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Overcoming the difficulty of employing a skipping strategyIt's a tough thing to do. All of the voices in my head (and there are lots!) tell me "just stick with it a few more seconds" or "if you're going to a…
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> For most questions on LR, you read and ... wrong, or emphasized the wrong part of the stimulus (1:20 for the harder questions ... like I'm giving up points voluntarily -- but I'm ... tend to skip 2-3 questions per LR section now. I ... -
June or September? Is one month ever sufficient close in on BR? + RC tips?Hello! I wonder whether anyone here has been able to "close the gap" between their timed practice tests and their blind reviews in a short-ish per…
... about 4 min for passage, and usually the questions only take ... skill of answering questions ( how to eliminate quickly, know why each answer is wrong ... )
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LR Crash Course NotesI really enjoyed these sessions. Essentially, we answered questions live and rotated BRing them 1-on-1 with JY. We learned a whole lot about ways to …
... 1) The difficulty of questions in an LR section ... I've practiced answering questions with 100% aggression ... questions right MUCH more quickly by not wasting time reading the wrong ... of flaws being "cookie cutter" really makes these questions so much easier. For ... -
Advice on PT'sI've taken a lot of the older PT's (around 25 of them) and have taken PT 70 and 71. I am only 4 points away from my target score (160) and need some…
... I am only 4 points away from my target ... of PTs? Or would you feel better knowing you are prepared for ... why you are missing points, and addressing them via ... closer to 26/27 questions wrong. So essentially you need ... be getting 10 more questions right per test. It ... -
[User Question] Lower score with 7Sage?Hey 7Sagers, had a user email me in with a question that I thought you'd be great at answering. Here it is: --------------------------------------…
... the lessons/problem sets for the sake of just doing them. I ... is experiment with different methods of studying. Another thing I was ... over the ones I did wrong with J.Y, basically just ... you get more use to answering questions for each section. I would not ... -
How to Score a 160?In my tenure on 7Sage and TLS it has always seemed like a 160 is seen as the minimum respectable score. I receive many messages a month about people …
... makes a 160 reasonable for anyone. Missing 26 questions gives you the ... letter for all the "difficult" LR questions, you should get 3.6 of ... can then still get eight questions wrong on RC, which is more ... foolproof LG, there are enough points on the test to earn ... -
How to Score a 160?In my tenure on 7Sage and TLS it has always seemed like a 160 is seen as the minimum respectable score. I receive many messages a month about people …
... makes a 160 reasonable for anyone. Missing 26 questions gives you the ... letter for all the "difficult" LR questions, you should get 3.6 of ... can then still get eight questions wrong on RC, which is more ... foolproof LG, there are enough points on the test to earn ... -
LSAT test 2 months away-still struggling with logical reasoningHi everyone, I have already written the LSAT once, scoring a 151 in December 2016. I realized on my first go, I did not master logical reasoning a…
... gotten so frustrated at some points, I'm sure it will ... and chart the types of questions you are getting wrong. Stay away from ... 3 minutes for reading, 1.5 minutes for summarizing purpose of each paragraph ... -
Complacency killsIn the military we used this saying all the time, "Complacency kills". I just learned today that this saying is just as apt to the LSAT as it was in …
... me. "Method of Reasoning - 30% accuracy." These questions seemed fairly straight ... the ones I got wrong I realized what I ... for the LSAT my mind merged Flaw questions and Method of Reasoning questions ... you points.
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Increase score from June to SeptemberHi guys! I didn't do as well as I wanted to on the June lsat. I am looking to increase about 6-8 points by September, but I am kinda of stumped how t…
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> What was the breakdown of ... I have been shooting for 5-7 questions wrong. On my real LSAT ... I got 12 and 10 wrong ... and then 7 and 5 wrong on LR and LG. ... couldn't find the room for the test, and I ... -
timing/accuracy strategyI'm looking for a timing/accuracy strategy for my timed LR sections. I've noticed that I'm a notoriously slow starter; that is, it takes me some ques…
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Thanks for reiterating some of @Victoria14 's points!
Specifically ... argument, and perhaps getting some questions wrong which I should be getting ... and knowing when you’re wrong but being confident in both ... -
Strategies for a Slow ReaderTo any other slow readers out there--what strategies have you used to understand LR and RC stimuli and passages well? I find myself needing to go th…
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For RC, I'll ... main points of the passage. You can always go back and look for ... the same or similar type questions for every passage. The detail-oriented ... -
Are South Americans considered URMs?I've read through TLS/searched the web and can't seem to find a clear answer on this topic. I was born in Colombia and migrated to the U.S. at 8 yrs …
... to the avg application of your cohort. Being that ... you are of Hispanic descent rather than ... I think is the wrong way to look at it ... some questions you have or add some new points of view of ... specific boxes made for only those two subgroups. -
Weird LR Roadblock and general adviceHello 7sagers! This is my first time posting on the forum so bear with me. I am currently working on some PTs and my max is 160, but for the past few…
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Now for LR. I have been focusing ... and how you got it wrong, but why the certain AC ... you to keep your rhythm of answering questions. If you come to question ... problem of missing a few questions in a row.
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How to tackle LR weak points?Hey everyone! I've realized that I'm consistently failing the Necessary Assumption, MSS and Flaw/Weakening Questions (Among the most frequent ques…
... every single one of those types of questions and leave them for the end ... /> For Flaw questions, instead of just a gap there is something that is wrong ... . Some of the parallel arguments are super easy -which means easy points ... -
Reading Comp after CC is doneI was wondering what the best way to approach RC is following completion of CC. I usually miss between 8 and 4 consistently, but that's too wide a ra…
... I spent reading passages vs. answering questions and whether or not taking ... to get a feel for what many of the correct answered looked ... and take note of what you're doing wrong vs. what you ... other sections where the rubric for judging yourself is much more ... -
Hard RC Passages/Time ManagementI'm in the midst of my first really intensive bout of studying on RC, and I'm a little hung up on strategy. Out of the last 5 or 6 sections I've done…
... could skim a significant chunk of the passage in 30 seconds ... would help. Either way, for the hard questions, focus on applying the ... and all others are totally wrong.
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Over the 170 hump?? (LR is dragging me down...)I started taking this course a month or two ago in preparation for the December LSAT. I finally started doing real practice tests recently. I never d…
... reasoning you got the question wrong. Get into your time- ... sections, look at all of your "data" for patterns. There is ... the next. These are free points here.
I ... read them once (for easier questions, sometimes more for harder questions) and I ... -
Feeling discouraged...Recommendations?Over my last 5 tests I have averaged a 156.6. With my high being a 160. My goal is a 167. I took the LSAT in September with a 155 and I've signed up …
... sort of a benefit of blind review that you get some questions wrong in ... featured one of the harder reading comp sections. For me this ... it works. It works everytime for everyone. It sometimes works slowly ... a 180. That was 5 points higher than my previous best ... -
Feeling discouraged...Recommendations?Over my last 5 tests I have averaged a 156.6. With my high being a 160. My goal is a 167. I took the LSAT in September with a 155 and I've signed up …
... sort of a benefit of blind review that you get some questions wrong in ... it works. It works everytime for everyone. It sometimes works ... a 180. That was 5 points higher than my previous best ... br /> >
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Broad LR strategiesHi everyone, I am wondering whether there are any general/broad question strategies for LR (i.e., any tricks that can help you in eliminating answ…
... /> My **very broad** advice for LR questions is to practice being able ... t fall in the trap of eliminating wrong answer choices because they ... pretty quickly. Of the remaining choices, the wrong answers will often ... process when you were answering that question. -
Inconsistent scores in LRMy test is on 3rd December. I have improved in RC from -10 to -15 to -3 to -5 but my LR is has become very inconsistent. I was at -3 to -5 a week bac…
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Each of your sections have ... to be consistent. For example, you ... given PT around the same points. But lets say, if ... you were unwilling to get questions wrong in one section but not ... -
Advice for recent RC?I'm getting between -4 and -7 on the more recent RC, and I'm wondering how I should review these sections, and what I should be doing differently. I …
... 's practical (especially for the first couple of passages which are usually ... you spend a lot of time answering the questions, I don't see ... certain question type wrong?
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What are you guys flash carding?Hi everyone! I realized my flashcards are all over the map. I wanted to ask fellow 7sagers: what are you flashcarding? Thank you!
... with small explanations of why each was right/wrong. I had to ... I have a collection of hard LR questions that I can ... constantly drive home points and issues the harder questions give me.
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LR blind review... success stories?Hii :) I've been studying for 4 months now, and planning to take the feb test. I only recently started doing Blind Review for LR (starting fro…
... . In terms of rushing, it's not uncommon for me to spend ... Why are these answer choices wrong and how could I make ... these things along with asking/answering questions takes time. And it's ... consideration questions which you didn't have trouble with yet got wrong ... -
How to get 5 points increase in the next 1.5 months?Hey guys! I need a couple more points for the February test. What are some "last-minute" measures I should take? I just go the LSAT trainer book and …
... I need a couple more points for the February test. What ... PT average a lot of your point increase has ... explanations, watching videos, and answering questions on the forums about knowledge ... low hanging fruit, purposefully missing questions.
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Here was my study schedule for my 20 point increase :)I've gotten a few questions, so I figured I'd make a second post because I know I really benefitted from reading other people's study method. I went …
... much family time, I'm answering questions lmao
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[User Question] Comparison Paragraphs?Hey guys! Had a 7Sager email in with a question that I thought you guys could help out with. Note that any iterations of "you" are referencing J.Y. …
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As for whether or not you should ... any questions all the way, but you can eliminate loads of wrong ACs ... to 50% of all the ACs. Going through the questions again after ... to simultaneously keep two different points of view separately clear in ... -
from 158 to 174 in 4 months: sharing my 2 cents and some methods that worked for meSince my last post, I got quite a few messages regarding specific questions, thought it'd be nice to just share it here with anyone who's interested,…
... actual test score was 6 points lower than my average... < ... mistakes and future tips for each type of question, yet.. seems ... myself remembering a lot of the old questions. However, when I ... clear why all the wrong answers were wrong, I pay extra attention ... -
Can reading The Times help my very specific weakness in RC ?I've always loved to read. Obsessively, truly. When I was younger I would get in trouble for trying to read under my covers with the lights off. My m…
... at ease, except for one very specific question ... why are these questions so difficult for me to comprehend... ... questions and talking about people's points of view. Of course maybe I'm wrong ... of questions. But you can't replicate that kind of an education just for ...
