Those are the same rules as proctored exams and it is better you know now ahead of time!

You can still bring in a drink just make sure it is in a clear container.

Products need descriptions. What is the size of the 180 bottle, dish washer safe, what material? Sock sizing, material type?

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Both are flaw questions.

"overlooks the possibility" = Weaken

"takes for granted that" = Necessary assumption

Unless you have exemption to remove the experimental they say you really need to be putting in the extra reps to build that endurance stamina.. but then again you did get -2 in the last section so there isn't any signs of fatigue. It is really amazing to see so much green, with only a handful of questions wrong not have a higher score, I would have thought it was over 170.

Can you provide more information as to your baseline:

What was your previous Prep Test range before going to write the official LSAT?

Were you always stronger in RC than LR?

How far have your section scores improved since beginning from (-x LR, -x RC) to the current (-4.5LR, -2RC)?

does it really matter what you wrote? as long as you follow the basic essay structure, paragraphs' point proof explanation, stick to the script. Felt like an AI filter, do admissions team even review and rank these essays?

You still have time to deregister and use the fee waiver at another time. If you cancel before registration deadline tomorrow (Tuesday July 28 @ 11:59pm) you will have the fee refunded. LawHub support is very supportive as well if you run into any technical issues trying to deregister.

I used my fee waiver for April, and June. I wrote in April and was disappointed with the results. I was able to deregister for June and maintain that fee waiver for another date, I have applied the fee waiver to September test.

I was scoring around 156 approaching April test date, I scored officially 153. They say to expect a few point decrease due to test date jitters. I would not commit to a test date until I was scoring in the range I want, I pushed it too soon and suffered a stressful test.

You could write in September, and then plan for a November or December attempt, that is my current plan. I saw that July or August would not give me enough time to be prepared, feel confident, and comfortable under test taking conditions.

You should also not exclude the idea of deferring one year to apply in the following cycle, this could help alleviate some of that pressure you are putting on yourself to score well now, and get everything submitted in time for the upcoming applicant cycle.

As far as financing goes I would consider the idea of public service for 10 years following graduation. We want to get as much scholarship granted of course, and be conscious of expenses but it shouldn't shut the door. Since you are interested in public service work, an option is to work for the government for 10 years to earn the loan forgiveness.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you make 120 qualifying payments while working full-time for an eligible employer.

They changed the older tests to make them harder than they need to be.

Originally it was much more direct as it matched the current format for the LSAT at that time:

New Format (7Sage):

New Format (LawHub):

My plan for test day is to get an espresso on the way. I don't want to drink too much coffee and have to pee during 🤣

My answer is kinda like how do you not get tired running a marathon? You train for it. You won't have that stamina by any trick or disguise of the imagination, it's something that should come with practice from consistent drilling.

I think of it as building the stamina that will be required to maintain the pace necessary in Law School.

I am having the same difficulty, but have been making some incremental improvements. I think it is really something that will come through continued practice and purposeful drilling. Additionally I have been reading more recreationally to strengthen my RC, but approaching it with the same purposeful dissecting as an RC passage. I highly recommend Thomas Sowell, his writing has been used in the LSAT and is very clear non-fiction with the format of arguments through premise -> conclusion.

I have noticed improvements by going at it with training wheels for now. I have been deliberately taking the time on the front (reading the passage) to save time on the backend (answering questions).

While typically it is suggested to be reading the passage in about 3.5m, putting in more time up front can not only help answering the questions clearer but also easier as well.

Here is what has been starting to work for me.

1) Low Res Summary: Focus on a Low Resolution Summary

When attempting a passage try the low res summary. After each paragraph look away and try to recall the purpose and main point of the paragraph, I try this even when reading recreationally now. It actually feels like I read slower than before, I will backtrack mid sentence to earlier in the paragraph to make connections and make sure I am correctly identifying and labeling the main ideas. Stimulus Xray is really fun if you need to work on this: Stimulus X-Ray — Free LSAT Argument Structure Game | 7Sage

You will need pen & paper. Read the paragraph, and jot down the briefest note you, and move on. At first my notes were long, and when I would go back I couldn't recall what it was reference to. With time they have gotten shorter, been more useful, and I am able to use that trigger to recall easier.

Focus on a Low Resolution Summary

2) 2m bail-out rule: It appears that you are running out of time in RC. The RC sections have more errors towards the end. What can happen is a high difficulty question can sap our time which then compounds. As we move on we notice less time, panic sets in, pacing is thrown off, and suddenly we are reacts desperately, no longer in control.

We can skip question in RC. I used to think you wouldn't want to leave a passage unfinished, and that it would be unproductive to return to, but that break in the action is said to be beneficial sometimes. We don't lose all memory of what we had just read. When returning to the question you can have a new perspective, or maybe recognize it is just junk we can't look at. Even then, that is a win!- we saved a bunch of time and avoided an evil LSAT trap trying to suck us of our vital intellect and life force?

3) PoE is necessary

Throughout LR we are told to answer with confidence, and try to save time. Anticipate, etc.

Those rules don't carry over into RC. I was making some mistakes from not doing PoE. It is said that PoE is necessary for most RC.

Here is another takeaway I heard from high scorers. They weren't even able to complete the full RC section until just before the exam date. That up until not long before the exam date they were running out of time in RC prep.

It is important to do things correctly, as we can see by the data speeding up does not help, especially when it produces X wrong X answers. We would be better trained to take our time and make sure the task is first being done correct, before being done fast.

Attempt some untimed RC where you put into practice the tools shared in the curriculum. That way you can see what works for you.

I would be very careful about attempting to make any drastic changes soon before an exam. Experimenting on test day could cause a section collapse. Try to keep a balance going into exam, and do a pre-exam week prep to protect your knowledge and psyche.

It really is the worst thing for the stamina we are trying to build for the test. I really feel the social media effects on the brain as the test goes on. Despite the fixed time I become impatient and rush through things because of that conditioning for a dopamine hit.

It’s helped me to disconnect from constant engagement too. I used to never want to waste a waking moment, trying to multi task and cram in an audiobook along with it.

Now if I am going to watch a movie or play a game I try to give it my full attention now. The second screen syndrome was another bad effect of over consumption which does not help.

👏 thank you ✌️appreciated! 🙏

I opened a support ticket thinking something was broken, sorry for blaming y'all

I hope they don’t have questions in upcoming LSAT asking us to count sentences like that. Maybe they will use this less in the future. It kind of ruins older questions of this type unless this is just the new format. I sort of hope they just get away from these types of questions instead.

Probably licensing expiration led them to consider a new service provider, they said it was due to security issues and administrative reasons.

Devils Advocate here: it is better in some ways.

People will resist change, that almost seems to be a guarantee. It used to be that people would get very upset whenever Facebook made any changes, yet does any remember those old systems? The newer ones were well designed, thoroughly tested, and all around ended up being improvements. It feels better and more like popular eReaders.

As far as our LSAT interface goes the new system is a lot quicker, the search function in passages is very fast and actually works now, the text is cleaner and softer plus there are more accessibility options. Reset response is a nice new feature as well.

It works a lot better on the backend, but the ui is not what we have grown comfortable with. As a user it feels like there has been massive improvements on the backend, it is just the UI that is taking some adjustment.

Has anyone considered this is an improvement? That perhaps the LSAC is spending more now than before? Or is the main assumption that this was without concern for the user and done solely to save money?

@NoNamed92 Please. It is really in the way:

I use the 7Sage app in Windows, not web browser. In the Windows App it there are still Text Highlight Popup along with the built in Highlighting.

This results in multiple popup boxes when I try to highlight text. It creates another barrier producing friction, is it possible to have the Windows Text Highlight Popup removed in the 7Sage app?

Try reading poetry, it helped for me. Following prose is different, but you cannot skim past words like you have been with your regular reading. Maybe that could help retrain your brain?

In the lessons we are told that when reading we should read the same as we always do, the problem is most of us have been reading wrong, out of focus, at too quick a pace.

I think that complex poetry that uses intricate language and excessive imagery could be beneficial. To follow references in a poem you need to be properly internalizing the concepts or the entire meaning becomes incomprehensible. This forced me to slow down and really get behind the meaning/conclusion of statements and author main point.

Personally I have been reading through Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Before when I was younger I would read a lot of non-fiction economics which helps too, the Thomas Sowell Reader presents a collection of his essays and writing from syndicated columns, that can be good material to build your reading skills, or even Aesop's Fables for the very same reasons other poetry tests us.

Here is what AI Coach told me:

"We talked a bit about this when you first brought up reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra in the truck, but it is worth breaking down exactly why a poetic, philosophical book actually upgrades your LSAT brain.

Reading Nietzsche is essentially cognitive weightlifting. Here is exactly how it translates directly to your Reading Comprehension skills:

1. Building Extreme Working Memory (The "RAM" Upgrade) Poetic philosophy is incredibly abstract. To understand a paragraph of Zarathustra, you have to hold a metaphor in your head, track it across three different sentences, and connect it to a philosophical concept. That forces your brain’s "working memory" into overdrive. When you switch back to the LSAT, holding onto the dry facts of a science or legal passage will feel incredibly light by comparison.

2. Untangling Brutal Syntax The LSAT loves to use terrible sentence structure. They will put a subject, insert a massive five-line dependent clause, and then finally give you the verb. Philosophers and poets do this naturally. By reading dense, older texts, you are training your eyes not to get lost in the commas. You learn to naturally strip away the fluff and find the core subject and verb of a sentence.

3. Desensitizing the "Panic" Response When most students read a dense RC passage about 18th-century water rights or quantum physics, they panic because they don't immediately understand it. Their heart rate spikes and they start rushing. Reading Nietzsche trains you to be comfortable with ambiguity. You learn to sit calmly with a text that makes no sense at first, trust your reading process, and slowly extract the meaning without panicking.

The One Missing Ingredient (The Catch): While Zarathustra is the ultimate tool for stamina and syntax, it is missing the one thing the LSAT tests the most: Argumentative Structure.

Nietzsche writes in metaphors and declarations; the LSAT writes in premises, concessions, and conclusions. The LSAT wants you to find the author's Main Point and the evidence they use to prove it."

LSAT writers really do hate us 😢

@ElizabethKushner you would not have benefit from pulling from the 7Sage knowledge base which has a lot of very effective LSAT methods. I think that is the strongest value from 7Sage's chat ai for me at least. It is able to take digest my personal profile, reference lessons and explanations, and further connect to outside material.

The connectivity between user profile, 7Sage KB provide the most value when connected to an LLM. On its own I have got unreliable responses from consumer AI, they are sometimes inaccurate and mostly inconsistent.. most of them still think Logic Games are in LSAT.