anyone else getting this issue? It is just reversing what is on the flash card, and not providing an answer

Hello everyone. I know people have questions and concerns about the personal statement. Well how did everyone format there's?

Well.

Just tried to write Prep Test 39. Had a mental breakdown through the first section, started crying, and gave up altogether.

Does this happen to anyone? Do I just take a break?

I started studying for the LSAT over a ago now when I was a junior in college. I was super stressed and determined not to take a year off so I wanted to take the June 2013 LSAT. Being a stressed out freak, I thought the best thing to do was to do a bunch of PTs (which I still will do only this time with more focus on reviewing after the test). I blew through a bunch of PTs that I can't even remember now which ones they were. I honestly don't remember hardly anything from the tests--in doing the syllabus I've recognized some of the content in a few questions I've done but it doesn't seem to have any effect on my answer choice and I definitely haven't had any instances where I've recognized a question and immediately remembered the correct answer. Do you think I could still be influenced by some of the tests I've already taken? Thanks for the comments.

Hello everyone :)

I have a friend who is also studying for her LSAT, and while I am taking this online course, she is taking a course taught by a professor. Her professor said that the LSAT has changed over the course of the years - that it has increased in difficulty for the logical reasoning sections and decreased in difficulty for the logic games. Assuming this is true, are the practice tests offered in this course rendered... Less accurate somehow? I understand they offer the baseline understanding of how to approach problems and solve them, but if the logical reasoning sections I have been practicing with are somehow easier than more recent sections, does this mean that my scores on here will be a bit skewed?

All in all it was a disheartening conversation haha, and I'm inclined to not take everything her professor has said at face-value, but since then I've been chewing on this problem. Should I perhaps be mixing in more recent practice tests with the ones offered here for a more accurate estimate? Have any of you heard the same thing, or am I just late to the party?

I'm debating whether to take a volunteer opportunity. Can you weigh and and tell me your thoughts after reviewing these pros and cons?

Pros:

Great Clinic

Director has ties to some of the top schools I'm applying to

Interesting work

Cons:

Limited time - Finished with LSAT but still finishing essay and depending on score may retake lsat

Interested in the focus of clinic but not my primary interest (my PS slightly involves a different area of law)

Commute is a hassle

Could spend more time on my other softs (already have previous law related experience)

BTW don't let quantity of cons to pros throw you off. Some of the pros are pretty heavy.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Hi,

My name is Mark. I am currently preparing for the December 2014 LSAT. I took a Blueprint course over summer in my initial preparations for the September LSAT, but decided to postpone my test date because I was not scoring at a range that I felt happy with. My current scaled score average is 160 +/- 2. My highest score is a 162 and I usually average 158-160 per prep test. My goal though is to be scoring in the 170+ range by the time December rolls around.

My biggest problem is timing as opposed to conceptual understanding. I am almost perfect with games and am currently working on 7sage's method to perfect games within the time constraints. When it comes to Logical Reasoning, I am very good with implication questions (must be true/must be false/could be true/could be false, etc) and relatively good with everything else. The only area I struggle with sometimes is making the necessary anticipations/inferences before even looking at the questions as well as doing so within the given time constraints. And then there is reading comp, which I pretty much blow at and is most likely the only thing stopping me from scoring at a 165 average. That being said, I know what my problem is with it and I have been actively working to solve it over the past few weeks.

Anyways, I am looking for someone that will push me towards that 170 while I simultaneously push them towards 170. Online is ideal because I prefer to work alone, but if you live in the Los Angeles area, I'm down to meet up and take practice tests together, etc. I have a wealth of resources when it comes to prep materials etc and am more than down to share, etc.

Please send me an email at markushageylikman@gmail.com if you are serious about scoring high on the December LSAT and are willing to put in the hours that are required to achieve such a score.

Best Regards,

Mark

Does anyone have a 180 watch they'd like to sell? I'm looking to purchase

Hello! I feel like I ask a LOT of questions, but oh well.

Necessary assumptions. I'm having trouble with them. I've been through how they're explained via the course, but can someone else maybe offer up an explanation for how to reach a correct answer?

I usually identify the conclusion. Identify the premise. But then how is it best to be solved? I know that there's a whole... negate the answer choice and if your argument breaks down, then it's correct, but I often get lost/confused when I start negating the answers.

Thanks!

Help!

As of recently, I've been working through the trial version, and while the videos were initially playing well, I'm no longer able to view them. Why?

As of recently, I'm receiving the following error message:

"Video not found or access denied: http://videos.7sage.com/lsat/lessons/the-blind-review-is-a-habit.mp4"

I've tried viewing these videos in Safari, Chrome, and Internet Explorer... I've also toggled flash player on and off as my default player, to no avail..

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Dusty

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if someone could give me a quick summary of when conditional rules trigger and when they become irrelevant in logic games...it still takes me a while to fully grasp the idea.

Does anyone know where you can go to look at the official difficulty level for each individual LR question? I know the 7sage analytics rates the difficulty of each question but I believe that is based only on those who input into 7sage. I'm wondering if LSAC releases percentage of students who got a question right vs wrong for every person that took the test officially.

Hey 7Sagers! Another question was emailed to me that I think you could help with! Here it is:

I just took the LSAT on Sept. 27th, and unfortunately, I don't think I did as well as I would like. I have the GPA and Resume of a top 10 law school student, but my LSAT score is just not on the mark.

The reason I am e-mailing you is because I would like to know more about transferring law schools. I would love to attend a top 10 school (NYU, UC-Berkley, etc), but I feel my chances of acceptance are just too low. However, I have heard of students transferring into top 10 schools by succeeding their first year at a reputable law school with a high GPA and class rank.

Do you know if applying and being rejected from one of the above mentioned schools lessen my chances of being accepted as a transfer student? Is there a way to do this strategically (i.e. not apply to these top 10 schools but transfer) ?

if interested in joining please email juneby01@aol.com

HI! Okay. So. I was kind of wondering what everyone's improvement was like/if I'm on track.

Before I started with 7sage, I was probably sitting in the 140 ish mark, maybe even less than that. I started with 7sage, stopped doing the practice tests, and since I have taken 3.

The first one, I didn't blind review it. I got a 154.

The second one, I did blind review it. I got a 155 I believe.

I reviewed those concepts and went over the Logic Games section of that test since then (I wrote it on Monday).

I wrote one today. My mark before blind review was 157. Which is only 3 marks off... from the suggested LSAT mark to get into my University. Obviously I want to improve into the 160++ range.

If I keep on it, doing 2-3 exams a week, blind reviewing each one, practicing old Logic Games to reinforce concepts, is it possible to break that 160++ mark? Has anyone else had success?

Hello! I am reaching out to my 7Sage community folks because I really need someone to look over my personal statement. I do not necessarily have people around me with solid writing skill due to my non-traditional background. If anyone is willing to provide me with a good critique, I would be more than grateful for your generosity.

Thank you

Hi all,

I just tried registering for the LSAT and the site says that the testing center in my area is currently full and that I'll be wait listed for a spot. Has this happened to anyone else and what does it mean? I'm a bit confused because despite being wait listed, I'm still supposed to pay for the registration...?

Hi All,

I am registered to take the December exam but really believe in order to do my best, I should move the date to the February exam. My goal is not to attend a top school and the majority of the schools to which I am applying application deadlines for the fall semester well into 2015. One even has a July 1 cutoff, which is amazing to me. Anyway, I was just wonder what people have heard/know about the level of difficulty of the February exam. Is it truly more difficult? Does it really hinder the possibility of getting into school in the fall based on all the fact many law schools have rolling admissions? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you!

Here's a great bridging-type tip:

[Mock Stimulus]

Every weekday in Pleasantville the mayor goes home on lunch. Her husband is a stay-at-home father and architect. He has planned many buildings for the city of Pleasantville. They have been lauded as some of the most beautiful in existence. Last Tuesday there was an accident causing Main Street to be closed off. Therefore, the mayor did not get to see her husband for lunch.

Any new information in the conclusion must be included in the correct answer choice. The correct answer has to include something about not seeing her husband for lunch (either last Tuesday or a generalization about road closings and seeing him/he not being able to see her). Also, you're probably thinking "Cool, but couldn't he go see her for lunch?" or "Couldn't she take a side-street to get home?" or "Why couldn't they drive in opposite directions to two different airports, thereby flying to a destination in a previous timezone where it would still be lunch and they'd have awesome stone-baked authentic Italian pizza?"

[Mock Answer Choices]

A.) If one is the planner of the most beautiful buildings in existence then one will surely get a contract with the city of Pleasantville.

B.) If there is an accident on Main Street, the mayor cannot go to her favorite delicatessen for lunch.

C.) If the mayor's husband is busy working on a new and exciting project, then she will not get to see him on lunch.

D.) If Main Street is closed off, the mayor will not be able to see her husband for lunch.

E.) If the mayor does not see her husband on lunch, then she will fly to Disneyland.

-A.) is wrong because, really, what does landing city contracts have to do with anything?

-B.) is wrong because what does her favorite deli have to do with anything?

-C.) is wrong because we don't know if he is in fact working on any project. It requires an additional assumption.

-D.) is the correct answer because it bridges the loose ends. It says that if Main Street is closed, then there is no way they meet up on lunch.

-E.) is cool and I just hope she takes her lovely darling children.

Using this technique will allow you speedily check off incorrect answer choices that don't have the information pertaining to the conclusion. Hope this helps!

(I'm obviously not a test writer, but it should make sense, I hope.)

Hey 7Sagers,

A user wrote in to studentservices@7sage.com with concerns about timing and I figured you'd be able to help. Here's the message:

I have registered for your course since April. I was going to take the LSAT test, but since English is my second language, It took more time to learn the materials that I thought. So, I couldn't finish the material of the course by September and had to reschedule my test for December. Hopefully, the remaining time helps me to master on the most part of the LSAT.

Although I have finished 71% of the course, I feel I need to review the materials again. When I take the test without timing, my score gets about 156- 160, but with timing I only can finish two parts of each section and of course my score is less than above.

Do you have any recommendation?

Thank You!

We're happy to announce that PT 73 will be on sale at 7Sage starting November 1st.

The price will be just $5.99 for only 3 days - November 1st, November 2nd, and November 3rd.

After that, price goes up $29.99.

With PT73, you can download the PDF instantly and get +1 month access to all video explanations (from PT 73 and everything else you have access to).

Some students were confused about the 1 month access time last time, so please be advised that if you don't already have a course and PT 73 is the only thing that you purchase, you will only have access to the PDF download + all video explanations for PT 73 for 1 month. If you're already enrolled in a full course, you'll get a +1 month extension on everything.

Quick question for the strongly supported questions. Is the right answer choice going to be considered the conclusion of the stimulus?

I completed the 7sage starter course to prepare for the September LSAT, but I'm pretty sure I'll be taking it again in December. In order to continue studying, I was considering upgrading to the Premium course. However, before making the purchase, can someone please tell me in more detail what the Premium course can additionally offer me? Specifically, I want to know which additional PTs with full explanation are offered. I was debating on upgrading vs buying a few of the latest PTs and just reviewing the lessons from the Starter course. Any thoughts/advice for preparing my study schedule as well as the pros/cons of just buying more PTs rather than upgrading would be immensely appreciated :)

I'm completely in a slump. I have done around 10 Pt's so far, and my highest score is a 153....but my blind review score keeps increasing, even to the point of 173 on my last PT. I'm set for the December LSAT, can I expect to break into the 160's? Or am I forever stuck in the 150s.. My goal is at least a 163 from now to the December LSAT which will allow me to get into the law schools of my choice.

Hey guys.

I took September LSAT and I have no idea how I did.

Just waiting for my score..

I registered for the December LSAT nonetheless, and I know I have to start studying again, but I just have very little motivation.. arghh! Anyone in the same boat?

I'm a senior at college so already a lot of work with school.

I know I have to keep my LSAT beat on but it's just so hard!!

If you guys have any tips to share, I would very much appreciate it.

Please motivate me!!