Question guys!

I was curious, if for certain question types anyone simply scans directly for the correct answer, or upon seeing the correct answer; even relatively early among answer choices (A or B for example), selects it and moves on in an effort to fortify time remaining for more difficult question types .

Is this a dangerous tactic? Can this be a good tactic for answer choices that clearly shine true, such as conclusion/MP questions et cetera?

I employed this method upon my first few pts without much thought upon around the first 10 Q's in LR and found I was saving a vast amount of time by not reading wrong answer choices (I was finishing almost 10 minutes early with minimal unaccredited responses (for me anyway, around -4) . I refrained from using this method several PTs later after coming across mid section problems I would get wrong by not reading ALL of the answer choices. Now a days, time is a serious issue for me and can score anywhere from -4 to -10, the larger portion of negatives owing to the time crunch I think.

IF anything, could this be used as an effective means of time management? Or does it seem too dangerous

Thanks in advance

Hey,

Do any of y'all know if 7Sage offers an option to have your Personal Statement reviewed by one of the instructors? I bought the Personal Statement bundle, but I wanted my drafts to be reviewed so it can be as good as possible.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

So. I'm pretty sure I might be re-taking. Not sure yet. At all. I guess we shall see come January 5.

However, someone posted their Reading Comprehension Method and I remember reading it, but I can't remember where it is now.

They posted something like... they don't make note of details, just... Authors Position, Opponents Position, ect.

I'm wondering if anyone who has a solid RC method would post it here! I think I'm going to start prepping for the June LSAT now, and RC was my weakness.

:) so please! Share your methods!!

Hi to all my fellow retakers and forgive my grammar; Been grindin my whole life.

I was retaking because in sept i scored 7 points below my PT average, and yes i did strictly time my pts. I choked the games pretty hard though. I retook feel like i did better on the games, on the rest of the test? meh. I did take a couple cold(i wasnt studying nearly as much as i did the first time) PTs in the meantime and scored my average or a little above. i may not have scored higher on the retake, but i can live with it. Life's hard.

Howd you guys' retaking process go and how do you feel you did?

Greetings Everyone!

I'm Alexandra and I live in NYC. I've decided to start studying in January 2015 for the June 2015 LSAT. I'd love study buddies to help with this tedious exam. I have not prepared effectively in the past, so I want to be ultra prepared for the June exam. Any and all help is SO appreciated. Thank you! If need be, my email is alexandra.k.griffiths@gmail.com :)

Now that I'm done studying for/taking the LSAT, I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the 7sage law school prep. Is it for people who are in the middle of their first year or are you supposed to do the course before you go to law school? Also, in what ways do the course prepare you for law school? Thanks for any help in advance :}

I was planing to take Feb one but then realized that I won't get ready by then... so I want to cancel Feb one but I am afraid that it might leave a record or some sorts?

Can someone please answer my question?

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, so i was wondering if i could get your opinion on my study plan. I recently finished taking Blueprint Prep course around 1 week ago and since then i've just been doing timed sections from preptests 33 - 37, with one full timed PT.

I have no time restrictions at all since i graduated from UG and have money saved up, so i don't need to work for the time being. Since Blueprint used real PTs in their materials it only leaves me with like 14 Fresh practice tests to use to get a score from, so i'm using those maybe once every 2 weeks or so to measure my progress.

As for materials to practice from, i have all of the practice tests to date and have gotten them printed out and coil bounded. My last timed fresh PT that i did with blueprint i scored a 153, and my most recent BR that i did was around 173, so i'm using that as my most recent score to base my focus on and still working on my accuracy until it gets above a 175+. My plan for the next 8 weeks is as follows:

Month 1: My focus is gonna be improving my BR to be consistently above 175+. This is the schedule i have in mind:

- Monday & Wednesday: Full 5 section PT w/ Blind Review.

- Tuesday & Thursday: Drilling areas i'm not great at + hammering the Memory Method for reading comp and repeating games from the Full PT that i wasn't getting in perfect time or missed questions on.

- Friday: Day Off to prevent Burn Out.

- Saturday: Full 5 section PT w/ Blind Review (2 of these in this month will be Fresh to measure my score).

- Sunday: Review Day (Going back and reviewing each problem i got wrong during blind review and review it + drill any question type or game that i'm having trouble on)

Month 2: Switch gears to timing and endurance:

- Mondays & Wednesdays : Full 5/6 section PT w/ Blind Review.

- Tuesday & Thursdays: Individual Timed Sections + Any drilling if need be.

- Friday: Day Off

- Saturday: Full 5/6 section PT w/ Blind Review (3 of these will be fresh).

- Sunday: Review Day.

Doing this will leave me around 6-7 Fresh PTs to have just in case i'm not at my target score (170+) by the February test. If that happens then i plan on continuing the same plan until the June test.

Any opinions on things that i can add to make it better or if this is too intense?

Thanks Guys!

- Naveed.

Also one thing i've realized is just how important BR is. I WISH i would have found 7sage sooner. Although Blueprint taught me great foundational stuff, i know i could have learned it faster with 7 sage and improved wayyy more, mainly because all the intense amounts of work and studying i did with blueprint... i could have been BR-ing and learning a ton more in terms of improving the way i approach problems and tweak what works for ME. My original diagnostic was a 152, and the highest i ever scored after taking blueprint was a 157 with constant fluctuations. I felt like i had accuracy down but it wasn't until i did my first BR and i got a 163 on accuracy that i realized that there were deep foundational mistakes that i needed to improve on before i could hammer on timing. Only after 2 weeks of BR and drilling i've been able to improve my accuracy to 173 already, so seriously thank you 7sage for your free resources, you guys are amazing!

I confidently blew through almost all of my study materials in preparation for the September test, not anticipating that I would need to rewrite. I was scoring in the high 170s on my PTs, so what could go wrong, right? Well, a HUGE stress-induced bubbling error could (and did). I cancelled my score and will be re-writing in December.

After taking a week off from studying, I want to get back into the swing of things. The problem is that I have just one clean PT: I took PTs 35 - 72 as full-length exams, did the games from every test, and used up the LR and RC from about half of the early tests. The one exception is PT 68, which I accidentally skipped over.

Does anyone have any advice about how to study in the absence of clean PTs? Is drilling with blind review my best bet? Should I review old PTs? Anything?

After finishing today's test, I am determined to retake it in Feb. I feel I know which questions are hard for me and where the trap is, however, I seldom have time to reread the stimuli/re-check all the choices. I have been in the States for over 4 years, grad school+ work, but I have to admit that my reading speed and accuracy is well below the high LSAT scores...any suggestion how to increase reading speed and accuracy ( I sometimes miss some info in the stimuli and thus get it wrong. Realize how stupid I am when BR them) ??? I am an avid novel reader, maybe if should switch to Economist, forbes recently?

also, any suggestion for study schedule and strategy? I started with a diagnose of 148, after full time for two months, improved to 153 ( PT 63-75); in the recent two weeks, finally increased to 156 ( PT 69-72). My BR is usually 165 ish. so I guess I should be able to get 165 ish ( or at least lower 160s) after two more months' study?

I want to establish a practising habit. I know that later on I will be doing proctored PTs with BR, and this will be on PTs of 38+. Apart from that, when am I to do timed questions?

Let's say I am studying inference, after reading the theory, I will be doing inference questions from LSAT (1-38). Do you advise of doing these ones timed or not timed? I was initially thinking of doing them not timed to digest the concept well. What if after doing that, I find myself to be very bad with timing? Also when do you advice of doing full sections instead of categorized sections? and will that be timed or not timed?

I don't want to burn precious questions.

Many thanks

Okay. I have been studying lightly from end of May to August. I then studied everyday from August till the December exam. I work full time, so I studied mostly in the morning, on my lunch break, and in the evening.

I was averaging about a 160 before going into the LSAT. My logic games were always in the range of 0 - -3 wrong, so usually the LG brought my mark up quite a bit.

Now that's been a week I'm not sure. I guessed on the entire 4th game. I had an experimental Reading Comp, which, with RC, I average a -8, but the experimental somehow... brought my confidence up. I did every question, understood the passages, it was great! I did the LR, which I usually get -5 ish wrong, but that too felt pretty good. I answered all of them.

For the real RC, I remember the last passage being a bit hard, but I did push through and finish all of them. Same with the last LR.

What I'm wondering... now that I sit here.

I know that my application is not the strongest, but they do offer admissions to people with my GPA, and with my corresponding LSAT average. However, with that LG, I'm not sure if it's worth it for me to keep my score.... or not. I'm in Edmonton, Alberta, and I want to go to the UofA, but they average all LSAT scores. They're the only school I applied to that does that.

Would it be smarter for me to cancel my score now, instead of having a .... say... 154 show up on my LSAT score? Nothing significant happened to me during my test where I feel sufficient to write an addendum.... but could I? Say I retake for the June for the next cycle, and I pull out a 170. I wouldn't want them to average my score....? You know what I mean?

Anyone who could help shed some light would be appreciated. I'm feeling a bit blue about the exam, now that a week has passed.

Hey everyone!

I have only been studying for the lsat for a little over 2 months and can't seem to get where I need to be. I keep seeing everyone talk about how horrible they are doing when scoring a 160 but I can only wish that is where I am. So my question to all of you is this: Did you start off scoring high or was it a progressive thing? Should I be scared?? I am now getting super serious about studying as I am aiming to take the June test so if anyone wants to start a study group with me that would be AWESOME!!

Hello everyone! I quickly want to introduce myself before I ask my question. First off, my name is Peter and I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2011 with a Bachelors Degree in History. Since then, I have been working in the legal department, (drafting contracts and dealing with third party author misconduct issues) for a educational publishing company. Now on to my questions!

I have browsing the web on different ways to study for the LSAT and a lot of people (reddit) had suggested using 7Sage. The courses certainly look promising, but is there anything I would be missing out on? I guess more specifically, do I need to buy supplemental books or materials?

When looking at books to buy for studying, there is usually a list of at least a half dozen books. A lot of people suggest the powerscore bible for logic games and logical reasoning but state that I should stay away from their reading comprehension bible. I plan on taking the June 2015 LSAT and would be purchasing the 7Sage Premium Course. Am I set with just purchasing the 7Sage Premium Course, or is it best to buy additional (and if so, which) materials?

Assuming that I don't get the score that I want in June, I know I can extend my course for an additional fee. The next test that I would sign up for then would be the September LSAT. How much is the additional fee and how long does that extend the course? Or is it better off buying the LSAT Ultimate Course? The only downside with this I see, is that I DO get the score I want on the June LSAT and then I have a course that I am not taking advantage of. Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this!

Regards,

Peter

Hey all, So after taking the December ( my first time) , I'm having thoughts about canceling or keeping the score, which is a different story, but I wanted to ask from students about what they think about February exam for this cycle? isn't it true that since admission cycle opened OCT 1st most students have already gotten admission because of the rolling base and also that most scholarship money is gone since half of the classes are already full? If i happen to cancel my score or do poorly that I have to retake in february, wouldn't that be already too late and therefore a waste of time instead of taking it in June for the next cycle? I am surprised to see people even talking about taking february knowing these facts... please shed some light on this, specially the lawgic of those who are set on taking it.

Hey guys I'm very new to this forum mbut I figured I would try my luck.

I'm looking for a partner who is serious about working. At the moment I'm averaging about four hrs a day to the LSAT and I'm seeing some very slow improvements but improvements nonetheless.

However, I've been told that groups often tend to help learn things much faster than the traditional way, so if anyone is interested in skyping a few PT's or just want to do specific sections please let me know.

vincent _ cordone a t hotmail

thanks

I'm looking for anybody willing to meet up or at least discuss the lsat over skype. I usually study between 5-8 hours a day and have been practicing around low 170's, but have still have a lot of trouble with timing. I'm willing to help any of you with my strengths which is logical reasoning. I'm just looking for anyone who is very motivated to score very high and can make studying much more interactive by bouncing our minds and methods off each other. Anyways, if you're interested let me know at enzonabiev818@gmail.com. Thank you and wish you all the best of luck!

So I faxed my cancellation form and got a receipt back, but I am still nervous that something got fucked up. Should I do anything else to make sure they know of my intent to cancel? Or should I just let the process play out?

Just quick question. Would it be ok to split the BR into 2 days? Routine would be, 1) do lsat test 2) go back to circled questions and see if i wanna change my answer + get 100 certainty on then 3) score 4) questions i get wrong review and drill them in the head the next day. Let me know what you guys think.

Cheers,

just writing to say hi

Whoops sorry didn't look at the sticky,

disregard this post!

Does anyone use brain supplements? Alpha Brain or Happy Calm Focus

Is it better to use the newest PTs? Is there any difference between new and old that might help improve my score?

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to study for the LSAT and accurately predict my scores given that at first when I started practicing I did not follow any method but took and repeated PT's. Now, I think that I have memorized a great degree of questions and want to improve on thinking abstractly from my preconceived knowledge and get a strong core strategy for test day. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about this? I am enrolling in 7sage to adapt to a strategy (since I don't have one), but, wanted to go around what apparently is this big mistake.

Hello,

I will (hopefully) write June's LSAT. From the schedule in 7sage and help from other folks in 7sage, I will be doing recent PTs (35+) timed and BR towards the end of my prep. My question is, now, and during reading prep material, what can I prepare with? I learned I should do that with the earlier PTs (35-), but how?

In other words, I will be studying weaken questions, strengthen question, assumptions, cause and effect etc, but how would I practice my understanding?

Many thanks