I took the test in November of 2025 and got a 171, highest pt in the lead up was 176. Retaking for September; got a 171 last week on my first full pt since I started studying again in June. Today, I got a 166. I’m freaking out a bit— should I push to October?
Hey! I'm studying for the September LSAT right now. Since I'm trying to break from 170-171 to 175+ at this point, I know it's all about being extremely up front with myself about my mistakes. But I am always SO ANXIOUS after I finish a pt! I am DESPARATE to know how I did! Part of this is probably because I used to exclusively take PTs on LawHub, which doesn't let you blind review, so I got used to seeing my score immediately.
Basically, I have two questions:
How bad is it to "peek" at your score before blind reviewing? Just knowing the score, not knowing how I did on a given section?
Is there a way to turn off the thing that tells you why 7Sage circled an individual question for BR? I sometimes can't help but hover over the little pink "i" to see if it says "you answered this question incorrectly. I like that 7Sage circles things, but I would love if I didn't know why. If that's not possible, I'll just become more self-disciplined.
Any help would be appreciated!
Hi Claire! I also really struggle with those questions, often because I panic and struggle to digest the sentence, if that makes sense (kind of like zoning out, but caused by panic rather than boredom).
When this is happening, I start with something really simple. I identify the logical strength of the stimulus and responses. So for example, if the conclusion in the stimulus is "So, John will go to the basketball game" and one of the answer choices concludes "So, Bridget is likely to fail her test," I know I can eliminate that one because the logical strength of the conclusions don't match. This helps me really quickly eliminate options without having to understand their structure, just their strength.
This usually lets me eliminate one or two answer options. At this point, if I feel like I'm still getting bogged down in the structure of each argument, I go back to the stimulus and try to translate it into plain English (or a diagram, but diagramming is kind of hit-or-miss for me personally). Like "This argument proceeds by putting forth a rule (like, an if then statement), presenting evidence that doesn't align with that rule, and then rejecting the rule because the evidence doesn't match up."
If going plain-English doesn't help, just take a breath and reread the stimulus and answers carefully. I was really shooting myself in the foot on parallel reasoning questions by panicking. Once I stepped back and stopped panicking, I improved a lot.
Sorry if this all stuff you've heard before. Good luck on the November LSAT! I'm taking that one too lol.
@jdelbosco that makes sense. I’m trying to commit totally but not psych myself out. if it feels sustainable by the end of August, I’ll take Sept. If i feel insane, Ill register for October and shamefully wave goodbye to my Sept registration fee