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@Kihla333 Hmm that’s smart! I do experimental sections on every test I do, but maybe just frankesteining a test out of sections I haven’t done just to get the feel for a 100% fresh lsat
171 back in November after convincing myself that taking a billion preptests (like, 18) was the best way to study. I'm now officially out of completely fresh preptests, my highest is a 92%. What would you do in this situation?
My last 5 tests have been (most recent) 178 on PT 140 (this was retaking my diagnostic, which I took in Jan 2025 -- maybe a fluke bc I subconsciously remembered answers?), 176 on PT 123, 173 on PT 159, 166 on PT 155 (bad day?) 171 on PT 143. All since July 5. The variance here scares me a little bit, but maybe I need to learn how to get over a need to have a clear diagnostic.
Anyone else in this situation? Can anyone can offer any help?
@asanchez I totally get it! I would get so upset that I got something wrong, especially if it seems obvious. Remember that the test is trying to trick you. If you want it not to trick you, you have to learn what tricks it's playing. One of the best ways to do that is reviewing what you got wrong! Getting something wrong does not say anything bad about you.
Also, sometimes you have bad days. A few weeks ago, I had a PT that scored the lowest I've gotten since my diagnostic. Since then, I've had two of the highest PTs I've gotten. You can't let a bad day bring you down!
At the end of the day, you never know what's gonna happen when you actually take the test. Just stay in the moment: the only thing that matters right now is the question in front of you. If you got it wrong, the only thing that matters is figuring out why. Leave that frustration outside the proverbial room. You can find an outlet for your frustration too --- I started running because of the LSAT lol. I also do a little bit of ranting in my Wrong Answer Journal if I'm particularly frustrated with a question.
Speaking as someone who used to do that- definitely stop doing it! I actually turned off “incorrect” for blind review so I don’t get that hint. Blind review is NOT about fixing what you got wrong: it’s about whether you can FIND OUT what you got wrong and correct it without the answer key. If you know what you got wrong during BR, it’s not “blind” anymore.
If you know your answer was incorrect while blind reviewing, you lose the chance to independently catch and prove that to yourself.
Take a (proverbial) deep breath— panicking over the LSAT is never worth it :) It sounds like you know a lot of the underlying logic, but you’re burning yourself out by taking two pts back to back. The solution to fatigue is not tiring yourself out more!
I can’t promise you’ll jump to a 170 in August after your best PT was a 160, but being relaxed and well rested will help a lot with the fatigue you’re describing. The best tip I have for RC is to pretend you’re reading a very interesting or very useful article for your real life. When I read passages, I would myself I had to read very closely in case one of the facts mentioned came up in pub trivia (lol).
Have you taken any RC courses/read any books on the subject? Do you review your wrong answers closely? Those can can also help if you find RC less intuitive than LR.
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Is there a way to hide certain things on 7Sage. Particularly "preptest equivalent" and admissions stats.
I like 7Sage for its LSAT prep and its analytics. I also think its application tracker might be useful. But I think, with all due respect, the site is bloated with statistics that just aren't helpful. Like, the "Preptest equivalent" scores --- I don't see how that's relevant to a 12-question drill, where ostensibly my goal is to improve on a particular question type. That's not a diagnostic.
Similarly, every time I click on a school, I'm faced with a bunch of statistics on how likely I am to get in. I don't care about that. That likelihood doesn't matter to me. I am not going to get into school X 30% of the way. I'm not going to get 70% rejected from it. It's boolean---either I get in, or I don't. All it does is stress me out and make me feel sad about schools that rejected me on my first time applying despite my stats.
I was planning on using 7sage to track my apps, but if it's all about numbers that exist only to inflate/deflate my ego, or stress me out, or discourage me from applying to a school, I think I'll just make a spreadsheet (if anyone has suggestions). Not saying that's why those stats exist, but I don't get any use from them.
I could hypothetically ignore all this, but I don't like working with a UI cluttered by statistics that don't actually help you study for the LSAT or get into law school. I personally find it distracting, though if it helps other people, that's great. Any suggestions?
There are two areas in which I think I'm overthinking this question. First, I leaned toward (D) because the first paragraph explicitly mentions failed government-run banks. Second, I eliminated (E) because the word "originally" in the last paragraph implied to me that Grameen had started offering additional services. "Originally" threw me off into believing something had changed.
Certainly a case of overthinking, but I'm not sure how not to overthink this in the future.
@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
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.
I'm interested! I'm taking the exam in a few weeks and want to work on my last few weaknesses before then