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Sunday, Aug 17, 2025

😖 Frustrated

-12 during a section -3 in BR

This is insanely frustrating as I know I know the material and understand the content. I do a section, get 12 WRONG WHICH IS CRAZY then realize my mistakes during Blind Review. My best LR section has been a -5 so far, and seeing a -12 after making so much progress is genuinely draining. I don't know if I need to practice more under time pressure/testing simulations or I need to look away from LR for a little bit. Please help :(

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I am taking the test in september and am consistently PT'ing around high 160-low 170 but I find I consistently lose one or two points to these two question types. So I'd ideally like to clean them up before I get there.

Does anyone have any strategies for making these types of questions both more quick and more consistent? I find even when I get them right I'm unsure if I'm actually getting them right for the right reasons, or if it was just luck.

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Hi there! I'm in Oakland, CA and looking for a study group or study buddy for the LSAT. I'm planning on taking the exam in October (and again in November if I'm not happy with my score).

Don't know if a group exists already but if not, let's link up!

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My history shows I took two sections on Thursday, when I know I took them on Wednesday and did not open 7sage at all on Thursday. I took them before midnight EST. Why does it show a wrong date?

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Friday, Aug 15, 2025

AlexJacobs

Director of Outreach
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Free Live Classes All Day Thursday, August 28th!

Join us for a full day of complimentary live classes covering Logical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, study strategies, and law school admissions guidance. All you need is a free 7Sage account to participate.

Check out the complete schedule by heading to 7sage.com/classes and scrolling down to August 28th.

Look forward to seeing you in class!

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Thursday, Aug 14, 2025

Chicago

Hi! Is anybody in or near Chicago interested in studying together or being accountability buddies, or possibly starting a group? I am open to virtual and in person as well!

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Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025

J.Y.Ping

Founder
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New feature: Study Plan (Phase 1)

Study Plan (Phase 1 out of 3) is here!

This early version helps you organize the Core Curriculum.

Phase 2 (to help you plan your Drills, Sections, and PrepTests) and Phase 3 (to help you prepare the week leading up to your exam) are in the works and should be coming within the next several weeks.

Any and all feedback is welcome! Hope you like it!  

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I’ve done a few prep tests, and my actual score usually ranges from 150 to 160. My blind review score, though, is around 170. When I do timed drills, especially for four-star and five-star questions, I usually get only a few right or most of them wrong. But during blind review, I get almost all of them right, or sometimes just one wrong.

At this point, I know my issue isn’t comprehension. It’s timing.

If I focus on finishing within the time limit, I make dumb mistakes. But if I focus on accuracy, I often spend too much time on certain questions. Sometimes it’s because I’m unsure about an answer that’s actually correct, and other times I just can’t finish all the questions.

Do you have any strategies? I understand that comprehension is the key to improving speed, and I’ve been working on that for months. I see improvement only in blind review or with the easier one- and two-star ones and no major improvement in how quickly I can get through the harder questions during timed sections.

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Hi!

After improving drilling accuracy for a particular question type, would it be more effective to then work on speed (and thus mastery), or to move on to another question type?

My thoughts are that working on speed will necessarily take much more time, perhaps disproportionately to the diversity of question types and skills a prep test actually requires, but it may lead to better translation from drilling to prep test scores.

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Monday, Aug 11, 2025

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Advice?

I wrote the lsat before and scored a 146 (Jan 2025). I'm rewriting it again and have been studying since end of June/start of July. I've done two pt's, and scored 139 and 144. I have been keeping wrong answer journal and have been drilling, however, I see zero improvement and feel highly unmotivated and scared for what may be to come. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can actually see improvements? Because it feels as though nothing is working. I don't have the money for a tutor but maybe anyone who has advice or been in the same boat who could help me would be great.

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Like many, this is one of my weaker points. It's been a focus throughout my studies and I feel like I'm finally understanding and getting more accurate! I know how to recognize SA vs NA questions, but it's not making sense to me how these questions differ in the answer. For example: "Which one of the following is an assumption necessary for the critic's conclusion to be properly drawn?" I am able to bridge the gap and connect the points, which is getting me the correct answers, but I don't see the answer as a necessary. An example is PT 126 Section 1. The answer is connecting B to C. Then the conclusion is C to D. So how is B to C a necessary vs sufficient assumption? Maybe I'm getting too in my head about it and the focus on finding and filling the gap is all I need to really think about. But open to any thoughts! And not able to pay a tutor $1000 to explain this question to me 🤪

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I absolutely love the live class feature on 7sage! Nicole's classes have been extremely helpful in advancing almost 20 points in my test score since I first started studying for the LSAT. While I haven't been able to attend most of her classes live, I have been able to access her wealth of knowledge, and other tutor's as well, through the live class library. When I filter on the live class search bar the classes only go back a few months vs. the classic.7sage which goes back 10 + months. Will the live class library on classic.7sage be incorporated on the new and improved 7sage? #hopeful #help #feedback

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@JY Please add practice tests 1-18 onto this site. There are very limited amounts of practice tests and I want to use all of them. I love 7sage btw its the best (but could be much better with the prep tests that are not included in the re-mapping that is now know as PT 101-158)

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I am a visual learner and I am really struggling on how to study for the LSAT. I'm usually a flashcard person but I've been told that's not a good way to study for this test. I have looked on youtube, tiktok, chatgbt, I can't find any advice on how to approach studying for the LSAT as a visual learner. Anyone have any tips or tricks?

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Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025

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Max's Secret to a 176 | LSAT Podcast

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7Sage Live Instructor Max shares the changes that transformed his prep, from sharpening his conditional diagramming to tightening his grammar skills. Learn how you can apply his techniques no matter where you are in your LSAT journey.

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I know on the old site there is the option to set your own study schedule, but it's not currently available on here! I'm just going back and forth between the old and new site to mark off my completed curriculm sections, but is there any plans for the feature to be added here soon?

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Sunday, Aug 10, 2025

😖 Frustrated

Help with studying

Was wondering if anyone had advice for how I can help this problem. I've been studying consistently since June, and have been plateauing on scores of around 155. However, my blind reviews have been going up, to where I'm now getting 170+ but not seeing those actual score changes on the timed version? Does anyone have advice on how to fix it? Is it just more practice with doing timing? I noticed one thing that I have trouble with is more of the logic ones like SA's, NA's, Mbt, etc where I get them wrong on the timed tests but get them right on blind review when I have time to work through them.

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