Does anyone know what they are and how to apply them in our learning?

Just a heads up guys - I'm going to reorganize the RC part of the Core Curriculum soon. There might even be a few new lessons. Don't be alarmed if you see classes get moved around in the syllabus!

So I see that the live commentary for S4 is up for June 17 test. I am wondering when the PrepTest will be available to take on 7sage. I have Ultimate+. Thanks!

Can anyone link below articles concerning lawyers who positively impact society?

I here we're gonna be the oddballs in Law Schools, and some people won't be so nice. I personally can grab a beer with anyone (guess it's just a laid back West Coast/CA thing), but I just wanna know I'm not gonna be all alone out there :)

once I get the setup right I can do quite well on making inferences and completing the game. But I am horrible when there are multiple sets that must be assigned. I don't know what the base should be, and I am quite poor at determining if they should be in columns, how many per Collum, or rows. Overall I am just horrible at setting the games up. How can I improve?

Why is the text so small all of a sudden? I went to print 77 and the text is really small. It wasn't like this when I was printing earlier. Is any one else having these issues? Also, I am in chrome fwiw.

Anyone feel like commenting on ACs A and E? Having trouble totally ruling out A.

Thanks

Hi Everyone,

This is my first time posting to the discussion board, but I have been following the CC and everyone's comments closely for a few months now. I really love this community! Thought I would reach out for some advice- I really need it.

I just took PT 36 last Saturday and scored a 168. My diagnostic before I went through the CC was a 157. Given that we have 6ish weeks left until the September test, how many PTs do you all recommend I take a week?

Also, I am retaking the exam (158 December 2016 score), so I have taken some PTs in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Specifically, I know I have taken PT 72-78 already. I estimated I can do around 13-14 PTs in the coming weeks, and I am thinking maybe I should do 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, and 79. What do you all think? I can also redo sections in 72-78, but I don't know how much I will remember, so I am wary of taking them under testing conditions again.

Finally, I read that the later exams can be more difficult than the earlier ones. I think I remember noticing that last year to some extent. So, I do realize that this 168 score should be taken with a grain of salt, right? I am nervous to take 60 (for example), and not get the results I want (September is right around the corner!). But I guess I'm rambling at this point- nothing to do but find out!

Just need to get a grip on what PTs/how many would be best for maximum results! Also, how many days do you all take to practice concepts/shore up your weaknesses? Need to get into the PT/BR/Practice swing of things as efficiently as possible.

Sorry for the long post, and thank you everyone!

This is true for me in LR/RC sections. As soon as J.Y. gives me the five minute warning on my phone two things are guaranteed to happen.

1.) I jump....every. damn. time.

2.) I start to get a brief moment of panic and all the reading I am doing goes out the window. I have to stop, compose myself, and resume.

How can I not let it cause panic in me?

It's not that I am running out of time, I usually finish every section on time, I just don't like to feel rushed.

Hi everyone!

So I'm new to 7Sage and the past two times that I've studied have been at Panera and Starbucks, but both times the videos have given me trouble and they don't play. The videos will play on my cell phone and I've never had problems when at home.. so I'm not sure if it's public wifi that keeps the videos from playing but I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem or if anyone has advice for me?

Thank you!!

I took the June 2007 diagnostic last week and got a 167 on my first attempt. Which PT should I start with if I want to be ready for the September/December LSAT??

Is it better to start with the latest PTs? Any advice would be appreciated!!

Hey everyone! I've always been interested in starting/joining an LSAT study group because I feel thats the best way to learn and motivate yourself for the test. However, someone on Top-Law-Schools has taken it amongst themselves to start a group. I wanted to help him out and post it along here to see if anybody was interested. Obviously, it would have to take place around the NYC metropolitan area. If anyone is interested, please follow this link:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=271964&p=9690552#p9690552

I understand many of you are still in undergrad or work full/part time (I'm doing both) but don't let this stop you from joining. With everyone's input, I'm sure we can figure out a time that works best for everyone. I think this would be very beneficial as we'll all learn from each other and come June 2017, we'll be more than ready to tackle the test. Hopefully we can get this going! Best of luck!

Hello,

I came across a puzzling question while I was answering this reading comprehension question. Just to be clear, my question is more a question on formal logic than that of reading comprehension. I was wondering if the following two statements (ideas) have the same meaning.

Statement 1: Since courts cannot decide such cases on legal grounds, for its resolution, they must consider exercising judicial discretion.

Statement 2: Since courts cannot decide such cases on legal grounds, they rely for its resolution only on judicial discretion.

These two statements are statements that I edited and recreated from the passage to fit the description of my question that came across my mind regarding conditional logic (the first hybrid statement is located at lines 24 - 29 in the passage, and the second statement is a hybrid statement of answer choice D of question 14). Using conditional logic, it seems that in both cases exercising judicial discretion is the necessary condition for the resolution of the case [Statement 1 has "must" and Statement 2 has "only"]. However, just intuitively, the first statement seems to imply that while judicial discretion is necessary, there may be more. On the other hand, the second statement seems to imply that judicial discretion is THE one and only necessary condition....

Is there something I am missing? Is there maybe a subtle difference of meaning between necessary condition indicators such as "require/must/only if/etc," and the indicator of "only"?? Or is it maybe because the necessary condition for the first statement is "CONSIDERING judicial discretion" while the necessary condition for the second statement is JUST judicial discretion? They look like logical equivalents, yet they seem to imply two different things.... Any help would be great!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-17-section-4-passage-2-passage/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-17-section-4-passage-2-questions/

Why is the correct answer C? I did watch JY's video, but still not sure why B is wrong. Here's my reasoning:

Yolanda’s conclusion: Joyriding is the MORE dangerous crime (than gaining access to computers without authorization)

Arjun’s reasoning: I disagree (or meaning, Joyriding is NOT MORE dangerous crime (than gaining access to computers without authorization)

Why? Because computer crimes also cause physical harm to people.

Here I think the Arjun’s flaw is that what’s absolute (computer crimes cause harm) cannot prove what's relative (computer crimes cause MORE harm than joyriding.

Yolanda’s making a comparison argument (joyriding is MORE dangerous) but Arjun’s disagreeing with it with only the evidence that computer crime also causes harm. He does not establish that computer crime is MORE dangerous, only that it is dangerous.

That’s why I thought that he does not provide a valid evidence to disagree with Yolanda. Am I reading answer choice B wrong? Would any evidence, albeit an invalid one, be fine to eliminate answer choice B?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-1-question-14/

I can't stop thinking about this. Maybe one of you will use your JD to address the phenomenon of our government separating children from their parents.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/07/when-should-a-child-be-taken-from-his-parents

I'm debating between taking the September or December LSAT. Is one option inherently better than the other? How does early decision factor into this?

Proctors: One main proctor and several law students volunteering on stand-by.

Facilities: Pretty good, bathrooms were plentiful and nearby. Good lighting, sturdy seats, and wide tables.

What kind of room: Classroom.

How many in the room: 30-40

Desks: Lab-style desks in that the tables were long tables. People sat in every other chair.

Left-handed accommodation: Yes, since they're lab-style desks.

Noise levels: A bit above average - no construction noises, but tons of shuffling papers, people coming in and out to use the restroom (quite often, actually), and proctors continuously whispering to each other. Unfortunately sat by the door, so was surprised how many people used the restroom during the test.

Parking: Accessible and abundant parking available all around the building - free of charge.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: About 30-45 minutes.

Irregularities or mishaps: The main proctor was not very pleasant and would not allow me to keep my Casio analog watches on the table to keep time so I awkwardly wore them all on my wrist. I also wasn't allowed to take a sip of my water right before the exams were handed out/directions read and not sure if that's normal.

Would you take the test here again?: It's not my first choice.

Date of Exam: June 2017

What kind of questions are you asking yourself to get the creative process started? How are you going about crafting your personal statements?

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Did anyone take the June test in any of the following locations?

University of Baltimore

Radisson Hotel-Baltimore Downtown

Morgan State University

Towson University

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

What was your experience? I'm currently signed up to take it at the University of Baltimore but reviews on the web are sparse of that location in particular.

Thanks!

(Sorry mods if this post is not okay...?)

Hi Gang, I have tried to message several people on the forum through the inbox - depending on the type of questions I have, yet no one responds! I'm not sure if I have a tainted profile or what ... but I have a few questions, so I might as well ask here!

Is it worth it to buy a perfect score watch? Why does J.Y. recommend to use an analog watch with rotating bezel? I also read some posts about "hacking" a regular analog watch with permanent markers? Is this feasible? Would LSAC allow this?

You guys are all such masters of LSAT! I hope you can offer some advice to me :-)

Thanks!

How to describe the situation: No one in this house will go to the party.

A. In this house ------》-- go to the party

B. -- in this house -------》go to the party

So I just sat PT 36 and got 167 - I'm stoked! My plan is to review every question I got wrong, re-do the logic games several times and then take a new PT. What else should I be doing in terms of reviewing and cementing material? I've got until September 17 and want to try and boost/ cement this scoring ability as much as possible.

Hey all,

About 3 weeks I was at the point of exhaustion with my LSAT prep so I took a big, huge 10 day break some basically all things LSAT. I reviewed some LR questions most days or did a few games, but I wasn't REALLY prepping for the test. I started prep in December 2016 very heavy on games, learned the basics of LR during the spring semester and the night my semester ended, I hit the CC.

At the time of my break, I was a bet for -2/-3 on each LR, -1 or -2 on games and an atrocious RC of -9/-10...all in all about a 167 give or take. After the break, my pt's have been about -4 for each LR, -2 for games (although yesterday I bombed games in pt 67 with a -5...and even more atrocious -11/-12 in RC. This leaves me at a 162-164...depending on the test.

Has this happened to anyone else? How did you get back to your earlier form?