Have you tried the foolproof method? How often do you re-do games and how far a part do you space your re-dos?

From what I have experienced and heard, re-doing the game’s set-up immediately after and the next day, and then a re-doing it again a few days after really helps.

What was huge for me too was forcing myself to struggle with the games before I allowed myself to look at J.Y.’s setup. No matter how long it took me, I would work with the set-up and questions until I could get it right on my own. Allowing the space for your brain to struggle is what is going to help you most!

Personally, highlighting in the digital format on my laptop really helps me stay engaged with the stimulus. When I read, I like to track the words with my mouse, so it doesn’t take a lot of extra effort to throw in some highlights here & there for certain powerful words. Using your mouse to track the words as you read also helps you read faster because it reduces the amount of saccadic eye movements (there is a more scientific explanation for this, but your eyes are attracted to movement and tracking will make the reading more smooth). I think you should continue highlighting since it seems to help you too.

@ Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my post! I was really panicking. Thank you for the insight!! :smiley:

Ah I feel so much better now. Thank you both!!! (3

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Looking forward to it! Thank you for doing this!

Interested! I am on PST as well.

I am in the same score range & interested- but only if you are starting from around PT40 and working your way up chronologically lol

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I think it really depends on your starting score and what your goal score is. If you need to cut down on the recommended time, I would recommend taking a diag on 7Sage and using your analytics to help shape which lessons you spend the most time on and which lessons you don't need to watch all the way through. I would divide your prep into two halves: first being watching the videos in the core curriculum, and occasionally taking untimed practice exams and the second part should really focus on your timing by taking real timed exams with blind review. However, do not start the second phase of this until your untimed practice exams match your goal score. I hope this helps! Let me know if I should clarify anything!

Hi @ - what really helped me boost my score was taking untimed practice tests and writing down my reasoning for every single question- why I thought the right answers were right and why I thought the wrong answers were wrong. Take as much time as you need to feel 100% confident with your choice. It may feel a little too taxing at times, but it will be really helpful for when you view the right answers. I would watch J.Y.'s explanations for every single question on the exam and check to see if what I wrote down matched up with his reasoning. If it didn't, I put

the correct reasoning down in red and crossed out any errors I had and then write a short reflection on where I went wrong for that particular question and how I could improve for the next time.

Once you have your untimed practice tests in your desired score range, then I would recommend doing the regular timed exams with blind review. Hope this helps!

I would go in with the mindset that you only want to take the exam once. I think you should wait until you feel 100% ready to take it. Even if you have score preview and end up being unhappy with your score, it will still show up on your score report that you cancelled it. It is much better to go in feeling 100% prepared in August and then if really needed, you have the cushion of the September exam. Best of luck on your prep!!

Besides taking a week off to re-align yourself with your goals, I think one of the best things for study routines to keep you focused, energized, and motivated, is integrating the Pomodoro technique. I break it off into focused effort for 35min chucks and take a quick break (2-5min) in between each 35 min section. During the breaks I don't allow any stimulation (no phone or anything) and just do a meditation or some cardio. It has allowed me to study for more hours in a day because I don't feel as mentally exhausted. Also, nutrition and proper sleep play a big role in your mood/motivation levels. I am a big carb lover, but I have realized how tired it makes me when I try to study- if you are able, I would look into some science-based, nutrient dense diets, along with using a sleep tracker app to make sure you are giving your body the fuel it needs to thrive. This guy is a neuroscientist at Stanford and he has a lot of great videos published about these topics:

Hope this helps!

Do you mean flag on 7Sage or on LSAC's Law Hub? If you mean Law Hub, it is directly right of the question stem. It is an outline of a flag and then once you click it, it fills in,

Yes, this is true! I took the flex in October and November and it was allowed both times. I have also heard from a few others this year who confirmed it for 2021.

Interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

I think that might take up too much time. I would just reference the location of the question (i.e. practice test number, section number, question number). I made a spreadsheet and plan to go back and re-do all the problems (I think 7Sage has the option for you to create problem sets?). I write out all my reasoning for each answer choice (that just lists the location as well) in a Google doc and general take aways that would make sense even not being able to see the actual stimulus.

Also, I believe the paper cannot be lined paper and should be the standard copy paper size.

Interested!

Needed to hear this today! Thanks for the great post.

That is great you are starting with untimed PTs! However, I think you may not need to do that many. From what I have learned from quite a few others, it is better if you set your target score, and once you hit your target score on an untimed PT or two, then you can move on to doing timed PTs. This approach will most likely save you more tests- timing is the biggest beast to conquering the LSAT and the more you can practice timing, the better (after you have a solid grip of the material, of course). So with that in mind, don't go in to your untimed PTs with a set number to do, just go in with the mindset you will do as many it takes to get your goal score.

Hi!

disclaimer: I am not a mega expert at LR (-5/-6 timed, but 0/-2 untimed), but here is my thought process..

I agree that it is important to not insert your own knowledge into the answer choices, which is really hard to do sometimes! It gets me too! I think the best approach here to choose between two answers is by looking for ways in which one of them can be wrong.

With a critical mindset toward C-

"continuity of physician care."

What does Quincy have to say about this? He is only focusing his argument on the fact that generally, good medical decisions have been made in the past. We don't really know what he thinks about continuity of physician care. Thought experiment: He could agree with that point and say, "So what? I think we have good continuity of care as of now, just look at our good track record of medical decisions! We don't need to make changes to our training."

We have to remember that our counter argument to Quincy should address a point he made, or else we are just brining in new information that we cannot definitively say that he disagrees with or not.

With that in mind, let's go to answer choice B:

If this were true, it would directly contradict Quincy. This would show a reason how the medical situations now are different now than what they were in the past. What worked in the past may not necessarily work now if this is true.

Hope this helps!

interested! Thanks for offering!

Also, external monitors are not allowed on test day, they have to be out of the room entirely. One computer only with no HDMI

I would recommend having one only if you are going to be

Clear about noting your takeaways… including in ways that would make sense to you without having to re-read the entire passage

Intentional about going back to it at least occasionally.

One of my biggest flaws in prep was taking all this time to keep track of my wrong answers and not actually doing anything with the information.

Some people find re-doing passages to be helpful. Personally, I didn’t have the desire or discipline to do so. Instead, I found it much easier to just keep track of general takeaways/reminders for myself that I would read before I took a timed section. By no means an RC expert, but I think the practice helped.