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Hi everyone,
I have cerebral palsy with severe muscle spasms, and I'm planning to take the LSAT this fall.
I'm wondering if anyone here has cerebral palsy or another condition with severe spasms. How do you manage studying on difficult days? Do you have any tips for staying consistent or preparing for the LSAT while dealing with chronic pain and muscle spasms?
I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences you're willing to share. Thank you!
This was just a section but incredibly motivating to see 
This is part of how I got to a 177 PT after 4 weeks of studying.
Hi! I have a master's degree in education, and I'm currently using it to minmax my studying for this test using some of the most foundational things that teachers learn about in college. That means I want to put in the least amount of study hours and have the maximum retention and mastery of the material. I'd like to share with you what I know, so you, too, can steal my study methods.
I'd like to introduce y'all to a framework called Bloom's Taxonomy. This is one tool teachers are using when they create lesson plans and decide what order students should learn things in. This is also the very foundation of what I'm doing to accelerate my study timeline.
No matter what curriculum you're using to study for the LSAT, you should not be starting off with immediately doing questions*. Instead, you need to learn the very most basic facts and concepts and understand what you're reading. Most people think that this means that they should skim the article, maybe watch the video for a little bit, and then call it a day. "Okay, I've done the reading, now I can apply." No. Without truly understanding what you just read and internalizing it, you cannot get the apply, analyze, and evaluate stages of Bloom's taxonomy (which is where the questions live). And I'll be honest, this part, the understand and remember stage, does require a little bit of front-loading the material. Meaning, you might put more hours into this stage than any other stage.
So what does internalizing something mean? How do I do it repeatably, easily, and fluidly? It's not really a one-size-fits-all kind of situation, but the "topic learning cycle" I outline below can really improve your retention. It may not work for everyone, but it is one framework based on the science of how people actually learn that works for me.
Day 1 of a topic: Be an active reader. This means finding ways to connect with the text using some level of background knowledge. This means asking questions of the text and actively summarizing in your brain as you read. I'll probably make a separate post on the details of active reading strategies we teach in k-12.
Day 1: Check your understanding. This is different than the Apply stage on Bloom's. Checking your understanding means perhaps doing a skill builder or a you try (caution - this does involve going beyond the understand level of Bloom's sometimes) about the material that you just consumed. If there isn't a Skill Builder published about that reading, or there isn't a you try published about that reading, then you need to design it yourself as you're reading. One way you can do this is anytime you have a question about the reading, write that question down on an index card. Then, if the answer comes up later, write that answer down on the back side. Then compile all your index cards and quiz yourself with them.
Day 2: Only take notes on the second pass! The first time you read something, it should be purely for understanding. The second time, you should take notes on what you remember as the most important things in the reading. This should ideally happen at least a day after you did the reading the first time.
Day 3: Compile your notes, any quiz questions you made for yourself, and any key terms from the reading into an Anki deck. While I have my own, it is way more effective if you make it for yourself. Identifying what to put in the deck is part of the learning process.
Day 4 and beyond: use spaced repetition, which is what Anki is for, to continue to review the material as you add new material in (note - Anki will not be the only way you use this material, it is just the foundation).
Does this mean that you're taking four days to learn each topic? Yes, but you shouldn't be only learning one topic at a time. There's a reason I said this was a cycle:
Day 1: learn one topic.
Day 2: review the first topic and add in a second.
Day 3: review topics one and two and add in a third.
What do I mean by one topic? Well, there isn't an easy, clear-cut answer for this. One topic could mean just one reading here on 7Sage. It could also mean all of the content in a module. It really depends on you: how much your brain can handle learning at once and how long you have to study.
Now, I know I just said that you probably shouldn't be using actual LSAT questions during this stage, but there are a couple exceptions. You could probably safely do the Main Conclusion and Argument Part questions as soon as you have memorized all of the argument indicator words and understand what an argument structure is. That might be getting to apply just a little bit, but I would argue it's still mostly in the understand stage
By taking the time to truly internalize each topic that you learn, you'll be much better prepared to move on to the apply, analyze, and evaluate stages of Bloom's taxonomy. That's the end of this post, but I'll probably make another one about the higher stages later on.
*yes, you should take a diagnostic.
Hi, I would love to hear some testimonials about your experience with 7Sage. I don't know anyone personally who has taken it before. I want to make sure I get a better idea of what the experience is like for students who achieved their dream score.
I'm still in the decision-making stage between Test Prep Companies and want to ensure I make the right choice.
Thank you for your time and advice.
Hello all! I am consistently getting about sixteen questions correct on logical reasoning sections. I typically get two to three wrong within the first 15/16 questions but then I tank in the last ten. I feel like I am not improving on those harder questions and I haven't been able to identify why that is.
I am currently doing timed sections and untimed drilling. My accuracy is usually anywhere from 70-75 percent on the questions that I get to and I on average score a 15/16. However, I usually don't get to about the last five.
If anyone wants to share any advice or have any study tips that significantly helped them I'm more than open to hearing them. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks & happy studying to everyone!
Edit: I tried to implement everyone's suggestions in a timed LR section (mostly skipping questions that were eating up my time and going back to them) and was able to get to all of the questions. I also scored a 17/25 and received a 17/25 for my accuracy as well. Thank you everyone!
So, I just took the June lsat and did atrocious. I got a 152. I had been scoring in the high 150's and even got a 160 once. I've been studying more, because I am taking the August LSAT. AND IT IS NOT GOOD. I keep hitting my original diagnostic of a 151. I think what frustrates me the most is that I have a very good application besides the LSAT and I can not seem to crack this test. I started going back through what I struggle through the most, and have been reviewing like crazy but if anyone has any advice or has been in this position it would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I have "hit a wall". (I will be applying this upcoming application cycle and I really only want a 157 or above).
Every time I take a section my score ranges and my types range and depending on how i take it (starting from difficult to easy or easy to difficult) changes where my most wring answers are too any tips?
Please add your tips on improving on LR, my priority questions according to analytics are PHen Hyp, Conditional Reasoning and MSS. I plan on taking the exam in October and really want a goal score of late 160s to 170s. I do a review and WAJ of every question I get wrong and feel that I understand the why I got it correct but sometimes when I try the reinforcement drills, I get them wrong again.
I have gone through the logic of causation module and various materials on conditional reasoning. Is this goal score attainable and any tips on improving?
Thank you!
Hello everyone! I am just about finished with the LR section of the CC and am wanting to know if its a good decision to begin incorporating full section drills into my weekly study to reinforce everything I have learned up to this point? Please let me know as I would love to hear what you all have done or are doing!
The low-res summary helps a ton, but boy, is it hard to do during practice sections. Does anyone have any tips? I find talking out loud is helpful, but I know I won't be able to do that during the actual test.
Hello! I've been deep in LSAT prep myself and ended up creating a Discord serve because I wanted to create community of individuals in to work together while getting through this heinous exam.
What's actually in there:
Channels for drill-sharing, resources, timing-and-pacing, and advice
Voice channels for daily study sessions, logical reasoning, reading comp, and PT run-throughs — plus a body-doubling room if you just want quiet company while you grind
We also hold daily study session everyday from 3:45-5:00PM PDT and will be adding a morning session as well.
We check in on PTs, share what's working, and actually talk through why an answer is right instead of just confirming letters. Join if you feel lonely in your prep and would like to study in a community and get feedback on studying for the LSAT! I hope to see you there!
The link is attached below but if you have any questions feel free to DM me!
Hey guys! I have just finished the LR portion in the core curriculum so now I am on the RC section and I am really struggling to eliminate wrong answers in RC. For every RC question I can safely eliminate at least 2 wrong answers but then I really struggle to find reasons to eliminate the last 2. It just seems so much fuzzier then LR where it's very clear that there are 4 wrong answers. Any tips?
Can you have two science passages in a single RC section? Are there any passage subjects that are guaranteed? I know different test resources categorize them differently but it seems like Law, Humanities, Science, and Art are 7Sage's cateogirzations.
I've only been really studying for 4 weeks. My last two tests were 172. This is my first 175+.
For high scorers trying to break through a plateau: I guess my biggest tip here is voice record yourself (with a transcript - apple voice memos also makes one automatically for free if you have an apple device) while taking sections and PTs and try to verbalize every piece of reasoning out loud. If this means you have to take it untimed, do that. Then upload the transcript to an AI (perhaps with the test if it isn't 7sage ai - warning u will run out of 7sage ai if you use it for this a lot) and have it analyze where your reasoning breaks down or when your process stops being applied every time. Mine then gives me a list of reminders I need to read out loud before each test.
Another tip that's worked for me is READ THE STIMULUS FIRST every time! I've gotten to the point where I can predict the question type on at least 1/3 stimuli and successfully prephrase the answer without looking at the question stem or answer choices.
Also MAKE ANKI FLASHCARDS and do them daily! It’s free and it’s not just for med students. There are a lot of things that should just be automatic when you want to enter a flow state and score really high. Identifying question stems, sufficient and necessary indicator words, diagrams, understanding the answer choices, etc, are only a few things in my anki deck. This is a highly personalized thing though - making your own will give you a lot more yield than using someone else’s.
My last tip is join a good study group! I'm in a great one on discord, and we are taking new members!
My Blind reviews are consistently always in the 170s, with my actual PT's being in the 161-164 range (I got a 162 on the June LSAT). I want to retest in September for a 165+ but don't know how to adjust my studying to reflect my Blind Reviews. Any tips would be appreciated!
i have a lot of difficulty with weakening questions. although i know a weaken question means to attack the support between the premise and conclusion, i fear i don't really entirely understand that and that's where i keep picking the wrong answers. i know the correct answer might give an alt explanation, a reversed causation, undermine the data/sample, make use of a broken analogy, or missing information but i usually miss out on those answers and end up picking the wrong one. does anyone have any suggestions or can break down the concept for me in a way i can understand better?? it's so frustrating.
Hi everyone! I have been intensely WAJing for awhile now and I feel like one of my biggest problems is "oh I missed this word/phrase in the stim/question/answer choice." I'm struggling to create a rule or habit that helps me get past these slip ups, and I was wondering if anyone has any tips. I think part of it is that I've spent so much time studying that I'm getting a little bored and glazing over things, but I really can't find a way to lock in and pay attention to each detail throughout the whole test.
i wanted to see if anybody had advice about overcoming test anxiety, especially for the lsat.
i'm feeling really defeated about taking it again because before my first official test, i was consistently PTing in the mid-160s. then on test day i ended up scoring about 10 points lower than my practice tests, and it completely shook my confidence and still is.
i'm planning to retake in september, but i can't seem to get past the fear of it happening again. if you've experienced a big score drop from your PT average or struggled with test anxiety, what actually helped you? whether it was a mindset shift, changes to your prep, or strategies for test day, i'd really appreciate any advice.
i feel like a chud. i for the life of me cannot understand why i am so awful at taking this test timed. my scored pt will be in the low 160s (and i mean low) then i get to br and suddenly im scoring in the 170s. i feel like i am going insane. i need more time, any advice on how to close this absurd gap?
Hi everyone! Anyone else struggling to improve their score for RC or have dealt with this before? Im seeing steady improvement in LR but RC is dragging down my scores, even though I have always been a strong reader ( or so I thought). Hoping someone can share some tips that are not just do more reading. TIA! :)
Hi everyone! My name is Zoë and I am writing the LSAT in October. I’ve been studying for about two months now and my diagnostic was a 143 and im trying to crack the 160s.
I am from Whitehorse, Yukon, but im back and forth to Vancouver, BC. I’m going into my last year of undergrad & im majoring in psychology. I’m also a ncaa student athlete so time management is something I am trying to aim to be better at… planning to take advantage of the summer before season starts.
feel free to reach out if you want to connect and we can track our hours, talk LSAT, or help out each other. if you have any group recommendations please lmk!
My instagram is also @zoejjjade
Are there any other people who are taking this test one and done or with a significant gap in between? As someone who is lower income, spending $600 back-to-back is not feasible for me. Is this going to put me at a significant disadvantage? I am planning to take my first attempt at this test in August and have been studying since January. Should I push back my original test date? Would a huge gap between LSATs look bad on me? Needing advice!
Hey I've started to noticed that after I do untimed sections or blind review my accuracy is either 80%-100%. From the analytics its also shown me that I often choose the right answer, than talk myself out of the right answeer and end up choosing the wrong one. It seems like I do this fairly frequently. How do you become sure of yourself because this mental block is keeping me in the 155. I know the answer, but than their comes a question that distorts my understanding of what I. believed the flaw initally was. I struggle w/ the Phenomenon-hypothesis (LR) (which seems to be commmon). Do I just need to keep hammering basic principles, or do more questions so I can learn to recongize the pattern in whats being asked?
