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LSAT · From 145 to 177 official score
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pduboyce
Tuesday, Apr 21

Interested

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TLDR- for those who have found success above 165, do you have any tips for how to use a wrong answer journal and how to make it something useful and not just an endless notebook of writing I will never refer back to after working out a problem?

I finished core curriculum a few weeks ago and am starting to get to more consistent practice on PTs and full sections. When I took the LSAT in the fall I had a digital wrong answer journal that I used mostly to track trends (I wasn't using 7Sage at the time). Now that I am using 7Sage and have analytics, I get better data without having to compile all that myself.

The wrong answer journal/recording why and how I got something wrong, is still certainly helpful now as another means of forcing me to walk through my incorrect thought process, but I am still barely going back and looking at answers after doing an initial blind review plus notes.

Does anyone have tips or ideas of how to use a wrong answer journal in an effective way that will help me get better?

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Lessons · Review (SA)
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pduboyce
Monday, Mar 2

I did some Kaplan classes before 7Sage. I'm having much more success in 7Sage and the videos are a huge part in that for each question. But the one term I really liked from Kaplan, was "mismatched concepts".

I struggled with SA questions more than any other question, in part because I didn't fully understand the P->C Bridge as 7Sage has explained it. But having both of those together has helped me find a lot more success with SA:

Premise 1: B->C

Conclusion: A->C

The common concept is "C", and the MMC (mismatched concepts) are A and B. So I always know that my answers have to have both A and B mentioned (which normally helps eliminate 1 to 3 of the wrong answer choices that don't have both automatically), and then the correct answer is always the P to C bridge, or the premise that guarantees the connection. (A->B)

I don't know if that helps anyone make sense of it, but it took me way too long to properly understand and then apply the mismatched concept term from Kaplan with the P->C methodology from 7Sage, so hopefully it helps someone else struggling with these question types too.

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Lessons · Skill Builder - Rules and Exceptions (Embedded Conditionals)
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pduboyce
Sunday, Feb 1

Trying to make sense of this:

When they talk about the joint sufficient rule (or applying an embedded conditional), why are we focused on whether or not its within the rule instead of just using a conjunction on the sufficient condition. Take example 4:

It basically says this but isn't the lawgic just

50+ Animals AND 10+ Years -> Supported by MF

/Supported by MF -> /50+ Animals OR /10+ Years?

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Lessons · Kick Up Conditional Conclusions
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pduboyce
Friday, Jan 30

@RyanKelly @MateoAgudelo your replies on this post were way more helpful in applying how this is useful than the actual video. Thanks!

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Seeking advice: I took the LSAT in November 2025 and only got a 153. My target score is 165 and I take it again in June. After the holidays I got back into study and decided that if I wanted to improve that score I needed a disciplined, regimented plan returning to the basics and building a base again. Which led me to 7Sage and I'm using one of the study plans right now. Until mid to late march I am in the foundations phase and it doesn't (as far as I've been able to tell) direct me to take bi-weekly PTs or drills beyond the modules.

Should I be doing more than just the study plan or am I just allowing my nerves to get ahead of me?

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