Hi 7Sagers,

Every once in a while, an applicant asks us if it's okay to write about personal trauma, and specifically about sexual assault. The short answer is yes. Your story is yours, and if it impelled you toward a career in law, then it's not only appropriate to say so in your personal statement, it's powerful.

I wanted to share with you one of the most powerful personal statements I've ever read. The writer hopes her essay helps you aspiring applicants put your own statements on paper. You can read the essay here: https://classic.7sage.com/law-school-personal-statement-about-sexual-assault/

Hi 7Sagers,

I'll host another office hours this Thursday, at 9 p.m. ET. Once again, I won't give a spiel, I'll just field your questions from start to finish. You don't need to register in advance.

When: Nov 1, 2018 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Admissions Q&A with David

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

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Or Telephone:

Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

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I was wondering if anyone here has bought used copies of Powerscore books and what the result was. I mean, did it arrive all marked up inside or was were you able to save money without sacrifice in quality? I would think that having answers penciled in already would detract from the benefits of the practice sections. A new book is rather expensive though.

Here is my problem I could easily get a great score on the LSAT if I stop second guessing the right answer. I know trust your gut, but I still always second guess it and pick the wrong answer. Please help! any advice!

Hi Everyone,

I am considering taking the LSAT next year 2019. If anyone is interested in meeting in NYC, please let me know.

Best.

Jimmy

Hi all,

I am looking for some feedback.

I am currently in a routine of taking an LSAT every Saturday and Sunday morning, as I work full time and can't take it during the week. I write in November. I have been consistently getting 163 (my target score) and feel overall good/excited about the exam.

Now- my sister is giving birth and she lives an hour away by flight. I booked a ticket to go this upcoming Friday to Monday (November 2-5). I plan to take an LSAT Saturday and Sunday when I'm there but it will be in my aunts house, not in real conditions (like not at a library).

Am I making a mistake by switching my schedule up this close to the exam, as it'll only leave 1 weekend to study after? Or will a break help?

Looking for some feedback if I should cancel the flight or just go.

*** I am going at end of November if it helps too.

It seems like 7Sage deleted the web versions of prep tests this week... Instead, we only have encrypted PDF version of preptests.

It took me seconds to print a preptest in balck and white before. Now it takes 15 miniutes to print 3 pages in balck and white!

The size of PDFs is too big for printers to handle.

Could you please advise me what should I do? Thank you in advance.

I took the LSAT in June 2017. It didn't go as well as I wanted. I took a bunch of time off to figure out if I really wanted to do law school (I do). I am taking the November test and my PTs are bouncing around a wide range (161-168). My goal is 165+. Any advice?

do I also have to double space them? How long do they each have to be? no requirements written on the schools website.Can they be 10 point font smallest?

Hi guys, I am filling out the applications for schools, and under the Education Section, there is a question that says: "List the academic honors and awards, or other recognitions you have received." Isn't this just a repeat of what you would have on a resume?

Also, does latin honors count in this section?

They ask for a description as well and it's limited to very few words. I was wondering how people gave those descriptions. Thanks so much!

is there any chance they read the div statement first? It's ok I'm not thrilled with it no matter how I write it but definitely want to include, happier with Personal statement though

Hi everyone,

I've done a lot of research and know the LSAT is extremely important, especially with a low GPA.

I'm currently working full time and a full time student. I tried studying for the LSAT as well this semester; it was stressful. I'm suppose to be graduating December 2019 and applying in the fall of September 2019, to enter law school if all goes well the fall of 2020. Should I take the Spring semester of 2019 to focus on the LSAT for June and complete my law school application (personal statements etc.) or just manage my time better? If I take off the Spring semester 2019, I'll still be entering law school 2020. Graduating undergrad in May. Thank you for your help!

Hi all,

I recently took the GMAT and did very well, particularly in the verbal section (44 points or 98 percentile). I'm interested in joint programs, so I'm also looking into the LSAT.

I'm trying to gauge how I could best spend my time prepping and how much overlap there is between the GMAT verbal and the LSAT. Can anyone who has experience with both exams speak to this and to how my GMAT score will translate?

From what I've read, the consensus seems to be that the LSAT reading comp has longer passages and that the LR section is slightly trickier than the GMAT critical reasoning questions. That said, I think that the bulk of my prep will be devoted to LG with a smaller part of my prep focused on fine-tuning LR and RC.

Any input would be much appreciated.

I got my 23andme results back.

I am 53% Asian/Native American (Mexico) and 43% European.

23% is Native American (Mexico)

Can I put down that I am Mexican, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian? And European? It’s like I could check all the boxes?

Update: Complete DNA test results below:

East asian & Native American 53.5%

Native American 24.8%

Mexico

Chinese 12.1%

Indonesian, Thai, Khmer & Myanma 2.4%

Chinese Dai 2.2%

Filipino & Austronesian 0.1%

Broadly Chinese & Southeast Asian 1.6%

Broadly East Asian 0.9%

European 41.6%

Eastern European 14.3%

Poland

Iberian 9.1%

French & German 1.1%

Ashkenazi Jewish .5%

Sardinian .1%

Broadly Southern European 10%

Broadly Northwestern European 1.5%

Broadly European 5.0%

Sub--Saharan African 1.9%

Senegambian & Guinean 0.4%

Congolese 0.3%

Broadly West African 0.4%

Broadly Sub-Saharan African 0.7%

Western Asian & North African 0.1%

Broadly Western Asian & North African 0.1%

I graduated with a graduate degree in 2014 summer. From then on, I had roughly an employer for every year of my work experience. Is this going to look bad for the admissions committee? Inconsistent or flighty?

My reasoning is that I was working as a contractor/freelancing so I was working with different employers.

Here is briefly how it looks.

Would this have a bad impact on how I come across to the admissions?

Sept 2014-Jan 2015 Employer A

Dec 2014-Jun 2015 Employer B

Jun 2015-Jun 2016 Employer C

June 2016-Dec 2017 Employer D

Procrastinator here :) How many hours are you guys actually committing to studying daily? Seeing the commitment from others will make me feel inferior...and up my game! THANKS!

For those of you who have already taken the test, what time were you finally able to leave? The reporting time is 8:30 so what time would you get there? The testing center is only a few blocks from my house. I'm taking the LSAT in November.

Hi all, I just discovered a resume typo. For one of my activities, I put down 9/2014–6/2014 instead of 9/2014–6/2015. I have applied to one school two days ago. Should I re-send my resume?

I've taken 14 full PTs so far and one of the things I'm noticing with myself isn't so much that I struggle with fatigue during the exam (although I do feel a small concentration decline by the 5th section), but rather that I struggle to recover quickly after the exam. At first I tried taking a PT every 3 days +/- 1 day. But I realized when I went to sit down my mind just wouldn't focus. I could still feel the exhaustion from the prior test. The last few weeks I've been doing just one PT per week (plus BR and some drilling in between) and I've sat down feeling much more focused and fresh. The issue is that in doing this it's taking me longer to get more exposure to full PTs.

Does anyone care to share their thoughts on this? I'm not sure whether to push myself and PT more often or go at this pace and risk not being ready for the November exam (and January if necessary). My scores have fluctuated all over the 165-173 range.

Hi y'all just starting out, a year ago I took my diagnostic test and scored a 145 this June I got a 162 on the real deal. Going from 145-162 didn't happen overnight I started with the free course and upgraded to the cheapest and eventually upgrading two more times.

I was thinking of retaking because I was prepping at 168 I even managed to get a 171 and 172 on a BR, those were two very happy days:). I spoke to schools that I am considering applying to and 162 will give me a decent scholarship and possibly a free ride at others. Today I made the decision that I'm done with LSAT real, by trashing all my tests and review material I printed, it fills a trash can up. I wanted to pay it forward, for all the help I got from this site.

I know 162 might not sound so exciting if your looking at Harvard, but most of us are not taking that route. So if you don't plan on going to a "Top School" and want encouragement from a "middle of the road-er", so you know you can do it too, here goes.

I got a lot of practical tips from reading posts, the most helpful one was to use sheet protectors and dry erase markers for BR's. I had a whole binder of prep test I perused at random times, (waiting rooms, airports etc.) I printed the test twice the 2nd copy for BR, I put into sheet protectors and did it with dry eraser markers. I wrote the correct answers on sticky note when I reviewed and kept a tally of which ones I got wrong on another sticky note. If I got any wrong I moved the sticky note to the top and it stuck out of the binder like a tab, this allowed me to see which questions I needed to review further. Once I BR'd correctly I would move the tab to the bottom.

Burnout is real, when it set in for the third time, and I was sure I'd never pull past a 155, I switched from marathon/burnout cycle to dedicating one and half days a week studying. I shut my phone and ignored the world. Day one (at home and sometimes the library) I took the test, took a lunch break then I BR'd and I checked the answers. Next half day I saw what I got wrong, why and BRed the logic games I got wrong. Later on when I was getting better and review day didn't have that many wrong I'd go to my binder and run through all the ones I had initially gotten wrong. In May a month before the actual test I took one test a week at my test center. I found this very helpful. I spoke to the test center they allowed me to use the actual room I tested in. I think this helped me stay calm on test day it was not a new experience.

All in all it was a lot of work, but it can be done. Thank you 7sage I couldn't have done it without this course. On to my personal statement resume and application... See you soon on the other side...

If you're taking the November 2018 LSAT and your account is inconveniently set to expire a few days before the test date, you can get a free 14-day extension from this page: https://classic.7sage.com/free-extension/

For those of you who are expiring after, good luck on the LSAT! We here at 7Sage are rooting for you.

Here is my situation. I am currently in my third year. I was thinking to start studying for the LSAT next summer but i know that 3 months is not enough.. So should i take a gap year after I finish my studies? or is there a way for my situation to study for the LSAT and at the same time not to affect my studies in university? Also, I have all the preptests so which plan should i buy ?

Hey 7Sagers,

We're excited to announce that we have new drills for Ultimate+!

Questions by Type

In additions to LR drills, we now have RC and LG drill sets organized by type. Scroll down until you see "Drills from PrepTests 01 to 09 " or search "Type Drill" (using Instant filter) on your Syllabus:

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LR Questions by Type:

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RC Questions by Type:

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LG Questions by Type:

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LG Drills

In lieu of the Logic Games Bundle, we now have **All LG Questions Drill** for every 10 PrepTests. These are easier to print than the LG Bundle and we have sets for newer PTs.

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(Search "All LG Questions Drill" (using Instant filter) on your Syllabus)

I just finished watching a WSJ youtube video on harvards secret admissions criteria and how asian american personalities did not stand out enough for acceptance and it got my thinking about what kind lf students they want at their school. Especially from minority students and students that are less fortunate. As someone who checks both kf those boxes I find it difficult to make myself stand out, Ive never even left the US and my gpa is not where it needs to be. I was hoping flr the lsat to be my saving grace but now im thinking even a perfect score from a poor minority student wont cut it. Any thoughts?

Here are some thoughts from the LSAC Forum in NYC. Of course, this is all my own opinion based on today's experience and should not necessarily be taken as the word of God! No, I'm not that haughty...

First, the workshops were not that illuminating, at least for me. Perhaps if you're entirely unfamiliar with the process, there would be some benefit, but for most students, you'd use your time more effectively by chatting with the admissions officers.

Second, business casual is fine. For some reason, I was a bit apprehensive about not wearing a suit, even though I had seen posts saying that business casual was appropriate. However, although most of the admissions officers wore more formal clothes, a majority of the students wore business casual attire.

Third, bring a briefcase or bag with you. I cannot stress how important this is for you! Every school will give you an equivalent of a couple of trees worth of flyers and glossy magazines titled "101 reasons to come to UMichigan!" If you plan on taking them with you, bringing a sturdy bag or briefcase is vital. LSAC did provide the classic tote bag, however. So that will probably be enough for most people's needs.

Fourth, try to give a face to the name. In my estimation, the Forum can be used most effectively by building rapport with the reps in addition to asking specific questions. Use some humor particular self-deprecating. You want to move past the mechanistic speech each one of them have stored in their heads. One person whom I spoke to sounded like a robot mechanically answering questions with little thought or personality. Obviously, don't go overboard or try to be something that you aren't, but leaving an impression (even just that you're personable) seems important. I think thanking for coming to the forum and chatting with you is a great way to leave an impression. I asked the Yale Law admissions officer--with whom I spoke with for a while--for a selfie, and he happily acquiesced!! Don't be shy. Most of them were quite personable. Remember, they'll have all your stats when you apply, but they won't know you. Building rapport at the Forum can make your application stand out.

Fifth, comfort the 2/3 of law schools no one is interested in. The contrast was stark. It was like a speed dating event in which only one-third of the people aroused interest. I felt so sorry for the South Dakota Law School. I mean no one came over to them. So, do your good deed for the day and make them feel desired!