So your answer would definitely be appreciated and help me do better while studying and on the LSAT.

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to gain some insight on how others are tracking their progress. I currently use a pretty old school method, simply pen and paper (agenda) to keep track of what my goals are to get done each day, what I actually end up completing, how many hours I put in, and additional comments for notes or reminders.

What do you guys use to keep track of your studying? I know there are LSAT analytics or other excel based methods for PT tracking, but what about for those who aren't at the PT stage and would like to keep track of how many hours they spent drilling per week with notes maybe explaining why 1 session was longer than another. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else does.

PS: if anyone has a great online/excel based method for this type of tracking, would you be willing to share it?

Thanks,

Christian

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I’ve heard so many times that the LSAT is a test of pattern recognition. Some people define pattern recognition as anticipating or pre-phrasing answers. There are only so many possible wrong answers for each of the question types. Studying for the LSAT is similar to learning how to play chess. After a while, you can anticipate what moves your opponent will likely make.

What does pattern recognition look like for you?

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This has happened to me at least twice now. The first time thought I had just messed up but the second time it happened was quite sure I entered into the right box. It happened in Firefox 30.0.

I don't want to spam the comments or I'd just double check real quick myself. Happy to provide any other info.

Here is what I did:

1) Post a reply to an existing comment on a LSAT Explanation.

Like this one here: http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-18-section-1-game-1/#comment-18875

2) After you post that REPLY edit it within the 5 minutes (not sure if this is part of the bug, but I did this in both instances).

3) In the box at the very top above all the other comments, the one where you'd normally post a comment that is NOT a REPLY to any other comment, post a comment in there.

Expectation:

I'd expect posting in the box at the very TOP above all other comments would post a top level comment.

Actual Result/Possible Bug:

It posts it as REPLY to the comment you replied to in step 1. Not as a general reply to the explanation.

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I noticed that wording of these two MSS stems are slightly different.

1. “The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?”

2. “Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the statement above?”

I think that the first MSS is a subset of Must Be True. The stimulus is a given.

The second MSS is a strengthening question. The stimulus is suspect.

Can someone clarify this for me? Thanks!

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http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-19-section-4-question-10/

I am confused as to why A is the answer choice and not B.

According to Kaplan, they say if A is correct then it'll be a rare candidate who takes a chance on the authors strategy, as the media may only air the opposition and disregard the later support. They further that by stating that media is a huge part of national campaigning. But wouldn't that be an outside assumption we would make. And aren't we only suppose to take what is given within the stimulus to support our answers? Because that is why I disregarded A as an answer, thinking who cares what the media covers because it doesn't limit the SPEECH, the speech is still given and still heard from those attending and such. Where as if you choose B if many people do not find politicians in the first place then that would make practically any strategy they choose ineffective, no one trust them... Can someone help me where my thinking has gone wrong here?

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I figured out a way to cover learning all the Logic Games types, by using only 5 PrepTests (56, 57, 58, 60 and 61). This pretty much covers all the game types, except for the super rare ones. I choose these 5 PTs in particular because these are considered newer and more reflective of the current LSATs. Yet, I can avoid burning any of the newest PTs (62-71). And the last reason is that I can purchase all these LSATs in a single book. This would be the “10 New Actual, Official LSAT PrepTest” 52-61.

Sequencing

PrepTest 60, Game 2

PrepTest 61, Game 2

Basic Linear

PrepTest 56, Game 1

PrepTest 57, Game 1

PrepTest 57, Game 2

PrepTest 58, Game 1

PrepTest 60, Game 3

PrepTest 61, Game 4

Grouping: In-Out

PrepTest 58, Game 2

PrepTest 58, Game 4

Grouping: Splitting

PrepTest 61, Game 1

Grouping: Matching

PrepTest 56, Game 2

PrepTest 57, Game 4

Linear and Grouping: Matching

PrepTest 56, Game 4

PrepTest 58, Game 3

PrepTest 60, Game 1

PrepTest 60, Game 4

Linear / Grouping: In-Out

PrepTest 61, Game 3

Grouping: Splitting / Grouping: In-and-Out

PrepTest 56, Game 3

Grouping: In-and-Out / Grouping: Matching

PrepTest 57, Game 3

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I was working on PT33 LR Section 3 Q.8. The stimulus starts with "Most people invest in the stock market without doing any research of their own." Turning it into Lawgic. At first I did "People research/ -most-> invest" But my instinct says "Invest -most-> research/" is also right. Because when I ask "what do I know about these investors?" The answer I get is "Most of them do not do research."

However, the conditional Lawgic rule states "without=sufficient negation."

I am sooo confused.

Can anyone help me?

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