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Hey everyone! I am currently studying for the June LSAT, and I have made great progress. My PTs are consistently in the raw 162-165 range, and BR in the 175-177 range.
My one real struggle has been getting a grasp of conditional reasoning questions. No matter how much I drill and review, I feel like I'm getting nowhere. Any advice on how to best tackle these?
Do I need to address all of the perspectives in my LSAT argumentative essay? I'm not totally sure if there are certain expectations aside from crafting an argument and including potential counterarguments.
Hello. JY tells us in the core curriculum that the word "no" is a group 4 indicator where we choose a necessary and negate it. However, on LSAT 144 sec 2 question # 23 the statement is "no action based on good intentions are justified unless they also result in success" which the explanation translates it to "not successful -> not justified." However, by the group 4 logic indicator lesson's explanation it should be "not justified -> not successful" (I chose to negate "justified" by making it a sufficient and negating it due to the "unless" rule and chose "success" as the necessary and negated that due to the group 4 rule). So which one is it? Do different type's of "no's" have different logical indicators?
Hey everyone, I took the LSAT in Oct but ended up with a 140. I feel like I am stuck in this range and I used Kaplan for about 3ish months before my test and scored lower on my actual test vs my diagnostic (147). I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations/similar experiences, as I am currently using 7Sage and LSAT Demon. I think that my basic understanding of the LSAT might be where there's a disconnect.
I got a 167 on my diagnostic and honestly have no idea what to do to study further. Many of the things I see about how I should proceed are contradictory. Any thoughts from anyone in a similar position?
I have in my notes written (A -> B) -> (A -> C) contrapositive = (A <-some-> /C) -> (A <-some-> /B) but I don't think that's right.
Shouldn't the contrapositive be (/C -> /A) -> (/B -> /A)? Is what I wrote in my notes maybe the negation of that embedded conditional that I was referring to?
Can anyone also point out where in the fundamentals this is referred to? Thank you!
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A student aiming for a 165 by June is stuck in the mid-140s with inconsistent performance, fluctuating drill results, and no clear progress. Sound familiar?
In this episode, @AlexJacobs and @BaileyLuber break down what’s really going wrong and how to fix it. They cover:
• Why skipping or rushing the core curriculum can stall your progress • How to structure your studying for actual score gains
• The right balance of drills, sections, and full practice tests
• When to focus on specific question types (and how to choose them)
• What consistent blind review scores actually tell you
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Hi all! If anyone feels like sharing their study schedules/tips, it would be greatly appreciated- for myself, as well as others, I am sure. I am currently working through my 7Sage study plan daily and then drilling/doing timed sections and reviewing. I have been putting off consistently PTing because I feel like I should make it fully through foundations first. What are your thoughts on this? Open to any opinions and feedback!!
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I put on suspenseful music while I study to help simulate how stressed I'll be during the test. Does anyone else do this? This is the playlist I use btw: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Cem0ca83Kqw08PagIuao3?si=d8d52ca0aac34682
Is it just me or does anyone else get lost in the core curriculum. I watch and listen to these explanation and get so lost and confused. Some of them make absolutely no sense to me and I get even more confused than I already was. I’m about ready to just give up and eat the $250 I spent on taking the test. It’s been 4 months of studying and I see no improvement in my score or progress and just feel hopeless.
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Scoring well on Logical Reasoning but stuck at the same score on Reading Comprehension? You’re not alone. In this LSAT Shortcut, Alex and Bailey respond to a student who’s hitting 168 practice tests with strong LR performance but hasn’t improved on RC after four months of studying.
They break down why RC progress often takes longer, what it actually means to “retrain your brain” to read LSAT passages, and how focusing on author viewpoints, competing perspectives, and passage structure can help you find the evidence behind every answer choice. They also discuss how to practice RC more effectively, when to slow down your reading, and why consistent daily exposure to passages can make a big difference over time.
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i need help! i have a problem where sometimes i get so nervous or dont know what to focus on to the point where i literally cant understanding what im reading. i read but it makes no sense. it is costing me time and points. i just lose focus and it's so bad does anyone have any tips?
Hi everyone, any tips on how to get faster taking the LSAT? I am a naturally slow reader so i don't get to finish a section before the timer is up. I finished the core curriculum last month and I've been practicing since then.
Any tips will be greatly appreciated!
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I need some advice. Everyone says to drill to help improve, and I do. However, I notice that even if I do drill, I'm still getting questions wrong. Is that normal? Also, is there a specific way to drill effectively?
Hi! I have around 100 wrong questions so far from drills, sections, etc. I went to the analytics, questions, and filtered by LR, incorrect, and the most recent. I have been going all the way to the end and redoing those questions because I honestly forgot some of them by now. I'm redoing them and also taking time to really review what I did wrong the first (and sometimes second) time. BUT, its taking so long. 2 hours of studying and i only get through like 15 questions. Im taking the June LSAT, should I be spending my time this way or more on taking full sections/drilling? (also time is not a huge priority for me)
Also... highly recommend if you hate reviewing wrong questions like right after this has helped so much.
Is there a set numbers of questions that you're supposed to do for a drill? I usually do a bunch of 5-10 question drills but I've seen people say you should be doing 25 for each drill.
Does anyone have any tips for Strengthen/Weaken questions on Phenomenon Hypothesis passages? I do not struggle with the concept of strengthening or weakening on most questions, but I seemed to get tripped up on harder WSE questions in a phenomenon hypothesis passage.
I started studying in September 2025 and am taking the LSAT for the first time in April. However, this past month my scores have not been improving and are also sometimes going down. I don't know if this is due to burnout or what, but I need tips on how to fix my studying strategy for the last few weeks before I take the LSAT.
thank you!!
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Parallel reasoning questions can feel overwhelming, even for strong LSAT students. In this episode of the 7Sage LSAT Shortcut, @AlexJacobs and @BaileyLuber explain why these questions often become a major time sink and what to do about it.
Their first piece of advice is simple. Skip them. If parallel reasoning or parallel flaw questions slow you down, save them for the end of the section so you can spend your time on questions you are more likely to get right.
They also break down what to do once you are ready to tackle them. Learn when to diagram conditional reasoning, how to translate arguments into simpler structures like If A then B then C, and how to eliminate answer choices quickly by tracing conclusions and matching logical form.
Finally, they zoom out to a bigger LSAT lesson. Your study strategy should evolve with your score. The techniques that help at 150 are not the same ones that matter at 170, and focusing on the right skills at the right time is key to improving efficiently.
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My difficulty setting is now 4-5. I keep getting stuck between two answers (usually the most popular answers) and keep choosing the wrong one. What is going onnnnnnn?!!!!! Anyone struggling with this right now? What does it mean and how can I work on fixing it? It’s very discouraging and incredibly frustrating
I’ve been consistently scoring around 173 on fully timed LSAT PTs, and I’m taking the exam in April. My goal is to reach the mid-to-high 170s.
On BR, after reviewing all my missed/flagged questions, I often get up to around 178. So now I’m wondering: is missing 1-3 questions per section under timed conditions basically inevitable for me at this point, or is this a bottleneck I can still break before the test?
In terms of my circumstances, I often do have time after LR to double-check my work, usually around 5 minutes or so. But I still miss a good percentage of those wrong answers because I didn’t flag them. Basically, I choose the wrong answer without realizing it’s wrong, so I don’t go back to it. For the questions I do flag, I’ve actually been getting them right.
This has been happening pretty consistently for the last two weeks, and I’m worried I’ve plateaued. For people who’ve made the jump from the low 170s to the mid/high 170s, what actually helped? How do you get a perfect score on a section without it feeling like a coin toss?
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Today's episode: A student returns to LSAT prep after taking a few months off and suddenly finds even small drills overwhelming. Full practice tests feel intimidating, and when they try to take one, they rush through just to finish.
Bailey and Alex talk about how to rebuild LSAT endurance after a hiatus. They explain why this feeling is common, how to ramp back up from short drills to full sections, and why weekly practice tests are still essential if you want your best score.
If you're struggling to restart your LSAT routine, this episode walks through a simple way to rebuild discipline, stamina, and confidence.
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Hey folks, I typically PT in the high 160s or low 170s when timed, and I don't intend to ever try a practice test untimed because I feel like there just aren't enough tests for that.
However, I was wondering if it would be effective to start doing more untimed work, I've been doing it and have been finding it helpful to recognize patterns (like thinking to myself: okay this is a strength, it makes a causal claim, we're likely looking for an answer choice about some assumption the causal claim makes). I've actually found that thought process pretty helpful for both timing and accuracy.
Specifically, I was wondering if this is generally recommended, specifically for when you are trying to break into the top scores.
My current routine is:
1) Read an Economist article about a topic I don't particularly care for to warm up
2) Do an automatic untimed 4-passage drill or an untimed 25-question drill
3) Blind/Review + Wrong Answer Journal Analysis
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this is a decent routine?
If it helps, I often will go to like 37-38 minutes on these two drills when untimed, meaning I don't really use much of the extra unlimited time, though getting to 35 minutes without rushing on reading in particular has been really tough for me.
