Hello everyone! Is anyone looking to start a study group for the August LSAT test date? I'm looking to see if anyone would like to form a group to go over RC sections, as well as PT's. Let me know if anyone would be interested and we can start a group. Happy studying and we got this!

I don't understand why D is incorrect. So we are trying to explain why these canaries go through this yearly process of losing their neurons and then replacing them with new ones and the author claims that it's so that these canary brains don't get so huge that they can't fly so doesn't D provide a scenario where these canaries don't need to go through this process and can still fly due to "better developed muscles?"

And does this whole neuron regenerating process apply to all canaries or only some of them?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-13-section-3-passage-1-questions/

I am taking the August LSAT and I have been studying since December of last year. I have been grinding, last weekend taking two PT's and I planned to do that all the way until the week before the test but for the love of god I do not want to take a PT today. Am I terrible for skipping this one and just taking one full PT tomorrow?

Dear 7Sagers,

I had the Ultimate+ membership and I applied to law school during the 2020-2021 cycle. Like many of you, I lived and breathed 7Sage, and I devoted so much of my free time to mastering the LSAT. I read the message boards, took the practice tests, and interacted with the community. I remember reading posts from people who complained that they couldn't get past the 165 or the 171 marks, and I always rolled my eyes but secretly, I was worried. These posts made me feel stupid. I felt as if I was doing something wrong because I was struggling to break the 150 mark. Also, I felt at a disadvantage being first-generation because everything was new to me. No one in my family was familiar with the law school process but thankfully, I knew some attorneys, through work, who gave me phenomenal advice.

Eventually, I realized I had to do what was best for me and not worry about other’s success, which was easier said than done. At the end of the day, as long as I knew I did everything in my power to excel, then I could not be truly upset with myself. From November 2020 until now, I’ve learned so much about the admissions process and I want to share it with others but, I know no one either law school-bound or contemplating it.

Given this, I decided to document my experiences and advice (see the link below) to those who may benefit from it. In all, it’s a decent read but it’s amazing. I’m biased towards myself so take it with a grain of salt.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Considering I no longer use or check my 7Sage account, I’ll do to the best of my abilities to respond.

Happy reading and I wish you the best of luck on this journey! Also, thanks for taking the time to read this post.

Sincerely,

LSAT Learner-1

Link to My Advice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlAzPCkWon7wPKgUK7Dcwcm12nWNZ6bA/view?usp=sharing

First time LSAT taker and I am wondering when I can choose the time for my test. I have chosen the day on LSAC already, but not the time.

What is your strategy for determining when and when not to translate into logic while answering a Sufficient Assumption question?

Do you prefer to read the stimulus through and then translate to logic? Or do you prefer to translate into logic as you read through the stimulus?

The former is easier for me but it takes up too much time compared to the latter, which makes me loose my understanding of the stimulus.

I need a more time efficient method to deploy for this q-stem category.

Any suggestions, tips or practice habits/methods would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks]!!

#HELP

I recall seeing in the CC that "IS" is a conditionality signifier (necessary). However, is that the case all the time? Is "IS" a biconditional when it's just something like "The number 5 is hot ?

I am studying for the LSAT full-time. I saw on one of the YouTube videos posted by a Korean-American HLS student that reading the Economist was helpful for him to hone his RC skills. I tried reading the Economist but it doesn’t relate to my current standing in the world, specifically in South Korea as a tutor. I am looking to read books and papers such as Federalist, Declaration of Independence, Democracy in America, Leviathan, Politics, Prince, Republic, Two Treaties of Government, Utilitarianism, Writings of Thomas Paine. These works are written by famous thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson, Tocqueville, Hobbes, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Plato, Locke, Mill, and Paine. I was just wondering to what extent reading these works would be helpful on my end to hone the RC part.

Thanks,

Ken

Could someone please #help explain or point me to a discussion thread that shows you how to properly use the tracking feature. I've been drilling logic games and I don't think I'm using it correctly, but it it seems to be a great tool for working on improving timing. New to 7-Sage so I haven't played around with it too much. Any #help would be much appreciated. Thanks guys!

Why would the program care about if they have "serious problems" when they said they needed to focus on building competence just to stay on air. B sounds too vague to me

Hi everyone,

I was wondering for the online LSAT exams where & how do you write out the Logic Games? Like game board, pieces, rules, sub game boards, etc.

Took an online practice test but the Logic Games section didn't seem to have any tools to free write. Only saw tools for highlighting & underlining the existing text.

Please help. Thank you.

Hello all! I am looking for a LSAT study buddy, study group and people to share resources with. I recently started my studying journey. I am aiming for the Oct or Nov LSAT but it all depends on when I feel ready. I am open to Skype, Zoom, text, calls, facetime etc. I am in the eastern time zone. I am new to the site and I do not check my inbox much but my email is contactme.janelle@gmail.com. Feel free to shoot me an email. - Janelle

Did anyone else have trouble with PT 65 in particular? I've scored between a 167 and a 173 on the last 7 PTs (newer PTs), averaging around a 168. I got a 163 on this PT. My strongest sections are RC and LR, with those hovering around a +24/+22. I'm working on improving LG, where I usually score around a +16/+18. LG felt easy, but I completely tanked the Game 4 with an incorrect gameboard. As I was completing RC, I could tell it was just a really difficult section. But as I worked my way through the LR sections, I thought I was doing really well. I corrected two answer choices during B/R in each section of LR, and not only did I miss all of the questions that I actually got wrong, but I changed several correct answer choices! Typically, I know when I missed a question as I'm answering it. I know that I missed something and I just move on and fix it in B/R. Today was completely different. I'd be less concerned if this happened with a PT in the 40's or 50's, but PT 65 is so recent that I'm worried this is a trend I'll continue to see...I'm registered for the September administration and running out of PT's to take. Did anyone else have an off test with PT 65 in particular? How do I re-adjust my strategy if this is a trend I'll continue to see? Any insight would be much appreciated! (:

Hi Sagers! I'm looking to nail LG for my exam in October. I'm at a point where I can usually score between -3 to -5 but want to get that down to -1/-2 consistently. I have been watching the demo's of 7Sagers perform on a game while JY critiques and noticed how clean their diagram is + how they thoughtfully approach each rule.

I feel I am getting a bit overconfident and sloppy with my setups and could learn from a higher scorer. I'd love to start a thread for tips from high scorers on strategies you implemented that changed LG for you. Could be as simple as writing neatly and clearly, or more complex. All tips welcomed!

On a side note - I am experiencing a superficial difficulty when seeing a 'new' logic game from a section I haven't taken before, it tends to freak me out... Any tips on how to get over this? Maybe I just need to practice more new games?

Do you guys drill a problem game 10 times to ingrain it in your mind?? I heard it works really well but I can't seem to motivate myself to do one more than 5 times :/ any tips to push pass this?

Hello Everyone! I am aiming to take the LSAT in June of 2022 and I am struggling to figure out a study schedule. My goal right now is to take it easy but I am anxious about whether I should go straight through the CC as it is presented in the syllabus or mix and match (such as one day do some LR then jump to LG then back to LR). I would love to hear how people approached the CC and if they did decided to jump around how they decided what lessons to pick and do without getting confused. Thanks!

I've been drilling LR questions for my weak spots for a while now. And I certainly think I am getting better at them. Yesterday I did a set of Weaken questions, which used to be a huge weak spot, but I got nearly all of them right. I was very happy about that.

The only thing that concerned me was that I took a pretty long time on the set of questions, sometime 5 minutes on each question. There was no actual rush as I was more focused on my mechanics and that I actually did the questions well. But a lot of the time was spent because there was maybe 1-2 answers that I could not rule out and I kept try to reason why they wouldn't be the case.

My question is this - if doing these questions timed, do you ever feel ultra-confident with your answer on harder LR questions before you move on? My gut instinct usually tells me why I feel drawn to a specific answer (and usually its the right one) but I can't rule out other answers as quickly as I like. But under timed conditions, you got to move and it all happens so fast.

What are people's thoughts on this? Is this a bad thing or does timed pressure mean you proceed forward with something less than 100% certainty?

Hi so I took the LSAT for the first time and got to preview and then cancel my score. Is there any way to view my score for that cancelled LSAT? I can't remember what I got the first time and want to know for future study plans Help!

I am taking the august test and I finished the CC a while ago but I’m scoring 155 and with 50% time. I also am rarely able to sit through an exam for one go.

Please let me know if you know any good tutors or if you are one.

Also if you have any tips please feel free to drop them, I’m starting to freak out so it would be very appreciated

I've never seen a MSS Q that required me to make any assumptions when analyzing the consistency of one premise to the next. Just some assumptions in choosing the conclusion from the answer choices. So do you guys think it's fair to say we'll never see a MSS Q with a flaw in the stimulus?

Hello,

I feel like I have a solid grasp of the RC section, but almost always consistently get -2 or 3 wrong on each passage. This is for all difficulty levels, and all topics. At first I had issues with the main point questions, but I feel like I'm good on that now. I'm trying to understand what I can do to gain insight into why I keep getting the same number of problems wrong, and how I can improve from here. I don't know if this is random or because I am missing out on doing something. Any insight is welcome, thank you!

Can someone explain to me why D is the right answer? I chose B, but I did not feel very strongly about its accuracy.

I am really confused, the more I study for RC the more my score decreases. I used to get 6-7 RC questions wrong but now I am getting 16 wrong, please help!

Can someone explain to me why C is wrong and E is correct? I was pretty confident that C is the correct answer.

Disclaimer: Making sub-game boards might not be the method that works best for everyone, and 7Sage states that it is possible to do every question WITHOUT a sub-game board. This is simply my testimony on how it has made me the most confident I've ever been on LG.

While logic games has always been my best section, it took a while for my brain to naturally do them in an organized manner. I was good at seeing the rules and creating my master game board, but I didn't make second level deductions, which meant no sub-game boards, which meant 10 different copies of my master game board that were extremely unorganized.

As I have practiced doing logic games more and more, I have come to realize that sub-game boards, even if they are not 100% filled out or solved, are life saviors. Most people think that sub-game boards are only worth doing when you can fill them out completely, but this is untrue. Sub-game boards, no matter how filled out, are simply additional visuals for you to write down facts about the rules that you already know. When I first starting considering sub-game boards, I found myself finishing with about 2 minutes left but getting -3/4 from silly mistakes. After I really started making deductions a natural step in my LG routine, I started to finish with 6-8 minutes left, only getting -1/0. Logic games has always been my best section but today I hit my personal best by finishing PrepTest 81 Logic Games with 9:40 left on the clock and getting -0, and it was all thanks to the sub-game boards (I did one for every question so maybe I just got lucky lol).

To those struggling to complete Logic Games or those who finish but just find themselves making little mistakes, try focusing more on your ability to create sub-game boards. Granted, not every game will be ideal for sub-game boards, however, they are beyond helpful when you can find them. Also, it will get you into the habit of naturally connecting rules and deducing inferences. DONT BE AFRAID TO SPEND TIME ON MAKING THE SUB-GAME BOARDS. I might spend six minutes on writing the sub-game boards but when it allows me to do each question in less than 30 seconds, you'll find that you spend a lot less time on the game despite the perceived 'slow start'. They also help you from making small mistakes because they provide more detailed anchor points to compare the questions to so you don't get lost or panic in making 8 or 10 copies of your master game board.