I have been enjoying 7Sage right up until the LG section. I cannot learn these games this way. Can anyone recommend another resource that teaches the games in a different style? Not disloyal to 7Sage in any way, but this is making me a total head case and affecting my performance on all the sections. Before starting LG I was scoring -1 or -2 on LR and -3 or -4 on RC and now my scores are tanking across the board. #help
Looking for opinions from those of you wiser than me! I scored a 159 on September LSAT...exactly my practice test score. Here's the complicating factor...I missed 12 on LG, also typical for me. Long story short, I have a weird spatial learning disability that makes diagramming and inferring from diagrams quite difficult for me. I am a non-traditional student at 49 years old, have a great GPA and Phi Beta Kappa membership from undergrad, am finishing an MA in the spring, and owned my own business for 20 years prior to this endeavor. So, do I try to find some additional LG resources to complement 7Sage and re-take in November? I'm not aiming for Top 14 but financial aid is an imperative. TIA for your expertise!
I'm really going to do it this time...taking in Sep but am planning a retake in Nov!
49 with 8 years of corporate experience followed by 20 years of running my own business and 2 years of grad school. Variety is the spice of life!!
Hey, I was in the same boat and am finally improving. After foolproofing and watching the 7Sage videos over and over and over again, I still couldn't make any progress. I finally bought the Powerscore LG Workbook (not Bible). The Workbook is a supplement to the Powerscore Bible and only cost about $20. It is a GREAT written complement to 7Sage's digital platform and really helped me make the incremental improvements that I needed. I went from not even coming close to finishing LG sections (and missing at least 50% of the questions) to almost finishing the entire section and only getting a couple wrong. Still have some work to do but I'm in a much better mental place! I love 7Sage and think its overall the best thing going, but adding one more resource made the difference for me!
Here is the biggest mistake I made...doing the CC in order and waiting to take a diagnostic til I got to thru the LG section of the CC. The thing is...until you have to apply it, you are just listening to JY's awesome and entertaining teaching style. For me, the context provided by the PTs was what I needed to really use the CC the way it is meant to be used. So...take the diagnostic, and start the lower numbered PTs (absurdly easy compared to Sep and Nov LSATs). Then, be sure to use your 7Sage generated Analytics to enhance your study and review process. In my opinion, this will give you the biggest bang for your methodical buck!
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even with all of the LR info I'm still confused haha. I had three sections and I cant quite remember what was in each one, but I think the experimental had a questions about people with Halverson (SP?) disease and a certain gene (maybe TP2?) - question was sort of towards the end. Does anyone who had 2 LR sections remember this one?
Thanks!
I only had 2LR and didn't have those questions on mine! I had 2 RC and am very glad the Indus Valley one seems to be real!
I'd like to join your study group. Could someone explain how it works? Thanks!
Ok, ready for a dose of real world-ism? I work full time, am a single mom, and am a graduate student. Studying for a year, studying for 40 hours a week, and taking 40 practice tests are all 100% out of the question for my life. I started the CC at the end of May and took the diagnostic and 4 practice tests before taking the September LSAT. Although I was not unhappy with my score, I am retaking in November because I left some very specific (aka: attainable) points on the table. Since September I have taken 3 more full PTs, reviewed key points of the CC, and used timed sections of other PTs to drill. My average score is up 6 points. Make your study and PT experience and plan suit your needs and your schedule and it will be productive for you. Trying to live up to an unrealistic number of study hours or numbers of PTs will stress you out and detract from your ability to learn what you need to know for you best score on test day! Good luck!
I was feeling the same way...moving fairly easily thru the CC and scoring 98-99% on the LR practice questions. BUT...then I slammed into LG like a mack truck going 100mph and am having to go super slowly thru that section. Don't assume success at LR = success at LG. Be willing to cancel September if you aren't 100% on all sections.
Thanks everyone...very frustrated! The other scores are suffering because LG is giving me a major confidence problem!!
RE: the reason they are hard...I have a fairly significant spatial learning disability that doesn't really get in my way in real life, except for doing things like putting furniture together with instructions that are pictorial rather than verbal (think Ikea). This is where the problem with the LG comes in...the diagrams are so visual and so spatial that they are hard for me to learn. :/
I guess I'll just keep on keepin' on!
Thanks for the feedback!
Look at the pdf of your score sheet.