Hi all, listening to the most recent Dean Z Mini App read, she starts off the episode talking about grammar and spelling issues in the applicant's essays, specifically the LSAT argumentative writing. I had put this out of my head completely but listening made me remember that, back in April when I took my first LSAT and thus did my argumentative writing, I made the same spelling mistake a few times, using "tenant" instead of "tenet." Now, I have no reason to believe I made any other egregious mistakes, nor am I a bad writer, or will errors like this show up in the other areas of my application, but I am taking the LSAT again in September, so is it worth it to redo the argumentative writing? I do enjoy writing in my free time and plan for that to focus in some way on my applications, so I do not want to appear inconsistent or disingenuous.

Side note, I guess this is what I deserve for trying to use a more obscure word, and not just going for "fundamental principle" or something of the like.

If I watch a recorded session, will it automatically mark those questions as seen?

Will I be able to use the built-in Huge (175%) font-size setting shown in LawHub during my actual October LSAT without requesting a separate accommodation?

I seem to have fallen off the wagon and have not studied in about 4 weeks. I finished the 7Sage course and was just drilling lightly before I stopped.

Any suggestions on how to get back into the rhythm? If I’ve finished the course do you suggest just picking up drilling and practice tests or just start over again? I scheduled my exam for September but will be pushing it back.

Thanks for the time and guidance.

I previously took the LSAT and did the argumentative/writing section, 2-3 years back. I ended up purchasing the score preview for that and did not keep my score. Now I'm studying again to write the exam in September, should I do the writing section again? Am I even allowed to?

Not sure if that's even an option for me. Do law schools (Canadians) look at it a lot, or at all?

Hi friends! :) I just had a quick question that I was hoping could be answered preferably within 24 hours; for the argumentative writing, am I able to use one of the perspectives as an objection or should I come up with my own?

Hi 7Sage Fam,

Just want to ask how yall have been splitting your prep time between LR and RC. I haven’t done much RC but I think I’m starting from a pretty good base (-6 avg per section). Between work and masters classes, I can manage about two hours of quality study time on the weekdays and 3-4 on Saturday and Sunday. I’m targeting a November exam, but I’m struggling to find out what balance I should be striking. TIL now I’ve been spending 90% of my time on LR. I’m not even sure how to really drill or prep for RC best.

Any and all advice is welcome. Love yall!

I am studying abroad in Sydney, Australia, but hoping to take the April 2027 LSAT. Has anyone taken the test abroad? Or is it even possible to do so in Sydney? I can't find anything on LSAC about it.

I've seen it mentioned that the target times for individual Q's are "calculated from top scorers," but what is the cut-off here? I realize that I heavily weight my speed performance off of these target times but they vary wildly especially when compared to that state showing how likely percintiles for given Q get them right, for example "75% [175]."

Is the target time based of of the average time like 175+ scorers get the question right in? Sometimes I get a question done much faster on hard ones, but then the percintiles data will be "75%[164]" which seems to imply that this "hard" Q is actually an easier "hard" Q. So if that's the case, is the target time on this Q using the average of the 164 scoreres for its time calculations? If not, and its still using the generic "high-scorers" (which I presume to be around 175+?), then why is would the target time be so high on a given question with such a low 75% percintule score?

I just submitted my argumentative writing. After moving my webcam around to scan my testing environment, I could not see how I appeared in the frame. After the timer ran out, my webcam footage became visible and the tip of my chin was out of frame. I understand that part of the rule is to keep your shoulders in-frame during the exam, but I could not see that it was an issue at the time! Does anyone know if this will affect anything, and should I worry?

Sorry if this is a bit negative, but I am genuinely concerned about my applications chances and scholarship prospects at this rate.

Almost everyone agree that the new interface makes the exam more difficult. The highlighting system is totally different and hurts my hands, hiding answers is slow, text is harder to read, and they don't even highlight question prompt's referenced quotes in the RC sections anymore. All of these are time drains. Historically Law Schools have never cared about these things and only looked at the raw scores, but historically the LSAT has never been so stupid.

So my question for those who might have insider info is: Are we struggling August test takers just doomed? They won't consider our circumstances or anything? Surely they know that the exam went through massive changes right? @J.Y.Ping

The absence of a full screen in LawHub is really messing w/ me for RC. Did August test-takers have a full screen by default, or were they forced to take the test without one? I'm extremely annoyed with this change from LSAC.

I tried pressing Ctrl+Cmd+F to enlarge the screen for my Mac, but it didn't work.

In taking timed sections and PT's across the past 2 (potentially 3 or more) weeks, I have noticed several instances of my countdown timer glitching. The clock will count down three or four seconds, then jump back up to the earlier time.

Ex) 11:53, 11:52, 11:51, 11:50, 11:49---11:53, 2, 1, 0, 9---

and so on.

The only reliable way to make the clock begin working normally has been to exit out of the section and re-enter, at which point I typically wait for 15-20 seconds to try to be realistic with how much time I've actually used.

I do not know if this issue is sometimes occurring and then stopping on its own, and with my clunky adjustments, the entire situation has made me far less confident in the recent speed "gains" I've been seeing.

What is important is that this has happened multiple times across a few UI updates. Could those be related?

Any updates are much appreciated!

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Hi everyone! I am taking the LSAT in April 2027. I took a diagnostic in the spring which landed me at 161, which initially I was very happy about. However, I have been studying since then and have been consistently stuck in the 160s- sometimes high, sometimes low. My biggest area of improvement is RC, but no matter how hard I blind review, I feel stuck! Does it just take time? I am so afraid of wasting my time studying ineffectively.

Update: the changes below are live!

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We're shipping an update to the Digital Tester this week. The goal is to make practice look and feel more like test day. Here's what's changing.

• Narrower width, full height

  • The tester will be slightly narrower and run at close to full screen height. This will match the reported proportions of the real thing more closely. You'll still see your browser window and menu bar at the top, but otherwise the dimensions are close to what you'll see on test day.

• The full screen button in the toolbar will be gone

  • LawHub removed its full screen button, so we will remove ours. Since the tester will now size close to full screen by default, you shouldn't need it. If you want true full screen, use the three dot menu on the top right.

• Updated toolbar icons

  • Toolbar symbols will match LawHub's. The most noticeable change is answer elimination (also called response masking), which will use an "a" with a slash through it.

• Blind Review and Review testers restyled

  • Blind Review was stuck on the old tester style. It will match the current tester, as will the review interface. You'll see consistent styling across the tester, the Blind Review tester, and the Review tester.

• One deliberate deviation: font size persists, unlike LawHub

  • On LawHub, your font size selection does not carry over from section to section. You have to reset it at the start of every single section of a PT. We're not copying that. On 7Sage, your font size choice will stick.

  • We don't think LawHub's behavior here is intentional. Color and line height settings both persist. Font size is the odd one out, which looks like a bug. We've flagged it to LSAC and asked them to fix it. We'll let you know if they do. Or if this is actually intentional on their part.

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any out of the box tips for improving flaw questions. I drill these a LOT, and are familiar with how to answer/common flaw types, but seem to still miss a lot when putting them into context. If anyone has any specific advice thats helped them, let me know!

After studying since last October, I have finally broke into the 170s. Going to take the September LSAT and feeling super pumped!!

Hello! I just got approved for the August retest exam, but I am having some conflicting feelings about it.

Has anyone taken a retest in-person before? Did it go smoothly and just the same as the real test day? Did the exam feel comparatively similar to the original test?

It was my first time testing in person, and I was definitely really nervous but felt relatively confident for most of the exam. For context, I am also scheduled for September and am aiming for a 174. I don't think that I got 170+ on August, but I am a bit anxious about having a worse experience on the retest day that will either shoot my confidence for September or make me regret my decision. I'm also a bit nervous because the closest location that the retest will be administered is at a different Prometric location that is slightly further away (and has awful Google reviews...).

I would really appreciate any insight on those who have had in-person retesting done! I know the test probably won't necessarily be harder or unfair, and that this could be a really great chance for me to take the exam under better circumstances! But any and all thoughts about retesting are welcome.

So I currently am doing really good on the mini drill sets that I take when I am studying and just practicing problems, typically getting a 100% or 1 wrong. However when I go to take a PT I feel like all that progress just goes away because I will get like 5 wrong in a row, and for some reason just can not seem to sit there and focus when I see I have 20+ questions left versus maybe 10. Does anyone have advice on where I can improve for the September test, which is so soon and I am so worried?

Are perscriptive answers always wrong on Necessary Assumption questions? I am trying to figure out if that is something I can just retain and eliminate that answer choice every time

Any tips on how to effectively review RC wrong answers?