What does everyone think about study time at this point? Obviously I know there's a big difference between quantity vs quality, I just really want to make the best use of these next two weeks knowing that I'll need to taper down during the last two weeks or so.

At this point, drilling timed sections/good BR between my PTs seems to be the most effective use of time..but I could be wrong here because 4 timed sections might as well be a PT. I know burnout is deadly (October '15 me could tell you all about it), but I want to squeeze out my last bit of progress in these next 2 weeks and leave it all out on the field.

What are the best strategies in these next 2 weeks to potentially get those last few points of improvement- Timed sections? Just PTs and super thorough BR? or Isolating any identifiable weak spots?

Thanks in advance for any advice or perspectives!

My target score for June is simply a 160-162, which I am fairly confident I can attain. I've taken nearly 10 PTs now and my scores are hovering between the 157-159 range, with one reaching 161. My schedule is as follows: PT usually on a Wednesday or Thursday and then BR until the next one, which is either on Sunday or the next following Wednesday or Thursday.

I just want to know if this is a solid schedule. I feel fairly confident in my abilities, and have seen my scores increase gradually, even after a couple lower scores (155, etc.). However, I do sometimes wonder if I could be doing something different. Actually not even IF I could be doing something different, but WHAT I could be doing.

I am aware that the most important factors in the law school admissions are LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA. However I don't have an undergraduate GPA since it is from an international institution (LSAC will only evaluate the score and give a rate but doesn't calculate the GPA for international institutions). I only have graduate level GPA from US institutions.

How should I improve and add some strong softs to compensate for that? I know military experience is a plus, how about military spouses? Is being a military spouse also a plus?

Thank you~!

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Hi everyone.

I'm trying to figure out what the best way to drill is. I'm working my way through the course and I am thinking that I should be drilling as i go through it rather than waiting until the course is finished. I only got the starter class. Is it worth upgrading so that I have more practice material?. I have almost all of the pts, but I was under the impression that I should save as many as possible. My main question is that now that Cambridge isn't selling their drilling packets (at least that is what I've heard) is there something comparable?

Thanks for the help

General rule: If a sub category has only one in/out spot, split the game board based on filling that spot, no matter how many worlds comes out of it most probably solve the game or reveal a huge inference.

Context Info: I got serious problem with In/Out game with sub-categories and freeze when I see one so I try to come up with general rules to apply in case I freeze. I would be grateful if you could give me some feedback and tell me what do you think about the rule. If you can think of a game that this rule does not apply to it please mention in comment so I can redo the game.

I am currently working on the weakening questions of this course. I ran into a lot of situation where the ACs have the word "SOME" in them. Sometimes the AC weakens the argument and sometimes it doesn't. I am so confused now. Could someone help me with it? Or is there a summery of this "SOME" word somewhere?

Thanks in advance!

I confirmed today what I had feared for the past couple of months - the test center I am registered for in June typically administers the exam in an auditorium with flip up desks. I visited the room today and the desks that flip up are TINY; to add insult to injury I was show the room that's occasionally used for overflow, and or accommodations, and it was perfect, with built-in desks and everything else you could ever want. The deadline for test center changes is within the next week, so I'm trying to decide what is the best thing to do, and I would appreciate any feedback others have on this issue.

The benefits for staying at my current test center are:

1. It's at the law school where I go to undergrad and is within walking distance from my house;

2. I usually study and do PTs in said law school's library, so I'm comfortable with the building in general;

3. Despite the TINY desks I can PT for the next month in that classroom and try to get used to keeping the answer sheet in my lap or something.

There are a few other test centers within an hour's drive, but they are all at similarly large state schools and based on what I've seen, they all have hit or miss desk situations. However, there is a small liberal-arts college a couple hours away with openings for this June's test date; I've only seen one review for the school, but it was positive. I'm also thinking that at a school of <2700 students that they probably don't even have a lecture hall that's designed for maximum occupancy. If I were to change the test location to that test center I would drive over on Sunday and stay the night in-town before Monday's test. I might also try to visit in late-May and take a PT in the actual room if it can be worked out logistically.

I'm going to take PT72 in the next few days, before the Group BR, and if the room is open I'm going to take it in the auditorium of my current test center. I've typically just printed my PTs on one-sided sheets, but given the desk-size constraint I would like to try to replicate the booklet layout. Obviously I want to print the PT double-sided, but what's the best way to bind it like the booklet?

Hello, I was going through JY's list of common flaws, and under the flaw "experiments to reach a general conclusion" he talks about how with experiments to reach a general conclusion you must include a control group, and a baseline. Could someone give me an example of a "baseline" ?

Thank you so much !!

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I was interested in the idea of going into "survival mode" when you've fasted for at least 12 hours, and trying to write a PT first thing in the morning, 6:15 am, with nothing in my system but some coffee and H2O.

Safe to say it wasn't wise...

Learned some valuable lessons about how to avoid sloppy mistakes and ALWAYS bubble in "C" when I don't know and have chosen to move on.

A big -7 RC (tied for worst ever aside from diagnostic) ruined my -9 total LR and -0 LG for a 165. But, the key is to keep moving forward. BR was only a 167 and I've since eliminated the reasoning that made me change a handful of correct answers to wrong ones.

Hey everyone! I just have a quick question that maybe someone can help me with. I want to review and go over a lesson that talks about a certain subject matter; is there a way to search within the course syllabus that would bring me to the search-input, directly? For my particular case, I'm reviewing flaw/weakening questions, and I wanted to search for the lesson that mentions the term "takes for granted."

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks,

Iasonas Marquez

This isn't how I imagined making an impression to the 7Sage community haha.

I decided back in January of this year (2016) that I was going to take the LSAT and use that as a gauge of determining if I should go to law school or not. After taking ten tests over two months (I have since lost the book, so I have no idea which tests they were) I saw my score hovering somewhere between 144 and 146. I decided to enroll into a course, and Test Masters came highly recommended. I dropped a paycheck and a half on it, and thought that I could get my score up in three months for the June LSAT. My goal was to score 160+ using their methods.

I'm not saying that the Test Master's method does not work. I will say it does not work for me. I feel as though I'm the worst person in the class (probably not though). Half the class is scoring well into the upper 150s and lower 160s. One individual is scoring into the 170s. Meanwhile... I've taken and scored the following on each of these tests:

PT62 (March 15, 2016) - 145 - No BR.

PT63 (April 16, 2016) - 144 - No BR.

*Introduced to 7Sage, thus BR*

PT56 (April 22, 2016) - 147 - BR 157

PT58 (April 27, 2016) - 149 - BR 159

PT65 (April 30, 2016) - 146 - BR 158

PT59 (May 2, 2016) - 144 - No BR Yet...

Honestly, just the Blind Review has helped me more than any amount Test Masters has. The BR shows me where I could be scoring if my mind was quicker to process the questions.

However, the last two tests have crushed my spirit. I thought it was a fluke, but now it's looking like an actual problem. With the June LSAT five weeks away, now is not a good time to be in a score dive. By now, I was hoping to be scoring into the lower 150s. I've already decided that I'm taking the June LSAT unless they cancel it, but I'm also prepping for the September LSAT as well. I may decide to just wait until next year to go to take the LSAT. I did not realize how difficult this test was to study for, and that I'm not able to get where I want to be within three months.

Unfortunately, nobody that I communicate with (save for my boss who is a lawyer, but he doesn't have time for my rants) on a regular basis understands the pains of the LSAT. They understand it's hard. However, they do not understand just how hard it is, and how much difficulty I have with it. Which is why I'm here - ranting to people who are studying for it just like me.

I know that I do need to do a BR of PT59, but I needed to get away from that test. I'll get the BR done on Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday are Test Master classes, which are four hours long and take all of the time I should be using for BR.

I appreciate your good thoughts and listening to my rant. Thank you. I feel much better now.

I've been stuck in the 166-171 range for 8 months or so now, and do retakes in the 174-176 range.

I typically miss 2-4 in LR, and 0-3 in games.

However, my RC is all over the place. There have been times where I've gone -0, and others (like most recently) where I've missed as many as 8 or 9.

I started doing the Puzzle Theory (piecing all of the answers together), and writing a brief statement summarizing each paragraph. These helped initially, but not as much anymore.

I also understand that all of the answers are in the passage, but I'm finding the answer choices so convoluted that I can't find them. With that said, I typically finish RC with a few minutes of extra time.

How do I properly review RC? What can I do to get better?

I haven't had it easy to say the least. Without delving into my life story, I'll just sum it up to, my goal is law school. I'm trying really hard. I am 3 semesters shy of completing undergrad. I am retaking the LSAT this September. My first score was below 150. I anticipate my GPA being right at or just right below a 3.0. With that being said.. I actually have a few F's on my transcript, but I did retake those courses and replaced the F's. But I know they are still "there" although the GPA was recalculated, the failing grades are still in existence. I'm just wondering am I completely doomed with these F's on my transcript.. or what? I read (too much) on the internet, and other sites and forums, and some people say that the schools / LSAC rarely even take into account the personal statement or hardships, etc. (I'm doing pretty well considering circumstances)... *sigh* I do not want to give up, but if it's nearly not even possible then.. I would hate to have wasted time and money. Guess I'm feeling discouraged.. but don't encourage me just because. Honest, blunt opinions please!

Hey guys,

Say you are working through a preptest and half way through the questions of a Reading Comprehension passage or a logic game, you realize that you misread a rule or mis-interpreted the main point or a key view of the passage. How would you go about mitigating errors while still maintaining a good pace to finish the passage and logic game on time and accurately?

So I was averaging -5 total in LR on the 50s and 60s but when I started taking some of the 70s (70,71,72) it went up to -9 total. And usually one of the sections will be a lot easier where I'll go -2, and then I'll bomb the other one with like a -7. I've tried reviewing these questions in depth and I noticed several things:

1) the LR stimuli are longer

2) answer choices are harder to comprehend,eliminate

3) NA questions are not as tight as they once were (check out the LR question in PT71 section 1 on predatory pricing and you'll see what I mean).

4) Lots of annoying principle/strengthen questions that are really time-consuming.

Perhaps it may take some time getting used to, but after taking PT72 LR#2 I had to vent since I found this section to be insanely difficult. And with the circular game, this PT is an absolute killer.

Has anyone noticed any other trends in the 70s LR? Or does anyone have any advice on how to tackle/approach these different questions? Thanks!!

My question is assuming a candidate has hit the median GPA and median LSAT score for the top 5 law schools in the US, do they need additional experience/achievements like leadership positions, research, volunteer experience to have a shot at these law schools or is the LSAT score and GPA the main determining factors?

Hey everyone,

I've been focussed on drilling for the past month, and have realized that many stimuli are used multiple times in different tests, with different question stems. Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering...

Does anyone know why the writers of the LSAT reuse stimuli instead of writing completely new stimuli?

And secondly, has anyone noticed stimuli from earlier tests reappearing in more recent tests? The latest PT I've taken is 66 and I'm just curious if I might see older stimuli in the newest tests, but with different question stems.

I know this isn't really important - just curious.

What program does he use in the newer videos to annotate and video capture? It looks like his pen has pressure sensitivity, so I was thinking he has a tablet or iPad? Just wondering, as it might be useful for me to use while BRing.

This week I had an unpleasant "first" in eternal battle against the LSAT LG ogre. I missed an ORIENTATION question on the second game of PT 69. A game rated one star!

I missed it because the board involved dishes on Top, Middle and Bottom shelves and the questions were worded like this:

A. Bottom shelf: dish 2 and dish 3

Middle shelf: dish 4 and dish 5

Top shelf: dish 6 and dish 1

I stared at the correct answer in disbelief for a good minute, before I realized that I didn't actually READ the darn answer choices. I just ASSUMED that the top shelf would be, you know, on top.

Which brings me to the importance of always reading the question and the answers, even when you sort of know what they are going to ask.

And I'd like to throw together a list of other tricky questions I've encountered over the last few months, so nobody makes the same mistakes I did.

For games (in addition to the example above):

a. If X is in group/position A, then for how many OTHER elements is the order/distribution known

b. paying attention to the difference between " a complete and accurate list of the people who could do X" and "a complete and accurate list of the people any of whom could do X" and variations thereof (PT 69 had one of those as well).

c. rules like "N can be NEITHER first NOR last"

d. In rules, notice the difference between "a spot" and "at least one spot" between A and B

e. In rules, pay attention to what it means when "A was two years before B" or "X finished two spots before Y" (A_B and X_Y respectively; it's tempting to assume two slots in between).

f. Unless the game tells you otherwise, don't assume that groups/positions can't be empty or that all elements have to be used, or used only once.

For LR:

a. A couple of "dialog" questions ask about something that Selma and Louise are committed to AGREEING on. Easy to miss, since the vast majority ask about disagreements.

b. Pesky EXCEPT questions (especially "all must be false except", or disguised ones like "which of the following does least to help reconcile", "which of the following does not provide evidence to strengthen the scientist's argument" and so on.

Do you have any other tricky wordings you've found that you'd like to add to the list? Or tips on how you make sure you READ and not assume?

Hi guys,

I find myself struggling between two answer choices, the tempting answer choice and the correct answer choice for the more difficult Resolve Paradox questions. I find this to be the case more for difficult Resolve Paradox Except questions. What is a good way to go about drilling this question type? Should I just review the Resolve Paradox questions that I have done and found difficult? What sort of strategies helped you improve accuracy in this question type.

Just took PT62 and think I got clobbered. Was curious if that's a particularly hard PT but couldn't find any PT ratings on 7Sage.

I know 7Sage has difficulty ratings/student comments for individual questions, but not sure if these exist for PTs.

For some reason, I cannot access the study buddy feature. Is the feature only for paying members?