i'll be a counterpoint; i started with a totally different test prep company that led to me stagnating around my diagnostic for around four months. did NOT have a good time with them. i then transitioned to 7sage and the loophole at around the same time in spring this year.

the core curriculum on 7sage never actually clicked w/ my brain, although i did really try to force it, and the loophole just intuitively "made more sense" to me, lol. working through the loophole book took me a while, but it rlly yielded dividends and helped me as someone who was especially prone to misreading stimuli + having time management issues. i used to always YOLO my way through the last 4/5 questions of an LR section and now i actually have a minute or two to review @ the end haha.

i do think some ppl bag on the loophole for being quirky, but its tone resonated with me!

i think i would try both out and see what works best/is most intuitive for you! you really can't go wrong either way ^^

go mj! you got this!

please please please consider putting it back under the main tab, or making it accessible in a drop-down menu from the "study" section 🙏🏽 drilling is primarily what i come to 7sage for, and the current location is not intuitive + adds extra friction to the user experience

sorry to hear :( i also got horrifically sick about two weeks before the october lsat test date with some random throat virus. have you seen a doctor and confirmed that it's a viral and not bacterial infection?

i unfortunately had a virus, so i was given no medication and had to white-knuckle it. what worked for me is -- hot tea with honey, ricola cough drops, consuming mostly broth or soft foods (certain textures of food irritated my throat), sleeping as much as possible, and honestly just taking time away from the test. it was really upsetting that i wasn't able to study, but i healed faster when i just let my body chill.

if you're congested, i highly recommend getting a neti pot or other nasal irrigation tool. they always work wonders for relieving my sinus pressure/congrestion!

wishing you the best!

i just withdrew for sep, solidarity moment

+1 to this, would be super helpful!!

so sorry to hear you've been dealing with a personal crisis :( hope you are recovering from it now and feeling better!

honestly, given that you want to take two gap years and are a junior in college, while it's a good idea to retake in general, i don't think you need to force yourself to retake in september 2026. if you're not scoring in your goal range *and* need to process the other events in your life, just taking a test because you feel obligated to may not be the most helpful. you have so, so much time ahead of you! but i don't think you have to wait until you're totally done with undergrad, either.

is there a way you can maybe really reduce your study schedule, but keep practicing for the LSAT in the background as you intern and work on your thesis? if you're able to maybe study for 3 - 5 hours a week consistently, you will probably be able to keep your skills fresh. you could then aim to sit for the test whenever you're scoring in your ideal range; i know it's non-ideal, but you could try to sit for the test over winter or spring break if you can get your scores high enough by then. or you could take it after your honors thesis is in.

or you could totally take time away from the LSAT if you think it'll let you do your best with your senior thesis and internship!

my two cents: as an undergrad, i didn't sweat about taking the LSAT too much/too early. my mindset was that while i could always retake the test, i'd never be able to re-do my GPA. i'm really, really happy i did that. i ended up grinding my butt off, getting latin honors, hitting median gpa for my dream law school, won awards for my thesis, and made good connections with the mentors at my summer internships. i felt like deciding not to invest anything into the LSAT at that time was the best move i could've made. i also appreciated having time to frolic with my friends and be totally relaxed during senior spring haha. while it may feel frightening to graduate without a LSAT score in your ideal range on file, it definitely isn't the end of the world ^^

@AbigailOlson agree, i also highly highly recommend switching modalities/mixing in a new resource if you’re at a score plateau! i love the loophole as well (just finished the book yesterday, lol) and felt like the basic translation drill was essential for confronting why i kept missing easy questions i “should’ve known how to do.” i need to take a full PT still using the loophole method, but i’ve been way more accurate when doing drills on 7sage since i completed the loophole.

lest i sound like a bot, this is also not a suggestion to abandon whatever on 7sage is working for u, haha. i came to 7sage after having an overall negative experience on another lsat prep platform, and jy’s explanation of how to properly answer strengthen/weaken questions was sooooo much simpler than the wacky stuff the other platform was teaching. i keep coming here for the drills/analytics (best in the whole lsat prep industry imo), but there’s nothing wrong with mixing things up.

re: other resources, i’ve also heard really good things about the power score + lsat labs curriculum, although i’ve never used either 👍🏽

i know your schedule is super slammed, but is there any way you can take a full, timed practice test? i feel like that you help you get a solid baseline of how you're performing now + to identify any potential areas of weakness you may have. it also could help you get a clear idea of how much time you'd need to spend studying btwn now and june 👍

best of luck! you've got this :)

as someone who's applied for a lot of competitive fellowships/scholarships (some that need 5+ LORs for a single application), i can tell you that your profs almost certainly will not mind refreshing the letter! if someone already likes you enough to write you a LOR, they're generally also invested in you and your success. they probably will not mind updating the letter with a new date and an added sentence or two.

if (and that is a v big if) you end the cycle unsatisfied and are planning to reapply, i would just be send an initial email thanking them for their time, sharing your results, and notifying them that you are preparing to apply again next fall. i would then follow up a little bit later and ask them if they would please consider updating + resubmitting their initial LOR.

ymmv, ofc, but i've been told that it's easier for a prof to update an existing letter than crank out a new one.