I'd love to know progress from people on the waitlist, and to know what schools are starting to pull applicants off the waitlist.

Feb Test Takers (or Taking the test tomorrow and a glutton for punishment)

Don’t wait to hit the 70s in January! Be prepared!

Friday, Dec 4th at 8PM ET: PT75

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Hey guys,

Hope you all did well on December LSAT. Is anyone thinking about applying to Fordham or has already applied? I heard mixed reviews about acceptances and was wondering if anyone has some insight.

Thanks!

I am planning on taking the LSAT December 3, in Annapolis if anyone wants to join me and make a study group!!!

If this is not the hardest question on the set, I don't know which is. I had a great time trying to understand this question and why C is correct and spent an hour just scratching my head trying to figure it out. Would still love to see what everyone thinks about this question. But so far I don't see that many asking about this question so here is my take on it.

Background: Some researchers claim that people gesture less when expressing abstract instead of physical ideas

Premise: Some people perceive words in different ways: for a word that has both abstract and physical understanding, people can perceive it as either abstract or physical

Conclusion: The argument that the researchers' claim is not universal is not sufficient reason to reject it.

WTF. What are the connections between the premise and the conclusion? It seems to me that the premise is trying to say that the researchers' claim MIGHT WELL BE universal.

The argument implies that the critics would challenge the researchers' claim by doubting its univsersality. It might be something like this: the word "comprehension" represents an abstract concept, but some people apparently gesture and make a grabbing movement when they say it. This is a disproving evidence that would show that this claim is not universal, therefore it can be rejected.

Author counters by saying: hey, "comprehension" doesn't have to mean the abstract concept of understanding. It can definitely mean "catching" or "grasping." Not so fast critics, the claim of the researchers can still be universal: people just understand a word differently, and their actions regarding gesturing when expressing different words or concepts are still in accordance with what the researchers have claimed. Just because someone does gesture when expressing a word that has an abstract definition does not mean that person are thinking of the abstract definition of that word. He or she might well be expressing the physical definition instead of the abstract one. In this line of reasoning, the researchers' claim still stand and still might be universal.

AC C matches this pretty well. The author is trying to use a psychological fact (people perceive words in different definition) to reconcile a general claim (researchers' 'people gesture less with abstract concepts'") with apparently disconfirming evidence (people do NOT always gesture less when expressing abstract concepts). I find this line of reasoning the most applicable to the right answer to this question. I might be dead wrong with this, and I would love to see what others have to say about this.

I'm trying to working on my LG weaknesses using the LSAT analytic feature and one area that could use improvement is "Sequencing w/ conditional rules." Is there a list anywhere the groups Sequencing games by whether or not they have conditional rules? I've gone through all of the LG offered in my syllabus and I only see them listed as "Sequencing," "Spatial Sequencing," "Sequencing with a Twist" and "Sequencing and Grouping." Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hi - My question is whether or not it makes sense to retake the LSAT in April (if I can improve) as a potential tool for getting off of a waitlist (in addition to LOCIs)? I know nothing is guaranteed, but if it could help me get off reserve and accepted, prepping is worth it, but I don't want to do it for nothing. If anyone has any experience with retaking the LSAT as a waitlist tool or any advice, please let me know!!

I have a 163 from the October and November tests last fall. My score didn't change between tests even though it had drastically in prep - I only started 7sage after the October test. I applied with that 163 this cycle. I got waitlisted (reserve list) at Cornell, which is my first choice school. My BR pts had hit 17mid and my official lawhub practice tests well above 163. Honestly the idea of retaking it makes me nauseated, but I do confidently believe I could do better than a 163 on test day after the past few months of a break from the LSAT and applications.

Follow up question: Would the schools I have yet to hear back from see my April LSAT registration? Is there a risk they might put my application to the side as a hold for a future test this late in the game, and is best practice to email all 12 schools I haven't heard from to say don't hold, or is that unnecessary? Pretty much every single remaining application is currently under review (I applied in December), so I don't know if I should call attention to it, but I certainly don't want to delay my decisions through the end of April!

Thanks!

Did anyone find it very difficult? I've taken about 20 PT's and my lowest score on RC previously was -6. Landed a -11 on this one yesterday

Glad I saw this game with the outlier game types cropping up on current tests! Went in with way to cookie cutter of a diagram on the front end. Incredibly thankful for being able to adapt even tho it wasn't as quick as I would have preferred.

(kind of reminded me of assumptions I made on the multi-tiered car dealership game)

Anyone else taking it at the tourist nightmare hotel across from Penn Station?

I was wondering how many of those who are studying for the LSAT i.e. law school bound who have not been/are not active job seekers have a LinkedIn account.

I'm a college grad and I don't have an account. I thought I wouldn't derive much benefits from LinkedIn until I get to law school and deactivated my previous one since I didn't use it much.

Do you guys have a LinkedIn account? Should I get one again?

I am wondering if any of you have any recommendations for daily or weekly activities, aside from LSAT specific studying, to help get in the LSAT state of mind. I know reading complex passages from certain publications is often recommended and some even recommend courses in logic. I do not plan on taking the LSAT for quite a while and would like to use all the resources I have at my disposal.

It seems I consistently make 1-3 LR confidence errors per test. If any of you have had this issue, how have you fixed it? Thanks for the help :)

Study buddy?

Hi Guys, I am currently looking for a study partner in the MIAMI area, please let me know if any of you live in the area and would like to study, exchange notes, or grab a coffee.

Hello! Is it likely that LSAC will add more test dates to the April 2024 LSAT? I noticed they had 4 October and 4 January dates so I am just curious.

I've listened to JY's videos on the blind review and why doing it correctly is so crucial to a higher, better LSAT score. One question that came to mind during steps 1 and 2 was, what if I cannot give a valid reason for why a particular answer choice is correct or incorrect? Sometimes I'm stumped about an answer choice. Unless I can figure out or give some reason that makes sense to me about why an answer choice is correct or incorrect can I then move on. Otherwise, I'd be screwing up steps 1 and 2 of the blind review. If I can't come up with a reason after hours of reading and studying the answer choice, should I just move on? Or should I skip it, and then come back to it at a later time (which would mean that I won't be able to check my answers until I've done this).

Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated preferably from those who are already drilling PTs and blind reviews. But I'd also appreciate insight from anyone who just wants to share!!

Thanks in advance!

Hi 7sage community,

I've been studying for about three months now, but just enrolled in the course this week, and so also just started using Blind Review (fortunately still have plenty of PT left.) I did my first BR yesterday with a single timed LR section and absolutely loved it. This morning I crushed a PT and it's ready for BR. Let's goooo

My question: the process for BR-ing full length PTs. After completing all 4/5 sections, is it best to BR one section, check answers for that section, finish up the BR for that section, then move on to the next section and repeat? Or do people BR all 5 sections (i.e. go through entire test the first time), before inputting answers in Analytics and scoring? Intuitively I can see the benefit of the former, as the reasoning for each question is still completely fresh in my head, but maybe y'all have figured out the best system for this. Thanks in advance fellow LSAT warriors

Anyone have any tips on how to approach these? Are they essentially just MSS questions?

I'd love to swap all three. DM me if you're interested!

Does anyone know if @"nicole.hopkins" ever made a RC Webinar talking about inferences in RC and the importance of it?

Looking for a study partner. I've been studying for quite sometime and this will be my first sitting for the test. Will be going hard until test day.Let me know if interested!

I live in Indiana

Do you guys scan the answers or just jump right in and try out games?

I realize this is very game dependent. I usually scan the answers choices quickly, but if nothing jumps out I force myself to jump right into trying out all the answers. I found myself wasting time on open ended game boards trying to think about why an answer choice could be correct, and coming up with nothing for all my "thinking" time. So know I try to just jump right into testing the answers.

Today I came across a game, LSAT 10, Game 4 http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-10-section-2-game-4/, that has me rethinking my strategy. I didn't make the inference at the start that Y must be in, though I DID make the difference that at least one of X/Z must be out. When I got to question 23, I quickly looked at my master game board didn't come up with any that must be in, so just jumped right in to trying out the possibilities. I got through A and B, before scanning the remainder of the choices and quickly realized that Y must be in.

The game took way too long in general, not just because of this question, but still interested in how you guys handle "thinking" about correct answer choices, or just jumping in and trying possibilities.

Anyone in the San Jose/Milpitas/Cupertino/Mtn View/Sunnyvale/Palo Alto area who is down to study together?

Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience- I just logged into my LSAC account to sign up for the April test, and my web browser informed me that there had been a data leak and I should change my password. However, when I tried to use the reset password feature, neither my email nor my username were recognized by the system, even though I am able to log in. What’s going on? I’m nervous to give personal info if it might be stolen.