Hi everyone. This is a kind of specific questions but I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge about this. I'm not sure if I want to live in the US after law school. If I do, I'm staying in California but I'm slowly thinking about moving to another country for adulthood lol. Because of this (I'm really not sure one way or another) I'm not sure 1) which schools to apply to and 2) what type of law I should study to "cover my bases".

I'd like to stay in California for law school because I think it would be really beneficial to have an American degree. However if you are like no Ham, you have to go to this school because 90% get jobs outside the US I'd love to hear (even if outside California). And of course, any law schools in California besides Stanford, UCLA, USC that would be particularly good for my situation?

What type of lawyers get jobs outside US? What do they study and what are their respective fields of work? Diplomatic and non-diplomatic suggestions?

Thanks guys!

ALSO if your suggestion is for me to google please let me know what to google!! I don't know which stats I should be paying attention to for my questions.

Question - got approved for the full amount (20,500) but am now living with my parents for law school (1L year at least). I only need about 7k to cover first year costs. Stupid questions:

I have enough saved up to cover my 1L costs without taking out any loans this year. Would you take out the 7k and then invest the savings or just pay for it to come out of the first year debt free?

Is the FAFSA year by year or could I take out the full 20,500 now to cover the next couple of years?

Any help or resources you could direct me to is appreciated. Thanks!

Hey guys,

When practicing LG, I always go to the 7sage Youtube channel for indications as to how long I should take to solve a specific game. At the beginning of his video explanations, JYP always mentions how long you should take if you're trying to get a perfect LG score, and this has been quite helpful.

Do you guys know of a similar resource for RC?

Will

Hello Everyone,

I’m looking for a study buddy who would be willing to go over in depth explanations for the prep tests. We can build off of each other’s knowledge and look for patterns and reasoning structure. Please message me if you are interested or leave a comment below.

Is there any way to know how difficult the certain practice tests are? I am just starting to take the tests because I finished the CC. I wanted to know if some are "easier" than others. Thank you!

Hello 7sagers,

Iv been studying for 8 months. Went through the CC, did Powerscore, did Manhattan Prep, and I'm still getting -8, -7, -6, with my BR usually being around -4, -6. I feel like I've made a lot of traction when it comes with RC and LG. With RC, I realized that If I just read it slower with a narrator's voice in my head as I'm reading it, that I was able to retain a lot of the information and structure, with very minimal notations. With LR though, I feel like my strategy is obviously off, something about how I'm reading it, my focus isn't where it needs to be, I'm not sure. I try to read them with an eye for the conclusion and premise, but when I'm cognizant of this, I feel like I'm not understanding it completely if that makes sense. I'm BR'ing correctly, I write all the answers I get wrong in an excel spreadsheet and go through each answer and reason it out, and I'm going to continue to do this but I think something is off with my reading strategy and my focus. Because I'm missing questions that I know, that are so obvious when I go to BR.

Just casting a large net here and seeing if others have felt this way, and what they did to master their focus and reading ability on LR, or any general tips on combating this would be much appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I just registered for the September test, but honestly don't know if I would be ready by then. I have been studying since June, so far I finished the Power Score LSAT bible textbooks and did about 10 prep Tests. I can finish Logic Games within the time limit, but each reading and logical reasoning would take me on average 40-45 min to finish :( I am working full time as an engineer, and have about 15 hour to study each week. Right now I am really stressed, not sure if I should take the November test or September one, I even thought about taking the September test and cancel right away just to "feel" the real exam. Does anyone have any suggestion? Thank you very very much!!!

Good morning all,

I plan on taking the LSAT on November 2018, and I want to start studying in August. I have taken the LSAT before, so the material will not be new for me. I want to purchase the LSAT Premium, but the study schedule suggests 40 hours per week. With a full time job, it will be hard for me to do that.

My question is, how do I plan around that? Do I study as much as I can and skip over some things? Or do you guys think I should be fine purchasing the LSAT starter course?

Thank you all in advance,

I graduated from a university in Hawaii that issued A+s but it was still considered a "4.0". Can someone please tell me what the truth is: Does LSAC consider my A+ a "4.3" or a "4.0"??

Thank you!!!

Hello!

I've been scoring in the low 160's (BR'ing in the low 170's) and would like to consult someone scoring in a similar range to discuss Logical Reasoning strategies. My current goal is to perform efficiently and effectively under time pressure. To do this, I've worked on incorporating skipping strategies and taking a consistent approach to reading the stimulus & going through the answer choices.

During the consultation, I'd like to go over some LR sections and refer back to some lessons and problem sets in the curriculum.

Please feel free to message me!

Thank you!

Hi,

I am looking for some help with percentage/numbers questions in general.

Most of the times I do get the answers right. But usually I hesitate between 2 of the answer choices and in blind reviews I tend to struggle explaining to myself why the correct answer is correct.

With this particular question, PT16, S2, Q9, I was down to (B) and (C). In the end I chose (C) because it "seemed more correct" given that the increase of electrical energy usage was larger (50%) than overall energy usage (10%). I also thought it is difficult to say anything about "other" energy types like in (B) as the stimulus does not give enough information about them.

As you can see, I didn't exactly have a confident reason in eliminating (B) and choosing (C). When I searched online for some explanations, they all came up with hypothetical numbers to show why (B) is not necessarily the case and (C) is. But I don't think I can come up with something like that during the exam under time constraint. So..

Can any of you tell me how you could go about during the actual exam environment in answering this question? Eliminating (B) with certainty and choosing (C)?

Thank you so much in advance!

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Just wanted to create an off topic discussion and get my mind off the entrance exam aspect of getting into a good law school. In the grand scheme of things, who here is also starting to think getting into a top law school is a very tough emotional journey of self-growth? I would imagine for any of you 7 sagers it’s not an easy journey taking pt after pt- not even just the test aspect of it but how it emotionally drains you.

Is there anywhere that shows how to negate certain terms. I get confused on how to negate some AC's and cant seem to find any resources on this.

feel free to message me

-still struggling in LR (-5 to -7) and RC

Hello everyone!

I use the 7sage’s lsat analytics and my scores usually range from 161-164. Sometimes I get like a 171 but that’s because the PTs are really tainted and I’ve seen over half of the LR questions before. (Several times)

Yesterday I took PT 56 and it was a fresh PT without any questions I’ve previously seen. I scored a 169 which is unusual because I would usually score 161 if the PT is completely fresh like this. And my worst section is RC and I would even get -10 questions wrong sometimes, however I got only -1 on this PT

So, I was wondering if anyone else had this experience with the PTs or if PT 56 was abnormally easy?

Thank you in advance!(:

Hello all!

So over the last couple of months my PT scoring has seemed to plateau, with my average over the last 4 being 161.8 and tightly grouped (5th one seemed to be an outlier of 166). My section breakdown for those PT's is roughly -10 LR total, -5 LG, and -8 RC. I just took my first 5 section PT and it was the also my first recent PT (made the jump from PT44 to PT78). I felt really good about PT 78 as a whole while taking it, so I was kind of disappointed with the 162 I got. It may be because I made the jump from 2004 tests to a 2016 test (RC was much more difficult), or because the RC section where I went -10 was the 5th section I did (most likely just excuses). I finish each section with roughly 3-7 minutes remaining.

I guess I am just wondering if anyone has any study strategies for breaking through the score plateau? Recently I have focused on fool proofing more games, working on LR by question type, and doing untimed RC sections while also combing through The Economist articles. I am feeling good about the progress I am making on LG, but LR and especially RC need work. I am sitting for the September test and am hoping to go 164+ since the median at schools I am interested in were at 161 last cycle.

Thanks in advance for any help!

A little background: I am consistently scoring in the low 160s on full pts but consistently scoring 175+ (usually 178) during BR. Time kills me, and I know a lot of it is anxiety which results in brain fog because I can correctly answer questions/complete sections in an okay amount of time during BR.

I just wanted to put a request out for any tips/tools you utilize on any and all sections to save you time. For example, I just saw a suggestion that @keets993 gave on a different post to first do questions during a game that gives you extra premises (which I am definitely going to start implementing to save time since other questions can be answered by subgameboards you create during the extra premises questions).

Just looking for quick tips as opposed to personalized advice i.e. suggestions to work on fundamentals or fool proofing (this is always important and appreciated, but I think everyone should already be doing these things before/while relying on quick tips)

Hey guys I am applying this cycle and I am Thai but born and raised in the states. I know Asian is not a URM but is that an umbrella term or just for the “more common” Asians? Should I disclose my race when I apply? I am planning on writing a diversity statement as well. I am sitting at a 3.8X with a pending LSAT in September. Aiming for HYSCCN with strong softs. Thanks !

I should clarify I am confused about the negations! How does it result that from a statement such as "All cats are black" to Neg Some cats /black OR (this is the one I'm confused about)... cats and /black. I don't understand the "and"?

This program may already be well known among students (being that I'm 31 I may just be out of the loop) but just in case few have heard of it I thought I would share. If you are an underrepresented minority and still in undergrad, consider applying to the TRIALS program.

A little about it -

"Trials is a unique partnership of Harvard Law School, NYU School of Law, and the Advantage Testing Foundation. It is a fully subsidized summer study program for students of modest means whose backgrounds are currently underrepresented at the nation’s top law schools."

Sounds like a great opportunity to get exposure into Law School life.

https://www.lsac.org/

Hey all!

I took a 2 1/2 week break from the LSAT while I was on vacation out of the country. It was much needed since my whole summer has consisted of nothing but LSAT studying ~30 hours a week. My break has obviously side tracked my original plans and I'm wondering if my new approach is a good one.

I originally wanted to take 2 PTs a week starting this week until the first week of September. I took PT 38 before I left and scored 8 points above my diagnostic score. My BR score for this PT was 5+ points from the raw score. I was up to PT 4 in the FP stage with around 3/4 tries until I hit perfection.

Now, I'm thinking to do 1 PT a week giving me about 6 PTs left to take. With this in mind, I was planning to do 1 PT from each group saving the rest for intense drilling and experimentals. For example, I already took a PT from the 30s. So my next one will be ONE from the 40s, 50s, etc.

My concerns are whether or not this is effective enough to expose me to the different tests and if I can't get through to PT 36 for FPing if this will be something worth concern. I can typically get through 2 PTs worth of FPing but in the event I can't make it to PT 36 - I wanted to know if this could drastically shift my goal of hitting a perfect score in LG.

Thanks to those who respond and best of luck studying :)

Hello! I'm planning to give my LSAT in October (Asia) and am looking for a Skype study partner. I've gotten really good at LR with a consistent -0/-1, but I'm terrrible at RC (-5 to -7). If there's anyone out there who's really good at RC and needs help with LR, maybe we could help each other out?

Hey,

I also missed the deadline of Sept. registration and I am not a July taker. However, I still went ahead to register the exam and I had no difficulty in the registration process. But I did not receive the confirmation email (does receive the email that indicating the order has been received) and when I refresh my lsac lsat page, it indicates there is "no further lsat registration." I tried to restart registration, but Sept. registration -- "pending registration in the cart." Does this mean I, a non-July taker, cannot register the exam?

Thanks!

Good news! For those who took the July test but were unable to make the September deadline, LSAC has extended the September LSAT registration deadline to July 31st. Good luck!!