@RoxySanchez Thank you!!

@spindlynoodles at the beginning of my LSAT journey, I read the Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, which I think gave me a really good baseline. On top of that, a ton of drilling and a ton of wrong answer journalling helped strengthen my confidence in LR. My wrong answer journal usually looked like me answering three questions for each one I got wrong: 1) why did I pick the wrong answer and not the right one?, 2) why is the right answer right?, and 3) what is a takeaway/roadmap/lesson I can implement for next time I come across a question type like this or a question of this caliber? Watching the videos for each one I got wrong helped a ton too.

@pranavt14 a LONG time (lol) but don't let that be discouraging because it's different for everyone. My diagnostic was a 151, and I took that back in January of 2025. I broke into the 160s in August 2025 (hence the 11 month plateau).

I also struggled with being able to move on past a question I feel like I wasted a ton of time on and still feel stuck. And I agree; it feels a little off putting when you're spending a lots of time on a level 1-3 that feels like it shouldn't take as long. What helped me is remembering that all questions are worth the same amount of points. So it's better to skip one and come back if I'm able to be confident on two questions in the amount of time it takes me to parse out that one question. And when I skip it, I blow it a kiss goodbye so I don't go into the next questions with the mindset of, "well that one took forever so I'm basically screwed for all the questions."

It sounds extra but it worked for me!

@BrynnaM Honestly my huge issue for a long time was simply staying mentally on the ball during RC. I'd read the passage, and then keep going back to the passage for each question, and that was really killing time. In the past I tried to fix this by blocking off all distractions while taking a PT. But what actually helped was taking PTs in an environment that was super distracting (e.g. at a Starbucks or at a busy spot in my house). It basically forced my brain to lock in or sink. Brutal but I guess it's working well.

The second really helpful habit I implemented was taking two minutes before each PT and envisioning myself in detail going through the PT and doing well (i.e. coming across easy and hard questions and passages for LR and RC, understanding things on the first read so I don't re read, confidently choosing an answer, etc.). It actually activates the parts of the brain I use when taking the test in reality. I got this tip from an LSAT podcast host, and think it's helped me a lot.

My overall goal is to score at least in the mid-170s, so this is by no means the end. But, considering how long I was in the 160s for, I think I'll start seeing progress a lot faster. I hope you do too, best of luck! :)

the LSAC horrors persist

@hannahcrodelle01562 I personally like the recent content better because it has a more predictable flow. Like, I'm more likely to see a section where the first 10 are relatively easy. Whereas, with older content, I could be hit with a level 5 on question 6 or something.

On the brighter side, if the test writers pull something like that on the actual exam, we're better prepared for it. But it does throw me off a little when I'm trying to knock out the first 10 questions in 10 minutes.

Definition of dissolve according to Merriam-Webster: "to cause to disperse or disappear."

Naturally, this is what I had assumed going into the question.

@Mary Ok, sounds good. Thanks!

Thank you 7Sage team for the update! How do you pause the test & timer when using this interface?

A really quick way I eliminated every answer choice except B & C is to realize that we're trying to justify Jaime's argument. Jaime argues that the airline is NOT morally obligated... yaddy yaddy yadah.

In order to conclude that the airline is not morally obligated to pay Arnold, we need the "NOT morally obligated" part of this justification to be in the necessary condition. i.e., we need it to look like XYZ --> NOT morally obligated. We can really only get that kind of chain with answer choices B & C. It can't be A because AC A starts with "IF" which means it's impossible for "NOT morally obligated" to be in the necessary condition spot. Immediate elimination.

Tbh I'm not that great with "even if" statements. But just looking at these, we know we can eliminate them because they're still concluding that the airline is morally obligated to pay. Again, immediate elimination. Not what we're looking for.

So we're left with B & C. The key here is realizing that the answer to this is whatever you can answer "no" to (since we just need to take the contrapositive to conclude that the airline isn't morally obligated to pay).

Is there a reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight other than the original flight's bad weather? Yes, the overbooking. So B is not the answer.

That leaves C. Would the passenger NOT have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not overbooked? No, he'd still be forced to bc the weather was cheeks that day. So C's the answer.

This is my first time breaking down an explanation like this so lmk if it doesn't make any sense.

Seconding what others have said, but if you diagram the stim to be SQ --> G6 and AQ --> G7, then you see pretty quickly that you can only prove if a committee does NOT have a quorum. The only one that does this is E, so the rest of them cannot be the answer.

When this stim is mapped out, one could either 1) prove that a statement is NOT wholly truthful, or 2) prove that a statement is a lie. After figuring this out, you can just eliminate all the other answer choices except D because D's the only one that has one of these two options as the conclusion.

Oh good Lord, I'm so sorry that happened. Well, I'm glad you were able to finish and I will keep this in mind when I register lol

JY's video did an great job of breaking this down for me

Noooo it looks so ugly :(

The videos because for some reason hearing you or JY explain questions becomes the voice in my head when I do new questions, which helps me get them right.

@JohnDemmler happens to the best of us

good Lord that last sentence of this stim was a nightmare to read

i guess I'm the first person to comment here in like 5 years lol. i hope you all did well in law school

I feel you girl, I started studying January 2025 with a 151 diagnostic. I now consistently score in the 160s. I've managed to improve a ton on LR, but my RC score is really dragging me down. I'm currently in a mini RC bootcamp I created for myself since investing in a tutor specifically to help with RC sounds like a gamble lol.

I'm also shooting for a 170+ score by June, and the fact that I haven't hit that score yet on a regular timed exam also makes me feel like my time's been wasted. But I still fully believe in myself, and I hope you do too. A 170+ score is a challenge no doubt, but I think that come June we'll both see success stories out of this experience :)

Here's what helps me:

• Drilling questions that are high priority for 7Sage

• Noticing any patterns in my practice test BR and then drilling those (i.e. I recently noted that I need to work parsing out convoluted stims, so I set up a MBT/NA/Strengthen/Weaken drill)

Basically, it helps me to focus on what 7Sage says I need to prioritize, but I also find that I learn a lot when I notice those patterns in myself, work on them, and see myself improve.

I'm the same way except I tend to average a little lower under timed conditions. But my BR is usually -1/-3 for RC. Just leaving a comment here in case anyone leaves tips for closing this gap :)