I am a senior at an "average" college, and I have a 3.99 GPA. I am a transfer student, so my combined GPA is a 3.8. I am aiming for a 170 on the LSAT, but I wouldn't be surprised if I wound up closer to a 165. Anyway, I am concerned that I won't get into schools that look for decently high LSAT scores unless I score well above the median score... like maybe I will need the 75th percentile score to get in without scholarship. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this issue or if anyone has any thoughts on it.

Hello 7 sage community & world,

The title is pretty self-explanatory-- unfortunately, I'm not ready for the December 2017 LSAT.

Currently, my life belongs, mostly,to my full-time job :) (can you tell this smiley is the most sarcasm-filled face ever?!)

I work about 40-45 hours a week, which I will say is quite moderate in comparison to others' hours I have seen on 7sage, but what this means for me is simply that I do not have the time to treat the LSAT as a full-time job, as my I whole-heartedly believe should be done if you have the time, because I still have other responsibilities in my life.

Here is my plan: Apply for the 2018-2019 cycle.

So, while I know this gives me a comfortable amount of time to study for June, I'm afraid changing my exam date won't be a good look for me, given that I was supposed to test in September, but ultimately decided not to. On top of that, if I were to make my desired score on the June 18 exam, I'd still be considered a super-splitter :(

Wise people, what do you all recommend? Take the exam on December 2017, to the best of my current abilities, or, take in June 2018 with better chances of being able to score a 170+ ?

I appreciate all of you !!! TIA

Hey Folks,

I made the classic mistake of not sticking to my schedule and fell behind my LSAT prep. At this point I’ve taken 3 PTs and have done progressively better but still have a ways to go before I reach my target score. I’ve covered the fundamentals of LR and LG. Any tips on how to finish strong over the next month?

Hey everyone, with a month left to go before the December LSAT, I just wanted to provide an update to show that the FP technique really is beneficial.

Before the September LSAT, I had only used the 7S games explanation videos and the Powerscore bibles to study. On a typical LG section, I would score around 18/23 was almost always pressed for time. Last night after completing all of my law school applications, I finished the games section of PT 61 in 26 minutes with only one mistake due to missing a word in one question.

If you're worried about LG like me, it's not too late to improve!

Hi everyone, so with the long LR drills from test 70-79. Do any of you time them? or do you just do these questions free form to further understand things.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I was wondering when you suggested asking for letters of rec from professors? I don't want to ask too early as I'm taking classes with both of them right now and am using it as an opportunity to try and impress but I also don't want to wait too long and have them take too long to write. I'm taking the LSAT in December and hoping to send my apps right after we get those scores back.

Thoughts?

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This may sound odd, but yesterday I took PT 60 and at the end of the test couldn't hear anything due to the ringing in my ears. I'm certain its from sitting for a long amount of time in absolute silence. I have some documented hearing loss from my time in the military but yesterday during and after the test was bad. During the test it got so bad that it felt like I had just gone to the range and shot for a while with no ear protection, and afterwards my ears range for the rest of the day. My question is have any of you ever gotten special accommodation for something like this, even just to bring a fan to the testing room, and if so how did you go about doing it?

Also, how long on average do you all spend BRing a full PT? Its taken me half the day to do 1 section of LR cookie cutter review. Im afraid that Im taking too long during BR and possibly overthinking things. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

The whole argument is about SSH mechanism.But I think there is a huge mistake.All the author wants to prove is that the SSH is an independent factor affecting bird's status.And he did it.The question is that if a juvenile male bird with higher SSH confronts an adult male bird with lower SSH,who will win?And according to author, this question cannot be answered,because these factors are independent.So how can the SSH mechanism achieves its goal that it can reduce the conflicts?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-2-passage-3-passage/

I am debating which course to take. I will be writing in Feb (3 months away) and considering the LSAT Premium or Ultimate. I know extension is possible. But wondering if the fee is for extension?

Heyyy 7sagers,

I have literally looked at 7sage, LSAT Trainer, and Kaplan's approach to necessary assumption questions and I just don't get it.

I have been drilling these questions down and I still have trouble with them. It takes me super long to get the answer if I somehow do even get them correct.

What has worked for y'all? I can use all the help I can get.

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/flaw-questions-problem-set-12/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-1-question-10/

For this qs, while it fits well into the classic causation correlation flaw category with AC c as the correct answer, i am unable to get past AC e for its equitable validity as an answer choice as well....

can anyone help me get past this road block in my head please...

thanks heaps!

vini

Hey guys,

How long does it normally take for you guys to have your transcripts uploaded to LSAC? I had my school send my transcript on 10/17 and it's yet to hit LSAC. Help a stressed-food-posioned-yet-still-at-work girl out lol

Victoria

How individualized/tailored should the reference letters be? I already feel bad enough that my references took the time and effort out of their busy schedules to write one general reference letter for me...

So I have been having this problem lately where I keep telling myself that if I can't get a certain score I shouldn't even go to law school. My mom went to Penn, and all of my friends who went to law school went to T14 schools. I'm studying about 25 hours a week, but I always feel like I'm not doing enough. Anyway, has anyone else been in a situation where your score just doesn't feel good enough?

I feel like I'm having trouble with the SAs and the PSAs, even though JY says they should be freebies on the test. I did really well on the SAs in the core curriculum, when just working in lawgic. But when working through the English statements in the stimulus, it takes me a long time to translate the English into lawgic that feels aligned with the valid argument steps we learned. And sometimes I think I would get the answer much more quickly if I didn't go through those steps.

I've been using the Question Bank to focus in on just SAs and PSAs - usually getting 1-2 wrong and the rest right, out of sets of 5-7 questions...but for freebies on the test, I should be getting 100% right.

Anyone else have a similar issue? I'm so frustrated by this. Does anyone have suggestions for getting better? And getting faster?

I’m done with the LSAT and I sold my powerscore and lsat trainer through the pre law society Facebook page of my undergrad. Haven’t been able to find somewhere to sell my LSAC prep tests and those “10 actual official” books

hello!

there used to be filtering options in the blind review pages, like there are in the question bank. it was very useful when sorting the questions according to difficulties etc when just looking at a section.

it's been gone and i assumed it was a bug or it was temporarily disabled for updates and such, but it's been gone for a while now. is this an intended change? would be nice to have it back!

bonus: the passage above provides most support for which of the following?

a) at least some of the 7sage users miss the feature :)

b) my cat likes to drink milk

c) all Jedi use the Force

d) everybody dance now

e) give me the music

Just curious if anyone has received a fee waiver from Duke, I am interested in applying there and am wondering if they even send them out, I got several from other schools but not Duke.

Hi everyone,

Has anyone tried a variant of "blind review" for a test they didn't circle questions for?

I want to "blind review" the Sept. 2017 test but didn't actively circle or note questions that I hesitated on since I wasn't thinking about the process when testing.

Help would be appreciated!

Thanks

I am unsure why A is wrong. I see the evidence for it at the very last sentence of the passage...

Thank you!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-33-section-2-passage-3-passage/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-33-section-2-passage-3-questions/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-24-section-3-question-12/

would AC e be a close second....i seem to have glossed over d and missed it choosing e realizing my folly on BR. But isn't e another version of d so plausible in the absence of d..

what would you reckon??

vini

So someone told me that we are required to fill out FAFSA for law school. Does anyone know if this is true and if so by when are we suppose to do this? before or after the application.

My essay is about how I overcame insecure instincts that tried to keep me from a volunteering experience. The experience ended up being worthwhile and made me a more confident person.

Here's an issue that an editor friend brought up. While I described the experience of insecurity in what I felt was enough detail (e.g., "I'm such an awkward person, I thought."), my friend said that it didn't constitute a compelling internal obstacle. She suggested that I add an explanation for why I was so insecure.

While I can certainly understand her reasoning, my issue is that my experience with insecurity was more like personality trait, like shyness. It's really difficult to explain. In any case, I think showing how I got over this internal personality issue is more important than why it existed in the first place.

So what do y'all think?

Hey I was just wondering for those schools that say they want their personal statement to be two pages, would they hold it against you if you went a paragraph or two over the two pages?