The lsac website says tbd - week of the 14th. Can you assume you will be testing on Saturday the 14th or Sunday the 15th? When will the official date come out?

Hello everyone,

I've been studying for about 2.5 weeks and have only used 7sage. What other platforms do y'all find helpful? Thanks!

Hello, I am currently doing untimed practice sections for LR and I am finishing sections in 75 minutes and getting around -4- to -7. Should I be reviewing the strategies more, drilling specific questions type or keep on practicing with individual sections until I get my time down? I have read the Loophole book and it definitely simplified LR for me.

Could anyone kindly give me some advice? My LSAT score is one point lower than the last time. This is my second LSAT taking, and I plan not to take LSAT in the future. So should I cancel my score this time or should I keep it?

Has anyone taken the LSAT at the Sofitel hotel in Midtown NY? What was your experience like?

Wanted to take one more PT this week before i take the jan lsat? Should i just take most recently released one?

Hey all, I wanted to just come on here to talk about the importance of taking your darn breaks while studying for this test.

I think a nice thing about the LSAT is that it is a skill-based test. Taking a break will not hamper your ability to improve.

I started studying early this year, started in March and took the test in June. I'm not qualified or anything but I can attest to the importance of giving your brain room to absorb the skills based on my own experiences. I went HARD in my studying in May - I'm talking waking up, going directly to my desk to study, break to eat, study until 1 am, sleep, repeat. My life was the LSAT and, as expected of a human being, I got extremely burnt out. I would stare at questions bored out of my mind. Never broke the 150s despite my hours of studying. Got a 160 on my test in June. Not a bad score though it was not my goal score and I knew that I had it in me to do better.

June passed, I did not study. July passed, I did not study. I didn't TOUCH anything LSAT related. Sat down to do a practice test in August, I'm began breaking into the 160s. I didn't study at all for two months, yet I feel as though something unconsciously clicked in the time that I took to allow my brain to breathe. I come into studying with a completely different understanding of the test, it's a strange sensation that I cannot adequately explain. Those two months helped more than the month I took shoving practice down my throat.

That said, should you take two months off blindly in an attempt to increase your score? No. What I am hoping to emphasize is the importance of pacing yourself. Give your mind the time to absorb the skills you are learning. Let things marinate, if you will. Cramming study time into your schedule without adequate rest periods will not help and it's so important to set limits and boundaries. This is a life changing test, sure, but it should not absorb all of your time and energy.

Wishing the best for you all on your LSAT and Law School journeys (3(/p)

I am at the point of my prep where I just jumped into the 160s and I'm starting to see it's more difficult to get large increases with each PT. Should I go back and redo some of my older tests/sections/drills to make sure I truly understand any answer I previously got wrong?

Proctors: Militaristic. No nonsense. There was a lead proctor, and four others. Instructions were clear, time keeping was on point, and generally they did a great job.

Facilities: Very clean, well maintained.

What kind of room: Stadium seating, large lecture hall type of room.

How many in the room: Over 50.

Desks: A single long desk that accommodated 5 or more students per row. Chairs were anchored to the desks. Were not the most comfortable.

Left-handed accommodation: Not needed due to nature of desks not being for each individual student.

Noise levels: Extremely quiet.

Parking: Excellent and easy. Huge parking lot right outside of the building where the exam is administered. Parking is free

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 90 Minutes approximately, did not really keep track of this.

Irregularities or mishaps: Someone came dangerously close to being asked to leave the exam for working after time expired.

Other comments: No brainer if you are in Suffolk County, I heard horror stories from people at Hofstra (huge campus with a ton of buildings), so probably a better choice for Nassau residents as well.

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: June, 2015

Proctors: We had three: one in the front, one in the back, and one in the middle of the room. the one in the front was the one giving the instructions at the beginning and between sections. I always had enough time between each section to reset my watch close my eyes and take a few deep breaths.

Facilities: The campus is easy to find, medium size, large lecture rooms, clean bathrooms, air conditioned and many vending machines (in case you need to grab a snack or a bottle of water).

What kind of room: Lecture room. 11-12 rows.

How many in the room: 18 test takers.

Desks: Medium size, for large lecture room. long desk shared by each row with sliding seats.

Left-handed accommodation: Yes, there was a deisgnated row for left handed test takers.

Noise levels: Minimum noise.

Parking: Parking was easy and there was plenty of slots. $9 parking fee credit or debit cards only (you'll pay on the way out).

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 20 mins. once it was 8:30 am they divided us into 4 groups of 15/18 test takers. each group had three proctors. we walked straight to the exam room. they verified our ID's and admission tickets, and assigned each test takers a seat. we signed the admission tickets and were giving the answer sheet and exam within 15 mins.

Irregularities or mishaps: Nope everything went smoothly.

Other comments: The room was kind of cold.

Would you take the test here again? I definitely would. Too Bad it's not available for Dec.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 9/24/16

Proctors: 2 or 3 proctors. All were VERY strict with the time/putting pencils down; one proctor actually ran to a student to yank the pencil out of her hand. One person got kicked out for not following the instructions. All instructions (phones, food, IDs, etc.) were followed to a T.

Facilities: Ballantine Hall. Bathrooms were on the same floor. Elevators are a pain to use (if you go to IU, Ballantine is a notoriously weird internally designed building).

What kind of room: Small classroom.

How many in the room: The room could fit 30ish students.

Desks: Worst part of the testing room. Small college desks. Not enough room to fit both the test booklet and Scranton at the same time.

Left-handed accommodation: Yes.

Noise levels: No issue with noise.

Parking: Campus parking is a pain. Ballantine has a parking lot, but I walked to the testing room from my apartment. One of the campus bus routes takes you to Ballantine, so that is a possibility if you live off campus/don't want to drive.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: I showed up at 7:30. We started at about 8:30ish/8:45ish. The proctors were very strict about the directions, so we started promptly.

Irregularities or mishaps: Besides the person getting kicked out (which I didn't even realize until after the exam), nothing.

Other comments: I took the exam in September 2014 (PT 73), so some of my information might be out of date (such as if the same proctors are there). However, Ballantine Hall hasn't changed in 1000 years, so I doubt it has changed since then.

Would you take the test here again? If I had a choice to take it elsewhere, I probably would not take it at IU. I really don't like the small desks, so if you can avoid that at your testing center, I'd do that. Nevertheless, if you are an IU student, the closest spot is probably Indianapolis, and although that drive is only about an hour long from Btown, the roads can get pretty bad if the weather is bad in December.

How should I review PT 94? How is everyone else approaching using this exam to study?

On drills, I usually go -2 on RC, -2 on LG, and anywhere from -1 to -3 on LR. But when I take PTs, my mistakes double. This has been going on for several months now.

Most recently, I split PTs 63, 64, and 65 into four individual drills. After adding up the score from each drill, my totals were 170, 173, and 171, respectively.

I just took PT 65 as a full practice test and got slammed with a 165.

It hasn't always been like this. In July last year, I was hitting the 170s with relative ease on full PTs. I took a break from hardcore studying because of work, but I made it a point to keep up with drilling. So why am I doing so poorly on PTs? Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Proctors: 4-5

Facilities: 2 story - testing upstrairs, split into different rooms based on last name

What kind of room: regular law school classroom

How many in the room: approx. 30-40

Desks: 20-25

Left-handed accommodation: there was, unsure as to amount available

Noise levels: very quiet, calming and was able to focus

Parking: free parking, outside in law school parking lot; guarded by security

Time elapsed from arrival to test: approx 1 hour - 1 hour 20 mins

Irregularities or mishaps: none

Other comments: professionalism was apparent, staff was friendly and accommodating

Would you take the test here again? yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Feb 2016

Hey guys, you might have noticed that it's been a while since I've responded to comments. Sorry. I must have kept many of you waiting.

I'm withdrawing from responding to comments, broadly speaking. There are a two reasons for this.

First I'd like to focus on making videos which is an incredibly time consuming thing to do.

Second, I'd like to encourage you, our community, to help each other out. I realized that going forward, in the long run, if I keep responding to comments, I would be in effect encouraging the community to always specifically ask for my response, my help, which has the unintended effect of discouraging other students from responding. That's not good for building a community where we are both teachers and students.

I am still reading the comments. If there's enough confusion, I will clarify. But, you guys are smart and very nice to each other (thank you) so I don't anticipate many problems that you cannot resolve among yourselves.

You might have noticed that our commenting system has improved. First, recent comments show up directly on your command center, after you log in. Second, we've added the "Like" feature so now you can vote up helpful comments.

Took LSAT twice at the same location, so, if necessary, each time will be denoted (1) for the first time, or (2) for the second time

Proctors: (1) Proctor in my room was an older gentleman who was quite strict with the guidelines and the time limits. Although he made things clear this created a bit of a tense environment. (2) It was a younger gentleman who was instantly more casual and relaxed than the first proctor, but he still made the rules and time limits clear and enforced them well without causing as much stress the first time around.

Facilities: The building has multiple floors with the bathrooms on each floor, so there are options to those who may need to use the restroom. There were also a few vending machines located on the main level so a drink or a snack could be purchased before the test, or during the break. There are multiple theatres in the building that are used for the LSAT test.

What kind of room: A lecture theatre with bright fluorescent lights that is also equipped with an over head projector and microphone.

How many in the room: About 60 - 80 in the one room. Probably double that for amount of test takers at this overall location

Desks: Multiple rows of fixtured in tables (thus the tables were not unsteady or wobbly) with two sets of stairs creating a large middle section and smaller left and right sections. There was ample space for your writing and test materials.

Left-handed accommodation: Since the desks were long tables and you were not forced to write on one side over the other, there should be little no problem for left-handed individuals.

Noise levels: Both times there was no noise in the room and to my recollection no noise issues coming from outside the room either.

Parking: On UBC campus there are multiple parkades around and one parkade near the building you take the test in. But you will have to pay for parking anywhere you go on UBC campus. There are also several transit routes that can take you to UBC so the location is quite accessible from almost anywhere in Vancouver.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: (1) 45 minutes (2) 15-20 minutes

Irregularities or mishaps: (1) Proctor used a time that was shown on the overhead projector. (2) A timer was not shown on the overhead projector because in a time before the proctor got into trouble for using it

Other comments: This location was fairly good overall to take the test. The only thing that made a difference for me was the proctor. The proctor during my first test was more strict and created a tense atmosphere, which stressed me out a bit, but the second time around the proctor was more relaxed, which put me at ease more so than the previous one.

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: June 8, 2015; December 5, 2015

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I've done the diagnostic and before using 7sage (and now realizing I shouldn't have) I did a few practice tests. I consistently did very well on the LR (-4 to -0) but need some work on the LG and RC. Part of that is because I took formal logic in college which helps a lot with LR. I also saw that the LR section was 120 hours of time where the other two are each 40. Because of this, I thought it was better to try to go through the other two sections of the course, and see how I'm doing on practice tests after that before seeing if I needed to do the LR section.

But as I'm starting to go through the RC section of the course I'm seeing that there are a couple small references to the LR section. I wanted to see if it's worth going the entirety of the LR course section now or if there are a few specific parts of it that are relevant but not necessarily the entirety. Has anyone else been in a similar situation where they're good at LR but need to work on the other two? Would love any advice people have!

Hey guys I heading to Hong Kong in few days and will be staying in the Kowloon from early-December to mid-January. I am aiming for the February test and have been PT in the 165-175 range. I plan to do PTs and fine tuning RC and LR sections during my stay at Hong Kong.

Personally, I find it extremely helpful to form a LSAT group in order to PT efficiently and rigorously, as well as stay motivated. I mostly need a group for PT and not for studying or going over PT purpose, but I am also open to studying together if it turn out to be efficient. I don't care about your PT score range. If anyone is interested, please inbox me.

Hello,

I just recently purchased an annual subscription from LawHub. However, I believe my LawHub account is synced to a previous 7Sage account that I had a few years ago that I am no longer using. Is there anyway for me to re-link my LawHub account to the 7sage account I am currently using? Any help would be appreciated!

Hi, I have finished my personal statement. It is meant to be of the "overcoming adversity" variety. Is anyone willing to chime in with some feedback? I was told it was too long, but I am struggling with what to cut out. Any critique would be greatly appreciated!!!

PM if willing and I will send it. Thank you

Proctors: The proctors were great and very thorough about all of the rules. When you first walk into the building they check for phones and check your bag. Several people were sent away because of this.

Facilities:

Clean, easy to find facilities.

What kind of room:

Classroom

How many in the room: 9

Desks:

24 Large desks in room, with reclinable seats. 15 people didn't show up, so there were only 9 of us in the room, but if everyone had showed up, it still would not have been crowded at all.

Left-handed accommodation:

Yes, left handed desks

Noise levels:

No noise at all. Proctors even went around the room telling people to stop tapping their pencils on the desk

Parking:

Ample parking approximately 2 min walk to testing room

Time elapsed from arrival to test:

30 min

Irregularities or mishaps:

none

Other comments:

Out of the 2 places I took the LSAT, this is the only one I would recommend

Would you take the test here again?

If I had to, yes. Thankfully, I don't have to :)

Proctors: The student of the law school proctored the test. They were very cool and quiet. Enforced all rules reasonably and gave proper 5 min warning in all sections. Many test takers had water on the desk while the test was going on, and they didn't object to it even though they probably could according to test instructions.

Facilities: Very good. The test was held in Bannan Hall building in its lecture halls on the first floor. Since the test was on Saturday, the parking garage right in front of the building was open for all and had no parking restrictions. It takes a minute to walk from the parking to the test room.

What kind of room: It was a large lecture Hall with continuously running desks. The room was very quiet and it's almost soundproof from all outside noises.

How many in the room: May be 75-80 test takers per lecture hall. The hall had 6-7 rows of seating and every row had about 10-13 test takers on average. There was plenty of space between test takers so no one felt cramped for space.

Desks: The desks were lecture hall styled continuous running desks. So everyone in the same row is pretty much on the same desk as it runs across the hall. The chair didn't have any armrest but it was not needed either. Overall very comfortable seating arrangement.

Left-handed accommodation: I am right handed and didn't pay attention to it. But the desk/chair style was handedness-agnostic, i.e. it should be just as easy for left-handed as for the right one.

Noise levels: Very quiet, I didn't hear any noise.

Parking: Right next to the Hall, less than 1 minute walk away is a large parking garage with free parking on weekends.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: There was a long line outside at 8:30. Everyone was seated in their desks by about 9am and I think the test began around 9:30 or so after instructions.

Irregularities or mishaps: Nothing.

Other comments: All in all, a great test center in a very easy to reach location. The proctors are punctual, careful, and cool. The seating arrangement couldn't be beat.

Would you take the test here again? Yes, I took the test here the first time. But this test center usually doesn't hold the June test as the June test is on Mondays when the law school is in session. So I wasn't able to take the test at this location for the retake.

Title, I feel like I can read questions better in that font and size. My eyes are great and the bigger font size makes passages seem more intimidating.