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I received a 150 on my first practice test. With 8 months until the June test, is it possible to bring this to at least a 165? I feel very discouraged about this starting point.....

Should I start 7sage during this super busy semester (research fellowship, 17 credits, 2 jobs) or begin in January when my load is a bit lighter?

I have a 3.9 GPA and would hate for a crappy LSAT to ruin my opportunities. Thanks for the help, as always!

Hey everyone! Loving 7sage so far! My Starter access expires on Oct. 15. I bought the Starter because I wanted to try out the course before I committed to Ultimate+. I have (of course!) decided that I love 7sage and would love to get the Ultimate+ course. I have a couple of questions though:

Is it better (read cheaper!) to upgrade and add-on more months after or should I just let this one expire and buy Ultimate+ outright with 18 months of access? I definitely want to get a great score and would like to put in at least a year of dedicated prep, so I would need more than the 3 months of additional access that you get when you upgrade.

If I buy Ultimate+ outright or upgrade to it, will the history of work I did in Starter still be preserved?

Looking forward to learning from and giving back to this amazing community!

Thanks!

-Eeshan

[Admin note: Ultimate+ includes 12 months now]

So, I was drilling some LR questions by type (MSS, SA, MBT) and there were a few answers that I was just under confidant on. I was then was wondering well what do I do what this information? I also noticed that a few answers I blind reviewed and changed answers were wrong and the original answer I picked was correct. How can I use this information to improve? In other words, what is the purpose/benefit of identifying over/under confidence?

The LSAT makes me hate myself. That is all.

JY always emphasizes the skipping strategy when taking timed PTs, but I think this can help with Core Curriculum as well.

When you don't understand something at first, sometimes its best to just skip it and come back to it later. I've done this many times with the core curriculum on questions that I didn't understand on my "first round" through. On the "second round", I come back with a clearer mind and different perspective, helping me better understand questions I didn't understand the first time though.

Just some advice that I hope helps someone in their LSAT studies!

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for coming. It really was great seeing you all and I hope it was helpful.

The next session will be on October 7th, 3 PM EDT. We will be going over PT 78.

Everyone who is gearing up for either the December or February LSAT is welcome to join.

The requirement for this meeting is to take PT 78 timed - no exceptions. If you have done this PT before, I recommend taking it again as a repeat. Please do not look at the answers or grade the PT before hand. Looking at answers before hand undermines the blind review process both for you and everybody else. I have noticed I learn the most when I have to blind review a PT with someone without knowing what the correct answer is. Also, try to take the PT as close as possible to the meeting date. That way you can remember exactly what you were thinking under time when you took this PT.

In addition, please come to the meeting with a clean copy of the two LR sections from the test and a list of the questions you had circled for blind review and that you would like to go over in that meeting.

Here is the link to the meeting. Just click the link at the specified date and time and I will see you there.

70 Plus Series (December LSAT Study Group)

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Do you guys think that your resume speaks for itself or should your personal statement push some of the highlights of your resume?

I know that we're not supposed to just reiterate our resume in our personal statement, but I feel really nervous writing a PS entirely about something I'm passionate about i.e. surfing or linguistics, without making some sort of transition like this all has allowed me to develop xyz character traits which helped me excel academically/in my career.

I thought if I wrote about surfing or linguistics I can more generally talk about communication/language (it's really important in surfing) and transition into how developing communication/language skills has helped me achieve my goals at work or academically.

After writing it all out, I think it doesn't sound fluid and seems disjointed when half or 2/3 of my PS is nicely written waxing poetic about a passion and then the rest of it is more straightforward and trying to brag without bragging....and there isn't much room to really go into a specific anecdote about my job/academics and try to tie it back to whichever passion and also talk about specific work/school accomplishments. It seems like they're such drastically different topics and maybe I can't merge them together with this page limit.

Should I keep trying to more smoothly merge the two ideas together or just try to write about just one topic? or is it okay if it doesn't have the smoothest transition? Do most people's PS's ultimately end with "...and this is why I'm awesome and these are some of the good things I've done..."?

/anxiety/

idk if just coming from a philosophy/linguistics/literature background I'm over analyzing and stressing and trying too hard to make this sound like an A+ philosophy paper

sorry if this sounds frantic and all over the place

Hi all,

I've recently started my applications and was wondering if anyone would mind taking a gander at my resume

Thanks!

Hi All,

So I've started writing practice exams from 9am-1pm on Saturdays to prepare myself for my exam on Dec 2. Heres my problem: whenever I write my exam around 12:00 my stomach starts growling really loudly, I start getting hungry. I'm just wondering if anyone is on the same boat as me? I don't really like eating a big breakfast at 7:30 am so idk what to do.. LOL

Hi, I have just completed a draft of my personal statement and am hoping to have someone who has attended or is attending law school critique it (theirs had to make the cut). I don't want to swap since I am unsure of how one should read and need help myself. Any takers?

Hey everyone,

YouTube recommended me this video about test anxiety (in general), and I thought it would be helpful for some of you as well!

I'd like to sharpen my technique on questions with lots of difficult conditional reasoning (arcane content, lots of confusing negations, embedded conditionals, etc.) Unfortunately, there is no "conditional reasoning" tag in the LR section of the 7Sage Question Bank (hint, hint @"Dillon A. Wright")

Does anyone have an efficient strategy for culling together and drilling questions?

So I have been trying to fool-proof the in/out and grouping games in the CC... But I never do good on a game on the first attempt. I either find myself interpreting rules wrong or not making enough inferences or anything else basically LOL.

Of course, after looking at the video explanation I can do it... not sure if this is my anxiety kicking in or I just suck at these types of games.

Is this normal? Because I feel like I am never going to get through this :(

I know Sufficient Assumptions! Lol...

Learning is fun, exciting, challenging, and intriguing all at the same time, and so much more!

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Hey 7Sagers! Time for another photo contest. ;) Been a while since the last one, hasn't it?

This time we're looking for great student-submitted pictures for our YouTube videos and for our website. Here's some examples of past photos that we've accepted:

http://bit.ly/1EUWz54

http://bit.ly/1dz5uwX

http://bit.ly/1DFYaV4

We're not looking for the exact same type of pictures shown above, those are just examples of what we've had in the past. Think outside the box! We love that stuff.

Here are the details:

Need some ideas to get you going?

#Deadline is October 15th!

Hi everyone,

So I’m about to start PTing now and I have a question when it comes to reviewing your exam, either via BR or without.

I know what BR is but what exactly is it about BR that makes it work?

And I’ve been wondering: what if someone checked the answers right away after a PT and tried to figure out why they got a question wrong without consulting other resources. Does it offer the same benefit as BR and why? Thank you :)!

Hey everyone!

I've realized that I'm consistently failing the Necessary Assumption, MSS and Flaw/Weakening Questions (Among the most frequent questions in the test). I know that I need to have intensives on each type of questions, but during my practice tests, would you recommend that I skip every single one of those types of questions and leave them for the end?

Also, Parallel reasoning and flaw questions, since they are always so long, I also leave them to the end, because I consider them a time sink. Would you recommend that?

Any help is appreciated!

Hello everyone!

I would like to know if there are any February 2018 Study Groups already existing, please. And if there are none yet, can interested students like myself form one???

Hi again,

As with yesterday, I made another parallel (flawed) argument for an LR stimulus I had troubles with. I would appreciate it if you could help out by answering :)

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Letter to the editor: Your newspaper seems to heavily biased against renewable energy. The study presented in the article "Can We Survive on Renewable Energy?" distorts evidence and shows flawed reasoning. The article states that countries with lower rates of renewable energy had lower average cost of electricity than other countries. However, that will not be the case for long, since the average cost of electricity is increasing in the countries with lower rates of renewable energy. Thus, the evidence actually supports the view that the use of renewable energy should be increased.

The reasoning in the letter writer's argument is flawed in that it

(A)　concludes based on evidence from the article it criticizes

(B)　fails to take in to account the possibility that using renewable energy is often costly

(C)　fails to take in to account the possibility that not everyone wants to use renewable energy

(D)　fails to take in to account the possibility that the average cost of electricity in other countries is also increasing

(E)　does not show any evidence against the viewpoint in the article

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So, I've been studying for the LSAT on and off since January. Two months ago my best friend and I linked up to study and it has been incredibly beneficial to us both. We are each hitting about 60 to 70 solid hours of studying every week for the past 2 months. Over this time period, my scores have plateaued in LR. I am averaging -6 on a section of LR and it is driving me bonkers.

We have printed out and completed pretty much all 20-29 question type drills, we BR thoroughly, and I even went back to refresh with flashcards on the all the type of flaws. I'm at PT 59 and I have seen almost all LR questions from 10 up until this PT. Our method of attack seems to be working at least for my buddy--he got -0 on 4 LR passages in a row under 29 mins. Unlike me, my friend is a gifted thinker, but I can't say all this studying is clicking for me. Side note: it was actually quite amazing to see this happen. He went from -8/-10 per section LR average to -0 overnight.

I feel as if I am going backwards a bit. And with December approaching, I'm stressing out because of how far away I am from a 173. Is this a normal stage of studying? or should I change things up? Time is a little bit of an issue for me and I have identified where that time is going to, but I just make silly mistakes. I told myself to slow down on reading the stimulus in my last LR timed section (4/5 difficulty). Once again, I missed seven. Four of these questions came down to either subtle words in the stimulus or the ACs that I glossed over. I even correctly spotted the only major flaw on a 4/5 difficulty question in 15 seconds, but yet I picked the wrong answer choice. One of the missed questions was a 1/5 difficulty NA.

I keep making minor mistakes like these on every section test I take. Even though I want to say they are minor, they are actually huge. These 'minor' errors are holding me back and I cannot see how else to drill or study to get rid of them. Should I just spend 30 mins on a question I got wrong creating analogous arguments, playing around weakening/strengthening ect. them? I'm just venting at this point but if anyone has any advice at all, I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

Some people might find this very obvious, but it didn't really set in for me until I actually heard an Admission Dean say it. There is a big difference between admitted and enrolled class sizes. UT Dean of Admissions said that they offered admission to around 1200 applicants last year, and their class size ended up being around 300. So with a median LSAT of 167, that means that ~600 applicants scored BELOW a 167 (or at). Anyway, medians are important, but don't sell yourself short!

Hi all,

I am a little over 5 years out of college and am working on my resume. I have plenty of experience from my full time work to include on my resume, so I am wondering--- should I include information about internships I held in college? While my college experiences were meaningful in the way they lead me to my current career, I don't think they were more meaningful than the experiences I have had since then.

Will admissions officers wonder why I left out any college years experiences? Also hoping to keep my resume to one page.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

Is there a clean way to diagram 'nothing' in LR using LAWGIC?

I'm kind of lost as to where to start with my personal statement and would appreciate any help!

I had my son in 2015 and since the my world has revolved around him. When I had him I really got into holistic/non-toxic living and nutrition even so much that i'm pursuing some nutrition classes at the local community college. I'm also really passionate about advocating for lead safety not just in dwellings but in children's toys etc. which has sparked an interest in environmental law overall.

When I'm not studying for the LSAT i'm home with him and so it makes sense to me that my PS should be about me as a mother since that's the biggest portion of my identity. Before I had him I wasn't nearly as conscientious about the world or as motivated to become a lawyer - he really change me.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can put this together? I don't want it to be boring since being a Mom isn't something "interesting" or "new" and I do want my PS to stand out in some way. Can this work as a PS?