Hi all. I wanted to write this post because I have struggled immensely with the LSAT for over a year. I have never struggled on an exam/anything school related so much in my life. I have always done very well in school and considered myself pretty smart but, most importantly, a very hard worker. With the LSAT I have worked very, very hard and truly given it my all and tried everything. I've taken it twice and both times, unfortunately, my score was much lower than my expectations & practice tests. It has been so frustrating to me to put in so much effort into something and not see the results of that labor.

The LSAT has challenged me tremendously and really affected my mental and physical health in ways that I have tried so hard to work through for years. All that being said, even though my scores have been disappointing, I'm proud of myself for giving it my all. I'll be studying for a few months and giving it one last shot but I've made a conscious decision not to go crazy over this exam. I will find another way to get into the schools I want, and wherever I end up it's where I'm meant to be.

As a first-generation college grad, immigrant, and low-income woman of color especially this exam has made me doubt myself in so many ways and doubt whether I am good enough to even go to law school. It is incredibly upsetting and unfair how much importance is given to the LSAT in the admissions process at top schools. In my opinion it is a way of gatekeeping certain kinds of students out and that is so unfair and angering.

YOU ARE MORE THAN THIS EXAM. Your LSAT score does not define you.

At first I thought I had this and was feeling good, until I got a question wrong, read the explanation and found out that what I considered to be background context information, the author/solutions/explanations used the statement as the premise, that according to the explanation, resulted in a totally different answer.

In the absence of premise/conclusion indicators, what is the best method or way to decipher and/or distinguish between premise, context, and conclusion/(thesis) information. In addition, in using the "so test" to determine, I find it a matter of opinion as to what sounds right or wrong for a conclusion statement determination. Thereby, some stimulus have the conclusion broken up throughout the passage whereby you have to piece the words or phrases together in order to come up with the proper conclusion. Thus in using the wrong method to choose a conclusion, could yield in choosing or picking the wrong answer choice and an unpleasant LSAT score.

Please help. Thank you.

I know that the July 2020 flex (and maybe the August flex too?) doesn’t count towards your total number of takes but does LSAC send those scores to law schools if you didn’t cancel them?

hey everyone! I'm Emaan. I'm looking for study buddy in the area. I'm in undergrad right now, in my junior year and plan to take the LSAT in June. Wondering if anyone is down vent to and to hold each other accountable :)

Hello, I just took PT 62 and got a 163 on actual but 175 on blind review.

However, I submitted my LG section when I still had 6 minutes left, and had the most wrong answers there. The section was just tough!

Can anyone provide reassurance/advice on how to get my actual score closer to my BR score?

Does anyone have any advice in using 7sage test analytics for RC? The ease of "hey just do more of X type of question" from LR and LG don't translate well to RC. Do people use this part of the analytics much? Or do people just go "ya i just have to work on humanities passages"

Thanks!

On average how long did it take for you all to receive acceptances/rejections/waitlist options from schools ?

Hey everybody,

I'm doing my final rounds of application checks and a thought popped into my head regarding the C and F Addendum. So I was cited for (lets just say for now) "smelling roses", nothing bad at all, but nonetheless I know I need to mention it still. No problem with that. But I can't seem to remember the exact day I got my citation. The only thing I've written is that it occurred in Fall 2010. Do I need to find the specific dates that I was given my citation, the exact day it was dismissed, and the date of court appearances etc? I have a well written addendum that explains the circumstance, my culpability, moving forward and learning from my mistakes, and how I've had no issues at all since, but I read somewhere that I would need to get specific dates, witnesses, and other stuff that I felt would be superfluous.

Thanks for help people peeps!

Hi,

I just got waitlisted a school and am now writing a LOCI for that school. It made me wonder, should I write LOCI to my top choice? I haven't heard back and am currently under review. I don't want to annoy them, again it is my top choice.

Anyone have experience with this?

Necessary assumption questions are kicking my ass. If anyone has any resources or a way of teaching it to me I would be forever thankful. I understand it in concept but when it comes to the questions I struggle a lot.

Hey Everyone ,

I am looking to take the lsat in summer or october 2021. The idea is starting a group via clubhouse which is an audio social media platform via invitation only (and of course iPhone only). Clubhouse is merely an app yet I see it as an exciting way to connect with anyone trying to either motivate or link up and study. This could be something great as :

How will be do this?

I currently have 6 invites we can start with, then those 6 invites with then have their own invites to share.

comment below so we can get started :)

Hi everyone,

On Tuesday, February 23, at 9:00 PM ET, I'll host a webinar with 7Sage Consultant Nicole Tarrence, the former Assistant Director of Admissions at South Texas College of Law Houston. I'll ask her about what you can do after you submit your applications, and you’ll get a chance to ask your questions at the end.

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Hi so my main problem is timing for LR. How can I decrease my time without sacrificing accuracy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Hi, this is a tricky question, I was wondering, if I wanted to purchase the premium for a month to focus on LG and LR, could I take a break by stopping the subscription the next month, but still be able to access whatever I have done or watched? I am basically trying to see if I can watch some of the PT's LG or LR video explanations, but then have time to review it in another month without the subscription.

I've been studying for the LSATs for a little over 3 months now and I'm barely averaging over 150 and my timing for logic games still sucks. I'm taking the LSAT flex in April and I'm beginning to panic. It feels like I'm yet to reach that learning curve and honestly, I'm tired and discouraged. Any advice on how to get better at this?

Does anyone know which law schools require parent information on the fafsa form ? I know it varies from school to school, but I can't seem to find this information for some schools... Is it best to just fill out the parental portion regardless? Technically, we're considered independent when applying to professional schools but it sounds like some schools need the information for grants ?

Lately, I've noticed a frustrating trend in LR when taking PTs. I'm consistently getting the "five star" curve-breaker questions only to get tripped up by easy questions (1-2 star questions) that for whatever reason just don't register with me. Not sure if I am overthinking, if it's a fatigue/focus issue, or if there is some fundamental gap in my understanding I need to fill.

Anybody else been through this? If so, any tips/tricks you learned to combat this would be much appreciated!

Folks who have taken the LSAT Flex - are you allowed to do anything in the 1 minute break between sections? Like take a sip of water or something? Just wondering so I don't get too surprised if the only thing I can do is close my eyes and refocus lol. Thanks in advance!

I've got exactly 170 for the recent January Flex and I want to hear people's opinions about my odds for T14 Law schools.

I am a Korean-American dual citizen and currently attending T20 undergrad in the US. My ugpa is mid 3.8s as of now but I will try to raise it to something as close to 3.9 as possible. My SOFT factor is not phenomenal (one or two leaderships, award at a movie fest, short internship experiences & etc.) but I will try to expand my experience once I get discharged from my mandatory service in the army.

Although I am planning to apply for law school in 2022-23 cycle, this year's cycle gives me an impression that my stats may no longer guarantee my spot at a T14 law schools. Should I try to retake the LSAT and aim for a higher score? Or should I focus on increasing my UGPA and expand on my SOFTs? I really want to increase my odds at getting into T14 law schools and I want to hear your opinions about the steps that I should take.

Any kind of input would be much appreciated, thank you!

I am scheduled to take the April 2021 flex exam. Last week I scored a 172, then a 165, and now this morning a 162. I am worried about these large fluctuations this close to my exam day. Does anybody have any advice on how best to structure my studying from this point forward? In general - just feeling like I was where I needed to be before, but all of a sudden I am falling behind even with so many hours of studying. Feeling lost.

For the LR sections and flawed question types, I've seen the answer choice "presupposing what it seeks to establish" quite often. My thought process for this choice is that the argument assume something that it needs to have first established, but that still isn't very clear to me. Can someone explain in better detail what this answer choice means? Thanks!

Does anyone have any advice on how much studying to do, or soecifically what to do, the week of the LSAT?

Im 6 days out from the LSAT. I take it on saturday.

Would love some advice on this, LG is a section I'm great at when I drill untimed but test anxiety always gets me when I actually take the timed tests.

My current method is to fullproof the games from practice tests I take (after reviewing them). I've heard it's best to foolproof all the games in the CC but I'm worried about timing and how long that will take as with my current method i'm only able to foolproof a few games a day.

Hello, about a week ago I posed a discussion about my process on getting to -0(link below). Today I came across a game that is really good to know. PT 63 S2 G1. This is an IN/OUT game that has 3 questions that play on the same inference. This is the inference when in grouping games a category (group) is filled up all the other pieces have to fit in the other groups. To go -0 consistently I think we have to be sensitive to this rule every time we encounter a grouping game. This is a really easy game that you should be able to do in under 5 minutes, however, I would recommend doing this game and try not to think about the inference 'when one group is full then all the other pieces have to fit into the other group' and see how fast you can complete it, then do the game with the inference in mind, obviously, you'll be faster the second time because you will have already seen it once, but just think about that inference. I did this game with one game board and just moved the pieces around in my head. I also for all games, especially this game I would scan the answer choices before 'brute' forcing my way through them, the answers just pop for this and I recommend scanning the answers on each question before you start mapping the question, many time there is an obvious answer.

For those people who are just starting games or for those where you know you could improve in games I would recommend keeping track of all the games that gave you any sort of trouble and write why it gave you trouble after a while you will see a pattern and then you can attack the weakness and not let it trip you up anymore. I have a template of how I set up my google sheet(free to copy/use it) and my discussion on my process for going -0: here ---> https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/27505/link-to-google-slides-that-many-have-been-asking-for-i-explain-my-process-to-0-lg

I forget who, but earlier today someone posted about dreaming about logic games, this is one of those style games that I would think about in my head before going to be and sometime I would 'live out' this game in my dream.

I hope this helps someone, I posted it because I wish I would have known this and practiced this inference earlier in my studies.

Best of Luck,

Kole

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I don't recommend breaking fresh lsats but if you do not plan on taking all the PTs then here is a good game to know.