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Is anyone having trouble with the 7sage website lately? It often takes forever to load when trying to create a new problem set and sometimes doesn't load at all. The issue is not my wifi nor my computer as I have been on different devices/networks.

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When doing the drills and problem sets I find myself obviously doing worse with the tougher questions (4/5 degree difficulty). Since I have no prior attempts on the LSAT and have only taken one PT, I am unsure how common these very difficult questions are on the real test. Can someone with prior test experience explain the difficulty variation on the exam? Is it a lot of 4/5 difficulty questions or usually 1/2/3 difficulty with some tougher (4/5) questions mixed in?

What's MBE?????????

I noticed that I don't manage time well in my tests, how can I improve? I end up skipping loads of questions when I'm running out of time and it's frustrating. I have a pretty solid understanding of LSAT fundamentals now but because of my time management, I can't budge the 150s. Meanwhile, in my blind review or untimed tests, I score in the 160s. Please help. My LSAT is in 7 weeks and I don't know what to do anymore.

Hello! I registered for Jan 2024 LSAT but have not received any info on what testing centre I will be writing at . Does anyone know when we will get this info?

Hello everybody, I recently took a drill and noticed that I got one of the answers incorrect because I didn’t know what one of the words meant. I usually don’t have this issue since 98% of the time I’m keeping up with the LSAT’s diction. I don’t want this mistake to happen again so I’m reaching out to anyone who is aware of a list of LSAT vocab that can reduce the odds of this happening again. If anyone could aid me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

The LSAC recently announced that the registration for the August 2023 to June 2024 LSAT administrations is now open.

The following is a list of the upcoming LSAT test dates and registration deadlines

for United States (Including Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada:

June 2023 LSAT

The week starting Friday, June 9

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

August 2023 LSAT

The week starting: Friday, August 11

Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 29, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

September 2023 LSAT

The week starting: Friday, September 8

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

October 2023 LSAT

The week starting: Friday, October 13

Registration Deadline: Thursday, August 31, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023

November 2023 LSAT

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Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 28, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023

January 2024 LSAT

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Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

April 2024 LSAT

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Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024

Score Release Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

International Administration

Regions:

June 2023 LSAT

The week starting: Tuesday, June 13

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

October 2023 LSAT

The week starting: Saturday, October 14

Registration Deadline: Thursday, August 31, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023

January 2024 LSAT

The week starting: Saturday, January 13

Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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The week starting: Saturday, April 13

Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024

Score Release Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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The week starting: Saturday, June 8

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Please note that each administration’s registration deadline is also the last day to request disability-related testing accommodations, assistive technology, a free Test Date Change, and/or a full refund.

Each administration’s discounted test date change deadline is also the last day to request a partial $50 refund.

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Given the expressed preference of the substantial majority of test takers, the LSAC will continue to provide the LSAT in an online, live remote-proctored format.

Anyone else struggling taking practice tests under timed conditions? I feel like seeing the timer gives me more anxiety and causes concentration issues. If someone has experienced this and has any tips to overcome this anxiety, let me know.

Shoutouts to @"Nicole Hopkins" for some incredible content here for RC. I know that I've never used an annotation system like this before and look forward to trying it out as I work through the curriculum and dive into RC passages. Highly recommend this webinar as well the one with @"Quick Silver and @DumbHollywoodActor for people who are struggling on RC or want to break through some plateaus. Both do an incredible job explaining RC in a way that really helps you learn the material and we're blessed to have them as resources! Again sorry about the length but I hope this can help some of you out there struggling with RC.

Nicole Hopkins RC Webinar

Contents:

1. Reading Comprehension Overview

2. Strategy: Helping your very-near future-self

3. How (and why to turn the passage into a toolbox

4. Notation Strategy

5. Doing your ONE JOB in Reading Comprehension

6. Implementation

Reading Comprehension Overview: Crash course of the basics of Reading Comprehension along with some timing strategies

What RC Consists of:

• 35 minute section

• 4 separate passages (Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Humanities

• 5-8 Questions per passage

• Total of around 28 questions per section

Should I skip to Passage 3 or Passage 4 since these are more likely to have more questions?

• No you should start with passage 1 and attack accordingly, you want to pick the low hanging fruit, gain confidence/momentum so you can handle the “harder passages”

• You don’t get points for answering harder questions

o Answering only 21 questions and getting them all right scores higher then answering every question and getting 18 right

Should I spend longer on the “harder passages?

• RC is always the same process (process of elimination based on inferences you make while reading/analyzing the passage)

• Do not spend more time on the “harder passages” spend around the same time on all of them

o We don’t want to spend more time on a harder passage because we’d rather re-allocate that time to an easier passage and get more questions right

• In this way it is NOT like LG because the amount of time that you spend on each passage should be close to the same

Timing Breakdown:

• 3-4 minutes to read the passage (3:30 is our sweet spot)

o Remember you’re not trying to read for detail or to analyze, we want to focus on structure and a good annotation system where we know where things are if/when we need to come back to the passage

• 4:45-5:45 to answer 5-8 questions

o Leaves us a maximum of 1:15 per question if we only get 5 questions and around :35 - :45 seconds per question if we have 8 questions in a passage

How do we deal with the issue of time?

• We DO NOT just “read faster”

• We read smarter and we eliminate answers more efficiently with confidence

• We want to approach this like LG where we’re going to set up our “game board” so we can confidently move through the questions quickly

Helping your very near future self: This goes through the method we’re going to use to help efficiently eliminate answer choices

Combination of JY’s Memory Method and Mike Kim’s approach in the LSAT Trainer:

JY’s Memory Method:

• Read the passage

• Make main points for each paragraph and for the entire passage

• Take a few seconds to walk through the main points of the passage in your head

• Confidently eliminate the answer choices and refer to the passage when necessary

Mike Kim’s LSAT Trainer:

• When we read focus on the reasoning structure

• Our goals when we finish reading the passage should be to know the main points and the author’s purpose for writing the passage

• Ask yourself these questions

o What are the main points

o What are the big moving parts

o What are the viewpoints

• Who holds them

• How do they interact

• Why do care about these viewpoints

Broken down even further you should think of the JY’s method as the what we’re actually doing and Mike Kim’s approach as how we’re doing it. So as we read the passage we’re reading for structure very similar to how we’d look at argument forms. We want to know if we stripped away the subject matter what would it look like (introduce topic, offer view against topic, offer view in defense of topic, acknowledge that view for topic is clearly superior). Also while we’re reading we’re stopping at the end of each paragraph to get the main point of the paragraph, this helps the overall structure because we understand how the pieces fit in with each other. Then as we continue reading we look for the different viewpoints throughout the passage. Finally when we get to the end of the passage we should have a main point of the passage, along with ascertaining what the author’s purpose for writing this passage is. If we can do that we’re ready to attack the questions.

Note that having a good process to fix our RC problems are only half the battle, we now need the appropriate tools to be able to do that job and that’s why we have our RC toolbox annotation system

How and Why to turn your passage into a Toolbox:

• We understand that we will not remember all of the details that we’ll read and will most likely have to refer back to the passage

o We also know that we’re under immense time pressure and we want to maximize every second we have

• When we look back at the passage we want to have the passage work for us so we can be quick and efficient and so we have an annotation system

Notation System Overview:

• This is not a magic bullet meaning that doing this will simply put you in a better position to be able to attack the questions but you will still have to put the time and work into making this work

• It is perfectly okay to not use these exact symbols you want to make your notation system reflective of you and work for you

o Certain things people use as notation don’t work for others

o The important thing is what you annotate (main point, structure, etc.) not how the things are annotated

• Think about this: If this notation system saves you 2 seconds per question this could be the time it takes to allow you to answer 1- 2 more questions overall

Notation Strategy:

Keys: When doing this we’re looking for 5-6 distinct categories of details that we can easily distinguish immediately so that you can refer back to the passage without wasting precious seconds

• Who

• What

• When

• Where

• Pivots

• Questions Asked or Issues Raised

The Who: Proper nouns (Bill Smith)

• Mark with a BOX around the name, actor, agent, etc.

• Proper nouns (Bill Smith)

• Some scientists (Always Box the Quantifier!!!)

• Mainstream historians

• Grass Spiders (animals)

• Hydrogen/Oxygen (because they’re doing something to something else

Do not forget to box the quantifier because it allows you to eliminate so many answer choices is the passage says “some are” and answer choices says “most are”

The When: Certain Date or time that something occurred (1776)

• Mark with a Circle around the date, period or temporal term

• Until recently

o Unless you’re told that this is a recent thing or that something is currently going on, you can’t infer recently

• Since the 1950’s

• In the Middle Ages

• In recent decades

Sometimes helps where if it says before/after X and you can tie it in with exactly what X is being able to visually connect the two ideas could help save you some time. Whether it be a line or arrows being able to connect them so you don’t have to spend time finding the other could save you a few seconds

The What: Any term or phrase defined or used in a specified way, or any defined hypothesis/theory that is defined

• When something is defined, usually an embedded clause that we read without and then with afterwards

• We box the term and then underline the definition or pointing to an underlined definition if in another line

o “Box with a tail”

The Where: “In what context”

• Put brackets around it [ ]

• Geographic locations [Mali]

• Experimental context [a recent study]

• Works/Books/Symphonies [Homeward Bound]

• Other locations [in the arteries]

Context will vary subject matter to subject matter

The Pivots: Used when the author is switching between different viewpoints

• Marked with an arrow without a stem in the margin (>)

• “But”, “however”, “in spite of this”

Very helpful in figuring out argumentative structure and is very often tested on in questions

• Way to signify different views and helps you understand the flow of the passage, extremely helpful in seeing the MP of the passage

Issues & Questions:

• Any time an issue is raised or something is presented use a star

• Any time a question is posed use a “Q” margin

• You don’t have these in every passage but when you do have them it helps see the flow of the passage

Doing your ONE JOB: Your job in RC is NOT to “understand” the passage. It’s to comprehend the passage only enough to eliminate 4 wrong answer choice for each question

• This isn’t Reading Understanding this is Reading Comprehension

• You are going to be relying on process of elimination and you’ll get answer choices that you don’t like but you’ll have to circle

o This is why this is so important to be confident when eliminating answer choices

Read it, notate it, and attack the questions!

Implementation:

• Practice this notation strategy on a few RC sections you’ve taken before trying it out on a fresh PT/section

• Focus on eliminating answer choices with those hammers you pick up from the passage. If the AC says “most scientists” and you’ve only got two “some scientists” that AC is smashed

• The goal is for this to be muscle memory and make this automatic!

Random Q&A:

1. Should I rely on process of eliminate every question?

a. You are always using process of elimination on the LSAT, this is no different from LG or LR. When in doubt use process of elimination.

2. When you have the whole page marked for the Who/What/etc. with limited time how can you answer questions?

a. Use parts of answer choices that you know you annotated and can thereby confirm or eliminate answer choices

b. Even though you have lots of annotation symbols and potential for things to be marked each one is distinct so you can quickly find information you need

3. How do I BR a passage?

a. I always practice BR on a fresh sheet of it

b. Write why you have answer choices got wrong

c. Before you check your answer choice do a BR

d. Confirm the answer with line references because it will be supported by something in the passage

4. I’m missing more now on recent tests what I can I do to help?

a. You need to hone in on words that make the answer choices unsupported

i. Don’t want an answer choice to be so strong

ii. Rely on process of elimination and you see the tricks that the LSAT makers give

5. Do you make multiple reads through?

a. Read through once and notate and then you do your walkthrough in your brain of what everything is saying and how it fits and then attack the questions.

6. How do you attack the weird analogy questions?

a. Think about the analogy questions very similar to conform to the principle/parallel reasoning etc.

b. Looking for an answer choice that conforms to the same principle because you want to look at that part of the passage and say okay, what is the role/rule/function in this. What is the critical part that’s in play right now.

7. What would you advise for someone who has lots of fluctuation?

a. Are there outside factors that varied?

b. Look at the subject matter and not allow the subject matter to dictate how well you’re engaged.

8. Should you use the same thing for comparative passages

a. Yes, and the only other markings will be boxing something that both of them talk about and connecting it with a line throughout the passage

9. How do you drill RC?

a. Depends on where you are in your prep, how many are you missing, why are you missing questions?

i. If you’re RC performance is suffering from poor habits, spinning your wheels, over inferring, bringing in outside information, only focusing on part of the passage, then drilling a bunch actually will make it worse.

ii. An option to see how your habits are lining up, 7sage BR calls are incredible and talk to people on the call

b. Always do it timed to see how long it takes for you to read

10. How do you focus on the passage structure if you don’t understand what the passage is asking about?

a. Focus on the words that you do know, focus on the pivot points and proper nouns and inferences that you can make, this will help you be able to move forward

b. Just by notating effectively you’re giving yourself a chance to eliminate answers

c. Remember that you don’t need to understand the subject matter to get the question right, we’re training to be lawyers not subject matter experts

Has anyone else had problems with 7Sage loading? The first couple of weeks that I used this website I had absolutely no issues whatsoever, however this week the screens are constantly trying to load and timing out. I have really enjoyed the lessons, but I am spending a lot of time waiting for the website. It is a complete motivation killer! My internet is otherwise working fine. Anyone else having issues or have any suggestions? Thanks!

Hey all, about 50% of the way into LR, I was wondering if I should be going back and reviewing earlier question types? Or should I wait until I finish the whole curriculum?

So, I paid for Prep Plus out of pocket last July. I was approved for the LSAC fee waiver that also covers a year of Prep Plus this past February. Obviously since I had a current Prep Plus subscription in effect, I didn't get to take advantage of activating my free subscription. My year subscription end date is coming up next week. Since I wasn't able to ever get the free year, will LSAC cover this upcoming subscription with my fee waiver approval on file? I sent LSAC an email a few days ago and never received a response.

I know that Prep Plus is changing names next month, but I don't think that will be relevant.

The LSAC recently announced that the registration for the August 2022 to June 2023 LSAT is currently scheduled to open on May 12, 2022.

Once registration for the 2022-2023 testing cycle opens, candidates will be able to register for any of the following test administrations:

August 2022

September 2022

October 2022

November 2022

January 2023

February 2023

April 2023

June 2023

Please visit the LSAC's website for more information regarding registration deadlines for each of these test administrations, as well as deadlines for requests for testing accommodations or testing assistance.

In an effort to assist test takers currently registered for the April administration of the LSAT who may wish to change their test date, the LSAC has extended the registration deadline for the June 2022 LSAT until Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Test takers currently registered for the June LSAT who would prefer to switch to a future administration can withdraw from the June test and then re-register for the test of their choice once registration opens in May. If a test taker withdraws by Thursday, April 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET, they will receive a full refund of the June 2022 fee. If a test taker wishes to change their test date from June 2022 to a subsequent date after April 28, however, they will not receive a full refund and will be charged a test-date-change fee.

Given the expressed preference of the substantial majority of test takers, the LSAC will continue to provide the LSAT in an online, live remote-proctored format.

The following is a list of the upcoming LSAT test dates and registration deadlines

for United States (Including Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada:

June 2022 LSAT

Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11

Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 28, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022

August 2022 LSAT

Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

September 2022 LSAT

Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

October 2022 LSAT

Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15

Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

November 2022 LSAT

Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12

Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 29, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022

January 2023 LSAT

Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14

Registration Deadline: Thursday, December 1, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2023

February 2023 LSAT

Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Score Release Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2023

April 2023 LSAT

Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15

Registration Deadline: Thursday, March 2, 2023

Score Release Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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Score Release Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

International Administration

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Registration Deadline: Wednesday, March 16, 2022

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Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 28, 2022

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Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Registration Deadline: Thursday, December 1, 2022

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Hi! Should I be following the Syllabus all the way through first then starting the Prep Tests? Or should I be doing them weekly anyways? I'm a little confused on this, any help appreciated!

As I am going through the curriculum, I am nervous that I will forget past lessons and skills learned. How can I make sure I am keeping up with every skill as I add more and more to my plate. For example, I am currently on Weakening Questions but I want to make sure I don't forget Logic, MSS Questions, and Main Point Questions. Do I just do practice sets everyday? Or what else?

If we are someone who receives extra time testing accommodations on the LSAT how can we change the setting on the 7Sage practice tests from 35 min to the appropriate time?

Hi! This is my first discussion post. I was just wondering if someone would be able to help me better understand the significant gap between my Timed and BR Scores. For example, I recently took one of the PT35+ tests and scored 145 (timed, 35/75) and 165 (BR, 60/75). Does anyone have any tips on how to improve under timed conditions? Whether it's practicing to read faster, minimizing distractions, etc.

This month I'll be in the region of a couple of schools I'm hoping to apply to. While I'm in the area I'm planning to visit the towns to get a feel for whether they are a place I'll want to be for a few years, and I'm considering scheduling a campus visit while I'm there as well. I'm taking the LSAT in September and as long as things go okay will be applying to schools this fall.

I've done some digging through the forum and it sounds like in general, the crowd here is supportive of pre-application visits. Any thoughts to the contrary?

Secondary question: What are some things I should be asking (of current students, of professors, of folks in the admissions office, of anyone else?). Who should I be asking to talk to? I have a short list of questions so far, but this will be my first experience going on a campus visit (I never visited my undergrad before attending) and have been out of school for 10 years so I'm feeling quite ignorant of the process and would love your guidance regarding what smart questions to ask.

Hi all,

I have ADHD and some sensory issues, and I found something that really helps me with studying. Silicone earplugs! I have seen quite a few discussions about ADHD tips from years back and figured I should post this for people who are currently on the study train.

Here are the ones that I use. I found them at my local CVS: https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-ultra-soft-silicone-earplugs-6-pairs-prodid-457795

They have helped me so much with studying and taking practice exams. I find that the slight pressure in my ear helps me to be more comfortable and relaxed. It almost replicates the feeling of a nice weighted blanket. Additionally, they block out small noises that might otherwise throw me off of my rhythm.

Also, you are allowed to wear earplugs during the test. They are on the list of preapproved items (https://www.prometric.com/test-owners/resources/testing-accommodations-pre-approved-items, https://www.lsac.org/lsat/register-lsat/accommodations/accommodations-may-be-available-lsat) for both the multiple-choice and writing sections. The only requirements are that you show them to the proctor before the exam and that they are "non-electronic, non-corded/banded, and generic foam" (I am assuming silicone, a foam-like substance, is okay). You could use foam ones, but I find that the silicone ones stay in my ears so much better.

Hope this helped somebody.

Hi! I am currently at a 156 average for the LSAT and I have the following questions regarding each seciton:

For logic games it is time, when I blind review I get it all correct but I really struggle in doing it all in the allotted time. I assume the best way to practice is by just doing it over and over again to get down on time? Does that make sense or has anyone else suffered the same issue and figured out a better way to do logic games quicker?

For Logical Reasoning I kind of struggle on just a random few ones each time -- So for those of you have increased LR what is the most effective way you find with studying for LR? Like should I just do all of the lessons or for time purposes are there one's you recommend over others? Should I do a bunch of practice? How many a day? Any advice would be so appreciated!!

And last for reading comprehension I am weirdly just so bad at these. I read everyday for my major so it really makes me sad that this is where I perform worst so really any advice on books or lessons or practice methods that most helped you I would really appreciate!!

Thank you so much in advance.

I am very budgeted and put as much as I can into my studies. I am hoping to be able to invest in tutoring, but I am wondering when the best time to do it would be as I am unable to afford a large amount of lessons.

Any recommendations? #help