Hi,

I was admitted to NYU Law early decision. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I did not receive any institutional aid. I am now confronted with taking out 300k and am admittedly more nervous about this than I thought I would be.

On the bright side, I do not have any undergrad debt but I also have very limited savings (20k in bank and 20k in 401-k). My biggest fear is failing to excel in law school and struggling to make debt payments after graduating. From what I have read, 300k would be between 3-4k a month in loan payments. Even with biglaw pay, I think I would lose all my money to debt/rent (in NYC). I just need a listening ear and some advice from those who may have been in a similar situation.

Thanks for the help.

Hello! Title pretty much says it all. I have been able to fine tune LG and LR to the point where I am only missing 5 star questions or in the event I just read something wrong. But for the life of me I cannot read the RC passages fast enough or keep focused enough to get a decent RC score. The low res method does not really work for me because I just repeat the low res summary in my head and forget what I'm actually reading.

Has anyone had a similar experience and been able to work through it? Any help is appreciated!

Hello amazing 7Sage community! I would appreciate some feedback concerning my study strategy.

I sat November and got a 158 after going through the Powerscore Bibles and the Loophole. I’m trying to score in the 170s, so I upgraded to Ultimate after receiving my score. I’m plugging through the core curriculum, but am wondering if it would be beneficial to start taking PTs as I go through the curriculum. I was originally planning on taking the LSAT again this fall, but the LSAT Flex is becoming increasingly attractive to me as I hit major fatigue during sections 4 & 5 during a full PT.

Would I be doing myself a disservice by “wasting” PTs if I’m not done with the full core curriculum? I know this process takes time, and I’ve been studying for a year now. I’m just trying to see if anyone else is feeling the fire to try to take the Flex option.

Thank you so much!

I cant seem to find any info on this. Can you cancel LSAT flex scores like you can for normal LSAT administrations like within 5-6 days after taking?

74 - 88 (Most recent)?

OR

Others you think are quite valuable? Mixture of any between 1 - 88?

Hello all,

Does anyone have any advice/tips for how to sustain and intensify focus and discipline throughout studying? I've been studying for the LSAT for a while and even though I wouldn't say I'm burnt out, there's obviously a general fatigue/"I'm so sick of this" feeling that I'm trying to push through. I'm not a big study-er at all and I hate monotonous/dull work, so my focus while studying for the LSAT comes in spurts. When I'm in the middle of such a spurt, I'm very productive and am able to accomplish A LOT. But I just can't sustain that for a long period of time, and I fear that this lack of consistency/lack of sustaining the discipline is impeding my progress/preventing me from making substantial gains.

Has anyone been through this? Has anyone experienced this and still was able to get to their target score? Is this even normal...I always tend to think top scorers don't have this problem.

Thanks a lot!

I accidentally hit the -6% time or whatever it was and it ended my preptest saying "time has expired" while I had 2 questions left. This was a mistake, how do I go back to the section I just "completed"?????

This is URGENT. I need a response ASAP

Hi,

When I began practicing main conclusion I was struggling at fist but started to get the hang of it. I practiced the technique of isolating the conclusion and rewording and it was a success. Of course I'm still struggling with time but I'm getting all of the questions correct. I then moved on to most strongly supported questions and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn't catch a technique in order to conquer the MSS questions. After practicing a whole bunch I realized that I need to understand the stimulus and the answers become a tiny little bit clearer. Okay now getting to the real problem, when I look at my results I realize that I'm getting all of the low priority questions correct and the high priority incorrect no matter the difficulty. In addition my timing is horrible.

How can I improve my timing?

How to conquer most strongly supported? Any tricks?

What is Low and high priority? and In what context?

Hello!

I am looking for some study advice after not getting into my target school this cycle. I have already taken the LSAT twice, once in October and once in January. I scored a 157 and 156. I was PTing higher at around 162, with a few at 164 and 165. I had a lot of test anxiety and the second time around had a RC experimental section, which is my worst section. Two RC passages killed me :( Unfortunately I burned through A LOT of PTs without doing proper blind review (I hadn't heard of that method yet) and didn't have good organization. I haven't studied in almost 4 months and I honestly don't have track of what PT's I've taken, because I went way overboard on the timed sections.

I've read all of the Power score Bibles and have completed one of their online courses. The last few weeks of my studying I stumbled upon 7sage and really liked the methods and the online format however didn't have much time to use it. My goal score is high 160's, as my target school's median is at 168. Sometimes I don't know if it's even possible for me to get my LSAT that high. I'm sure like many of you, I get frustrated because I feel like I study a tremendous amount, yet do not see the gains in my score. Just looking on some guidance on how to spend my upcoming time. My goal date is September, however that is flexible. I thought I'd work through the course material, but am wondering how often I should do a PT? or how much time I should spend full proofing games? I would say LG is by far my best section at around -2 average, however every once in awhile I come in at -5 or -7 which significantly reduces my score. Any guidance is much appreciated! Thanks!

As the title says, I got a 146 on my diagnostic. I was pretty devastated. I took it last week. I was planning on taking the LSAT in October. I'm finishing up my senior year of undergrad currently. My GPA is very high (3.98). Thus I am aiming to attend a T-14. But I am not sure if attaining a 165-170 LSAT score this October is realistic given my diagnostic. So I have been considering entering law school in Fall 2022 rather than Fall 2021. Any advice for me? Should I aim for this October? I have read the article by 7Sage on the "Three Worst Mistakes of LSAT Prep." It said that one should study for a year. I just wonder if that would lead to burnout. Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how some of you were able to improve your Reading Comp skills? I’ve been studying for months and have improved in both LR and LG both have seen little improvement in RC. I’m still getting 3 questions per passage wrong at times. In particular I know I have trouble with Author Attitudes questions but also in general seem to be picking answers that are rather too broad or too specific depending on the question.

Hi all. So I recently did my first few PTs after going slowly and diligently through the CC. I went from a 152 diagnostic to a 165 on my last PT. (Would definitely advocate going diligently through CC---I was able to increase my score this much without drilling yet beyond CC and a few full length tests.)

So my main concern here is timing. On my last test that I got a 165 actual, I got a 174 BR. I plan on taking the June test and want to know what my best approach is to getting timing down. On my last few PTs, I have missed 1-2 LR questions per section and the rest I missed from LG and RC. Does it make sense for me to focus on doing timed sections of RC and LG for the next month and a half? Should I keep taking timed full length PTs or just focus on LG and RC?

Hello Everyone! I've heard a little bit about top scorers toggling between 'Active Hunter Mode' (anticipating and searching for the ACA) vs 'Passive Receiver Mode' (contemplating each answer choice) and am hoping to pull the sages on some advice and best practices.

Do you toggle in between the two based on question type and/or your level of understanding of the stimulus? If the former, are there certain question types you believe more predisposed to one mode vs. the other (this is my hypothesis of the breakdown in LR ONLY):

Passive Receiver:

Strengthen

Weaken

Must be true

Most strongly supported

Must be false

Necessary assumption

Resolve, reconcile, explain

Active Hunter:

Sufficient assumption

Pseudo-sufficient assumption

Principle

Flawed method of reasoning

Parallel method of reasoning

Parallel flawed method of reasoning

Main point

Argument part

Depends:

Point at issue

Method of reasoning

Miscellaneous

Is the current mode that you are in the 'foreground' of your mind as you start to read the ACs or have you drilled it to be operating in the background? Basically, do you repeat to yourself, "okay, I'm in X mode, now" ever? I've just started trying to use this so not sure the extent to which I should expect this to be drilled into my subconscious.

Do you make an effort to be more in Active Hunter Mode in RC relative LR because of the amount of material?

Appreciate any and all thoughts!

If you're registered for the March or April LSAT like me, you probably got an email with this sentence in it: "Candidates currently registered for the April 2020 LSAT will be automatically registered to take the LSAT-Flex in the second half of May unless they choose another option (see below)." So of course I assumed I didn't need to do anything to be registered for the May LSAT-Flex test.

I was surprised then to see this tweet from Dave Killorian (CEO of PowerScore and a must follow for updates):

https://twitter.com/DaveKilloran/status/1250101285879042048?s=20

So I log into my LSAC account only to see a banner at the top of my home page that indicates I have to OPT-IN to take the May LSAT-Flex, and that the deadline to do so is 4/17. I don't know what the hell LSAC is doing telling people they are automatically registered and then requiring people to opt-in, I was so pissed.

All this to say, if you were signed up for March or April, log into your LSAC account and DOUBLE CHECK that you are registered for the May LSAT-Flex. You may still need to opt-in.

Just heard back from LSAC - as of now they have not decided whether or not scratch paper will be allowed. So for anyone taking it in may should prepare for the possibility that it won't be allowed...

Hello. I'm working on the MSS section, and when I go to different review sections with videos, it takes me to a Wordpress site and the webpage says "This site is experiencing technical difficulties." I'm using Google Chrome on my Macbook 2017 with the latest IOS, if that is helpful. IDK. However, when I go to other sections of this course without videos, it works just fine. Is anyone else having this issue? Can someone please help me, please? I'm worried. Thanks!

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I just saw a report out that the Harvard Public Health experts are recommending at least of year of stay-at-home/social distancing.Does anybody know what LSAC is planning on doing for people who need to take a paper test? Will they send you a paper test and then proctor you remotely? How are the online LSAT-Flex being proctored? I have called the LSAC offices and have not been able to get through. Thanks.

So I want to go to law school for environmental law.

I got accepted into Pace Law which has the #1 environmental law program, but the school overall is not ranked well. (I'm also not a huge fan of the East Coast, and don't want to work over there for long after law school.)

I got accepted into other law schools that are nationally ranked higher (T2 & high T3) and have better bar pass rates. These schools have environmental law programs, they just aren't top notch.

In summation, what is better to go by, the school's overall ranking & bar pass rate, or the specific program's reputation and ranking?

Thank you in advanced for the advice! :)

What are good science newspapers to subscribe to in order to get better in RC science passages!? #help

#help

So here was my reasoning for this question, but I still couldn't quite fully understand why A is right and C and E are wrong:

A-- right because "people" includes "environmentalists", "fail to consider" includes "ignore", but I think that "tend to" means "most" (according to some tutors I have read/talked to) so how can we deduce that "most people" ignore?

B-- wrong because no evidence of one thing "outweighing" the other (it just says good stuff and bad stuff about satellites without actually balancing the two)

C-- wrong because, like B, we don't know if it is "largely" beneficial (aka more beneficial than it is negative) but I am still kinda stumped about the word "usually" here-- I initially rejected C because we don't know about what technology "usually" does in general, but this is also the reason why I rejected A (since A said "people tend to") and A ended up being right. Anyone have some better insight here?

D-- wrong because no evidence of the situation being "worse" (same reasoning as B )

E-- wrong because #1-- we don't know if it is "unforeseen" (but not sure about this reasoning because "fail to consider" can also include "unforeseen" ignorance of something), #2-- "often" is too strong (but not sure about this reasoning either because "often" only connotes frequency and not quantity like "most" according to the Powerscore LR Bible)

Any help/explanation here would really be appreciated on this tricky problem!

In LR, my worst question type by far is Sufficient Assumption questions. I know about the translations and the formulizing we need to do for that question type (as 7Sage/JY teaches us in the CC), but actually applying that while doing a convoluted question is very hard and it also takes up a ton of time, in that by the time I've selected the answer minutes have gone by. Sometimes I get confused while doing the translations and formula in my head as well.

As a result of all this, I end up getting a lot of the harder SA questions wrong. I can generally get the easier ones (1-3 dots on the difficulty bar) correct, but anything past that I almost always have trouble.

What can I do to improve on SA questions?

Hey guys!

Can you give your tips/tricks/experience with scratch paper during the digital LSAT? Specifically RC and LG.

Thanks in advance!

Dear all,

I am curious if any of you fellow users are students of or hav opinions about my waitlists to further shed light on my final decision if admitted to any of the three schools I have been waitlisted to. The schools are GW, BC, and Vanderbilt. I have an interest in international and comparative law. Any input would be helpful!

Thank you all!!

Help. I am working through the CC and I completed the MP and MSS sections and saw the tutorial on using the question bank.

-When should I start using the question bank? I worry about burning through questions.

-How do you recommend using the question bank to drill or keep things fresh? I’m very lost.

-Should I be printing out the questions?

Hi all.

I know countless threads have been done on this topic, but I need a space to just kind of rant and get practical advice.

I have been studying for this test for who knows how long at this point. My biggest weakness is by far logic games. I completed the entire CC, took no short cuts in drills, etc., and I still can't zero out or get close to -3 on games. I foolproof, watch tutorials when I've missed games, and I still can't perform when I take PT's! For a while, I was consistently getting -5 or -6 when I would PT, and this past month I have been getting -8 to -9, as I was when I first started studying. Maybe the recent change (now PTing the PT's in the 70s) is causing this recent shift. When I take the test, I breeze through the first two games, but can't sufficiently work through the 3rd and 4th games. I figure out the game type, and I can see how rules interact with each other, but when I move to the questions, I can't work through them and completely blow it.

My main question is: what the heck do I need to do to get my scores up? I am so frustrated with this section, because it seems so intuitive and learnable, and after foolproofing sections, I always feel so dumb for having missed any in the first place.

P.S. I'm sitting for the July test, so I have a couple of months.