So, I was just listening to the Powerscore Podcast (the first episode on causality), and Dave said the following: If you want to ask a series of confusing questions about concept differentiation, ask someone to describe the difference between some are not, and not all.

Well Dave, I am confused. They seem like the same to me! The only thing I can think of is this:

Some are not implies a positive amount, there has to be at least 1 of a group that is not like any of the other members.

But not all can mean zero: for example if you say that not all of these apples are green, it could be the case that none of them are green.

The problem that I run into with this, is when I think about equivalent statements:

Not all of the apples are green

Some of the apples are not green.

These are logically equivalent.

Does anyone else have some insight? Maybe he just said it offhand and there really is no difference.

Hi people,

Since my wifi is much better at my office than at home I'm planning to take my test there. My office computer setup is a laptop hooked up to a second monitor. That means that I'm not staring right into the camera (I look at my monitor, and the camera is on my laptop). Is that setup allowed, or do I need to be using a device that I'm looking at straight on? It'd make sense if I couldn't use the standalone monitor and needed to use my laptop instead, but it would be awesome to be able to use a bigger screen during the test. Thanks in advance!

If anyone knows any books that are dense -- but not too dense -- that you can read while studying for the LSAT, please list your suggestions. I enjoy topics like basic economics, experimental technologies (i.e. quantum computers), social injustice, or history books, just to list a few. Also, big philosophy guy.

Any current or former UPenn students willing to do a quick chat? Anyone who is a Toll Scholar or Fellow would be particularly cool to talk to but I'm not picky. Looking for inspiration for "Why School X"

Hello everyone,

This is my first time posting in this forum. I am beginning to get very frustrated with my LG performance. I end up in the -13 to -10 range when I do a full timed LG section but I am able to get to -1 or -0 on BR consistently. Any pointers on how I can improve my performance when timed?

Cheers.

Tips on going from mid-high 160s to 170s? What helped you the most? Would it be worth my time to do thorough review or to get in more timed practice?

Am I the only one who doesn't actively write inferences or conditional statements when doing LR? If so am I doing myself a big disservice? As of now I prefer to just read it naturally and let the info sink in instead of trying to draw inferences that might not make any sense. Anyone else do this or if you do and think I should what would be your advice?

The questions i'm getting wrong on LR aren't because I don't know what I'm doing. They're because I keep missing minor details in the stimulus. Any tips on how to overcome this?

How many PTs (taken in my goal score range) is good enough for me to know that I am ready to sign up for the lsat?

Hi y'all!

I'm planning on spending 2 hrs/week to hold free tutoring sessions for all sections for the August LSAT. I've been PTing in the mid- to low-170s range and occasionally high 160s, so I figured this would be good for discussion/tutoring. I'm pretty good with LG and RC, and am good at most question types on LR. I also weirdly really enjoy Parallel questions, so if any of you are having trouble with those, bring on your questions! Let me know in the poll if anyone would be interested in attending and your preferences, and I'll post a Zoom link if anyone would actually attend :)

If more people end up choosing Option #2, then the day is tentatively a Thursday, and would be 8:30-9:30 pm EST to accommodate for any west coasters!

**Note: As a rule, for the benefit of everyone, I'm going to try to limit questions to pre-70s PTs, or at least PTs that everyone has all done. We want to keep the newer ones in pristine condition!!!

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people haven't been showing. see my comment below!

Hello 7Sage community. If any of you uses a warm set of questions before taking a full length, would you be so kind and share it?

Hi,

As the title states - I am on track to complete the CC in another week or 2. I plan on writing in October and have from now until then to PT. I doubt I will be able to finish every PT that is available. As such, I was wondering if it is even worth while to do the older PT's or just stick to the newer ones (50s+) that are more representative of the test today.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Everyone.

I've just spent the last few weeks crafting my personal statement (with a 7sage editor) and have an essay I'm very proud of at 2 pages 11pt. font.

However, I've noticed some schools specifically request 2 pages 12pt. font. When I increase the size to 12, it adds another half a page. I really don't want to mess with my essay further.

Does anyone know what would happen if I submit a PS in 11pt font, even though they ask for 12?

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I started the CC a month ago and have 3 more months left before I take the LSAT. Currently I'm more than half way through with the CC but that's without doing much of the CC problem sets. My strategy is to finish the CC very soon and have the rest of the 3 months to just drill problem sets and practice problems from all 3 sections including the CC problem sets I skipped. I'm currently putting in 4-6 hours of lsat studying in each day.

My diagnostic was a 131, goal is to reach around a 170. Any thoughts on this time frame I have and strategy I have chosen?

I'm a little confused about the relationship between the taxes and bus fare in this stimulus. In the first sentence, when it says bus fares are subsidized by city taxes, does that mean at least some of the fare is covered by these taxes? And when the councillors argue that city taxes should benefit those who pay them, is he assuming that people who commute from outside the city don't pay any taxes? Is that why he concludes that bus fares should be raised? to lessen the burden on the taxpayers? Is D wrong because it is talking about raising taxes and not the bus fares?

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Hi everyone, so I have just started preparing for my LSAT and plan to apply in the Fall 2022 cycle. I have one chance to give it in October 2021 or next is January 2021. I am not sure whether it would make sense to send in applications and give LSAT in Jan 22' so as to have enough time to prepare for it or attempt it in Oct 21' so that I can apply for ED. A bit of my background, I am a full-time lawyer working in India as of now and I am new to the process. Any advice on this aspect would be helpful and much appreciated!!! Thank you in advance!

I'm in the beginning of my lsat studying process and as of now I have my test date set as January 2022, the problem is the 7sage study schedule I have made needs me to allocate 30 hours a week for lsat prep and I usually only get a couple hours in a day and get super behind by the end of the week. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of maybe working at my own pace and ignoring the schedule but if I do that I worry I will end up doing the test much later than I intended.

Does anyone know what time the August 2021 LSAT test will be administered? Since it's still in the online format, but its not Flex, I'm not sure if we will have the opportunity to schedule it at anytime during the day, or if there will be a set time we all take it (like 9:00am est)

Would love to start taking practice tests at the set time if I can figure out what time of day to expect to take it, but I can't find anything about this from LSAC!

Hello, I am planning to write the test in October/November 2021 and looking to study with ESL students. I am in Canada (EST). If interested, please reach out to me. Thank you!

I wrote my PS about being gay in rural America, and how that makes me want to pursue public service (in a nutshell) Should I write a DS about how being gay from rural america has given me a perspective that would benefit my law school? I don't specific address perspective in my PS, just my experiences. Wondering if the DS will be too redundant. Thank you!

Can someone explain to me why the answer isn't D?

My thinking was that D has to be assumed because if helmet wouldn't prevent the fatality then there would be no point in requiring the helmet since they would just be dead anyway? Morbid thinking but...

Stimulus:

Head injury is the most serious type of injury sustained in motorcycle accidents. The average cost to taxpayers for medical care for nonhelmeted motorcycle-accident victims is twice that for their helmeted counterparts. Jurisdictions that have enacted motorcycle-helmet laws have reduced the incidence and severity of accident-related head injuries, thereby reducing the cost to taxpayers. Therefore, to achieve similar cost reductions, other jurisdictions should enact motorcycle-helmet laws. For the same reason jurisdictions should also require helmets for horseback riders, since horseback-riding accidents are even more likely to cause serious head injury than motorcycle accidents are.

Which one of the following is an assumption upon which the author's conclusion concerning helmets for horseback riders depend?

(A) Medical care for victims of horseback-riding accidents is financial drain on tax funds.

(B) The higher rate of serious head injury suffered by victims of horseback-riding accidents is due to the difference in size between horses and motorcycles.

(C) The medical costs associated with treating head injuries are higher than those for other types of injury.

(D) Most fatalities resulting from horseback-riding and motorcycle accidents could have been prevented if the victims had been wearing helmets.

(E) When deciding whether to enact helmet laws for motorcyclists and horseback riders, the jurisdiction's primary concerns is the safety of its citizens.

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Hi everyone,

LSAC made several announcements today. The following are a few summary points of the announcements:

I have also included the full text of LSAC's announcement below:

“Now that the vast majority of testing for the June 2021 LSAT-Flex has been completed and the scoring process is moving smoothly, we are pleased to announce that scores for candidates who have an approved LSAT writing sample on file will be released one day earlier than originally announced.

Scores will begin populating into candidate accounts at approximately 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Please note that it could take up to 15 minutes for all scores to become available.

As a reminder, the deadline to register for the August LSAT is 11:59 p.m. ET, Friday, July 2. We hope this earlier score release will give candidates more time if they are considering the August test, particularly given how close the registration deadline is to the July 4 holiday weekend in the U.S.

For June test takers who have not yet completed their LSAT Writing session, we encourage them to do so as soon as possible. To ensure that their LSAT Writing is approved as quickly as possible, test takers should review the LSAT Writing guidelines, including the PDF and Frequently Asked Questions section at the LSAT Writing page.”

Ive become familiar with the system of translation but Im still struggling to understand the practical use of making the translations. Is it just that I can not do them fast enough yet? or is it something that I'm possibly missing? Any advice or tips would be appreciated, thanks!

I almost have LG down but I still have trouble with the questions that ask to substitute a rule for another rule to get the same results. Any general tips on approaching these kinds of questions?