Hey Everyone,

Thanks for coming. It really was great seeing you all and I hope it was helpful.

The next session will be on October 7th, 3 PM EDT. We will be going over PT 78.

Everyone who is gearing up for either the December or February LSAT is welcome to join.

The requirement for this meeting is to take PT 78 timed - no exceptions. If you have done this PT before, I recommend taking it again as a repeat. Please do not look at the answers or grade the PT before hand. Looking at answers before hand undermines the blind review process both for you and everybody else. I have noticed I learn the most when I have to blind review a PT with someone without knowing what the correct answer is. Also, try to take the PT as close as possible to the meeting date. That way you can remember exactly what you were thinking under time when you took this PT.

In addition, please come to the meeting with a clean copy of the two LR sections from the test and a list of the questions you had circled for blind review and that you would like to go over in that meeting.

Here is the link to the meeting. Just click the link at the specified date and time and I will see you there.

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Hello 7sagers!

I will be hosting two of my favorite classmates at Northwestern, Rachel Corella and Jordan Gerlach. We will be talking about targeting T-14 schools without a score in 170's. We will also be happy to share our experience as 1L's at Northwestern, but we will not taking any specific LSAT questions.

I am really honored and excited to have them speak to all of you.

Saturday Nov 28, 6 pm EST

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Hello 7sagers!

This Saturday, I will be hosting a discussion panel with three amazing 7sage members: @Christopherr (173), @Jmarmaduke96 (179), and @DINOSAUR (167). They will be sharing their personal LSAT journey with all of you and what each of them had to overcome to get their score. You really don't want to miss out on this as they are incredible students and have a lot to give!

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March 9th, 6 pm EST

PT 52: RC Intensive (Continued)

In this session we continue will work on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

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Past Sessions:

July 27th

Office hours

I would be happy to answer any questions. Feel free to bring questions about study schedule, time management, blind review etc.

August 3rd

Necessary Assumption Intensive

In this session I want to delve into the strategy of how to handle necessary assumption questions. We will be doing questions together to get some guided practice.

August 4th

Blind review PT 80 section 1 LR.

To prepare for this session, please have a clean copy of the PT with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

August 13th, 6 pm EST

Conditional Logic Intensive

In this session will go over strategies that you can use to tackle questions that are conditional logic heavy. We will be using conditional heavy question types like Must Be True and Sufficient Assumptions to get some practice.

August 14th, 6 pm EST

Blind Review PT 80, RC

We will be reviewing PT 80 RC section together. I will go over RC section form and strategies that can help you read and answer questions more efficiently.

August 17th, 6 pm EST

Strengthening and Weakening Questions

August 18th, 6 pm EST

Reading Comprehension

In this session we will continue working on our strategies for Reading Comprehension. We will be using a passage from PT 36.

August 24th, 6 pm EST

Logic Game Form and Splitting

@"Cant Get Right" will be joining us for this session. We will introduce Logic Game Form and talk about our strategies for splitting.

August 25th, 6 pm EST

@"Cant Get Right" and I will be going over the PT 31, game 2.

August 31st, 6 pm EST

Office Hours

I would be happy to answer any questions. Please feel free to bring questions about study schedule, time management, blind review etc.

September 1st, 6 pm EST

Flaw Questions

In this session we will continue our practice of LR question types by focusing on flaw questions.

September 7th, 6 pm EST

PT 38 LR Section 1

To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

September 8th, 6 pm EST

PT 38 LR Section 1

We will continue our session of the LR section from previous day.

September 21st, 6 pm EST

Office Hours

Please bring any general or specific LSAT questions to this session. This includes questions about creating a study schedule or asking for help in understanding a particular logical reasoning question from any PT. I would also be happy to talk about post test day anxiety.

September 22nd, 6 pm EST

Necessary Assumption

Back because of popular demand! In this session I will revisit the strategy for necessary assumption questions. We will be doing questions together to get some guided practice.

September 28th, 6 pm EST

PT 65 LR Section 1(Blind Review)

To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

September 29th, 6 pm EST

PT 65 RC Section (Blind Review)

To prepare for this session, please take the RC section before class and have a clean copy the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

October 5th, 6 pm EST

PT 65 RC Section Comparative Passage (Blind Review)

To prepare for this session, please take the RC section before class and have a clean copy the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

October 6th, 6 pm EST

PT 65 LR Section 4 (Blind Review)

To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

October 12th, 6 pm EST

Office Hours with Sami

Please bring any general or specific LSAT questions to this session. This includes questions about creating a study schedule or asking for help in understanding a particular logical reasoning question from any PT. I have also done a lot of school visits at this point, and I would be happy to talk about it.

October 13th, 6 pm EST

Can't Get Right: Josh Aldy

Can't Get Right, 1L at Northwestern, has agreed to come and talk about his experience at law school. Please feel free to bring any questions to the session.

November 2nd, 9 pm EST

PT 38: RC Intensive

In this session we will work on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. No prior preparation is needed for this session. Together we will go over the first or second passage from PT 38.

November 3rd, 7 pm EST

PT 39: RC Intensive (Continues)

In this session we will continue working on our Reading Comprehension Strategies from the day before. We will go over the third or fourth RC passage from PT 38.

November 10th, 7-10 pm EST

Section Strategy

In this session we will explain section strategy for LR and, if time permits, RC. At the end we will answer any questions you may have about strategy.

November 16th, 7-9 pm EST

PT 40: RC Intensive

In this session we will work on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

November 17th, 7-9 pm EST

PT 40: RC Intensive (Continues)

In this session we will continue working on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

November 23rd, 7-9 pm EST

Pep Rally for November LSAT test takers and Office Hours

We will talk about some of the test day mindset and test day schedule. Please come to the session if you would like to cheer on the November LSAT test takers or ask other questions about LSAT prep in general.

November 24th, 7-9 pm EST

PT 40 LR Section 1

To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy of the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

December 8th, 6 pm EST

Office Hours

Please come to the session if you want to ask any questions about LSAT prep, general or specific, or if you just want to chat with me about anything! We can do whatever you want!

December 14th, 6 pm EST

PT 40 LR Section 2

To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy of the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

December 15th, 6 pm EST

PT 40 LR Section 2 (Blind Review Continues)

In this session we will continue working on the LR section from the day before. To prepare for this session, please take the LR section before class and have a clean copy of the section with you. In addition, if you took the test digitally, please bring the timing breakdown of the section. We will be using this data to discuss about efficient test taking strategies.

December 21st, 6 pm EST

PT 37: RC Intensive

In this session we will work on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

December 22nd, 6 pm EST

PT 37: RC Intensive (Continues)

In this session we will continue working on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

December 28th, 6 pm EST

Office Hours

Please come to the session if you want to ask any questions about LSAT prep, general or specific, or if you just want to chat with me about anything! We can do whatever you want!

December 29th, 6 pm EST

PT 37: RC Intensive (other two passages)

In this session we will continue working on our Reading Comprehension Strategies from last week. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

January 12th, 6 pm EST

AMA with @"Cant Get Right" (Josh Aldy)

Please feel free to bring any questions to the session.

January 18th, 6 pm EST

Logic Games

In this session we will work on Logic Games from PT 37. Please do not do the section before the class.

January 19th, 6 pm EST

Logic Games

In this session we will continue to work on Logic Games from PT 37. Again, please do not do the games before the class.

January 25th, 6 pm EST

Logic Games

In this session we will work on Logic Games from PT 57. Please do not do the section before the class. Guest tutor: Josh Aldy

January 26th, 6 pm EST

Logic Games

In this session we will continue to work on Logic Games from PT 57. Again, please do not do the games before the class.

February 1st, 6 pm EST

Reading Comprehension

In this session we will work on passages from PT 57. Please do not do the passages before class.

February 2nd, 6 pm EST

Reading Comprehension

In this session we will continue to work on the passages from PT 57.

February 23rd, 6 pm EST

Reading Comprehension

In this session we will continue working on passages from PT 57. Please do not do the passages before class.

March 4th, 6 pm EST

PT 52: RC Intensive

In this session we will work on our Reading Comprehension Strategies. Please do not do the section before class. We will try to implement some of the timing strategy that we have talked about. Please have a clean copy of the RC section available to you when you join the session.

Hey everyone,

I want to get feedback and see if there is an interest out their in studying LR but with a focus on strategies that increase your understanding beyond just that PT and question.

Instead of the traditional method where we are just just blind reviewing and trying to understand the question in front of us, we will be focusing on identifying patterns behind each argument so we can carry what we learned over to other LR stimulus in future PT's.

A lot of speed in LR comes from our ability to quickly spot these patterns that are constantly repeating. These patterns are not about learning question types - the core curriculum does a phenomenal job of that - but more about argument types.

So yeah, let me know what you guys think and if you are interested. : )

Update:

I am going to let all of you decide what PT series you would like to use to study these patterns.

PT 30-39:

Pros: These are basically drill materials PT's and are considered ideal for burning in order to study. Even the very beginners can join this.

Con: These are older PT's and hence a little less relevant than 40 series. We have also seen a lot of these questions as part of our core curriculum.

PT 40-49

Pros: They are a bit more relevant though I think there is not that much difference as the logic has not changed much from PT 1. I think it's fine to burn these for drills as well since we still have 46 plus fresh PT's left after these.

Cons: Some people still like to use them as fresh PT's.

PT 50-59:

I had a private request for this but since I cannot edit the poll if this series is your preference you can just write this down as a comment below and I would count it in the poll.

Hey Everyone,

This week again we will keep practicing the low-high resolution summary method. The point of practice is to get better at what we already know so we will sharpen our skills a bit more this time. : )

I had a few requests this week about doing an Economics Passage. So this week we will be doing PT 8, Section 3, Passage 2. The PT is available for print on 7sage as an e-doc.

Just like last time all you need for the session is a copy of the passage and the questions in front of you. We will work through the passage together and do the questions under time before we go over them. So I would recommend not doing the passage before joining.

For people who will be joining for the first time, I will review the method we will be using to go over the passage beforehand. So you will quickly catch on. : )

To join the meeting all you have to do is click the link below at the specified date and time.

I'll see you all there! : )

Free RC Tutoring - Sami [Econ Passage]

Sun, May 28, 2017 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

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Hey everyone!

We got electricity and water back last night!!!!! So as promised, I have re-scheduled the hangout. For tonight, I would like to keep the session to general LSAT questions. You can ask me and @"Cant Get Right" anything.

I will talk to you all soon!

Best,

Sami

Hey Everyone,

Our first meeting will be on Sep 30, 3 PM EDT. We will be going over PT 74. I am giving myself and everyone who took the September LSAT at least a weekend off, if they would like. So we will not be meeting this coming Saturday, September 23.

I am posting the link below to the meeting. The requirement for this meeting is to take PT 74 timed - no exceptions. If you have done this PT before, I recommend taking it again as a repeat. Please do not look at the answers or grade the PT before hand. Looking at answers before hand undermines the blind review process both for you and everybody else. I have noticed I learn the most when I have to blind review a PT with someone without knowing what the correct answer is. Also, try to take the PT as close as possible to the meeting date. That way you can remember exactly what you were thinking under time when you took this PT.

Here is the link to the meeting. Just click the link at the specified date and time and I will see you there.

70 Plus Series (December LSAT Study Group)

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Hey everyone,

This post is just to see if anybody will be interested in this first. I will be going over PT's in 70 plus series only. We are going to try out a new way to do PT schedule. Instead of a 3 month set PT schedule we will be more flexible. When we review a PT, then I will assign which PT we will do next. I am looking to do this on Saturdays.

Let me know if any of you will be interested. :)

Hey Everyone,

So far we have done a regular passage and an A-B passage. This time we will be going over a science passage. We will be applying the same strategy that we learned in the previous two sessions. The key is to keep practicing with these strategies so we can get better. This time we will be doing PT 44, Section 1, Passage 3.

I would recommend not doing the passage before coming to the meeting so we can work through this together and you can really practice with the right strategy. All you are required to have for the meeting is the passage and questions in front of you in some form.

If you have never attended one of these sessions please do not worry that you will not know what's going on. I will review the strategies before starting the passage and you will catch on.

To join the meeting all you have to do is click the link below at the specified date and time.

I'll see you all there! : )

Free RC Tutoring - Sami

Sun, May 21, 2017 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

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To all 7sagers who are alone today because we can't have a life while also studying for LSAT or to others who are in a relationship,

Happy Valentines Day! (3 (3 (3(/p)

I hope you all have a love and logic filled day! May you all get each and every single LSAT problem right! ;) And may we stock up on chocolates tomorrow because they will be half-off! Love you all (3(/p)

Sami (3(/p)

Hey everyone,

Whether you are going into September LSAT or have heard about how difficult the newer tests are I want to actually say please do not worry. I know I did for a while but I want to share my experience with you and I hope that dispels a lot of the fears for the upcoming tests.

Throughout my preparation for LSAT I know I kept worrying that I hadn't ventured into taking the newer tests and as test day kept approaching my fears would increase that maybe I was missing out on something that the newer tests wold test me on and I would therefore end up scoring lower. My tutor was firm in making sure that I use all my old prep materials first and I got into the score range that I wanted to be in before giving me any of the newest test.

A month ago, my tutor had me take a test without knowing what PT it came out of. It's essentially a blind test and I did not feel the difference. It turned out it was a higher 70 series test and I ended up scoring in the same range that I usually do. Since then I have done a blind test on lower 70's and higher 70 PT series and I always end up scoring in my score range. This is true despite some PT's having weird games and I actually did not do well on some of those weird games. Despite that, I still managed to score in my average range.

I agree that the newer tests are different from 1-40 PT series. I also see that we now have comparative passages in RC and weird games in LG. But comparing the logic and even the language from 50-70 series I didn't see a difference. At least the difference wasn't enough to take me out of my average score range.

I really hope this helps people who fear the newer tests. If the tests were significantly different or harder then when I did the higher 70 series without knowing what PT number it was I should have still scored lower. But that did not happen. Obviously what I did is not a robust study and it did not involve a lot of participants. But its enough for me to know to not worry and my hope is that it helps other people not worry that the test on this coming Saturday will be significantly harder than what we have faced.

True some RC's or LG's are tougher but the curve compensates for that. When you do start scoring in your range that you want, I would say you are ready to take the LSAT real time whether you have taken many 70 series or not. So please don't freak out about the series in your prep or as you go into the test if you have not done a lot of newer test. Just do what you have been doing to score high and you will do just fine.

Good luck :).

Thank you to everyone who was kind to me today and showed me a lot of support. I noticed that for those of us who underperformed on September we have a lot of questions about what to do from here.

To help with that I have invited @"Cant Get Right" to answer any and all questions this Friday 7 pm EST. I honestly can't think of a better person to help answer these questions. He is someone who has scored in low160's twice, almost gave up on LSAT, but then decided to not let LSAT beat him. He worked hard and scored a 170 and eventually a 176. I think it would be tremendously helpful to be able to ask one on one questions directly to someone who has been there.

So this Friday evening, lets drop everything and figure out our problems :).

I hope this is something that will be helpful to a lot of you.

To attend the call, please click below the link at the scheduled time and we will see you there.

Hugs,

Sami

September LSAT Support Group

Fri, Oct 13, 2017 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT

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As soon as I was done with my last section for September LSAT, I knew I had messed up. It was one of those tests that something wrong had happened and I had frozen up. That's never good, I remember thinking. As I walked to the car with my boyfriend holding my hand telling me how hard LR section had been, I suddenly stopped him and said, lets not talk - I feel sick.

Cut to three weeks of waiting and I knew there was no way I had performed my average. My average leading up to the test had been a 170 and I knew I had underperformed. I had felt sick but nothing could have prepared me for how I felt. When I saw that email from LSAC my hand started trembling. I opened it and it was a 164. I got up and made tea. I could hear my boyfriend in the study room talking to his friend about how he was still waiting for his score -I didn't know how I was ever going to tell him this.

So I took my tea and went to my room, locked the door from inside, and cried. I cried for an hour and after a lot of insistence opened up the door to let my boyfriend and dog in. Both of whom knew something was wrong and were waiting for me outside.

I cried a lot last night. I had cried not because 164 is a bad score but I had not performed what I had been performing. I cried because I knew I could do better but I had nothing to show for it. I cried because I had expected more from my score and myself and I had taken PT's correctly with a 10 point difference but my score reflected that I wasn't even close to that range. I felt defeated.

But after a long crying session, I got up and said, lets go out and eat dinner and celebrate your high 170 score. Just because I underperformed does not mean we don't get to celebrate your achievement. So I put on a dress and went out to eat. I ordered dessert first before my meal. I got the most decadent chocolate cake that was filled with chocolate moose - and I ate it. I sometimes cried while eating it but I ate it. I wanted to remind myself of this night and how awful it felt.

I wanted to tell my story because I know at least some of us were where I was last night. We were sad and we felt disheartened. I wanted to be honest because there is something healing about honesty. I hope this story helps anyone who feels alone and feels like they let themselves down. You are not alone. I also want to tell you do not be disheartened. Failures are a part of life and life is all about defeating what holds us back. I want to tell you I am here for you. Yesterday, I couldn't' have done this without my boyfriends support. I realize how vital it is and I am grateful I had someone who knows about LSAT - someone who gets it. So if you need to talk or study or just need anything - I am here for you (3. I know how lonely and sad it feels to not meet your expectation and how much that can hurt. It can really hurt. But you are not alone and we will get through this.(/p)

Today, I woke up in the morning at 5:30 am. I had been sleeping till 8 am lately because I had slacked off and I now can no longer afford that. I want to score my average and I will not let LSAT defeat me.

Today, I also set new goals for my LSAT prep that I hope will help me do better in upcoming December test. I plan on doubling down and eradicating anything in my life that does not give me a high return on my LSAT study time. I plan to increase my average to a 175 and up - so if I underperform again, I can still have a high score. I plan on never giving up. More importantly, I plan on being here for everyone who needs me to be there for them.

This thread is for you.

Lots and lots of love,

Sami

Hey everyone,

So I have been seriously considering some sort of sleep aid to help me form the habit of going to bed at an earlier time. The problem is I like to fight my sleep. Like I really fight sleep and I could be super tired.... So I have been thinking of trying out ZZZquill to see if that might help me just fall asleep faster. Have anyone of you tried it? Would love to know what you guys think.

Also, I want to give it up as soon as I feel like my habit of going to bed early has been formed. So I need it to be non-addictive. It says on the bottle it is but I do want to confirm that.

I want to go from this:

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Hi Everyone,

Last session was great. Thanks to everyone who showed up. We made RC fun!. : )

So last time we focused on low resolution-high resolution summary and how to read and comprehend RC passages effectively. This time, in addition to practicing this method, we are going to do one A-B passage. There is a different way to do such passages which makes these kinds of passages a piece of cake and I think it would be helpful to show and practice this method.

Since A-B passages don't start till later PT's, we would be practicing on one of the recent tests, PT 65. But I think even if some of you havn't done any of the recent PT's, it would be helpful to use one of them to understand how to do these kind of passages. There are 86 PT's to practice, using one for learning LSAT will be a good call.

If any one of you does not want to Burn PT 65, you are welcome to take it on your own. But lets Blind Review Passage 3 together.

If you do not have time to take it, that's fine as well. We will go over the passage together.

Let me know what you guys think.

P.S. Does this time work better for some of you who couldn't make it last time?

To join the meeting, just follow the link below at the meeting time. I'll see you all there (3.(/strong)

Sami's RC Tutoring- AB Passage

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Hey everyone,

I recently came across an LSAT stimulus that gave me loads of trouble when I was taking a PT under time. To ingrain the lesson from that stimulus I drew a parallel argument for it. But I want to make sure that I did it correctly. So I am posting the stimulus I made for you. Let me know which one of the answers you think is correct.

Cats walk very light-footed when compared to other species. While dogs do not chase humans because humans do not get scared of dogs, cats get scared of dogs and need to go unnoticed by dogs to not get chased and thereby end up stuck in trees. Scientists therefore hypothesize that the cats light-footedness, which clearly makes them slower, evolved as a means of going unnoticed by dogs.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the hypothesis?

A. No human is as light-footed as cats.

B. Being chased by dogs is not the most common cause of death for cats.

C. Many other types of animals have light-footedness similar to that of cats.

D. Cats are much faster than other heavier animals.

E. Dogs that chase cats also chase other species of animals.

Hey everyone,

October is halfway over and we only have a month and a half left before our December test! So lets keep working hard and lets get our dream score. (3(/p)

This week we will be going over PT 70. Both session will be taking place on the weekend at 7 pm (eastern time). I was finally able to get that time slot open. :)

We will be doing the same thing as last time. Please do the test timed and bring a blank, unmarked copy to the review session. We will be going over the questions. For Reading comprehension, please arrive on time. Once the session starts, unless we do two passages, there is literally no way to stop and review everything if you arrive late. :(

Also, not a lot of people showed up to the RC session and that's okay. If there is not a lot of interest in RC again this time, I will no longer do these session. So if you are interested, please do show up.

I am posting below the link to the meeting. I'll see you all there! (3(/p)

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Hey Everyone,

It was great seeing all of you who were there yesterday. It was an absolute pleasure. Thank you :).

I hope going over conditional arguments and seeing how they work in different question types was helpful. This weekend, on Sunday, I will be going over the causation argument type.

The session yesterday gave me a couple of insights and I would like to change a few things about the next session. To get the most out of the next session I am assigning homework. It is of course up to you to complete it and I will not check if all of you do the assigned work. But how much you are able to get out of the session will depend on how much you know about causation argument type before hand.

So before joining in I recommend watching the following seven videos that are part of 7sage core curriculum:

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/causation/

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/causation-theory/?ss_completed_lesson=1207

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/correlation/?ss_completed_lesson=1206

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/correlation-ideas/?ss_completed_lesson=1205

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/4-possible-explanations/?ss_completed_lesson=1204

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/chronology/?ss_completed_lesson=1203

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/causation-strategy/?ss_completed_lesson=1202

Each of these videos are about 5 minutes each - some even less than that so it shouldn't take that long.

For those of you who do not have 7sage core-curriculum please see if you can read up on causation argument as they are used in LSAT before coming into the session. This will give you the background knowledge necessary to see the pattern when we do go over the questions.

But just in case I will be going over the basics quickly at the start of the lesson. It just will not be as in depth as these videos.

I am still debating if I should release the questions I will be using for the upcoming session before the session. If I do, I will post it here before Sunday.

Let me know if there are any questions or thoughts in your comments below. I look forward to seeing all of you again (3(/p)

To join the session, please click on the link below at the specified date and time and I will see you there. : )

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P.S.

I have not forgotten to post the information for the questions I used yesterday. I will do so soon in that post in a couple of days. : )

Hey Everyone,

This weekend on Saturday I will be going over PT 35, Passage 2. It's an art passage.

Like the previous times, we will first do the low and high resolution summaries then the questions under time before going over the answers. For that reason, you do not have to do the passage before coming to the session. But you do need the passage in front of you but we will also have it available on screen.

If this will be your first time please do not worry, I will go over what low and high resolution summaries are before we begin reading the passage, so you will quickly catch up.

Please click the link below to join the meeting at the specified time.

I'll see you all there! : )

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I came across this gem of a video today from TedX talk. I find it really relevant to a lot of questions that I have had and that people keep bringing up -why is my hard work in studying for LSAT not translating into a better score? I think this video does a good job of answering these questions and giving tips from research. I hope you all find it as useful as I did : ) (3(/p)

Some tips that I learned that I think have been around for a while but now I feel like are backed up by evidence:

1). Be disciplined. High scorers don't necessarily have high IQ's they are just more disciplined and focused. So cut distractions in your life and form good habits. (3

- When you make time tables, don't forget to schedule in something you love everyday. It's a lot more easier to study when you don't feel like you are miserable. So have a balanced life.(/p)

2). Take a lot of practice test and let your practice test score be a determinant on how you are going to do on the real test. This means do the test exactly as it would be real time and don't think that on test day you will score a lot better. It can happen but its not likely. The best preparation is to use these tests as a guide.

3). Don't just work hard -work hard by doing the right things. If you are not scoring well, figure out the technique that you are doing wrong and work hard to improve that instead. Working hard and just taking a lot of PT's or watching videos is not going to pay high dividends in terms of score unless its combined with really figuring out our issues and work on it. The example of Michael Jordan was really illuminating. If you shoot a ball in the hoop with the wrong technique 1000 times, that just means that now you really know how to shoot that ball with the wrong technique.

4). Don't let other people tell you that IQ is going to be a determinate in how you score. That's not something we can control and that's not a trend that's found across high scorer's.

Good Luck! and Happy Studying (3(/p)

Hey Everyone!

I just walked over to my study desk and had one of those moments where looking at it made me feel so happy. I just couldn't resist sharing a pic and seeing what you all think!

I love how the herbs smell in the morning (especially the mint) and the aloe vera plant just gives me these healthy vibes.

I would love to know how you all have your study desk set up.

Here it is! : )

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if there is any interest out there to also blind review the hardest RC passage together each time we do a PT . Maybe we can set aside one separate day to do this. On previous RC tutoring sessions I have noticed blind reviewing RC to take at most 2 hours. I am working on seeing what time we can do this by seeing openings on 7sage calendar. I hope to find an opening on Sunday.

Let me know if there is any interest out there to do this.

UPDATE:

Thanks for all the interest. I went ahead and scheduled the blind review RC meetings for every Sunday at 7 pm. Please treat this blind review call the same as our LR calls by not checking your answers before hand. Also, please have a clean copy of the section and a pencil with you. We will first read the passage together and do low-high resolution summaries and then do the questions under time before going over them as a group.

Here is the link to the meeting. Just click the link at the specified date and time and I will see you there.

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Hello 7sagers,

I am thinking of doing free reading comprehension tutoring by using passages from older practice tests. Let me know if any one of you is interested in joining me.

I do want to put it out there that I am doing this primarily for my own good because RC happens to be my weakest section. My average for LR is -1.5 but RC is -5 at the moment. So I need to focus on that and one really good way to improve on RC is to go over it with someone.

So if you are struggling with RC and would like to work on this with me, I would be happy to help. But if you are doing well on RC and would still like to just work on it with me let me know as well. I think either way this could be helpful to everyone who just wants to work on improving their reading comprehension skills.

So yes : ) Let's tackle RC!

Update:

Hey everyone,

So I think the best way to proceed would be to just meet and do a passage together. We can rotate volunteers when we go to the next paragraph and then we can all do the questions together under time constraint. So with that said, I have set the tutoring time to be Sunday, May 7th at 5:00 p.m. (eastern time).

We will be using the Reading Comprehension section from PT #3. So please have a clean printed copy of the RC section in front of you and be ready to work on it as we go along. To get the most out of this session, please do not do the passages before the meeting. I think the best way to do this would be to work on this together.

If you would like to join me on Sunday simply click the link provided below at that time and hopefully I will see you all there : ).

P.S. for people who cannot make it at this time. Please let me know what day and time does work for you. I'll do my best to accommodate you guys the next time : )

Decoding Reading Comprehension with Sami

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Hey Everyone,

As promised I am starting the free LR tutoring. The first session will be on July 9th at 3 pm (eastern time).

The goal of these sessions is to go over one cookie cutter argument type each week. A cookie cutter argument is an argument that logically repeats on each test. The LSAT writers use different subject matter or grammar or both to disguise their logical shape in the stimulus and make it difficult for us. Sometimes they even have more than one cookie cutter argument in the stimulus. But the logic works pretty much the same way. Recognizing these patterns and knowing how the answers might shape up according to the question type is what helps gives us speed on LSAT.

The first session will be conducted on conditional logic. This is, in my opinion, one of the easier patterns to grasp. This would allow us to go over what cookie cutter arguments are and how conditional logic patterns appear throughout different question types. This will also give me a good idea of how to improve the next sessions.

After that, I have the next three session also ready to go. I am hoping to do each week a new session. The second one is on causal arguments, followed by Phenomena Hypothesis, and then Partial information ( I made up this name). These are the main ones and in my opinion occur most frequently on test. Depending on how these sessions go, I can work on doing the other patterns as well or we could stop there.

There is no minimum or maximum number of people. I welcome everybody. The questions will be made available on the screens for all to see so you don't have to bring in anything. I will be pulling questions from the older practice tests, PT 30-39. So this will not ruin fresh PT's for anyone as these tests are mainly used for drilling. However, you will get more out of these sessions if you have done the core curriculum. This will help you add on to the information you already know and you do need to know the basics of how conditional arguments work as well as what it means to strengthen/weaken, find the flaw, and see what must be true.

I am actually really excited to see how this shapes up and I hope this will be helpful to all of you. Preparing for these sessions from scratch was actually a lot of work so I am hoping this helps a lot of you out.

To join, please follow the link at the specified date and time. I will see you all there. (3(/p)

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