What is your plan of attack? How many PTs a week, drilling, daily schedule, books you will read to help with RC (even non-LSAT related), meditation/motivational YouTube videos, be as specific as you'd like!

I'll go first!

I am taking a week long break after the September 8th LSAT. The first week of studying I will drill question types I consistently missed on my last 4 or 5 PTs to get my momentum back.

Starting week 2 is when I will begin my humbling, soul sucking yet grateful for it, etc. schedule:

Take 1 PT - every Saturday (PT 70-80s),

BR - Sunday

Review - Monday & Tuesday and then tally up again question types

Drill -Wednesday & Thursday

Up in the air - Friday either relax or if I don't feel exhausted I will do 2 practice sections timed and review (PTs 50-60s and above)

I have learned from this prep that I read frantically from anxiety. I also catch myself having random thoughts during my PTs, even when I want to focus. So, I end up missing a lot of low hanging fruit questions. My plan of attack is to learn how to be in the moment and to re-focus/center my thoughts.

Prep for mental health:

Monday-Friday morning: meditation 10-15mins (hopefully I don't fall asleep and wake up 2 hours later...)

One random day out of the week I will use my ClassPass to take a yoga class

Any idea whether it makes a difference applying Sep. vs. Oct. ? I never thought it would but then I saw this : https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/does-submitting-an-early-law-school-application-improve-your-chances. Was gonna sit on my application until Oct. but am low key freaking out about whether I should submit them this week. I'm not retaking LSAT.

Just wrote a rough draft of a new PS, hoping someone could read through it for me? Happy to return the favor. Thanks!!

Is it necessary to have a final list of law schools before requesting an academic letter of recommendation? Or can the request be sent while in the process of creating/finalizing the list?

What are your thoughts on modifying the list after requesting a letter?

Please let me know the pros and cons for the above and where you got the advice. I haven't been able to find anything on the topic so far.

Hey guys, Im considering in taking this september test but something tells me that maybe i should push it back for the november one because this is already my fourth time taking it. But at the same time, I feel as if since I already took it 3 times already, I might as well take the november one too if I dont feel satisfied with my september score. I dont think law schools would really feel a difference with someone taking it 4 times as opposed to 5. How do you guys feel about this?

On the letter of recommendation email requests to college/graduate school professors, did you specify the academic highlights and positive themes you wanted your recommender to convey to your law schools?

Did you ask to highlight course assignments and/or other academic accomplishments specific to that recommender's classes?

I dont know how but

150 on the LSAT in June. I've hit a stride lately and have been doing really well. PT'd two weeks ago at 159 and 164 yesterday. The key for me was I increased my RC score and have really strengthened LG. LR varies 2-3 questions each section. How can I translate this PT success to the real deal? I'd be ecstatic with anything above a 157. I was thinking just practicing my RC over the next few days, and going over some of my LR weak points.

7Sage is truly a life saver in helping me improve my Logic Games score. Thank you so very much. Now that I have the tools needed to be more successful at logic games, I notice that it can be difficult to keep track of everything when the space is limited and you cant "wipe clean" your game board like you can in the videos. Obviously it depends question to question, but what are your recommendations to accommodate both for time and organization? Duplicate game boards? Crossing things out and dealing with the messiness?

Hi ya'll,

How many PTs are you taking per week? I am gearing up for Saturday and then taking again in November. I would like to think I can balance 2 or 3, but after being burnt last week, I am a bit hesitant. My original plan was to take a PT Monday and again Thursday (on the weeks with 3; I would test Monday, Thursday, Saturday). BR and drill on off days, take Sundays off entirely. I have been studying on/off since May, full time since mid-July, and those 5-8 hr days really take a toll. Any advice would be great! Additionally, how are you guys starting to incorporate the actual application process? I plan on starting my PS next week after Saturdays test.

Hi guys,

I'm having a very big problem with missing easy 1star LR questions. I don't know what exactly I'm doing wrong but I tend to miss 3-4 at the start of each LR section. But when it comes to the more difficult (3-4stars) questions (15-23) I get them right no problem.

I'm not doing anything different. Same thought process. No matter how easy or hard they look, I read all the ACs.

What should I do? I'm honestly so confused and just really disappointed in myself that I'm letting these easy ones be missed.

Hey guys,

this might be a dumb question but does anyone know if you can get PT A or B on 7sage? I have the Ultimate+ prep. For some reason, I really can't seem to find the test on 7sage

Hey all,

Before 7sage, I studied with another program and exhausted through PT's 60-80. (not all of them were used as full length PT's, some were used for timed sections).

How reliable will my scores for PT 60-80 be since it will be the second time I look at the questions? It's been a year since i've looked at PTs 60-80, so I'm hoping my mind wont recall everything 100%, and maybe the scores I receive the second time around could be somewhat reliable.

Not sure if this fact will help at all.. but I was getting like 145-150 on those PT's (lol) and 50% on the sections. (yeah i know, what a waste of PT's)

Any thoughts?

What is your strategy for the order in which you do the RC passages? Do you do them as they are presented? Most questions first? Saving science/art/etc for last? Start with the comparative? Something else? I’m curious!

Hey everyone,

I'm taking the LSAT on Saturday, and the reading section has been a constant thorn in my side throughout this whole process. I find it extremely frustrating that I've had a reading section similar to this on every standardized test since the third grade, but consistently miss questions on RC. I understand that the LSAT is much harder in difficulty, but nonetheless the idea is the same.

I've tried a few different warm-up methods such as reading another LSAT passage, and science articles, but RC was still consistently my worst section.

Recently, I've started reading extremely old material (think KJV Bible or Shakespeare) as a warmup and it has helped a ton. I now frequently am going -0 on most passages, a noticeable change from an average of about -1.5 per passage. My last timed PT I had a personal best -2 RC.

I think I've read somewhere else that Shakespeare helps, so maybe some of you do something similar. Maybe it's not the difficulty of translating the old style of English that is helping my score, but rather that I am warming up with material that I enjoy. Just wanted to share what has helped me, good luck to everyone testing this weekend!

Hi guys!

I planned on going straight to law school after graduating college which I just did in June. I was set to take the Sept 2017 exam so I could get in for this fall but postponed to this year's Sept exam. I already delayed once, should I delay again if I am not scoring where I want to be?

I still have not decided but I do not want to risk taking it in Nov and Jan as Jan may be considered late acceptance to some schools.

Hi everyone,

I just want some insight on your experiences from when you first started studying to the current point or even end point which you already took the Lsat and got your score. Did you see a massive improvement from the cold test till now?

If I don’t include a work experience on my resume in order to save space (plus it was a part-time job that lasted for only 2 months), would this be considered violating a Character & Fitness protocol/requirement? Would it be safer/better to include it, especially because it was a legal work experience?

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September'18 Study Group | Pep Rally | Thursday, September 6th, 2018 | 7:30 PM EST

Hey all! In case you are not aware, the September LSAT is this Saturday (8th) unless of course you are an accomodated test taker.

Whether you are a part of the group or not, please be sure to join us this week, to cheer on those taking the September LSAT. We will also have some special guests who are voluntarily taking time out of their busy lives to share their experiences and answer questions.

So join us, cheer those taking it on, and walk out after taking the test with a sense of accomplishment:

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Also to those taking the test...PLEASE take a week off after from anything and everything LSAT related.

To those going for November, you can join the November SG and I'll see you then :)

September 18 Study Group

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So I was set on the Sept test but unfortunately my PT average is right around a 164-165 at the moment and thats well short of the 170 I need to be confident going into the test. I've already seen an 18 point improvement from my diagnostic score but I know I still have a lot of room for improvement.

I'm currently averaging around -8 on RC and thats what's really killing my score. Is it smart to dedicate a whole week to drilling dozens of RC passages? I know this helped me a lot with logic games but I'm wondering if the same approach can work with RC. I haven't really figured out the proper approach for RC because my scores don't really follow a clear trend. I suck at inference questions and typically go -1 or -2 on BR.

Hey everyone - I plan on taking the November lsat (non negotiable lol) and apply for the upcoming cycle. I don’t need massive gains I already took the exam in July . But I do need to up my score. What type of schedule/ hours per week would you use for studying? I’ve been

Studying for awhile so it seems like I’m burning out faster ... I’m thinking of knocking out my applications then getting back to the lsat. So I don’t have that on the back burner (due November 1st) .

Hello everyone, I’ve been having some conversations with various people in the legal field / students and we got talking about mental health. Don’t think if you’re a high achiever that you’re immune to stress / other symptoms of mental illness. It’s important to learn strategies and get help if needed early on ; the lsat is one part of the journey to becoming a lawyer. It’s ok to ask for help. Journal, write , paint , dance do whatever you need to do to feel at ease (besides harmful self destructive behaviour).

Looking to compile a good pre 1l reading list- what are some the best books to read before starting 1l? Any suggestions? I’m also specifically looking for a book that clearly explains the basic structure of the United States legal system.

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