Any ideas about how to keep it together for the 2-4 hours before the 12 pm test? With the 8 am test - you just get up and go - but I'm a bit worried about what to do with my time before the LSAT.

Mainly...how do I not ruin my day before I go in to take the test?

Hi all!

I desperately need your help! I planned for the February test, procrastinated and postponed it to June. After the winter break, I've decided to take LSAT really seriously and finished the core lessons with 7Sage. Now I have been through more than 10 pts but don't see anything above 161, though my highest br score is 174.

My final goal is at least to break 165.

I am not sure if I am ready to take the June test. But I don't think I should postpone again because I have studied for several months. Another three or four months may lead to burnt out, besides my internship starts in July.

However, I am graduating this May from grad school, lots of things going on before graduation. I doubt I will have enough time to score 170s consistently to feel ready for the June test.

Any suggestions/thoughts? Shall I take the June test anyway? Maybe cancel the score if I performed badly?

Thanks for your time!

Hey, curious as to what will be going on with 7sage with these changes... @"Dillon A. Wright" @"J.Y. Ping"

http://lsatblog.blogspot.ca/2015/03/lsac-bans-lsat-preptest-pdf-sales.html

Hi everyone,

I felt I benefited from the last group Skype BR, and would like to do this more. Saturdays don't always work for me, though. Would anyone be interested in BRing a PT over Skype on another day, during the week? I'm flexible as to which PT, since there are lot I haven't seen and am also fine with retaking. Let me know!

I've been trying to improve the RC section for the last 4 months with little luck. I've tried a few notable methods, but I'm still consistently picking incorrect answer choices in every passage. I do pretty well on LG and LR however so I've been thinking of just allocating the time I'd use on the fourth passage to making sure the first three are perfect. Do you guys think this is a good idea?

I'm not sure what else I can do with RC. Thanks.

Hi!

I'm looking for a study buddy/ group for June 2014. I would like to meet 1-2 times a week to review PTs and go over problems, or review 7Sage material.

I'm looking for an online study buddy because I live in rural Washington state, and I haven't had any luck with finding local people to study with.

PM me! And perhaps we can meet soon to talk about a study plan.

Thanks!

Amanda

Hello,

I wanted to invite 7Sagers to this weekend's group BR session. Please take the full test - BR individually - and prepare for the awesomeness that is group BR! (Or do your best to do all those things. You are always welcome to listen - or provide input if you didn't have time to BR everything).

I, as a June test taker, want to get started on the 50s/60s as the date is coming up quick! But I know that October or later folks may feel differently. So it may be time to split into groups. :,( If you Octobers don't mind skipping around and want to do 54, then please join! Otherwise, post below and we can figure out what to do.

Please send @emli1000 your Skype IDs, if you haven't already, so she can add you to the group. She has mastered Skype much better than I have.

-Amanda

Any BR groups reviewing PTs in the 60's? I'd love to join!

If anyone is interested please PM me. I already took the exam and scored a 145. I believe it was because I was nervous because I was scoring in the 150's during my practice test. I am looking to score a 160 +

I am planning on taking the September LSAT this fall. I had been considering possibly upgrading from LSAT Premium to LSAT Ultimate down the road for access to more video explanations and practice problems. I was going to wait until I finished the problems I have access too now. However, with the new restrictions, this will no longer be an option since the PDFs are disappearing on April 21st. Should I upgrade my course now simply for access to those precious PDFs, practice problems, and LSAT tests?

I would like to know if there is a way to download the LSAT Prep-Test 1 through 35 on 7sage. Please I really wanna know this as the clock continues to tick for the April 21st deadline.

Hey guys i'm trying to be a realist. I'm aiming for a 160 on the LSAT in June. I started out with a low diagnostic, 142. Since then I've improved about 10 points. it's been about 4 weeks, now I'm seeing PT's between 150-153. Is the jump from 150- 160 harder to attain? I've heard it takes a lot of hard work and months to go from 160-170. I am currently studying about 10 hours a week, then when school ends in mid-may I'm taking an in-class course through Nathan Fox LSAT. I will be able to commit around 25 hours a week a month before the June LSAT. Any tips/thoughts/advice/estimations/theories?

Hello all! I hope your weekend is going well and you are given the time you need to focus on studying for the LSAT!

I was wondering if there was anyway to see the videos, even though I check the box that says "Do not save answers." As I mentioned in another thread, I haven't been able to finish PTs, so I do a lot of sections w/o completing exams. For example, 2 LR, 2 RC, next day 1LG 3 LR, and any other variation you can think of. Unfortunately after I BR, I can only see whether my initial answer/BR answer is correct but I can't watch the videos that explain why I'm right/wrong. Is this intended, going to be changed later, or am I just missing something and I can already watch the explanations? I do plan on having the whole PT scored, just not all at once. So because my BR and review is so staggered I was hoping to review questions without having to officially complete a PT.

Hello friends. We will be celebrating Monday by joining one another in the virtual realm (via Skype voice call): 8pm EST (5pm PST/7pm CST), PT 55.

PM me your Skype handle and I will add you to the list.

I don't know if anyone else has had this happen to them but the LSAT is two months away and I've been taking PTs for about 2-3 months now. I was working through the 40s and low 50s PTs and wanted to start moving into more recent ones so I'll have experience with those. I was scoring consistently in the high 160s and now on my last two PTs (PT 64 and 67) I scored a 159 and a 162. I'm baffled. I don't understand why all of the sudden I'm having so much trouble and it's really hurt my confidence. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi Everyone! I am new to the group. I am currently registered to take the June test and I have been studying since January. My studying materials consist of the LSAT Trainer and LSAT prep tests, and now 7Sage.

I am starting to feel really down because there has been no improvement in my score. The LSAT Trainer has helped me understand many things, but my speed and score has not improved. My score is still in the 140s. I am at that point where I am considering whether I am cut out for this. Regardless, I'll continue to do the best I can.

I have made up my mind to change my June test to September/October. And, I just signed up for one of the courses here.

I know my biggest problem is speed. I have not been able to answer all the questions in any of the sections in 35 minutes.

How do I get faster?

So to see explanations from previous test questions, we have to upgrade to the ultimate package? I have the starter pack and I was trying to see explanation videos to questions I missed on the prep tests for blind review but it tells me I cant access that. Even though it says on the starter pack that 1000+ real lsat questions are explained. someone please explain which ones I can review. I'm thinking its only the 9 pts that came with the starter pack from pt 36-43. Anyone else who has the starter pack please let me know how this works. Thanks!

Has anyone heard of/use a reading strategy where you don't read the question stems in LR and simply figure out the question type via stimulus? If so, is it effective?

Does anyone else experience this? I feel so solid/ full of energy on the first 3 sections, then when it comes time for the break, I feel so sluggish. Anyone have a suggestion to combat this?

Hey Everybody--

At 43, I'm probably one of the older (oldest)? Sagers, from 1999-2013 I sold legal research and related products to hundreds of law firms. (Thx West!)

Anyway, my college years were back in the early-mid 90's grunge years. So it was a while since I took an exam. I took the LSAT diag test and got punched, kicked and humiliated. I've never suffered from 'smartest guy in the room' syndrome but I expected to score better. And I just felt defeated.

Over the last 18 months or so, I've gone through the course-- twice. Due to necessity. Sorry for sounding like a greeting card but life didn't really care about my time frames and I had to put down the books for stretches of time.

While my timing and consistency need improvement, my highest practice test was in the high 150's. But I'm still not comfortable opening an official test booklet and thinking that I can replicate or improve upon that score.

I've got 30 recent prep tests printed and ready to take. But I don't want to burn any until I feel more prepared.

My study/prep plan is as follows so please let me know if it's a good one:

-print out the roughly 100 logic games tests and take each one as many times as necessary until it fits JY's time constraints

-2-3 per day feels reasonable, or 90 minutes, whichever comes first.

-full review, again, my formal logic, intersections, rule triggers, premise/conclusion ID's, and valid/invalid arg's etc.

-use older tests (7-18)--simultaneously with everything above- to test time constraints. of course, blind review.

-i'll try to prep a max of 2-3 hours daily-- more than that, i think will lead to burnout

-this should take me through early-mid-summer and have me taking prep tests from then until december

-sit for the december test--

I think the above schedule will allow me to hit my goal of 80 correct questions.

If a different schedule makes more sense, please let me know. Thanks Sagers......

Gregger

Tomorrow, I’m entering the next phase of LSAT development:taking PTs under testing conditions. (Woohoo!) I’m wondering if there’s benefit to mixing up the order rather than taking them in sequential order. Given the recent posts about PTs getting harder in 50s and 60s, I figured it’d be better to get to that difficulty sooner rather than later and suffer a crisis of confidence. Any thoughts?

Can someone please correct me if I'm wrong? From what I've collected I print out 10 copies of a LG from the syllabus, then I do one under extremely loose time constraints, then I do them over and over until I can complete the game in 5 minutes. Then choose a different game and repeat? Thanks!

Many of you know that my mother was in town (Weds night of last week through Tues morning); that meant that I was only able to spend my morning time working on LSATs. It was a surreal experience to do things other than LSAT in the evenings (especially on Saturday which was not LSATurday but rather Cowtown-day as I was in Ft. Worth eating and looking at cows). I can't even remember the days when I used to ... what was it ... chill out? I guess I watched shows and stuff?

In the mornings during her visit, I mostly BR'ed LR, did some 7sage, some games here and there, and almost totally neglected RC. Why? Well, for one, I was off my routine. This was the first even moderately light week I've had since the first week of February. I see now the power of momentum: it was much easier to keep going every day when I'd been going like that for 6+ weeks.

I'm at a point now (generally) where I need to restructure my study schedule, but still keeping the 6–8am and 6pm–10pm blocks M/T/W/F (Th is morning + 5:30–7, 9–10 due to Bible study and Sat is LSATurday, typically about 14 hours).

This morning, I had a strange experience. I did an easy LG. It took me about 5 minutes longer than I usually take for that kind of game. It was like I still had proper running form but in slow motion. I feel almost like I've hit the reset button, and it will be interesting to see if this has gotten me out of some ruts, or whether I've really started to rust after a brief (!) vacation. I've got 2 more of these week-long "breaks" coming up (both are trips for work); I think I need to prepare ahead, decide exactly what I'm going to work on during those times, so that I can maintain some sense of routine.

What are some of your "break" experiences—namely returning from the break?

When I'm too frustrated or feel unmotivated from the stress of life I watch this. This hits me because I use to be a football player but it applies to everything we want to be successful in.

Does anyone know if the PDFs, after being downloaded, will be protected from being opened again? This might seem a little weird/ignorant but I simply want to make sure I can get them after being downloaded...