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Need help from a Sage? (Closed)Hi all, I got a ton of help from fellow 7Sagers when I was studying for the LSAT. Now that I'm a Sage, I'm trying to pay it forward by helping out…
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In LR, I spent some ... How I improved in RC is somewhat unclear to me. I think ... RC passages helped me learn to read for tone (always my weakest ... , so I encourage others to chime in with their recommendations! -
Finding Patterns to Incorrect Answer ChoicesIn my BR review, I've discovered a few patterns and I'd like some input as to how I should go about fixing them. In LR, I noticed that I make a lo…
LR - you need to practice - and read the questions more carefully - ... you sound like you need to learn to read in an LSAT specific style ... the passage... be tuned to certain kinds of questions and ... pain in the keyster in the beginning, but you get used to ... -
RC book: LSAT Trainer vs. Manhattan RCHi all, I am struggling with RC. Recently, I bought LSAT Trainer. It is really helping me. I am wondering if I should buy Manhattan RC book as well.…
... training our minds to quickly and effectively grasp what we're reading ... to train our minds to read in the way the LSAT requires us to read, similarly to ... (Logic Games) sections. No matter what you decide, I hope your ... -
LR reading strategyHas anyone heard of/use a reading strategy where you don't read the question stems in LR and simply figure out the question type via stimulus? If so,…
I personally read the stem first, and then read the stimulus. However, I'm ... is a better strategy to read the stem first vs second is so ... in the 170s and about half read the stem first and half read everything in ... sure the issue is critical in the first place. -
To those scoring high in RCDo you read for specific details? Or do you just vaguely remember where details they are? I'm trying to cut down on my time in RC, but I'm having a p…
... couple of PTs in the mid to late 60's ... the passages themselves to be more difficult in and of ... different skill set from what is used in LR).
... the question refers to particular lines in the passage or ... that if I have to return to it, my time is ... -
"The Little Law School That Could"Interesting commentary on the cost of law school, purpose vs. payoff, and why anyone would want to open a new law school ... "What happens when yo…
... to go to law school. They don't care what law school or what ... your prospects are of paying back the loans (in ... 's insane - lender in their right mind would lend ... 're done. Good bye. What about the $170k debt? ... got the money to lend in the first place. It's ... -
Re-taking in October. Best Plan?I took the June LSAT and scored 150. Needless to say, I would like to do better next time around. I had a pretty demanding job this past year (as man…
... makes me wonder as to what the issue could have ... However, whatever it takes to get the best score ... will need to happen.
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LR questionFor LR questions in which there are two authors with opposite views and the question stem only refers to one, do you recommend immediately reading th…
... /> I know 7sage instructs to read the stems first, but that is one ... the curriculum. I always liked to read and understand the argument before ... the question stem first would bias the way I read the argument ... I went -1 on all LR on test day. -
LR questionFor LR questions in which there are two authors with opposite views and the question stem only refers to one, do you recommend immediately reading th…
... /> I know 7sage instructs to read the stems first, but that is one ... Mike Kim also says to read the stem first, so much of his ... structure could actually point someone in this direction since understanding the ... can cheat this a bit in certain scenarios if you're ... -
Ye ole "Bible"So, despite my confident suspicion that 7sage pwns PowerScore, I still bought the LR Bible cuz it was "only" $40 bucks. But, after having read the fi…
... feeling I'm going to go back to stem first. Like the Trainer ... says, I don't want to ... the stim because I failed to read in the way the stem wanted ... definitely serious pros and cons to both. -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... be able to explain to someone (or to yourself) exactly what you read without referring ... back to the ... neural pathways involved in encoding memories, so summarizing what you read (in terms of ... -
Help for Law PassagesAnnoyingly (worryingly???) I have the most trouble on the law passages in RC. I'm not great with the law vocab and pretty terrible with the history …
... those with great practical advice! To clarify, I'm actually ... . I have a background in humanities and have been reading ... going in with outside knowledge is helpful, no matter what some ... looking for some advice on what to read to familiarize myself with the ... -
Personal Statement - Canadian Law SchoolsI'm currently finishing up the last element of my applications for a few Canadian law schools, and I'm beginning to solicit advice from friends, fami…
... TRU allowed me to clearly outline my employment ... in that way. Their website no longer gives explicit instructions for what to ... write in your PS (or ... page, and having read a lot of other ... if you want to read it, please DM me ... -
Building Confidence and Efficiency During RCHey everyone, Want to get some thoughts on how to build up confidence and efficiency during RC. My recent PT scores are trending upwards from the …
... with new notation strategy is to drill old passages. Really become ... intention. It seems silly at first, but the more you practice ... , the more natural it becomes to read in a very LSAT specific way ... -
Translating sentences into lawgicThis question is taken from the Group 1 Group 2 Translation exercise but I'm finding recurring instances of odd translations into conditional lawgic.…
... , since being brave is required to overcome adversity.
... back") - this is what we see in the first example you posted.
to do something, she always does it right.
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BR BluesOkay, so I am nearing completion on the core curriculum (woot woot!) and I would definitely say that I am starting to grasp these core concepts relat…
... critical analysis of what caused you to switch in the first place (hindsight bias ... a tendency to try and validate my invalidity, or, in laymen's ... it.
What do you recommend to curb this bad habit ... a problem, I want to nip it in the butt.
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How do I get into the mindset to test?I'm trying to figure out the best way to get myself moving quickly enough before I start a PT, without making myself too fatigued to be able to perfo…
... because this can happen to me in LR. If ever I'm ... anxiety. Doing warm up LR questions could help tremendously with ... it's easy to make dumb mistakes in LG, which could ... really help me in warming up for LR or RC. Warmups ... of the biggest boosts to first-section lag. -
How to Tackle RCI've been stuck in the 166-171 range for 8 months or so now, and do retakes in the 174-176 range. I typically miss 2-4 in LR, and 0-3 in games. …
... section. Here is what I've done to improve my score ... (or, at least attempt to):
1) Stay engaged ... planet, but "pretend" to be interested in it.
2 ... with no idea of what you read in paragraphs 2 and 3 ... you are able to come back to the passage hours ... -
Tips on moving from 175-177 range to 178-180 range?I've been stuck in the 175-177 range for the past 15ish practice tests. Any advice on moving up to a 180? I've been getting anywhere from 0-3 wrong…
I'm not sure what good "it's ... be satisfied with what you have" is to a person who' ... enough' anymore. You need to be absolutely ruthless with hunting ... choices you're misreading...what part of that is ... just do what got you from ~172 to 175 in the first place - ... -
The proper place of techniquesDoes anyone ever feel like focusing too much on techniques actually backfires? It's like when in my voice lessons my teacher repeatedly scolds me for…
... those techniques are unnecessary to learn in the first place. Complete mastery of ... allows you to stop thinking about it so much in the first place ... " if you have no clue what to do at all.
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The Economist, Scientific America, Science Magazine_how to read them?Dear there, How do you read these articles? Especially the last one: Science Magazine. The article most often, if not all, are subjects that …
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Read with the LSAT questions in mind. Ask yourself ... main point of the article? What was the authors tone? Where ... more you will better understand what to "read for". -
How much improvement did you see on RC?I am getting a little discouraged. I am seeing major improvements in my other sections, but am still doing incredibly bad on RC. Just looking for som…
... Its not necessarily that I read faster, its the drills ... than I used to. So I read the passage faster, ... what to read for.
I had drilled out 1-38 for LR ... them, so its great to see the improvement happening. ... I really hoping to get this to -0/2 by ... -
LSAT Writing SampleHello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could kindly provide me with an answer to the following: Are we afforded 35 minutes on the writing sample …
... seriously. In theory, it’s a great way to add ... measure. If you know what to read for, so much can ... tool if they'd actually read them.
... having to restructure sentences on the fly in order to write ... around words I want to use ... -
Why we should not read questions first in RC?When I studied for other tests, people suggest to read questions first. Why we should not do the same for this test? What makes this test different…
... full context of the passage in mind to eliminate.
You ... should be expected to finish reading each passage in under 3:00 ... won't be able to do this in time if you are ... on your first read. A good strategy is to read the passage first, hit the ... -
PT10.S1.Q24- The body of anyone infectedFor this particular question, I had difficulty understanding what the last sentence was actually saying. I interpreted the sentence to mean that the …
... know what to expect. In the end it turns out to be ... for the next year. What we know for an ... any time within the first year of infection the ... antibody count during that first week the test will ... show.
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Transaction games (i.e. game 4 Dec 2016)Do you guys remember the last game on Dec 2016's PT? The one with real state companies and interchangeable buildings. I am searching for games simila…
... , but from what I heard it sounds very similar to the oil ... , but from what I read in peoples posts that's what it sounds like ... -
What would you do if messed up an LG?Hi, We've all been there. What would you do if you messed up an LG? As in, you either realize 3-7 minutes in that you misdiagrammed a rule by mis…
... that I knew what to do.
Usually, the first indication is ... reread the stem first. If followed the directions according to the stem ... back to the games. It really helps to have extra time in the ... 't working I know where to go.
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Who here keeps an LSAT journal?I've seen a few Sages recommend this and I'm curious how you find it helpful. I'm also curious what sort of things you write about, how often your wr…
So I have a book of all the LR questions I get wrong. I don't know if that's called a journal. It will be great if one of you can elaborate a little more on how to maintain a journal and what to add in it. -
Law school...or nah?Hey guys! I was hoping to get some opinions on this..... I put up a post a while back about HOW I should undertake studying for the LSAT. I purc…
I don't think being 100% sure is necessary, but you probably should be able to fire off at least a couple of reasons of why you think you may want to do it. What led you to law in the first place? There must be something behind it yeah? -
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I referred specifically to the argument form being NOT ... false conclusion. That is what I demonstrated in my first post.
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What seems to be happening here is you ... beings are things that belong to a species.
