is the usage limit a new addition?

Hi, I saw a 7sage tool once that maps out using data how many hours of studying leads to a desired score, which gave me a helpful benchmark in understanding where I am in my study journey. Could anyone help me find the tool again?

Hi, I'm taking the August LSAT and I'm right under where I want to be (aiming for 167+ consistently around 161-164). Conditional logic is my weak link for sure. Any last minute recs (videos, games, strategies) for cleaning up those misses?

Lawhub passages seem to have the paragraph breaks and they make navigating passages quicker for "find the last sentence in the third paragraph" type questions.

I took the June LSAT this year and did pretty well, but am retaking in Sept to hopefully increase my score by a few points. Though I have been studying, I want to have a back-up plan in case I do not increase my score by as much as I want to, so I was thinking about also registering for the Oct LSAT (I am applying to law school this cycle). However, I cannot request a refund for the Oct LSAT after I get my Sept LSAT score back if I score well on it and decide not to go through with the Oct test. Also, the deadline to register for Oct is the end of August, so I would not be able to wait to register until after my Sept score comes out. Has anyone else had to deal with this before, and if so, would LSAC offer at least a partial refund if I decide to cancel my registration for Oct?

Hello all,

I have been working my way through the various units of the LR lessons. At the end there's always that 5 question drill they have you do. Normally, I always get one or two wrong (typically level 4-5 questions). Should I start taking pauses and not move on until my foundation is rock solid in whatever unit I have just finished?

I really need help. RC is absolutely killing my score, and I'm honestly so frustrated and disappointed. I feel like I just don't understand Reading Comprehension at all, no matter how much I practice.

What tips or strategies helped you improve your RC? I'd really appreciate any advice you can share.

Hello!! In some of my recent PTs, I've noticed medium to high variance in the amount of answers I miss across sections... in my most recent PT for example, I missed 1 question on LR section 3 then somehow missed 9 on LR section 4. I'm wondering if anyone has ever experienced this and what the cause might be?

It could honestly just be chalked up to that a particular section was easier or harder, but I suppose I'm also wondering if fatigue could play a role, and if high variance in the number of questions missed across sections could suggest a particular direction in which I need to study more. Thank you!

Hi all,

I had a letter of rec written about 2 maybe 3 years ago when I thought I was going to apply. I'm shy asking the professor to redate it for this cycle. Is it bad if the date is from years ago?

Why?

Because short form content has been shown in many studies to decrease sustained attention and causes symptoms that mimic attention deficit. How do you expect to get through a whole RC section if your brain is being hijacked to expect instant dopamine releases every 30 seconds?

So… delete all forms of short form content from your phone. Like right now. Seriously. If it really needs to stay on your phone (like you use instagram for business purposes or something), maybe use an app like ScreenZen or BePresent to lock yourself out of it.

Ok, I’ve deleted the social media apps on my phone. Now what?

Now you need to fix your attention.

• Meditate: A study by UCSB found that meditation, specifically focused attention meditation, can actually increase standardized test scores.

• Read long books: these don’t have to be “serious” books at first, especially if you aren’t an active reader. If you haven’t read anything in a while, maybe try a more “light” series like Dungeon Crawler Carl.

• Work out: being active and getting your heart rate up a few times a week will release neurotransmitters that help regulate focus. I prefer yoga because it kind of double dips into the meditation benefits, but literally any form of regular activity is better than no activity.

If you’ve been struggling with RC passages, getting through full sections of LR, etc, try these interventions for a few weeks (while also studying) and let me know how it goes!

Also, this is part of how I just pted a 179 after 2 months of studying.

Hi!

First of all, I always thank the 7 Sage team in their prompt response to any issues that arise!

I don't know if it is just me, or if it is LawHub, or if it is just within 7Sage, but words that I have already highlighted does not show up orange when I use the word search tool.

Once I remove the highlight, and then search for the word, the word is highlighted orange.

Could I get some help on this?

I scored a 161 on the June exam and took a PT today and got the same score despite drilling my weak points for the last month and scoring av. -3 in the 3 practice sections I’ve completed (different days, this is the first full PT I’ve taken since the June exam)

Do I cancel my August exam or be keep it? I registered for September and my goal for then is a 170

Does using an attempt and possibly getting the same score look bad?

I’m planning to submit apps in early October

Oh my God. TBH its been a while since I had a score like this. Got a 161 in June, and was really depressed. But after putting getting tutoring, staying consistent with my strategies, and being intentional with how I approach questions, I finally got back into the score band I wanted. Just glad that I got a score like this, but also I know I can get better. Just wanted to share this for whoever has been feeling bad about their score, that you can always improve. It really is a mental game more than anything.

Before: "I've never seen this word before! I'm cooked." 😰

[Plays Word Detective 🔍]

After: "I've never seen this word before...but I still know what it means." 😎

This new game trains your skill at understanding meaning from context.

• https://7sage.com/games/word-detective

Download the standalone LSAT Games app for iPhone or Android to keep playing when you're offline.

Hey team! I've been really honing in conditional reasoning questions because it seems to be my weakest but I keep stumbling over "usually" phrases in the stimulus. How do you understand these or break it down in lawgic?

^esp troublesome in parallel reasoning questions ahaha..

Yes!!!!!! 7Sage should do a LSAT Vocab game!!! Utilizing the less common, rare or confusing terms and doing a form of mix and match perhaps? Not sure but that would be super useful!!!!!!

Hi guys! I took a pt yesterday and just finished my blind review. My PT score was 158. I used Kevin’s blind review tips (not looking if it was right or not, having some included that were correct as well, etc etc). After I finished, my br score was 170. What does this mean? What should I be doing differently?

I have been slacking heavily with keeping up the studying, working a full time law enforcement job, being married with a daughter (and a son on the way), which leads me to my question; How are y'all staying motivated to study consistently? I graduate with my B.S. in Criminal Justice in December.

Hey! I was drilling a couple days ago with the awesome new UI and now all of a sudden it disappeared and now is back to the BR screen with the old version of LawHub.

Will the new UI be coming back?

I’m currently scheduled to take the August exam in a couple weeks. I’ve been averaging 163 on my practice exams, but I would love a 168+ to make myself more competitive for T14 schools. I am planning to target T30 schools more generally, with some more “safety” schools outside that range as well. If it’s helpful at all, my LSAC GPA is apparently a 4.1. Currently I work a full-time job in the legal field and only have a maximum of 2 hours a day to study.

Since I’ve been missing a handful of LR questions each section, I’ve been focusing on untimed drills of my weak LR question types to up my pattern recognition and understanding. My thought process here (for focusing on LR) is because LR has more scored sections. However, with my limited time, I don’t know if I’m spending too much time deep diving into my individual wrong questions. How should I balance my time with these drills and reviewing them?

I’m also stressed about RC questions, as I tend to run out of time. My tendency is that I spend over the target time on the passage (1min+ over) and then I am either under or over for the questions, depending on difficulty. I think I have a problem with being concise in my low res summaries which hurts my recall in the questions. I also have been using the highlight feature, but maybe I need to abandon it if that’s what’s slowing me down?

Essentially, between LR and RC, what do you think I should focus on in my time before the exam? Do you have any other tips?

Hello 7sage Team and all fellow LSAT studiers...if you had to choose two single Practice Tests to take before the LSAT in two weeks, is there any two you would recommend? Thanks. Best of luck to all!

Hi all! I recently got a 168 on the June LSAT and I'm studying to get in the 170s right now. It helps me to explain things out loud to people so if anyone in the 140s/150s wants someone to hop on Zoom with them for an hour (for free) and help them walk through questions, I'd love to! Especially if the explanation videos aren't clicking for you!

UPDATE: I'm going to host an "office hours" style situation where you can bring questions and get some help! What would be most helpful for you: Pick 1-2 questions in areas that you consistently get wrong where you struggle to understand WHY you got it wrong and we'll work through the process. If you're interested, I'm going to host the first one Thursday July 23 from 6-7 PM EST! Anyone is welcome to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82145298502?pwd=rC21SaJz0K0kxUh9PUTppQv0xdHnN7.1

I've been studying for around a month now and I got my PT scores up from a 149 to a 156, and have drastically improved my RC from -10 to -3/-4. I'm feeling super motivated about RC, but struggling with LR a lot more!

I find that I'm doing incredible on drills, with almost 100% on my last 10 or so, but when it gets to doing sections, my scores are dropping to -6, and on PTs, its going down to -9.

What's the best way for me to improve this accuracy? I'm only really struggling with the difficult questions at the end of the section, or making small, stupid mistakes due to misreading. I'm aiming for a 170+ by October, so I'm not sure if my accuracy goal with LR is even possible, but considering my improvement in RC I'm feeling confident.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone. I'm registered for my first LSAT in August (2 weeks away eeek), and started with a 142 diagnostic. I have been studying pretty aggressively for the last month and a half and got my first PT at 155/158 BR! Overall, my goal is to get a 160, and I'm 100% willing to take the test again if needed. My biggest roadblock is conditional and causal logic; I just can't seem to spot these questions, even while mapping. I was wondering if anyone had tips or tricks that helped them improve for these question types. I keep waiting for these questions to click for me, and it just hasn't, so any advice is appreciated!

Hi guys, I'm noticing my wrong answer journal is full of questions I missed because I either misinterpreted the meaning of an answer choice in relation to an RC (or LR) passage, or I didn't have a good grasp on the passage itself, especially remembering specific lines of text that would have lent direct textual evidence to an answer choice.

Does anyone have advice for reading more literally/granularly (aka not skimming) while holding a good grasp on the overall passage? Writing "read better" in my wrong answer journal is not helping. That brings me to another question...

I feel like most of my time is spent analyzing wrong answers in my wrong answer journal, but I'm having trouble applying what I learned from my mistakes in my next round of drills. I seem to be making the same mistakes/plateauing in my progress despite a lot of wrong answer journaling.

Is this something that will improve with time/practice? Perhaps I'm overdoing it with the time spent journaling and it's working against me? Any strategy advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!