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Hi all!

I will be holding office hours every day this week at the same time (6-7pm EST//5-6pm CST//3-4pm PST) Hope to see some of y'all there!

To answer some FAQs:

What are office hours?

Office hours are an opportunity to ask a 7Sage LSAT tutor (in this case me) any LSAT-related question you want! A lot of people bring specific LSAT questions they want explained, but you can come and ask general questions too or just hang out and listen! It's kind of like a smaller, less structured, and more interactive live class.

Where are office hours?

They are on this page (discussion) and if you are on browser you can find them on the bottom left where it says "Tutor Office Hour." You can also just click this link.

Who can come to office hours?

Anyone! They are free for all and for any subscription level.

Where is the weekly schedule posted?

I post the schedule here every week and it can also be found on the live classes page.

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For background on me, I've taken the LSAT two times now, have ADHD, and have never been good at standardized testing.

It's been over 3 months since I last took the test, and I feel as though I haven't made substantive progress. Changing my study habits, like focusing on mastering weaker question types, has eased my mental health a bit more while studying. However, I'm stuck at a point where I seemingly can't get the answer correct the first time around, but can get it correct on blind review. While reviewing the sets I've done, I can't help but admit that seeing the score spread show 50% Practice vs. 80-100% Blind review is kinda discouraging.

As a COVID-19 HS grad, the inclusion of my SAT score was optional for some of my undergraduate applications. At the time, this was great in building confidence in my application profile. Yet now, it has ultimately hurt my self-confidence in standardized testing because my scores on these tests have historically been low-performing. For my first time through the LSAT, I had no accommodations and bombed badly. A few months later, I was able to obtain proper accommodations for my ADHD after learning they were available, but I still bombed. It sucked because I felt as though the three extra months I took off studying were for nothing.

Comparing my practice and blind review scores has made it difficult for me to stay confident in the progress that I do make. It's like one practice drill set I'm feeling good about, then the next three are scored at 40%. I can never hold on to the confidence and/or skills I do build for more than a day or two.

How have you been able to bridge the learning/intuition gap between your practice scores and blind review scores? I'd appreciate any kind of advice, thanks!

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Heyyy Is there any way I can get a section of my preptest (that isn't the experimental section) cut off from my analytics? I did an RC section last night and my computer froze for the whole last passage...so my average dropped :(

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I am taking the LSAT in September and would love to have an accountability group to connect with.

I am a non-traditional student in my mid-thirties located in Chattanooga, TN. If you are local we could meet up to study or we could do a virtual study session.

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Hey all, I just finished the curriculum (woo!) I started studying for the LSAT around the end of January, but stuck with LawHub cause I didn't wanna pay- needless to say, I didn't make too much progress. Started 7sage in Late March, and just finished the curriculum, and I've got 5 weeks of practice before I plan to take the June LSAT! Be real with me, am I cooked?

Diagnostic (Late Jan): 155

PT140 (Mid Feb): 160

PT141 (Early March): 161

PT164 (Late March, first on 7sage): 164

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give insights into what schools I should look into and what my chances are, as I've found information about Canadian schools to be harder to find.

I know some schools drop your lowest credits, which would be ideal; I feel that my current cgpa is pretty low at around 3.5 since all of the schools I have looked into are asking for 3.8/3.9. At this point, I would be happy to get into any school, so I am not too picky. I'm taking the LSAT in June, but so far my range of scores has fallen between 165-170. I know that applications have been tough, but I am really hoping not to apply to too many schools to save money, and due to my immigration situation, I ideally need to find a school this following year rather than wait another cycle as that would complicate things with my student visa.

Does anyone have any recommendations for Canadian law schools that weigh LSAT more heavily or are maybe more forgiving on dropping some credits?

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Hey y'all!

I'm looking for some people who plan on taking the August LSAT who would like to be accountability/"parallel play" buddies. I would like to have atleast one (set) in person meetup a week and 2+ flexible weekly meet ups and/or checkins (online/hybrid/in-person). For the most part we will be working on our own Study Plans but together (and trying to answer each other's questions if necessary) . General preferance towards full time people due to schedule but all are welcome to respond. Bonus points if you are also averaging in the mid to high 150s but 170s for Blind Review like me ~~(😗)~~. I reallyyy want the August LSAT to be the last official one I have to take.

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I went to the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Computer Science. My GPA is around 2.9. I want to apply for Canadian law schools near Toronto/anywhere in the GTA.

I went through some financial instability and traumatic experiences which significantly made it harder for me to live, let alone perform well in school despite endlessly studying. I also pursued a Specialist degree which means I rarely had electives, most of my required credits were for technical courses (programming, theory, calculus, statistics, etc.) so my GPA reflects that. I did do better in my fourth/fifth year where I had more humanities electives (I perform much better in writing courses) and wasn't overloaded with credits.

Can anyone give me some insight on what my LSAT score should aim to be, and how realistic it really is for me to apply? I'm having some serious doubts in myself because of my GPA.

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Hi all, i have applied to many Canadian schools and so far I have been rejected to every single one. I kind of saw it coming because my LSAT score is super low. I have a 138, but it is an improvement from my previous one. I just feel hopeless because I keep studying but my results are always so low.

Anyways, gonna keep studying and hopefully I get a higher score in October.

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I live outside of the U.S., so the only test dates I have left this year are June and October. However, I am flying back to the U.S. in August to see my family and take the August LSAT.

On my practice exams, when it's time, I got a 154. When it was untimed but I tried to stay close to the recommended target time (though I still went over on some sections), I got a 158. With blind review, I got a 168. My goal LSAT score is between a 168-170.

I find myself getting really stressed by even the presence of the timer. I'm wondering if I should take the June LSAT to hopefully get some nerves out of my system and get a feel of the test and give myself the opportunity to take the LSAT up to three times this year. However, I'm not expecting to get near my target goal. Also, I will be testing at a test center for June if I take it.

Thoughts? :"")

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hi everyone, little back story. I’ve been studying for the LSAT for about 3 1/2 months now. I starting off with drilling and then hopped on to the study plan with my test date sent for June 6. My diagnostic was a 148 back in January, I took one today and got a 145. I feel like all the hard work and time I’ve dedicated has not paid off AT ALL. I do feel like I’m understanding everything while doing the study plan but maybe I’m not applying it well or enough practice???

Please drop any recommendations/encouragement to not want to give up. ⭐️

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Hi everyone! I’ve been on the self-study live plan for about 8 weeks now, and I’m currently in week 8 of 11 of the foundations phase. I actually started studying back in January 2026 on my own, then joined 7Sage in February.

I feel like I’m improving, but I haven’t had a clear checkpoint yet to see how I compare to my initial diagnostic, which is making me a little unsure about where I stand. When do you all usually start taking practice exams? Is that something the schedule will guide me into, or should I be starting on my own around this point?

Just want to make sure I’m on track and not falling behind, would really appreciate any advice!

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Hi, wondering if I should retest and reapply or start school in the fall. Here are my stats

160 lsat, 3.86 ugpa, 4.0 masters in human rights gpa and currently working with crime victims. First gen student and urm.

I got waitlisted to BC, BU, Columbia, Northeastern, and Brooklyn

I have a scholarship that covers nearly all tuition at a T100 school and I’d like to go into public interest law. I feel like I could do better than this school but I’m not sure if I want to delay law school further. Any advice?

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Let me start by saying I LOVE the 7Sage WAJ template. I however found it more helpful to keep track using an excel. I find this helps me build Drills on days I'm feeling scattered so I can group by Question Types. Additionally, I can color code questions to revisit that I've learned my mistakes, and ones that still need work. Including screenshot below!

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So, I just signed up for the June LSAT... I was hesitant to do so because I felt like I've been seeing little improvement, but I decided I could take the test again in September if push came to shove. For context, I had a 164 diagnostic (it was timed and under real test conditions), and that was at the beginning of March. I have been pretty stagnant for my scaled score, and my raw score has stayed consistent or gone up by around 5. I know I have the potential to do it because on some timed sections I've been able to consistently score -1/-2 but recently, with finals, I've been stressed and my scores have declined.

I'm hoping now that that craziness is gone and I have all of May to study, I will see a lot of improvement, but does anyone have any tips? Is this realistic? I seem to be falling for trap answers when I get down to 2 choices and running out of time at the end of my tests.

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I've been wrestling with a few particularly tricky necessary assumption (NA) questions (PT116.S2.Q16 and PT127.S2.Q20) where I find myself quite unconvinced with the right answer. I won't spoil those qs in particular, but spending some time with them + re-reading a prepbook section on NA questions has gotten me to the following understanding:

Steps for NA assumption q (e.g. "which of the following must be assumed for the argument to hold"):

  1. Identify the conclusion (C) and support (S).

  2. Roughly identify the gap/weak point between C and S.

  3. Go through each answer choice -- which one is required for the argument to hold?

More on step 3:

Step 3 is where I've gotten tripped up. A straightforward reading of "which one is required for the argument to hold?" = "If the assumption is false then the argument does not hold." i.e. negate the answer choice, and check if the argument is destroyed. I think this works the majority of the time but requires a little more nuance for some qs.

There are times where "if the assumption is false then the argument is severely weakened (but not destroyed)" seems to be the correct answer. (Another tricky nuance is that the assumption could be needed, not sufficient enough on its own to fill the gap in the argument and still be the correct answer).

What seems to never be the correct answer is an answer choice that goes beyond what is required.

The reason I find this confusing is that you could be faced with two ACs (and I contend PT116.S2.Q16 and PT127.S2.Q20 are examples of this) where neither of two answer choices seems to be strictly necessary, but the narrower one is correct.

Would appreciate any thoughts/pushback on this!!

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Hi all, how is everyone treating these few weeks between taking the LSAT and receiving the results. I don't want to totally stop studying so I try to do some drills - but I find it very hard to focus and want to study. But I don't want to lose momentum and get out of the groove.

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Hi everyone! I’m wondering whether there is a way to adjust the balance of LR vs RC drills in the practice section of your study plan. Right now it gives me basically 3.5 days a week of LR and 1.5 of RC, but I’m pretty solid on LR and need more RC practice. Is there a way to customize your practice schedule to achieve a more even balance without ignoring my study plan and just doing drills outside of it? Would like to have them laid out for me automatically and be able to track how many I’ve done/have yet to do for the day/week. Thanks!

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