One of my favorite parts of this course was the opening statement about the mechanisms that ensure the test will have good questions, and we should therefore be less concerned about arbitrary distinctions. You say that there is a large board, review processes internally, and there are incentives for test takers to appeal problems since it will improve their scores.

I take issue with the last premise though. I took the LSAT a few months ago and had two really large issues with the administration.

For one thing it started 2-3 hours late and was administered terribly with lots of loud sounds and talking. I wrote a complaint to the LSAC about this and nothing happened. This hurts my confidence in the fairness of the test.

Second, I had a strong suspicion about one of the questions being incorrectly written, but since the questions aren't posted anywhere and there seemingly isn't a way to appeal for adjustments, I have a strong suspicion JY was wrong in his initial course. I do not think there is any way to appeal questions, which is such a shame since this is such an important test and it is developed by a private company with zero oversight and a profit incentive to crank questions out as cheaply as possible.

I've done a few drills on other platforms before coming over to 7Sage and I was wondering if there was a way for me to view 7Sage's explanation of the question without having taken the test or PT? Is there a page that outlines all of their explanations of some sort? I feel like I remember something similar being on the old website, but I could be mistaken. Thank you for the help!

Can correct answer choices for necessary questions be perspective claims? I remember the lessons mentioning that they often aren't but I wanted to clarify!

Any insight is appreciated, thank you!

Do you try to minimize subvocalization (hearing each word in your head) when reading RC passages? Why/why not?

Basically, I bought 7Sage after the June LSAT to try to score 170+ in Sept. I haven't really seen any score increases and while I understand that improvement gets harder the higher the score is, I'm a bit lost in terms of what else I could do beyond just drill more. At this point I'm just hoping to get lucky since my June score was in the 170 range they give lol. Any advice on how to break this wall?

Hello LSAT internet, I have been scoring consistently around the low 160s, last 3 PTs were 164/163/163 with blind review scores in the low 170s (170/172/174)

With a few weeks to the September test, what's the best strategy to try and close that gap?

I use my WAJ religiously, and take a few hours after I've blind reviewed to go over questions I struggled with or got wrong.

Doing about -4 on LR and -5 on RC, but LR is better in timed individual sections -2/-3

TIA!!!

I'm getting all kinds of mixed information when I look this up, so I apologize if this is common knowledge I'm just missing somewhere. But when you take the test in-person, does section 2 start immediately after section 1? And the same for 3 and 4?

Basically, do you get 60 seconds to reset or do you just roll immediately through?

This makes a huge difference in how I prepare...

I tend to have a very high accuracy rate on main point questions whereas I often miss primary purpose ones. Even on the same stimulus, I can get the main point correct and the primary purpose wrong. I feel like the two question types test similar skills, so I'm not really sure why this keeps happening. Any insight would be much appreciated :)

I've been noticing a consistent problem during my LR practice. I usually am able to narrow the answer choices down to two, but I end up picking the wrong one. It's frustrating because I feel like I have that foundation to rule out the clearly wrong options, but I just can't seem to choose the correct one between the final two.

Has anyone else struggled with this? What strategies helped you and is there a way to train this skill specifically?

Any advice, drills, or thought processes you used would be SO SUPER appreciated!

It is exactly one week until I take my LSAT, any tips on how to go confidently into the exam? I am doing well but I am not sure what to do with this last week, keep studying? Chillax?

I know it's common for beginners to (mistakenly) think there are multiple correct answers to a question, but I just can't see how there's only one correct answer in this case. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Question: PT114.S2.Q9

Complete stimulus: During the three months before and the three months after a major earthquake in California, students at a college there happened to be keeping a record of their dreams. After experiencing the earthquake, half of the students reported dreaming about earthquakes. During the same six months, a group of college students in Ontario who had never experienced an earthquake also recorded their dreams. Almost none of the students in Ontario reported dreaming about earthquakes. So it is clear that experiencing an earthquake can cause people to dream about earthquakes.

Complete question stem: Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Complete answer choices:

A: Before the California earthquake, no more of the students in California than of those in Ontario recorded dreams about earthquakes.

B: The students in California were members of a class studying dreams and dream recollection, but the students in Ontario were not.

C: Before they started keeping records of their dreams, many of the students in California had experienced at least one earthquake.

D: The students in Ontario reported having more dreams overall, per student, than the students in California did.

E: The students in Ontario who reported having dreams about earthquakes recorded the dreams as having occurred after the California earthquake.

Answer choice A is marked as correct, and answer choice D is marked as incorrect.

My reasoning: Answer choice D strengthens the argument by eliminating an alternate explanation: California students had more dreams about earthquakes because they have more dreams in general. Therefore, an earthquake occurring in California would not be the reason why half of the students reported having dreams about earthquakes.

Thanks for the help!

Hi all! I wanted to come on and share that my LSAT journey has not been linear but have been seeing slow improvement. For context, I took the Nov. 2023 LSAT with wishy-washy studying to get a 148. I cancelled that score and have been on and off studying since then. I have finally gotten up to the 160s with average PTs being in the high 150s. While I do not want to discount the progress I have made, I cannot discard the fact that my progress has been slow and slower than I would like it to be. I know this is a hard test, but I know that it can be learnable. I am going average -4 on LR and average -10 on RC. I just recently got to a 160 on my recent PT last week. LR feels naturally more intuitive compared to RC, as I find myself running out of time on RC. While, I recognize the patterns in RC and consider myself good at the big picture questions, I struggle with implied and detail oriented questions. I guess I am just looking for advice on how people have improved from this place and what helped them quickly get out of this slump. As my goal would be to hit the 170s in the next few months. Happy to share more info., if its helpful. Thanks!

Pretty much understand everything except one thing, please help me 7Sage wizards

Most opera singers who add demanding roles to their repertoires at a young age lose their voices early. It has been said that this is because their voices have not yet matured and hence lack the power for such roles. But young singers with great vocal power are the most likely to ruin their voices. The real problem is that most young singers lack the technical training necessary to avoid straining their vocal cords—especially when using their full vocal strength. Such misuse of the cords inevitably leads to a truncated singing career.

E)Most young opera singers who sing demanding roles strain their vocal cords

Young Opera singers -most> loose voice

Young Opera singers -most> lack tech training to avoid loosing voice

Isn’t the valid inference

A most B

A most C

___

A some C ???

I thought A most C was invalid…..

I felt like I did much better with RC before starting to train. My diagnostic in RC was -5 vs. between -8 and -10 now.

My LR is, on the whole, much much better than before I started studying, but my gains in score have been marginal because my RC has dropped off.

In studying for LR, I realized that reading/translation/repetition seemed to help me the most, and I'd love to tackle a similar strategy for RC, but just doing RC passages over and over with Low Res summaries isn't helping me a whole lot. Still missing one or two per passage that have to do with something super specific I glazed over on my readthrough. I feel like I struggle with balancing reading for detail and reading for structure/concepts -- it's often I get one or the other on a first read (all I have time for obviously).

Any tips for making RC improvement more manageable?

Dear Tutor, I am a little confused about when to move a "no" or negative indicator to the left in order to apply the "negate the necessary" rule. For example, I understand that " No Cats are Dogs can be diagrammed as such Cat-->/Dog Or Dog-->/Cat. However, what if there is a No on both sides? For example, Prep Test 111 Section 3 Question 18 Answer Choice: (B) reads "No people who understand their musical roots will be in the audience if the audience will not be treated to a good show." I almost diagrammed this by moving the "no" in the sufficient condition to the necessary condition, which would have made B correct. So, if there is a "no" or negative indicator on both sides, it is best to leave it be?

just got eye surgery and would be really helpful if I don't need to stare at the screen. #help

I never have enough time to complete the last passage during a PT. I am considering working from the last passage to the first, since I am noticing that they are a bit easier for me. Is this worth doing? Has anyone tried this before? I am taking the August LSAT, so looking for any last minute tips I should implement.

I take the August test on the 6th and I'm wondering what all I should do for the week before. Practice tests? Drills? Like I don't want to overdo it but also I know I need to stay in a routine.

TLDR- any way to undo or switch highlighter colors with shortcuts?

Hello, are there any important keyboard shortcuts I may be missing for the LSAT?

I have found on more than one occasion that I'll be highlighting and my mouse accidentally highlights the entire paragraph, undoing all my previous highlighting. An undo (command + z) option would be invaluable.

Similarly, I spend a decent amount of time alternating between the highlighter colors and wondering if there's a shortcut for that.

Alas I'm sure all of the tools are meant to simulate real test conditions and it's not worth it to build this if we're not going to have it during the test. But wanted to ask are there any tools or shortcuts I should be aware of for the LSAT that I may be missing?

Thanks!

Hi! Could someone please tell me if there's a way I can take three-section practice tests? I don't want the experimental section affecting my analytics under the "Sections" tab simply because I skipped it during my practice tests, as seen below.

I've been drilling questions for LR, and I just let the 7sage system decide what questions to pick for me. I was wondering if the way the drill chooses what questions to recommend for a future drill is by 1) adding more questions of the type I have answered wrong and 2) adding more questions of the type I have spent a long time on. I feel like I see a lot of the same questions types (weaken, parallel flaw, etc) and I just wanted to make sure that it's not because the system is just giving me more questions that I spend a lot of time on. I just worry if I am not getting enough practice with the other question types. I know I can just drill by type, but I would rather have a mix that the system chooses.

I have almost completed the Foundations Section and wonder when is a good time to start taking practice tests. I have heard from numerous people that regularly taking practice tests is what really helped them improve their score. Any advice on when to start taking them, how often, etc. is much appreciated!

Is there a way to still have the blind review setting on without having the recommendations for which questions to BR? I want to practice my confidence in reviewing questions but it's difficult when this setting basically tells me what I need to BR. Thank you!

I completed a PT on July 12 and got a 156, since then I have taken 3 more and got a 151, 152, and yesterday a 146. Has this happened to anyone else and has any idea why this could be happening to me? My diagnostic was a 148 and I find it very bizarre that I scored lower on yesterdays PT. Anyways, I am open to any advice that can help me!!

Would someone be able to provide me with some of the nuances and strategies needed when tackling link assumption questions. I seem to uniquely struggle with them on my tests and cannot find specific resources for how to approach them. I figure some sort of my mindset is incorrect but I have yet to be able to figure out what. Any help would be greatly appreciated.