Hey @JacobBaska ,

I’m hoping to get your perspective on my chances at Cardozo and Seton Hall, my top two schools. I submitted my applications mid-January to early February, fully complete, including detailed “why X” essays for both, and I’m trying to gauge both admit likelihood and scholarship potential.

Stats:

LSAT: 157

LSAC GPA: 3.93

LSAT / Addendum Circumstances:

Jan 2025: 148

June 2025: 157

Aug 2025: administration disrupted by documented proctoring issue; LSAC offered retest

On day of LSAC retest, my wife unexpectedly went into labor; LSAC rescheduled me two weeks later

Addendum explains these circumstances and my continued readiness for law school

Work / Soft Factors:

Professional experience in ERISA / 401(k) plan compliance, reviewing plan documents, processing loans/withdrawals, preparing Form 5500 filings, and advising clients

Volunteer leadership: 12 years at Chasdei Lev (food distribution)

Camp counselor & medical volunteer at Camp Simcha, supporting kids with terminal illnesses and lifelong disabilities

First-generation college student; academically nontraditional path through yeshiva studies, with exposure to rigorous Talmudic reasoning and analytic skills

LORs from:

My direct professional supervisor (analytical rigor, attention to detail, legal-adjacent work)

Head of one of my volunteer organizations (community impact, leadership, persistence)

A professor (academic abilities, intellectual curiosity)

Essays:

Personal statement highlighting lived experience, professional development, and motivation for law school

“Why X” essays for both schools, showing fit, interest, and alignment with transactional law career goals

Question:

Given my 157 / 3.93 profile with strong professional, volunteer, and academic background, multiple strong LORs, detailed essays, and documented LSAT circumstances, how would you realistically assess my chances at:

Cardozo – LSAT slightly below median, GPA above

Seton Hall – profile seems closer to median

Would you expect likely admits, waitlist range, or more reach outcomes? Also curious about merit scholarship potential, especially considering my first-gen status, professional and community experience, and strong softs.

Thanks so much for any insight!

Hi everyone! I started studying on January 1st and am planning to take the LSAT in June with a goal of 165, but I have run into a problem.

In January, all I did was watch 7Sage videos and a small amount of drilling, plus an initial diagnostic test at the end of January where I scored in the mid 140s.

Throughout February and the first few days of March, I have been doing drills about 20 questions a day, usually 5 at a time, with a mix of timed and untimed practice. The issue is that my performance fluctuates a lot and there has not been clear score progression. Kinda sometimes dont know when to do a section test.

I have another practice LSAT in 6 days, and I am not sure how to target my studying. Sometimes my timed scores are better than my untimed and sometimes it is the opposite. However, my blind review scores have been fairly consistent.

Right now I am unsure what the best strategy is. Should I focus only on priority question types first and really master those, then slowly add other types back in?

Hi all,

I have been studying since the end of last July and took the LSAT for the first time in November, scoring a 141. It was demoralizing, but I knew I wasn't going to get the best score since I was relatively new to the LSAT. I got the experience, re-evaluated, took a month off for the holidays, and got back into it in the beginning of January this year. It is now March, and my highest PT score is a 147. I just took another one, and I dipped to a 144... So frustrating! I got a tutor, and he got me on the right track, but I felt like it wasn't very helpful. I have been drilling specific LR types, wrong answer journaling, and then taking PTs at the end of each week. I average about 2 hours of studying a day with one rest day. I have listened to podcasts, got advice from friends, but I can't seem to improve my score :( I am starting to second guess myself and get in my head thinking my heart isn't in it. But I don't really have any motivation to study now because I feel like I have been wasting my time these past 8 months. Maybe I'm burnt out. Does anyone have suggestions on what I should do, or what I could be doing wrong? I know people on here have been suggesting to review the CC again, and I did that, but I feel like it confused me more, and as a result I had that dip in my PT scoring from a 147 to 144. Ugh. Help would be appreciated :'(

I've always been someone with interests on the strange side. I don't mean illegal, but I was definitely always the oddball. I turned some of that oddness into deep involvement in ECs during college, but now I wonder if it will be too weird for admissions? Thoughts?

In person or virtual study group. I have a library and co working space in the building. We can do a combination of drills. Go over concepts and keep each other accountable daily. Im in Newark Penn Station New Jersey near Seton Hall Law School.

How accurate is the score estimator from drills and sections? It can either be super discouraging or motivating.

A pretty commonly asked question. I'm currently scoring pretty much low 170s high 160s, what does it take to consistently score mid-high 170s? Does it mostly come down to luck and test variance? Is it something to do with the way people read and think? Any input from tutors would be great!

Are we using paper journals or is anyone using a note program on an app they like? I'm a pretty slow writer and writing them out is taking forever. I was debating on getting an iPad (which I would use for other things) and using a digital pencil to do a wrong answer journal. If I did that, I would, ideally, like to find a program where I could hide the correct answer, and my notes, until I want to see them (kind of like how you can press the button to show the notes during review here). Has anyone tried this?

I've been studying for the LSAT since mid-January and I plan to take it for the first time in April. I'm a getting bit nervous because I have a little more than 4 weeks until the test and I haven't been able to break 170 on an initial run through of the test although on blind review my highest score has been 174. For people who have already taken the test and broken 170 what are some tricks or indications that I am likely to get that score on test day and how would you maximize the next few weeks of studying in order to achieve that goal? Also it would be helpful to know if this is normal if most people see consistent improvement throughout their study process.

Average number of questions wrong on an RC or LR section is -4, but with LR on BR I can often get that down to -1 or -2. RC it feels like I'm a bit more stuck often getting very stressed out about timing that causes me to miss easy questions or spending a lot of time on a single question because none of the answer choices seem to fit right.

I just scored a 159 on PT126.

For instance, when I'm reviewing I would like to know which parts on the foundations I should review!

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Hi guys! I've been using 7Sage for a few months now and I've been trying to alternate between older and newer practice sections so I don't burn through material. However, alot of the older tests do not have explanations available. 7Sage Team, I would really appreciate if these could be added! In the meantime, if anyone else has been running into this problem, how have you been circumnavigating it?

OUTSTANDING SUPPORT!!!!!!!!

I totally agree that the core curriculum and foundation block are very important complete!!

Hey everyone, I'm Yousuf. You might have come across some of my posts on Reddit as TheLawgicTutor. I figured I'd share some of that info here as well:

I wanted to share a question that came up in a tutoring session recently, because it highlights a really common trap I see on specific LSAT questions.

This applies most directly to "Provable Questions", (MSS, Must Be True, Inference, etc). On these, the correct answer should follow almost directly from the stimulus. You're not being asked to decide what makes sense, what's a good idea, or what someone ought to do. You're just identifying what is actually supported by the facts given, and nothing more.

Most trap answers on provable questions fail in the same way: they go a bit too far. They predict slightly too much, stretch the scope of the passage, or assume something that isn't 100% backed by the stimulus.

The specific trap answer I want to highlight today is the word "should".

When an answer choice says someone "should" do something, it's making a recommendation or prescription. That's a very powerful statement and is usually too far beyond what the stimulus proves. Unless the stimulus explicitly makes a recommendation, seeing the word "should" on an answer choice should be an immediate red flag.

Take a look at the question below. Notice that every wrong answer uses the word "should", while the correct answer uses much weaker and more careful language. That type of phrasing is what you should be looking for in provable questions.

Wondering if it's a mistake to send an email to two schools I haven't heard back from at all + that I really like to express my continued interest? I applied in December, so it really hasn't been that long in this cycle, but I also signed up for the April LSAT as a potential fallback for waitlists, and I'm not sure how that reflects on my file for the schools I haven't heard back from.

I really don't want schools to hold decisions for a test I may not even take, but I'm not sure how to express that, as "Please don't hold my application, that LSAT registration is just in case you waitlist me" doesn't sound the best.

Hoping for any suggestions on a) if an email is necessary, b) how to phrase an email to schools that expresses interest but doesn't seem like I'm nagging them, and c) tells them that I don't want them to hold off on anything because I have an April LSAT registration in my file...

Thank you!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to share how important the foundations unit is. When I first started studying about a year(ish) ago, I looked over the foundations unit thinking how it all was just common sense. The conditional logic section seemed so unimportant and even the grammar unit felt pointless. So... I skipped it. BUT, I can guarantee you that it's not pointless. Ever since I really dived into the foundations unit and started taking it seriously, I'm getting way more questions right. I'm getting the questions right which I used to get wrong all the time!!!

I guess this is all just to say that don't skip the foundations.

I know it might seem like a waste of time and we feel like our time would be better spent learning the question types, but everything which is in the foundations unit builds up to what we need in order to succeed in the LR and RC sections. So pleaseee, don't skip this and don't make the same mistake I did.

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone knows if we can use a corded or wireless mouse for the LSAT? I searched the LSAC rules and couldn't find an answer. All the reddit info about a mouse was from a few years ago so I wanted to check here if anyone who has recently done the test remotely could give me an answer. Thank you!

I would like to automatically include the practice questions we are given in the core curriculum into my analytics but I can't see to find anyway to do that except by manually unselecting the toggle on each question that says don't include in analytics. Any easier way of doing this?

Hey all! I gave a bit of time before I wanted to share once again the LSAT Discord study group I created that's open to everyone. I mainly aimed at connecting folks in the west coast (PST time zone) but everyone is welcomed! Most of the people in this group are from the east coast anyways!

https://discord.gg/sY5St5DGdN

This group's goal is to support all learners no matter their score ☺️

• We host Friday Night LR every week! (5PM PST | 7PM CST | 8PM CST)

• Also anyone can chat and host their study group sessions here!

• If you also want to study with others undisturbed, there is a silent study room where all chat and voice is disabled 📚🔕🔇

So far it's been a safe and welcoming space to chat and ask questions about the LSAT. 💙

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I recommend everyone joining to set their notifications settings to only notify them if someone tags them.

Thank you!!!!

What are the greatest strategies to choose the right AC when you're down to two ACs?

Context:

I've been studying for the LSAT for a couple months now. Was a Feb test taker and came back with a 167. I'm locking in with a lot more discipline for the April test and am hoping to get my score into the 170s. (My Current highest LR priorities are Flaw, Weaken, NA)

The Problem:

My scores have improved and I've noticed that now the vast majority of questions I answer incorrectly I was between two ACs. One correct, and the other incorrect. My question is, how do I go about finding my weakness in picking the AC and how do I increase the likelihood that I will pick the correct answer, especially on test day.

Thank you all in advance for any help/resources/etc.!

Did over half of the PT’s in the 140-150‘s and tried some older PT’s in the 100s and 110s, and they felt easier. Generally scored better in them too. Has the LSAT gotten more difficult over the years lol

Hi,

I noticed I consistently perform much worse on Science RC passages, even with blind reviews, and it takes me much longer to understand the arguments. I feel like the answers to different kinds of passages almost come more intuitively in a way that just doesn't happen for the science ones. I was wondering if anyone else has this issue or has tips to work on this!

Thanks :)

I'm hosting an online seminar tomorrow morning on sufficient and necessary assumptions, how to recognize them and distinguish between them, and how to apply that knowledge to solve real LSAT questions.

This topic has been covered very frequently, but I'd like to share a very intuitive approach that worked for me. Feel free to sign up below!

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