Hello all!

Just out of curiosity, can you guys/gals list a few of your prep habits/exercises that you do or have picked up from someone else (other than preptests, timed preptests, the obvious, etc) that you feel are effective? Example: reading The Economist to stimulate comprehension skills, waking up every Saturday and taking a test at the time you are scheduled to take the LSAT, etc. Thanks and Good Luck!

Wondering for the LR, if J.Y. suggests us doing them (IE: drilling them) in the order they are given in the syllabus, due to their nature of building on one another? Or am I wrong in this thinking?

Today I do PT46, which is the first PT I do after diagnose.

I got actual 159(76 right), BR 167(87 right).

Actual Reading 19/27, Game 20/22, LR 19/25, 18/26

Blind review: Reading 23/27, Game 21/22, LR 23/25, 20/26

Time management is still a big problem, I can't finish every section except games.

Is it possible for me get 170 on October? I plan do 3 PT a week with Blind Review.

I wonder if we have PT69 and can we can the explanation for that one ?

Hey a little background info for me on my LSAT life

Started studying in May - May and June were mainly LG stuff ,and I wasn't studying properly really. I started studying properly in June, and July is almost done now. I diagnostic at 140, so In about 2.5 months I made a 10 point jump.

My breakdown was about : RC - 15, LR:13, LR 15, LG 14 (these are the amounts I got correct)

I also feel I did not perform as good as I could have today, I felt really tired and not focused but was anxious to see where I was at. I think I made some dumb mistakes here and there that probably cost me a few points. For example, one of the questions I was looking over said only 1% chose the answer I picked, which was wrong. This tells me its a really dumb error on my part, and this was in LR which is usually my best section.

What is everyones opinion? My goal is to get LG's down to at least just -3, but preferably to -0. LR, strangely, didn't show much improvement although I have been drilling it a lot lately which kinda of sucks. Hoping to get that score up as well.

Hi all!

I'm looking for someone/some people to write preptests with Toronto. I think that the social pressure will make me take it more seriously and give me a bit more discipline. And then after we can do blind review together. Let me know if you're interested. I will most likely write the tests at Robarts library at U of T as I can't think of anywhere better to go haha.

Caitlin

Hi everyone,

I live in the Chicago area, and I'm studying heavily for the October LSAT administration. I'm looking for someone who is scoring in the low 160's right now so that we can both learn together. I'd prefer someone who actually lives in the Chicago area so that we could ostensibly meet up once in a while, but I'm also fine with skype/google hangout/facebook/whatever.

As another poster put it, I'm "gunning for a 180," and I'd really love to collaborate with someone who is similarly motivated.

I recently just took a proctored practice test and on my first try I only scored a 140. This was without any studying except for about an hr looking at 1D games (which I got correct on the exam). Is there any way I would be able to achieve over a 160 then? I hear so many people saying that they have gotten 160s on their first practice test, but if that was with studying, Idk? Anyways... I think fear of failure is setting in for some reason. What do you guys think about the first PT marks? I am writing in October.

Is anyone else aiming for perfection? I realize this is a very remote possibility, but I feel like it's really helping my prep just to have such a lofty goal, and I'll benefit from it even if I don't actually pull it off on test day. It's forcing me to address every possible weakness.

From Dec '09 to Dec '12 the frequency of the most questions missed to still hit 180 was:

-1 (30% likely)

-2 (40% likely)

-3 (30% likely)

Obviously, this is would take a confluence of skill and luck on the actual test, as well as not getting stuck with a -1 test. I have scored 178 three times over the past 5 tests, but these were PTs in the 20s, and those were raw scores of -5,-7,-4. On the Dec '12 test, those raws would have only been 177,175,178 respectively. So, I still have a long way to go to have a chance at accomplishing the impossible dream. I've got just under 2 months of prep under my belt, and I just signed up for this site a few days ago. I already feel like the "Lawgic" lessons are helping me. Thus far, I have not been diagramming conditionals in LR. I think that is going to net me a question here and there. I'm going to go through the entire curriculum to see what else I can pick up.

I am scoring -0 or -1 on most LG sections, anywhere from -0 to -2 on each LR section, and consistently -2 with a few -1 on RC sections.

In order to pull this off, I will need to first not pull a -1 test, and then on test day come up with a -0 LG and -2 over both LRs and RC (-3 if I am lucky enough to pull a -3 test)

Again, very unlikely, but a handful of people do pull this off every cycle.

October is 3 months away from now. While we can take as many prep-tests as possible to keep our mind sharp, we cannot do one set every day. What do you guys do on days that you are not practicing Prep-tests? Doing problem sets? Or reviewing?

I practiced 20 random weaken questions using the cambridge bundles and I got 4 wrong out of 20. 2 were from the most difficult group, while the other 2 I got wrong were easier...

Is there hope for me to get everything down for a high score by Oct? I'm trying to finish the 7Sage course by mid-July so I can start doing full length PTs.

Is this a good strategy?

We just got an email from LSAC telling us that scores are coming out in batches today.

Has anyone got them yet?

Do you guys thing it will hurt if I skip around on the syllabus? By skipping around I just mean working on LG while working on one of the other sections. Right now I'm working on Logical Reasoning questions, but I'm also working on the pure sequencing games. Once I'm done with the sequencing games I'll move on to the next while also working on whatever other section of the test. Thoughts?

goodluck

Hi,

I have been reading through some of the past writing section topics, and it seems like the general pattern is they give you a dilemma type of situation or two choices, and then based on some requirements/considerations you need to choose and argue for what is best.

My question is, how much outside knowledge can we bring into this? I'm sure we can put in principles we believe work best or knowledge on other subjects (math, economics, etc), but what about adding onto the considerations that are already stated? For example, if the client in the question values x and y and I must consider them in making the argument for my choice, can I say something like "I believe this option is best because it creates some x and y but also adds the value of z (that I think is also important in making the choice)"?

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

I'm wondering how is everybody preparing for the writing section? Any sharing will be appreciated.

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hopefully this helps someone clear some self-doubt and reinforce the idea of pouring your heart and soul into this thing! good luck

We woke up today to find that our old name server host was having intermittent problems. Luckily, we already selected a new name server host and were ready to move. We pushed forward the migration to the new name server host immediately. Thankfully this shifted most of the internet traffic to our new host before the old one failed completely.

But, there are still occasionally problems in some areas, and this will gradually get better while everything stabilizes. Access may be intermittent for a couple of days for a few students, particularly in NY USA, Turkey, China, and New Zealand. The situation was worst about 4 hours ago. It's much better now, and should be completely better in a couple of days.

There is still one more phase to the migration - changing the domain registrar - that we won't be able to do for a few days. Theoretically there should be no downtime for this, and I will do everything I can to prevent/minimize downtime.

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Sorry for the trouble and thank you for your patience!

Was wondering because I am doing the course and also using LRB and LGB, but I want to make things simpler. What is your opinon J.Y., and others as well?

I have been frustrating all day to get on 7sage today. Finally after redirected 7sage to new IP address, I succeed!!!

Today I learn a big lesson that 7sage is so precious and We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Love 7sage!

Hello! I would love to hear any advice or recommendations you have for someone that has already sat for the LSAT. I took the LSAT in February after studying with Kaplan for a number of months. I was scoring in the upper 160's and my goal was/is to hit 174. I have no doubt about my ability to take the test but when I sat for the test, the anxiety was overwhelming and I completely blanked on the first section. I debated canceling my score but had spent so much time preparing that I decided to hope for the best. Needless to say, I was completely underwhelmed by my score of 160 and have decided to sit for the October exam so that I can apply to enter law school in the upcoming cycle.

In conclusion, what advice do you have for someone that is a returning student to the LSAT, especially someone that learned strategies from a different course? My biggest concern is stress and burning myself out because my score and mental health absolutely suffered in February from the pressure I put on myself. Additionally, I am now working full time and I was not previously. I would love to hear any recommendations on how to not burn out/overload/freak out this time around and/or any pointers in how to approach the LSAT with a renewed sense of vigor.

Thanks!

Laura

writing in october and i feel like i've made no real progress. i've just started doing LR fairly recently, mainly have been doing LG. hopefully blind review method along with memorizing the general rules for LR will help. can anyone give some words of advice?

Cut into my study plan for Friday night, I was forced to go out and actually have some fun. What was the issue? Will it happen again?

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Hi everyone,

So yesterday I took the June exam. I was pretty prepared, had visited the classroom a week before, felt focused and ready. We checked in, entered the room and sat where we were assigned. And then...the construction started. Not just a few taps from a hammer, I'm talking full-on, constant, heavy machinery construction. Right on the walls of our classroom. So loud that we couldn't hear the proctor. Of course, students protested very strongly (I thought there was going to be a riot) but our proctors told us it was too late to withdraw, that LSAC would not refund or reschedule. The university wouldn't let us move classrooms, even though they made the mistake and scheduled the construction at the same time of the exam. So we took the first three sections with the construction. I tried very hard to not let this shake my concentration, but it was impossible to think!

I've decided not to cancel my scores, because I will be out of the country in October and won't be able to retake. I'm planning on lodging a complaint to LSAC, even though I know they won't do anything for us. Just thought I would vent a little here and see what people think...!