Hi everyone, so I started doing the Logic Games of the CC around 2-3 days ago. I'm finding that I'm getting the questions right (perfect on almost every quiz so far) so my problem isn't that I am struggling to understand the games, it's the time. JY always tells us the target time and I'm consistently way over it...any suggestions on what this means and what I can do? I try repeating the same games and sometimes I can hit the target but other times not

Thanks

How many games did you foolproof? Is it recommended to do all of the games from PTs 1-35? Also how long does it take to foolproof? I understand that everyone learns at a different speed but what's a ballpark figure?

I just ordered a cambridge LR by type book off amazon. yes super expensive and kinda silly considering I have them all on 7sage but having to screenshot and print is making me really avoid drilling by type. I know the older LR arent quite the same as modern LR, are the 20s too early to drill?

Hey guys, I am fairly new to the community here. I am planning to take the test in September. Because I have only recently been able to gain a more open schedule, I am somewhat intimidated by the remaining time I have until the exam date. I will begin working full time this upcoming July, therefore I seek to dedicate a certain number of hours a week to LSAT study. Do any of you have a recommendation of a certain amount of hours? Also, aside from using 7sage, has there been any apps or products you think would compliment the use of 7sage?

I wanted to see what you all thought about my schedule leading to the September test. As it stands, I am finished with the CC, I am 1/3 of the way through fool-proofing 1-35 and I have done a total of 3 PT's including my diagnostic. My plan is as follows -

I have 13 weeks and I will divide them between:

3 weeks to finish fool-proofing 1-35

remaining 10 weeks to take 2 PT's/week with intense BR and drilling in-between tests.

Does this look like a good strategy? Should I increase or decrease the number of PT's that I have taken?

Hello, I was that LSAC is saying that if you register for both july and sept, do well in july and don't want to rewrite they will refund your sept. registration .

This to me seems like a better strategy if I need to rewrite then waiting until Nov. You won't get the score report until August16 for the july lsat.

What does everyone think ? Are those few weeks between july- sept lsat a game changer for your lsat score ? I've heard of people plateauing for the lsat --- below is what lsac sent

"If you are registered for the July test date as well as the September test date, you may request a full refund of your September LSAT registration fee if you are satisfied with your July score.

You may request a full refund of your September registration by submitting a signed request to LSACrefunds@lsac.org. Please include full refund for September in the Subject line. The signed refund request must be received by August 14, 2018 in order to be processed."

Currently sitting at -4 average on LR and striving to break this barrier and improve to -2 by July. After BR, I usually end up with -1 or -0. Typically, the questions I get wrong are the ones that I skip because of time constraints (usually 3 on the last page) and one or two from earlier in the section that I didn't have time to review. There is not much consistency in the question types that I miss early in the section.

Any tips for improving my timing? Should I drill the first 15 problems of older PTs with a 10 minute time limit? Confidence drills? Video taping full LR sections to see where I waste the most time? What methods have worked best for you guys when it comes to reaching full LR potential?

Can anyone talk about a logical equivalency to this phrase? Not "IF", but is it equivalent to "only if"? Or how should I interpret this phrase in LR questions - I've come across it a few times in the late 60s tests.

Is there a breakdown of how often a certain logic game type comes up? I was able to find one online but it was through Powerscore and didn't seem to use the same lingo as 7sage does (i.e. couldn't find out often spatial sequencing game questions come up on average, etc)

Thanks! (I'm new to 7sage btw and I'm taking the September LSAT)

Hi Everyone,

I am registered for the June test. I was just reading the email they sent us on May 11 more closely, and I noticed that the photograph must be taken 6 months ago. I uploaded the photo around August of last year I think, so more than 6 months ago. The photo complies with all other requirements. My face also hasn't changed at all since then, no weight gain/loss, same beard, etc. I am looking at the admission ticket and my online registration, and no where does it indicate when I uploaded the photo. So, based on these, I really don't know how the test center supervisors could find out. Should I just let it go? Or should I contact LSAC? I am afraid they would not allow me to re-upload it, especially since they sent us the email like two weeks before the deadline for uploading the photo. I am a dumbass! :(

Hi Y'all,

So I am sure this has been discussed before but I am fairly new to the site so I have not seen it myself. So just to preface this post I have taken the LSAT twice (Scored in 150s both times) before taking this course. I did self-study for both so obviously I was doing something wrong and this course will hopefully rectify those mistakes.

Before I get too OT, I was just wondering what y'all did for your PT schedules? I am currently following the CC. Should I take PTs during the CC or should I wait until I have completed it to do them on my own? Also, how often should I take them? Once a week? Twice? And do you take them on the same day of the week or different days every time? I apologize for the multitude of questions but I am extremely curious as to what has worked/not worked for everyone else.

Thank you so much for your time!

Could someone please attempt to explain how the answer choice is Must Be True. I've spent hours trying to figure this one out. and I am stuck.

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Hey all,

I know many ppl use the Analytics feature to breakdown their LR sections and see which LR question types are giving them the most trouble.

Does anyone do this Question type analysis breakdown for RC questions?

I've realized I get a lot of the InferAuthorPerspective and strengthen/weaken and analogy RC questions wrong.

Do ppl look at which Question types for RC they constantly get wrong, and then try to improve on them?

Any advice for how to do that -- how to find which RC question types they have most trouble on -- and how to work on improving them?

Would love any advice/feedback/comments regarding this topic, and in general just how to review past RC mistakes, identify patterns in RC mistakes, and how to outline concrete steps to not make those mistakes/improve in RC. Thanks so much.

I wanted to know to which category do "vulnerable to criticism" questions fall into?

Also, questions that say "reasoning argument is flawed" and "if statement is true if it supports hypothesis..."

thank you!

So I took two timed sections today. PT 37 and PT 1 (random I know). Nerves got the best of me on 37 and I got -10, but I took another crack at it midday when I was calmer and got -5. Feeling good, I did another timed section (PT 1) after work and got an abysmal -15. Holy @&$*! that’s bad. It’s my first day doing timed sections for LG, and I’ve got 7 weeks to go before July test. LR and RC I’m pretty comfortable with, but LG is pretty painful. Does it get easier? Can I get better in 7 weeks if I do a timed section everyday + foolproof?

Hello, I'm set to take the july lsat- org scheduled for june .

I've been upping my RC/LR scores and doing pretty decent under time constraints. I'm aiming for 150 and above.

I went to take a LG section timed today and I blanked -I only got a few right. Before at min I was getting at least 10 which I'm ok with because I can make up the rest in RC/LR.

I know I need to be spending more time on this section , as I know and have been told RC/LR can only go up so high.

I find that the first question I can get correct just by scanning the answers , after that I get confused when they start putting in exceptions to the rule. And I have a hard time ordering the info.

Now I'm worried this section is going to take down my score. And that I don't have enough time to get a decent LG score.

What do y'all think -can I bring it up with the upcoming time ? is that being realistic?

How should I adjust my strategy ?

I've been reviewing the CC- doing untimed PT inbetween, and now Im moving onto timed sections - I'm thinking of just devoting the next few days to LG

155=about 63 right on the lsat -avg for my target school

Hey guys so I have a question regarding logic games and conditional rules. Specifically it is from PT #27, Sec 2, Game #4. For question #22 in the game it asks, " If car 4 is purple, which of the following must be true? Now, one of the rules of the game was.....Either car 5 or car 6 must be purple. So regarding that question, just that rule is diminished from the game correct? The other rules which were.....1. No car can be the same color as any car next to it in line. 2. Car 1 cannot be orange. and 3. Car 4 cannot be green., These are all still in effect right? or does 1 rule being wiped out totally wipe out all the rules? I really need clarification on this because this question tripped me up big time and it's been bothering me. Thanks again.

Hi all! I want to start drilling LR sections (it's my weakest section) before I begin PTing in the next week or so. This is mainly to brush up on question types that I'm having trouble with and to shift from drilling problem sets by question types to taking a shot at testing out my skills on all of the various question types that can be found on the exam.

I started this section before using 7Sage getting 14 correct on average. Now, with the combination of drilling and the CC for any given problem set in total, I miss anywhere between 2 questions (min) to 8 questions (max) depending on the question type. I'm pretty proud of myself for this jump and how quickly I've grasped concepts that were previously so difficult for me to understand. I have tried the problem sets both timed and untimed, but for the time being I have stuck with untimed sessions to drill and understand my weaknesses. When I BR, I always end up selecting the correct answer either prior to the BR or when I change my answer. For those who BR consistently, do you think I should continue to BR untimed sections until I begin PTing, start BRing timed sections now, OR both (untimed for particular question types/ timed for full sections)?

Thanks in advance :)

Can anyone help me out with this one? Is it safe to say that this stimulus is flawed because it's calling a good line of reasoning bad? #help

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-30-section-4-question-25/

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In this necessary assumption question, gardeners who plant according to the phases of the moon despite the fact that the phases of the moon do not affect how well plants grow. We are then told that gardeners who plant during the first warm spell of the spring have problems when frost follows, so we are better off planting according to the phases of the moon. The correct answer for the necessary assumption is that using the phases of the moon tends to lead gardeners to plant later in the spring than those who plant at the first warm spell. I question why this is a necessary assumption, as we are not told anything to indicate that planting, must take place during the spring. If we are to negate that supposed necessary assumption the argument is not destroyed, as planting could take place during the summer. In other words, I believe that the necessary assumption is actually that planting according to the phases of the moon leads one to plant at a time when the crops will not be damaged by the frost after the first warm spell, not that the planting takes place during any specific season. Thank you in advance for your help.

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https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-75-section-3-question-23/

Can you take the inverse of a positive correlation? For example:

The more cholesterol we have in our blood, the higher the risk of heart attack (increase one, increase the other)

Can I infer a decrease in cholesterol correlates to a decrease risk of heart attack?

Mine was when I find the right answer, select it and move on — don’t try to disprove the remaining answers. Anyone agree with this? Any others tips/advice/tricks?

Hey guys, I remember there was a lesson where JY listed all the question types either under conclusion based or non-conclusion based. It listed all the LR question types and separated them into two groups, conclusion based questions and non-conclusion based. I've been clicking on lessons to find it. Which one is it again please.

#help

Hello! Wanted to know if anyone had PT questions for some common flaws that I can watch? I'm looking for a necessary/sufficiency confusion and correlation/causation so I can see the two flaws back to back. Thanks:)

So for whatever reason I found that I struggled WAY more with the easy to moderately easy passages involving law/economics stuff than I did with the moderately difficult to difficult science passages. Is this just me? I mean I studied computer science in undergrad so maybe that's why?