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angantous
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angantous
6 hours ago
BR will choose questions you took too long to answer, answered too quickly, changed answers multiple time, and/or got wrong. The value of the BR is to review ones to make sure you're certain in untimed conditions, even if you got it right! You can hover over the circle to see the 'reason' it will indicate if you got it wrong.
In theory you are not meant to check and do the BR questions without knowing if you were right or wrong. I always checked to be honest, but that's the way BR is meant to be done!
angantous
10 hours ago
Don't do a PT the day before the test - honestly don't do any full sections or tests! Review wrong answer journals, articulate takeaways and question strategies, then do something completely different - see friends, watch a movie, etc.
You don't want to expend that much energy and focus the day before, focus on getting yourself in the right mindset and getting a good night of sleep.
angantous
11 hours ago
I struggled with maintaining focus due to brain fog + ADHD and what helped me for practice tests was making a routine to really wake up my brain before:
Full night of sleep if possible (8-9 hours)
Morning exercise - I need to do something high intensity (run/spin class) to really get my heart rate up to wake up my brain, but a brisk walk may work, jumping jacks, run up and down the stairs, etc.
High protein meal with healthy fats and fibre - make sure you aren't eating meals that cause a big crash while you're studying, aka simple carbs and sugar
Warm up brain with short drill of easy questions
PT tips:
Close your eyes and take a couple deep breaths when you feel yourself losing focus/not processing the words you are reading.
Another trick is to read the stimulus/passage at talking pace, hover your mouse over the words, and/or highlighting the words
Move around during 10 minute break as well - quick set of jumping jacks/push ups, splash face with cold water
To be honest I would not do full untimed PTs. Untimed drills for sure, especially focusing on drills for your weaker areas, but always do PTs timed. Untimed PTs take way too much time. Try stacking 2 sections (1 LR 1 RC or 2 LR) back to back - untimed at first if you need to, but try doing this timed to build up stamina. It is better to try to get as many questions as you can in 35 minutes and then do the ones you don't get to in BR. This allows you to see what questions are taking you too long, where you can speed up, etc. The final goal is to get the first 10 questions in 10 minutes. Another strategy would be to do timed sections starting out at 45 min, then 40, then 35.
You have to learn to guess and move on when a question is taking too long, it is part of the strategy, even for 170+ scorers! A score for an untimed PT will not be an accurate assessment of where you are at, part of the challenge is the timing.
Another trick is to do timed speed drills of easier questions or certain question types - try setting it to 1 min/question or even less. This will build your confidence over time and force you to notice patterns (really good for PSA and SA types as you can spot the correct answer fast).
Everyone is different so what helped me may not help you, but I hope some of this helps! The main thing with getting faster and building stamina is practice! It takes less brain power and less focus for easier questions after you have spent a lot of time drilling, then this frees up your energy to tackle harder ones. It gets easier I promise!
angantous
12 hours ago
You can change the settings in preptests to select which tests can be used as tests, sections or drills! If some are only 98% seen - manually select them for prep tests. You would have only seen a few questions.
angantous
Yesterday
Hi! I started studying back in December with the 'core' monthly subscription and I found this more than sufficient - it provides a weekly study plan with what to do every day of the week based on how many hours/days you'll be studying. As someone with ADHD, this was key to keep me on track because it literally breaks down exactly what to do and tracks if you have completed it or not.
I upgraded to the 'live' subscription just for 1 month (final month before the June test) to access the lessons and I found that helpful to an extent, but it is definitely not necessary for the whole study process, especially while you're completing the curriculum lessons. I truly don't see any benefit to paying for a higher tier plan until you've made it through the curriculum. You always have the option to upgrade later down the line.
The only issue I had with the plan is that there was not enough drills during the curriculum phase - when I finished the curriculum and started the practice phase, I found I had forgotten a lot of the lessons/ the question types I had learned early on. I would recommend adding in more drills for each question type as you are learning them (you can do make custom drills easily), and continuously drilling while completing the lessons. There are some drills included in the curriculum phase, but not enough in my opinion!
I hope this made sense! lmk if you have any more questions.
angantous
Yesterday
@SCOTT_LEBO hi Scott, I was wondering what you meant by organized top down processes? Were you referring to reviewing approaches to question types?
angantous
Saturday, May 23
The live classes usually indicate whether they are beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Feel free to join beginners classes! You can filter the live lessons to beginner only. It will give you the opportunity to ask personalized questions and the tutor can go over answers, methods, etc. Maybe try out the recorded beginners classes to see if it is still to advanced then join a live class.
I think it would be to your detriment and to the others in the class if you joined advanced classes at this stage as you would be confused and potentially slow down the lesson for others.
angantous
Thursday, May 21
@Ssss Some people may find it beneficial to get the writing sample out of the way so that once you finish the test, you can fully relax and not worry about anything else! Personal preference - unless you need your LSAT score ASAP to send to law schools or to determine if you need to sign up for another test.
angantous
Thursday, May 21
@Ssss unless you're in a huge rush to get your score released, I assume delaying the writing sample by a few days to a week will not significantly delay your score. You're allowed to do the writing sample for up to 1 year after the LSAT I believe? so I think that's why they warn about the score being delayed, they won't release it until you do it. If you want your score back in June asap, then do the sample in advance. If you can wait an extra week, then take it after!
angantous
Tuesday, May 19
PTs 150 and 151 are known to be really difficult, and 155-159 are the most recent!
angantous
Tuesday, May 19
Hey this is amazing, PT150 is notoriously one of the hardest PTs, especially RC, so you'll probably do even better on other PTs!
angantous
Tuesday, May 19
Try out PT150 - it is notoriously hard (RC particularly was sadistic). I recommend doing PT155-159 leading up to the test, or at least using sections from them for practice!
angantous
Monday, May 11
It might be worth looking at how recent the sections and PTs you’re doing - I didn’t realize most of my PTs were pretty old. Prioritise PTs above 150 and see how you do, as they will likely be more representative of the June LSAT. but give yourself a few days off first!
angantous
Sunday, May 10
With the LSAT only 3 weeks away, @J.Y.Ping's explanation of E ending with the cat whispering in his ear gave me a much needed laugh. Thank you!
angantous
Monday, Apr 27
I felt the exact same way when I finished the curriculum. What I did was start drilling by question type after a reviewing the notes from the curriculum. Meaning I reread notes, maybe watched a few lessons here and there for tricky things like conditional logic rules I forget, then I started drilling with easy level 1-2 drills. Once I got those 100%, I would move on to level 3, then 4 and 5. The lessons stuck in my mind much better this way. I'm afraid it really just takes practice! You can do this!!
angantous
Monday, Apr 6
@LSACfunder Thats still not negated properly. The negation of 'any' is 'some are not'.
angantous
Monday, Mar 30
If anyone else understands why (E) is right, but still confused by why (D) is wrong, I found the explanations in the comments and the written explanation pertaining to payouts to be unnecessarily confusing.
It is much easier to eliminate (D) based on the fact that there are many prizes in lotteries, ranging from a few cents to the 'grand' prize. This means that (D) only concerns a subset of the possible lottery prizes. Therefore, (D) only concerns the probability of winning 1 prize, but not the probability of winning any prize.
(D) does not weaken the professor's argument because it could still be equally wise to use resources on lottery tickets or on insurance policies if (D) were true. The probability of winning any prize and the probability of collecting a settlement could be equal.
angantous
Thursday, Mar 12
@shanumanu seconded! This explanation video did not provide any tips on how to get this right, just that it was uncharacteristic of this question type. Would love some more insight! @Kevin_Lin
angantous
Thursday, Mar 12
@StevanBlauert Thank you for the quick reply and clarification! I also wondered what your thoughts are on when to start taking full length PTs?
I have been studying since December for the June LSAT (I live in the UK so I only have a couple international test dates per year available to me and will hopefully only take it once). I did the course curriculum until February and started drilling the last few weeks.
I have done some timed sections but mostly untimed for the moment. I work full-time so I only have around 15 hours/week to study. I have heard a lot of conflicting advice about whether to do 1 PT/week or start with untimed drills, then move to timed, then move to PTs.
I only have a couple more months of part-time studying left, so the stress is real! Hard to tell if I am making any progress without doing a full length PT, but I do not feel ready for timed conditions at all.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
angantous
Wednesday, Mar 11
Hi ! Thank you for these tips! I wanted to clarify one of your points:
If you are just beginning do not read the question stem first, read the stimulus first. If you have been studying for a long time then it may be hard to switch from question stem to stimulus.
If you are not just beginning studying and have gotten into the habit of reading the stem first, are you recommending reading the stimulus first?
angantous
Edited Wednesday, Feb 18
@Kevin_Lin Thank you for your quick response and your suggestions. I will follow your recommendations.
I would have about 13 weeks of practice if I was able to complete each Practice Block in a week. If the blocks take me 1.5 weeks on average (or I leave out activities to complete them in 1 week) I would be completing 6.5 less practice blocks (13x1.5=19.5). This is significantly less studying (1/3 less) in terms of practice material.
I am frustrated that I am now in this position, unable to keep up with the recommended amount of practice due to the underestimated study time in 7sage. I am taking the LSAT from the UK so only the June date is available to me - I can’t take it a month later to give myself more practice time.
Although there’s nothing I can do about this now, in hindsight I would have preferred to do an accelerated course curriculum to account for this, giving me more time for practice.
I understand there is no perfect way to calculate the time it takes for every person to complete lessons and drills, but I believe most would prefer overestimation to underestimation. If the study time is overestimated, there are options in the practice blocks to complete additional drills (and it feels like you get free time back). With underestimates, it adds stress to the studier who is trying to stay on top of their study plan. I hope 7sage takes this into account for the future, as this has added a considerable amount of stress for me.
@Angie🦋 no problem! good luck :)