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Is there any way I can upgrade to Ultimate+, pay the difference and get the extra time? This has been so amazing and I wasted my time before using Powerscore. I had no idea the course would be THIS effective for me compared to others in just a matter of a week (I've been studying for about a month and my score has already drastically improved on the games)
Hello 7Sagers! I've finally finished the core curriculum. I'm torn as to what I should do next. Should I A.) start taking full length PTs and BR them, B.) Work through some drilling materials to refresh materials like LR I haven't touched in a few months, then start taking timed PTs and BR, C.) a combo of both establishing a baseline with a post core curriculum PT score and working with drilling materials in weak areas, or D.) full proof for the next month on games before beginning full length PTs? Thoughts and advice on this would be much appreciated.
Hi there-
I'm looking for as much feedback as possible, and after having a great experience with LSAT prep on 7sage a couple years ago, I figured I would post about my predicament here.
I was accepted to Georgetown Law this cycle and it's the only school I applied to this cycle. I have a 168/3.2. Between personal savings, college fund savings, and a small $30k total scholarship, my total debt at graduation would be $215k (including interest in all these numbers).
Goals are Big Law in NYC, or any east coast city at least initially. Long term, maybe in-house somewhere.
My option is either go to Georgetown this fall, or re-apply next cycle to other schools. Last cycle I had acceptances to Fordham, BC, BU and WUSTL. All four would've costed around $120-135k. Like a lot of us, I think I've gotten fixated on prestige. My question is, is Georgetown worth an additional $90k compared to these schools?
Added a poll to make it easy
Edit: Those numbers are total COA, so including living as well in that. Just clarifying in case. Also, I should note I have a job in NYC currently at a mid-size professional services/consulting firm and I'm two years out of undergrad. So, I'm not on my couch collecting dust if I wait, but also don't love what I do by any means.
So I’ve done four PTs since April 1st, 52, 53,54,56.
The scores are way too consistent and I’m not seeing much improvement.
Even compared to the cold diagnostic, aside from LG, it seems stagnant. Ok there were improvements but not what I expected after almost a year...
These are my PT scores so far. I’ve stopped PT for a week to do question type drills and took PT56, but BR score actually went down! I regret not doing BR for the cold diagnostic and having no comparable basis for my initial understanding.
Cold May 2018
PTJ [RC -13/LR -7/LR -14/LG -21] 142
After CC Sept. 2018
41 [RC -15/LR -15/LR -17/LG -13] 140
Did’t BR because I thought there was no point with only finishing half of each section in time…
PT from April 1st 2019
52 [RC -7/LR -8/LR -9/ LG -0] 160
BR [RC -4/LR -6/LR -5/LG -0] 166
53 [RC -12/LR -8/LR -6/LG -0] 159
BR [RC -7/LR -3/LR -0/LG -0] 171
54 [RC -11/LR -5/LR -8/LG -0] 159
BR [RC -3/LR -3/LR -4/LG -0] 170
56 [RC -9/LR -8/LR -5/LG -0] 162
BR [RC -5/LR -3/LR -5/LG -0] 168
I never finish LR and RC on time. So I usually skip 2~3 questions per section.
From PT53 I decided to skip Q12~Q19 for Q20+ so I can finish the ones I actually get right.
For RC, I never finish P4. I spend way too much time on P1&2.(Half of my time spent on the two…) I get to read P4, and try one or two relatively short questions. But that’s about it. I’m not so sure what I can do to improve on RC than practice timed.
What frustrates me the most is that I actually did worse after CC. I see that I made some improvements since the after CC PT, but nowhere near my expectations.(Thought I’d hit LR-3~4 by now… and get much better with RC… or at least be able to do all the questions!) My speed improved, but seems like at the cost of accuracy.
Should I go back to CC to focus on fundamentals and Q type drills or focus on timed PT? With the current BR score, I think there are definitely some basic things I don’t fully understand.
I study full time, so have been doing two PTs per week with untimed RC, Q type, and LG.
However, I’ve been thinking maybe doing PT40’s timed after every newer PTs (50’s+) could be beneficial in that I’d be able to practice timing. Or should I focus on fundamentals?
Also, is there alternatives to coffee that won’t make me want to go to restroom every hour? I can’t stay awake without coffee, but I don’t want to use restroom during the test. Using the restroom just before the test won’t do...
Hello All!
After waiting for what felt like an eternity, I think my cycle is finally over!
A JD/MBA is my goal, and I’ve been admitted to both NYU Law and Stern School of Business, so that’s where I’ll be headed this fall.
I’m so grateful because I live in SoHo and my apartment is about a 5 minute walk to the law school. It will also be nice to not have to move and be close to my network of friends. It’s made my anxiety much more manageable to say the least.
Here were my other options/results:
-Harvard (waitlisted)
-Stanford (waitlisted; applied late*)
-Columbia (no merit aid)
-NYU $$
-Penn (no aid yet; applied late*)
-Cornell $$$
Thoughts:
If you’re applying in the future, get your apps in early.
-I crafted my personal statement to create a cohesive narrative that tied in aspects of my background, résumé and work experience, as well as how they related to my future goals. I think this is an important piece of advice that is sometimes overlooked. Make your application tell a cohesive narrative about yourself. This is really the time to talk yourself and your accomplishments up. This is your time to shine!
-LORs: Get them early and have your PS and résumé ready to give to your professors. This way they can write a letter that’s better tailored to your application.
-7Sage LSAT and the community on here is amazing. Literally couldn’t have done any of this without J.Y. and the rest of the lifelong friends I’ve made on here. Truly.
-Utilize the free admissions webinars and articles on the site. The advice was literally invaluable for my application.
-If you’re studying for the LSAT currently, just trust the process. You are in good hands with 7Sage.
For reasons of anonymity, I don’t want to post my stats. If you PM me, though, I’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Best of luck to everyone & hope to see some of you this fall!
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-72-section-3-question-06/
I am having such a tough time on this question. I have written out my thinking, watched the explanation a few times and I am still stumped by this question. Answer C is giving me trouble.
The goal here is to support the author's conclusion that the duration being long and everything else being short is not enough to classify the unusual GRB dichotomously. Two assumptions are being made here: 1) that the long duration is not enough to classify it as long, and 2) having almost everything short is not enough to classify it as short.
With B, I can clearly see now that this answer denies assumption #1. The duration being long would sometimes allow one to classify it as such. This would weaken the argument.
However, C states that ONE instance of a "long" property is less important than other "short" properties.. Wouldn't this deny the assumption #2? If one out of all the number of properties is a long duration and this duration is not as important as those short ones, then why would this answer help the conclusion? By explaining that duration is lower in importance along with the fact that it's severely outnumbered by short properties, the answer seems like it's implying that a "short" classification would be more fitting for this GRB. I do see the words "more important," but a short property that is important surly is more important than a long property that is low/not important.
Any thoughts on this question would be extremely helpful, thank you.
For some reason, I have a harder time testing in complete silence. When I have some kind of white noise in the background, I am able to focus much better. Does anyone have suggestions on how to be more adaptable to different noise conditions?
Does anyone know if there is an option to freeze your account? My account expires next month and I will extend in the event that I don't get into any schools for this fall but I won't know for sure until late June/ early July.
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Hello Folks:
Fresh from our LG Boot Camp on Sunday (Thanks to those who attended) I figure I'll take a different track with my next session. Our last session comprised of a wide swath of PT's across the entire spectrum so I wanted to drill deeper into a specific PT for this session. So on Sunday I will host a session where we can dissect every section in PT 41.
LR, LG and RC (Yes RC!)
We already have BR sessions for LR but LG and RC barely get any love. We can talk about LR questions if you wish but think of this as an opportunity to discuss all sections of a PT with fellow 7 sagers.
What Is this:
an open discussion about PT 41, going over all sections. Think about an office hours type situation for the LSAT but instead of TA's and professors you have fellow sagers helping you out.
When:
10 AM (EST) April 21st
Where:
Online!
Who are you and why are you doing this?
My name is Michael and I am a Lawschool hopeful from Canada. My aim is to get a score of 170 on my next LSAT. My recent attempts have landed me at 161 and 166 respectively and the LG section has been my downfall each time. I want to get better and I want to help you get better so we can all achieve our goals.
7Sage Consultant Dan Castro has an amazing article in this month's Harper's. It's about a man who negotiated a historic truce between El Salvador's biggest gangs—and how local politics, pressure from the US, and the man's own ambiguous motives helped undo it.
Check it out!
https://harpers.org/archive/2019/05/gang-truce-san-salvador-raul-mijango/
I will be graduating in May(undergrad) and I am not sure whether taking a part-time job or a full-time job is better after graduation. Most paralegal positions are full-time. I will likely to get a more rounded experience in law if I take the position, but does it matter if I choose a part time job that is not relevant to law? I want more time to study the LSAT. I am not sure if a random, unrelated job will hurt my application in the future. Please help! Thank you!
I want to go to a t14 and afterwards work in international law / digital law (not big law). My personal work-life balance is 50-55 hours of full-time studying or full-time work. Is putting in 50-55 hours a reasonable expectation to succeed at a t14 and in said legal fields? I know it depends on the person; in my case, I intentionally limit the amount of time working / studying so there is pressure to work more efficiently (more time doesn't mean better results). Any opinions or experiences? Thanks in advance.
If you are leaning towards the possibility of taking the LSAT more than once, what is the proper balance of properly preparing with the new PT's and saving a few of the newer ones? Should you use as many recent ones as you can, and then if you do need to take again, practice with older PT's that are new to you?
In thinking about what I plan to write my personal statement on I am a bit torn... I am an extremely high functioning adult (40), with Bipolar 1(1 is the most sever type), which does classify as a mental disability. Do you think this is to iffy of a topic? I have never done anything but fight to rise above this label. There is no tragedy in my discussion of my road. It would be a positive narrative, not a "why me?" or a "I've suffered so much.". I've always approached my disability with a "bring it on" attitude. The odd thing my husband and I have discovered is that the nature higher education (speed, long hours, stress, and such) is oddly enough a great outlet and quite therapeutic... Anyway, I think it is good narrative I am just not sure if my PS is the good place to tell it. Any time put into giving me advise will be greatly appreciated.
My login page layout on my laptop looks like the app version in that it displays everything in one continuous column instead of the split screen where top forum discussions, preptest data, etc. appear on the right and course type on the left. Tried to reset on settings to no luck.
Is this now default?
i can provide screenshots if not clear. Thanks!
I'm not sure if anyone is in the same boat as me, but my rough plan has always been to get a US JD and then move to maybe Asia, Australia or London to practise law (I'm Australian by nationality). Does anyone have any insight into this process and the considerations or challenges that are associated with it?
Does anyone have any strategies or tricks for these questions? The latter is heavily lawgic based, which helps at times, but I'm still getting more of them wrong than any other question type.
I have a hard time understanding why B is the right answer? Also, could someone explain why D is wrong?
Say you have premise that doesn't specifically identify whether members are in or out, but is a bi-conditional like:
"Wharton serves on a different committee than the one Zhu serves on"
How do you decide which side to negate? It ends up having consequences when you chain up and try to find "or" and "not both" inferences with other members. I'm so confused.
Hey guys! I've finished redoing the CC for the second time because I got the Ultimate+ package, am foolproofing the games for the second time, and working through drilling still. I just took PT 59 and am feeling a bit discouraged. I know this is just my first one after such a long time, but I still wanted to see some huge jump.
Today I took PT 59 and got a 159 with a BR of 173.
I'm really glad to see the jump in the BR for sure and I feel like I did get stressed out during time, so hopefully I can still improve.
Breakdowns:
LG Actual -4; BR -0
LR Actual -11; BR -4
LR Actual -7, BR -5
RC Actual -8, BR -1
*Usually my LR actual is -4 to -7 in timed LR sections, so I'm a bit upset about this...hopefully, the next one is better
7 months ago, I took PrepTest 39 and scored 161 with a BR of 169
5 months ago, I took PrepTest 40 and scored 159 with a BR of a170
I appreciate any advise you guys have. I am trying to take the test this summer by July and score a 170+. My goal is to get into the Top14! I am going to keep working on LR drilling, along with timing strategies. I will be taking atleast one or two preptests each week as well because I do have full time to dedicate to the LSAT. Please do share your best tips.
Just wondering if anybody who has had the LSAT starter course was able to get a 168 or higher. If so, what are some of your tips? Would love to hear your experiences towards a 168+
Hi everyone,
I am trying to backwards plan for when I will tentatively take the LSAT. I started with 7Sage in December 2018, but they had to go to Eastern Europe for my job for a few months and wasn't able to get on the website due to country restrictions and lack of internet access in a rural area. I returned to the US at the end of March and have been trying to devote about 15-20 hours to the LSAT. I work 60 hours a week Monday through Friday, so I am able to maybe spend about 2 hours after work and then get in about 10 hours over the weekend. Right now I am a third of the way through the curriculum. I would like to finish all the lessons and content on Ultimate by June and do a practice test each week for a year.
I was wondering if anyone else has had a job where they are working 60 hours and juggling kids and how long it took them to get battle-ready for the LSAT. Is getting through the other 70% of the lessons by June realistic?