Wouldn't it be wonderful to know the score you received and THEN decide if you want to cancel or not?

I turn to my fellow 7sagers for any sage wisdom...

Background: I took the LSAT on Saturday in London. The testing conditions were fine & the building was actually pretty swank. For the last two weeks, however, I have been very sick. I have either bronchitis or the beginning of pneumonia & was prescribed medication for pneumonia (and an inhaler for breathing during my coughing bouts!). I was a bit paranoid about disturbing other people during the test itself so I held all my coughs and tissue-blowing until the breaks. After the test, someone even said "so you were the person who was dying behind me" haha.

Despite being sick, I had adrenaline on my side & was devoting all my energy to concentration. Section 1 kicked my ass. It was LR, and I am comfortable with LR normally... but I found myself jumping around on questions and in a time panic mode. I kept reading and re-reading.

Sections 2, 3, and 4 were all fine -- I flew through them. After the first section, I was resolved to do better & was hoping that I would have 3 LRs and the first was an experimental. By Section 5, I realized I didn't have an LR experimental and that brought me down a little bit.. but I still pushed forward and this section was fine as well.

So the question is... how much could my illness & my Section 1 performance have affected my score? I think objectively, Section 1 was definitely the hardest section of the test. But I am finding it very difficult to assess how many I might have had wrong for this section. And even though I thought all of the other sections were OK, I could be misconstruing these!

The problem with re-taking is that it would possibly be a long time before I could take the LSAT again.

I also worry about the schools that average scores, rather than taking the highest score.

Thoughts?

Essentially I am trying to decide whether I should buy the Cambridge books or PDF files. Anyone have a suggestion? Or does it not really matter?

I am looking to do a joint degree program. I would prefer a JD/PhD. I know that Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc. have great ones but I am not sure those are within my reach. I think NYU and Penn are going to be my best chance at a highly ranked school. Do any of you know of any other good joint degree programs you have heard about? I am open to any and all suggestions.

if only constitutes sufficient right? lol

For those of you who just took the December LSAT and are planning on applying this cycle for matriculation next Fall, is it possible to submit applications before we receive our scores?

I'm just wondering because a few of my schools have a financial aid priority deadline of January 1st, but it looks like we aren't going to have our scores before then. I'd really prefer to see my score before I decide to apply, but not at the risk of getting a good enough score but receiving zero financial aid.

Any suggestions from LSAT veterans?

I'm looking for a study partner.

Just a simple question. I feel like I could use a break but I feel incredibly guilty if I do because my scores are not where I want them to be and I'm a June test taker. I feel like I'd be wasting time but this test makes me feel like I have a thousand pounds of stress on my back some days.

Hey guys,

I can't remember where this was in the course, but what is the proper way to negate a conditional statment? So for example:

~ (X-->Y)

How would we properly negate if X then Y?

I am looking to take the test again in Feb. Unfortunately the test center I took it in Dec is not offered as an option for Feb. Wanted to check if there are websites where reliable reviews can be found on the test centers. I have looked at yelp, tls, lsatcenters.wikia. Thanks

Hi guys,

I'm planning on filing a complaint against the LSAC and wanted to hear some feedback whether it's a good idea or a bad one. So, I had very incompetent proctor - made several mistakes throughout the day (e.g. forgot to tell us to sign the test, didn't read the instructions thoroughly...just bad, period). But, what stood out the most was that 10 minutes into Section 1, the assistants came to us and started asking us if we could flip the page over to the first page so they can write the test Serial Number. Imagine the level of distraction? What made things even worse for me was that my first section was Logic Games. I had literally, read the rules of the second game and was making inferences based on my set up when this happened and I FREAKIN FORGOT MY INFERENCES. So, I had to go back, re-read, try to remember the inferences and easily lost 3-3:30 minutes. On top of that, the level of noise created so much distraction. HERE'S MY QUESTION: ARE THE PROCTORS WITHIN THEIR POWER TO DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR TEST IF IT'S SOMETHING NOT PERSONALLY RELATED TO YOU? As in, he F**** up by not writing the test serial numbers when distributing, and I have to suffer.

Hello, everyone! I'm a bit confused. In preparation for the Dec. LSAT I took PTs 68/69/70 and score a raw number of 68, all of which were calculated as a score of 156.

Here: http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/correct_targeted.cfm

My preptest 70 (October 2013) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website it says a raw score of 64 is a 155, so is 4 more correct answer really only 1 more point?

Preptest 69 (June 2013) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website a 155 is 63 right.. So getting 5 answers correct only gives me one more point?

Preptest 68 (December 2012) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website a 155 is a raw score of 65, so getting 3 more questions right only gives me one more point?

Maybe I just don't understand the scoring scale... If anyone can resolve, reconcile, and explain it would be awesome!

Does 7Sage offer the older PTs with explanations? I assume they don't, but can someone please confirm?

Is anyone even going through the older PTs? If so, how are you getting through questions that you are stumped on? Is there a site or book that is similar to 7Sage that goes over the older PTs? I'm trying to figure out if it's worth my time to review them.

I should be done with all of the lessons by mid-January and should be PTing twice a week. Ideally, I'd like to do three tests one week, two the next, three the following, etc... 3-2-3-2. I think that might be too much, but if others have tried this, please let me know if it has worked for you. I want to incorporate older PTs with the newer ones.

I plan to take the exam in June and possibly in September (hopefully not :) ). I know it's going to be a tight schedule but I'm 100% ready.

Thanks!

They started the test 30 minutes late while we were all sitting in there locked up! I started with high anxiety (anxious from the beginning and it built up of course during the 30 mins delay). I walked out half an hour ago knowing I bombed it!

What is to be done now?

Cancel the score?

Re-take in February for 2015 cycle?

Re-take in June for the next cycle?

I can't believe this just happened to me after 6 months of preparation.

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I am having trouble clear printout of pT 49 , it does not seem to print sections 2, 3 and 4 clearly. Section 4 is particularly bad. I know it is not my printer since I am able to print the other PTs (60s) just fine. I am going to try 50 now.

Hi Guys,

I am about to start on the practice tests tomorrow. I just wanted to know what lessons would you recommend i keep reviewing to keep enhancing the skills we learnt. E.g. Im slowly reviewing all the logic lessons. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

Thanks

Since everyone is in the middle of deciding to cancel or not, general questions asks... is a 142 and a 160 look better on your application or a cancel and a 160. Can somebody shed some logical light on this ?

I want to use 7Sage materials this time around, and essentially have my entire life between now and February to dedicate to studying. Suggestions?

Hi All -

I've always been paranoid about making any marks on the LSAT scan sheet but since they essentially give us a photo of the sheet and we have hand score options, I think it may be ok.

I want to do the following things, please let me know if you think it's fine:

1) Circle question numbers on the bubble sheet for questions I'm unsure of are are skipping (I do it in the text book, but this may be useful in some cases).

2) Maybe vertically bracket groups of bubbles ie by passage so it's easier to see if I bubbled correctly

3) Not bubble in crazy heavy - just enough in order to save time (since we have hand scoring and a photo of actual score sheet to check).

Thoughts?

After doing quite a bit of preparatory work and taking about 7 PT's (thus far), I was curious if you guys would think it an improper method of study to ONLY do pts from this point forward with intense blind review and then further review. Is there a point where its time to only take pts? Im a little under 2 months out and am feeling that I might gain more understanding by dealing only with the tests. Ive purchased every available pt, so running out of fresh material from now until test day given the time line isn't an issue.

I guess what the real question is, while I am admittadly a little hazy in some areas, do you think intense study of the PTs would achieve a more applicable understanding rather than taking the time away from that to re-watch/read preparatory curriculum I have already reviewed (as I have reviewed them all at least once)

I may have to withdraw. My most recent PTs were going great until I got to the newer tests, and then my score sloooowly went down again. This is after I took the LSAT last December, postponed it twice, hardcore studied for at least 4+ months... and my last few PTs are the exact same score that I got last December. The schools that I want are at least 14 away from my current, 4 points away from my best scores. I already took off an additional year to study. I think the worst part isn't even letting myself down, its having to tell people that I may wait another year to apply. It's just taking so long. Like so, so long.

Is taking another year to do better really worth the gains?

I'm taking the LSAT in two hours and this video put everything I've done and sacrificed into perspective. Good luck to all of you

I don't feel that I did poorly, nor do I feel that I killed the test. I do feel that I did well enough to get into my target school.

I spell relief L-S-A-T-D-O-N-E. (Alka-Seltzer anyone . . . anyone?)

Regardless of how well I did, I want to thank the 7Sage crew for all that they provide. I know I would have scored lower if I hadn't discovered this site.

So I was about to buy a course, but I have a question.

I've noticed for the lessons, some have different amounts of lessons per. I had thought the differences were only due to how many LSAT tests were explained. For example:

Main Point & Main Conclusion Questions 17 lessons, 1.6h (Starter)

Main Point & Main Conclusion Questions 19 lessons, 2.1h (Premium)

Main Point & Main Conclusion Questions 21 lessons, 2.3h (Ultimate)

I know that upgrading from one course to another gives more lessons but my questions are:

1) Will using a starter with 17 lessons versus an ultimate for 21 lessons on "Main Point & Main Conclusion Questions" be a huge difference? What are in the remaining 4 lessons?

2) If I start using the Starter and decide to upgrade to Premium later, will my 7sage program show that I have 2 extra lessons that I didn't use?

3) Are the lessons that are skipped in Starter something that might cause the following lesson to make less sense?

I've been looking online for awhile for the answer, and I can't find one, so I thought that I would ask here. I am on prescribed medications, one of them being for ADHD. I am supposed to take it twice a day, which means I should be taking it during the break during the exam tomorrow. Are we allowed to bring medication into the test center? I would hate to have to suddenly alter my medication schedule the day of the test and not be able to focus as well. And if I do, does it have to be in a prescription bottle? I don't really want everyone knowing what I am taking by seeing the bottle, but then again I know that some people abuse these types of medications, and I don't want to be accused of that and get into some trouble without proof of a prescription. Any insights or past experiences would be appreciated!