Hi all, I'm back on the forums haha. In my last post, I was contemplating whether or not to retake. As it stands, I'm deciding to apply with my 173 and if I don't get into the schools I want, I'll sit out a cycle, retake, and reapply (I'm also K-JD, so sitting out would benefit me no matter what).

I'm hoping someone who has completed their cycle would be willing to look over the beginnings of my 250. I know it's early in the game, but this damn thing is such an enigma lol I'd love some feedback.

I’m really concerned bc I requested 2 weeks off work before the July lsat and I don’t think I can switch the request to September without pissing off HR.

My pt scores so far have been 170, 164 (took this the next day after my first pt, bad idea), 168, 163 (terrible week at work, didn’t really study), 165.

My RC and LR have dipped but my LG is really solid now. It feels like I just don’t have enough time in the day to get everything down. Once I spent a week on RC and my RC was golden but my LR dipped. Now I’ve been really focusing on LR and my RC has dipped. I don’t know if a 2 week intensive will really give me time to get everything together...At this rate it feels like I might just have to skip this cycle idk.

I would be really happy with a 170 and maybe even a 168 could get me into my first choice.

I really wanted to hire an admissions advisor and apply early like in October but I don’t want to spend thousands of dollars just to have a couple weeks to work on my apps.

Looking for advice on people that have taken the lsat before and studied after while waiting for their score .... /finding out if they need to retake

I'm a bit stuck in the 161-165 range. Which isn't bad, but my diagnostic was 161, so I'm feeling pretty discouraged that I haven't improved in three months of studying. (though I've only done 3 full timed PTs since the diagnostic.)

I'm nearly perfect on RC, running out of time on LG, and consistently missing way too many LRs.

I'm registered for July, but wondering about postponing until September.

HOWEVER...I'm non-traditional -- that's the euphemism for old, right? -- yes, I am old. My work schedule for the next month is manageable for study-time, but August is going to be a mess, and I'm worried that I'll be rusty and/or distracted when the Sept test day comes.

Anyone have any thoughts? Is a 5 to 9 pt improvement possible in the next five weeks?

Any advice would be very appreciated.

I've been keeping my studying and law school plans secret from almost everyone I know, since I don't want anyone I work with to know I'm leaving quite yet...so don't really have anyone I can seek advice from...

eta: oh, and monday is the last day to postpone without a penalty, or...i cant remember but there's some fee I think if I wait until later to decide.

I am doing all the steps correctly except for when it come to translating the symbols back to English. How can I ensure that I am translating correctly because my English Lawgic is not matching JY'S.

I took my first practice test only to find I did not have enough time to finish the sections

How can I possibly pick up speed***

So, I write an exam on Monday for a job opening for which I'm applying. I wrote a practice test this afternoon to get a feel for the test; apparently, I overthought the following question that appeared on the test.

Twenty percent of your work now involves clerical duties, whereas these duties took 30 % of your time two years ago. However, the 20 % of your time spent on writing the quarterly report two years ago has now increased to 25 %. You also note that 25 % of your time is spent classifying files, as it was two years ago.

What conclusion(s) can be justified based on these findings?

Can anybody guess which answer I "incorrectly" chose and why I chose it?

*(The full test is available to the public on the Government of Canada website.)

Hello everyone!

So I posted previously about how I felt like my law school dreams were being crushed by taking 2 lsats already and not doing great.

I'm happy to say though that I'm not going to give up and I'm going to try again. I just need some advice regarding how to go about it the right way this time. It's unfortunate, but I've already burned through pretty much every preptest. I don't have any new questions that I haven't seen before. However, I don't remember really any of the reading comp passages answers so hopefully they will be "new" enough for me to practice with again. It's just logical reasoning where I feel like I remember a lot of the answers. I plan on foolproofon games again though. So, I need some advice on how to go about logical reasoning when I've pretty much seen every question.

If anyone has taken the lsat twice already and is in the same boat as me, I would love to hear about how you are going about your situation. I still do feel discouraged at times, but I am motivated to do better.

Ignore it lol Oops!

Since I started this course I've been experiencing constant video problems. The videos often don't load completely, they lag, or don't load at all. I'm using Chrome and clearing the cache either helps for a few minutes or not at all. I know the issue is with the 7sage video player, and not my connection, because I don't have problems downloading anything else, including long youtube videos or large downloads. Constantly having to refresh and to wait for videos to load properly is wasting significant amount of my time that I need for actual studying and my busy schedule. I'm very frustrated. I love the content of the course but this is really negatively affecting my experience with it.

Is he in a ride? A train?

I'm curious!

Is the truth out there?

I received a full scholarship to start fall 2018. How do i ask the school to let me start fall 2019?

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From prep test 1, section 3, question 20, in the middle it states "However, most people consistently perceive small business as a force for good in society, whereas big business is perceived as socially responsible only in times of prosperity." Does this mean that all people perceive big business as socially responsible only in times of prosperity or does it mean that most people perceive big business as socially responsible only in times of prosperity?

Do they just take the undergrad. GPA or do they take your grad.grades into consideration as well?

Can someone please explain to me why the answer in this question is (e) and not (a)? I feel like (e) is unnecessary. Why would it have to promote only healthful products? Isn't (a) supporting the conclusion in a right way? Thanks so much for the help!

Hey 7sagers,

As a collection of insightful and helpful people, I thought I would ask for some general advice on my personal and diversity statements as well as my low GPA addendum. Fair warning: this will probably end up being a lengthy post so I apologize in advance and appreciate anyone who takes the time to read it and offer their opinion! First, here's a little background information..

One of the biggest challenges I have overcome was becoming a foster parent to my husbands five younger siblings during my freshman year of college. We continued to care for four of them during our sophomore year and we eventually adopted two of them who remain in our care today. This wreaked havoc on my third and fourth semesters of college but I eventually went on to graduate last year with a marketing degree and an LSAC GPA of 3.26. I like to think this is a pretty good excuse for the 2 or 3 classes that I failed early in my college career since I was a tad bit preoccupied raising 5 kids. Thus, I intend to write about this in an addendum.

Despite this very personal experience adversely affecting my GPA, it has added tremendously to my life and my husband and I have received several awards for our efforts, two at a national level. Most importantly, I believe overcoming this adversity, more than any of my professional experiences, has and will continue to translate to other areas of my life, including law school. NOW, my question is.. would it be foolish to "double dip" this topic? If I talk about it in my GPA addendum would it be considered taboo to talk about it again in my personal statement?

As for my diversity statement, I was going to talk about my upbringing on a volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific (yes, Hawaii) and my 13 years at a very culturally immersed school for Native Hawaiian children.

Would it be too much to focus on themes of foster parenting and trying to play "URM" card throughout my application? I don't want to come off as a "woe is me" type person. I also don't want to give the impression that I'm milking my personal adversity to compensate for a lack in my academic and professional endeavors. I just truly feel that these things have influenced me in the greatest way and that I can write about them with an authentic voice. Should I sacrifice those things for the sake of highlighting my professional experiences? Which is more important for the purpose of admissions to law school?

What are your opinions? Be as brutal as an admissions officer. I know there isn't a cut and dry answer to this kind of stuff... but admission to my reach schools (and thus, the rest of my life) is pretty much depending on slam dunk personal statements so I figured getting constructive criticism from a wide range of people would be most helpful for making a decision on my strategy.

Thanks so much for your insight and best of luck in your law school journey.

I've only been PT-ing on the 40-60 PT's, are there any huge differences between these preptests and the 80 series?

From my understanding, watches like the 180 LSAT watch which reset to 0 with the press of a button are banned. I currently have the Perfect Score Watch: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Score-Watch-Version-LSAT/dp/B073Z8GG32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529022556&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+watch

It's nice, but a little frustrating because while you can easily reset the "minute hand" to the 0 minutes mark by pulling the crown out and turning it, there's no way to reset the "second hand" to 0 besides pushing in the crown and waiting for it to line up with the 0 mark. This is an issue because you have less than a minute between sections.

I remember reading a strategy by J.Y. that involved having 3 watches on your desk. Each one's set to 0 minutes and 0 seconds before the test, and as each section's starting, all you have to do is press the crown in on one of the watches - this method eliminates the need for reseting your watch in the short ~30 seconds of time that you have in between sections. For sections 4 and 5, you have the ~15 minute break to reset your watches completely to 0 minutes and 0 seconds.

This comes down to your watch hitting 0 within less than a minute of when 35 minutes is actually over, but it's just one of those small things that bug me and these watches cost $20 a piece which isn't too much of an extra cost. Also, I always get worried about when I'm reviewing answers and the last couple minutes, I might get caught in the middle of changing an answer as the test proctor calls that time is up. Obviously these are pretty minor things, but if I can completely reduce these concerns just by spending and extra $40 bucks and dealing with funny looks at the test center, I think it's worth it. Plus, It'd definitely give me a peace of mind knowing that I can look at my watch and know how much time I have left, down to the second.

I've actually done some browsing on the internet and came across some reddit threads about having multiple watches for the LSAT, but most of the replies were calling the OP too lazy to pull the crown out and reset it to 0. I was honestly shocked that none of the posters that I saw even mentioned the issue of the resetting the "second hand" to 0 seconds.

I took a look at LSAC's policies and here is the one regarding what you can have on your desk:

Test takers may have ONLY the following items on the desktop:

tissues

valid ID

LSAT Admission Ticket (until it is collected)

No. 2 or HB pencils

an eraser

a pencil sharpener

a highlighter

analog (nondigital) wristwatch

As you can see, it doesn't really say whether you can have multiple watches, and I could see the policy being interpreted both ways.

One reddit poster did bring up a good point though - having multiple watches will definitely look unusual and may attract attention from others, especially the test proctors. While I honestly don't care about other test takers thinking I'm a nerd, I can see how drawing extra attention from the test proctors could be annoying.

So, does anyone here have insight on this topic?

How was it? Could you give us some review? Is it quiet?

I’ve only taken 3 PT’s so I don’t have substantial data about my strong and weak question types for LR.

My average section is -6 timed and -2 BR.

Should I start by doing section drills? How many per day? How should I respond to these drills? (I can study around 5 hours a day)

Looking for a study buddy or group in the Phoenix metro area

Taking test November

Can someone explain the difference between assumption questions and causation questions when it comes to strengthening/weakening questions? I am completely lost after the causation lessons.

Good evening everyone,

Been a lurker/silent member of 7sage for quite sometime as I had been fortunate enough to come across the logic games explanation videos early in my studies, and I could not adequately put into words how helpful they were during my studies which are still ongoing. Have taken the LSAT a few times, and sat for the June exam as well with the clear goal of raising my previous score. Have applied the past two cycles, but am set on the upcoming cycle being the one where I intend to finally begin the law school journey.

Have tried to continuously change and improve my personal statement over time, but have always found a second set of eyes is most beneficial, and was hoping I could exchange and review my personal statement with another individual with the same expectation.

Regardless, thank you all for the shared commitment and motivation you have provided. The journey isn't easy, but knowing there are others on the same path makes it all the more comforting.

So I was getting 166-169 on older preptests (50 and older), and I just took Preptest 75 and I got only a 162. I feel so defeated, sine the newer Preptests I'm assuming will be much closer to what the current LSAT is like. Particularly RC seemed much harder, and LR seemed a bit tougher too. Does anyone agree/disagree? What are the biggest differences? I'm worried because I'm just starting o move into the more "modern" tests and I plan on testing in July.