Hey, Anyone interested in studying in the Thornhill area? Aiming for June test.

Now that we're a the 9 week mark, I'm really trying to hone my body to kill the June test. My diet is pretty much set but I'm trying to devise a workout schedule that requires the minimum amount of time to be healthy but maximizes my brain potential. I know for women HIIT intervals + strength training is supposed to be the magical solution for fat loss optimization but I am curious what other people's workout schedules look like and consist of. Please share your secrets :)

Hey guys! I'm kind of new to the 7sage community and I am hoping to be more social when I buy my ultimate course in a few weeks. I was just wondering how you guys recap what you've learned without repeating the same skill set questions. Are there any other exercises or books that you recommend to supplement this course?

Sorry if this has already been answered...but how do you change your avatar pic? It takes me to another website, "Gravatar" where I signed up for an account but to no avail...isn't working for me. Maybe I'm too tired and I need a cup of Dilon's coffee..

I signed up for the June LSAT at OSU's campus. Does anyone know what room(s) the exam will be held in? I'd like to scope it out because some of the buildings have notoriously tiny desks.

Hey guys, I was wondering when I take the LSAT in June, what form does the LSAT come in? Is it like a booklet? I want to know because as of now i'm taking the PT's with loose pages. Also, on my lsac.org account theres a place to print out a bubble sheet, do they not supply one?

Hi 7Sagers!! Hope everyone is doing fine. The 7Sage: Alumni & Friends FB group has been created with @"Dillon A. Wright" and (at least for the moment) myself as group admins. I can't add anybody who is not on my friend list so feel free to add yourselves. This is not any sort of contact detail but I'm skeptical of putting anything in the public message here unless someone can verify that nothing much will come of it. If that is the case then I can post the link here... Otherwise please feel free to search FB for the group or if you cannot find it then PM me for link to the same. Cheers and hope to see everyone there soon!

Starting April 21st we will remove all PDFs containing LSAC licensed content to compile with LSAC's new policy.

To be clear, all PDFs containing any LSAT questions - LSAT PrepTests and Problem Sets - will be removed. Any PDFs without LSAT questions will still be available.

Please download all PDFs in your course that you want to use before they disappear on April 21. This is your last chance to get them.

I know this is a pain in the ass and I'm sorry.

Moving forward, 7Sagers must obtain PrepTests some other way. We recommend Amazon.

Videos will NOT be removed. PDFs of quizzes will NOT be removed.

Update - April 8, 2015

We made a page where you can see the PDFs you have access to and will disappear on the 21st, so that you can download all the ones you need in one place:

http://classic.7sage.com/download-pdfs/

Update - April 19, 2015

From now until April 21st, PrepTests with full explanations are temporarily discounted here:

https://classic.7sage.com/addons/

Make sure to download the PDF immediately because the PDFs will be taken down on April 21st (very soon!).

Update - April 21, 2015

PDFs are officially removed from the site now. We're sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you all got the PDFs you needed!

If you already have a course, you can continue to download the PDFs until 11:59PM EST, April 21, 2015 . Downloads were supposed to stop 24 hours earlier - this extra availability is a grace period to help account for time zones, confusion, etc.

This thread is closed. If you would like to comment, please do so here:

http://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/2484/new-lsac-licensing-policy-effective-april-24th

Whats up guys, on my most recent PT my score jumped 5 points. I know this could very well be a fluctuation, but with this PT I really took the "Lowest hanging fruit" strategy seriously, by skipping almost every question I wasn't sure of then going back to it if I had time. Any tips on continuing to improve? At this point skipping questions is still a viable option because realistically I want to score in the high 150's. By the way it was prep test 72, in my opinion the LG section was the most difficult I've seen thus far. Thanks guys.

I have problems with finishing RC on time. My problem is mainly on "detail except" and inference questions. I feel like when i try to read slowly (4 minutes upfront) I do well on structure and author attitude questions but still spend too much time on detail questions and get them wrong. If i read too fast (less 3 minute), then i still miss although i spend more time on those questions. Does anyone have any similar problem? I've been in the U.S for 6 years but still struggle with reading sometimes.

My reading comprehension is improving slowly. I've just started reading more for the past 2 years. My average RC is -6 or -7 (best -4 and worst -12). I have problems with deciphering detail sentences and usually misunderstand them. Recently, I am trying to re-reading technique by Graeme Blake ( I actually re-read sentences and the whole passage in about 3-4 minutes until i can summarize each paragraph and sentence), but my rc has not improved. It seems like i tend to forget these little summaries as I answer the questions. Does anyone have any specific or general tips on RC? I would like to hear success stories from non-native speakers who scored well on this test. Thanks

PM me if you would like to be added to Saturday's Skype BR group :)

I have a question in terms of dissecting the conclusion-premise structure of the stimulus.

So here is my question in relation to identifying/dissecting the premise-conclusion of this stimulus.

To me it seems that the author is providing his/her own explanation of weight and surface area in explaining the observation of squirrels and larger animals.

In that sense it seems much more logical to regard the entire observation of squirrels and large animals as the premise part and to consider the author's explanation as conclusion. I think it is much more natural to see the whole argument originating from one observation and reaching a particular conclusion that the author deems logical/plausible explanation.

Therefore I believe that it is better to put the stimulus as

Premise : Small animals run up a tree trunk fast while large animals slow down upon running uphill.

-->

Conclusion : Weight proportional to energy output and surface area to energy output

I would be more than glad if you could clarify on this.

Thanks in advance and excuse me for English not being my first language.

Hi everyone. I am in a huge dilemma. Chapman Law offered me full ride scholarship. It is close to my house and better drive. Loyola offered me 102k which means around 47k out of pocket. Loyola is obviously better ranked and more well-known.

Another dilemma is that i will be having a baby this august right when the programm starts. If i were to take a year off i would have to reapply and may or may not get the same offers. If u were me which school and what year would u choose to go and why? Help me with ur opinions please

A Game A Day

… keeps the, um, mental atrophy away? :-P

I’m on the verge of completing my Sequencing Games training, and because I (s)have no life(/s) am super ultra cool, I made up my own logic game. Take that, LSAC!

I would be so flattered if you will solve this. I think it’s pretty easy (LOL creator bias? It’s nice being on this end), so maybe 5-6ish minutes to solve? Actually, I have no idea.

And now, tongue firmly in cheek, I present to you the following game:

Having scored 175+ on their LSATs, seven smart cookies – @amanda_kw, @blah170blah, @christopherblair, @DumbHollywoodActor, @emli1000, @"Fritz A W", and @nicole.hopkins – were hired by 7Sage to be online tutors for select new members. There is one tutor for each day of the week (running from Monday to Sunday), and each tutor is assigned exactly once. Dillon A. Wright must create a schedule according to the following conditions:

Blah170blah can only tutor on Saturday or Sunday.

Amanda_kw and Emli1000 must tutor before Nicole.hopkins does.

Fritz A W must tutor the day after Nicole.hopkins.

Christopherblair tutors before Emli1000.

Dillon carefully crafted a schedule according to everyone’s stipulations and availabilities, only to be grilled by JY and Alan with the following questions:

1. Which one of the following could be a possible tutoring schedule?

(A) Monday: DumbHollywoodActor; Tuesday: Christopherblair; Wednesday: Amanda_kw; Thursday: Emli1000; Friday: Nicole.hopkins; Saturday: Fritz A W; Sunday: Blah170blah

(B) Monday: DumbHollywoodActor; Tuesday: Fritz A W; Wednesday: Amanda_kw; Thursday: Emli1000; Friday: Christopherblair; Saturday: Nicole.hopkins; Sunday: Blah170blah

(C) Monday: Emli1000; Tuesday: Christopherblair; Wednesday: Amanda_kw; Thursday: Nicole.hopkins; Friday: Fritz A W; Saturday: DumbHollywoodActor; Sunday: Blah170blah

(D) Monday: Amanda_kw; Tuesday: Emli1000; Wednesday: Christopherblair; Thursday: Nicole.hopkins; Friday: Fritz A W; Saturday: DumbHollywoodActor; Sunday: Blah170blah

(E) Monday: Amanda_kw; Tuesday: Christopherblair; Wednesday: Emli1000; Thursday: Blah170blah; Friday: Nicole.hopkins; Saturday: Fritz A W; Sunday: DumbhollywoodActor

2. Which of the following is a complete and accurate list of possible tutor(s) for Saturday?

(A) Blah170blah

(B) DumbHollywoodActor

(C) Blah170blah and Fritz A W

(D) Blah170blah, Fritz A W, and Nicole.hopkins

(E) Blah170blah, DumbHollywoodActor, and Fritz A W

3. If Amanda_kw tutors on Wednesday, how many options does Dillon have for scheduling DumbHollywoodActor?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) Five

(E) Six

4. Which of the following days can Nicole.hopkins tutor?

(A) Monday

(B) Wednesday

(C) Thursday

(D) Saturday

(E) Sunday

5. JY and Alan decide that Christopherblair having to tutor before Emli1000 is a silly stipulation. They fire Christopherblair, and Jonathan Wang must step in to fill the gap. However, Jonathan has some stipulations too. Assuming that the remaining rules still hold, which of the following demands could Jonathan make, such that the number of possible schedules created by poor Dillon remains unchanged?

(A) He tutors on Thursday only.

(B) He tutors before Nicole.hopkins and after Amanda_kw.

(C) He tutors before Fritz A W.

(D) He does not tutor on Saturday, and only tutors on Sunday if Emli1000 tutors on Tuesday.

(E) He tutors after Nicole.hopkins but before Blah170blah.

Let me know if I missed something and accidentally gave you an unsolvable game. Pretty sure I didn’t, but I often have too high an opinion of my abilities…

P.S. It would be so sweet if we could make A Game A Day ™, like, an actual thing. If anyone else wants to give this a try, I promise you it was surprisingly fun!

Highlight for answers >>> 1) A 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B

Hello all,

I work full time and I'm having a hard time making time to study. I leave the house at 8:10am and come back between 6 and 6:30pm every day. I cook, eat dinner, and then study from 8 - 11pm. On the weekends, I study 4-8 hours each day. However, I feel like I'm not getting in enough study time and find myself making very slow progress because I don't study much during the week. I've tried getting up earlier, but it's a huge struggle and when I do manage, I'm half asleep half of the study time. What do you guys do to improve time management/squeeze in more study time during the week? Do you think I should fix my sleep cycle and study early in the morning rather than at night? I'd really appreciate any advice/tips you might have :)

I just wanted to ask what steps most of you take when you are answering questions on RC passages?

Can someone give me a list of techniques/methods that has worked for them?

Also, when you want to find out the attitude of the author do you usually circle words such as however & although to try to figure out the author's attitude/main point in that section or paragraph that start with those two words?

Just thinking worst-case scenario, what does it look like to a law school when you re-take the LSAT and get a lower score? I know most consider your highest score, but would this still be the case?

I don't know much about this , but someone told me it would be nice to look at. So apparently there are many law school consultants that would review your personal statement etc.. and help prepare your application. After some research, I realized most charge for a "package". Like you need to pay $750 , ( it is required) for the first 3 hours etc... There are many many of them out there...

Has anyone here worked with a law school consultant? Do you recommended them ? I know there are several of them out there. But I personally feel like the prices they charge students are ridiculous ! Does anyone know where one can seek help with personal statements ? I am first person in my family to attend college, so don't really have many people to look at my essay.

Thanks :)

I never realized how annoying it was to hear someone cut my grass while I took a PT. I was in the first section of my PT and on question number 14 when I was disturbed by the lawn mower noise. It was a challenge but I managed not to pause my PT :) hopefully that won't affect my score.

Okay, So I have watched all of JY Videos on Parallel Flaw but keep missing the correct answer. I feel like my challenge has been correct diagraming ? But when I get that right, its something else :(

Do any of you guys have advice when it comes to approaching these questions? Any steps that should be followed? Where can I do more parallel flaw questions and learn more about these little monsters .

A fellow 7Sager had a great idea of making a discussion thread to let you all know about site changes and updates, so here we go! JY and I will do our best to post the changes and updates we make to 7Sage here.

Jan. 13

* PrepTest 74 added to grader (no tags yet, but they're coming...)

* Fix for fullscreen videos in Android App

* Fix for notes in Law School lessons where there is also an exam prompt

Jan. 17

* Fix for iOS app - The "Next" button in the "Course" view should work consistently now. Sorry it took this long!

Jan. 20

We just added a new rule to the Discussion Forums:

"Advertisements or solicitations for services or products are not allowed."

Jan. 22

* Fix for iOS app - PDFs download properly again when viewing course through the app. Thanks to @Vendetta for bringing this to our attention!

Jan. 24

* Personal Statement 2 all drafts and commentary now available:

http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/personal-statement-2-draft-1-read-and-evaluate/

Jan. 30

* Major discussion forum upgrade with behind the scenes improvements, and interface changes. If you notice anything strange, let us know!

* Fix: Video playback now properly defaults to your last chosen speed. It was showing your last chosen speed, but not actually playing the video at that speed.

Jan. 31

* Android app now has a series of introductory screens explaining what's in the app.

* Android app fix: After regisering, going to "Course" works more consistently.

Feb. 3

* iOS app - iPhone 6 and 6+ support

* iOS app - has PT 72, 73, and 74 logic games included

* iOS app - Logic Games screen now includes tags and section difficulty.

* iOS app - Bug fix: Grader PrepTest filtering works properly

Feb. 5

* Forums - You can now mention users with spaces in their name by using quotes, like @"Alan Cheuk"

* Forums - When you start typing @ mentions, a list of suggestions appears to the right to make it easier. You may need to clear your browser cache to see this feature.

* Forums fix - You can save profile changes even if there is a space in your name.

Feb. 9

* iOS app - Entering blind review in Grader is easier now because you can now also drag/tap the complete white space to the right of the answer choices to get to blind review (particularly helpful for iPhone 6/6+ and iPad).

Feb. 10

* Personal Statement 3 all drafts and commentary now available:

http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/personal-statement-3-draft-1-read-and-evaluate/

* You can now use hastags. #sweet

Feb. 12

* Updated version of lesson for PT 67 Passage 2 (Nisa Shostak !Kung Woman)

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-67-section-1-passage-2-passage/

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-67-section-1-passage-2-questions/

* New all-sub-game-boards lesson for PT 36 Game 3 (Bus Window Aisle Seats)

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-36-section-4-game-3/

* Updated set of grammar lessons on comparative statements

http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/comparative-statements-general/

Feb. 19

* iOS App - The proctor pauses when it is interrupted by a phone call, alarm, Siri, etc, and you can press "Continue" to continue where you left off after you finish handling the interruption.

Feb. 20

* FireFox - PDF fix. Starting about a week ago, the first page of some pdfs were not loading, especially for one page pdfs. Fixed now.

Feb. 27

* Classes of lessons in Syllabus page now collapse/expand with buttons / in top right of each class, to reduce accidental collapse/expand of the class.

March 3

* Site backend and security upgrades.

March 13

* Redesign of website and forum. Please let me know if you spot any visual oddities :)

March 16

* Display of comments on the dashboard have been redone so that they should be easier to read and expand/collapse.

* Site dashboard now shows recent comments with "?" in them, rather than all recent comments

April 2

* Added a "User-Created Games" sub-category to the forums: http://classic.7sage.com/forums/categories/user-created-games

* Made the discussion sample on the Dashboard more like the full discussion forum

* Long comments are now clipped, and expandable with more/less links

* Discussion forum no longer zooms out on on some discussions on mobile/tablets

* Added marker to show where the new comments in a discussion start when you've already seen some of the comments in a thread (marker doesn't show if there is only one new comment - unfortunate, but couldn't find a way around it)

This is a link to a great article written by Mike Kim (author of LSAT Trainer) on how to study for the LSAT. There is a pdf file of the article you can scroll through on the right side of the page

http://www.woocovers.co/reading/how-to-study-for-the-lsat-the-trainer-by-mike-kim-fxS.html

Hello again. Me and my drilling questions. I'm preparing for an October retake, but may postpone until December. I have been working through the Ultimate course and I am moving along quite nicely. I'm about 25% through the ultimate course. I'm reviewing PowerScore and The Trainer as needed, which is sparingly. I'm considering purchasing the Manhattan LR guide but we'll see. Anyway, at the current rate I'm expecting to finish the course around mid-May but I am hoping for end of April. My question involves the Cambridge packets. I have the LR bundle organized by question type and the RC packets and the LG bundle through the Ultimate course. I feel like this is a stupid question. Should I be working on the packets as I work through the course or should I wait until the PT stage when I have a firmer handle on my problem areas? Should I do them during both PT and Course stages? I'm working on the practice sets for question types throughout the curriculum but I'm not sure if and how much I should be adding. I'm also concerned with my memory. I have a tendency to remember answer choices for some questions and then the good reason I am getting the correct answer is lost. I'm not reviewing heavily right now for the reason if I have to revisit it later I won't remember the correct answer. PT 73 Section 2 Question 8 I remember the answer but have no memory of what type of question it is, why the answer is right, or the topic but I remember the multiple choice answer. That was my first time I took the LSAT and time ran out as I arrived at the right answer, did not have time to change it. I remember answers of other questions that I have reviewed thoroughly. I would hate to work through an entire question set now and still have issues at the PT stage, need to review question types but remember the answer but not remember why the correct answer is right. I feel like doing them now may waste precious practice questions. On the other hand, I also have PTs to work through that will help get my skill set in the right place. I'm a little lost on how and when to incorporate the Cambridge packets into my studies. Thanks for any advice you can give.

I scored a 173 on the September test, and 7Sage had a significant contribution to that happening. I just want to say thanks to the admins at 7Sage, as well as everyone in the community here. I started studying the LSAT last year, and my diagnostic was a 158. While I never actually purchased 7Sage due to my inability to afford it, I've benefited immensely from the free logic games explanations and the community writ large. It's simply amazing that these resources are free, and I truly believe 7Sage's mantra of making law school possible for low income students. You provide a space for individuals like me who otherwise cannot afford the costs of law school admission to even imagine that they could succeed if they work hard. That imagination is so unbelievably important because it mitigates the ideology deterministic poverty that so many individuals face. Thank you for your mere existence. I hope you know how important it is.

I am currently registered for the June 2015 LSAT. This is my second shot after getting in the mid-160s a couple of years ago. Prep method at the time was some Powerscore skimming, a few PTs, and lots and lots of liquor. I finished the Ultimate curricular lessons a few weeks ago and have started doing the PTs.

I work full time and probably won't be able to take more than half of the PTs in the curriculum. I also purchased the most recent ones that are not included in the package. I was thinking about taking the even or odd numbered ones only (i.e. 42, 44, 46,...72, 74) for the June test for a couple of reasons: making sure I get some practice on the more recent (and relevant) PTs, but also leaving some in the hopper and keeping them "pristine" in case I want to give it another go in October.

I am hitting the 170s using the proctor app and 180 for Blind Review. But, hey, I can always screw up on test day, right? The data in the control group is too small right now to make assumptions anyway. Feel pretty good where I am though.

Thoughts? Should I just burn through in sequence or just focus on doing half the PTs? There are specific reasons I have to take the test in June that I don't want to delve into, but I will if asked. Just try to refrain from the "don't take it in June and just wait until October/December" advice if you can.

Liquor is still a part of my prep, but JY says I have to give it up 2 months out. Which is a week from today. FML.