Hi all,

I’ve been stuck in the high 160s/low 170s for a while now; my average for the last 10 PTs I’ve taken is a 171. I’m typically -0 or -1 on logic games, -2 to -4 on LR and RC.

Does anyone have any advice for how to make that jump to getting those last few questions right?

Hey, guys. I just finished my interview with Wash U. I saw in earlier posts that the interview invitation is a good-sign for acceptance and some people were given a specific time on when they'll be hearing back with the decision. But my interviewer said that this year application pool has risen significantly, and that the decision might take a little while. Is this a bad sign?? I'm worried people!

I’ve been through the CC, and I’ve gone back and repeated basic and advanced logic. I’m still losing a massive amount of points because I’m having trouble translating English to logical statements. What did you guys do to master this?

I've been a member of 7sage for a while, just lurking the forums. I'm an international student and scheduled to take the October LSAT this Sunday. I've been PTing for a few months now, and my scores have been really erratic and not in my goal range. I'm also scheduled to take the November exam, and I'm going to try for the January one too if I don't make the score I want (lhigh 160-low 170).

My concern is this is my second take, and the first time I took the test I went in underprepared and got a 157.

Would it hurt my chances for admission if I got two low scores, even if I improved and got a higher score in the future tests? If so, should I sit in for the exam and cancel afterwards? The deadline to withdraw was weeks ago so I don't think I have that as an option.

Help :(

I think I have a problem accessing videos. Does anyone else have this problem at the moment?

Hey all,

I am working through the LG portion of the CC while fool-proofing. This by far has been the best way to learn and master LG. Its only been a week and I feel like I'm learning so much.

I have a question for those who have finished fool-proofing.

I'm spending about 4 hours a day purely focused on LG and fool-proofing 5-6 days a week. I honestly do not see it taking longer than a month at this rate, but please let me know if I am wrong.

Cheers and thanks in advance :)

Hi everyone,

I’m curious to see how everyone’s progress went. I’ve been studying consistently for a little over a month now (started looking at the LR section in July and tried to find the best techniques and learning strategies for me), and I’m doing practice questions in LR specifically, and I’m usually getting about 50% of them correct. Should I be really concerned? How did everyone else improve on the LR section? I think that I’ll need to move my test date to January since I’m not even through the RC or Games curriculums yet. Thoughts? Any comments are appreciated!

Hello, I decided to postpone the September exam and have been taking 2 PTs a week, starting with the older exams. Since a month ago, I've seen a significant score increase from the early 160s to 170s. I've been scoring 170-174 on the past 5 exams (PT 41-58), but today I gave PT 67 a shot and my score dropped back down to the low 160s. I think it may be because I'm not as familiar with the nuances of the newer exams? Maybe the nerves? I noticed that I missed the easier, single digit questions for the last LR section, which is usually not the case. If anyone has advice regarding transitioning from the older exams to the newer ones, I'd very much appreciate it. Thank you.

Hey all,

I bought another course before I bought 7Sage. In that course, the day before the practice/real LSAT was a scheduled off day. I have been using that scheme but have wondered if it really is optimal. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume there is no single best way, as I'm sure different ways may work for different people.

If anyone would like to share how you schedule your days off, and maybe a little explanation on why that works for you, I would love to hear.

Thanks in advance to all who share.

Is it just me or is everyone else's drill packs down?

I have not given the LSAT a second thought since getting my September score, however it popped back up today. I went on a field trip with my daughter’s school to an Indian mound historical site. The introductory video talked about the early impact of corn in their society. I immediately wondered what impact it had on their tooth health (Dental Caries) and whether soybeans would have been a better option (team #soybeans).

Hey everyone,

I'm an older student with lots of job experience. For the law school resumes, do they have to be extensive? Would UCLA care that I worked at Ticketmaster in the 90's?

I will have several school visits coming up. What type of attire is considered proper when touring a school and talking to the admission committee? Any advice?

I know it's a bad idea to argue with LSAT answers, but I find it's the best way to improve - I want to really understand exactly why my thinking is wrong. I can't seem to find out an adiqute explination for why D is wrong for this question, would love some input, I have scoured the forums but cant seem to find anyone discussing this line of attack. Thanks in advance if you take the time to look this up!

The arguement is:

chem fert caused farmers to switch from alfalfa

Alfalfa caused good soil.

C: We must Abandon chem fert in order to get good soil back.

necessicary assumption?

Evaluating this argument, it seems like the obvious consideration is that farmers could use both chems while renewing the soil. Why would we need to abandon chems? The answer needs to say that. And that sounds like what E is saying.

But when you consider this further, theres litterally nothing in the argument that says the only way to improve soil is GM method. it's easy to imagine another way to renew soil, maybe soil rotation or something. Maybe they could grow soybeans, which cause very little soil degradation when compared to other cash crops, like corn, which doesnt stand up to soybeans in both financial benefits and environmental considerations. The point is that there's really no reason to think GM is necessicary to improving soil health at all. When we consider the many potential, possibly infinite ways to improve soil health, having a single one be incomparable with chems seems to do little to improve are argument at all.

another assumption which would make the conclusion follow would be if soil improvement cannot happen as long as these chems are present in the soil. the very presence of these chemicals in the soil insures the soil cannot improve. A perfect answer could be.

"no matter what methods the farmers persue, their can be no soil improvement as long as chemical fert in question are present in the soil"

Theres no answer that says this, but D says

"chemical fert have a destructive effect on soil".

destructive is a strong word, and this holds in every case- regardless of what you do to improve the soil health, as long as their is chemicals in the soil, these chems will have a destructive effect which could conceivably limit improvement.

E is right and D is wrong. What am I failing to consider here? Thanks again if you took the time to address my question!

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Hey guys, so doing preptests, I've noticed for vast majority, the games 1 and 2 are the easier ones and games 3 and 4 the harder ones.

From what I've seen, the 1st game is usually a 1-level, the 2nd game generally 2-level, game 3 being 3-level or 4-level or 5-level (mostly 4-level), and game 4 being 4- or 5- level difficulty (mostly 5-level).

Sometimes there's an exchange in the level of difficulty between games 3 and 4 as well, it seems.

Is this trend generally true? For those of you who have taken real, actual LSAT recently, would you say this is pretty accurate?

If this is still true for recent tests, I want to make sure I can try to quickly knock out the first 2 games, so I can focus on games 3 and 4. I don't want to make the mistake of skipping around (and wasting time) trying to figure out which games are easier and which are the hard ones during the real test.

Thanks!

I would like to apply to school in the fall and I'm taking the november test. I do feel like I would like to have a back up test because I believe I might not have given myself enough time to fully prepare for this test (with a full time job), but still studying hard daily. I can't take the January test because i will be out of the country. #help I know generally schools will hold applications for pending test scores, but how late is too late to apply to school? I already started drafting my essay and plan to have everything prepared to apply in dec/jan, however have a strong feeling i will want to take the test again, is the march test too late?

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Translated:

Poet --> Purpose PE (s) Ambig. Words

Thus.

Poetry Reader --> not the case [enjoyment depends on precise understanding of what poet means]

Correct Answer Choice (C): Admin note: Deleted.

Translated:

If writer that uses words ambiguously --> not the case [have any reader whose enjoyment depends on precise understanding of what the writer means]

My issue is rooted in what appears to be a correct answer choice based on the question's invalid argument form:

A --> B (s) C

A (s) C

In short, in implying that poet's use ambiguous words - is that not an invalid assumption? The purpose of all poets is personal expression & if you are a writer whose purpose is personal expression then you sometimes use words ambiguously. This statement does not necessarily mean that all poets use words ambiguously. It may be the case. It may not be. But I think answer choice C would only make sense if the stimulus was structured like: The purpose of all poets is personal expression & if you are a writer whose purpose is personal expression then you always use words ambiguously.

Does anyone else catch my train of thought?

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Although already noted that MSS Qs are similar or can even be mistaken as Main Point Qs, I am not fully understanding on my own (without J.Y. pointing it out) what wording in the question stem makes an MSS Q. just that, an MSS Q.

For instance, unless the Q. stem directly states or contains "....is most strongly supported by...." I really cannot tell what makes an MSS Q. an MSS Q.

#help

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Is there anyone out there who was able to defeat these Author Inference questions? These consistently make up about half of my missed RC questions and I have no idea how to approach them and why they're so hard for me. #help

The title says it all. Let me know as I'd like to have someone who doesn't know me well read it and give honest feedback!

Anyone been through on of these? Mine is schedule for the end of this month. What is the dress code and what sort of questions did they ask? Any tips for preparation?

Any and all info much appreciated.

Hi all!

I wanted to reach out and ask if any students scoring in the 150's need tutoring.

I started out at a 138 and am now scoring in the mid 160's with the following stats: -3-6 LR, -3-6 RC, and -0-4 LG.

During blind review, I'm consistently scoring in the 170's: -0-2 LR, -0-1 RC, and -0 LG.

I can meet Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 pm PST, Thursdays 5:30-6:30 pm PST, and on Saturdays from 2-6 pm PST.

I'm happy to tutor for free (Full disclosure: This would be my first time tutoring people for LSAT).

I have been attending the study group calls since June and I've gotten good feedback about my contribution.

Please feel free to message me and we can coordinate schedules. :)

i've noticed that when I print PT's from 7sage, the font is smaller than the PT's in the LSAC 10 Test books.

Did anyone else experience a similar thing?

I've had to experiment enlarging the print (to like 110%) in an effort to try to match the font size of the LSAC 10 test book PT's.

Is this just something wrong with my print settings?

Thanks.

I was wondering if i was doing a timed section/full test if whether it makes sense to bubble now, given the changes in Fall 2019.

If am i taking in the digital era and its a simple click, should i just circle my selection now and tally it up afterward (post blind-review circle).

It is always preached to mimic test-day like conditions and i think this new way of just circling is better than bubbling.