I'm not understanding why D is the correct answer choice for this question, help is appreciated!

My thinking:

Given that the author states that the Maya have to rely on other countries' precedents because "courts in Belize have not yet ruled on... indigenous rights" and that there is an "absence of relevant precedent in Belize's case law" I don't know how the author's purpose can then be to suggest that "the courts of Belize have relied upon the sorts of common law precedents that the Maya argue should be applied."

In my head, it is inconsistent to suggest that there is both an absence of "relevant" precedent in Belize law (meaning nothing even close can be applied) and to suggest that Belize courts have "relied... upon the sorts of... precedent the Maya argue should be applied."

Where am I messing up? Thanks!

I just scored a 161 on PT138.

I've been consistently scoring in the 150s even though I would go over things again and again, but after going through a chunk of the core curriculum on LR I'm finally understanding things better! Anyone have any tips on conditional reasoning and flaws (descriptive weakening)? Those are my worst 😭

what's the rule of thumb? longer they havent decided, the longer they trying not to say no? I'm on 4 weeks no without a Yes or No

I just scored a 152 on PT128.

This is my second PT test taken. My goal is 160. Any advice?

Someone please tell me that I am not the only one that has a hard time staying focused while watching videos and learning the LSAT materials? some days its like i am motivated to study and then others and especially if i just took a practice test that week my brain can not stay engaged.

If anyone has any advice that would be great

It seems to me that this question type in particular does not have much of a pattern as opposed to the classic flaws, which imo are easier to identify given their patterns.

For those who have no issues with the LF questions, how are you finding the patterns?

What are you looking for in the stimulus particularly given that every stim is kinda diff?

Thanks in advance!

Hi! I'd love to be able to either manually check off my practice block tasks, or be able to have an option to choose how many pratice tests I do. Some weeks, I cannot do a full practice test and I would like to be able to bypass that.

When I am taking the prep tests, and even doing the drills, I can usually get the questions down to two choices. When doing the blind review, I simply choose the second choice if I get the question wrong. I am getting on average a 160 before the blind review and a 170 on average with the blind review. Because of this, if I get the question wrong, more than 75% of the time my second choice is the correct one. How can I change my habits and thought process to get myself to choose that correct answer the first time? Doing more drills and prep tests just gets me the same results so I feel stuck at trying to raise my score. Any advice would be appreciated.

I had been feeling super confident in how things were going. My first PT after core curriculum was a 163. I took a week off for college finals week and came back and did super well. Got a -3 on my first LR section back (-1 after BR) and -5 on my RC section, then i decided to take a full PT (my second PT after core curriculum) and did super poorly, I got -9 on my first LR section which i felt solid about and a -12 on the second section which i did not feel good about at all and a -11 on my RC section. I was shocked to see how I did and it made no sense, I have never done this bad on even isolated questions, after BR i made sense of almost every single one of my mistakes but am still uncertain how I did so poorly. My plan was to take one LR section and do BR and then the next day do an RC section and do the same thing before doing some targeted drilling and taking another full PT sometime next week to see where I really stand and if this was just some sort of fluke. I am trying to get into the 170s for the April test. I was hoping people could let me know if they have experienced anything similar and best way to move forwards, Thanks so much!

I am two and a half weeks into the core curriculum through 7sage. I decided to take a diagnostic test to see where I am at and got around a 151. I plan to take the June LSAT, which is roughly 6 months away from the time of me writing this. I want to get about a 165 on the LSAT. Is this at all possible? I don't know if it is feasible for your score to jump that high. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Hey so I've recently been running into an issue where I perform a lot better on individual sections when I do them in isolation, compared to doing sections consecutively on a full preptest, and I feel a bit contributing factor to that is switching gears from RC to LR can be quite difficult for me. Recently I did a PT where I'd just finished an RC and moved onto the next LR sections, I literally spent several minutes blank staring at the first 2 questions. On the other hand, switching from LR to RC I feel like I'm forgetting to use basic RC skills like slowing down and doing low res summaries, and it didn't come back to me until later in the section. I think I'm going to try doing more LR and RC drills back to back to deal with this. Has anyone had similar experience/dealt with this before?

I am taking the LSAT on January 7. I think it would be helpful to discuss things in person, so I was thinking of studying with others to share methods and thought processes before the exam. I'll be studying at the West End Public Library in DC on the following days and will also be available to study elsewhere every day until the day of the exam if anyone wants to join me.

December 30: 4:00pm - 7:00pm

December 31: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

January 2: 3:00pm - 6:00pm

January 3: 12:00pm - 3:00pm

January 4: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

January 5: 4:00pm - 7:00pm

January 6: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Hi everyone! I am quite new to this platform and was wondering if anyone would be interested in joining a chat/study group. It would mostly be members who are new to 7Sage or just recently started studying for the LSAT. We can talk about certain lessons, strategies, goals, and also keep each other accountable!

Hi all!

Just finished the Foundations & Logical Reasoning curriculum (woohoo).

I'm wondering if it's best to move straight onto the RC curriculum or start drills / PTs straight away to practice the LR sections more intensely? Or alternate between drills / PTs and RC?

Thanks :)

Hi guys,

It seems that my score is bleeding out because of RC and it's actually pretty hard. It is a lot of detail that needs to be memorized till all questions are done and one word can ruin it. Even some passages are so complex that are draining me. Anyone have any tips to score higher on RC? My analytics also shows critque debate are the worse ones right now.

anybody have any tips on how i can improve my timing on RC? I’m hardly ever able to get through all 4 passages during a timed PT. i usually have 1-5 mins left when I get to the last passage :/

Hi everyone

I'm signed up for the January Lsat and I want to improve my score on each section by at least 2-3 points. Im averaging around -7 per section, with my best being -5 for LR and -6 for RC. Whenever I review my wrong answer I end up getting them all correct except maybe 1-2.

What is a good method to reduce the mistakes I'm making. I think part of the issue is time, I sometimes rush especially towards the end and make mistakes that I can easily see when I review and take my time with. However my method of initial thinking is still wrong and I'm open to any advice!

I was wondering if anyone here has done the test with the accommodation that takes off the experimental section? Is there a break after the first 2 sections?

Hello! I am taking the February LSAT and was wondering if anyone is out there in the salt lake area wanting to make a study group just for check ins/discussion etc! I am climbing my way through the 160s now, also open to online meetings!

Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to avoid trap answers!?!? I know we have the Live courses on how to avoid them, but i need more tips at this point. I often come down to two AC's and end up choosing the wrong one. From this PT section, I'm hopeful but also discouraged because I can't seem to pick the right answers on my real attempt. Only after I do Blind Review and see my OG answer was wrong can I actually choose the right answer. I'm taking the Jan LSAT and I really need to get my score up!! I'm scoring like a 147 and I know I can do better. But being under a time limit doesn't let me think about my AC as long as I would like too.

I'm trying to improve my flaw questions and I can't remember ever coming across a "circular reasoning" flaw. Has anyone came across one?

Hey i've been studying for the test for the year and a half with raging add. I raised my score by 4 points but am looking for someone to help raise it more and make it fun. I also study better with someone it helps me stay accountable and focus. I'm taking my test on January 8th as well as again in April. Please let me know if interested.

Anyone else feel hopeless sometimes with theLSAT? I’m sitting at home for the holidays beating myself up for not studying and just constantly feeling worried that I won’t ever score good

Hi everyone, this is a very similar request to Legally Brown's post. I am from the Chicagoland area, but looking for online accountability buddies who are looking to hop on a zoom call while we each work on our own stuff checking in every now and again. Let me know if you would be interested!

hi hi! i'm studying for the april lsat and would love an accountability buddy to study with. i'm planning to study every day from 7-9 am EST and would love to work alongside someone during those early mornings. i'm more of an individual learner so this would just basically be us hopping on zoom calls tgtr and working on our own, but checking in with our goals and progress intermittently. thus, i'm happy to work with anyone in any score range, but i'm personally working towards a 170+. lmk if anyone is interested and thanks so much :)