Hi all, I was wondering if any of you guys wanted to look over the first draft of my personal statement!

My pre law advisor said to submit an addenda explaining that my LSAT is a poor predictor of my future promise at law school. I am applying this cycle and am debating submitting this information. I got an 1820 on my SAT in 2009 (83rd percentile) and had a 4.41 GPA going into college. By the time I graduated, I had a 3.87, worked12 jobs, was on the high honor roll, college honors program, phi beta kappa, and a couple of other academic honors and awards. BUT my LSAT (took it in december so not 100% sure) is hovering between a 159-161. What are your thoughts on sharing past SAT scores with schools and sharing this kind of addenda?

Hey Guys,

I just started using much more recent PT's as my test date nears and I wanted to see if anyone felt the same way about RC passages and LR.

Has it seemed as though the RC passages became incredibly more difficult around the mid 2000's? Or is it just me getting in my own head because I've spent more time on LR recently?

The questions even seems somewhat 'different', there seems to be much more inference involved rather than pulling enumerated pieces from the passage.

Maybe Im wrong ive only done a few modern PTs, just wanted to see everyone elses opinion on the matter. The pre 2000 RC seems like a cakewalk now haha

any suggestions appreciated!

Has anybody applying to law school completed a master's degree outside the US or Canada? I see on the LSAC website that undergraduate transcripts must be sent from the degree granting international institution, but I'm not clear on the protocol for graduate work. I did a master's in Spain...anyone know if I have to have the diploma and transcripts translated into English and forwarded directly from the university to LSAC? In case anyone has experience with this, words of wisdom much appreciated!

Hi there!

Looking for others with advanced degrees studying for the June LSAT and aiming for 175+ and top 5 law schools. It'd be good to find other "non-traditional" applicants and keep each other motivated through this long process. Send me a private message. Thanks!

The problem I have with Reading Comprehension is that for some questions an answer choice is considered to be correct even though its not necessary valid. But for others, it seems as if we can eliminate answers because of the very same reason. I'm obviously lacking intuition on how/when to eliminate answer choices.

Can anyone explain why certain answer choices can be eliminated while others cannot? What typically constitutes a wrong answer? I would like to hone my intuition on what constitutes a wrong answer and which answer choices aren't necessarily accurate, but still considered correct.

Hey guys,

Having a problem with the android app. Videos appear fine (when set to the standard, non-flash player). However, I can't click the fullscreen button on my Note 3 with any success. All that happens is the 'shell' of the video (including the time navigation bar) extend beyond the regular frame (which remains the same size) and the video never actually goes fullscreen. It would seem to have something to do with rotation, I can't seem to actually rotate to landscape orientation; no matter what I try.

Any ideas?

Benji

Do law schools see all the places you have applied?

I recently emailed sage with a couple questions about their courses. It has been a couple days and no response yet. Does anyone know if it takes them a while to respond? And do they have a 800 number?

Hi,

I think I'm 80% prepared but didn't perform well in Dec.'s test. I am going to retake it in Feb.

Since, English is my second language, I do poor in time management, and in timed condition I cannot finish the whole section. Now, I am a little bit disappointed and emotionally don't have any motivation to work as hard as before. I am posting this to ask you for help. Maybe finding a friend who is in the same boat helps me to be as assiduous as before. If you are in Bay Area and you are thinking to retake the test in Feb and looking for a study buddy, please let me know. Thank You!

Good Luck to all of you!

I was recently (as in 2 days ago diagnosed with ADHD) been studying for about 3 months (taking the Dec Test) and having a few issues. Makes sense now with the diagnosis. I was just wondering if anybody else is dealing with this and how you're handling studying? Are you asking for special accommodations on the test or are your meds helping enough? Any tips or idk general info would help. Thanks.

Hello: Is there an online forum for us to submit and/or critique each other's personal statement?

1) Done 4 PT's with BR and the scores are fluctuating between 148 and 160. At what point did you guys start seeing consistency in your PTs?

2) Do you think its worth getting the Cambridge LR drills from old Lsat's (1-35)?

Thanks everyone!

Just wanted to clarify something. For both rules in in out games are we able to make the inference that one of the two items has to be in the 'in' group and one in the out group?

Does the same curve apply to the regular and sabbath observer test or do they get their own? I guess it would make more sense for them to each get their own right?

Study buddy?

Hello All,

I just wanted to know if there is anyone else out there who is really struggling with even the simplest of logic games? I just started the logic games portion of the course but I am having a hard time even making the smallest inferences in logic games. This is making me feel really hopeless since I know they only get harder. Is there a section that most people just dont do good at? Is it possible to still score around the 160s if your logic games skills are not there? I am trying to keep hopeful because I dramatically increased my understanding on logical reasoning and reading comprehension using 7sage but my brain is just not working with these logic games.

Any advice or personal experience with drastically increasing your logic games skills would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

I've heard some say that the Economist is a great source to improve on vocabulary and reading ability to improve LSAT ability.

Anyone used the above news source or something else to improve?

Imagine getting into your top school...only for it to be rescinded. :(

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/johns-hopkins-mistakenly-says-yes-to-hundreds-of-rejected-applicants/2014/12/16/20b5f9f4-8575-11e4-b9b7-b8632ae73d25_story.html?hpid=z1

Hey all,

I sat the December LSAT at an unpublished test site in Japan, and from what I understand, the test I took was not the same as the one taken by those in North America. What I don't know is whether the test I took is the same as others took at published test centres outside of North America, or whether the test I took was completely different from both.

Also, does anyone know whether the same curve will apply to all tests administered in December, regardless of testing location?

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.

So, I took a course called nextstep prep (private tutor) which was okay for the most part, and I had planned on taking the Feb 2015 exam but seeing that its 6weeks away, that's obviously not going to happen. Now, I'm thinking about taking the exam in June 2015 and using 7Sage as my guide, what do you all think?

Question guys!

I was curious, if for certain question types anyone simply scans directly for the correct answer, or upon seeing the correct answer; even relatively early among answer choices (A or B for example), selects it and moves on in an effort to fortify time remaining for more difficult question types .

Is this a dangerous tactic? Can this be a good tactic for answer choices that clearly shine true, such as conclusion/MP questions et cetera?

I employed this method upon my first few pts without much thought upon around the first 10 Q's in LR and found I was saving a vast amount of time by not reading wrong answer choices (I was finishing almost 10 minutes early with minimal unaccredited responses (for me anyway, around -4) . I refrained from using this method several PTs later after coming across mid section problems I would get wrong by not reading ALL of the answer choices. Now a days, time is a serious issue for me and can score anywhere from -4 to -10, the larger portion of negatives owing to the time crunch I think.

IF anything, could this be used as an effective means of time management? Or does it seem too dangerous

Thanks in advance

Hey,

Do any of y'all know if 7Sage offers an option to have your Personal Statement reviewed by one of the instructors? I bought the Personal Statement bundle, but I wanted my drafts to be reviewed so it can be as good as possible.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.