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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.
I did all of the LR sections that were "fresh" what should I do now? I only have 6 fresh prep tests left too.
For anyone who struggles with LR, I highly recommend drilling Parallel and Parallel Flaw Q's and truly gaining a deep understanding of the strategy, approach and argument structures. As soon as I was able to understand how to break down an argument to that level and be able to find a comparable one in the answer choices, something clicked- other question types naturally came easier because I could more clearly and quickly understand the structure.
I have been studying for months, i finally decided to take a month or so off and continue harder in the summer so i can focus on undergrad studies, and I haven't touched the LSAT in two weeks and I've been at peace. I decided today to maybe do a few drills.... My stress, frustration, irritation, self hatred, imposter syndrome, the feeling of just impending doom and dread all came back to me. I have to keep reminding myself without the LSAT I wont get into law school, wont get any scholarships, I NEED to do well on the LSAT. I also have to remind myself that I am still only 19, I graduate next spring at 20 and i apply to law school this fall, and hopefully ill be starting law school at 21. Idk like the LSAT test, the whole process is one of the hardest things I've ever experienced and I was feeling good, and the second I looked at this damn test again it all crumbled.
How fresh does a practice test need to be to still count as valid? For example, is it worthwhile to take a timed PT if the test is 97% fresh? What about if it’s only 87% fresh?
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If I get a question wrong, then answer it correctly later (not BR) will it count as correct in analytics?
Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice from those of you who have been through something similar.
I took the January LSAT and scored a 160, but my goal is to get as close to 175 as possible on the April exam. My practice scores have been pretty encouraging overall — my highest PT is a 167 with a blind review score of 175. My general study routine consists of one full PT and about 3–4 individual timed sections per week.
Here's where I'm running into trouble: I was consistently going -2 to -3 per LR section, which felt really solid, but recently my performance has dropped noticeably and I've been getting -5 or -6 per section. The timing of this regression lines up pretty clearly with the fact that I was sick and had to take about a two-week break from studying. Since coming back, I just haven't been able to get back to where I was, and it's starting to affect my confidence going into April.
Any advice, study plans, or resources you'd recommend to help me get back on track (and closer to a 175 on PTs) would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
On my most recent practice test I got a 168, and I did really well on my LR sections -0 and -4, but I haven't made any improvement on RC in the 4 months I've been studying at all and I still get -6 or -7 on every RC section. I've tried a bunch of different methods and nothing seems to help my score. Does anyone have any tips on how to score better on RC?