Columbia's application indicates that "the résumé should include a summary of written scholarships, presentations..." What are these exactly in the undergraduate sense? For someone who just did an undergrad degree, what count as "written scholarships"? And we've all done various presentations for classes but what kind of presentations are we to include here? Anyone familiar with Columbia has an idea on this? Thank you.

Apologies for the dramatic title (and for maybe getting that song from Buffy stuck in your head), but I could really use some advice.

Background:

I took the February LSAT and feel very confident about my performance in 4/5 sections... but on the 5th, I know I missed at least 4 questions. I made an absolute rookie mistake, something I haven't done for months: I skipped over a %$*%ing rule when reading the prompt for Game 3. I just passed right by it like it didn't exist.

I caught my mistake 3 questions into the game, but between redoing the set-up and the questions, I only had 6 minutes left for the last game. I literally bubbled in 3 random choices for the last questions on the scantron when I heard the proctor start the "put your pencils down" sentence, and I was rough-guessing on the other questions anyway.

I've accepted my February score isn't going to be what I need.

...

(mostly accepted it. Okay, there's some small part of me that still hopes that, given the recent flurry of statistically improbable events, maybe I'll luck into a 175. But that small part is stupid, so I'm trying to ignore it)

Current Issue:

I've registered for June, but I'm feeling a bit lost in terms of how to structure my studying. I mean, I feel REALLY good about the rest of how the rest of the test went. I was PTing between 175-179 for my last 10 practice tests. When practicing, I took two 4 section tests back-to-back with a 15 min break between, and the actual test felt short in comparison. With the exception of that one, stupid mistake, I really feel I would have gotten the score I was hoping for out of Feburary. (Not that it matters, but I killed it on the first 2 games on the real LG section and I finished the experimental LG section with time to spare).

So what should I do? Go through all the curriculum again? Take some time off? I had such a definitive plan studying for the February test, now I just feel lost. I'm NEVER going to make the mistake again of not checking off the rules as I diagram them, but how do I prevent myself from making a new, exciting, and equally obvious mistake?

I have PTs 36 - 55 and PT 80 left fresh (took 56-79); I work full-time Tues-Sat, and I'm in CA which makes joining a BR group tough since it seems like most groups are on EST.

Anyway, reading over what I just wrote, it's clear that the main issue is likely just how disheartened I feel. The months of studying, going MIA on my friends, abdicating 90% of household responsibilities to my saint of a spouse, going to bed at 9pm every night: all of that effort and I blew it on the dumbest mistake. It's hard to brush that off and start again, though I know I have to.

###So, good people of 7Sage, what are my next steps? How do I regroup, and what does that look like? Thanks for reading this novella, I really appreciate any and all advice you have to give :)

Hi all,

I took the LSAT for the first time last Saturday. I can't stop thinking about it. Sometimes I'll wake up and think I did fantastic, other times thinking I probably got destroyed. I probably play out the "worst case" and "best case" scenario in my head about 20x per day.

Is this normal? I was prepping at about 168 over the past month and honestly I could have gotten anywhere between high 150 and high 160. (the comparative reading passage was probably the hardest passage I have ever encountered, up there with space passage from PT76). If LSAC was smart (and at the same time cruel!) they'd give us an option to pay to get the results quicker! They'd be making bank.

Any other test takers going crazy like me!?

I started with PT38 earlier this month and I finished PT40 yesterday. I’m taking June 2017, and I'm planning on taking 2 or 3 PrepTests a week in order. Should I start taking PrepTests around PT60s?

Hi fellow scholars!

I have a long commute to work (about 40 mins) and in between studying on my own, I was curious if anyone had any audio books or critical thinking excercises that could be listened to on my drive. I feel like it's such a waste of time when I could be listening to something that could help me during my studies.

Thank you!

I know that the University of Chicago has a fairly conservative undergraduate campus and I come from a pretty conservative school. What are some other well-known conservative campuses?

Has anyone taken an Indian LSAT?

I have taken almost every LSAT released while preparing to write my first LSAT lsat December.

Surfing on the internet, I have noticed that there are 4 Indian LSATs available. Although I have heard a few times from here and there that Indian LSATs are much easier than our USA and Canada LSAT, after taking the second one (the first one was the same with Sample LSAT), I felt that this one is not that much easier, maybe only a little.

I would love to know what others think about this one, especially about the second one.

Is it possible for you to take an LSAT that has a real section that you have done as an experimental on a previous take?

I usually get 6-7 wrong per LR section in late PT50s or early 60s. Yet, when I did PT40s(PT42), I got 10 wrong per section. I felt lost and confused. Should I review the CC before doing more timed section or PT?

So I have been Blind Reviewing for the past two weeks since I am new to 7sage. Before i used Blueprint as well as The LSAT Trainer but heard very good things about 7sage. Anyways I was wondering if anyone else second guesses themselves when they are Blind Reviewing. For many questions I am getting wrong that i Blind Reviewed because I wasn't 100% sure if it was correct i end up second guessing myself and chose a wrong answer when the correct answer was my original answer if that makes sense lol. Let me know if this is happening to you as well and any tips?

Hello fellow 7Sagers,

A thought struck me this morning and I wanted to share it with you guys. Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember JY Ping saying that the difficulty of questions (Easy, Easier, Medium, Hard, Very Hard) are based on the data of 7Sagers who take the preptests. If enrolled members adhere to the order of taking the exams from older to more recent, and in the process of doing so, it is reasonable to assume that their logical skills are improving and hence their accuracy, then doesn't that eschew the representative difficulty of questions on the more recent tests (i.e. 50s, 60s, and 70s)?

I would very much appreciate if someone, with the appropriate knowledge of this, could clarify or correct my misconceptions. Thank you.

So....

I JUST SUBMITTED MY APPLICATIONS..... except for UT Law because they warned me in advance to wait until closer to deadline to submit since my February score will be coming in then.

Anyway, how does the process work normally and how long will it take for them to respond upon receipt of my February LSAT score? Do we get e-mail notifications from the school or does the LSAC let us know?

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For real. Don't do it. Every so often I come across people who've made the conscious decision to take on the LSAT and are failing miserably at understanding fundamental concepts because they're too focused on searching for a shortcut to hone down the material. Cut it out. The LSAT will challenge every ounce of knowledge you possess. It will humble you and make you feel defeated. Get back up and really try to understand and learn what you're playing with. You have to develop an appreciation for the beast. The skills learned to get good at the LSAT aren't useless. Realize what you are implementing to achieve a high score will give you an astronomical advantage in Law School whether it's discipline in sticking through reading dense material (love you too, RC), scoping out a main argument or discrepancy in a piece of writing,(you are NOT the real MVP, LR) or reading a list of facts to give determination of what is true and what must be false. ( I see what you did there, LG). Bottom line is the LSAT is not something that should be viewed as redundant or extraneous. Seeking short cuts or silver bullets will result in a standstill in your prep and you'll be left to wonder what could have been done if you just went through this the honest way. As Chef said, do it properly or don't do it at all!

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Hey 7Sagers,

I had someone write in with concerns about adjusting their schedule for the June LSAT (since it's in the afternoon and not in the morning) and I thought you guys could help! It's a very brief question, so here it is:

I have a specific concern regarding June, namely, I know for a fact that my mental focus fades really bad mid-afternoon, while being sharpest mid-morning. Any suggestions that you may have would be most greatly appreciated.

Hi guys,

I really need some advice. I applied to the University of Victoria in BC, Canada. My index score (based on my GPA and LSAT) is quite high compared to most of the students who have posted about their acceptance on lawstudents.ca. BUT I applied on Jan 15, five minutes before the deadline... I did not do a good job on my personal statement, despite being a good writer, because I was anxious and procrastinated for far too long. I have this uneasy feeling that this HUGE mistake (which I know was a major fuck up) might have cost me my acceptance. What's the best thing to do now? Just wait patiently and hope for the best or get in contact with the admissions team? I mean, I don't know what I would say, I just know that I really want to get in...

At a loss for next steps... has anyone had this happen?

Thanks so much ♡

P.S., no I am not being hard on myself. My PS actually sucked.

Good Afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well. I have two questions about how to navigate the CAS service that I was hoping someone could answer for me:

1: If my UG major is not in the dropdown menu for the "First Major" tab, am I forced to select the "Any Area not Listed" tab? Is there anywhere where I can fill in my major?

2: I was a transfer student, so I technically attended two undergraduate institutions. Is there a way to indicate this on CAS? I seem to be only able to select one undergraduate degree-granting institution. I am planning on sending both transcripts to CAS for GPA calculation, so I am concerned that they will not be able to indicate where part of my GPA came from.

Thank you.

Hey guys,

It still feels so weird to be on the other side of the LSAT haha. I (surprisingly) received an interview invite from Columbia today. I would greatly appreciate any insight! I've heard their interview can be pretty tough.

Hi,

We've all been there. What would you do if you messed up an LG? As in, you either realize 3-7 minutes in that you misdiagrammed a rule by misreading or otherwise, or you made an erroneous inference and none of the questions are making sense. Strategies to minimize the harm done, please?

(Note: This is strictly from practice test experiences, but it got me thinking what would happen on the real test... :S)

Hi all,

Just a quick question, does the word "can" indicate a relationship or is it indicate like "could", "might" a probability?

For instance, the sentence, "Some reporters can scoop all of the reporters", can you translate it into: Reporter X(-Some-)Scoop all of the reporters. Or is it just a statement indicating probability of this relationship?

if that is not true, then, as a rule of thumb, you can never translate a probabilistic statement into a conditional statement since conditional statement are 100% of occurrence?

How gauge if we are dealing with a NA “bridge” or an NA “shield” question?

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The very large array of skills and materials we need to master in order to succeed on the LSAT can make it difficult to know how to approach the task of studying for it. On any given day, where do we aim our efforts? This is an important question, and in my own studies, I frequently got it wrong. Overcoming this challenge was prerequisite to succeeding on this test for me, and I wasted a lot of time and effort learning it the hard way. I hope that by sharing my experience and my study methods with all of you, you can do it right from the beginning and save yourself a lot of hassle.

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Hi Guys,

I was trying to prove the following statement, please help to see if it is correct:

(A-->B)-->C

not (A-->B) or C

(A some/and B) or C

C->(A some/and B)

is there more step to go below this?

So all I can get to is that, if C fails, then some A are not B.

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Hi guys,

I have some confusion going on here between the difference of the following question:

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-25-section-4-question-23/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-27-section-1-question-23/

In sum,

From PT25-S4-Q23, we learned that:

If A cause B cause C, then it concludes C causes A; this is wrong because the possibility of C some A, or C and A, is ignored.

If that is true, so why is: PT27-S1-Q23 answer choice A wrong.

If most A cause B, then B, therefore A, the structure of PT25-S4-Q23, then, if we had follow PT27-S1-Q23 logic, it gets down to: (negating "most" to "some not", then it follows that some B is not A is ignored, which is what answer choice A says isn't it?

Greetings everyone,

I am writing because I was supposed to take the Sept LSAT and apply to law school fall 2016. I took a Testmasters course summer 2016 and only saw my score improve by a few points (142 to 147). Part of my low performance was my lack of commitment to studying and another part of it was how it was taught. Since that course, I bought the LSAT Trainer and have studied from that for about a month or so. I graduated from undergrad in 2014 and work full time with an awesome immigration attorney since then. My point is that I'm lost as to how to approach studying for the LSAT. I want to purchase 7sage because it offers explanations and more structure (which is something I desperately need). So, has anyone had a similar experience such as mine? I fear I will jumble up all the methods and be even more miserable than I currently feel now. I plan to take the June LSAT and I want to get a score 160-165. I know I can do it, I'm just not sure how to do it. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You