My undergraduate degree is from outside of the US. I already provided LSAC with an official English transcript of my undergraduate in the sealed university envelop as well as my undergraduate diploma. My undergraduate institution does not issue an official transcript in the original language (which is non-English) in the sealed university envelop. I also have an MS degree from an institution in the US. However, LSAC says they will not process my Credential Assembly Service (CAS) report until they receive the official transcript in the original language in the sealed university envelop. Anybody has had this issue in the past? Any solution? I have asked LSAC multiple times that you can reach out to my undergraduate institution to verify that they do not issue the official transcript in the original language in the sealed university envelop, but LSAC does not want to reach out to my undergraduate institution.

Hey guys, I'm gathering my list of schools I want to apply to and I want it to be very practical. So, is it more important to apply to schools in the area that I want to work in. Or should I be applying to the best ranked schools I think I maybe able to get in (regardless of location). For example, is it better for me to go to a school ranked in the 20's in the midwest, or a school ranked in the 50's that's in the state I want to work in?

This is probably a dumb question but I have to ask anyways.

I've noticed all the applications want to know how many times you've taken the LSAT and what scores you received. Having taken it multiple times and having some scores that don't look so good, I don't want to.

If schools really only care about your highest score, should I only report that? Or should I swallow my pride and put all the scores I have on the application?. I'm guessing schools could talk to LSAC and see them anyways, so I'm confused why they would inquire about all of them.

Before starting the 7sage course, no matter what I did, I could not improve on logic games. However, I took J.Y. Ping's advice and started drilling the same logic games problems until I was able to get them right on my own. It's been tedious and exhausting at times doing the same games over and over again until I get 100% accuracy, but I have noticed a significant improvement on my logic games score just from doing that. If you're feeling hopeless about logic games, keep practicing because practice really does make perfect, or close! :)

I am stuck between 2 PS topics and would love your feedback on one of them.

At some point in my college career, I was part of a student teaching placement, wrote a scathing letter to a Superintendent (oops!), and got a call from the Dean of my college to meet. Entering the meeting, I thought that I was getting kicked out and leaving the meeting, he offered to set me up with a meeting with the Regents of the top law school in Texas (and a warning of course!).

Is this topic too risque for my PS? I dont want to seem like I question authority and go rogue. Thoughts?

PS--I didn't take him up on that offer...

SO prep test 36 game 1 his my arch enemy! I figured out most of it after coming back to it a few weeks later, but this is where I am stuck. No T - K, so I understand I must have one or the other, But how do I still Have the option of having both? So no T or T, I still can have K....What is the rule here that I keep missing that I need to tattoo on my hand?

hey all

so there are some LR and RC questions where there are some "common sense" assumptions the LSAT expects us to make.

On the other hand, there are other "assumptions" that the LSAT uses to bait us into trap answer choices.

How can we distinguish between these two different kinds of assumptions? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

An example on the top of my head would be .... a trap bait assumption is "exercise" = "more arthritis." According to the LSAT, that's a BAD assumption ( PT 69.1.5)

Another "common sense" assumption that was associated with the right answer choice was that "firms/companies want to make money."

Thanks!

If anyone wants to swap, let me know!

Hello-I have an interview coming up & just updated my resume. Would anyone be willing to take a look? I just need another pair of eyes on overall fluidity & organization!

Bit of a random question but - during test day I was told to try and minimise your eraser use, but does that mean that you should practice LG without it completely? Or still have it with you in case?

How do people write out explanations for questions and do you use this method for RC, LR and LG?

Hey everyone, so this is my second time applying to law school. I've been looking up whatever or not I have to change my application from last year to reapply. I don't have much to update besides a summer job that I had. I've seen an article that said they can't be exactly the same, and I've seen some that said it's not necessary to change anything. I think I might change my PS slightly and update my resume. Is it necessary that I do anything else?

Hey all,

I have a question regarding references on which I'd be interested to hear some thoughts. I'm a Canadian applicant, and I've already submitted my applications for Ontario law schools, which allow three referees. However, I am just finishing up applications for UBC, UVic, and Dalhousie. UVic does not accept LORs (which, in my opinion, lowers their program on my list...but, anyway). UBC and Dalhousie, on the other hand, ask for only 2 letters. Thus, I'm in a position where I have to decide which two referees to ask to submit letters to these schools. Here are a few relevant specs for each referee.

Referee #1: An Associate Professor in psychology who I completed roughly 8 courses with over the duration of my program. I haven't seen the letter he wrote, but I often received back positive comments on my performance and a few times he asked if he could provide my papers as a model for future students in particular courses that he taught. However, I never worked as a TA or research assistant for this individual.

Referee #2: Instructor in sociology. Due to a health condition, he is not able to fulfill the requirements to be a full professor at this time, keeping him at the rank of instructor. However, he does have his doctorate from a prestigious American university. I worked as a TA for him for 4 years, returning each year at his own request. I also worked as a research assistant for him during a summer. I expect the letter would be quite good.

Referee#3: The Vice-President Academic of the university where I graduated. Unfortunately, I never completed any courses with him. Our relationship revolves around his supervising an academic writing fellowship that I was offered, and am now completing, at the the university. His comments to me have been favorable, and he described his letter as "glowing." However, I know that the amount of personal experience with me that he has to drawn on is more limited than the other two. At the same time, his title is impressive.

In many respects, the question this comes down to is...Do admissions committees tend to regard more highly the title/position of the referee or the amount of experience shared with the applicant? Thoughts?

Do's and Don'ts please????

Hey everyone, happy thanksgiving! Last year one of my LSAT scores came out about a week before the predicated date. Does anyone think that may happen for the November exam. I want to have all my apps ready by the time the scores come out. Thanks

Hey all. I just finished the core curriculum and have jumped back into timed PT's. The analytics on this site are great and I have identified one major LR weakness and two minor ones. I plan on setting aside at least one day in the near future to make my first attack.

How often do you, fellow 7Sagers, break from PT's post-core curriculum to fine tune your understanding of your weaknesses in the core curriculum? After every three tests or after every five? What is your drilling strategy after that? 20 3 of 5 difficulties, followed by 20 4 of 5's, followed by 20 5 of 5's of that type, for example?

#Help The LR section has really left me baffled. My average score per LR section was -2 while I was PTing through PT50s and PT60s. But in the series of 70s, it has drastically dropped to -5. I do notice some differences when I do more recent PTs but I can't figure out what. I've approximately a month and a half. How do you guys think I can get back on track?

Any advice or tips would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello. I'm a spoken word poet and I was thinking of submitting a poem as my Statement of Purpose. I've converted my SoP into a spoken word piece and I've even formatted it so it fits in two pages, the word count being around 650. Does it sound like a good idea to send it in or am I taking too much of a risk?

So, I was doing Game 4 of PT 61 in which

Q.19 asks J's position cannot be which one of these?

Answer choices:

A.2

B.3

C.5

Q.20 asks If J is in 3, which of these could be true?

Using Q.20 can we safely assume that J can in fact fit in 3 and then use that to eliminate answer choice B?

is "except" also "negate sufficient," just like "unless"?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I've been working on this post for a while and it's finally ready: six of the best essays we've ever worked on. All of the writers took different approaches to telling their stories, and all of them got into T14 schools. Note that we've published two of them before. Four are brand new.

If you're looking for inspiration as you write your own law school personal statement, take a look!

https://7sage.com/blog/law-school-ps-examples

Is there still office hours tonight?

Let's assume total COA will be the same (edit: negligibly different). I know the numbers from LST, but I was hoping I could gain some more anecdotal input or data from other resources.

My goal is big law, particularly NYC, but I'm also extremely open to working in LA or SF. I basically want to practice in any major city, except for those in Texas.

I think I will be fine on either campus, so which school would better help me reach my goal?

Id appreciate any input :)

Hi all,

I've been out of college for a few years now, so I asked my manager to write me a letter of recommendation and she readily agreed. She would like to see some examples of good letters of recommendation, since she's never written one for law school apps. Anyone have any helpful links and/or words of wisdom? I've found plenty of examples for letters from professors, but not a lot of robust guidance for employers.

Thanks!