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Hi everyone! I've been studying for the LSAT since this June, and I was going to take the Sept. test. I felt that I'm not going to get a good score at the end of september, so I postponed the test to Dec. The problem at this point is that ... I did all my prep tests (didnt stick with Blind Review methods, cuz I came to understand this method from 7Sage only recently), but still not breaking the 170 on new questions. Right now Im just repeating old LSATs and its very frustrating... Did anyone else encounter this issue? Is it gonna be effective if I'm just keep printing out old tests that I've already done and do Blind Reviews?

I earned my highest score to date and thus far I have spent more time reviewing this test than any previous preptest.

What I want to encourage everyone to embrace is delayed celebration & deserved confidence. I had to prove to myself that this score was not lucky. I have seriously reviewed every question that I circled, even in sections where I was -0. I have also written my reflections on the comments sections of video explanations for specific questions. Why? Because we cannot rely on luck for our tests, we must rely on a solid grasp of the concepts.

In carefully reviewing each test, including our best ones, we must gain confidence from answering correctly based on our *processes*, not on whether our AC matches the right AC. This is what Blind Review has taught me.

So I delayed celebrating until my complete review & proved to myself that I deserve higher confidence in my LSAT skills. I have finally tasted the tiniest morsel of mastery, not because of the score that I received, but in proving to myself that I absolutely deserved that score.

All, when setting up your rules, does anyone advise to number those rules. Im not sure where i picked up the habit but I realized i was doing it.

Any thoughts on whether this is a good idea?

I'm retaking the lsat in December, and my 7sage course is going to run out next week. I'd love some outside opinions while weighing my choice of study-aides. Why I wouldn't upgrade: I already have all of the PTs the upgrades provide; I have problem sets (by question type) to work on; and I have explanations for every test, which granted aren't as thorough as JY's but are still helpful.

I need, at minimum, a 6 point improvement to reach my target. Is it worth it to upgrade to premium or ultimate? If I don't upgrade, I'll just buy a few tests to allow me to access the forum and basic syllabus for these next two months.

I am curious to see if there is any other active duty military on here. If so, I would like to stay in touch - perhaps build a community to share lessons learned in this journey.

^ ^ bump bump

Does anyone have any general tips for improving speed? Aside from just taking a bunch of timed PTs, do you use any other methods?

I took the September exam, and walked out of the test center confused and flustered. It was challenging, but I couldn't really tell you how I did on it. I was in the mid 150s before the test, and I thought maybe if I had luck on my side I could reach 160 on the real thing. However, I don't think I did, so I'm retaking it in December.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about how I can improve to the mid to late 160s before then. My strongest section is the LG, and my weakest is the LR. I'm tempted to start my prep from the beginning and re learn all the concepts and strategies necessary to do well. But that feels like a waste of valuable time.

Anyone have any suggestions about how to prepare for December?

Thanks!!

Anyone having issues pulling up the videos since this morning ?

Hey guys,

I know it's a bit early to ask but I was wondering if anyone knows when the September test will be available as a PT on 7sage?

Thanks!

Okay.

I'm writing the December LSAT. Before I took 7sage, I would usually be between 145-150. I took 7sage, went through all the material, and took my first practice test this morning. I received a mark of 154. Which I'm not happy with.

My reading comp I received 19/26 and my Logic Games were 20/23, so you can see that I really really really struggled with Logical Reasoning.

My plan is to work hard to perfect both the Logic Games and the Reading Comprehension, and work through my Logical Reasoning to improve as much as I can. I'm going to try and do at least 2 prep tests a week, blind review, and correct all of my answers to make sure I understand them.

HOWEVER,

I feel as if I set myself up for failure a bit when I wrote this practice. Usually, I get up at 4 AM to go to the gym, but today, since I was writing it before work, I wrote from 4-7 AM. I gave myself about 20 minutes to wake up, had some water, and ate a small snack.

MOST of my incorrect answers (16) came from that first section. I feel as if I didn't accurately wake myself up enough, and I honestly felt myself letting the time get to me. I was constantly nervous and felt like I couldn't focus.

Does anyone have a similar problem? If you do, how do you deal with it? I feel like, if I got my timing down pat and took control of how nervousness got the better of me, I could do fairly well. I do need a lot more practice, but I feel like I'm on the right track.

Suggestions?

I plan to write about 20-25 practice tests before the December LSAT. I've gone through all of JY's material, I just need to write practice tests. Is it better to write them at a slower pace throughout October and November, or just write them almost every day in November?

After being a long time lurker on TLS forums and more of an active member on 7sage, I wanted to try and bring one of the only positive things I could find on TLS to the 7sage forums. Although TLS is typically filled with a bunch egocentric individuals who likely inflate their test scores for "e-peen" status, there is one thing that I really enjoy, their LSAT Xmonth Xyear threads. I feel as if these threads are a major part of the community on their forums and wish we had something similar here. Some of their posts go on for over 300 pages of discussion. This not only allows the students to discuss their progress, but also provides an opportunity (assuming they are honest and willing to release their scores/breakdown) to get some honest feedback on how to improve. So this is my attempt to bring together the 7sage community.

Test date: Saturday December 6, 2014 at 8:30am

Materials:

1) 7sage (Obviously)

2) The LSAT Trainer (http://www.amazon.com/The-LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412601262&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+trainer)

3) Cambridge drilling sets (http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/)

7sage is by far the best method for self-study. However, there are benefits to be gained from outsider material to supplement & further improve the lessons taught by 7sage.

How to drill:

Logic Games (Credit: taken from Dirigo's TLS post)

Make multiple copies of each game.

Do a game.

Watch the 7 Sage Explanation for that game.

Get a fresh copy of that game and do it again, incorporating what you learned.

Watch the video again if needed.

Move onto the next game and repeat the process.

Do the games you did again the next day and see if you remember how to set them up and solve them. If not, watch the video again.

It's a tedious process, but you're guaranteed to improve by drilling like this. Similar inferences can be made across all games and you are able to make them correctly and quickly the more experience you get.

Logical reasoning

Carve out a problem set (i.e: by type, # of questions, or individual sections)

Set timing according to # of questions/types

Answer all questions under timed conditions

BEFORE checking the answers, BR each question- must be able to provide full explanation for each wrong AC and why correct AC is correct

Check answers

Review any questions that you got wrong or circled as difficult/time consuming

Note: This post is a work in progress, if there is anything I overlooked or you would like me to add feel free to post it in the thread or inbox me.

Hello my name is Amina, I am a Virginia State University May '14 grad, I'm looking to take the Dec '14 LSAT so I can enroll in Law School for Aug '15. I am in desperate need of a study partner, I need to work on my logical reasoning and increase my speed on the logic games. Please respond if interested or if you know someone that may be interested! Thanks!

I confidently blew through almost all of my study materials in preparation for the September test, not anticipating that I would need to rewrite. I was scoring in the high 170s on my PTs, so what could go wrong, right? Well, a HUGE stress-induced bubbling error could (and did). I cancelled my score and will be re-writing in December.

After taking a week off from studying, I want to get back into the swing of things. The problem is that I have just one clean PT: I took PTs 35 - 72 as full-length exams, did the games from every test, and used up the LR and RC from about half of the early tests. The one exception is PT 68, which I accidentally skipped over.

Does anyone have any advice about how to study in the absence of clean PTs? Is drilling with blind review my best bet? Should I review old PTs? Anything?

Hey I'm new to 7sage and the LSAT. I was wondering while going through the syllabus, if you follow the study schedule should you not move forward in the syllabus if you've completed the material for that week and take the time to practice the material covered during that week, or is it better to continue on with the material and do timed sections when you've covered the material in entirety?

I doubt I will have time to take all the prep tests before my December LSAT. Does anyone have certain tests that they found particularly challenging that they recommend be taken for sure?

Thanks,

James

Hello everyone!!! I am currently studying to take the LSAT both in December and February. I am looking to start a study group in the Miami area! So if anyone is interested email me at laura.rodr29@gmail.com!!

Hey guys, I'm currently in the latter stages of the 7sage course and I'm getting ready to start taking practice tests regularly in preparation for either the December or February LSAT. Up until this point, I've only taken a few practice tests intermittently throughout the course. My first question is, how do you guys go about choosing which practice tests to use and which to drill individual sections with? I was thinking about purchasing the Cambridge Logical Reasoning Question Sets, which use problems from LSATs 1-38 for drilling logical reasoning. I would then take the remainder of the practice tests as simulated LSATs in chronological order. That would leave me with hopefully more than enough preptests to review with. If I use the earlier tests (1-38) exclusively for drilling, though, I obviously lose some of the benefit of taking them as simulated LSATs should I ever choose to.

My other question is: how relevant are the problem sets on the older LSATs in respect to the modern tests? I am wondering if exclusively drilling problem sets from old LSATs might cause me to miss out on recent changes. I also have heard that some of the logic games on the older tests are quite different from the ones used today, and may not be worth drilling.

Hi 7Sage Admins,

For PT46 passage 2, only a picture of the video is displayed. I tried several times to refresh the page, and still couldn't view the video. Can you please help me to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.

I doubt I will have time to take all the prep tests before my December LSAT. Does anyone have certain tests that they found particularly challenging that they recommend be taken for sure?

Hey Guys, I'm currently out of the country and would be returning around Thanksgiving. In the meantime, I am studying on my own (using 7sage of course) and would like to know if there would be anyone willing to form a study group with me? My only means of communication would be skype for now till i get back. Thanks! Let me know.

Seriously takes me 10 minutes no matter what. I watch the video explanation and can do it in like 5, but every new PT just kills me. Always turns out I miss 1 or 2 per section of LR, around 5 on RC, and bloody 8 or so on LG because I can't finish. And tips for speed other than just drill?

I went through the first 2 things on the course syllabus for grammar already, when should i attach a PT for some baseline stuff? and what PT should i do?