By far the hardest question type for me in LR is SA and MBT questions. I have learned the whole formula/diagramming/translation stuff that is taught in the Core Curriculum and I understand it quite well. However, I try to do it in my head (as one is supposed to do) then apply it as I'm doing each question to get the right answer. But I always get them wrong. These two questions types have me stressed out because I can't improve no matter what I do.

I should note I mainly have trouble with the moderate difficulty and harder questions (levels 3-5 on the difficulty scale). The easier ones I can do.

How do I improve at these question types? What advice or help can you give me? Perhaps other techniques additional to this?

Hi all,

I am new to 7sage and trying to create a study schedule for myself. I only want to create a schedule to complete the core curriculum (215 hours) but it's only giving me the option to create a schedule to complete 900 hours of material, which I assume includes the practice tests? Does anybody know if there is a way to adjust this? Any help would be appreciated! :)

So I've been doing a few prep tests, under timed conditions and have seen great results. The past 3 i've taken were a 161, 163 and 165. However, I took one today without feeling 100% focused and got a 157, a decently sized step backward. I was wondering if anyone else has ever run into this, and how you dealt with it

Hi 7sage!

I'm doing timed PTs now and so far I have done 4. I am having such a hard time with timing as right when the timer hits I get stressed and anxious and I just can't seem to do well under timed conditions. Feeling rushed and under pressure takes away so much of my reasoning ability and my brain just goes crazy, which i'm sure is why LSAC does this in the first place! When I do my work untimed I get all the answers or most of the answers all correct.

How long did it take you all to get use to the timing conditions? How many PTs did it take you to feel somewhat comfortable?

Thanks 7Sage!

I've been a long time member of 7Sage... I know the website used to have a section that stores all links for previously held webinars by Sages... but, it looks like the section has been removed from the website.

Is there any way we can have an access to previous webinar series?

Thanks

Hi guys. First, thanks to everyone here for building such a great and friendly community.

My undergrad degree is from Russia, CAS did evaluate it but didn't provide a GPA score. The only thing I see in their report is following:

Quality of academic record for this institution (according to AACRAO): Above Average

And they give a grade rating as B.

How do schools look at this? Do they convert it to a GPA score by themselves, like I would give it a score 3.0. Or they don't consider it and just look at LSAT. Is it an advantage or more disadvantage?

Thank you and may you all stay safe and healty!

Hi everyone! I decided to retake the LSAT for the 4th time this June and apply for the 2021 cycle vs remain in the 2020 application pool. My final LSAT score for January 2020 was a 151. I started studying again mid-March as I have had a ton of time now that I work from home. My average for the last 3 tests I’ve taken is a 153. I do a section a day and have scored a 155 through that. I’m hoping to score at least a 160 in June and was hoping someone could offer some advice? Currently I do a section a day, review that section, and then drill the corresponding section + logical reasoning. I also take a PT every Saturday and try to review it on Sunday. I’m hoping a month is enough time but any advice would be appreciated!

Hello. I'm having trouble understanding why Answer Choice A is incorrect and why choice C is correct. Answer Choice A reads, "Whenever a society has plentiful resources, some members of that society devote themselves to the study of natural processes." In the stimulus, you know that people have leisure when they have plentiful resources, and leisure is needed for the study of natural processes. Therefore, whenever a society has plentiful resources, people have the leisure they need to devote themselves to the study of natural resources. That is why I thought Answer Choice A is correct and can't see why it is incorrect. I watched JY's video explanation, but I got lost and confused when he explained the order of logic.

I'm also having trouble understanding what part of the stimulus gives support to Answer Choice C.

If someone can please explain to me how my way of thinking about Answer Choice A is wrong and why Answer Choice C is actually correct, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much in advance!

#help

So I have finally gone thru all of the 7Sage courseload. I made an outline for Logical Reasoning (as this seems to be the most information/technique memorization section) and made quick flash cards pertaining to all sections for indicator words and other things.

What is the best way to study and review? Drill questions? Obviously do full preptests but i cannot do them everyday. Base studying off of analytics?

Planning on taking August exam, so I have time to blitz thru everything. Just trying to be thorough.

Hope everyone is doing okay with COVID-19! I am a pharmacist, so I am still working but squeezing in study time daily.

HI! I decided to move up my testing schedule because of the current situation so I'm just getting started with LSAT prep. Most likely, I'll be registering for the Sept/Oct test. I'm in the pacific time zone and pretty much free in the afternoons and would love to get a study group together! Let me know if you're interested!!!

How do you guys choose the order of passages you are going to read first? Does anyone choose by how many paragraphs are in each passage or how many questions a passage has? Or do you go in order and skip after you get a feeling that a certain passage is hard as you are reading it?

Hi! I would love to hear how you "mark-up" your RC passages when doing timed tests (i.e. what you underline, put in brackets, highlight).

I am having difficulty with what to pick out when reading the passage under a time constraint. I find I am either marking up too much, or not enough to help with retention.

What key things do you highlight that you find useful? Or do you even mark it up at all?

Hi,

So lately we have all seen the bad news online and people losing their jobs. Yet, at the same time, it is best to stay at home to avoid infecting others, ourselves, and our families. I really want to help others during this pandemic, but it is hard to come up with good ideas that can really help others without me leaving the house too much. Does anybody here have any good ideas? Anything goes

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I was under the impression that the LSAT is the gold standard for Law School Admissions and while schools will not outright say this - the GRE is viewed less favorably since it's (somewhat) easier.

Anyway, I posted a screenshot on snapchat of a practice test I took yesterday (I got a 171) and this guy I know messages me telling me:

Test centers are closed AND

I should take the GRE instead.

I inform him about the remote proctored version. Before I can mention that the LSAT is a harder exam he goes on about how the law schools prefer the GRE...

He then asked me what my score was - even though he was responding to a post of my score - and recommended I apply to schools (that are not even T50)

I find it funny when people act like this and just thought I would share.

I'm planning on applying in the next cycle, and I'm hard at work on improving my LSAT in preparation, but knowing that my top choice school (Columbia) is a definite reach, do you think it would be worth it to apply ED?

While my GPA is easily in within range for Columbia, I'm worried about how I will end up performing on the LSAT, especially now since the LSAT-flex grading system isn't really clear to me.

My thought is that with a school like Columbia it'd be pretty difficult to get a substantial merit based scholarship anyway, so I might as well increase my odds of getting in at all by applying ED. Would it be better to roll the dice with regular admissions in hopes that I might be given some kind of financial help, even if that decreases my likelihood of getting in?

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I am struggling to understand why A is correct. In the final paragraph, the author recommends action "such as replacing fossil-fuel energy". This action would mitigate the temperature rise problem. This must be the "course of action" that the question refers to. Answer choice A offers a solution to "determine whether more costly measures are warranted", that is to learn more about whether action to combat the problem is necessary. This is not what the passage offers. I see that it matches other important information from the passage, such as action under uncertainty, but this difference I have described seems drastic enough for A to be wrong.

Furthermore, B solves this. In B, action to combat the problem is suggested. It also describes action under uncertainty.

Thank you!

#help

This was a weird question because while A,B,C, and E all looked wrong, D looked ok but I just couldn't quite 100% understand why D was right. How were we supposed to know where demagogues place on the legitimate/illegitimate spectrum? Why is D right?

Any #help would be appreciated!

On an LSAC candidate webinar this afternoon, LSAC said the LSAT-Flex will be offered on May 18 and 19. Results will be available on Friday, June 5.

Candidates have until 11:59pm on Friday, April 17 to decide whether or not they want to take the May test.

Scratch paper will be allowed for the Flex test.

The questions will not be harder and the questions will be created in the same way as they have been in the past.

LSAC is available to answer your questions so feel free to contact LSAC directly at 215.968.1001

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!