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I've noticed that I've been getting 100% on logic game sets that have a difficulty of 1/5 or perhaps 2. I get 1-2 wrong on anything above 3....

The bright side is that I'm getting sets correct but I'd like to ask what the usual distribution of difficulty is on actual logic game sections? Like... 1 easy, 2 medium and 1 difficult or is it always random?

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Personal Statement Bootcamp: Story Strategies with 7sage's David Busis

Thursday 2/18 at 9pm ET

What’s the best way to write a standout statement? Tell a good story. In this webinar, we’ll discuss tactics for choosing a topic, drafting, and revising—all with storytelling in mind.

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I couldn't find where JY discusses this topic. Is the negation of "few," none and most? For example,

Statement A: Few dogs are evil

Negation of A: No dogs are evil OR Most dogs are evil

Thanks

I noticed that, every now and then, I would bubble in 1- 2 answer choices that are different from the booklet. It is, of course, my carelessness, but I am wondering if there are any tactics I could use. I often make the mistake of circling the adjacent letter of my intended answer, or bubbling in the previous answer choice.

Thanks!

Anyone ever use this book? Thoughts?

For games do you think supplementing a book with the 7sage course is detrimental or do you think it'll be helpful? I know many here use some books for LR and RC, but haven't seen many use a prep book for games.

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When I'm going through the course (particularly the problem sets) and I notice I'm not doing well, should I go do more practice problems from the question bank or move on to the next chapter on my syllabus after finishing all the practice problem sets?

What condition indicator is ONLY IF?!?!?

Check the first figure and what Bernie actually said. Free tuition --> most educated nation

NPR: most educated nation -> ~free tuition

it's half mistaken reversal

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/17/466730455/fact-check-bernie-sanders-promises-free-college-will-it-work

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From the lessons we learn that "the only" indicator falls into the category of Group 1 to support a sufficient idea, whereas "only" clauses support necessary conditions. This is really confusing to me.. could someone elaborate on the difference by drawing on examples please? (The Jedi->Force example didn't get me any clearer..)

Here is my take:

Only human beings can have souls = Have souls -> Human beings

The only human beings can have souls = Human beings -> Have Souls

I know the lawgical translations are correct mechanistically, but those two sentences sounds more or less identical to me. Thanks for your help!

Anyone else's section performance analytics look like this? Kind of all over the place? I consistently get around my average score, but what I miss in each section kind of feels up for grabs... Every score minus 3 (174, 165, 165) is between 168-170. Guess I need to keep working on individual question types...? It's just that as is, this really doesn't tell me shit other than they are slowly tightening towards the end.

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Proctors: 3 Japanese proctors. I believe they all spoke English quite well. They were friendly and professional.

Facilities: A large classroom on the third floor of their downtown Tokyo campus building. Well lit and quiet. Toilets literally a few feet down the hall from testing classroom. A nice break room/lounge/cafeteria sort of space for the break time. It had several long tables, a few vending machines and a couple couches.

What kind of room: A large classroom.

How many in the room: 20-30

Desks: Standard three person wide desk/tables, with 2 students at each desk separated on either end of the tables. More than ample space.

Left-handed accommodation: Large desks so would definitely not be a problem. Not sure if you would get a specific side of the desk or anything if you asked though.

Noise levels: Very quiet. The building seemed closed except for test takers and perhaps a few students who knew about the back entrance and had business on the weekends. Only saw one other person during the test day there.

Parking: None. Being Tokyo most people came by train or were dropped off by someone or a taxi in front of the school.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: Seemed quite speedy compared to my U.S. test experience. Think we actually started moving around 8:35-8:40 and then the test soon after the pre-test materials were finished.

Irregularities or mishaps: None whatsoever.

Other comments: Like most things in Japan; it was professional, well-run and went off without a hitch.

Would you take the test here again? Yes and I am next weekend. I can update this if anything changes.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Dec. 2015 / Feb. 28th, 2016 (future)

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Active Reading in LR and RC (with Sage Corey Janson)

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Back (and expanded!) by popular demand, Sage Corey (176) will delight and inspire students at all stages of prep as he shares his strategies for active reading in LR and RC. This webinar was extremely popular when he offered it for LR, so we've asked him to share those LR strategies as well as strategies for RC. Do NOT miss out on this free, live event. Corey will be taking your questions so get ready to learn from one of the very best.

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While working on main point of argument i noticed that some do not have conclusion indicators but i might see counter premise indicators (However is one that i see) i noticed in some videos that but was also a indicator.. are there any videos or can anyone on here help explain what to do when you comes across these types of words.

Thanks!

I'm very eager to ask the question below when I attend this Thursday's personal statement webinar with 7Sage's resident expert, @david.busis. But I wanted to throw it out to you all, as well, to get your thoughts on the matter.

Which approach to writing my personal statement (PS) is preferrable:

OPTION 1: Crafting my PS alone, revising the hell out of it, then obtaining PS edit(s) from David or another expert.

OPTION 2: Reaching out to David or another expert for help BEFORE I begin writing my PS so that I have assistance in selecting a topic, drafting, revising, etc.

OPTION 3: Some other ideas that you brilliant people have done that I have yet to think of.

I know which option I'm leaning towards, but I won't say because I'd definitely like an unvarnished opinion from all of you first.

Here's some helpful context: I am not taking the LSAT until September and if a December re-take becomes necessary, I won't be applying to schools until January. Yet as David says in the initial video to his awesome "PS Intro. Course", it's always a good time to "stop fucking around" get started on the PS because "revising is the essence of writing".

Moreover, law school consultant Mike Spivey that the vast majority of people have an underwhelming PS that fails to differentiate them among their fellow applicants.

With David and Mike's advice in mind, I want to get a jump start on making my PS as strong as possible. Thanks in advance to any of you who aid me in this process.

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Finally finished the curriculum today, (except when upgrading to + this week, may have a little more coming) I know it took a while, I was just really trying to make sure to build a strong foundation before jumping into drilling and PTs, well, good thing is finally finished first part of the race.

But here is my concern; I have attended a few webinars (which was great btw) and I realize that all those experts seem to be on the same page with one thing when it comes to drilling, that is drill the "whole sections" and "timed", instead of doing the same question types. Only doing the same question types during curriculum period when you are learning the question types, but when you move onto drilling period, drilling the entire section with different question types and timed. This is the message I think I have gotten from everyone If i'm not mistaken.

I wasn't fortune enough to have access to the "bundle" 7 sage used to offer before the PDF regulation, therefore I went and purchased the Cambridge bundle instead. I now have all PTs from 40 to 77, 5 sections, and 1 to 38 grouped by types and difficulties, but this seems have become an issue in complying with the valuable drilling advise given from those heartwarming, helpful LSAT experts from our forum. Because I won't have the "entire section" to drill from 1 to 38 since they have already broken them down into types and difficulties, and I know I shouldn't waste PT 40 and above as drilling material either, therefore, what should I do? I double checked the Cambridge website just to see if they offer alternative options, but they seem have broken them down into types and difficulties for "all" bundles involving 1 to 38. There wasn't an option for older PTs having the "complete, entire sections" without being grouped and rearranged..

It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could be so kind pointing me to the right direction.

Thank you so much in advance.

I've scored several times in the low 170s, with two 173s being my best scores. But I have dipped as low as a 164 during consistent studying (though distraction and stupid mistakes probably best explain such a score at this point).

This makes me wonder... what are ranges for those scoring in the low- to even the mid-170s?

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Proctors: No issues, they knew what they were supposed to do and weren't unprofessional

Facilities: Law Building - Everything was clean, wasn't over crowded while waiting to go to the rooms and the bathrooms were clean.

What kind of room: Lecture Room

How many in the room: From last Feb so dont remember but probably around 60?

Desks: 3 sections of long desks (think movie theater) with people seated every other chair allowing for plenty of room for your test booklet, answer sheet and pencil army.

Left-handed accommodation: As stated above it was long desks with spaced seating so (while not left-handed personally) I'd imagine there were no issues

Noise levels: Standard test taking noise level... some coughing/sneezing but no unexpected disturbances really. I think there may have been a AC issue that made a little noise every once in awhile but not something that would be a consistent issue nor was it super noticeable

Parking: adequate, I found a spot pretty quickly and close to doors. I could see having a issue if you aren't too early but looked like there was plenty of parking a min or two walk away

Time elapsed from arrival to test: Got there a little early but compared to listed start time we started maybe 20-30 minutes later

Irregularities or mishaps: One kid had special accommodations (don't know specifics) but made sure no one had a problem with him being in room (no one did) and sat in the top row alone and didn't cause any issues. Other than that went fine.

Other comments: Was definitely a great place to test (assuming other rooms had similar experiences) I had no issues, everything went smoothly and we had nothing that may have affected anyone's testing. Had all the room I could want and more to get comfortable with my testing area. I would most definitely recommend Hofstra as a TC to those in the area.

Would you take the test here again? Yep, I tried but they don't administer June tests so couldn't take it there my second go :/

Feel free to message/post any questions regarding the facility and such

Even though the question stem doesn't explicitly say "which one of the following could be a *COMPLETE AND ACCURATE* list of people selected" like what most of other questions do, do I still need to automatically assume that the list needs to be complete? Are they the same thing?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-9-section-3-game-3

When I took it: October 3rd, 2015

Proctors:

We actually had 2 proctors and they were both very helpful overall. I'm not trying to be age-ist (if that's even a word) or sexist but I greatly appreciated having relatively older ladies as our proctors. They were very inviting and conversational before the test began and I think that calmed down some of the people in the room who were obviously very nervous. Very approachable and knew what they were doing.

Facilities:

Overall the facilities were nice, unlike some horror stories the facility was very well labeled with signs on where to go. The bathrooms were close and were clean, they had a nice lounge that was down the hall from the test center that was good both before the test to accommodate people who wanted to warm up with a section, and during break. Also I know its expected but the water fountains were right there and had really cold water which was a plus considering that I've had water fountains that had room temperature water before.

What kind of room:

We were in a classroom probably 20 ft. by 20 ft. It was big enough to accommodate everybody but also not massive to where you were in an auditorium. It was all level,(no stairs within the room), the room was at a good temperature, and had adequate light. There was a clock in the front of the room which was semi-helpful for the people who didn't bring a watch.

How many in the room:

Including myself we had just under 20 people sit for the exam.

Desks:

The desks were okay, they had enough space to accommodate all of your objects however if you didn't have your pencils vertically aligned on your desk they would roll right down which got annoying. It had a solid sheet top not one of the flip ups that you had on either your right or left side. The legs of the desk were metal and were stable so the desks didn't shake. Overall they were what I expected, each person had an individual desk and the chairs were actually very comfortable from what I remember.

Left-handed accommodation:

I didn't take the test left-handed but the individual who did was accommodated. He sat in the front so when the proctors walked around they made sure to go to his right so that way they wouldn't bump his arm. Overall the desks were square so they could accommodate left-handed or right handed test takers.

Noise levels:

This is no fault of the facility but I took the test in October in the middle of a flood in SC so the siren actually went off on campus because it was storming so bad. Overall the acoustics of the room were solid in that it could block out normal rain or someone walking down the hall but during a thunderstorm/massive flooding the noise definitely was heard.

Parking:

Parking was very convenient, it was a short walk maybe a minute max from there to inside the lounge where you checked in. They had signs set up when you entered campus indicating where to go and where to park which was nice after never being on campus there before.

Time elapsed from arrival to test:

This falls in line with the noise levels and the irregularities sections. When I took the test, because of the severe conditions we didn't start the exam for like an hour and a half after we were supposed to. We waited until like 9:45 or 10:00 before we started. Overall though the proctors and staff did a great job of checking us in very quickly, they simply wanted to wait for anybody who showed up late due to the bad weather.

Irregularities or mishaps:

Quite honestly the test center was very accommodating but mother nature wasn't accommodating at all that day. With the severe flooding and the state of emergency called that day along with other storms I can definitely say I didn't score anywhere near what I was before. We even had someone open the door to tell us that they were closing campus in either the 4th or 5th section due to the weather and then realized that we were taking a standardized test. It wasn't pretty.

Would you take the test here again?

The staff and proctors did a great job battling the elements that day and overall they were very accommodating given all of the factors against them. Overall it was a great facility and I would take the test here again and I would recommend it to anyone. I just wish the weather would have cooperated but everything happens for a reason, so this just gives me a chance now to score even higher!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-75-section-1-question-19

Hi everyone! I am really confused on this question.. I understand how the correct answer (B) explains why the average in the country as a whole went down, but I don't understand how it explains how the average in each region went up.

Any help would be awesome!

Thank you!