A lot of you know my story, but if you don't here's a link to the situation I was in about three weeks ago: http://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/3178/i-m-not-really-sure-how-to-feel

So, I received the score I need to be seen as a strong applicant to the 2 schools I have in mind, but I was waitlisted because seats were full. I was able to convince my family that taking a year off was the best move (Trust me, this is hard on me as well; I had a huge timeline planned in my head, and I feel like I failed myself.) So here I am. I now have a year off, and I get to apply during early admissions to the schools I would like to go to. I still feel stuck, however. I was told that both schools don't necessarily care if I take the LSAT 3 times, because they don't average the scores, but is it worth it?

If I'm accepted early and I take the LSAT a 3rd time (this will be around December), can I even make a case that I can have more, if any, scholarship? I have not touched LSAT since my test ended on June 8th, so if I wanted to have any improvement that warrants a larger scholarship opportunity, I'd need to wait till December. However, I may not even be able to make a case for higher scholarship at that point, because a lot of money will have already been given out.

Also, to be quite honest, I'm not sure how much time I can dedicate to studying the LSAT until I find a job that pays more and work out what's going on with my potential participation in a presidential campaign (which should boost my resumé for law school.)

I've ran through 7Sage two times, and I understand it's a bit different now than when I went through it the first two times, and I've been through the trainer once. If I do study, should I go through 7Sage again or just fill the gaps (ie the new stuff added or unchecked in my schedule.) I'd probably go through the Trainer again.

So is it worth it? I still feel as though taking the test 3 times, even if they don't average it, looks bad! Also, even if I did study again, I'd only take it AGAIN if I averaged at least a score that was decently higher than my current score. Any advice is appreciated >.

Hi Everyone.

Are watches like these permitted on the actual testing day? Or do I run the risk of having to put it away…

http://www.180watch.com

Thank you!

I love this movie and this scene in particular. If you haven't watched it, you should.

I am currently studying for the October LSAT. I have taken about 7 full, timed practice tests. My highest score has been a 157. After taking each PT, I have reviewed my incorrect answer choices by watching the 7Sage videos (I didn't follow the BR method). I just recently took the PT 45 and received a 156 (I took it in a noisy environment and was distracted several times). I did the worse on the RC section, which I usually score the highest in but then scored the best in the LG section with only missing 1, so there is a bit of a discrepancy in my score for this specific PT. I decided to do the BR method for the first time and I received a 170 instead. I found the method very helpful and easily realized stupid mistakes I was making during the exam from just not reading carefully. I know that timing is an issue for me, because I understand all of the concepts, but just have issues concentrating during the exam and reading carefully. I was wondering what I should do to help solve the discrepancy in my two scores and bring my actual score up to what my BR score. What can I do to focus more during the exam and not make silly mistakes? I really want a 170 or higher on my LSAT, which is going to be a big leap.

I have been making improvements in RC and LR. LG, on the other hand, is not going well. I still have trouble finishing the last game and miss a lot of questions in hard games. With not a lot of time left for Oct LSAT, I want to hit the LG target asap with plenty of cushion room left. How many new and old games repeats I should do every day to have a good chance to hit my target LG (-0) in a month? I'm currently missing 6-8 questions for each LG session.

Question: How much time do you give yourself to drill/BR between PTs?

I am taking two PTs a week. I try to give myself a few days between each test but I am finding that BR is taking up a lot of time and leaving very little time for drilling. Does this sound right?

I am 9-5er and literally studying whenever I have free time (early mornings, lunch, after work). I feel like my studying schedule is all over the place and will eventually leave me feeling burnt out.

Does anyone have any scheduling suggestions? What works best for you?

For instance, do you only give yourself X amount of time to BR and then move on? Do you BR until you're finished? Do you pick your drilling sets based off what questions you got wrong when PTing? Or do you drill random sets anyway?

I need to schedule my study time wisely as I am aiming to write in October.

Thanks!

Hi fellow 7-Sagers,

Looking for some advice here; is process of elimination the best strategy for answering all types of RC questions? It seems like reading through all answer choices can be a real time sink, but I have been under the impression that POE is best most of the time on the test (apart from certain LG questions where you can hunt for the correct answer and/or move on right after you find it). Thoughts?

Hi All,

I'm a reader. I love reading. However, I'm finding that my mind is wandering somewhat out of control (most likely due to anxiety, not boredom) with Reading Comp. I'm concerned that on test day, the same will happen. I did take the LSAT back in 2013, but I don't really remember my RC experience. (I will look back at my score to see how I did, though).

What are some tips for increasing stamina/endurance? I feel like RC is becoming a [soy] hot dog eating contest for my brain.

Let me add - I'm not talking about reading speed, as this is not an issue, but rather timely comprehension and retention.

#2 Additional thought - I'm finding that my mind wanders with the abstract stories, rather than the more concrete stuff, such as stories about paintings, trees and animals, and Native Americans.

One technique that I've been considering is flipping through the passages and moving on immediately from the flowers and butterflies and attacking the [personally] harder stuff first and then returning to the flowers and butterflies. Thoughts on that?

Looking for how I can gain these points! My raw score needs about 15 points to do so. I would like to take the October 2015 test but could bear through until December 2015 if need be! If anyone has achieved this gain, please post your experience. If anyone is at the same point in their studies but hasn't figured it out yet, please chime in as well! Anything to keep my endurance and momentum going!

I am planning to write the October test, and currently have around 19 fresh PTs left.

I joined 7sage half way through my study and wasted many modern PTs for drilling purposes following another study schedule.

However, for PT 40 and before, many I have completed only the whole LG session or certain LR question types, leaving some RC and LR sections from various PTs untouched.

I am considering to combine these untouched sessions (from various PTs) together and compile "fresh PTs" if that makes sense, consisting of course 2 LR, 1 LG and 1 RC sections.

Would this be too much of a crazy idea? I know the computed raw scores will no longer be accurate to find out my scaled score, but at least I can still figure out how many questions per session am I missing?

Or should I just do all untouched sections timed?

Any thoughts will be appreciated. Thank you.

Guys, this might be a weird question but can I setup the LSAC account now if I'm planning to apply next year? would that be a problem? or should i wait?

Thanks.

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if you are a busy person and planning to take your LSAT next year how long should you study a day?

I seem to be getting these wrong the most are these misc logic indicator questions or just random questions? Any tips for these?

Where are the rest of the old LSAT official test's? How is it possible their are less than 100 official LSAT Test's? What am I not understanding?

well?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-23-section-2-question-14/

For a question stem like this are we strengthening Kim's argument or weakening Lee's? My initial thought was that it strengthens Kim's, but as it directly addresses something Lee says, I wanted to confirm.

Here's the stem: "Which one of the following, if true, provides the strongest defense of Kim's explanation against Lee's criticism?"

Anyone else dreaming in Lawgic?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-33-section-3-question-08/

In JY's lecture, for the group 3 logical indicators such as "without", he mentions that we should negate any idea and make it as the sufficient condition. So for this question, I first negate "doing research of their own" and make it as a sufficient condition; that is, translate it into /R -most-> PISM, which was why I got wrong on this question.

But JY translate it into PISM -most-> /R. So I want to clarify whether this translation rule for logical indicators does not apply to "most" or "some" relationship.

Thanks!

can someone help me understand question 1? if they say the price of oil is connected to the price of cement, how can answer B be the correct answer? wouldnt oil be the source of energy to all the kilns?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-22-section-4-question-12/

Im having trouble understanding why B is the correct answer. I read over the stimulus several times over, but for some reason could not figure it out. I was hoping I could receive some help understanding.Thanks  

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-68-section-4-game-4/

I'm having some serious trouble with this game. Any thoughts/suggestions? I've done other sequencing games with conditional rules, of course, but nothing as open ended as this one. Can anyone think of any similar games?

I've taken a pretty substantial LSAT break and it could just be that I'm a bit rusty but I'm having trouble nailing this one down even after a few repetitions (not typical for me).

Thanks in advance!

Is the LSAT trainer written by Mike Kim? I saw this on Amazon, just wanted to make sure it is the same book that everyone is talking about. Also, there are two versions, 2013 and 2015. Which are you guys using? Thanks.

I have been proceeding in order of the course syllabus for the past month. However, I would really like to see if I've progressed noticeably from my diagnostic score, even though I'm not even halfway through the course curriculum. Thoughts about if it's a good idea to take a prep test now, to judge how I'm improving?

Hey there!

So I am gearing up for the October 2015 LSAT. I am taking the Kaplan Self-Paced course, which is pretty awesome. It has tons of resources and is super customizable. I also have the LSAT Trainer by Mike Kim, however I am finding myself with not much time to go through that, especially because I am interning full time. I really would ideally like to score a 160+, would it be okay if I back off on the Trainer and focus more on the Kaplan course, or should I make more of an effort to make time for both? I'm already really strapped for time and I just want to be as efficient as possible. Oh! And has anyone taken the Kaplan Self-Paced course/have any opinions on it or tips??? Thanks!

I know there are keywords for specific problems, but I don't know if theres an easy way to locate them using those keywords. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!