ChrisBogle

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LSAT

Not provided Goal score: 180

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1L START YEAR

2026

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LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Thursday, Oct 30 2025

@SplitTip5PerCent 1.5 time. Partially because it takes longer to do harder questions on the actual test, also partly so I didn't stress too much about the timer ending before I was done.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Thursday, Oct 30 2025

@JoelKeenan thanks!

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Thursday, Oct 30 2025

@dedolence Not generally. Going from highest scores to lowest from memory, so I might get some details a bit wrong: 180 (a few months before actual test, but I actually paused and took a nap between sections so I wrote it off as a fluke lmao), 179 once then 178 once, with the 178 three days before actual test. I got I think 176 once or twice before then, then before that consistently 173 or 174 for like half a dozen pts. I climbed pretty quick though, like 164 to 167 to 168 to 169 and then a jump after completing 7sage to the 173 range I described. I also got stuff wrong from blind review regularly, also often mid level difficulty. I would basically just use those questions to write notes and see where I went wrong. Sometimes the wording is super confusing. So, if you're like me you might do better on the actual test!

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Wednesday, Oct 29 2025

@businessgoose Hey! I am not gonna lie this probably won't be helpful, and I am so sorry to hear you had a hard time on the real test. Your hard work is never for nothing, keep trying.

As for me: I am a naturally anxious person. I worked with the goal of being able to have 5-10 minutes left over to review my answers during the test but even though I tended to finish faster than I needed even on 1x time, I never drilled with time constraint below 1.5x because it made me paranoid. My attitude during prep was basically equally stressed to the actual exam and repeating a drill of the same (harder, hardest) difficulty multiple times if I got anything less than perfect. I never congratulated myself when I got perfect, I was just like ok, thats expected, thats baseline, anything else below that is falling below my own expectations (even though I certainly did fall below this standard often). But because I did exclusively hard drills, everything before question 16 on each section seemed simple. I also occasionally practiced in weird situations so I was ready for anything; on the bus, camping, etc....

When it came to the real deal, I was equally stressed but it was no surprise. I actually cried during the third section from stress even though I had the sense I was doing well. I also chewed off all my nails... My pre-test technique included doom scrolling TikTok to numb my mind for like an hour beforehand and alternating with push ups to get some energy out to calm myself down... thats what I was doing the whole morning before my real test. I guess you could consider that a ritual I repeated.

As for spotting traps: in my mind, there were no traps. I went in with the mindset that each question has an answer, and if I read the question properly, and the answers properly, I would find the correct one. This basically worked for me. Just think: the test is straight forward if you know exactly what the words on the page are telling you.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Wednesday, Oct 29 2025

@dedolence Best of luck! You never know test day might just be better than youre expecting, it was for me! Unfortunately this score has me in a panic writing essays for schools I wasn't expecting to apply for LOL, so no celebrating yet!

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Sunday, Oct 26 2025

@ChrisBogle I also did a full pt about once every two weeks, on no strict schedule (so like, sometimes once a week, a couple times went a month without it). I liked the advice to set up your room like it would be on the test day, so I did that too.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Sunday, Oct 26 2025

@AleenaK Hi! I drilled basically about four ish times a week I would say, whenever I had time. Some weeks I would not do any drilling, some weeks I would do about 10 drills. Here is what my drilling was like: normally either full sections I would look over quickly immediately after, then look at the next day as well assuming I got a question wrong, OR, I stuck to the harder/hardest setting drill pool and did 5 questions at a time, repeated 2-3 times in a sitting, or 12 questions once in a sitting. I was not often perfect, I often got questions wrong. I would say average I got 1 question wrong even if I only drilled 5 questions on the hardest setting, so if you are at that point, this advice could work for you. I focused more on LR and not on RC because I didn't like RC as much and it took a lot more focus. I also heard your RC will improve with LR improvements. I heard I think on a 7sage podcast on Spotify to try and do drills why distracted, so I did some occasionally on a bus, or at work on a break.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Saturday, Oct 25 2025

@DavidR When doing drills or pts there is a function of 7sage with 150% time. Thats what I used.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Saturday, Oct 25 2025

@KevinLin Not sure if this helps, but here is the content I used at 7sage. Personally, I really liked the core curriculum as I had no idea what things like sufficient or necessary assumptions meant initially. Learning the vocabulary and a method for working out the formal logic of the test was great. Loved the visuals provided for sufficient and necessary. However, I found that I didn't really end up using the method of writing notes: for RC it slowed me down and reduced my score, and by the end of studying for LR I had a decent understanding of the logic without writing it down. So something I would personally suggest to someone would be to "think" about each sentence and make sure you understand each sentence/paragraph as you read it, but not actually write it down as you get to about the 170 level as I got bogged down in details. Reread immediately if you didn't understand, no skimming. Maybe this is important to emphasize as a possibility at 7sage. I also completely ignored the categorization of questions and just tried to remember all the core curriculum advice as if it applied to all questions I came across, though the categories were helpful to understand generally. I loved the recorded explanation videos and the notes function, so I would put emphasis on suggesting using those vids when and ONLY when a) you got a question wrong and b) you don't know WHY you got it wrong. Then, I wrote WHY I think I got a question wrong down (ex: did not read it properly vs. genuinely did not know the answer) in notes. Most of what helped me was practice. I liked to do one section at a time, with 1.5 time, and flagging ones I was unsure about and coming back to them during the extra time I allotted. Then immediately after I completed the section I did not blind review (my blind review was flagging the questions) and checked the questions I got wrong, going back the next day to double check to see if I understood where I went wrong. I think anyone getting less than five questions incorrect per section should be told to focus on completing and reviewing full sections something like twice a week along with a combo of higher/highest difficulty level drills. Not sure if this would really change things for 7sage. It's just the method which helped me the most.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Saturday, Oct 25 2025

@lucihyatt03 I mean something like, I was told to question every piece of advertising and packaging I saw growing up. For example if something said "part of a nutritious diet" I was told it did not mean the product was healthy. When other people told me something as a "fact" I was told to do some research and think about how rational it was myself before repeating it. This type of thinking helped me with the LSAT. Basically just "question everything". Also, I love to read which may have helped.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Edited Saturday, Oct 25 2025

@redwood Amazing! Thats crazy I've never heard of someone else having the same experience. Best of luck applying to law school!

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Friday, Oct 24 2025

Thank you for the well wishes! I emailed you.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Friday, Oct 24 2025

@wthav Hi! Honestly what worked best for me is learning what advice to ignore. Not everything works for everyone. For example, I tried writing done notes for every RC passage until I realized it consistently decreased my score by about three points. It helped me a bit to understand each passage at first but after a while it held me back. Also, it might sound silly but a lot of my mistakes practicing came from not reading the question properly or assuming I knew what it would ask. So my method was read the information they give, then read the question they ask, then read the answers, then go back and read what they asked of me again. Not sure if it works for everyone but it definitely helped me catch my "dumb" mistakes.

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Friday, Oct 24 2025

@DailinSoler Thank you so so much

LSAT · I got a 180

ChrisBogle

Friday, Oct 24 2025

@bilingualspeechpath107 Everyone learns at their own pace. I have a lawyer in my family who really taught me to think in the way the lsat wants. I also really enjoyed the questions which made the process of studying easier.

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Friday, Oct 24 2025

ChrisBogle

😊 Happy

I got a 180

Hi guys. I used 7sage for five months (no other learning programs). I started with a 164 baseline score and I am so so so excited to be able to share that I got a 180. I cried when I saw. I never expected this. Thank you so much 7sage could not have done it without you guys. Hope everyone else's October tests went well. It has been a stressful ride for me. Not gonna lie this is just a celebration post for me since no one in my life understands the significance of this! I will answer questions if anyone wants to know anything about my study process.