I really need help. RC is absolutely killing my score, and I'm honestly so frustrated and disappointed. I feel like I just don't understand Reading Comprehension at all, no matter how much I practice.

What tips or strategies helped you improve your RC? I'd really appreciate any advice you can share.

Hello!! In some of my recent PTs, I've noticed medium to high variance in the amount of answers I miss across sections... in my most recent PT for example, I missed 1 question on LR section 3 then somehow missed 9 on LR section 4. I'm wondering if anyone has ever experienced this and what the cause might be?

It could honestly just be chalked up to that a particular section was easier or harder, but I suppose I'm also wondering if fatigue could play a role, and if high variance in the number of questions missed across sections could suggest a particular direction in which I need to study more. Thank you!

Why?

Because short form content has been shown in many studies to decrease sustained attention and causes symptoms that mimic attention deficit. How do you expect to get through a whole RC section if your brain is being hijacked to expect instant dopamine releases every 30 seconds?

So… delete all forms of short form content from your phone. Like right now. Seriously. If it really needs to stay on your phone (like you use instagram for business purposes or something), maybe use an app like ScreenZen or BePresent to lock yourself out of it.

Ok, I’ve deleted the social media apps on my phone. Now what?

Now you need to fix your attention.

• Meditate: A study by UCSB found that meditation, specifically focused attention meditation, can actually increase standardized test scores.

• Read long books: these don’t have to be “serious” books at first, especially if you aren’t an active reader. If you haven’t read anything in a while, maybe try a more “light” series like Dungeon Crawler Carl.

• Work out: being active and getting your heart rate up a few times a week will release neurotransmitters that help regulate focus. I prefer yoga because it kind of double dips into the meditation benefits, but literally any form of regular activity is better than no activity.

If you’ve been struggling with RC passages, getting through full sections of LR, etc, try these interventions for a few weeks (while also studying) and let me know how it goes!

Also, this is part of how I just pted a 179 after 2 months of studying.

I scored a 161 on the June exam and took a PT today and got the same score despite drilling my weak points for the last month and scoring av. -3 in the 3 practice sections I’ve completed (different days, this is the first full PT I’ve taken since the June exam)

Do I cancel my August exam or be keep it? I registered for September and my goal for then is a 170

Does using an attempt and possibly getting the same score look bad?

I’m planning to submit apps in early October

Oh my God. TBH its been a while since I had a score like this. Got a 161 in June, and was really depressed. But after putting getting tutoring, staying consistent with my strategies, and being intentional with how I approach questions, I finally got back into the score band I wanted. Just glad that I got a score like this, but also I know I can get better. Just wanted to share this for whoever has been feeling bad about their score, that you can always improve. It really is a mental game more than anything.

Before: "I've never seen this word before! I'm cooked." 😰

[Plays Word Detective 🔍]

After: "I've never seen this word before...but I still know what it means." 😎

This new game trains your skill at understanding meaning from context.

• https://7sage.com/games/word-detective

Download the standalone LSAT Games app for iPhone or Android to keep playing when you're offline.

Hey team! I've been really honing in conditional reasoning questions because it seems to be my weakest but I keep stumbling over "usually" phrases in the stimulus. How do you understand these or break it down in lawgic?

^esp troublesome in parallel reasoning questions ahaha..

Hi guys! I took a pt yesterday and just finished my blind review. My PT score was 158. I used Kevin’s blind review tips (not looking if it was right or not, having some included that were correct as well, etc etc). After I finished, my br score was 170. What does this mean? What should I be doing differently?

I’m currently scheduled to take the August exam in a couple weeks. I’ve been averaging 163 on my practice exams, but I would love a 168+ to make myself more competitive for T14 schools. I am planning to target T30 schools more generally, with some more “safety” schools outside that range as well. If it’s helpful at all, my LSAC GPA is apparently a 4.1. Currently I work a full-time job in the legal field and only have a maximum of 2 hours a day to study.

Since I’ve been missing a handful of LR questions each section, I’ve been focusing on untimed drills of my weak LR question types to up my pattern recognition and understanding. My thought process here (for focusing on LR) is because LR has more scored sections. However, with my limited time, I don’t know if I’m spending too much time deep diving into my individual wrong questions. How should I balance my time with these drills and reviewing them?

I’m also stressed about RC questions, as I tend to run out of time. My tendency is that I spend over the target time on the passage (1min+ over) and then I am either under or over for the questions, depending on difficulty. I think I have a problem with being concise in my low res summaries which hurts my recall in the questions. I also have been using the highlight feature, but maybe I need to abandon it if that’s what’s slowing me down?

Essentially, between LR and RC, what do you think I should focus on in my time before the exam? Do you have any other tips?

Hello 7sage Team and all fellow LSAT studiers...if you had to choose two single Practice Tests to take before the LSAT in two weeks, is there any two you would recommend? Thanks. Best of luck to all!

Hi all! I recently got a 168 on the June LSAT and I'm studying to get in the 170s right now. It helps me to explain things out loud to people so if anyone in the 140s/150s wants someone to hop on Zoom with them for an hour (for free) and help them walk through questions, I'd love to! Especially if the explanation videos aren't clicking for you!

UPDATE: I'm going to host an "office hours" style situation where you can bring questions and get some help! What would be most helpful for you: Pick 1-2 questions in areas that you consistently get wrong where you struggle to understand WHY you got it wrong and we'll work through the process. If you're interested, I'm going to host the first one Thursday July 23 from 6-7 PM EST! Anyone is welcome to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82145298502?pwd=rC21SaJz0K0kxUh9PUTppQv0xdHnN7.1

I've been studying for around a month now and I got my PT scores up from a 149 to a 156, and have drastically improved my RC from -10 to -3/-4. I'm feeling super motivated about RC, but struggling with LR a lot more!

I find that I'm doing incredible on drills, with almost 100% on my last 10 or so, but when it gets to doing sections, my scores are dropping to -6, and on PTs, its going down to -9.

What's the best way for me to improve this accuracy? I'm only really struggling with the difficult questions at the end of the section, or making small, stupid mistakes due to misreading. I'm aiming for a 170+ by October, so I'm not sure if my accuracy goal with LR is even possible, but considering my improvement in RC I'm feeling confident.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone. I'm registered for my first LSAT in August (2 weeks away eeek), and started with a 142 diagnostic. I have been studying pretty aggressively for the last month and a half and got my first PT at 155/158 BR! Overall, my goal is to get a 160, and I'm 100% willing to take the test again if needed. My biggest roadblock is conditional and causal logic; I just can't seem to spot these questions, even while mapping. I was wondering if anyone had tips or tricks that helped them improve for these question types. I keep waiting for these questions to click for me, and it just hasn't, so any advice is appreciated!

Hi guys, I'm noticing my wrong answer journal is full of questions I missed because I either misinterpreted the meaning of an answer choice in relation to an RC (or LR) passage, or I didn't have a good grasp on the passage itself, especially remembering specific lines of text that would have lent direct textual evidence to an answer choice.

Does anyone have advice for reading more literally/granularly (aka not skimming) while holding a good grasp on the overall passage? Writing "read better" in my wrong answer journal is not helping. That brings me to another question...

I feel like most of my time is spent analyzing wrong answers in my wrong answer journal, but I'm having trouble applying what I learned from my mistakes in my next round of drills. I seem to be making the same mistakes/plateauing in my progress despite a lot of wrong answer journaling.

Is this something that will improve with time/practice? Perhaps I'm overdoing it with the time spent journaling and it's working against me? Any strategy advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I feel so disheartened. I took the lsat first time in April 2025 and got a 157. I stopped and life got ahead of me and I returned end of April this year with full intentions to break into the 160s (aiming for high) and finally apply for law school after watching all my coworkers achieve the same. I’ve been studying for 10 straight weeks between moving apartments and starting a new job and tracking all my hours. Only last week did I dip below my weekly minimum with 4.5 hours. I usually average about 7 each week because I have to take care of work, life, apartment and more, but I think it’s balanced. I just took this PT tonight and feel a little empty. I know I should be celebrating the BR but getting nearly an identical score to my official one after weeks straight of studying is so disheartening. I feel like I keep getting sidetracked by picking the “most attractive wrong answer.” It’s all concentrated in my LR. I want/need to lessen how much of a super splitter I am with my GPA v LSAT. I feel isolated and like my family and partner just don’t get it or are getting fed up with it. This is mostly just a crash out I guess. I’m taking the exam on August 5th and feel scared. I just want to know how people deal with feeling like you’re running out of time and things won’t actually come together? What is this is my limit and there is no aha moment?

If it hasn’t been said so let it be said

I really appreciate learning more about advanced theory and pattern recognition.

I have been studying for 1 month now after a 7-month long break from the LSAT. Last week I scored a 155 and had a hard time getting out of that plateau. Today I scored a 161, my official score on record is 153 last October, and my next official administration is in September. A 157 used to be my dream score, but I am quite positive that I can score higher now

I previously made a post sharing my struggles with getting through a full PT and how I couldn't even finish a timed section. I am now four months into studying, and I'm very happy to share that I have officially completed a timed PT, all four sections!

While I was nowhere near my goal score, it gives me confidence and peace of mind knowing that I am capable of taking the full test without running out of time. I struggled so much at the beginning, I really feared that I wouldn't be able to. A few people on here recommended I request accommodations, and while I considered it, I'm glad I gave myself some time to work through it.

Hi all,

I feel as if I have a decent grasp on the different LR question types -- except for Necessary and Sufficient Assumption. For some reason, these just don't click naturally for me, and I even struggle on the Level 2 and 3 questions. I am leaving points on the table by not fully comprehending this topic.

Is there anyone that could explain this to me? I find that the online and even 7sage explanations don't help much and I might need someone else's interpretation of the subject matter to understand it.

Thank you!

Here's what I sent to the lsat feedback form here (https://www.lsac.org/send-us-your-feedback) regarding the interface coming up. I just had to spend a full fucking minute looking for "second-to-last sentence of the second paragraph of passage A, second-to-last sentence of the first paragraph of passage B" with no highlights before I even got to finish reading the rest of the question. The August test takers will undoubtedly have a disadvantage compared to everyone who already have their scores with this bullshit.

I am writing again regarding the new LSAT interface, particularly in light of the additional changes that have now been implemented.

RC line citations are no longer automatically highlighted. Masking mode resets between questions. Selected answers cannot be deselected or eliminated without additional steps. Eliminated answers must be unmasked before they can be selected. Highlighting and answer elimination have both become more cumbersome.

You have already told me that some of these changes are simply due to "the underlying structure of the new test driver platform." I find that response deeply unsatisfactory. LSAC charges students hundreds of dollars to take this exam and generates substantial revenue from LawHub and related services. If LSAC genuinely wanted to provide the best possible testing experience, "the platform is structured this way" would not be an acceptable excuse for repeatedly introducing unnecessary friction into a high-stakes examination.

LSAC frequently presents itself as an organization committed to advancing access to legal education and maintaining the integrity of the law school admissions process. If you truly believe in that mission, then you should be deeply concerned about introducing changes that make the exam more difficult to navigate, particularly just weeks before an administration, while asking students who have spent months preparing to simply adapt.

The LSAT is supposed to measure reasoning ability. It should not measure how effectively a test taker can compensate for an increasingly cumbersome interface.

You have the resources to do better. The old user interface was infinitely better than this joke of a design. I would encourage LSAC to seriously reconsider whether these limitations should have been accepted in the first place.

You owe test takers more than "that's how the new platform works." You owe us an examination experience that is fair, accessible, and worthy of the organization you claim to be.

UPDATE: I got a reply

"Thank you for contacting LSAC and providing feedback on our new LawHub interface.  

Unfortunately, since we released the preview of the new user interface in March, we have made several changes in response to user feedback and updated some features. However, some of these features cannot be changed due to the structure of the new platform.  

We encourage you to continue taking practice tests in LawHub to become familiar with the new interface. Should you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us with a description of the issue and any screenshots so we can review and correct any issues.  

Please contact us if you have any additional questions and we will be happy to assist.

TLDR: we know its shit, sucks to suck lmao.

I sincerely hope the ongoing Risner vs LSAC case bankrupts every single one of them.

But, my LSAT brothers and sisters, we must stay focused as we can only play the hand that we have been dealt. I believe every person who has committed to studying on this platform has all the means to succeed on this test in spite of whatever bullshit they throw at us. LSAT, democrat, bureaucrat, IT DONT MATTER, 175!!!!!!!

I feel like I am almost there with the LSAT. I had a few months where I was getting -8/-10 on RC sections and then I really honed in on LR and am sitting at a -14/-15. I dont know what I am doing wrong - I try to read for structure but have a hard time grasping on content without getting super bogged down in detail.

What are some things people did that seriously changed their RC. I tried Bailey's method with highlight but then got WAY to focused on highlighting (and its super time consuming with the new interface update)

Please help me! I rescheduled my August LSAT to September - anythings helps

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✅ Fully resolved (as of 12:40pm ET, Tuesday July 21): We pushed through a hotfix and we're getting reports that all issues are resolved.

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We rolled back the unintentional changes as of 4am ET Tuesday morning July 21. So everything should be back to normal.

However, some students are continuing to report issues. See comment below.

Hello, hope this question is in the correct spot. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I just finished the foundations, LR, and RC section blocks up this morning, and next up is the practice blocks. Before I proceed to the practice blocks, should I take a timed PrepTest to compare to my first, cold PrepTest that I took before I started studying to get a baseline? Or is taking a PrepTest now not worth it and I just need to continue on to the Practice blocks? I know there are prep tests in the practice blocks, but thought it might be helpful to get a benchmark now before practice. Thanks in advance!