Self-study
hi! i'm a current junior in college aiming for a 175+. i've been prepping for a while since the summer of 2025, but have been pretty lax with it up until february 2026. i completed the 7sage core curriculum over the last summer, with a diagnostic of 164. my score has barely shifted over the past few months of consistent practice tests and drilling. the highest pt i've gotten is a 169, and i seem to end up around there every time.
when i completed the 7sage core curriculum, i used the old website. is it worth redoing the curriculum for the new content? i just don't know how to improve my score. i've been doing practice tests, blind review, all that jazz. i go over every question i get wrong and put it in my WAJ so i've identified patterns in my mistakes, but it always seems like smtg new comes up. timing used to be a bit of an issue for me, but now i've learned to better pace myself. yet, i'm still getting questions wrong and my effort over the past few months feels a bit like its been wasted since my score hasn't really shifted.
i was thinking about pursuing tutoring for more direct support, but not sure where to look for that and if it would be helpful. any guidance would be appreciated on how to approach studying, especially as i am hoping to take the exam in june!
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If you’ve only been using 7Sage, it might be helpful to look at other books/resources too! I noticed a huge improvement in my performance after working through the Loophole book (after first having gone through the core curriculum on here).
@AbigailOlson agree, i also highly highly recommend switching modalities/mixing in a new resource if you’re at a score plateau! i love the loophole as well (just finished the book yesterday, lol) and felt like the basic translation drill was essential for confronting why i kept missing easy questions i “should’ve known how to do.” i need to take a full PT still using the loophole method, but i’ve been way more accurate when doing drills on 7sage since i completed the loophole.
lest i sound like a bot, this is also not a suggestion to abandon whatever on 7sage is working for u, haha. i came to 7sage after having an overall negative experience on another lsat prep platform, and jy’s explanation of how to properly answer strengthen/weaken questions was sooooo much simpler than the wacky stuff the other platform was teaching. i keep coming here for the drills/analytics (best in the whole lsat prep industry imo), but there’s nothing wrong with mixing things up.
re: other resources, i’ve also heard really good things about the power score + lsat labs curriculum, although i’ve never used either 👍🏽