I have taken the test in December and cancelled. I spent the last two months drilling and cementing all the skills I've learned before December (which was TRULY helpful. I don't think I really had a grasp of the concepts).

I am still bad at timing in logic games and I am looking to drill LG in the evenings. I'm at -1/-2 in RC and LR. Is it realistic to expect to improve to the 170+ range these next two months? I plan on taking 5 tests a week for the next 8 weeks, BR in the evenings and also drill. That prepares me to take about 40 tests. Or is this overkill?

Carving out time for LSAT studies is getting to be pretty specious. It is definitely plausible balancing work with studying on its face...however, it's so much harder in practice. I'd like to hear from anyone that has been successfully been able to manage both aspects and has the results to prove it.

If you want to tell me about working out, doing yoga/meditation, eating right, and all that good stuff--I've been doing all of it and then some.

Thanks!

After practicing logic games for about 4 months, my biggest challenge is concentration. I would sometimes miss a rule or would mix up the sequence of variables. Is it common? I've started to think that maybe I have ADD. Is there any rule of thumb to make sure that you don't make little mistake that mess up the whole game?

So I am taking the LSAT in June, and am nearing the end of the curriculum here. 7sage offers 9 LSATs in the Starter kit but I am assuming I will need more to prepare with. I have 40 LSATs which I've purchased, but I've already done 90% of them pre-7sage. My question is, if I completed an LSAT 3 or 4 months ago, is it really bad to erase it all and then take it again? I seem to see a lot of stigma against repeating LSATs. There is good reason for this, I'm guessing, because if you remember questions, you are not getting a real measure of your success. However, it seems to me that if I took a test 3 months ago, I'm not really going to remember many details about it (especially considering I was taking the tests without heavy analysis at that point). So, it seems to me that I could take one of these completed LSATs and erase the whole thing, and then retake as if it was an untaken LSAT. It would be pretty beneficial for me to have all these tests available to me again, but I might be missing something. Is there some very good reason I shouldn't retake old LSATs?

I am on a really tight budget. Is this starter one actually good? The price is just too good to be true!

Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask everyone what are my chances for my targeted law school.

Here is my brief resume

I took Feb LSAT and received 161.

I also graduated from UCLA with GPA 3.65 as Political Science Major.

After graduating from UCLA, I worked at a Law Office for a year.

Then, I am currently enlisted in South Korea Air Force to complete my duty.

Since I am international student and my family is currently having financial difficulty,

I HAVE to receive scholarship from law schools.

I am planning to apply to schools like Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, and UCSD.

I want to go to schools like UCLA and USC but I know my LSAT score is not good enough.

Here is loyola admission rate.

For the fall 2013 entering class our LSAT range is:

25th% = 156

50th% = 159

75th% = 161

The GPA range is:

25th% = 3.30

50th% = 3.47

75th% = 3.62

In your opinion, what are my chances to get scholarship from schools like Loyola and Pepperdine?

and how much would it be?

I am ok on Parallel Method of Reasoning questions. But, I occasionally encounter those confusing PMRs. So, I am a little bit confused that are we paralleling "the form of the argument" or "the assumptions" of the argument in the stimulus. Some easy questions like "All A are B, not B, therefore not A" are obvious that the right answer present the exact contrapositive statement, while the wrong ones may involve inversion or conversion or existentials. But for less obvious PMRs, it confused me when the right answer's "physical structure" is so different from the originals. These confusing questions seem more like a principle questions in which we extract a generalized principle and apply to each answer choices.

So, could some explain to me what PMR really is. Thank you so much

How often do you guys take a practice test? Especially for those taking the LSAT in June?

I started going through each lesson in order. But I skip the example questions and go to all the explaining of the subjects. I want to go through the examples at the same time I am taking a test so I can see and compare my answers and approaches with the examples. (Does this make sense?)

Recently started with a practice test a week and interested in what your normal spread between your timed test conditions and blind review are? My normal is 7-10 extra points, but my last test I got 15 extra points. A lot of it is because I frequently run out of time with the logic games sections, still working on those.

I'd be interested in your experiences and whether you've found the gap narrowing as you get more experience...

With my improved LSAT score (thanks 7sage) I got into a law school with a partial scholarship. I emailed back for more funds. They tripled the scholarship. A number of the forums recommend doing this around seat registration time.

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any of you have, or know anyone, who has read books on formal logic. Periodically, i have read in blogs of people reading books on formal logic that gave them a great understanding of logic games and logical reasoning. However, the posts i saw did not include book titles, nor did they include how boring the books may be (although that could be good prep for reading comp as well!). Any feedback is appreciated and any ideas for additional external reading for improvement is welcomed.

When circling answers into the bubble sheet or practice sheet, do you recommend going by every answer or waiting until 5 minutes then transferring them? I have heard both from different sources. I want to use my time wisely.

I'm re-taking in June. I've calculated that outside of the first 12 hours dedicated to the diagnostic, and the remaining PTs, the course itself is only 74 hours of instruction. Has anyone tried to cram the lessons into less than a month and spent the rest of the time PTing? <----This is what I want to do. And from there do 3 PTs a week + targeting my weakness areas. For what it's worth, I have no other obligations right now outside of preparing for the LSAT. Thanks for your input.

I'll be taking a PT every other day in the library up until June.

Anyone want to join in on the fun? I use the 7SAGE app to proctor my tests.

Tomorrow is PT 37.

Shoot me a text at 407-967-2480

In AP type questions, what would ideas introduced with these types of phrases be considered? Conceding points that would seem contrary to the conclusion being argued for yet implied that they are not sufficient to wreck the conclusion the author is going for? in other words, points of concession?

Anyone around OC prepping for the OCT 2014 LSAT?

Once we have cut out question like JY said and drill, Do you time your self, when drilling these weaknesses?

If not, would you at least start timing these after drilling these to a point where you can usually answer them correctly?

I know this sounds intuitive, but I just want to make sure that people agree with me in that you should master your weaknesses (un-timed) first, before you start drilling these problem sets timed.

I’ve been blind reviewing (i.e. doing the non-circled timed question) a second round un-timed, and I found myself correcting my error and noting the trap I fell for. I feel as though I do not circle these, as I fall for the LSAT trap answer choice.

Do you not suggest we take a second shot at the non-circled questions before we check the answer? Or perhaps I should just be stricter on my 100% certainty approach and start circling more questions?

In essence, does anyone know if we should be doing a second un-timed stab at our confidence errors during timed practice?

My biggest problem ATM is finishing logic games...I'm not sure if practicing finishing LG in less than 35 min (~30 min) wouldn't be counterintuitive though. But at the same time, it may force me to be more aggressive in my methodology toward games. Does anyone have experience with this method?

Hi guys,

I am just wondering what scores people here shoot for? I wonder if an average person can get into 90 percentile by virtue of hard work. Or is 170+ goal is mostly for someone with a couple of Master's degrees or a Ph.D.?

I know someone who got 170 on LSAT and got her tuition waived by UPenn. It really inspired me to get the highest score possible. I just don't know what goal is realistic.

i generally study at least 3 hours a day. i felt that 3 hours a day would be sufficient for me because i am fast learner and my attention span does not last long. what do those of you with short attention spans do to focus on studying? I'd like to know so i can study for at least an hour and half longer.

Have you guys found it normal to have super varied scores? My first test after taking the course I got a 165. The next test I took I got a 155, then a 157, and now back to a 164.

Any suggestions?

Hi everyone,

I'm new here! I am taking the June test. I wanted to cover all of my bases, so I was wondering if anyone had a list of games similar to December 1994 Game 4. Also, does anyone have a list of all the games that feature circular sequencing. For example, when we have to seat people around a table? (There was one in June 1991). Maybe JY knows where these games appear.

Thanks!

For those who haven't noticed, JY recently finished putting up video explanations for every question of preptests 36-45 (previously, some of them had some missing), so if you were having trouble with any of those questions, check them out.

Big thanks to JY. All hail the king.