Hello guys,

I am currently 3 weeks away from the LSAT and started self-studying in September. I decided to self-study due to me not having to the financial means to afford a tutor or enroll into a course. I am currently using the PowerScore Bible games for studying. My biggest downfall is second guessing myself and not fully grasping the concept of logical reasoning as it pertains to quickly identifying how to select as answer choice that caters to the particular question type. Do you guys know of any strategies I can use to improve my Logical Reasoning Section of the LSAT. When I took a diagnostic for the first time, I score an 135. When I took one 4 weeks later, I scored an 151. However, that declined once I took one yesterday in which I scored an 131. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please guys could you provide me with some feedback and strategies. Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys,

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered! I can't find the answer. I know for logical reasoning questions that you should read all answers to make sure you got the right one, but let's say you have your logic game board and you can see the answer is B, should you just circle it and move on? It would really cut my time down. On the other hand, I know sometimes it could be a confidence error. Some advice would be great.

Thank you!

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

Just looking for a few tips regarding LG. I've been seemingly stuck around -1 though -4 ish for about 2 months now. I can't quite put my finger on it but I used to think I was making great strides and would soon be able to finish -0 without too much pressure. However I just haven't made the step up I thought I would. I still struggle to finish an LG section that I haven't seen before. I don't think there's any real trends. Sometimes I feel as though an easy game takes a bit too long and sometimes I get stuck with difficult game at the end and lose a few questions.

I have done probably 40-45 PTs and redone many games that I had trouble with. I don't know what else to really do to get those perfect game sections. LG is really vital for me because I feel as though I will need a -0 in games to reach my target score.

Any help would be appreciated into insights/ similar problems for others.

Hi guys, any LSAT takers in Orange County?

I've noticed for a while now that just about every LG question is stealthfully focused on testing to see if you know a rule or made an inference (without directly saying, and in turn, revealing the inference).

What are your thoughts --Is it worth it to look at a question and try predict/anticipate what rule or inference the question is trying to test?

Thoughts? Does any strategy out there suggest this or do any of you use this on your own?

(FYI - I already spend time making inferences before attacking questions).

Hi All

I thoughtlessly assumed all info in stimuli were relevant or open to use...I noticed a pattern from PT 56 where there's distracting info that can keep a testtaker from finding the critical piece of info that answers the question...

Has anyone else noticed this? Do you regularly look out for it? Any tips?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-56-section-2-question-22/

Can someone clarify this for me?

It makes sense now, but I wonder if I'd be able to figure it out if I hadn't seen it before...

How would you approach a question like this that avoids the distractions in the stimulus but helps you get the answer?

I just took PT 72 as a timed 4 section exam. Got completely destroyed.

Not the best mental state to be in 3 weeks before the December exam...

Was this just an incredibly hard one? Did anyone else have this issue?

Hey 7Sagers! I see a lot of you posting your emails on the forums and it's great that you want to get involved and help other students / study with other students! I just wanted to let you know that by posting your email (in the [studentservices@7sage.com] format, for example), you have the potential to receive unwanted emails by spambots and such.

My suggestion would be to either PM the person you're trying to message on 7Sage, or "encode" it like this: [studentservices at 7sage dot com]

Hope that helps!

I have read in some blogs that for the most part, you will score around -3 to -5 points less on your actual LSAT exam when compared average score you got on recent Practice Exams. Is there some truth to this? For those of you that are perhaps retaking, was your score a few points less than than what you got on the practice tests?

Hey guys, I have a question if anyone is willing/able to shed some light on the matter

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I have just finished the power score bibles, and purchased every LSAT (actual officials ect) administered test. I have three months count down until my test date.

I may be wrong but it seems that the advice to redo the games over and over again until those exact inferences become second nature parallels that of every section on the LSAT no? It seems the lsat creators are testing for a very particular thing, and doubt that the tests deviate in the idea its testing too much (in recent years anyway)

So my question is, do you think it would be beneficial to select only say 25/30 recent tests and do them over and over again until Feb? Or should I do as many random tests as possible, while scrutinizing my wrong answers afterward to debunk areas of failure?

Also do you think the older logic games and tests are worthless? It seems they have changed so much that they might be relevant? or is the wisdom still inherent

I can't tell if I'm burnt out or not :(

I think it's because I don't get much sleep, but recently I've found Reading Comprehension so hard. I usually miss 2-7 per exam (just in total, not per passage), but recently when I do single passages, I do a lot worse.

I can feel myself not focusing on the passages. But no matter what I do I can't go back to having that connection with the passage like I once had.

has anyone else felt this way?

I'm wondering how people are handling the reading comp sections? I know some say to do what you're best at first but I feel like the only ones I'm good at are the comparative passages and there's only one of those per test. Anyone have any recommendations on how not to fail at reading comp?

Hi all--

I wanted to ask about people's take on listening to music while studying.

I study more efficiently while listening to Tchaikovsky or Mozart, but realize that we will be taking the LSAT in silence.

For this reason, I'm considering shutting off my music as I do not want it to affect me on my actual test day. What are your takes on this? Has anyone had to deal with this yet? Thanks!

I've heard a lot of talk that meditation can help significantly with your LSAT score and stress levels. Can people with experience meditating for the LSAT explain their process and success?

Hi -

I took some college science courses while in high school and my understanding from LSAC is that I'm supposed to send those transcripts to them as well for my UGPA (correct?)

Overall that's a good thing because there were some As that will help my GPA - BUT there is one C+ that counts for 1.0 credit (a lab credit)....Should I write an addendum for this 1 credit while I was in high school?

My pre-law advisor says it's a moot point because I don't even need to submit the grades at all since the credit (but not the grade) is already included in my actual college GPA. I don't know if I agree with this - I thought LSAC was pretty clear about including every grade that was counted for Undergrad...?

I realize I'm asking a few questions here, please weigh in on all or what you can.

I haven't completed finished all the questions in the lesson plan, but I've done enough to figure out that I'm not getting it yet. I keep picking the SA choice, without fail. I do the negation "/NA -> /VA" and it works, obviously. So I circle it and move on. So i've got two problems here.

On NA questions, should I recognize that I need to read all the answer choices on a NA question?

Is there a better way to read through them for time sake?

Is their specific language that I should be looking for in the NA question?

I noticed the SA answer choices for NA questions, that they generally have an All, Every or similar modifier. Should I immediately throw a mental flag when I see these modifiers?

I am looking for a study partner in MD or DC. I would love to drastically improve my score. I have studied technique and I am mainly taking practice test and doing review.

I just realized that the reason why I have trouble with suff assumption questions is because I have difficulty finding the core for difficult LRs. PT 63, S3 #17 is a prime example. I don't want to copy the prompt here for fear of getting 7Sage in trouble (copyright issues?). Can anyone take a look at it and give some advice as to how to de-clutter the stimulus? I don't want to spoil it so I won't yet say why it's a more difficult prompt. Thank you in advance!

How would you guys suggest going through Reading Comp?

I know it's been suggested to do the passages that you are best at first...

But for me, I feel like.... I would rather start with the passages that have the most questions (3 and 4th usually) and do the first two last.

Does anyone else do this?

The December test date is approaching. When do you all recommend to stop studying and just try and relax. What do you think is the best thing to do to try and increase that last little bit in the final weeks before the test?

I'm consistently hitting 166-169, and I can't seem to get past that barrier. What I get wrong seems to be really random, for example, in some of my RC sections I get -2 or - 3, but on others I get -7. For my LG I consistently get -3 and for LR I keep getting -3 or -4 with the occasional drop to -7. However, it seems that whenever I experience a huge drop in one section, I make up for it in another (I got -7 on both my LR component today and ended up with -2 on RC and -0 on LG). Is there anything I can do to bring up the consistency on my sections and break that 170 barrier?

Hi Guys,

With the December Test approaching I've noticed a weird thing that has been happening alot. I score about 20% higher on the second LR section even when the second LR is harder. Is anyone else having this problem? Any tips or suggestions? How do some of you guys who score consistently warm up your brain before taking PT's? Thanks!!

Hi i am logged onto the lsage app on my phone but i cant see the words on the screen. I can hear u on the video and see a red dot which u use to explain but i cant see the words. Could u help please?