hey guys. I'm currently scoring in the mid to high 60s and each section is around a -5 or lower. I really want to get a 170+ so I am aiming to do a little better on my sections. I have heard from multiple people that this is the hardest improvement to make. Can anyone give me some strategies that worked for them to make the 70s jump. Specifically, my RC sections are consistently lower than LR. I really think that's my point of weakness. What would be a good plan of action for the September test? Should I do 1 minute/Q sections? Full sections?

Any help is appreciated.

This mainly pertains to people who have used 7sage prior to the removal of logic games, but pls merge analytics. I don't even mean like the specific practice test scores, but like the questions taken, pt's done, etc. I feel should be easy enough to do. This is especially important when doing 3 section tests of older 1-94 pts. For example, I did a 3 section of pt 81 since it was one of the few 80s tests I haven't done prior to LG removal, but was reworked into being experimental sections on tests I've already done, but the analytics were added to the old analytics despite me doing the "current version". It's just a pain to have to use the obsolete drill function since I don't know what questions I've used in the new drill function as well as analytics technically being less accurate.

Hi Everyone, I have been studing on and off for the past 2.5 months, but I have always scared of PT and do not take them like I should. I will split the up and take them untimed etc. I am unsure of how to get over the fear and worrying. I have been doing okay with the PT about 150s when I break them up and do them untimed, but today I decided to do two sections untimed and my scores were 10 on RC and 13 on LR, which is heading for low 140s.... I am supposed to be taking the LSAT soon as I am a sr starting in 2 weeks, but now I am unsure how I will even get an average score on the LSAT when I have to take it timed. I am unsure if anyone has similar experince or worry, but I needed to vent. I am hoping for around a 153 because my GPA is a 3.99, but I do not feel as if it is posssible in the time crunch. :(

Hi, I just took my diagnostic and Was looking for study buddies. Aiming for the January lsat and looking for those wanting to score a 165+

Hi,

I was wondering if a small group (around 3-4 people, give or take), would be interested in doing a LR section together? It would be untimed, but we can reason out the questions, talk about the red flags in answer choices, and try to determine the right answer with 100% certainty. My rationale is that I learn when I am trying to explain something to someone else, and it would be great to be able meet likeminded people who also benefit from that type of learning. Anyone, regardless of score can join, as I think that scoring high is great, but being able to teach others shows a whole different mastery that can benefit us all (and you as a participant!).

If there is interest, we can also do an RC section after the LR section!

Best,

Stiv Mucollari

.

I just don't think I'm going to have all my materials ready the way I want them to be to apply by the end of October (which I understand is common). My goal, ultimately, is to get a full-ride somewhere--but are these sorts of scholarships even still given out "later" in the cycle? Hoping so. I honestly think I might have to wait until November or December.

Hi yall i just started studying for the LSAT and im very nervous i wont have everything ready in time for early admission is it considered late if i apply in december-january. Please let me know :/

Hi All,

In 7Sage's "Learn" section, there is an option to create a custom study schedule either based on Start and End dates or study hours per week.

To make the most of this feature, how many weeks before my test date should I set as my "study end date" in the Study Schedule? My assumption is that I should leave at least 2 months or so for nothing but Prep Tests and Blind Review.

Should I also be supplementing my studies from the Syllabus with at least 1-2 Prep Tests every week? Or should I hold off on Prep Tests until I make it through the entire Syllabus?

Thank you,

Daniel

How do you guys drill?

I'm looking to improve on LR overall, and I'm not sure if I should lump together different question types in one drill. If I do this, how many questions should I have in one mixed drill and how do I divide them based on their difficulty range?

Flaw and weaken are two question types I tend to get incorrect, should I drill them separately? If so, how many questions should I add in my drill and how many of each based on their difficulty range?

How do you all feel about the bubble charts of question tags on the Analytics page? Do you look at them? Ignore them? How do you use them compared to the table below? What information, if any, do they clarify for you?

Please share! Your feedback will help us improve.

Hi, im starting my LSAT study journey with little previous knowledge about past tests and current changes. What are the sections to focus on if I plan on testing in January 2025? I heard logic games isn’t on there anymore? Thanks for reading and best wishes to all who come across this!

3RD TIME THIS WEEK!

I’ve been studying for the LSAT for a little over two years now and I’ve made no progress on the logical reasoning, I always get half right and half wrong. I always get it down to two, consistently, then of course I always choose the wrong one, consistently. This is an occurring problem and then there are the little ones that I get wrong here and there, and I can’t even begin to describe those questions. Before anyone says I ought to memorize the questions types and the approaches and the this and that, the methods for particular questions and so on, my opinion on that is, it’s absurd. How can the LSAT be a predictor of critical thinking skills when one chooses to memorize each distinct grain of sand on a beach and the elements that make up those grains of sand, and that one has to approach each of these grains of sand with a different kind of mindset and identify these grains of sand by key-wording and sentence styles (the way it’s directed). It’s defeats the purpose of the LSAT and it has been stated as such by several lawyer types who seem well established, to approach the LSAT with a critical thinking based effort rather than a memory based effort. Nonetheless I’ve tried the memory based method and even then it’s absurd because each year the questions made by the LSAC association are different, right? Granted there are some questions that are thrown into the mix that have been used before in some LSAT at some time in the past, this I’m sure of, but it’s only some, and there’s no knowing those particular sum of questions, thus I’m back to square one which is to totally scrap the memory based effort because it’s not based on skill rather it’s based on prediction and patterns. So I’m committed to the critical thinking method, but I can only go so far, so what do I do?

Hi all, I got to the RC portion of the curriculum and I see that a lot of it says "to be removed soon." Should I avoid this while studying since I am taking my lsat in November?

The last month or so of studying for me has been incredibly frustrating as I keep getting wildly inconsistent results. I have been studying since May and have completed the syllabus and mainly work on drilling, doing sections of PTs or PTs in their entirety. When doing one or two sections at a time I can routinely get -2 to -4 on both RC and LR. However, when I take PTs, all of my progress seems to go out of the window. Even in the first sections of my test I can score from anywhere from -7 to -10. Just today I took a PT that was frustratingly inconsistent in the test itself, scoring -9 RC, -10 LR, -6 exp RC, -3LR. I've also noticed that I tend to score worse on more recent tests, whereas older tests I seem to do far better on. Here is a breakdown of the last few tests I took and how I scored form oldest to most recent:

PT 155 - 159

PT 149 - 163

PT 143 - 160

PT 110 - 167

PT 138 - 159

PT 144 - 163

PT 145 - 159

Has anyone else had similar experiences being able to crush individual sections but not being able to translate that into PTs? And has anyone noticed a trend of newer tests feeling more difficult than older ones? I really don't get test anxiety and I don't usually feel super fatigued after a PT, so I don't think my fall off is attributable to just the long format alone. Id appreciate any advice or insight, I am taking the September exam and really want to hit a 165 or slightly higher which I think is possible if I continue to work hard.

Hi!! Anyone interested in joining a study group, here's the discord link! Or feel free to add my discord and ill add you into the group (soliebear)

https://discord.gg/NzZwEQnG

Hey! I am having trouble understanding why A is incorrect. I do see how and why D works but I can't understand why A doesn't.

Here, we are given a correlation between the ad, price increase and drop in smoking. From the correlation, we get a causation that the ad is what caused the drop in smoking.

The flaw here is that the author overlooks all other alternate causes of the drop in smoking. In a strengthen question, an AC that denies an alternate causal explanation wins. For example, an AC that says or implies that X, an alternate cause for the drop in smoking, did not actually happen or that it can't be the cause will be the correct AC. And any AC that knocks out an alternate explanation for a given phenomenon automatically strengthens the proposed explanation.

Coming to AC A which says that the residents did not increase use of other forms of tobacco. Here, X i.e. the alternate cause, is given as people's increased use of other forms of tobacco. AC A denies this alternate cause.

The explanation that the 3% decrease in smoking happened because people switched over to other forms of tobacco seems like a valid alternate cause for the drop in number of smokers. (Cause: people switched to other forms of tobacco; effect: drop in smoking) It is such a small percentage and it is entirely reasonable that people switched how they wanted their tobacco kick. So, "3% people stopped smoking because they had switched over to other forms of tobacco instead" is a wonderful alternate causal explanation. Denying this alternate explanation increases the likelihood of ad causing the drop being true.

I get that D is better because it deals with the alternate explanation mentioned right there in the stimulus but how is A irrelevant?

TIA!

Hello,

So I've been studying with 7Sage and the LSAT trainer book nonstop since I got home for the summer and I plan to take the LSAT in January. I study roughly 5-6 hours per day, and I've started taking weekly practice tests. However, I am having a really hard time focusing on the screen in front of me. The words on the sections often blend together or zoom in and out of focus. I spend more time trying to concentrate on the screen in front of me than answering the questions (I plan wearing my blue light glasses during test day). This has resulted in much lower scores (most of my LR and RC timed sections are between -4 & -7 when I do them on paper), and I don't know what to do. I am going back to college next week so I will have even less time to study this or fix this problem. Does anyone else have this problem or have tips on how to fix this?

TLDR: I can't focus on the PTs and would like advice on how to fix this.

404 Error keeps popping up? Can't study new lessons.

I am a month away from my test and can't afford to be dealing with this again. If i pay for a subscription I expect to be able to access it 24/7 without any problems ugh

Hey guys, I've been studying for two months now and have learned all the foundations of Logical Reasoning. Currently, I'm scoring between -13 and -8 in the best-case scenario. Should I just keep drilling and focusing on accuracy, or is there another key to mastery at this point? Even with a solid understanding of the foundations, question types, and stimulus identification, I still find the test very challenging.

Help! I'm considering using 7Sage's packages to work 1-on-1 with a private tutor, but I'm not sure what's the best strategy. I have a long time before the actual exam, and tutors are a pricey investment, so I'm unable to tutor multiple times a week indefinitely. So, should I wait until I'm closer to the exam (like 3 months out) and tutor multiple times a week? Or begin now (like 8 months out), and pace myself with tutoring hours at like once a week?

I am set on giving myself the best shot possible by working with an expert, i just want to determine the best strategy given my situation and financial restraints! Thanks, everyone

getting this error again in the middle of studying. Very frusterating

I just wanted to pop in here and see if I can help motivate you guys. I took a practice test yesterday, and I got a 155. No improvement over when I last took one. But it was my first test through 7Sage. I noticed something. Of all the answers I got wrong. it was really only 5 question types that tripped me up. Doing the math, if I had improved my performance on those questions, I would have easily tested over 165, and possibly even 170 barring silly mistakes I made and two skipped questions.

All this is to say, you may think that your score is way too low, and that you need to work on EVERYTHING. But the difference between my 155 and a 165 could have been resolved with merely 3 question type reviews. That's not to say fixing these issues will be easy, and I'll run in to other question types that seem to be getting in my way. But use the tags on the PTs, take note of where you're getting tripped up. You may find that your 155 was closer to a 170 than you initially thought.