When I first met Leah in 2024, she had already been studying for the LSAT for a year. Over the next two years, she worked tirelessly: both on bringing her LSAT up to her goal score (173) and on one of the best applications I've ever seen.

Next year, she'll be attending Michigan Law with significant merit aid. We sat down to discuss her whole journey: from her initial diagnostic through the TESTING DISASTERS that almost literally sank her candidacy on test day -- and the smart choices she made in a particularly hectic admissions season.

No. matter who you are, if you're aiming for a top school, there's something you can learn from Leah's experience.

We'll be covering more "Getting In" stories all summer. Let me know if you have any feedback or questions you'd like us to address. And if you'd prefer to listen to the podcast version of this discussion, find the 7Sage LSAT podcast on Spotify/Apple Podcasts/An RSS feed near you.

If you just got your score back and you're wondering where to apply, head on over to our law school section and click "Build my school list" in the upper-right corner.

The feature isn't perfect yet, but it already builds on our admission consultants' expertise. Feedback is very welcome!

On the eve of score release, I’m really thinking about my results tomorrow. Surprisingly, the past two weeks have not been all that anxiety laden for me; I’ve mostly been chilling. Though I still have some thoughts.

Conceptually, I have this test mostly down. However, I definitely struggle confidence wise. Looking back on it, I think there were a few questions I definitely got wrong because I either overcomplicated it or picked an answer I knew was bad over an answer I knew was good.

Although, I also think it’s a bit foolish to try to piece things together after the fact. The LSAT, being so specific, is hard to properly piece back together. I could be thinking back on answers, believing one would have been a better choice, but this is useless if I can’t remember the full text, as I might have noticed something in the moment that made that answer wrong.

Anyway, I wanted to write this out as a reflection before tomorrow. Likely, I’ll be retaking this exam again, haha.

First Score Release Day? Start Here for a Guide

If this is your first LSAT score release day, welcome. This is a calm and dignified process where future attorneys refresh one website hoping it crashes and they don't have to reckon with the consequences of their actions.

Here is your official guide.

The night before: Definitely stay up late. Ideally, search “LSAT score release horror stories” until your phone battery dies. Bonus points if you start recalculating your entire test based on vibes.

6:30 a.m.: Wake up before your alarm. Immediately check LSAC, even though you know the score is not out.

7:00 a.m.: Check Reddit to see if anyone else has checked LSAC. If one person says “mine is up,” this means LSAC has personally forgotten about you.

7:30 a.m.: Begin bargaining. Tell yourself you’d be happy with anything above your diagnostic. This is important because lying to yourself is a core 1L skill.

8:00 a.m.: Decide your score is either 12 points above your PT average or 12 points below it. Reasonable outcomes are for other people.

8:30 a.m.: Refresh LSAC repeatedly. If the website loads slowly, assume this is a sign that your score is lower. Lower= slower

Score release: Open your score. Catastrophize, make a permanent life decision within 45 seconds. Don't eat anything or talk to anyone or do anything beside wallow in the dark, wringing your hands over the 1 question you can remember from the test.

In all seriousness, give yourself 24 hours. I promise you will feel better tomorrow.

Good luck, everyone. May your score be high and your login work on the first try.

While reviewing a practice test, I noticed something surprising.

I had answered a difficult Logical Reasoning question correctly, but when I reviewed my work, I realized my reasoning was flawed. If the answer choices had been slightly different, I likely would have missed it.

It made me wonder how many "correct" answers are actually masking weaknesses in our understanding.

Do you review questions you got right, and have you ever discovered that your reasoning was incorrect?

I recently reviewed several practice tests and noticed a pattern.

Most of my mistakes weren't coming from difficult questions. They were coming from rushing through the final few questions because I was running out of time.

It made me wonder whether the timing strategy is sometimes more important than question difficulty.

What's been more effective for you: improving speed or improving accuracy?

See title.

7Sage breaks down and teaches types of content for the LSAT, and then lets you practice the concepts taught in the practice modules; however, I've been told you need at least 300+ hours of studying to do well on the LSAT (achieving a score in 160s+).

Does this 300+ hours exclude the work prior to the practice modules?

Hi all,

My undergraduate degree was in astrophysics, so with the exception of coding, I am used to taking all my notes on paper. I know this is the best way for me to retain and visualize information. However, I am on the fence about switching from physical to digital notetaking for law school.

Does anyone have any experience, reflection, or advice about this transition? Pros and cons maybe? My understanding is that law school will require a lot of reading case studies etc which would obviously be easier to annotate digitally than print out. But what about general 1L notes?

Thank you for any feedback! Best of luck to all of you with studying <3

Hi all, college low income student here. I'm looking for someone to help me edit my essay/ give advice. I have a limited time to work on it ( basically 1 week). If you're a coach with affordable!! prices please let me know, feel free to include your contact and what you charge and I will reach out. Thanks!

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I'm aiming for a 170-175 in September. I'm studying full-time for the LSAT until then. Chat, am I cooked? I'm getting a tutor too 🥲

Did anyone else notice the auto sync with law hub where it pulls all your tests? It's messing up with my analytics because it is pulling from what I did in like 2025.

I am just curious—if this were to be the case—how much time would LSAC give? I would think at least 6 months to 1 year notice, simply because of how much prep goes into studying, but I don't know how much time historically LSAC has given for changes. Anyone have any educated guesses or ideas?

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Hi all,

I'm in my mid 30s and from Toronto, Canada. I got my degree 4-5 years ago and I have been working at a law office for about 14 years with extensive community involvement as well. I applied to law schools at 3 different years and honestly my mistake was the first one I was not fully ready and I think I applied a little prematurely and second time, I did not make too many changes to my application, I then made some changes and applied a third year and every year, I got waitlisted by the law schools I want to get into, but never got in. One of my biggest issues was my LSAT score which was 157, not great.

It's been 2 years now as I had given up, but I'm now thinking of trying the LSAT one more time and see if I can get into the 160s, which I think would help me (with a better application), get in, although LSAT is one test I've always struggled with and my highest mark was always the logic games, which are gone now.

Wanted to see if applying now, for a fourth time potentially, after a couple of years away, with a better application and LSAT score (hopefully), will give me a good chance or would this be a waste of time at this point? I work full time and another part time job so I only have maybe 1-2 hours a day to study so I'm thinking of doing the LSAT later this year to give myself time to re-learn from beginning.

Any tips and/or similar stories are welcomed.

Thanks!

Has anyone else been having issues with 7Sage videos lately?

For me, every few minutes while watching a lesson, the video will suddenly pause and either refresh the page, exit the video, or kick me out of the lesson entirely.

I'm not sure if this is a known issue with 7Sage or if there's something wrong with my browser/settings. Has anyone experienced something similar or found a fix?

I used to think that this test was impossible - that nothing could change. But a second round pick from Villanova just proved to me and everyone else with the same mindset that we're wrong: anything is possible.

Hey all,

Just want to put out a warning to the community. There’s been an explosion on a lot of social media platforms of ‘admissions consultants’ who, upon looking deeper into their background, I’ve found have no actual admissions experience. Some of them don’t even have a connection to law.

I just want to encourage people to be discerning, especially when a lot of these consultants are charging you a ridiculous amount of money. Many of them are just ripping info from Reddit, then acting as though it’s actual expertise, when they’re really no more knowledgeable than the average KJD.

And please remember, a service telling you they get students into Harvard is meaningless. There are plenty of people who would have gotten in regardless of whether or not they had a consultant.

Don't feel too terrible about, I rushed on section 3, any tips on slowing down, besides the obvious.

I feel like the old UI was fine, the "hide" button was right next to the answers, the timer had a little bar, there was not really a sub-menu. Idk, its annoying to hit the hide "mode" and then have to click on the answers. And then I forget that i have it on and waste a few second. Not the end of the world, but its annoying.

Hello! I just restarting studying for the LSAT and am self-studying with 7Sage Core, and I'm working through my generated study plan. However, I was wondering if the study plan is in any way adaptive or able to refresh/update based on my needs? I'm really struggling with PSA questions and would like to spend an extra day reviewing those lessons/drilling, i.e., still study for my allotted time per day (5 hours) but rearrange the content a little bit because I also don't want to fall behind on my assigned study plan. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

How do people stay motivated for this? I originally set a goal that was probably too low with a 170. I got a diagnostic of 168 and pretty quickly got into the mid 170s but have had zero progress since. I currently work 70-100 hour weeks and just don’t see a path forward for improving. I’m a blue collar person that’s mainly doing this to prove I could have done something more “serious” and because it’s fun to do in my spare time.

Woke up to a new interface and I'm not so sure how I feel about it yet lol

Okay, I am so confused right now. Before on 7sage, I could literally cross out an answer choice when I eliminated it. The lettering would be scratched out and less bold. How do I do this in the new design? I am looking everywhere, and I cannot find it. Below, I can see I was stuck between two answer choices. How do I do that in this new design?