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ktacklesthelsat
4 days ago

@SerinJ Very helpful! Thanks

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hello, i am going to apply to a lot of schools for fall 2027 admission and would love to start writing essays this summer. i have personal and diversity statement drafts, which i know stay the same each year. however, i worry that if i work on school-specific prompts from previous years, they might change. are the 7sage prompts accurate? also they dont really list response length which is also a problem for me. should i just work with that, or what do you recommend? i have a busy fall and want to take advantage of my summer

if you have any tips on how to organize my time with what components of my apps i should work on, please also lmk, thanks!

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ktacklesthelsat
6 days ago

this is so cool! is the podcast just an audio or does it also require video?

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ktacklesthelsat
Monday, Jun 29

@AriVilker1 makes sense! I also noticed that the predictions are very different from those on the lsd website despite inputting the same details. Do you have any comments about that?

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hi! i am confused on how 7sage decides the chances you'll get into a certain school. For example, why is it that I have more of a chance of getting into a school where i am farther away from the median than another school...?

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Friday, Jun 26

ktacklesthelsat

letters of rec help

hi, i am in the process of asking for LORs. however, i am unsure how long they are supposed to be. i dont know if it differs from school to school, but my recommender would ideally write a general letter. also, do i need to give them any information like school /company information to add, etc?

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Wednesday, Jun 24

ktacklesthelsat

optional essay on lsat score

hi, so i just got my lsat score back. im pretty happy with it, but it is on the lower side (25th percentile) for the T-20 schools i am considering. i was nervous while taking the test, but of course that's not really a valid excuse. i was thinking about writing an additional statement on how my standardized test scores dont define me. i applied test optional to an ivy league school for undergrad and got in despite my sat/act score also being on their lower side, yet i am graduating near the top of my class with a 3.9x gpa. i wonder if this will convince admissions officers that my score doesn't define my potential. any thoughts?

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ktacklesthelsat
Tuesday, Jun 2

@Catpop this was great advice

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ktacklesthelsat
Tuesday, Jun 2

@tekken1225189 i dont get this. there is a winner. the winner is still the dealership because it is less expensive overall... help

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ktacklesthelsat
Monday, Jun 1

@Dr.LarsEnden Interesting take! Thank you

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ktacklesthelsat
Monday, Jun 1

agreed!

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PT134.S2.Q21
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ktacklesthelsat
Monday, Jun 1

I was between C and D but ultimately chose C. I eliminated D because it doesn't need to be the case that by itself, each story is not "completely" consistent. Let's say they're 1% different...that's not doing anything to weaken the argument.

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Sunday, May 31

ktacklesthelsat

how to get better at flaw questions?

I am so bad at these. I am good at LR except for flaw and one other question type. I just can't figure it out. Sometimes I'll find a gap but it isn't the right one. Other times the answer choices are too subtle or I find multiple ones correct. Sometimes I don't see how the answer is really a flaw. I need a way to reframe these/think about them correctly.

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ktacklesthelsat
Sunday, May 31

@NatMan i'll honestly start doing that!

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ktacklesthelsat
Sunday, May 31

@NatMan maybe a few times it'll be because of the stem. other times i guess i'll just pick an answer i think is good and so i'll move on but then because it's flagged and ik i got it wrong i'll go over it slowly and realize the answer i picked wasn't the right one.

for example one time i got a necessary assumption wrong and i reread it and realized the stim said smth that totally pointed to the correct answer but i didnt see it

another time i read the stim but nothing jumped out at me and i just picked the right answer. only when i compared my initial take to br did i realize i picked the wrong answer and i was mind blown

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ktacklesthelsat
Sunday, May 31

@cattail8148 I agree. it's also very variable. sometimes mine will be high and other times so low that i'd never get that score on a pt unless i guessed on everything. also, it will show up for something as short as a 5 question drill which is a heavily unrepresented sample!

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Friday, May 29

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Advice before June lsat

Hello everyone, I hope your studies are going well! I have been consistently PTing at a 168 average recently, and I just know I have the potential to hit a 170+. My BR proves this. I noticed that there are questions that I will get wrong on LR, but during BR, I'll immediately choose the right answer, even going as far as thinking that the answer is obvious. I don't know how it flies over my head during the actual test, and this happens for at least 3 questions every exam. Those 3 questions could push me to the 170s. Sometimes these questions are flagged and sometimes they're not. Regardless, somehow I'll totally miss the obviousness of the right answer. I've been trying to focus more on that mistake but I'm not getting anywhere. Does anyone have advice?

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ktacklesthelsat
Wednesday, May 27

Me too!

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ktacklesthelsat
Tuesday, May 26

@Kevin_Lin @StudentService could I please have access as well?

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ktacklesthelsat
Tuesday, May 26

@tessapys Thanks!

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ktacklesthelsat
Monday, May 25

Congrats! Did something happen to click for you, and if so, what was it?

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ktacklesthelsat
Saturday, May 23

Listen! I am in a similar boat. I was consistently getting 168s trying to hit a 170 but haven't yet. PT 151 is also notoriously difficult, and I scored a 162 on it, which I haven't scored since February. A lot of 7sage users gave me some great reassurance. this score doesn't define you; you have to be strong and rebound from it! My confidence was really shaken! But I took PT 156 2 days ago and scored a 167. I'll take it, considering I was not expecting much.

I think you should wait a week, take it a day at a time, and then do another PT. I am sure you'll be right back to where you were. Make sure to compose yourself before reviewing PT 156. I also think you should do another PT so you don't go into the June test with a pessimistic perspective. In the meantime, keep doing what you're doing--clearly it's working! But also don't overwhelm yourself

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ktacklesthelsat
Saturday, May 23

I believe it means that 66% of people who answer the question pick that specific answer. The average score of people who pick that answer is 168

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ktacklesthelsat
Saturday, May 23

It is important to let go of assumptions! When I read "traffic fatalities" in the stimulus, I was thinking about on-site fatalities, so I eliminated D. But D is reasonable because they could help more people survive. E strengthens. Conclusion is that there's more skillful drivers, and yes, an education program would create more skillful drivers.

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ktacklesthelsat
Saturday, May 23

D makes sense! I got it right but had to shed my assumption that adults who work outside the home might cut corners or are too tired to make a good meal. Once I did that, D was reasonable. Yes, they spent less time on dinner because they don't eat as much at home.

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