I took my first diagnostic LSAT around April of 2020 and scored a 161, with LG as my weakest section by far (only got all the way through one game). During the school year I work and go to school full time, and I have the summers off. I used last summer to take the Test Masters course, but by the end I had only improved my score by two points, mostly because I am really slow at LG and I’m not able to get through the games in time, though my other sections are generally good (normally miss about 3 on RC, 3-6 on LR). I got a 7Sage subscription and I have been studying on and off since then, and I just took my first practice test since the fall and scored a 160 :( My highest practice test to date is a 164 with a 174 blind review score, and I’m discouraged I dropped from that point. I mainly am just really struggling with Logic Games, and even though I’ve done a million of them I am still very slow, which is the main thing holding my score back.

I also had some bad things happen in my personal life during undergraduate that resulted in a low undergraduate GPA (though I’m currently enrolled in a Master program at an Ivy with a 3.9 GPA, and I have good softs like published research in a prestigious journal, lots of leadership positions etc.), so I feel pretty discouraged because I know I need to knock the LSAT out of the park to compensate, and because my diagnostic was relatively high I thought I could do it but now I'm losing hope. I’m also discouraged because I seem stuck so stubbornly around 160 and I just feel like I am not getting any faster at LG. Any advice/encouragement is welcome. Thanks in advance!

Hi Everyone!

I scored a 171 on the August 2022 LSAT and am preparing my applications for this cycle. I really, really, REALLY want to attend Berkeley Law, and I am applying Early Decision. I have a graduate degree from an Ivy League, and I took the GRE a few years ago to get admitted to the graduate program. I was working full time and wasn't able to study very much, and I knew I didn't need a super high score for admission to the program. I scored in the 95 percentile on reading, the 53rd on writing, and got a dismal math score in the 23rd percentile. Math has always been my worst subject, and despite taking a ton of math including the entire calc sequence in undergrad for elective credit, I have never been good at math tests. I just found out that many schools including Berkeley REQUIRE any GRE score taken within the last 5 years to be reported. I'm very upset because I am already a splitter with a relatively low UGPA and I don't want any other points against me (also very annoyed I have to pay to send a GRE score I don't even want, in addition to all the other fees). It doesn't appear that GRE scores factor into the USNWR rankings and I imagine my LSAT score will still carry much more weight, but does anyone have insight about how admissions offices factor in GRE scores submitted along with an LSAT? I know I can write a letter of addendum explaining why the low score isn't indicative of academic performance, especially as I finished with a high GPA in my graduate program, but I just hate the stress of an extra variable that doesn't paint me in a very positive light. Any insights are appreciated!