Would love to meet up with some OC people to study! I am looking at taking in summer.

How should I be reading the target times for RC?

Final bits of crunch prep before the Feb 8th LSAT, and I'm struggling most with worrying about time. I noticed that RC Drills have both a Target Time Goal for the passage AND the questions, so how should I be interpreting the time? Is the target time that's listed under the passage specifically for the passage? and separate from the target times of the questions?

Say, for example, my elapsed time for a passage was 3:33 but the target time is 8:53. That target time of 8:53, does that include the questions for the section as well? or is that solely for the passage itself and I should be taking that and adding the additional target times from the questions to gauge the overall target time for a RC section.

Hi,

I took the lsat back in November and completed the writing section then. It was approved. I'm taking the lsat again in February and am wondering if it's at all worthwhile to do the writing section again? I know you're only required to have one take, but I'm wondering if having 2 submitted writing sections would somehow be helpful for admissions? Like providing them with 2 writing samples instead of 1? Not sure what my best move is here, I appreciate any thoughts!

Thank you!

Hey everyone, I'm scoring around low 160s and having a lot of trouble with Flaw/Descriptive Weakening questions. Even after reviewing the core lessons, I'm having trouble identifying an approach beyond this test: "1) descriptively accurate 2) describing the flaw." I feel like this approach is vague, and it rarely singles out an answer for me. Anyone have some tricks they can share for approaching those 4/5 star Flaw questions? Thanks.

Hi! Does anyone want to peer review personal statements, if applying this cycle? Let me know! :)

My current University GPA is a 3.94 which could basically get me into any law school if my other factors are good enough. The only problem is that I took dual credit courses in high school that will lower my LSAC GPA to a 3.7. I started dual credit my freshman year of high school, so I was only 15 years old when I earned the majority of these poor grades. Any reasonable person could assume that the bad grades I made when I was 15 and fresh out of middle school do not reflect my performance as a law student/lawyer, especially considering that my university GPA is a 3.9. Complaining aside, my genuine question is: will law schools take this into consideration? Or will they just look at my 3.7 and immediately dismiss me?

I know a 3.7 can still get me into law school but all my dream schools have 3.8 or 3.9 medians. I'm feeling extremely discouraged because I totally forgot about these dual credit grades until now. I've been studying extra hard to meet these schools median LSATs and now it feels kind of pointless. Any insight into the brains of admissions councils will help!!

Would love to study with someone! I work at a firm full time so would have to be after 6:00 LMK!

I plan to take the lsat in April and probably again in June or August 2025. I am looking for people on the same track to meet virtually to push each other to do well come test day!

Here is the link and pass it on! The best and brightest are all here. Forward it all to all lsat Warriors https://discord.gg/AWekDrtwHc

Hi! I understand the value in drilling to learn concepts, but I am also big on following the lessons in the course syllabus. Wondering how other people use both in their study plan? I am a bit confused by how the drills section is set up... I am wondering if it is because I am just getting to the "grammar" section of the course? Will I understand how to select those better once I have covered more of the lessons? Open to any help or suggestions :) Thank you!

Hi all, I applied to some law schools last year but it didn't work out for me as I'd hoped. Now I am reapplying to some of these programs for the Fall '25 and was wondering if I need new letters of recommendations? For reference, I am fully employed but my work situation is currently more or less the same as the last time I applied. Also, I've been working for almost 3 years now, so am wondering if it's ok to include one LoR from grad school and 1 from work, or whether both should be from people who have known me recently, ie. work? Thanks in advance for answers!

When I click on a test, all I'm seeing is a blank answer sheet, as though I'm supposed to have the physical test in front of me.

TLDR:

The first time I took the LSAT (my diagnostic test) I literally scored a 45. No, you didn’t read that wrong, no it wasn’t a 145, quite literally it was 45. For reference I have never done well at standardized tests, (I'm both dyslexic and have ADHD) I did so embarrassingly bad on the SAT that I didn’t send my scores to universities. But after religiously studying with the 7sage curriculum and receiving the accommodations I desperately needed, I was able to earn a 145 on my second exam roughly four months after my diagnostic! While it was a significant improvement, it wasn’t anywhere near where I wanted to be. I wanted a 170.

I knew that the higher the score I received the more scholarships I could potentially get. I’m an immigrant and first generation college graduate and knew my parents wouldn’t be able to help me financially during law school. I also knew I wanted to go into civil rights work, so I couldn’t rely on any big law money to pay off loans. So I got to work GRINDING on studying for this test.

I worked full time at a law office and every night after work I would come home and study for 2-3 hours each night, except for Fridays which were my rest days. I would take a practice test Saturday mornings and spend Sundays reviewing the results. My mindset for this exam was it is a marathon, not a sprint. I would still go out and have fun with my friends on Saturday nights but instead of drinking tequila sodas like everyone else, I was drinking seltzer water with lemon because I knew I had to be up the next day to study. For an entire year I was primarily sober at parties and events, and still had a great time!

I started studying in January 2023, convinced that I could pull my score up to at least the high 160s by August, and boy was I delusional. I’m sure others would be able to do that, but I most certainly was not. I decided to defer applying for a year to get my score up. I ended up scoring a 161 on the November LSAT. While it wasn’t my dream score and I knew I would have to take the test again, I was still INCREDIBLY proud of myself. Up to that point I had been scoring in the high 150s, so this was a major win. You need to celebrate the small wins along the way.

I used my law firm bonus to pay for tutoring through 7Sage and it was some of the best money I ever spent. They helped me break down what I was missing and I began scoring in the high 160s and had my first 170! I was signed up for the April 2024 LSAT ready to absolutely crush it, and then got laid off from my law firm job (rip) two weeks beforehand. I ended up choking on the test and got a 163. While happy my score had gone up, I was devaaaaastated it didn’t reflect my practice tests. I decided to take a break from studying and took two months off because I was burned out. I started studying again in June 2024 while starting to write my applications and took the September LSAT scoring a 168 in the 95 percentile!

While I had scored higher on practice tests before (I only got to that 170 once) I was still so unbelievably proud of myself because I knew I had given this test everything I could have. I sent out my applications this past fall and am eagerly waiting to hear back from schools (3(/p)

I just recently got to the 160s and want a study buddy around my score who can meet virtual once a week. We can teach each other and push each other to do well! (Eastern time zone)

Hi everyone! anyone in the bay/ norcal looking for a study buddy/ maybe forming a study group?

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Hello,

I am looking for a study buddy scoring around my score band of high 160s to low 170s who is willing to meet online once a month (more if needed) to talk through some of the questions. I will be in Japan until April, so anyone that is willing to meet on a Saturday or Sunday JST.

hi! im currently in boston rn for school but i also live in nyc during the break and would love to have a study buddy (in-person or virtual). im planning for april 2025 but really i might take it all the way to june or august if i feel like im not ready. im pretty free on the weekends but i have some availability over the weekdays after classes and work

I know we always say practice practice practice and it will get easier, but I really struggle with reading efficiently on reading comp despite the practice. I am not a fast reader and it takes me a second longer to truly understand a sentence. If I do an untimed reading comp passage, I almost always get every answer correct..... but it will take me like 15-20 minutes. Then, when I do timed, I get almost 50% wrong. Help!! How do I read more efficiently on reading comp?

Hi y'all,

I'm just reaching out to ask if anyone can give me advice on my letters of recommendation. Is it important who the people are that are writing them for me? Is it beneficial to have people in prestigious positions write these letters for you? Should the letters all come from the same source (e.g., college)? Any advice would be great! Thank you so much!

AC that is descriptively correct but somewhat falls short of MP (but isn't completely off)

vs

AC that is stronger than what the passage said (but doesn't contradict), but except that captures the MP

Here's the example of the two

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-121-section-3-passage-2-questions/

AC A and D in Q6 are the example of the former and the latter, respectively.

I believe D is stronger than what it was said in Line 52~53 (Indeed ~ Intention), because

D is saying that "unconscious revelation" is guaranteed to happen, while the passage only gives it as sufficient condition (unconscious revelation → more authority)

Some might say that the passage is actually trying to guarantee "More authority & Unconscious revelation", but I believe it was given as a conditional relationship, because Q10 is to see if we have understood this relationship.

So back to my original question, do ACs like D always win ?

(I know we don't have do look for "perfect" AC when it's "most accurately" question. I just want to know which quality weighs more)

I'm going through the core curriculum and I got most of the drills from the W/S/E module wrong. it's crazy.

I feel very comfortable with the theory and strategy for this question type but when it comes to drilling, I miss so many of them! What is happening?

Looking for a study partner.

How can I print out PTs and individual questions for my wrong answer journal?

It helps me to blind review and create my wrong answer journal on paper and take the PT's digitally.

Should you study for the argumentative writing part? If anyone has completed it before any insight on what it is like? Is it a passage then you write an essay I am honestly not sure, I haven't looked into it because I have focused mainly on the LR and RC.

How soon do scheduling dates, times, and locations come out before your test? I am signed up for the April 2025 LSAT and have not gotten an email allowing me to schedule yet, I know it's still early, but I am wondering, for those who have already taken the test, when did you get an email allowing you to pick the date, time, and location of where you will be taking the test.