I'm not understanding why D is the correct answer choice for this question, help is appreciated!

My thinking:

Given that the author states that the Maya have to rely on other countries' precedents because "courts in Belize have not yet ruled on... indigenous rights" and that there is an "absence of relevant precedent in Belize's case law" I don't know how the author's purpose can then be to suggest that "the courts of Belize have relied upon the sorts of common law precedents that the Maya argue should be applied."

In my head, it is inconsistent to suggest that there is both an absence of "relevant" precedent in Belize law (meaning nothing even close can be applied) and to suggest that Belize courts have "relied... upon the sorts of... precedent the Maya argue should be applied."

Where am I messing up? Thanks!

Hey so I've recently been running into an issue where I perform a lot better on individual sections when I do them in isolation, compared to doing sections consecutively on a full preptest, and I feel a bit contributing factor to that is switching gears from RC to LR can be quite difficult for me. Recently I did a PT where I'd just finished an RC and moved onto the next LR sections, I literally spent several minutes blank staring at the first 2 questions. On the other hand, switching from LR to RC I feel like I'm forgetting to use basic RC skills like slowing down and doing low res summaries, and it didn't come back to me until later in the section. I think I'm going to try doing more LR and RC drills back to back to deal with this. Has anyone had similar experience/dealt with this before?

I am two and a half weeks into the core curriculum through 7sage. I decided to take a diagnostic test to see where I am at and got around a 151. I plan to take the June LSAT, which is roughly 6 months away from the time of me writing this. I want to get about a 165 on the LSAT. Is this at all possible? I don't know if it is feasible for your score to jump that high. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I had been feeling super confident in how things were going. My first PT after core curriculum was a 163. I took a week off for college finals week and came back and did super well. Got a -3 on my first LR section back (-1 after BR) and -5 on my RC section, then i decided to take a full PT (my second PT after core curriculum) and did super poorly, I got -9 on my first LR section which i felt solid about and a -12 on the second section which i did not feel good about at all and a -11 on my RC section. I was shocked to see how I did and it made no sense, I have never done this bad on even isolated questions, after BR i made sense of almost every single one of my mistakes but am still uncertain how I did so poorly. My plan was to take one LR section and do BR and then the next day do an RC section and do the same thing before doing some targeted drilling and taking another full PT sometime next week to see where I really stand and if this was just some sort of fluke. I am trying to get into the 170s for the April test. I was hoping people could let me know if they have experienced anything similar and best way to move forwards, Thanks so much!

I was wondering if anyone here has done the test with the accommodation that takes off the experimental section? Is there a break after the first 2 sections?

Hi all!

Just finished the Foundations & Logical Reasoning curriculum (woohoo).

I'm wondering if it's best to move straight onto the RC curriculum or start drills / PTs straight away to practice the LR sections more intensely? Or alternate between drills / PTs and RC?

Thanks :)

It seems to me that this question type in particular does not have much of a pattern as opposed to the classic flaws, which imo are easier to identify given their patterns.

For those who have no issues with the LF questions, how are you finding the patterns?

What are you looking for in the stimulus particularly given that every stim is kinda diff?

Thanks in advance!

Anyone else feel hopeless sometimes with theLSAT? I’m sitting at home for the holidays beating myself up for not studying and just constantly feeling worried that I won’t ever score good

Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to avoid trap answers!?!? I know we have the Live courses on how to avoid them, but i need more tips at this point. I often come down to two AC's and end up choosing the wrong one. From this PT section, I'm hopeful but also discouraged because I can't seem to pick the right answers on my real attempt. Only after I do Blind Review and see my OG answer was wrong can I actually choose the right answer. I'm taking the Jan LSAT and I really need to get my score up!! I'm scoring like a 147 and I know I can do better. But being under a time limit doesn't let me think about my AC as long as I would like too.

Hi guys,

It seems that my score is bleeding out because of RC and it's actually pretty hard. It is a lot of detail that needs to be memorized till all questions are done and one word can ruin it. Even some passages are so complex that are draining me. Anyone have any tips to score higher on RC? My analytics also shows critque debate are the worse ones right now.

It seems to me that this question type in particular does not have much of a pattern as opposed to the classic flaws, which imo are easier to identify given their patterns.

For those who have no issues with the LF questions, how are you finding the patterns?

What are you looking for in the stimulus particularly given that every stim is kinda diff?

Thanks in advance!

Hi all! I started 7sage with a study plan 4 days ago. I am currently working on the foundations theory unit. Does anyone know when or have recommendations for when I should start taking practice tests? I have seen mixed opinions on whether to wait until I am done with theory or not. Is there a point where 7sage will start telling me to take practice tests? Please let me know what you think, what you have done, and what you recommend. Thank you!

I scored a 150 on my diagnostic in July, and since then, I’ve gradually improved to the 156–158 range. I’ve taken 12 full practice tests so far. One consistent issue is that I keep missing the same types of high-difficulty questions, especially Logical Reasoning questions in the final 10 of each section. What’s frustrating is that during Blind Review, I’m able to fix most of these mistakes. When I drill these specific question types, I see real improvement, but I struggle to apply what I’ve learned under timed conditions. That disconnect has been pretty discouraging. At the same time, I do feel like I’ve been learning a lot overall through drilling, maintaining a wrong-answer journal, and working regularly with my 7Sage tutor. I’ve been studying 1–2 hours a day, about five days a week, since September, and I think I expected to be closer to my goal score of 170 by now.

With only a few weeks left before the exam, I’d love advice on how to use this final stretch most effectively. I’m probably going to retake the test in February 2026 (just being realistic). Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

Hi everyone

I'm signed up for the January Lsat and I want to improve my score on each section by at least 2-3 points. Im averaging around -7 per section, with my best being -5 for LR and -6 for RC. Whenever I review my wrong answer I end up getting them all correct except maybe 1-2.

What is a good method to reduce the mistakes I'm making. I think part of the issue is time, I sometimes rush especially towards the end and make mistakes that I can easily see when I review and take my time with. However my method of initial thinking is still wrong and I'm open to any advice!

hi everyone, i’m an international student from india currently finishing undergrad and planning to apply for a US JD for fall 2027. i’ve recently started my LSAT preparation and would really appreciate some guidance on whether my timeline and overall approach make sense.

my current plan is to take the LSAT in april 2026 and again in june 2026 if needed. i’ve bought the powerscore bibles and just started using 7sage, and i’m trying to figure out the best way to structure my prep between those two resources from now until april.

a few things i’d really appreciate insight on:

1. how should i divide my time between the powerscore bibles and the 7sage curriculum?

2. if april doesn’t go as planned, is june a realistic backup for reaching my target score?

3. as an international applicant, what should my overall application timeline look like for fall 2027?

4. i’m also quite anxious about visa and post-JD employment issues in the US. recently a study abroad agency here told me that even strong candidates often struggle with visas for law school, which was pretty discouraging. how much should these concerns realistically factor into my school list and application strategy at this stage?

5. finally, in your honest opinion, is pursuing a US JD as an international student in the current climate actually worth the risk, or am i being unrealistic about the return on this investment of time and money?

i’d be especially grateful to hear from other international students who have gone through this process.

thank you so much for any advice.

I just took PREP Test 140. Scoring roughly -7 on the LR and -8 on the RC. What should I do now? Do I just start the core curriculum? Do I do drills? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I also plan to take it in April!

I have completed all the RC practice sections from test 120 and on. Are the previous tests similar to the current RC LSAT sections? Any suggestions for the best RC practice going forward are greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

Have you noticed if the RC passage times have some trend of number of question / passage time. There's usually 27 and maybe comp. is usually around 5 and law is 6 with science and huminites having the most? I'm just spitballing here. Anyone have any idea/ noticed any trends of what to expect?

Thanks

is it just me that does so well on drills but sees very little improvements on practice lsats?

almost on every drill that i do, i only get 1-2 wrong, or even get everything right, but when i take a practice lsat, i miss a lot more. i'm just wondering if anyone else is having the same problems, and what you did to improve.

Hi everyone,

I'm aiming for a 170 score and finding that my RC score will fluctuate from -0 to -4 / section and I'm trying to get that down/ or at least to something that is consistent

I'm wondering if anyone has had success in changing up the order of how they approach which passage first, second, third, fourth in RC

In LR the questions are automatically easy - hard (besides 18-25 which I usually do backwards once i hit 19)

For RC I've been doing humanities first, then law, then science, and then comparative - I can usually get all comparative right even if I only have 4-5 minutes, so I save it for last bc I know I can rush through it and still be able to guess right

What I've noticed though is I am scoring -2 or -3 on humanities passages even though I do in fact find those easier than law and science. I'm guessing that the reason is because I'm starting with it and I always do better as I go/ get into the zone/ and having easy --> hard in LR helps keep down the curve of error for me there (best LR section score so far: -1!!)

I'm wondering if people would suggest that I start with comparative and then humanities, then law then science? The problem is that I tried that yesterday and wound up not having enough time w science (prob bc I spent almost 7 minutes on comparative which is more than I usually give it -- and I needed those two minutes for science). I did get all the humanities right by doing it second (my order was: comp, humanities, law, science) but I feel like I sacrificed science points to get more humanities points.

I do think that having some strategy about the order in which I do passages could help and I'm curious if anyone has had similar thoughts/ experience could advise how it might be smarted to play around with this?

Thank you! Good luck studying!

I have been studying for months for the LSAT and took it in November, where I got a 143. Did not want to keep a score that low, so I am taking it again in January. I have been working with a tutor to help since November, and took a practice test today where I scored a 135. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or how I'm not improving

Hello everyone!

I'm taking my first LSAT Jan 10th and have been studying for months, but I can't get a grasp on timing.

When I PT without time, I average a very high score compared to when I PT with time.

I have always had test anxiety, which has gone away with being in uni. Unfortunately, with the LSAT, it seems to have come back.

My mind does not let me truly understand and read even the simplest of phrases, which has me get easy questions wrong, and run out of time on my RC.

Not sure what to do... has anyone had this issue, and what did you do??

Thanks!

hi! please see question above? ive been doing slow work-throughs of LR sections, reviewing the questions I get wrong thoroughly (or what i think is thorough--identifying why wrong ACs are wrong, why the rigjt one is right). ive started to incorporate time, yet i am still in the same place of usually getting -3 to -4 wrong. i know it doesnt feel drastically different, yet i have been at this plateau for the past 3/4 months. I don't want to believe that I can't get better!! is there something I'm missing?

i've done some drills based on identified weaknesses (strengthen/weaken/NA). but i don't feel as though there are types that I can identify as consistently missed.

For sufficient assumption questions I am a bit confused of whether or not we are allowed to use the contrapositives of the argument for the answer. For example if we have

A

B

the link we need to make is A->B but if one of the answers are /B->/A would that be the right answer choice?

I've been studying consistently for around 3 to 4 months now, primarily using the paid subscription to LawHub, and am just now starting to use 7Sage. When I have unlimited time taking shorter drills of around 12-14 questions, I am able to get 80-90%, if not all, questions correct. But if I do multiple drills in a row or take a full timed practice test, I find myself running out of stamina after only two sections or so.

Any tips on how to build the mental strength/stamina needed to stay focused and keep going with such a lengthy, draining test? I'm sure just biting the bullet and taking full practice tests more often would help, but I'm wondering if there are any other ways people have found to help train their brain for taking this kind of exam.