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Last comment 9 hours ago

😖 Frustrated

Wrong answer journal logistics

I think this has already been brought up, but I would really appreciate if the ability to drag a .png of the question from the quick view tab could be brought back. Especially with RC questions, copying and pasting is very messy, and the cleaner format was very helpful in adding questions to my personal wrong answer journal that I had organized by question types, difficulty, and so on.

While wrong answers can be organized in such categories under analytics, scrolling through these is very inconvenient. Every question takes you to a separate page, which wastes a lot of time if you are just trying to find a certain question or skim for commonalities between similar questions. This formatting is extremely frustrating.

I understand that the wrong answer notes feature is now more accessible, but using those notes is also inconvenient. Referring to the question that they were written for requires going to a separate page containing the question, after which the note is put in very small font while the question is in much larger font. Considering that the note should be the primary focus of wrong answer review, this is also extremely frustrating to work with.

I'm actually very disappointed with the current format due to these complications.

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Is it just my notes or are everyone else's notes on questions getting messed up? I normally use a lot of bullet points and indentations when writing out thoughts for BR and WAJ, and they show while I'm typing, but after I click save, it just all blurs together. I'm really particular about being able to read things easily so this really sucks, and it was fine just yesterday. I went back and looked at my notes on older questions and they're all displaying like that now. If it's just me does anyone know how I can fix this? Sooner rather than later please

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Last comment 10 hours ago

🥲 scared

How to not be nervous on test day

I'm taking my final LSAT in January, and I feel like I've done a good job with maintaining nerves (which was my biggest obstacle) so I can better retain strategies and not get overwhelmed.

But I'm also scared, and I'm not trying to put so much pressure on it, anyone know what to do?

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Hi everyone - I'm a mid-career applicant with 10+ years experience in the government and non-profit sectors, applying to schools with strong public interest programs. If a law school doesn't have an explicitly stated page limit, is it ok to go more than two pages? I would like the extra space to include a full list of article and op-ed publications to burnish my academic credentials given that it's been a long time since graduation and my GPA was nothing spectacular. Or is this better addressed as an addendum/supplementary material? Finally, should I put my education or work history first? Many thanks!

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I just took PT 152 and scored 159 - significantly lower than PT 157 which I took a few days ago and scored 170 on. Been scoring mid to high 160s in general. Feeling really discouraged as I'm taking the LSAT in 10 days.

I feel like the concepts blurred together on this most recent test. Granted, I didn't do a ton of review on the previous PT, but I'm trying to do more full PTs because I haven't done a whole lot of them. It feels like it's so easy for me to forget how to apply concepts and make mistakes if I'm not constantly reviewing and studying the concepts, but I'm not sure how to balance my study time. I know I probably should have taken more rest days between the last test and this one.

Anyone experience something like this and have any suggestions? Do I just need to rest more? Review concepts and explanation videos? Is PT 152 unusually hard? Reading comp used to be a strength, this time I had so much trouble summarizing every paragraph and brain was a blur. Feeling so frustrated at having worked so hard to get to my goal score (been studying for about 1.5 years starting at low 140s) and things feel all over the place so soon before the test. Any advice on mental perspective?

Thank you in advance for any insights. Good luck to everyone out there taking the January test.

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In the analytic section (under "sections"), I used to be able to hover the cursor over the bars to see how many questions I missed in previous full sections. Is that feature no longer available or did I imagine that it was once available to begin with? Now, when I hover over the bars, nothing comes up. I would have to go through every past section individually to see previous scores

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I’m retaking the LSAT in January and I’ve been feeling pretty confident about reaching my target score. That said, I’m starting to question whether my current timing strategy, especially for is optimal (especially for RC).

I usually make sure I leave enough total time to complete all four RC passages and their questions, but when I look more closely at my timing breakdown, I notice that I read passages quite quickly and then spend more time than expected on the questions themselves.

I’m trying to develop a more intentional timing plan that accounts for passage difficulty and question count. My usual approach is to move through the first passage fairly quickly (without sacrificing accuracy), take a bit more time on the second without letting it drag, and then spend more than half of my remaining time on the final two passages.

Recently, I tried something different: I completed an RC section while being very deliberate about timing—tracking how long I spent on each paragraph, how long I spent reading each passage, and how much time I spent answering the questions for each passage. I ended up with a –13, which is the worst I’ve scored this month. For context, over the past month my RC scores have ranged from –5 to –13, with an average around –10. I’m not sure whether being this granular with timing is helping or hurting.

I’m also wondering if my timing for Logical Reasoning is alright. I have double-time accommodations, and while that gives me flexibility, I’m not always sure how much of that extra time I should be allocating to going back and double-checking flagged questions at the end. I usually try and leave around 5 minutes at the end to go back. Why I took the actual LSAT for the first time I didn't have anytime to go back to review any flagged questions and did pretty bad, so I'm trying to be more mindful with how I allocate my time.

I’d really appreciate any insight into how others structure their RC and LR timing, and how you balance passage reading vs. question time.

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I went from a ~148 diagnostic (don't remember) in May of 2025. I took my first LSAT in October after studying nonstop over the summer and into the school year. I got a 155. I was disappointed. Very upset. I only rose 7 points in 5 months. I had 3 weeks to lock in. Constant drilling. Over 8 practice tests. I have a 165. I am almost done applying to law schools. Bang.

165!!!!!!

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💪 Motivated

144->151

Took my first Prep Test about a month ago and got a 144. Today I took my second one and received 151. While it is low it is closer to my goal of 165+. I plan on taking the LSAT in April. Any tips to improve my score?

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I just did a 16 question LR drill, ulimited time. I can tell how well I managed time for each question but not for the 16 question cohort. If I'm doing a set of level 4 questions, then it's particularly useful to know how I managed my time in aggregate, rather than just for each question, since questions will inevitably vary regarding how much time it takes to answer correctly, and what's really important is the big picture view of tme management -- not just per question. I can calculate this myself by adding/subtracting results for each question in the cohort but you guys should do that automatically for me, please.

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Hi everyone, I’m applying this cycle and would really appreciate feedback on my personal statement. I’m mainly targeting UC Law SF (LEOP), Penn State, McGeorge, and a few similar schools, but I still want this essay to be T14-level polished.

What I’m looking for:

  • Honest feedback on clarity, flow, and emotional impact

  • Whether the narrative arc works

  • Whether anything feels confusing, generic, or too on-the-nose

  • Strength of the ending

  • Any minor line edits you recommend

I’m open to constructive criticism and want this to be as strong as possible. Thank you so much to anyone willing to read and help!

By the time I was seven, I had already learned that family could be both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Though I was born in New York, I spent my early childhood in a village in Punjab, waking to morning Kirtan drifting from the Gurdwara and the cows calling out before sunrise. The woman who raised me, my father’s cousin sister, braided my hair, walked me to the temple, and cared for me as her own. I never questioned why she looked older than the other mothers at school, or why classmates whispered about my “parents” being different. But some nights, the phone would ring, and a gentle voice from America would ask to speak to me, insisting she was my real mother. I would hide behind the woman I knew as mumma, confused by the idea that another family existed somewhere else. Even before I understood the truth, I sensed I was living between two versions of a story that didn’t yet make sense. 

When I returned to America around the age of nine, I thought I could blend in like everyone else, unaware of how different I would soon feel. I entered school with a Nokia phone while my classmates compared the newest iPhones; I still remember the day mine rang in the middle of class, its sharp ringtone echoing across the room as everyone laughed. I laughed too, pretending I understood the joke, but inside something small and heavy settled in my chest. 

My accent, my clothes, even the lunch I brought from home marked me immediately. I tried to make friends, convinced I wasn’t any different from them, but conversations moved faster than I could follow. At home, the Punjabi- only rule stayed firmly in place partly because my parents wanted to preserve our culture, and partly because they were still learning English themselves so school became the only place I could practice the language I was expected to master. 

I spent years in ELD, pulled out of class for extra support, returning each time with a quiet shame. I often felt suspended between two languages and two identities, unsure where I truly belonged. 

Things didn’t truly come together for me until my senior year of college, when I was working at a law firm and was asked to sit in on virtual asylum hearings. One applicant described how his family was being extorted by local criminals, and when he went to the police for protection, they demanded money he didn’t have. Listening to him, I felt a sharp recognition of what it means to come from a place where the systems meant to protect you often fail you instead. His voice trembled in the same way my mother’s used to when she called from America, asking to speak to the child who didn’t yet understand she belonged to her. 

For the first time, the fractured parts of my upbringing didn’t make me feel divided, they made me useful. I understood the uncertainty in those voices, the cultural and linguistic barriers shaping their stories, and the fear that follows you when safety is never guaranteed. Sitting in those hearings, I felt something I hadn’t felt in years: seen, steady, and certain that I could make a meaningful difference in people's lives. 

​​Those hearings stayed with me long after I logged off, not because they pointed me toward one narrow area of law, but because they revealed how many kinds of struggle share the same root: people trying to survive systems that were never built with them in mind. Whether the stories involved fleeing violence, escaping corruption, or fighting for safety within their own homes, I recognized the same quiet determination I had watched in the people who raised me. 

What I learned from those hearings is that understanding someone’s story is its own form of advocacy. Growing up between families, languages, and countries taught me how to listen closely—how to hear what people mean even when they struggle to say it. Law offers a way to turn that kind of listening into something structured and effective, something that can help people move through systems never designed for them. I know I’ll face challenges I’m not fully prepared for, but I no longer see that as a weakness. The same experiences that once made me feel split are the ones that now ground me. I’m ready for the rigor of legal training because I’ve already learned how to keep showing up, how to learn from uncertainty, and how to make steady progress toward something larger than myself.

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Last comment yesterday

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LSAC Grid

I’m not sure who to ask, but I feel like I’m losing it.

I’ve been looking at law schools in my area and reviewing their LSAC grids, which show admission chances based on LSAT scores. About 2–3 weeks ago, when I last checked, I wrote down how many applicants there were and how many were admitted.

When I looked again last night, the numbers and percentages had changed dramatically. It’s still showing the 2024 grid, but the applicant numbers and overall competitiveness have increased a lot compared to what I remember/ wrote down. I know law schools have raised their medians, but I thought that applied to the 2025 cycle. Since the 2024 cycle is already over, I don’t understand why the competitiveness appears to have increased so much in just couple weeks.

if you dont know what I am talking about, go to LSAC website, go to My School List, go to any school you have entered, click on the school description, scroll all the way down, click on "explore admission data for X" and you will see and have an idea of competition there.

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I was browsing through the core curriculum and read through some of the LOR modules and one of them said that if you don't have at least one academic LOR, most admissions committees will pass on you. This worries me for a couple of reasons: 1) I've been out of college for almost 7 years now; and 2) when I was in school, I was the student who didn't really participate in class, just listened and took notes and aimed to do well. I did not go to office hours or TA sessions or anything like that, many of my classes were medium-large seminars, and so I'm worried none of my old college professors would even remember me, even with a refresher. The one professor I would maybe consider wrote a LOR for me when I applied in 2020, so I don't even know if it's wise to ask her for another LOR for round 2 of applying. I currently work in a large law office where the learning curve has been pretty steep and I believe there are quite a few attorneys/supervisors/mentors in my office who would be able to speak to my learning ability, critical thinking skills, and rigor better than an old college professor who may or may not remember me and my academic abilities. TL;DR: Do I absolutely have to have a LOR from an old college prof? Out of college 7 years, didn't stay in touch with any professors, quiet in college, and I think my work colleagues would be able to recommend me better than old college professors.

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for a study buddy who's ideally in the East Lansing area. We could meet on discord but I'd prefer we meet at MSU's main library. As someone who is currently unemployed I have an insanely flexible schedule. I've learned that teaching someone is the best way for me to learn, but I'm open to being taught too of course! My goal score is a 170, but as someone who used to be too focused on just reaching their goal score (and living through the anxiety that causes), I'd like my study buddy to focus more on the smaller goals that would help us reach the bigger goals! Currently, my goal is to get better and better at translating a stimulus to remember it on a first read. BTW I'm going through loophole's curriculum right now, and I want a study buddy where we can bounce ideas back and forth off each other ("what does this stimulus say?" "how did you translate this?"). But, quite frankly, just having someone to talk to, who is in the same boat as you, is all I would need in a study buddy!

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🙃 Confused

LSAT/Admissions Advice

I have a dilemma. I received a 'no decision' from the law school I applied to. They said everything looks fine, but I should increase my LSAT score by 3-4 points. I am supposed to take the February LSAT in a month, but I feel nowhere near ready after not studying for 9 months since my last LSAT. Our priority deadline is April 1st, but since I've already applied and they're just waiting on updates, would taking the April LSAT be the best choice so I could set myself up for a better score? Or should I take both?

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😖 Frustrated

My score hasnt improved....

I never really post on discussions, but I am genuinely desperate at this point. I've been scoring in the 140's for months now. I've studied for hours and hours on end for months, took the Nov LSAT, got a low 140. I registered for the Jan LSAT, and I am still scoring basically the same thing. I really don't know what to do. If any one else is/was in the same boat as me, I welcome any advice/tips for studying. I wanted to start my first semester of law school in the fall of 2026, but with the way things are going, I truly am discouraged. I don't know if it's burnout or if I am just not giving myself enough time to study, I'm just totally frustrated with myself and I feel like maybe I'm just not getting it. I'm also worried about how long it will take me to improve my score, since its taken so much time already. i don't want to delay my law school career more than I already have.

Help.

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