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If you are struggling with timing and need to close the gap between your BR and actual score, the key question to answer is "Where am I spending my time?"

Most users with timing issues have at least a few questions where they misspent their time. Look in your analytics for questions with long green or red tails (i.e. questions where you stuck around after picking your answer). Also look for hard questions that you spent several minutes on. These are all places where time was spent inefficiently.

Next, I'd look at how long it is taking you to complete the first half of each section of the test. The first two games on LG, two passage on RC and first 15 questions of LR are generally more formulaic, and thus easier, than the rest of those sections. I encourage my students to finish these in ~15 min, leave ~20 min for the back half of the section. If you are taking longer than that, drilling easy questions/games/passages for speed is the way to go.

Of course, this is all very general advice! If you'd like more help, you might consider speaking to one of our tutors. We specifically train them to address timing issues, and they'd be able to go over your analytics with a fine-toothed comb and give you individualized advice. You can book a consult with one here if you're interested:

https://calendly.com/7sage-tutoring/7sage-tutoring-free-consultation?utm_source=FCA_A&month=2023-06

@ This might be more clear:

You can purchase the standard Monthly subscription for $69/mo (as always)

You can now also purchase Live for an additional $30 (for a total of $99/mo)

You cannot subscribe to live without the monthly subscription.

@ Yes, they are continuations of each other (same instructor and general topic, but different material). The classes are designed such that you should be able to follow them even if you haven't viewed previous sessions.

@ That's correct! I've corrected the Zoom link.

@ We are working on that! I'm hoping by next week we will have at least 1 class per day that works for PST users.

And, of course, you'll still have access to the archives for classes you can't attend!

@ After October 3, the archive will only be available to subscribers.

@ Looks like you tried to log on an hour early. Times are all in EST!

Just posted a (temporary) archive page for our live classes. You can view recorded classes here for now:

https://classic.7sage.com/live-class-archive/

@-1 Go to 7sage.com/events (or mouse-over the "New" tag in the navigation above)

@ Classes are free to everyone this month, but will only be available to Monthly+Live subscribers starting next month

@ Oof. That is a typo. "Filling in the Gap" will be on Mondays starting 9/12, not Sundays. I've corrected the error! Sorry!

@ Short answer - your chart isn't wrong, but it is misleading...

I often find it helpful to replace symbols with real-world categories when talk about things like this. It makes it so much more clear! So for this, I'll use "Dogs" for "A" and "Mammals" for "B."

We know that if something is a dog, then it is a mammal (A > B ). Since that is true, it also implies the other relationships on your chart:

If something is not a mammal, it is not a dog (the contrapositive, ~B > ~A)

Most dogs are mammals (most A > B )

Most not mammals are not dogs (~B (most) > ~A)

Some dogs are mammals (some A > B )

Some not mammals are not dogs (~B (some) > ~A) (NOTE: I assume the original text is a typo, it flips this ~A and ~B )

However, it is important to note that these are all implied from the fact that all dogs are mammals (A > B ). If that isn't the case, we cannot make the same inferences. This becomes pretty obvious if we replace A and B with terms for which A > B is not true. For instance, replace A with "houses" and B with "one story houses."

Most houses are one story houses (A most > B ). But that doesn't mean that the "contrapositive" (its not a REAL contrapositive) is true. "Most non-one-story houses are not houses" (~B most > ~A) is clearly false.

That's why I don't like this chart - it LOOKS like everything in the left column is equivalent to the right column. But in reality, everything in the table is really all derived from the top-left cell (A > B ) and cannot be relied upon otherwise.

Hope that helps!

@-1 We should have the archive page up later this week (possibly by tomorrow!) I'll post it here when it's live!

@ We should be posting a new one before the end of the week. I will be on 7sage.com/events and will be held in September!

@ We haven't finalized that yet, but it will likely be an extra $100 per month. Only we get closer to October, we will announce the rates!

@ They will be! We haven't finished the interface for viewing them yet, but we will announce it when we do!

I worked full-time (and was a full-time dad) for my entire study period. Here are a few tips that helped me:

Consistency > Quantity It is better to study 2 hours a day, every day, than 8 hours a day two days a week and then not touch the LSAT again until next week. Make a schedule, put it in your calendar and stick to it as much as possible!

Prioritize the stuff that improves your score If your study time is limited, it is important to make sure to prioritize the activities that actively improve your score (drills, study, blind review, analyzing your wrong answers, etc.) over those that merely keep you busy (combing the forums/Reddit looking for study ideas).

Set aside a "Study Space" Study in a place that minimizes distractions. Turn off the phone, kill your notifications on your browser and make sure that each hour you study is actually an hour studying, rather than "40 minutes of study with 4 distractions that ate up 5 minutes each." Coordinating with the people you live with (if any) can really help with this one.

Finally, if you've got limited time and a big score increase you need to make, consider looking into tutoring! In addition to helping you strengthen your performance on the test, our tutors also create a custom study plan for you that will guide you through every hour of study you have available. Being able to off-load the planning and analyzing tasks to an expert will let you focus on those activities that actual improve your score.

If you'd like to learn more, I'd be happy to meet with you for a consult! You can book with me here: https://calendly.com/scott-milam/7sage-tutoring-consult

@ It really depends on how well you do on blind review! If your blind review score is high, that suggests that you understand the material enough, and that your real issue in timing. In that event, drilling your weakness is the route to success.

However, if your blind review is still below your goal score, that suggests that you are still missing some key concepts and will need to study more before you can expect to achieve that score.

If you'd like some advice more specific to your situation, consider hiring one of our tutors! We can help you develop a study plan based on your unique strengths and weakness and then guide you through the drills and concepts that will get you to your score! If you'd like to learn more, you can schedule a free consultation with one of our tutors here: https://calendly.com/7sage-consult/7sage-tutoring-free-consult?utm_source=SM_Direct

I would start taking 1-2 PTs a week while actively foolproofing as many games as possible. During my study time, I took an 2 LGs sections a week in addition to the PTs. That should give you plenty of games to chew on!

As you do so, make sure you are aiming for efficiency as well as accuracy! A 1- or 2-star game that took you 10 mins to complete is often worse than if you had completed the same game and missed 1-2 questions, since you had to steal time from game 4 to complete it!

If you'd like some help developing a study plan that will help you to master LG, consider hiring one of our tutors! We create customized study plans for each of our clients, and can help you master LG in record speed! You can book a free consult with one of our tutors here: https://calendly.com/7sage-consult/7sage-tutoring-free-consult?utm_source=SM_Direct

Two things I recommend:

You can use legal size (8.5x14) paper on the test. That's a 25% increase in size!

Use both sides of the paper and be organized! If you plan how you'll lay out each game and the questions, you shouldn't need more than 1 side of paper per game.

Hope that helps!

@ Try it again - it looks to be working on my end. If it still doesn't, send me a message and I'll add you manually!

@ Just sent you an email!