Totally skimmed over "meteorite" in B facepalm
Thank you all for your kind words. This is a wonderful community of learners and I wish you all the best of luck in tackling the LSAT. The cyber camaraderie is real (3 :)(/p)
@ , @-2 summed it up perfectly. For a lot of the 1-3 level difficulty questions, you begin recognizing the underlying structure of the stimulus, which not only allows you to predict the correct AC but also eliminates the need to map out the relationships on paper. For example, I only spend 15-20 seconds on most of said questions.
This was my fave passage from the set
Ughhh I came sooo close to picking E but went with A >,<
I arrived at E through POE; it's the only AE that came remotely close to strengthening the argument.
In retrospect, this question was so easy :/
Hi friends!
I just finished responding to a fellow 7sager, so here's a revised version of my response below:
I started started studying in Feb. I knew I wanted to sign up for a prep course to familiarize myself with the basics, seeing as I hadn’t taken a standardized test since like 6th grade lol. I’m gonna skip over my s*** show experience with Kaplan and fast forward to April, which is a when I signed up for 7Sage.
From Feb to April, I went from 138 to 153. I was very unsatisfied with Kaplan’s curriculum and began scouring the internet for alternative test prep resources. I then decided to switch gears by signing up for 7Sage and ordering a copy of the LSAT trainer. I finished 7Sage’s curriculum in around 7 weeks and FINALLY felt like I was ready to start drilling full length sections. DISCLAIMER: I study 6-7 hours a day, 5x a week, which is why I was able to finish the CC so quickly. This brings me to my first tip: Be realistic with your timeline. Had I known how low I'd score on on the diagnostic, I would've taken it like a year ago as opposed to 6 months. I think the average person should spend around 9 months studying for this test. Since I want score somewhere in the low 170s on the August test, I have no choice but to study like a madwoman lol.
Anyway, I flew through 7Sages curriculum because it was so straight to the point and digestible. Also, I think that JY does an impeccable job at teaching the fundamentals of logic, given his background in philosophy. Up until I finished the CC, the mere thought of having to sit down for a PT would give me severe anxiety.
Logic Games still fluster me from time to time, but I’ve made some good headway. Drilling the games from PT 1-35 was a major factor in my progress. Whenever I feel like i'm struggling with a game I've haven't seen before, I stop the clock and do it untimed. If I'm still not getting it, I resort to watching JY's explanation.
When it comes to RC, I don’t follow any specific strategy. I try to read slowly and go about answering the questions as methodically as possible. Writing down 1 sentence summaries after reading each paragraph was very helpful at first but it adversely affected my timing, so I stopped. The most important tenet of RC is making sure that whatever AC you pick is supported. Even the inference Q’s have to be substantiated by the text in some way.
I never got around to reading the Trainer, mainly because I’ve been so happy with 7Sage. What I’ll do sometimes is look up LR explanations in the PowerScore/ Manhattan Prep forums, but that’s about it. Speaking of LR, I found it to be more learnable than LG. What I realized, however, is that translating logical relationships is just as important in LR as in LG. Once you get your conditional relationships down, LR becomes 5x easier.
From the outset, my goal was to score a170. Despite my diagnostic, I never regarded the low score as being indicative of my potential. I just looked at it as “Oh, so I’m gonna have to spend more time studying than the person who landed a 160 their first time around”. Obviously, I don’t want to get ahead of myself, since I have another month to go until August, but having a positive mindset and dedication is everything when it comes to this LSAT. I really do think that it’s an extremely learnable test.
For those of you plateauing in the low-mid 160s/having issues with endurance, listen to this podcast episode: https://classic.7sage.com/1-ama-w-7sager-cant-get-right-152-to-176/ . Getting the material down is only half the battle. After certain point (usually once you’re done covering the basics and start PTing consistently), you’ll begin to notice patterns and the so-called cookie cutter question types. Picking up on them will cut your time down by a lot, thereby allowing you to dedicate more time to the tougher questions.
Hope you guys will find my write-up at least somewhat helpful. I'm happy to answer any specific questions :). Good luck studying!
This is my inaugural post lol. Just wanted to share the progress I've made since February. I switched over to 7Sage in April, after a 138 diagnostic a few months earlier. Took PT 71 today and broke 170 for the first time!! So so SOOOO grateful for this program. Hopefully I'll keep the momentum going 'til the August Flex. Good luck to everyone out there :^)!
welp, at least i'm not the only one who got slaughtered by this passage
6/8 but I'm still not sold on #20. What a poopy question
Don't think that A is super far fetched BUTTTTTTT...I'm glad that I went with C :p
J.Y. : "...Much stronger influenzas happen..."
Coronavirus: "Hold my beer"
Ugh this passage wrecked me; 4/8
Uh yeahh - no way I'd bet on getting #15 right on test day. E is such a sucky AC
Ugh picked E for #6 because I misread the second line.
I’m currently signed up for the August Flex and was wondering whether it’d be more worthwhile to continue drilling 4 section tests as opposed to 3? What do you guys think?