Lawhub has 2 free PTs (71 and 73) and khanacademy.com has ~6 free computer-based LSAT tests.

But the layout of LR/LG/RC sections in Lawhub is very different than khanacademy PT, e.g. the font, eliminate AC etc.

Which layout is the actual/real LSAT administration would appear on the computer?

Is the real one "exactly" the same as Lawhub?

Hello fellow 7Sagers! I figured we were all in this LSAT Journey together, so I decided to create this discussion thread for this particular question/type. I did get the answer correct, so in this thread I will be going through my thought process; I am open to advice.

Answer Choice A - Incorrect. Why? It is irrelevant to the naturalists' claim.

Answer Choice B - Incorrect. Why? Optimum means "best." Therefore, since the claim is about the survival and adaptability of mice, how is it supporting the naturalists' claim?

*Answer Choice C - Incorrect. Why? Though the fossil remains do in fact prove that mice are able to survive and adapt, the mention of harsh and unbearable weather for human conditions is mentioned in the conclusion/claim, thus making the answer choice incorrect and irrelevant. (Someone discuss this with me please! I almost got tripped up with this one. How can I avoid that?).

Answer Choice D - Correct. Why? Shows that mice are able to adapt and survive in harsh climates by providing an example that is deadly for human life (i.e., Antarctica).

Answer Choice E - Incorrect. Why? It is irrelevant to the claim.

This question was more on the easier side, but - for right now - these are the question types I need to focus on. If you have any tips for strengthening questions, once again, I am open to advice!

Is there a way to see how long it takes for me to finish an entire game set instead of per question? This would be helpful for LG and RC!

IDK the process/forum etiquette for feature requests, so apologies if this is not the right venue/classification.

Working on getting my time down for boards, would love a way to pick problems based on how overtime I was. I tend to mismanage time and get correct answers after spending too much time on them. This is something to fix more generally, but would still like to be able to practice to address this skill.

RN I have a workaround by looking at my question table analytics and manually selecting problems, but it would be nice to have it as a feature!

HI All, I am looking for a study group. I am looking to possibly create a schedule and meeting once a week and go over any questions or things we can help one another improve on. Would anyone be interested in joining.

Hi I know MC and MP questions are fairly easy to tackle first. I am wondering what I should approach next. Does anyone have suggestions?

I've wasted a lot of time trying to create scenarios for games that ultimately didn't need to or couldn't work with hypotheticals. Sometimes it's obvious, if there's too many possible scenarios then you just power through it, but several times (for me) it's not. Any tips?

Hi,

I can't see the explanation videos for LR when I create my own problem sets. The only option I get is discuss under the explanation tab. I know 7Sage had explanation videos for LR but I can't see them anymore. Please help!!

Sometimes during sequencing games I find myself being able to brute force my way through them even though the more efficient way would be to split the game up into sub game boards, but often am able to finish the game within the suggested time or even way under. Should I focus on trying to understand the sub game boards or just keep doing what I've been doing?

Thanks!

Hey guys, I have recently immigrated to USA and I have done Bachelors (4 year) and Masters from India. I got my degrees evaluated from a NACES member agency and they have given my degree as equal to bachelors in USA as well as my Masters as Masters degree in USA. They gave me GPA A(3.93) in my bachelors and A(4.0) in my Masters. Then i came to know that my GPA would not be calculated as i am internationally educated. So, my concern is that will this thing effect me during my admission process? Will my admission to law school be entirely dependent on my LSAT score? Will i be considered as international or domestic students during my admission?

Please help if anyone has any information regarding this.

Thanks in advance.

I am trying to decide who would be better for my 3rd LOR. I already have two professors. Right now I am stuck between a college coach and an attorney who I've worked for this summer but do not know as well. Any advice?

Hey 7sage! Consistent in the mid 170s and trying to cement my mastery- I've found that tutoring others helps. I’ve tutored people scoring the 150s and 160s. if you would like some tutoring (or just working together, doesn’t have to be “tutoring”) to work through tough LR q's and tough RC passages, or LG, i'd be love to work together! Looking to pair up with 2-3 people, please message me your current PT average and what sections you’d like to work on if interested : )

I purchased the RC Live intensive course with Nick Place by following the link that was sent to me. I'm a little concerned if I might have purchased the wrong thing because the page that it brought me to after the purchase was about the admission course. How can I confirm if I purchased the right course?

Hi everyone. I'm planning to apply this fall and would love some insight on letters of rec. I'm four years out of undergrad and have one letter already completed by one of my professors from freshman year. Thinking about the other two letters I need, here's where I stand:

I've worked for a small nonprofit since graduation and have a fantastic relationship with the Executive Director. I know she would write me a wonderful letter of rec and has worked with me for 6 years (two internships in the summer at the same nonprofit). This is a non-legal job.

The husband of my Executive Director is a trial attorney and partner at a firm in a mid-sized city, and has an excellent legal reputation. When he found out I was interested in law school and specifically public interest he asked me to interview for a part-time comms position at a pro bono legal clinic - of which he is the Board President. I have been working there for nearly two years very part time. I also have a great relationship with him and he would write me a wonderful letter of rec as well.

I'm not sure if I should use both of them for my letters of rec as I'm unsure how it would look to have a a husband and wife each writing me a letter. I've had a longer and more comprehensive working relationship with my Executive Director, but I don't want to leave out a letter of rec from the only recommender who is in the legal profession.

Any thoughts? Should I speak with an admissions consultant to further discuss this? Thanks in advance!

Hey y'all! I took the LSAT in June 2022 and planning to retake in October and I'm looking for a study group that also plans to take the exam in October. My time zone is in EST, but of course willing to meet at times that accommodates everyone and work asynchronously too!

I'm looking to study together live on Zoom daily and take a practice exam weekly (subject to change). If anyone is interested, PM me or comment below and I can add you to the Slack channel!

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of an existential crisis and could use some words of wisdom. I took the March 2022 LSAT and got a 160 with very little studying (~30 hours total). At the time, I didn't know whether I wanted to apply to top schools -- I likely have an opportunity to live with my parents and attend a T-60 with a good-sized scholarship, which would obviously leave me in a better financial position than a T-14 with loans, even taking advantage of an LRAP -- and wanted to use a real test as a diagnostic, to gauge how much studying I would have to do in order to make myself a competitive applicant at top schools. (There were some other considerations, including financial ones -- e.g., I make enough money to be ineligible for fee waivers but not enough to have much discretionary spending, and I didn't want to pay for an LSAT prep program if a top score was way out of reach. Trust me, I am now well aware that this strategy was misguided.)

After getting the score, I was encouraged that a 170+ seemed within my grasp with a reasonable amount of prep, which prompted me to look much more seriously at the T-14. I want to be a PD and already have 2 years of WE in NYC courts as a criminal defense paralegal, so I figured out not long after that NYU is an ideal pick to apply ED. However, I decided not to cancel my March score in part because I didn't know that NYU explicitly says they average reported LSAT scores when evaluating candidates. That'll teach me not to do exhaustive research before committing to a strategy to the exclusion of all others.

I'm scheduled to retake in August and I'm PT-ing around 172. Even if I improve another 2-3 points before test day and submit an LSAT addendum describing the errors in my strategy that led to the March score, I'm worried that I still won't have a good enough score, or that I will have a big red flag attached to March. Any thoughts on that?

Assuming I score around my average in August, would you advise retaking in September or October as well, in order to get (hopefully) 1-2 points higher than the August score? If so, would you recommend September or October? And would you advise submitting apps before or after the September/October score is released? In my view, retaking after August (1) would demonstrate that the 160 is the outlier and (2) would bump up my average score significantly. But of course, there are also risks, including: (1) that I won't improve in October, or will even score 1-2 points lower, (2) that the adcom would reject me outright if I submitted while still waiting for the score from the post-August retake, and (3) if I retake in October, that I would be applying too late in the ED cycle if I waited to submit until getting the score in early November.

There's also the question of what to do if I score below my PT average in August. It seems that if I get a 169 or below, I almost certainly need to retake before submitting, and I think I wouldn't have enough time to prep meaningfully between August and September, especially because I need to use that time to focus on refining my PS and other written materials (I work full-time, so I have limited ability to do law school stuff during the weeks). Am I definitely applying too late in the ED cycle if I wait to submit until early November (after getting the October score back)?

For context, I went to a T-5 undergrad with a 3.8-mid (no Latin honors) and have Tier 3 softs (see aforementioned 2 years WE as a very hands-on criminal defense paralegal). And the deadline to register for September is in 5 days. I'm freakin' out!

Any advice deeply appreciated.

-ad

By the time I apply in September/October, I'll have had a 1.5 employment gap in my resume. Since graduating undergrad, I've never had a gap in my employment and worked full time while receiving MS degree. But I'm a non-traditional applicant, age 30, and the recent 1.5 year gap looks pretty bad IMO.

Out of that 1.5 gap, I spent half prepping lsat full time and the other half prepping about 30 hours per week and doing food delivery apps in the evening. No volunteer work. I live with my parents who are extremely "high risk" for covid-19, which is why I stayed away from employment and volunteer work where I was in regular contact with people. The heavy LSAT prep was necessary for me bc of low ugpa (CAS 3.1), and being out of school so long really degraded my test taking skills.

Beginning of this year through the summer I was applying for jobs almost everyday, but was getting rejected left and right bc I worked in the cannabis industry for 4 years, and cannabis in state I currently live is illegal. The few jobs I did get offers for during that time were not better than what I was making with food delivery apps, hence sticking with the delivery apps so I could focus on studying.

The intense studying was worth it, I went from 140's to 170's on my last 4 practice tests, and I'm taking Aug 2022 LSAT. I also have a job lined up for September. But I still don't have a legitimate sounding excuse to explain my gap in addendum. I'm also already writing an addendum for my low ugpa (bad freshman year taking all the premed science course).

I feel like I'm pretty much screwed getting into a top 30 program being a splitter (hopefully august goes well), and having a large gap.

Any advice is welcome

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-34-section-3-question-20/

Hi,

I understand why A is correct, but I'm having a hard time interpreting the argument itself. From my understanding the author's argument in the stimulus is as follows:

P1: Political utility determines the popularity of a metaphor

P2: "Society as body governed by head" metaphor is pervasive

C: Thus, "Society as body governed by head" metaphor promotes greater acceptance of authoritarian regime than society as family metaphor

Doesn't the argument confuse necessary for sufficient here? In other words, the argument determines that the"Society as body governed by head" metaphor is politically useful from the fact that it is pervasive (P -> PU), but P1 says the opposite of this (PU -> P).

Am I wrong for thinking that the argument is flawed to begin with? Would really appreciate some feedback. Thanks!

Hello all. I am intending to apply this upcoming cycle, and I was conflicted on who to ask for my LoR.

For context, I decided to apply to law school after graduating college, and I am now 2 years out of college. I did not intend to pursue further education, so I do not have too many professors I had close relationships with. Furthermore, I studied biostatistics and computer science, which are both very unrelated to law, and I currently work as a software developer. Being a STEM major, I often found myself in huge lectures with little face time with professors.

My question is who would be the best people to ask for LoRs? The relationships I have with my professors translate very little to a good law school candidate. I completed an undergraduate thesis, so I had an advisor I collaborated with, but our work was strictly technical. I have a couple of superiors at work I could ask, but again, the work was mostly technical.

I have taken the LSAT before, but decided to retake. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis since last taking it. My symptoms are pretty bad (sudden onset, didn't have these issues when I first took the test). Will the fact that I took the test before without accommodation affect my chances of getting an accommodation this time around?

Hi everyone! A week ago I posted about starting a 2023 Study Group that was really focused on consistency in practice, weekly virtual meetings, peer-to-peer teaching, and a strong LSAT studying community. I got lots of positive feedback and finally created a group through LSAT Science, which you can request to join here : https://www.lsatscience.com/groups (the 2023 173+ LSAT Study Group).

There is a lot of scientific evidence showing that teaching someone else a subject helps you to understand that topic better and preform at a higher rate academically. I'm hoping that this group can function in such a way - where we help others in subjects we're stronger at related to the LSAT, and receive advice/feedback in subjects we're weaker with.

I want nothing more than for this group to be inclusive and to hold each other accountable in our work. That being said, I'm asking that only driven and serious test takers request to join this group, as I've been a member of groups before where collaborative work/feedback and really any peer interaction was absent. If this sounds like you, and you'd love to actively engage and participate in a study group, please feel free to join! All are welcome.

Hi 7Sagers!

Join us on Thursday, August 11 at 8 p.m. ET for a discussion with 7Sage admissions consultants on the personal statement--its purpose, what successful ones might include, why no two stories are the same, and some do's and don'ts. There will be time for Q&A with the audience at the end. You don't want to miss it!

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wo6XVyqeSbOqUF6KkvhP2g.

If you do have to miss this session, we will be recording the conversation for our podcast!

Hi!

No longer have space for new members, but thank you so much for your interest and I am wishing everyone the best of luck in their studies!

Best,

TQ

I asked my employer to write a letter of recommendation for but they asked what I want them to include in the letter. Aside from a resume/why I want to go to law school cover letter, is there anything in specific people usually want their recommenders to write about?

Just finished the LR part of the core curric. Currently studying about 2hrs+ every day, taking in August and September. Have been studying since early May.

My goal is 170+ (shocker).

Right now my LR is around -5 reg to -3 BR

LG is around -3 reg to -0 BR consistently

RC anywhere from -8 to -2 reg to -4 to -2 BR.

Should I just drill the logic games down, or focus on RC and keep just improving LG with practice tests. Maybe study both at once?

Any advice (and prayers) appreciated.