very interested!

Thank you so much for this. I'm not there yet and still kneck-deep in LSAT prep, but I will definitely make sure to come back to this post again when the time comes :)

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DON'T GIVE UP, MICHELLE!!! DO. NOT. GIVE. UP!!!

The fact that there's a discrepancy between your BR score and your actual score only shows you how much you can improve!

12 weeks seems like a lot, but when you think about it, it's actually not that much time to soak in all that you're learning to the degree that you can execute the right skills at the right time in unfavourable conditions. I mean, you're literally building new neural pathways!

I feel like most LSAT students focus on getting through the CC/prep book as fast as they can. Sure, they know what the concepts are, but can they apply them quickly and effortlessly like second nature? Doubtful. It's not enough to just know what the difference between a sufficient assumption and a necessary assumption, you need to be able to recognize it without even realizing that you're recognizing it. That knowledge needs to become straight up intuition. Why? Because "only knowing" is already way too slow. Only counting on "knowing the concepts" is a recipe for disaster... especially when you haven't even factored how nervous you might be on test day.

So, it's a three step process: (1) Learn & understand the test/concepts; (2) Practice so you can develop the right technique; (3) Practice over and over again + in different conditions so that those techniques become ingrained. Imho, 3 months is not enough to even finish steps 1 and 2. All of these steps build on each other, so invest in each of them! Don't rush step 1 just so that you can get to step 3!

If I may offer you an analogy:

One of my UG majors is in music, and the most important thing that major taught me is the importance of preparation. If you prepare poorly, you'll pay for it dearly.

At my school, we had to re-audition at the end of the year in order to guarantee our spot for September. The minute I selected my audition pieces, I'd invest time away from the piano to understand the pieces (like how we would with the CC concepts), break them apart (like how we would ask and answer questions in the forums) and then put the whole piece back together by memory, one line at a time. Once the "theory" of the pieces were successfully locked in, I'd choreograph my movements to ensure that things like repeatedly leaping multiple octaves would become effortless. Then, I'd take trouble spots and drill the heck out of them over a period of time. Now that I've got the theory + muscle memory down, I'd proceed to stress-test the piece by running through them in non-ideal situations (in front of as many different people as I could, with noise-cancelling ear plugs, on a bad piano, with my eyes closed, in a new key, only with my right or left hand, etc.) Before you have the privilege of enjoying your performance, you need to invest in preparation.

The LSAT is a 3h30 recital programme that you'll be playing. You still have so much time before the August test. Invest the time upfront so that when August comes, you'll be able to (dare I say it) enjoy taking the LSAT.

Hey @ , that's an interesting strategy - I've never tried it myself though. For me, I usually highlight as I go so that I can easily navigate the passage if I need to come back to it in the questions. Do you feel like your strategy helps you substantially with accuracy, and are you able to (comfortably) finish the section under timed conditions? If so, I don't see why it'd be such a bad thing to invest the time up front like we would in LG :)

Hey @ ! When I first started studying, I made a deliberate choice to not take a diagnostic. What good would it have done? If anything, I think it's a better idea to take that diagnostic PT after you move out of the CC - at that point, it'll give you a better indicator of the areas where you're weak and strong.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

I do the same thing as @ ! The categories really help me structure my thoughts during BR so I don't start rambling unproductively - an extra bonus is that you can check out the notes you made in the wrong answer excel sheet to remind yourself before you do another drill or PT :)

It's super fascinating - I could go on about it for hours! If you do end up adjusting your summer job search strategy, keep us updated :)

"Act reasonably."

yes!

LSATHacks, Powerscore, and Manhattan Prep all have full explanations for RC and LR that I find immensely helpful as a supplement to 7sage explanations :) That, and fellow 7sagers!

Omg CONGRATULATIONS @ !!! I always breathe a sigh of relief when I see your comments on 7sage videos :') Best of luck with applications and with law school in the near future !!!

Think of it as a cost-benefit analysis. By all means do as many psets as possible, but do that until you understand what it is you need to learn, until you fully understand the concepts. If you keep going beyond that, not only would you run out of materials for question-type drilling later (assuming you want to save PTs 35 -60 ish for section drilling), you also would not be spending your time efficiently since there's little marginal benefit to be gained.

Another way to think about it is to ask: why the CC was laid out this way when it's possible to study for all three sections concurrently?

Why start with LR/Follow up LR with LG? It introduces LSAT students to conditional logic in a medium that's relatively familiar and easier to process (honestly, would 10/10 rather understand sufficiency-necessity confusion using examples provided in LR than in LG, and as a result set a good foundation for logic games later on). However, once you've finished the Advanced Logic lessons and have a solid foundation on conditional logic, there's no reason why it would be detrimental to start on LG (while also doing LR concurrently) when you've already got what you need from LR to progress to LG. If anything, it will help you reinforce your understanding of both sections.

Why end with RC? Compared to LR and LG (and LG especially), RC is an area where you don't see gains as quickly. This isn't to say that you cannot improve, but it's relatively harder to do so, thus it just makes more sense to dedicate your energy to the low hanging fruit first.

Speaking from personal experience, if I could do it all over again, I would've started the LG section after having done the advanced logic lessons in LR (and study LG and LR concurrently). I don't regret going through the CC in a strict fashion (there's a difference between going through the CC in order and strictly going through the CC in order), but I do realize that it wasn't the most optimal use of my time in hindsight.

The first challenging decision you'll have to make re: prep is how to go through the CC. The second is deciding when you're finished with the CC. Good luck.

Same here!

For reference, the episode that @ mentioned is here: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/28601

Definitely agree with leaving some problem sets behind (my own rule of thumb was to do half the number of psets available for that one section and then move onto the next one). This allows you to take advantage of spaced repetition when you eventually finish the CC and go into section drills/full PT-ing

Sometimes when I go through LR, it feels like I'm going bird-watching in an intellectual forest of sorts :) It reminds me to be aware of the subtleties and tbh makes the LSAT more fun

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Structure, structure, structure!!!

When the paragraph keeps shifting (have we considered this? but what about that? but what about those?) - count the shifts instead of trying to absorb the content of the shifts. Structure will save you!!! Structure will help you digest the passage!

Hey @ ! First of all, deep breaths and a big virtual hug from Canada.

Secondly, I encourage you to listen to canihazJD 's 7sage podcast episode. There's this one line in there that goes something like this: every wrong answer is like a friend telling you - "Hey, I know how important this test is for you, so I'm pointing this out to you now because I don't want you to get blindsided on test day."

That's a rough paraphrase, but it's the same-ish idea!

Sometimes, I adapt it to: "Hey, this is you from the future. I'm flagging this now because a similar question type will come up on [insert future test you plan to take] and it will mess. you. up. You're welcome in advance."

Get energized and happy when you get the answer right, and also when you get it wrong- because that's an opportunity to learn and do even better than before.

Hope this helps, cheering you on :)

Hey! Take a deep breath [deep breath in, deep breath out].

And another one!

[deep breath in, deep breath out]

Law schools want real world experiences so that you can contribute to classroom discussions and make the campus a more interesting place! Real world experience need not only come in the form of internships - I think your entertainment-related activities totally count, especially given that you want to do entertainment law. Sending you a hug- you're doing fantastic :)

Hey @ thanks for this! I was just about to start drilling RC, glad I came here first :)

Say no more fam :)

This will be a part of my routine now :) https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/28352

Being staunch - https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/19235

Last minute November tips: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/30905

And from JY: "Give 'em a good kick in the gonads. Nothing would make me prouder."