I've been practicing with a watch so I can track my time. I don't wear the watch---instead, I lay it on my desktop. Am I allowed to do that on test day? In other words, can I just keep it on my desk and not wear it? Or do I have to actually wear the watch since we're only allowed to have pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, and highlighter on our desk?

Hi 7Sagers,

I am set to finish the Core Curriculum this coming weekend and am looking for Post CC advice.

For background knowledge, I am registered to write the test this November. This means I have about 2 months of PTing, BRing, and drilling of my weak spots to get myself up to the 170's. I cold diagnosed in the mid-140s and have not taken a PT since.

So, while it may be arguably premature without having taken a PT, I'd like to know:

What is the typical approach of fellow Sagers following completing the CC? Should I immediately take a PT,rehearse some LG (as I've seen recommended in previous posts), or some other method?

How often to take a PT?

How many PT's is it possible to take within now and November?

How do you recommend drilling LR, core curriculum concepts, etc.?

What has typically been the biggest obstacles following completing the CC?

Any forums, groups, blogs, or mediums that have found that helped with LSAT preparation?

Any forums, groups, blogs, or mediums that have found that helped with law school admissions?

*. General tips, ideas, blogs, methods, etc., on studying for the LSAT, law school admissions, law school itself, being an attorney.

Thank you all in advance for your time.

In case anyone would appreciate some nerve-soothing distraction...

My 4-year-old nephew asked me what I'm studying for, so I tried to think of a way to break it down for him. He's got a 2-year-old sister, so I said, "Let's say you and Ava are going to play on the swings. Ava goes second. Who goes first?"

His brow furrowed and then he broke out in a huge grin. "Me!"

But then he gave me a weird look. I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm stupid for having to study stuff like that.

Has anyone taken the test at Queens College? What was your experience like? Or do you know anyone who has and how did they feel about it?

Just wanted to know if most people diagram the logic in must be true in searching for valid argument forms?

What is everyone doing today and tomorrow before the test?

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Taking it easy today

hey all,

so i've heard a lot of ppl talk about the benefits of meditating. Meditating sounds super abstract -- i honestly don't even know what it means, what i should do. is it just you close your eyes and empty your mind? do you think about anything?

i found that I sometimes lose focus in LR. whether it's reading the stimulus and reading the same darn sentence like 3x or other inefficient/unfocused stuff where i lose time. sometimes my thoughts also just wander.

i recently tried just closing my eyes for like 5 minutes before i started an LR section. i thought in my head just my general strategy, and tried to visualize it. it kinda helped once i stated my LR section.

anyway,

any advice/comments on meditating for LSAT focus would be appreciated.

thank you!

Well this is a bit embarrassing, how do you handle nature calls during tests?

I'm scheduled to take the test this Saturday but among stressing out about the test itself, I'm stressing out about my digestive system.

I've tried my best to wake up early this whole week, to try to reset my body but I don't this it's working. I'm scared that during the test I'm going to need to run out to the bathroom for 5-10mins, and not just once. I have digestive issues and can't finish fast like most people. My body does the majority of its functions throughout the morning, coffee or not. (If only the tests were in the afternoons)

I feel that I need more time to get my body to adjust to doing it's business earlier. I can try to hold it, like I've done when can't use a bathroom but I know I'll be thinking about going to the bathroom and not have my mind 100% on my test.

I don't know what to do, my job gave me two weeks (PAID) off to prepare (I work at a law firm). I just don't want them to think it was all in vain because I didn't take the test.

Should I wait till November and withdraw from this Saturday? And continue to wake up earlier and earlier and try to change my morning business? I'm not testing where I want to be, so I'm more inclined to do this.

I've already postponed June's LSAT to September, will withdrawing and registering for November look bad to the schools I apply to?

What do I tell my boss? "I couldn't handle my s**t, so postponed the test. Thanks for the two week paid "vacation."

#help

It seems the preferred method is to read passage A, go through questions, then read passage B, then finish questions.

Did I miss a core curriculum lesson? From what I can tell this is not really taught until answer explanations for the later PTs.

I am taking September LSAT and by the time I found this method I did not want to switch to this with so little time left to practice it. I think it would be very beneficial to make a lesson explaining this method early on in the RC core curriculum. (Unless their already is?)

I scored a 141 on PT 2007 (FIRST TRY). I am ok with LR, but I suck at LG and RC. I study part time because I work full time at a firm and hoping to apply for next cycle. Is there hope?

Hello 7sagers,

I've been trying to make sense of this question for the longest time but I just can't seem to understand what the difference between answer choice (c) and (e) is.

Here's my train of thought.

We all know from the core curriculum that A unless B is

~A~ ---> B

OR

~B~ --> A

Given this, (c) states "Unless K is assigned to T, both F and M must be assigned to T."

(e) states, "Unless either H or M is assigned to T, K must be assigned to T."

So to put (c) into lawgic and if I put it in ~A~ --> B form, it reads, ~Ft and Mt~ --> Kt. If I were to do the contrapositive, it reads, ~Kt~ --> Ft or Mt.

Is this contrapositive right? The answer says that it's supposed to be contraposed back into ~Kt~ --> Ft and Mt but I seriously cannot understand why that would become an "and" statement...

But if I were to put it in the ~B~ --> A form, it reads, ~Kt~ --> Ft and Mt (which is the correct answer). I'm really confused as to why these two are coming out differently when it shouldn't be...

Please help! I feel like I'm not understanding the most basic concept of lawgic and it's truly giving me so much anxiety.

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https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-74-section-2-game-4

given that there is only a november (and not a december) test this year, would it hurt me to take the november lsat instead and apply then rather than taking the september and applying very soon? I'm a reapplicant and I ended up applying after my lsat score came out last year and it hurt me a little bit :|

Hello fellow 7sagers!

I’ve been taking PTs and my scores have been around 169-171 with BRs of 176-178, but I can’t seem to break this score plateau.

I find that I have the most trouble with LG and RC sections (where I usually make 4-5 mistakes). I think that timing is an issue for me because I always feel rushed when doing these 2 sections, and I suspect that’s where my accuracy suffers. In-Out games are my weakest games in LG, but in RC I am not missing any specific question type.

Can you please give me some advice on how to tackle this plateau?

Thank you in advance!

:)

Is anyone else lost with logic games? I''ve been studying for the LSAT for several months and the logic games ( not even the easy ones) just don't make sense to me...at all....I'm signed up for the LSAT this saturday. would it be better to just not take it and pick a different career if I just can't learn logic games? Everyone else on here seems to think they are attainable or the easiest section and I just don't see it.

The most recent PT I've taken in preparation for Saturday's test is PT 77. Initially I thought this was a good idea because I will likely take the November exam as well. Of course with two days to go I am starting to worry that I haven't taken a recent enough PT (I did sit for September 2017 though). I watched the Power Score predictions for June/September a few weeks ago and have an idea of what to expect...

Would anyone advise taking sections from a newer PT today (scattering them throughout the day, not all at once)? Or should I just drill some more LG?

I have kept my studying fairly light this week (just some LG and RC for the most part) along with reviewing questions I answered incorrectly on past PTs.

Thanks in advanced for any input! and best of luck to everyone taking the exam this weekend!!!

I am available to meet at weekends. Saturday is ideal. We can meet at NYPL.

I know the LSAC says you can bring keys or car key fob but my car keys have a key chain that holds all my car keys together and is not detachable. Is that fine?

When I open 7Sage, make it so it doesn’t close my damn music! Lol this might be a problem unique to me, but it’s been a problem forever!

I feel like this is a really dumb question, but does your admission ticket have to be printed in color (for the photo)?

Doing this question makes me feel like I'm being abused. It's like the LSAT writers are getting some sick pleasure out of tricking me into choosing the wrong answer choices. Or it could all be in my head.

Does anyone know if there are other questions like this, which trips you up with the wording, switching from hour and half hour to sequence of being shown? I would like to see some more of them if possible.

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-65-section-2-game-4/

Ted-Ed just came out with a timely video for test takers:

It talks about the importance of forming good habits, how stress affects test day, how to counter the stress of test day, and more. Check it out, and hope it helps you.

So I'm drilling hard RC passages and I seem to have the most success when I spend I little extra time on the questions. So instead of finishing in the 7-8 minute range I'd finish these passages in about 8-10 Minutes. When doing full length Prep Tests, is it ever advisable to spend that much time on an RC passage? I can't imagine being able to make up for extra time by finishing a passage in like 5 minutes.

Perhaps a good sign for this saturday? Worst PT score in a while... but perhaps the best? Good luck, everyone! Cheers~

A -> B -m-> C

A -s-> C

Can't decide if this is valid, seems like it's at least NNT.

hey all,

so i did 59.3.19

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-59-section-3-question-19/

in it there's a conditional statement that's actually a hypothetical. we don't actually know if it's true.

the question hinges on whether you realize that condition statement is a hypothetical.

in general, when we see conditional statements, how do we distinguish if it's a hypothetical or if we just accept it as true/fact/reality?

thanks!