Had the same thing happen. My PTs ranged 172-176 before October on both 7Sage and LawHub platforms (so def not a tech issue) taken in many different environments and I got a 164.

Take a deep breath! I recommend giving yourself like 5 minutes to focus and chill before studying. If a question is stressing me out or confusing me, I just come back to it.

Building confidence during drilling has also been super helpful with this. I just did a bunch of untimed sections to feel good about my accuracy and then started pushing myself on timing. I've also found that drilling in busy/distracting environments has been helpful.

@Ethan Madore How are admissions offices feeling about em dashes? I use them a TON regularly and have even had to cut back at work now because of how much people associate the em dash with AI writing.

@kellPetro This is exactly how I felt. I actually felt really good and while I had 6 or 7 questions flagged across LR and 3 or 4 flagged in RC, I didn't think I did that bad. I've been trying to figure out if the curve is just more intense or if I'm actually delusional and that exam went horribly because all my drilling and PTing since taking the exam has continued to improve.

Do LOTS of untimed questions. This is the plateau I hit and I've just got past it by spending a ton of time thinking through questions and reinforcing strategies.

Targeted drills for your weakest question types and some easier 1-2 star questions to boost confidence! I also tend to do one RC passage a day.

A lot of practice! I have time accommodations so the full exam is four hours. Even before I had accommodations (just got them recently), the best thing I could do to stay focused was to actually use that 1 minute break between sections 1 + 2 and 3 + 4 to take deep breaths, doodle, recenter, stretch, etc.

Something else that really helps is physical grounding. I'll do little taps on my face and arms to keep myself alert and attentive. Also, if you drink caffeine play around with how you time it during PTs! I try to simulate caffeine intake that I would do on test day. If it's later at night and you're caffeine sensitive, you can mimic the energizing effect with sugars and carbs.

Don't do timed sections and actually watch through all the review videos on questions you flagged or got wrong. It helps massively because even if you figured out that question, it helps set the logic pattern in my brain!

@Reiii23 I recommend using the study plan tool that 7Sage has! It's been super helpful. I would be careful doing more than one prep test a week since they are limited and would devote the time you would have spent on a second prep test to in-depth blind review.

Instead of diving into full prep tests (since they are limited) I would recommend starting to drill!

I've been having the same challenge with it making me feel like I got the answer wrong and looking at WHY it was flagged has been super helpful. The suggested BR will come up if you get the answer wrong, if you revisit it, if you spend too much time on the question, etc. I had one get flagged when it was right because I spent two seconds more than the recommended time on it. I have noticed it also flags ones that I come back to.

Understanding that BR may be recommended for a lot of different reasons has been helpful to me and like someone else said, I treat it like a fresh try. What's the harm in affirming your previous choice and taking the time to go into detail on why your choice was right and the others were wrong?

Recommended to start with the core curriculum and then work into drilling and PTs!

Thank you all for working on a fix so quickly. We appreciate you and the team!

@ObligingExcitedSuccess I've been typing things in my notes app/in word and pasting in for BR and it's an extra step but it lets me go through a little quicker than retyping

@KayTON3 just impacting me on 7Sage! I've started typing everything into my notes app and pasting it in for BR for time being but I believe the 7Sage team is working on this now :)

@amanhasnoname Also experiencing the typing challenges! 7Sage team said they're working on it.