- Joined
- Jul 2025
- Subscription
- Free
Admissions profile
Discussions
This is almost exactly my progression. I had a 159 diagnostic (dropped to 156 the same week, whoops) and I got stuck around 169-170 right before the April test. I sat for the April administration and scored a 171 (little bit of luck I guess)! Now, my PTs are between 172-175 pretty consistently going into the Sep/Oct tests.
The best thing for me was consistent drilling and HEAVY review. I'm talking 80/20 (review/testing). The best students aren't the ones that spend the most time doing questions, it's the ones with the highest proportion of their studying that is dedicated to review. Also, I'm not sure that this is the best strategy, but I spent a lot of time trying to get my LR sections down to -0/-1 (while sort of neglecting RC). That was what it finally took for me to push over 170 consistently.
It's absolutely possible to get to close to -0 on LR. I am at a point where I very rarely get worse than -2 on LR and I'm usually -0. However, it is also very, very difficult, and for most test takers, -3/-4 is a perfectly acceptable place to be on LR.
I am one of those test takers that finds RC to be much more difficult than LR, however I still believe that RC is the easier section to get to -0 consistently.
One time I decided at around 10pm to try to take a "quick" full length PT to diagnose my current score and dropped a solid 10 points. Never again.
I would still put "Professor" if that is their title at the school. Adcoms want to see LoRs from professors who can speak to your ability to "do the work" in law school.
It really depends on where you want to apply. You are at or above the median LSAT at about 18 law schools, but you are still a safety at 39 schools and a target at another 33 schools (according to 7Sage's admissions predictor if you have a 3.95 GPA and 151 LSAT). So, you could almost certainly get into A law school if that is your goal.
However, it is probably in your BEST interest to retake and reapply later after you've had much more time to dedicate to the studying process and are testing around your target range. Let me know if you have any other questions!
I am far from professional, but if you shoot me a DM, I'd be happy to look it over.
Reach out to 7Sage support via the chat feature on the bottom right of the main page. They are very quick, helpful, and are probably aware of the issue.
We've all been there. Keep pushing through and don't convince yourself that you need to change something. If your range is 162-170 and you hit three straight 163s, you're not receding, those are all within range.
Yes, I would submit an addendum, but that's not saying anything bad about your progression or application. That score jump will make an AO pause, and an addendum can only help to clear it up. Leave it VERY brief. Congrats on the score!
The law school admissions process can present a tremendous burden for many students, including those who do not recieve an LSAC fee waiver. I think that a way to track application fees, CAS fees, and application fee/CAS report fee waivers would be a very useful feature for many 7Sage users.
A user could toggle on the "Application Costs" option and see each school's application fee. It would be incredibly useful if 7Sage could compile information on each school's waiver system (for example, Georgetown has a merit-based waiver application or Duke often sends out unsolicited offers). Whatever information 7Sage can access could be shared with students to help them lower their application costs.
Then, a user could input any fee waivers that they are issued (and the code that they're given, if applicable, so they always have access to it) and the cost could be subtracted from their "Total Application Cost" at the bottom of the page.
Currently, I do this exact thing in a Google Spreadsheet. However, the ability to do everything in 7Sage would be very useful.
@Carlybass No, I mean essays too. 7Sage has application info for every school and most schools let you see their essay requirements from past years and they rarely change. You should get started on your essays, especially your PS and DS, before applications open.
I absolutely think you can include this. That's all I have, really.