New to studying LSAT. Noticed that some LR problems involve stimuli that are deliberately flawed/weak/invalid and their question stems mostly (not always) refer to those issues. I understand this.

However, should RC passages be assumed not to contain such deliberate flaws? If there are criticisms of a second perspective by the author, that is given. However, we should not be keeping a skeptical view of the author's view/reasoning as if we are keeping an eye out for a flaw in his/her reasoning that we might be questioned on?

Hi!

I want to have some advice on my study method.

My PT score(timed) is between 155-160 and my BR score is usually 173-177.

I've been studying from this February, and I took June LSAT, still waiting for my score.

Regardless of the June score, I'm aiming to take it again in October and I really want to see my BR score in the real test.

The problem is, I don't feel I'm improving that much and not sure what should I do from now on. What helped you the most to minimize the score gap between your actual score and BR score? Will doing more timed practice help?

I was doing mostly timed section and review+wa journal after. Should I switch to untimed mode?

I'm def doing WA journal and I feel like I do understand everything, until I take a timed PT😭

Basically what the title says. I'm aiming for a 175, but right now I'm fluctuating between 169-174. I only have 3 prep tests left, but I like doing one every week and then reviewing it over the weekend. Should I stop doing that?

Hi all! I know that the August registration deadline is coming up and wanted to ask for some advice. I am shooting for a goal score of 175 and debating between the August and September tests. My last 5 PTs have been 171, 172, 173, 177, and 172.

I am considering August only because the September test coincides with the beginning of fall semester of my junior year, but I'm concerned that I won't be able to get to my goal score by then. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

Hello, I've been recently picking somr wrong trap answers due to insufficient translating skils of double negatives or thinking a modifier is part of a negative statement as seen below:

None of the shows that Wilke & Wilke produced last year that were not canceled were police dramas.

Does 7Sage have any practice for these translations?

Thanks!

For this question, C is the correct answer. I got it right, but I only read answer choices A, B, and C before feeling like C was the right answer.

I took 57 seconds to answer the question which is only 5 seconds under target. Am I supposed to be able to eliminate all possible answer choices before moving onto the next question? I feel like that's impossible to do with a 35 minute time limit.

What do you write in the wrong answer journal? I recently copied the Q/As, inital thoughts about stimuli, thoughts about intial strategy, break down why each A is wrong/ right, and future strategy. Since i use notion I do use tags and color some text for more organization.

Should I rewrite the whole Q/A and breakdown why each ans is wrong? Or should I just focus on my incorrect answer and strategy? Am I doing too much?

Hi, today I took a practice test and scored a 155, previously having scored 151 and 153, but it has been two months. Am I studying wrong? It is especially frustrating as I have been drilling very well and the score predictions on my drills are averaging in the mid-160s. I really want to take the August LSAT as it will be easier to take it at home rather than at college where I don't have a car. I am a reverse splitter as my GPA is in the 3.9 range (I still need to calculate CAS GPA based on last semester but I got all As and A+s and only one A-). I am okay not going to a T14 or even T25, in fact at this point I just want to be in Chicago. One school I would qualify for their honors full ride if I can get a 161, but even that seems so far off. Can I get some study advice, reverse splitter advice, and August LSAT advice? I feel like I should have improved more, I am especially frustrated because it seems Logic Reasoning has barely gone up at all despite practicing it everyday and going through the core curriculum. It seems every time someone posts about score increases it is either in one month or two years, and a gap year is not an option for me. Even just paying for 7Sage for another year is not an option. Please provide any advice you can!

Hi guys!

I've been studying since February. I started with a 156 diagnostic and have a goal score of 172+, and I just took the June test (planning on taking it again in August).

I am just so stuck on these practice tests. I got a 170 in late April, so I thought I was on an upward trend, but the six PTs I've taken since have all been between 166-168 (175+ on the BR). I know it's good that I'm consistently in that range, but I can't seem to break the 170s and I'm starting to wonder if I've hit my limit for the August test.

I've been studying for about an hour a day with drills focused on my weakest question types and fixing my timing. I felt SO good this past week about my progress, was consistently getting perfect scores on untimed and timed drills, and it didn't translate at all to my PT. There's not really a consistent pattern to what I'm getting wrong.

Has anyone experienced this and been able to improve? Is there any change in study technique I should consider?

I'm scoring pretty high, one of the only areas that regularly causes me the most problems (both incorrect answers and getting them right but going too slow) are questions with Causal Reasoning , and I suppose Phenomenon/Hypo questions.

I've been through core curriculum, it just hasn't really helped me. I want to know for those of you who are exceptionally good at questions with this sort of logic, what are your tips? What helped break through to reliably be fast and accurate? I sometimes miss or take a long time on super easy questions. I've been to a lot of classes I understand the general mistakes/flaws, I think I just struggle most when the stimulus doesn't have obvious language indicating that it is a causal relationship or that it is a phenomenon/hypothesis relationship.

Just an example, on pt 158, s4, q12, didn't realize it was a phenomenon/hypo relationship (was it just the causal : The only effective check on grass and brush fires is rain. If the level of rainfall is below normal for an extended period of time, then there are many more such fires. Yet grass and brush fires cause less financial damage overall during long periods of severe drought than during periods of relatively normal rainfall.

Hi,

I'm preparing for the September LSAT with a target in the 175+ range.

Quick context: I started with a 136. I've been studying for about three months and my blind review scores are consistently high now (168-172), but my timed scores sit in the low 150s. So my gap isn't content knowledge. It's execution under time, decision-discipline (I tend to find the right answer and then talk myself out of it), and reading speed, since English is my second language and I never studied it academically. RC is my biggest point-loss area; LR is stronger. I'm Portuguese, my education was between Portugal, Brazil and the US (but I'm not used to standardized tests). And I have a Law degree already (but, thank god, we don't do LSATs in Europe)

I'm looking for targeted help on exactly those things rather than a from-scratch curriculum. I'd want to understand how you'd approach this kind of timed-vs-untimed gap, and roughly how many sessions you'd suggest given my timeline.

Thanks,

Mariana

I started with a 150 diagnostic and currently got a 156 on my recent pt, my goal is to get 168 and wondering if theres any way to gauge my progress if im on track for that goal, am i behind? does 7sage offer anywhere to gauge this and see if im on track.

When is it appropriate to choose a potential alternate explanation? I am finding it difficult to find when it is appropriate to choose this AC, or when it is flat out irrelevant. A good example is PT104.S2.P3.Q17

The passage seemed to be focusing on the dark plumage and although I could understand how other characteristics can play a factor- how should I think about when it is appropriate to consider alternative explanations? To my memory, I have chosen this options in previous questions but have been met with the answers being irrelevant.

Hi everyone! I just took the June LSAT and I am planning on taking the August/September LSAT. Between now and then, I wanted to take a new approach to help break into my goal score. It has been suggested that tutoring others could be helpful to achieve this and gain a new perspective.

I have been PT'ing in the high 160s and have a solid grasp of the fundamentals. We can discuss PT's, drills, or anything that would be most helpful. If anyone would be interested in free tutoring (30-45 min sessions), please leave a comment or DM me directly! :)

12-point improvement in 6 weeks!! 7sage ily

Any tips on how to improve specifically on science/humanities passages? I notice a part of getting application and applied questions wrong. Please help!

Hi all! I have several accomodations and sadly, LSAC keeps messing up my exam administrations. First, I had a missing proctor (in-person which made it worse) and then during my retest, they provided the wrong exam on lawhub. I'm not sure how often issues like this happen, but it seems like they are getting confused when administering/scheduling my exam (even though I have pretty normal accommodations). If you have accommodations (or even if you don't), be aware that your exam could get messed up as well. If this happens, please advocate for yourself! You can file a complaint online for a standard exam or via email for a retest. LSAC can cancel your score without impacting your limit and making it clear it is their fault for the cancelation, and could get you rescheduled for another admin without you having to pay for a new exam all over again.

I also suggest reading your accommodations out to the proctor and explaining them so there is no confusion. That said, LSAC has screwed up every testing admin for me which sucks after months of studying, making this LSAT journey last wayyyy longer than it needs to. And even if they provide solutions, they typically aren't that fair either. Very frustrating experience for me, but hope that other disabled test takers don't have these experiences as well.

Just in: Argument ER and Numbers Blitz. If you need a study break, go play and tell us what you think!

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Went from a 160 diagnostic a month ago to a 179 PT!!! 7Sage is great.

tbh i'm not in the mood to go on a scavenger hunt of the LSAC website and they're closed tmrw; just need to make sure i don't need to apply for it as an accommodation or smth.

One week until June LSAT score release. How are we feeling 7Sage?

Personally, I have been doing the online equivalent of pacing up and down my room. Lurking on forums, calculating admissions odds based on hypothetical scores, and checking LSAC for... something???

Can this week please go a little faster?!

Hi 7Sage community! I have a quick question on a concept/logic that I've been getting confused about recently in LR, specifically for causal stimuli.

I learned that one way to weaken a causal conclusion (e.g., A causes B) would be to show: when there is no cause, there is still an effect (e.g., even without A, B happens). However, I'm confused because the conclusion doesn't say that A is the ONLY cause. Hence, doesn't saying that when there is no cause A and we still see effect B not necessarily weaken?

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More concrete example would be:

• P: Children who play violent games have shown violent behavior.

• C: We can hypothesize that violent games cause violent behavior.

• Question: Which answer choice would weaken the argument above?

  • AC: Some children who have never played violent video games show violent behavior.

For this AC, my line of reasoning would be: we don't have the purported cause (playing violent games) but we still see the purported effect (showing violent behavior). Hence, the conclusion's causal relationship can be weakened -- this would be the classic no-cause, see-effect weakener.

But I'm also thinking: the conclusion did not say violent games are the only cause of violent behavior, which means the conclusion takes into account other causes. Hence, this AC does not weaken but rather has no effect.

Which line of reasoning would be correct?

This has been bothering me for the past few days -- I would love to get clarification. Thank you! :)

Hi,

I am currently studying for the August 2026 LSAT. I wrote the Jan 2026 test and scored a 157, and I am aiming for a 165 this time around.

I am currently scoring around a -5 on RC sections (I am happy with this), and around a -5/-4 on LR.

However, I wanted to get some advice as to how I can continue to improve on LR, ideally I can reach a consistent -4/-3.

I've noticed that during timed sections, I will usually get 1/2 easy question incorrect, followed by 2/3 hardest level questions incorrect. During BR I will get it down to -1/-2.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the most efficient way to close this gap?

I am currently drilling my priority tags, doing around 3 timed sections a week, and BRing everything I do.

Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide.

Thank you in advance.