Essentially I am trying to decide whether I should buy the Cambridge books or PDF files. Anyone have a suggestion? Or does it not really matter?

I am looking to do a joint degree program. I would prefer a JD/PhD. I know that Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc. have great ones but I am not sure those are within my reach. I think NYU and Penn are going to be my best chance at a highly ranked school. Do any of you know of any other good joint degree programs you have heard about? I am open to any and all suggestions.

if only constitutes sufficient right? lol

Hey guys, I know this is early considering that we just took the test. BUT, what do you guys think the December curve will be?! Can we expect the usual generous December curve?!

I cannot wait 3 weeks for my score. The uncertainty is killing me!

For those of you who just took the December LSAT and are planning on applying this cycle for matriculation next Fall, is it possible to submit applications before we receive our scores?

I'm just wondering because a few of my schools have a financial aid priority deadline of January 1st, but it looks like we aren't going to have our scores before then. I'd really prefer to see my score before I decide to apply, but not at the risk of getting a good enough score but receiving zero financial aid.

Any suggestions from LSAT veterans?

PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME YOUR SCHEDULE FOR STUDYING. I have studied since July and I'm still in 150s I feel like I have studied the wrong way...I have been doing the BR lately which I guess is a little helpful. What am I suppose to do ugh I'm getting lost. I was with Test masters before I think they suck

Hi all lovely 7 sagers, just want to write down some reflections I feel for this just finished LSAT and see if anyone, particularly if the 7 Sage instructors can have some feedback and suggestions to improve. I am definitely going to take the Feb test and I guess even it is a late test for the 2015 admission cycle, it won't hurt my application if it's a higher score. Well, anyway, here is what I feel did not do well during the real exam and want to find some solutions:

For LR: I am not really a fast reader, so when I am doing the PT test, I can just finish all the questions on time and no time to go back to questions and such. And I guess I need to improve my speed for Feb test. Yet from this Dec test, I got a feeling that, when I attempted to do it fast, I lost track of my certainty for my answers, for example I take a quick scan of the answer choices and see one seems to fit and move on, without the elimination process....or at least double check that I get a right answer. Meanwhile, I feel that during a real exam situation, there is certain psycho that I need to do it fast, and in this way when I am feeling not so certain between two answers, I tend to choose either one, and get the "WHATEVER" feeling and move on. I think JY talked about this scenario in Blind Review session. But it would be really helpful if there is any suggestions to practice how to develop a right "first intuition" towards the answer and know for sure that we choose a right one?!

For LG: I am in general good at it, but I think I didn't do very well on this one. I get a little stocked during game 3 so rushed through game 4 and guessed lots of answers :(

A general feeling is that, for LG, it's like solving high sch math, you get it and you get it; you don't get it, then very unlikely, you can figure the problem out quickly during a panic testing period.

Also, I learned from my PT practice experience that, for LG it is so easy to make some "careless" mistake.

So anyone have good suggestions for 1, avoid "stocking" scenario for LG; 2, never give "careless" a chance to induce you make mistakes in games (haha:)

* I know the answer is constant practice and know very clearly of the foundational diagrams, but just want to know every body's experience and if one has suggestions.

For RC: I feel the RC section of PT74 (^_^) is somewhat OK; I am not very good at pure science article and so thankful that the science article here is not really science, but somehow law-related. I am generally not very good at RC, but improve during the last few weeks by strictly following JY's practice method to hone short term memory. So for any PT RC section, when I am doing the blind review, I read it again, do the summaries for each paragraph, then do a quick scan of the passage (re-read, but with much better idea of the structure and argument), think about MP, then re-do all questions (as quickly as I can); then I watch video explanation from JY. Then analyze each questions myself, esp for the wrong choices, I study throughly and know why I choose a wrong one. This is time consuming but helpful. Would be happy to know if anyone else have better RC study strategy to share.

All right, good luck to all potential class of 2018 law students :) Thank you if you have suggestions!

I'm looking for a study partner.

Just a simple question. I feel like I could use a break but I feel incredibly guilty if I do because my scores are not where I want them to be and I'm a June test taker. I feel like I'd be wasting time but this test makes me feel like I have a thousand pounds of stress on my back some days.

Hey guys,

I can't remember where this was in the course, but what is the proper way to negate a conditional statment? So for example:

~ (X-->Y)

How would we properly negate if X then Y?

I am looking to take the test again in Feb. Unfortunately the test center I took it in Dec is not offered as an option for Feb. Wanted to check if there are websites where reliable reviews can be found on the test centers. I have looked at yelp, tls, lsatcenters.wikia. Thanks

Hi guys,

I'm planning on filing a complaint against the LSAC and wanted to hear some feedback whether it's a good idea or a bad one. So, I had very incompetent proctor - made several mistakes throughout the day (e.g. forgot to tell us to sign the test, didn't read the instructions thoroughly...just bad, period). But, what stood out the most was that 10 minutes into Section 1, the assistants came to us and started asking us if we could flip the page over to the first page so they can write the test Serial Number. Imagine the level of distraction? What made things even worse for me was that my first section was Logic Games. I had literally, read the rules of the second game and was making inferences based on my set up when this happened and I FREAKIN FORGOT MY INFERENCES. So, I had to go back, re-read, try to remember the inferences and easily lost 3-3:30 minutes. On top of that, the level of noise created so much distraction. HERE'S MY QUESTION: ARE THE PROCTORS WITHIN THEIR POWER TO DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR TEST IF IT'S SOMETHING NOT PERSONALLY RELATED TO YOU? As in, he F**** up by not writing the test serial numbers when distributing, and I have to suffer.

Hello, everyone! I'm a bit confused. In preparation for the Dec. LSAT I took PTs 68/69/70 and score a raw number of 68, all of which were calculated as a score of 156.

Here: http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/correct_targeted.cfm

My preptest 70 (October 2013) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website it says a raw score of 64 is a 155, so is 4 more correct answer really only 1 more point?

Preptest 69 (June 2013) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website a 155 is 63 right.. So getting 5 answers correct only gives me one more point?

Preptest 68 (December 2012) I got a 156 with 68 as my raw score, but on that website a 155 is a raw score of 65, so getting 3 more questions right only gives me one more point?

Maybe I just don't understand the scoring scale... If anyone can resolve, reconcile, and explain it would be awesome!

Does 7Sage offer the older PTs with explanations? I assume they don't, but can someone please confirm?

Is anyone even going through the older PTs? If so, how are you getting through questions that you are stumped on? Is there a site or book that is similar to 7Sage that goes over the older PTs? I'm trying to figure out if it's worth my time to review them.

I should be done with all of the lessons by mid-January and should be PTing twice a week. Ideally, I'd like to do three tests one week, two the next, three the following, etc... 3-2-3-2. I think that might be too much, but if others have tried this, please let me know if it has worked for you. I want to incorporate older PTs with the newer ones.

I plan to take the exam in June and possibly in September (hopefully not :) ). I know it's going to be a tight schedule but I'm 100% ready.

Thanks!

They started the test 30 minutes late while we were all sitting in there locked up! I started with high anxiety (anxious from the beginning and it built up of course during the 30 mins delay). I walked out half an hour ago knowing I bombed it!

What is to be done now?

Cancel the score?

Re-take in February for 2015 cycle?

Re-take in June for the next cycle?

I can't believe this just happened to me after 6 months of preparation.

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Are there only two orders for the test sections or could there be more variations? I had LG-LR-LG-LR-RC, so it's obvious that I had LG as an experimental section, while others had RC, LR, LG, LR, RC. But could someone else with LG as an experimental section have, say, RC, LG, LR, LG, LR? I'm trying to figure out whether section 1 or section 3 was experimental in my case, because I left three or four blank at the end of section 1 so I'm really hoping it didn't count. I had thought we'd get a 1 minute warning during which I would have made sure *something* was bubbled in, but all of the sudden we were told to drop our pencils.

I am having trouble clear printout of pT 49 , it does not seem to print sections 2, 3 and 4 clearly. Section 4 is particularly bad. I know it is not my printer since I am able to print the other PTs (60s) just fine. I am going to try 50 now.

Hi Guys,

I am about to start on the practice tests tomorrow. I just wanted to know what lessons would you recommend i keep reviewing to keep enhancing the skills we learnt. E.g. Im slowly reviewing all the logic lessons. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

Thanks

IDK about other people - but completing 2 RC sections is a BEAST....

After the first one - you're kind of relieved, but then hopes are dashed when the 2nd one pops up (and that section happens to be the REAL section)....

Anyone agree or is it really a pick your poison kind of thing?

Since everyone is in the middle of deciding to cancel or not, general questions asks... is a 142 and a 160 look better on your application or a cancel and a 160. Can somebody shed some logical light on this ?

I want to use 7Sage materials this time around, and essentially have my entire life between now and February to dedicate to studying. Suggestions?

Hi All -

I've always been paranoid about making any marks on the LSAT scan sheet but since they essentially give us a photo of the sheet and we have hand score options, I think it may be ok.

I want to do the following things, please let me know if you think it's fine:

1) Circle question numbers on the bubble sheet for questions I'm unsure of are are skipping (I do it in the text book, but this may be useful in some cases).

2) Maybe vertically bracket groups of bubbles ie by passage so it's easier to see if I bubbled correctly

3) Not bubble in crazy heavy - just enough in order to save time (since we have hand scoring and a photo of actual score sheet to check).

Thoughts?

After doing quite a bit of preparatory work and taking about 7 PT's (thus far), I was curious if you guys would think it an improper method of study to ONLY do pts from this point forward with intense blind review and then further review. Is there a point where its time to only take pts? Im a little under 2 months out and am feeling that I might gain more understanding by dealing only with the tests. Ive purchased every available pt, so running out of fresh material from now until test day given the time line isn't an issue.

I guess what the real question is, while I am admittadly a little hazy in some areas, do you think intense study of the PTs would achieve a more applicable understanding rather than taking the time away from that to re-watch/read preparatory curriculum I have already reviewed (as I have reviewed them all at least once)

What is the opinion of 7Sagers and taking the FEB LSAT for the fall semester admission. I'm thinking that I didn't do as well as I would have liked and plan on taking the FEB test unless a higher than anticipated score is received. Ive noticed that Law school preparation organizations have completely different advice while surfing the net. BLUF(bottom line up front): Is it really harder to get into schools if they accept later applications? How do two back to back tests look to admission councils? Is it wise to apply to some with DEC scores and others with FEB scores? Whatchy'all think?