Any advice on how to improve RC asap? I am taking the September LSAT, and I am aiming for mid 160's. My RC section consistently brings my score down. I always seem to run out of time because I am taking too long to read the passages, but I can't imagine reading them any faster than I am. Help!!

Also, any advice on how to get rid of trap answers is welcome, I'd love to get my BR score lol

I keep getting them wrong no matter how many questions is do. What helped you ace these questions?

Hello everyone, this is my first time making a discussion post, as I was curious if anyone could provide tips or strategies for improving one's score on PTs. I feel like I have all the pieces to a puzzle, but I can't seem to get the pieces to fit, which is why I'm posting here to get advice and help from everyone here.

Hi guys. I need some help and advice on what to write about and how to make a good personal statement. Please let me know.

Recently, I have turned on even older PTs in my test prep pool (labeled "Bonus Preptests" in the PrepTest pools) for more practice.

In these sections, I've encountered questions phrased very differently from what we are used to seeing. I've also noticed that these Bonus PTs have a significantly higher number of 5-star questions than some newer sections.

I understand that these are not the most representative of the modern LSAT and should be used for extra practice. However, I am trying to better evaluate my performance and am wondering how 7Sage determines what constitutes a 5-star question.

It's encouraging to realize that I am getting a better percentage of 5-star questions correct, but I can't help but wonder if there are more 5-star questions on the Bonus Preptests because fewer 7Sagers have taken these questions?

(I am also generally curious about the differences between older PTs and newer PTs, if anyone has anything to share!)

My goal score is 164-168. Right now I am PT'ing at around 159/160, but my biggest issue is that I KEEP changing my correct answers to wrong ones. On my last PT, I would have gotten a 164 EXCEPT I changed 6 CORRECT answers (LR and RC) to wrong ones.

Being self-aware (and relying on 7SAGE AI), I can hypothesize that this is me not trusting my logic and falling for traps. However, I feel like there is more to this. Do I need to read slower or recognize traps better? I am interested in how others have overcome this issue. My goal is to take the October LSAT, and I know I have enough time to fix this issue if I had the correct guidance

My first 170 after being stuck in the mid-160s for the last month. I made big improvements on my RC this time and actually got to half-attempt my final passages in each section. Motivated to keep this up as I get closer to my September test. Anything is possible!! - Kevin Garnett

I'm 75% through a practice test and my testing platform is slow, unresponsive and not loading well. The timer just keeps ticking down. Anyone else experiencing this? I tried switching wifi networks with no success.

Hi everyone! I am looking for advice on a topic I want to pursue for my personal statement, and was wondering if anyone could help or direct me to someone/somewhere that can help! I don't necessarily have the money to spend, especially since I currently just need some quick advice on my potential topic. Thank you!

My baseline on 7Sage, LawHub, and Blueprint was in the mid-150s, and my last full mock was 151. Since this was PT117 (with material from 2004), do you think that the later PTs are harder?

Hello everyone, I'm really lost at where I should go moving forward with studying. I have taken the past month and a half off of full pts to focus on the core curriculum and just learning the material overall. I have been taking timed LR sections and been doing fine, but when I just took pt 117 I scored 151. I wanted to take the Oct LSAT, but I'm doubtful that I can hit upper 150s in time now that I got this score. Before I was hitting around 5-7 questions wrong per LR section and usually having my projected score in the low 160s or upper 150s. Also, on the exp section I only got 4 wrong on this pt.

Is anyone in a similar situation or has been in one?

Thanks

Techniques that I thought really helped:

RC

• When you're choosing between 2 narrowed down ACs on RC that both seem like they could plausibly describe what's going on, ask: if I had to rewrite the passage based on what this AC says, would I land on something that actually looks like the passage I just read? If you wouldn't, then eliminate it.

• After every paragraph on RC, re-tell yourself what the gist of the paragraph is and why the author included it, the overall type of piece (spotlight, argument, weighing two arguments and evaluating, etc.) and the point the author is trying to make. At the end of every passage you read, summarize why the author wrote the passage. I had this advice given to me across countless video lessons and question explanations but hadn't actually honed the practice of doing it. Actually doing it makes a big difference.

• The LSAT will punish you so much more for not tracking the purpose of a paragraph or who said XYZ in any passage, than it will for you failing to comprehend exactly what XYZ means. Especially on dense scientific or humanities passages that seem to be talking about very abstract and esoteric things, focus on contextualizing why the author/the voices within the passage are saying particular things, and don't let failure to understand their particular subject matter throw you off.

LR

• I had a tendency of leaving 2 ACs alive on hard LR questions and then spending a bunch of time trying to choose between them. Resist that pattern and just narrow it down to one AC on the first pass, as much as possible. You can usually find something wrong with 4 out of 5 ACs as long as you're discerning enough.

• If you're really stuck between 2 ACs, reread every single word of the question and ask which one answers the precise question better.

• If you're spending more than 1:30 on a question and you're trying to choose between ~2 ACs and you really can't decide, just make your best guess based on your gut and move on. I made 3 guesses like this on the last LR section here and they all turned out to be correct, but it left me with so much more time to tackle the harder questions at the end and do them well.

• I was plateauing in the low 170s for a while, and I think today helped me realize that the true gap between that and a high 170s score, once you've drilled enough to have most of the concepts down, is just being really disciplined in your execution. The formula for every question is read the question first, read the stimulus with the question in mind, predict the answer, assess ACs. If you catch yourself straying from that formula at any point, on even one question, just take 2 seconds to close your eyes and re-anchor around it.

• I previously sped through the first ~17-20 questions of a section with maybe 10 minutes to spare at the end, and tried to move quickly to then use remaining time to double-check questions, but then I would not be able to catch questions I got wrong because I was speeding so fast I didn't even realize the trap I fell for. It was helpful to recalibrate to target actually just having 3-5 minutes left at the end, and taking enough time going through the questions the first time that I could catch those traps instead.

I am having major gaps by 10 points for every PT I am doing. It is so annoying because my blind review is my goal score. I find myself just taking too long to answer questions or reading the stem and just getting lost because I feel time pressure. Its so annoying and I want to over come this stupid hurdle. Ultimately, I've come to the conclusion that its probably due to my shaky foundations/non-existent confidence. This is beyond frustrating.

I did soooo much better than I thought today - the only questions i got wrong were 5 stars. I just CANNOT comprehend them. I was so used to getting -12 to -8 on RC sections since that was my typical trend a month ago, so this is a HUGE relief that I'm growing and improving! Super happy and excited today. Big up's to the goats JY and Kevin for those explanations too!

Hey Everyone!

What's the default text size on the LSAT? 7Sage defaults to 100%; does the actual LSAT default to 100%? I remember reading somewhere that it defaults to 125%, but I can't seem to find it, and 7Sage doesn't do it either.

Thanks in advance! Study hard, everyone!

Hi! So, I'm doing really well on my BRs and untimed drills (even shorter, timed drills I'm doing well on). Not getting the scores I ultimately want, but getting pretty close. Unfortunately, that doesn't translate to my timed PTs. I'm getting 9 points less in the timed environment :/ its pissing me off. Does anyone have any advice about bridging the gap between timed sections and untimed? Is it just taking more timed PTs/sections?

I noticed in my PTs that whenever I don't break into the 170+s, it is when I fall for trap ACs in level 4 or 5 difficulty questions. However, as long as they are marked (even in BR), I can notice what is wrong about them and fix them. Without BR, though, it is hard for me to notice that I fell for a trap AC. Does anyone have any advice on this? I do have around 5-8 minutes left when I'm done with each section typically, so if it's an additional step that I can incorporate I'll be more than happy to do it! Thanks :D

i thought i would come on here to get some feedback. basically, i’ve been studying since may (not as consistently as i would have liked), and i didn’t work this summer so that i could study and write the test this september. i’ve recently hit a mid-160s plateau, and my goal score is a 173 (ish). i’m really debating pushing my test at this point because i don’t think i can reach my goal score in the next two and a half weeks. but im also going back to school this fall, and i won’t have nearly as much time to study once the school year starts. so i’m wondering, do i write september and then register for october/november? or just skip september entirely and try for october/november. or alternatively, since i’m not applying this cycle i could write it next summer but i’ll be working full time, and that’s a big gap in studying. IDK WHAT TO DO if anyone has any advice i would really appreciate it.

Hi! What are some good recorded live sessions regarding conditional reasoning? This has been my weak spot so far when it comes to the LSAT, and going back to the foundational part of the curriculum hasn't really helped. Would appreciate some help!

Hey!

I'm currently studying for the September LSAT and this would be my third retake. As I take more prep tests and timed sections, it's becoming more and more apparent to me that my biggest enemy is panic which leads to me rushing through questions that I can otherwise answer relatively quickly in a more relaxed setting. I'm aiming for at least a 170, and it's feeling like a less attainable goal because of my anxiety even though this is the best I've ever been in regards to the actual content of the exam.

Does anyone have any tips on not panicking or learning to relax while taking the test? This would also be my first time taking it in a test center rather than remotely which I'm worried my alter my general state of mind.

Thanks for your help!

hii does anyone have tips to share about what got them to master mbt question types.

ive been doing practice sections and getting most every question down right except for must be true. (and parallel reasoning too)

HELP