It's mentioned in the video that many people missunderstand rule number 3 (I was one of them), but upon reading over it like 5 times it seems to me like it actually doesn't make sense. "Each crew member does at least at least one task during the installation, but no more than one task a day", according to the explanation it means not all 7 need to be chosen but the people chosen must do a one task minimum, however, if someone is chosen then obviously they do a task!( otherwise what els would "chosen" mean?) So how could the "Each crew member does at least one task" be saying: of the members you chose they will at least be doing one??

Hey All!

I'm sitting the December 7th LSAT after a brutal attempt on October 5th (I wrote it in Tokyo, hence the weird date). After a nightmarish 24 hours leading up to the exam (logistical issues, panic attacks, sleeping pills), I wrote the exam in a daze and scored 152. I was averaging 162 on my practice tests so I was pretty devastated.

Anyhow, regardless of the aforementioned horrors, I realize there are holes in my prep, so I decided to sign up for 7sage. I've been studying regularly and diligently since May using a combination of Mike Kim's LSAT Trainer, many real LSAT exams/practice sets as well as other free resources available online including JY's logic games video explanations - which I really loved. I completed the free trail in May, and am kicking myself for not signing up in the first place. But, here I am now, and I'm hoping that the right approach will help me consolidate my knowledge and solidify my skills. After just a few of JY's lessons and drills, I can confidently say: this shit's AWESOME!

I think I have a pretty good fundamental understanding, but timing is my biggest enemy in all 3 sections (duh) and especially in LG and RC. Only having about a month left to prepare, I'm not sure it's possible - nor advisable - to try to work through ALL of the material in the starter course, so I'm hoping for advice on how to structure a study schedule that would be most effective for my situation.

I understand that this is highly subjective depending on numerous factors, but any help determining a course of action would be greatly appreciated.

Domo arrigato!

a silly question. I just realized not many LR videos on prior 35? coz they are too easy? It would be great if JY can post those videos.

I know you guys are deep in LSAT study mode. I just want to provide some perspective of why you are studying the things we're teaching you like argumentation and logic.

Here's a video I made summarizing what likely will be the very first case you read in law school. I hope this video will give you some perspective of why we teach you the skills that we do in our Core Curriculum.

I have been prepping for the LSAT for approximately 3 months now. I have been able to improve a bit from my baseline score but I am still struggling with logic games. I usually finish 3 games. I can never complete all 4 games, and end up having to guess.

Do you have any strategies on how to improve my timing in order to be able to finish the 4 games? I will be taking the exam in December and if I'm able to improve this area, my score would be much better.

Thank you in advance!

Hi guys I am a LSAT retaker. I scored 162 in the Sept LSAT. As the score is way lower then my PTs (around 172), and after asking several high scorers (over 175) they strongly suggested me to find a study partner, because having a partner will urge one to compete and avoid cutting-corners while reviewing LSAT.

As I current located in a place hard to find a LSAT buddy, I am writing this discussion to see if any one want to be my partner and discuss once per 3 day on skype (about 1 hr per time ) to go through the PTs each period.

Thanks!

Hi guys! So I just purchased the Cambridge drill packets for NA/strengthen/weaken questions and I wanted to know where in the pdfs you can find the difficulty level. Thanks!

I had read about this strategy before on various forums, but never decided to take the plunge. Then I finally decided to force myself to do the following... and it was surprisingly rewarding & fun. Yes, fun.

THE STRATEGY

--not trying to step on anyone else's copyright toes, but I've read about this same general idea from various posts

--I've written down exactly what I did

Stage 1.

1. Read each LR stimulus in real time (i.e. don't go too slowly & try mimicking your timed test speed).

2. Bracket the Conclusion. Place a C next to the bracketed portion.

3. Read the Question. Label the Question type, writing this label next to the question.

4. In the space below or next to the Question, write 1AC =........ 4AC =.........

Write down your thoughts for what the 1AC should include. All pre-phases are welcome. Write down your thoughts for what the 4 incorrect ACs might include.

5. Tailor the approach to specific Q types. For example, if it is a Strengthen Q, then the 1AC =... might be more general guesses of support, and you cannot specifically guess what the right AC will be. However, you can write that the 4 ACs will be either weaken or neutral. As another example, if it is an EXCEPT Q, then write 4ACs =.... 1AC=.....

6. Do this for every Question in the section.

Stage 2.

1. Return to every Q and for the first time, look at the ACs. You should try to select the correct AC based only on your written notes. DO NOT compare the ACs to each other -- compare them to your notes, and if necessary, to the stimulus which you may have forgotten & need to skim again.

2. Eliminate the four incorrect ACs & choose your correct AC.

Stage 3.

1. Continue this process with more LR sections.

2. When you are tired of writing so much, continue the process with only writing the 1AC notes & no longer writing the 4 AC notes.

Stage 4.

With practice of this process, you will start to build the habit of knowing what to expect in the correct AC & 4 incorrect ACs. You will stop writing down the brackets, the C, the Q type, and the 1AC & 4AC ideas, but you will have internalized the habit of noting them all.

HOW COULD THIS BE FUN?

This is fun firstly because the time pressure is off for this strategy.

This is also fun because you get to be creative. What are the possible answers for the paradox? How would you describe the flaw? For some Qs, it will be fun to take the seriousness out of the equation and come up with your own funny answers or exceptions.

IS IT ACTUALLY REWARDING?

Yes, you will see improvements. If anything, you will have a better understanding of the pattern of incorrect ACs for questions. You will also see your problem Q types.

What is so rewarding is when your pre-phrases or guesses actually match the right ACs. Of course, this cannot always happen because there can be infinite ways to strengthen/weaken or a very large number of necessary assumptions, but you are dipping into the realm of possibilities and that's what is important.

Indeed, the impetus is on you -- you get to control what YOU think should be the best AC. Don't let the ACs trick you. Too often we pair the ACs against each other in mini-battles-- and this is the wrong way of attacking the question. We need to GET IN, GET OUT. Know what we are looking for & move on.

We waste time comparing attractive AC 1 and attractive AC 2 directly against each other --- in reality, we should be comparing AC 1 to what we wanted & the stimulus and AC2 to what we wanted & the stimulus.

I *strongly* encourage you to try this strategy or a similar one!!

When is the last day someone should take a prep test leading up to the exam? I know I want to spend the day before the actual test relaxing but I want keep a steady rhythm leading up to the test.

I seem to be having a hard time remembering all the rules and pulling out the points to map when answering the LR questions..any suggestions on what lessons to go back to or study ideas to help reinforce all this!?

Hi guys. I've been focusing on Logic Game bundle for almost 2 months and I am about to start real prep test. Since I did not focus on LR too much recently. Do you guys think I need to review for previous class first then do prep test? I do not want to waste these precious prep test in 7sage. I will appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

Which prep test has J.Y. doing a real time reading comp in it? I feel like I read that somewhere...

By far this is my worst section.

In total I can range from 10-24 wrong per test.

I do great on both Reading Comp and Logic Games.

Is there anything anyone specifically did to nail these question? Maybe another book I should look into? I do Blind Review, but even then I find I only catch 2-5 of the wrong answers per section.

I wasn't able to find anything by searching on here but I was wondering what program J.Y. was using to explain the problems. I think that it would be very helpful for going over the pdf question sets and save me from having to print out multiple copies. Thanks!

I am planning on taking PT's 40-73 in sequential order before December and I am now at PT 50. I have been averaging 167-168 on the 10 I have taken so far, but the LG sections have seemed way too easy and I'm dominating the LR sections consistently, so I am wondering, has anyone noticed that the LR/LG sections for older tests are vastly different (less or more difficult) than more recent PT's? I have the impression that reading stays somewhat consistent across all of the tests except for the switch to the comparative reading passage, but other than that, if I am doing well on these early PT's, am I giving myself false confidence for the more recent ones?

I've reviewed JY's lessons for Sufficient, Pseudo Sufficient, and Necessary Assumptions twice, but I'm still struggling a lot with these question types. I frequently get them wrong, particularly Sufficient Assumption, and it's really frustrating. Any advice on how to overcome this stumbling block? I feel like as soon as I improve on these question types, my overall LR score will improve immensely, so any help/suggestions would be immensely appreciated.

So I took the June LSAT and got a 153(sucks), and deciding to take it again this past September and ended up canceling my score and getting refunded because they fudged the time up on our test(sucks even worse). So now I am on par to take the Dec test and have most of my applications already done.

My question is should I go ahead and send my applications in even though I am taking the Dec test? All the schools im applying to have LSAT scores in the high 150's low 160s and this is where I believe my score will be. Does sending in my application with the low first score hurt my chances or is there someway for me to let the schools know that I am taking the LSAT in Dec? I am afraid they will look at my lower first score and throw my application out even if my score in DEC is in the high 150s

I was recently (as in 2 days ago diagnosed with ADHD) been studying for about 3 months (taking the Dec Test) and having a few issues. Makes sense now with the diagnosis. I was just wondering if anybody else is dealing with this and how you're handling studying? Are you asking for special accommodations on the test or are your meds helping enough? Any tips or idk general info would help. Thanks.

Three and half months into studying and still really struggling with timing on LR. I seemed to only be able to get through 17 or 18 questions in a section. Any advice?

Hi,

I recently look a weekend LSAT course, and I wanted to share some info that maybe supplements this course? Or maybe I just missed some aspects in the lectures, but I found it really helpful.

For NA questions, there are two types obviously. But there is a distinct way of solving both type.

NA Bridging. For bridging questions, it was kind of lost on me how to solve them, because I was never writing out the conclusion and stimulus. I was just kind of rushing through them. But I was also getting caught up in the..... you have to negate the answer choices, so instead I would just write the conclusion, start negating the answers and I would get lost.

For bridging, I was now told that you solve them strictly by writing the conclusion and the premise and find the missing gap. Just like SA.

An example of this is this question:

"Lines can be parallel in E systems of geometry, but the non-E system of geo that has the most empirical verification is regarded by prominent physicists as correctly describing the universe we inhabit. If they are right, our universe has no parallel lines."

Premise - E system, parallel lines. non-E system, the most empirical verification.

Conclusion: Our universe has no parallel lines.

What premise is missing? That there are no parallel lines in the non-E system that has the most empirical verification, which is the right answer.

No negation of the answer choices necessary. Just birding the information and finding the gap. Which, probably was being done by all of you, but was completely lost on me.

NA Shielding, in contrast, can be solved by negation. However, i think we were told to solve it strictly by negation of the answer choices, but I was taught that it is more effective to negate BOTH the conclusion AND the answer choices and make them match up, which works perfectly for me now.

An example of this is in this question:

"Novelists cannot become great as long as they remain in academia. Powers of observation and analysis, which schools hone, are useful to the novelist, but an intuitive grasp of the emotions of everyday life can be obtained only by the kind of immersion in everyday life that is precluded by being an academic."

Premise: (basically) that you can only get an intuitive grasp of emotions through everyday life and not through academics.

Conclusion: Novelists cannot become great as long as they remain in academia.

Negate the conclusions: Novelists can become great ... as long as they remain in academic.

Which means that the premise, that they need emotions through everyday life, is irrelevant.

The negation of the answer choice: "Novelists CAN be great if they stay in academia. They don't need an intuitive grasp of emotions."

Negate the conclusion. Negate the premise. Make them match.

Seems so easy now, but before I was so lost. Hope this helps some people!!

Just wondering if others are experiencing issues with the class videos or is it just my computer? Thanks.

Hi all! My major GPA looks better then my over all GPA, so I was wondering if I could list only my major GPA on my resume for applications? I dont have either GPA on my resume right now because I have read that if your GPA is below the school median to NOT include it on the resume at all. But what about the schools that your major GPA falls in their range? Basically, when/if at all should I include my major GPA on my resume for the applications?

Id appreciate your thoughts and comments on this

Thanks!!

Have you ever got the feeling you did horribly after a problem set or PT and yet you somehow did really well? I've personally compared notes with a few other 7sagers and noticed the same results. Anyone else notice this? Any theories? I thought I would address this bizarre phenomena.

Hello All,

I just wanted to know if there is anyone else out there who is really struggling with even the simplest of logic games? I just started the logic games portion of the course but I am having a hard time even making the smallest inferences in logic games. This is making me feel really hopeless since I know they only get harder. Is there a section that most people just dont do good at? Is it possible to still score around the 160s if your logic games skills are not there? I am trying to keep hopeful because I dramatically increased my understanding on logical reasoning and reading comprehension using 7sage but my brain is just not working with these logic games.

Any advice or personal experience with drastically increasing your logic games skills would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

My last few tests have all been in the mid 160s and my weakest section is by FAR the logic games. I've printed out every LG in the syllabus and drilled them until I get get the 100% correct under timed conditions, but somehow it isn't translating to timed tests. I either 1) freeze 2) fail to push out all of the inferences so I consistently miss a question or two per game or 3) am flabbergasted by the random misc game that seems to be appearing on each test and therefore get it all wrong. Does anyone have suggestions for taking my LG performance from a 70% to closer to 90% by the December test? Is it even possible in that short of a time period? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!