I very recently got approved for accommodations in the form of 150% time--53 minutes/section. I have taken the test one time without extended time, and I have been studying for my upcoming test since November 2022 without that in mind either. I am seeking advice on how to adjust my studying. I don't want to "relax" too much and get slow, but I don't want to rush myself either. I was wondering, also, if any forums/blogs address this adjustment. Thanks!

Hey guys. I was wondering why I couldn't sign up for any exams after June 9th. Is it because they just haven't posted those yet? Or will there even be tests during then? I know there were last year. I graduate undergrad this year and hope to be able to apply for early decision by November 1st for law school so I can attend next year 2024, otherwise i'll have to wait until 2025. The cycle is so annoying. If there are going to be Sep/Oct tests this year my life would be so much easier. I already plan to take the June exam but would like a backup date if I dont like my score.

I couldn't access my original 7Sage account so I made a new one and purchased monthly + Prep Plus. However 7Sage + LSAC won't let me link the accounts, so I'm out $168. I can now access my original account, but my new account is useless and I lost that money. I can put a block on my credit card to prevent the purchase, but any idea how to resolve this? I want to be able to use 7Sage but I'm not dropping another $168 just for it to not work again.

Hello everyone! I'm still going through the CC and reached the section about "Some and Most Relationships." I understand that the negation of "all" is "some not."

"All A's are B's."

Group 1 translation: A→B

Negation: A←some→/B

This might be a silly question, but does this mean that all the logical indicators in group 1 should be negated this way? For example:

"As long as there are A's, there are B's."

Group 1 translation: A→B

Negation: A←some→/B

And does this also apply to groups 2, 3, and 4? Does "all" basically represent all the universal quantifiers we learned in "Intro to Logic"?

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m planning on taking the Feb LSAT and my score goal is 160-165. I have been feeling so down after finding out my score in October which was 140. I‘ve been studying on and off for the last few months and hasn’t been doing so well in PT. This has been making me feel even more bad about myself. Any advice about what I should do would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys . I hope you are well.

I am an international examiner and this is just 7 months which I started to learn English.

I have conquered LG ( -1/-2 per section timely )

I score 16/17 from 25 in LR timely ( -4/-5 after BR )

And I have just started working on RC . You know for strengthening my reading skill I read books in English and now I can solve almost all of the RC's questions(at least of medium passages ) untimely and I fear what will be the results on time condition!

For now what is your recommendation for getting better on LR or RC by knowing that I will register for Aprill or June and I wanna apply for 2024 and my international GPA is 3.4 and I need a full-ride scholarship and so better ranked school is more interesting and I wanna show my best on Lsat!

Best wishes !

Hello -- I just started using 7sage and am making my way through the curriculum, but I am unsure about what point in my studies I should start taking practice tests? Are most folks waiting until they have completed the entire curriculum to start focusing on PTs? I don't have plans to take the LSAT for at least another five months, so wondering what strategies others have had success with when it came to utilizing 7sage most effectively.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, Im getting super confused regarding the new LSAT structure / format. I keep reading that LR counts for 50% or your total score because there are 2 LR sections. However, LSAC is now saying that: "Beginning with the August 2021 LSAT, the test will include three scored sections and one unscored section...The unscored section can be any one of the question types — reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, or logical reasoning — and can occur at any point in the test. The LSAT will retain this format for the next several years."

Since the unscored section doesn't have to be LR, does this mean that LR no longer counts for 50% of your score? Thank you!

Hi All,

I really like looking at the discussions for each individual question, or discussions about a particular RC section, or LG. Is there a space where there are general Prep Test discussions had? I just completed PT 39, and would like to see what others had to say about a prep test that gave me a hard time.

Hi everyone,

this is my first time posting in this community. I won't go into my life story, so I'll just get right into the question. My goal is to earn at least a 170-172 on the LSAT and I have roughly a year of studying for this test, using 7sage but also supplementing my studying with the LSAT Trainer and the Powerscore Bibles. I just started the 7sage core curriculum and I've started to become a bit discouraged, specifically on the Main Point/Main Conclusion questions/explanations, as I'm getting almost all of them wrong. This has made me believe that I may be being unrealistic in my goal of earning such a high score on the LSAT. I understand the average LSAT score is around a 152 but unfortunately with my low GPA (3.23) I simply can't afford to get a merely average score, especially since my goal is to attend a reputable, highly ranked law school (not necessarily T14). Any advice is appreciated!

This is a huge pet peeve of mine and is constantly getting on my nerves. You cannot enable night mode (dark color scheme) without enabling inverted colors. This means when JY references a color by name it's the wrong color. Or that when he displays an image the colors are... inverted... making it look like a paranormal horror film. Same goes for peoples' profiles pictures.

This makes no sense to me and the only reason I see for this is that it might help some individuals with a specific type of color blindness.

The standard white I find to be taxing on my eyes with all the added blue light, etc. It also doesn't help you get to sleep late at night either if you have been staring at an all-white, super-bright screen for hours (studies confirm).

Just give the option to enable night mode WITHOUT enabling inverted colors....

So I’ve decided to officially take a gap year and while I know my chances at getting in when the Fall 2024 application cycle first opens is far better and taking a gap year will let me prepare for the June 2023 test without stress, I’m still a bit bummed. I always dreamed about going to law school straight from undergrad and I feel like some part of my dreams have been crushed a little.

If anyone has words of advice and encouragement to get past this and look toward the future with a positive light, I would really appreciate it (3 also if anyone has any suggestions on what to do during this gap year, I would really appreciate it.(/p)

Hello LSAT rockstars!!

I started studying for the LSAT a week ago and am taking the April LSAT (I know, fast paced schedule). On my diagnostic I got a 158, but I am looking to climb to about a 172. Obviously with the time crunch, I want to use the course in the best way possible so I was wondering if I should follow the syllabus chronologically or if I should be jumping around to the sections I am weakest at (which for me is LR followed by RC). I would just hate to let a month of prep go by without using the course most effectively. Also any additional tips for someone just starting out would be wonderful, thanks!

I can't study. I'm not ready for the Jan lsat and the last few weeks I just cannot study. I thought, 'oh I guess this is what burnout looks like?' But after researching a bit, it doesn't sound like burnout?

I lost my dad to suicide last year and it was a really wild ride leading up to his death... he was on the run from the FBI, then incarcerated. It was a really stressful time for me because I knew he wasn't mentally well and I knew things were going to end badly. I literally begged anyone I could think of--the judge, his pre-trial officer, parole officer, his lawyer, the prosecution, anyone, to get him mental health help. The way things ended was worst case scenario and I'm still processing it all.

And my husband recently lost his job. I don't work so that's obviously super stressful. So much is riding on the lsat for me personally. I left a high-demand religion after being extremely devout my entire life. I'm trying to carve out my own life and identity outside the religion, but it's been such an uphill battle.

Anyway, this isn't meant to be a sob story, but looking for advice. I probably shouldn't apply this cycle? I am scoring in the 150's on PT's but my goal is much higher. I want to reach my score potential. But I also have to balance the reality of needing to get going with law school. I'm older and I need to start my career sooner rather than later.

-Should I even take the Jan lsat?

I've never had depression until after my dad died, and then it was very intense. But I'm in therapy and feeling so much better and have been doing well with studying consistently. I'm puzzled by the study paralysis because I know I don't have to take the Jan lsat--I don't feel like I'm over pressuring myself and feel like I'm good at being gentle with myself and accepting I can't study and doing things I enjoy or want to get done instead.

Any general tips, words of encouragement, or insight would be appreciated.

How do you check answers after completing the blind review? I don't see where you can submit the reviewed section and receive feedback.

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Just wanted to make a post showing support before the Jan and Feb test. Try to relax during these next several days. If you're feeling extra anxious, biting your nails or can't eat food, go outside and take a super long walk. It will clear your brain and help you concentrate. Don't rush through study materials now. Just focus on what you already know and skim through basic prep.

On the night before the test, get good sleep. If you can't sleep try to take a long hot shower. Don't drink too much water. Wake up early the next day so you can go to the bathroom if you need to. In the hours before the exam, just go outside and walk around. I went into my backyard and talked to my girlfriend on the phone for hours. It helped distract me from all of my anxiety.

During the test, I took a glass of water with me and a rag. The rag was just to wipe my hands if they were sweaty. It relaxed me to have it on the table too for some reason. I also put every clock away because the noise was distracting.

Technology tips: Put your phone on airplane mode during the exam. Don't turn it off. The proctor didn't even ask me if it was turned on. If you have technical difficulties you can reach right behind you and get LSAC on the phone as quickly as possible. Make sure your camera and audio work every single day. Check your laptop every day. DO NOT UPDATE YOUR WINDOWS OS. Please please please. Pick up your laptop and shake it with the camera on. My camera went out when I picked my laptop up during the 10 minute break between sections and I got screwed over in October. This is just something that happened to me so I'm passing it onto you guys.

Good luck. A lot of information but I've taken the test 4 times now and this is what I did to be as ready as possible for my exam.

Hi there!

I'm currently registered to take the January LSAT this Saturday (14th), and the location that I'm planning on taking the test is one of the conference rooms in the office that I work. The business is closed on weekends so there shouldn't be anyone if the office at all so it should be fine in that regard. However, I'm concerned because the conference room has 1. two large mounted tv screens and 2. A "wall" that is really just a floor to ceiling window. I think I saw somewhere that this isn't allowed, but there are blinds that go down all the way from ceiling to floor. Any advice/perspectives would be helpful, thanks in advance!

Best

I mean to actually do the PT, blind review and then review with answers. Usually for me the first step actually takes the least time. I probably spend 2x the time on blind review and about 2x more to make sure I fully understand every single question on the test. This can easily take me like 2 weeks to process a PT since I'm working full time. I feel like this can't be right and it's super low efficient lol am I doing something wrong here? Please advise and any suggestions will be appreciated!

Hello, do we have to pick out our law schools before completing this program? #help

Just started working through the core curriculum and I had a quick question about problem sets and quizzes. Is it better to complete 100% of the problem sets and quizzes? Or is it better to do some of them now and leave others uncompleted to review in the upcoming months?

Hi!

I have been studying for a few months. About 3 months ago I plateaued at around 163. I was struggling to increase my score. I just took an untimed practice test and scored a 173. I noticed that so many questions (especially on the Logic Games) I initially got wrong but then with time and noticing that I messed up my diagram etc.. I was able to revise my answer choices to only get 1 wrong in the section. I was wondering if anyone had advice or tips on how I could proceed in my studying to help increase my timed practice scores given that my 173 shows that I have more potential to improve.

I'm not sure if this is relevant but my untimed score was (-3 RC, -3 LR, -1 LG)

Thank You!

I recently took my first 2 PTs EVER after finishing the CC, and the entire time I took both PTs, I ran short on time. I was extremely anxious because I could already tell I wasn't going to score well, but after doing the blind review, my score jumped to the 160s both times, and now I'm very confused about what these scores say about me. On the one hand, I'm extremely, extremely disappointed in myself for getting a 137 but getting a 164 on the BR is confusing me lol do you guys think there is hope for me, or should I give up? What do you guys think the jump from the 130s to the 160s means? Am I just struggling with time, or am I lacking fundamentals? And what do you guys suggest I do to improve? Should I stop taking PTs and instead focus on studying the fundamentals, or do you guys think doing PTs will help me improve?

Hi,

I’m about two weeks into the studying process, I started with the 7sage syllabus and plan on working through it until the end. Is this the most advisable way to study/learn the material? I’m aiming to take the LSAT on the June date. What else could I be doing besides what I’m doing now?

Guys, I wasn't very anxious until I did my Diagnostic and scored 140. My exams in Oct. I work full time, and after work I start studying. I study roughly bw 4 hours a day during the work week, and about 8 hours on the weekeds. Is it possible to achieve a 165 by the end of September? Please be honest!