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This might be a obvious answer but I just want to be certain. How do we actually access the exam -- is it on the Proctor Website? I am a first time test taker and just want to limit the unknowns.

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Hi everyone!

I have been studying for the LSAT for about three months now, and I just cannot seem to bring my logical reasoning score up. On my practice tests, I typically get about 7-10 questions wrong (the best I have scored is -4). I have tried so many different resources, including the Loophole and the LSAT trainer. I have been practicing a lot. I can identify the question types, and I feel pretty confident about my skills until I take a prep test or drill. This just seems to be an ongoing cycle and I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on how I can overcome this? Perhaps there are some people out there who have been in the same boat and could share some advice based on their experiences. Any insight and advice would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you :)

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Wednesday, Aug 4, 2021

laneward64

August LSAT

Am I confused or wouldn’t I be able to see an accurate depiction of my lsat score for this upcoming august lsat by just taking the flex version that 7 sage offers? I know that the august lsat will be four sections but since one of the sections is not scored does it really matter if you take all four sections on the practice PTs. I feel like taking the four section PTs gives me an inaccurate score since 7 sage grades the fourth “ experimental section.”

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Hey 7sagers,

I just wanted to see what y'all think the best use of the 10 minute break between the 2nd and 3rd sections is. Any particular things to do or stay away from?

Thanks!

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Hi everyone,

I am currently on the game section of the CC. I noticed that JY draws sub-gameboards for some games while just write down the rules for some games without making sub-gameboards. He tackles the questions just with rules when making the latter decision. He did state to make as much inference as possible by drawing different sub-gameboards before tackling the questions, but for some game rules, we have about 6-7 different sub-gameboards to draw, which makes me run out of given time. I am just wondering how are we supposed to know whether to draw all the sub-gameboards or just write down the rules and use the rules to answer the questions.

Let me give you a clearer example.

On the CC Sequencing Game Problem Set 2, JY only wrote down the rules for the game on PT 30 S1 Q18-Q23 without writing the sub-gameboards. His reason was that “there are only three rules.” However, if we look at CC Sequencing Game Problem Set 3 PT 29 S3 Q14-Q19, JY draws two sub-gameboards and use them to answer the questions.

I noticed that if we are to solve the game questions in a given time that JY tells us to do, which is under 5-7 minutes per game, we literally have to know how to tackle the game the moment we read the rules written in English.

Could you please share your thought on this?

As always, I really appreciate you for reading my question and taking time out of your day to answer my question.

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My approach to both is to view the correct AC as a MBT and the four other ACs as CBT/CBF/MBFs. Similarly to MBT, for MSS will the correct answer always be an inference/ conclusion? If so, is the only real difference between MSS and MBT questions the question stem format? Or for MSS will the correct AC sometimes just be a statement that is a MBT but not necessarily an inference?

I guess bottom line is I'm asking how you all approach these two question stems, and if you have the same strategy for both? Or if there are significant differences between the two that warrant a different approach for both?

TIA!

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I just went through the memory method curriculum. Is it useful to do the drill again with the same passage if you don't remember everything the first time (after a couple of days) or is it not worth it to do that with RC?

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Although I am getting better at locating the conclusion in the stimulus, the answer choices are throwing curve balls and hard punches below the belt. Can someone help me please......?

On this question, while I was able to understand and agree that the conclusion was sentence 1, the answer choices all look so..... attractive and it is difficult to understand why the answers are right and wrong. In speeding through this question, I took a second look thereby, in studying and going back, they all look so... wrong to the point that I would disagree that any of them are correct.

The correct AC, (B), allegedly makes a recommendation "..., is advisable...", and allegedly includes additional information as per "..., in as high proportion of their experiments....".

Help..........!!!!!!!?????

I assume it is a relationship between the words "possible" and "can"?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-june-2007-section-2-question-10/

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So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type here are really challenging Strengthen and Weaken questions.

I often review these missed questions in-depth and try to practice them untimed. While I do get these questions right again untimed, in timed conditions, I miss them over and over.

How do you get to a level of acing these questions consistently? I feel like the biggest issue is getting them correct under the intense time pressure

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Does anyone here have their August LSAT exam scheduled for the early morning of 8/14?

I have already scheduled my exam for 8 am on 8/15, however, due to some family emergency, I will be flying an international flight on the night of 8/14, and be occupied thereafter. Therefore, the morning of 8/14 will be the only day for me to take the August exam.

However, all the 8/14 test sessions are now full on Proctor U. I wonder if anyone here is scheduled for 8/14 and is so kind to be willing to trade time session with me? I am so sorry to trouble you guys here, but I really cannot think of another way to solve this time conflict.

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Hey everyone,

For question types such as Flawed Method (especially where the question is asking you to find what the argument is taking for granted) that often have multiple answer choices that contain assumptions, what are people's strategies in determining whether an assumption is reasonable or not?

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For a question like this that states "Which of the following indicates an error in the reasoning leading to the prediction", am I looking to attack a major premise instead of the conclusion? I got this question wrong and I am having difficulty discerning the difference between answer choice A with the correct answer D.

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If answer choice (A) is not true, that does wreck the argument. Let's assume that the hairless dogs were found in Spain - then why could it not be that they were transported from Spain to both Peru and Mexico? It really does *not" have to be true that the dogs were transported from either of Peru/Mexico to the other (regardless of whether by boat or land).

Any insights welcome!

#help.

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-76-section-4-question-18/

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Recently I've discovered using the highlighting tool on RC helps me pick up the smaller details and answer the questions much faster with better understanding. While it does take slightly longer in the set up (a tad over 4 minutes), I was actually having the issue of reading way too fast and understanding next to nothing in my timed runs, so I'd rather have it this way. Out of curiosity, does anyone else do this with success? Have you done it on the actual test (and are there multiple colors available like on 7Sage)? Thanks!

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I just realized that my ordering games are pretty weak. By any chance does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to get better at the harder ones? I try to split the board up into multiple sub game boards, using rules like H /->M, or O/-> K, (H cannot be with M and O cannot be with K if it's not clear), etc but the multiple conditionals honestly screw with me under time pressure and I panic.

For reference, I'm talking about the last two grouping games on LSAT 74.

#Help lol.

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-74-section-2-game-3/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-74-section-2-game-4/

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Just looked at the explanation video from PT68.S2.Q15, and in the right answer choice the word "probably" appears.

Can we say that if the word "probably" appears in a LR question, it can mean anything from 1% to 100% certainty (1%, 5%, 15%, 50%, 85%, 100%), or does it mean something like >50%?

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I've been taking practice tests in the 60s/early 70s and only just started to take practice tests in the 80s and am seeing a nosedive in my LR score. Is it commonly known that LR is much less straightforward in the 80s? Also, do we have every reason to believe that the difficulty level for LR in the 80s is the most indicative of the real test, since PT 80+ are the most recent tests?

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As we get into the last 2 weeks before the exam, I'm hoping for any advice folks have on how to bump scores up. How are you studying? What kinds of resources are you using? And does anyone have experience boosting their score in such a short time?

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