Hi everyone!

I am so excited and honestly very proud of myself that my strategy finally worked, and that I now get to share it with other people who are going through this LSAT journey. Before I talk about the details of my Study With Me group, I wanted to first share my LSAT story in case it motivates anyone who is currently going through something similar.

This is going to be a long post, so I decided to split it into two parts. Part 1 will be about my LSAT journey in depth, and Part 2 will be about the actual 10-week Study With Me group and the system I built and used. I hope this helps anyone who feels stuck, discouraged, or unsure of what to do next.

1. 139 → 152

I started studying for the LSAT in March 2025. I had graduated a few years earlier and was working full-time, so I did not really have anyone around me who could give me advice. After doing some research on my own, I found a book called The LSAT Trainer and decided to give it a try. I personally enjoy studying with physical books, so I started there without too much hesitation.

The book was actually very helpful in giving me a solid introduction to how the LSAT works, and it also provides a 4–12 week study plan through its website for free. After about two months of studying with the book, I took a practice test on LawHub and scored a 139.

I was not sad or depressed about that score because I knew it was just a starting point. To me, the only thing left to do was improve. During my final month before the June LSAT, I followed the study plan from The LSAT Trainer, and with that material, I ended up with an official score of 152 in June 2025.

Seeing that score gave me a big boost of confidence because in my head, the calculation was simple: “If I increased 13 points in a month, then six more months of studying will definitely get me into the 170s.”

But I was completely wrong.

That 13-point increase was a scam. Now I know it was dumb luck.

2. 152 → 152

Yup, you saw it right. I did not increase a single point on my October 2025 LSAT. In retrospect, I know why that happened. I was doing almost everything wrong.

So here is what I did to increase 0 points in 4 months, hoping that none of you make the same mistakes. :)

a. I did not fully understand the task for each question type.

During this period, I was not using 7Sage. I was mainly using PrepTests from LawHub and PowerScore explanations to review. As I went through a lot of Logical Reasoning questions, I did recognize that the questions felt repetitive, but I did not understand that each question type had a specific pattern and a specific task.

To be fair, I think part of the problem was that I did not know how to use PowerScore properly. The explanations I found often felt more like discussions among people studying for the LSAT, and because that was the only reference I had at the time, I thought the LSAT was this completely abstract test where I had to rely on my own “logical imagination” or gut feeling to get the right answer.

So I started copying what I saw. I was literally writing a whole novel for each question as my explanation. Obviously, my imagination explaining why an answer was right or wrong did not help me realize that each stimulus has a pattern, and that each question is asking me to perform a specific task. I still have those notes, and I am so embarrassed lol.

b. I did not practice sections/questions under standard timing.

Just like everyone else, I looked up stories and advice from people who scored 170+, and many of them said two things: accuracy first, and review the questions you got wrong. For accuracy, a lot of people said that time management is something to worry about after you become more accurate.

So I did not take sections under standard time. Instead, I gave myself an hour for each section, and sometimes unlimited until I figured out the answer on my own. And even then, some answers still ended up being incorrect.

That became (ano)the(r) major problem. Because I was used to that extended time frame for so long, I could not even reach question 20 in LR under real timing, and I sometimes missed an entire passage in RC. Obviously, this lowered my chance of earning points because I was not even giving myself the opportunity to see questions near the end of the section, including questions I could have gotten right.

And on top of that, I was not even truly increasing my accuracy because of the next mistake I was making:)

c. I was not reviewing questions the right way.

The simple rule of thumb for improving your LSAT score is: understand what the question is asking, and review the questions you missed. Sounds simple, right?

But what if you are reviewing those questions completely the wrong way?

That is what I was doing, and I think it was because of the combination of the two mistakes above. If you do not have a solid understanding of what the LSAT wants you to do, it is very hard to understand why you missed a question. I was not even properly aware of diagramming conditional statements, “if,” “must,” etc. Parallel reasoning felt like a “trust your gut” game to me.

When you put all of that together, you get exactly what I got: 0 point increase after studying 6–7 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 4 months. :)

Honestly, I was devastated when I saw that score. I spent most of my time in bed because I felt so depressed and had no energy to move. At the same time, I did not want my dream of going to law school to remain just a dream. So after about a whole weekend of grieving, I told myself to stop acting like a baby and get back to work.

This time, I started looking for a private tutor because that was how desperate I was, but I immediately changed my mind after seeing the rates. That is when I found 7Sage. At first, I did not love the idea of paying a monthly subscription fee, but I decided to give it a shot because I saw some YouTubers recommending it. So I thought, why not just try?

3. 152 → 172

This is when A LOT changed.

I finally learned that there were actual rules for diagramming. I learned different types of flaws. I changed the way I approached Reading Comprehension passages. What made 7Sage feel like a game changer for me was that it analyzed the questions I got wrong, showed me which question types I needed to prioritize, and made Blind Review much more useful than I expected.

What I loved the most was the explanation for each question. I started getting more questions right, and that made me so excited to take the April LSAT. Two weeks before the exam, I decided to take a completely fresh test because I was curious to see how much I had improved.

Guess what I got.

I scored a 153.

I panicked and was VERY confused. I only had two weeks until the exam, and compared to October, I had improved by one point. This felt like all the studying I committed came back to me as a giant middle finger up to my face and was just so confused. Because I was planning to apply for the 2027 cycle, it felt like June was realistically my last opportunity. So I had no choice but to cancel the April LSAT and push everything back to June. I hope LSAC enjoyed my $248 contribution for the institution's prosperity.

Looking back, I think this was the period when I finally started to understand what was actually wrong with my study process. Just for context, from this point on, I quit my job and studied full-time.

After more than a full year of studying, I was running out of fresh questions, so I was mostly focusing on questions I had missed before. But at that point, I realized that simply doing more questions was no longer my priority because I was getting most questions right during Blind Review.

Then it clicked.

I needed to first get rid of the repeated mistakes I was making under timed conditions.

As I went through my Wrong Answer Journal, I realized that most of my missed questions came down to about 4–5 recurring reasons. More importantly, I realized that those reasons could be organized into a database. So that is exactly what I did. After canceling the April LSAT, I spent about a week building a database that could show me the number one reason I was missing each type of question.

I think this really helped.

After putting my results into the sheet, I realized that different question types had different problem patterns. For example, I was spending too much time on Must be True questions, and misreading sentences were the number one factor why I missed Main conclusion. Once I became aware of the specific mistakes I was making, it became so much easier to design a strategy for what to watch out for.

By doing this, I improved my score by up to 13 points, reaching the mid-to-high 160s. This itself proved that some questions I got wrong were due to stupid mistakes I could have avoided. For the final two months, I relied on this database and adjusted my performance based on what the data was telling me. Because I knew exactly what kinds of mistakes I needed to avoid, I felt a sense of comfort that was completely different from before.

At that point, I honestly would have been satisfied with a mid-high 160. But receiving a low 170 proved to me even more that the strategy worked.

So after going through all these unnecessary struggles, this is the message I want to share:

YOU are the best tutor for yourself. You just need to know exactly where to improve.

There are many ways to achieve that, and in Part 2, I will be sharing one method that I believe can help: my 10-week Study With Me group for the September LSAT.

In that post, I will talk more about the database, how I used it, what the program includes, and how it can help you structure your own study process.

See you tomorrow!!