When you've studied for YEARS (on and off) and get sub-par, mediocre timed PT scores (153 being the highest) but blind review in the mid-high 160's-177?

Words can't even begin to describe how demoralizing and unmotivating this is...

I haven't studied since I last took the LSAT in Jan this year, and thus I am unsure if my analytics reflect my current understanding.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

So I just took a practice test and I looked at my results just to see my score, I was planning on doing a blind review on missed questions but I can't find where to start a blind review, is it unavailable because I looked at my score or am I missing Something?

Hi! This June LSAT will be my first time taking the test. I am wondering what people recommend doing the week before the test? I have consistently been taking two full practice tests a week and drilling throughout the week. Currently, I am scoring where I would like to be.

For those who have taken it before or have more knowledge on this, what would you recommend doing to feel best on test day? I do not want to burn myself out before the test, but I definitely do not want to lose any progress I have made.

Any recommendations would be super appreciated!!

Hi all,

Any advice on how to get faster especially with RC, I find that I am getting the answers I can get through correct but I always run out of time right before the 4th passage. What has helped people? Also any advice for going faster in LR would also be appreciated!

Hi 7Sage people!

I am looking for a tutor to help me grasp some basic and not so basic concepts. (Geez, that's vague).

I have been self-studying since the end of April and my diagnostic was a 145. My goal is a 165 (am I being delusional?) I also have ADHD so someone who understands how to work with individuals who struggle with reading too fast :) I also work full-time during the week which can make my time limited. I would prefer weekend availability since it is more open but really anytime after 6pm EST works too.

Please help! I feel like an idiot LOL (I have an M.Ed. with a 3.93 GPA but still!)

Thank you and I wish my fellow studiers the best of luck.

https://groupme.com/join_group/115181400/AeMcIMHW

Hello I made an lsat study group on groupme where we can help each other out , ask questions , give each support and tutor each other. This is good way to study for the lsat because we can learn from each other so we can get the best possible score . The more the merrier . This is a good and free way to receive extra help .

Hello! Hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to get insights on how to warm up before taking a timed PT. Do you guys do a RC passage or a couple of LR questions? If I go directly to the PT, I feel like I can't really "click" until the end of the 1st section.

Any recommendations are appreciated!

Happy studies 😊

​​​​​​***6/9/26 Edit*** Thank you so much for the interest and positive responses from everyone! I'm unfortunately now close to filling my maximum availability, so I'll be removing the linked intake form from this post. For any potential student who's already reached out by filling out a form, commenting on this post, or messaging me, don't worry at all - I'm still happy to chat and potentially move forward with tutoring.

Hey Everyone! I'm Max, a graduating senior at UCLA, and I'm excited to start working with students on the LSAT! I have over 3 years of experience coaching and tutoring competitive debate at a boutique prep company, and recently scored a 179 on the April LSAT after roughly a year of self-studying using 7Sage.

At the risk of shamelessly plugging the LSAC, I think this test is a genuinely elegant, well-designed exam, and I've really enjoyed becoming a bit of an LSAT nerd over the past year. There's an understandable but, in my opinion, misguided inclination to approach the LSAT as an exercise in pattern recognition (memorizing lists of flaws, inserting x or y word when you see a conditional, etc.). Pushing back against that inclination is a core tenet of my approach to tutoring. I want to help students embrace the fact that the LSAT is ultimately testing a very specific form of analytical thinking that tends to feel pretty foreign but is highly consistent, systematically rule-governed, and, with enough time, can be intuitive. My tutoring will try to push you to think in this way naturally, and I strongly believe that improvement will follow from doing so.

During tutoring, I'm happy to either go over questions and content you prepare in advance, or create lesson plans based on data from your analytics and a curriculum "packet" I've built of questions I'm highly familiar with. Big picture strategizing about your studying timeline and establishing week-to-week structure through assigned homework can also be incorporated into tutoring.

I'd be excited to work with students of all ability levels, though I suspect my tutoring would be most helpful to those with a solid understanding of the test's fundamentals who are looking to optimize their LR sections and better understand harder, curvebreaker questions.

A note on pricing - my rate is currently $30/hr, and I hold the view that when you pay a high tutoring rate, what you should be paying for is experience and a proven track record with other students. While I think my past (non-LSAT) tutoring experience is valuable, I can't in good faith charge a high hourly rate while I'm new to LSAT tutoring. So, I see tutoring as a mutually beneficial arrangement - I can help you as a high-scoring tutor with past teaching experience for a heavily discounted price, and by helping you, I build up LSAT tutoring experience. If you're looking to take the test in August or next fall, this is a great opportunity to receive high-quality tutoring at a below-market rate.

If you're interested, feel free to leave a comment on this post and fill out this intake form. Once completed, you'll receive a calendly link to schedule a free consultation where we can chat further and determine whether tutoring would be a good fit for you. I'll also be opening a free study group which will meet every Friday at 4pm pst for an informal, office hours-style study session. You're also welcome to message me with questions about my services, specific problems, or really anything LSAT related - I'm always happy to chat!

Hi all! If I remember correctly, I thought there were summaries of all LR and RC question types, their prevalence, what to look for in right/wrong answers, etc. I can't seem to find them. Does anyone know where I might find these? Thank you and happy studying!

I applied the previous cycle but I wasn’t happy with the results, and decided to study and retake the LSAT and earn a higher score. My question is am I able to reuse the same letters of recommendation that I had used last year at the same schools I had been rejected from?

This is still a very good score for me, but the fact that just a few months of consistent studying can basically guarantee you a score in the mid 150's, thus granting you entry into a decent law school... Let's just say if you told me this was possible when I was starting out I wouldn't have believed you. So to all the self-doubters, to all the ones who took a gap year because they kept questioning if they were really cut out for this or not, I remind you not to give up, your future self will thank you.

Hello everyone, I hope your studies are going well! I have been consistently PTing at a 168 average recently, and I just know I have the potential to hit a 170+. My BR proves this. I noticed that there are questions that I will get wrong on LR, but during BR, I'll immediately choose the right answer, even going as far as thinking that the answer is obvious. I don't know how it flies over my head during the actual test, and this happens for at least 3 questions every exam. Those 3 questions could push me to the 170s. Sometimes these questions are flagged and sometimes they're not. Regardless, somehow I'll totally miss the obviousness of the right answer. I've been trying to focus more on that mistake but I'm not getting anywhere. Does anyone have advice?

Hi everyone, I hope your studies are going well! I have been studying since December and I always felt like things were never really improving for me understanding wise. For example, I will watch an explanation video and completely understand what I did wrong and what I was supposed to do but then when I go to apply it on a similar question I always seem to be getting it wrong anyway. Over time I started noticing that its not that I simply wasn't improving but I was actively getting worse. For context, I recently finished the LR module and now I'm wondering if I should move straight on to the RC module or keep practicing LR until I have that down, then move on to RC. My diagnostic was a 140 so not too great. I'll be drilling LR questions and I will sometimes get level one or two questions wrong and oftentimes at the end it'll say my preptest equivalent is in the 130 somethings meaning I'm getting worse despite practice. I plan on taking the test in September with a goal of at least 155 so I do believe I have enough time to get there. Is this a normal thing to be happening or should I be worried about this apparent decrease in my scores. If this is something I should be worried about, what are some things I can do about it? Also, should I keep working on LR before moving on to RC or should I just move on to RC now? Any advice is appreciated and if you need me to elaborate more on anything, please let me know!

[TL;DR: $40 per hour for a unique kind of tutoring opportunity!]

Hello LSAT Travelers!

My name is Dr. Lars Enden. I used to be a professor of philosophy and logic. I did that for about 20 years. But now, I have taken all my experience as a professional educator in logic and critical thinking and applied it to the LSAT. LSAT tutoring is all that I do now, and I have been doing it full-time for over 3 years.

If you would like to see my many 5-star reviews from former students, check out my profile over on Wyzant (look up Lars E.).

There are 2 problems that I see with LSAT tutoring. The first problem is that it is expensive for students; the second problem is that it is repetitive for tutors; I find myself teaching the same skills to practically every student that I tutor.

I propose to solve both of these problems by introducing a hybrid style of tutoring, which will combine some group instruction with one-on-one individual tutoring at a more affordable price.

I am launching a pilot program that will use this hybrid model to cover the logical reasoning portion of the LSAT (I hope to develop a similar program for Reading Comprehension in the future). It will be a 6-week program that will meet as a group twice a week for 1.5 hours each, and that will meet individually with each student for one-on-one tutoring 1-hour per week. This will mean that each student gets 24 hours of total time divided into 18 hours of classroom-style instruction (with the whole group) and 6 hours of one-on-one tutoring. I want to try this method with a relatively small cohort (6-8 students) priced at $960 per student, which comes to $40 per hour. I expect that if this program is successful, that I will end up charging at least 3 times more than this in the future, which is still far below my usual rates for regular one-on-one tutoring.

What to expect from this program:

-24 hours of total time: 18 hours of small-group time and 6 hours of individual tutoring time.

-Current cost will be $960, which breaks down to $40 per hour [This is far, far lower than my usual rate because this is a new and somewhat experimental program]

-Classes are designed to cover all the important logical skills needed for LR success [these are the same skills that I have been teaching my individual tutoring students for years]

-Individual tutoring time will be more focused on the specific problems each student is facing with improving their LR skills

-Targeted homework will be assigned after each class to help reinforce the concepts and to give students more practice [This is the same homework that I have been giving to my individual tutoring students for years]

-For students in this cohort, I will also offer additional tutoring, if desired, both during and after the class ends at $75 per hour (more than half my usual rate)

If you are interested in being a part of this pilot program, please send me a message, comment below, or send me an email to contact@larsenden.com

When I was RSVPing for classes, I saw the save to calendar icon and got excited because it's so much easier to check my calendar than to login to 7Sage to remember what classes I want to take. But it's only Outlook. :(

Would love if this feature could be integrated with Google calendar, too!

Hi! I find that the process of elimination helps me a lot to narrow down answer choices when I am struggling with a question. However, I have been drilling flaw questions and can't seem to figure out how to decide between the last two answers I have narrowed it down to. To me, the differences between the answer choices are both so minute, and somehow I always end up choosing the wrong one. I just know I am SOOO close to getting the right answer and would love some help to get there.

Please let me know if you guys have any good strategies for breaking the ties and approaching flaw questions!!!!

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Leave feedback in the comments. Thanks!

Hello , I am new to lsat studying . I'm am terribly struggling with to find the gap of why the premises doesn't lead to the conclusion. It's hard to come up with a bunch of reasons as to why it doesn't lead to the conclusion . If I do come up with a gap it doesn't match the answer choices.

Anybody else struggling? What are some ways I can come up with different reasons why the premises doesn't lead to the conclusion faster and more accurate?

Also , is finding the missing gap useful for only strengthen , weaken , flaw , sufficient assumptions etc?

Hi everyone. I'm taking the June LSAT and I was thinking it might be nice to virtually get together for an hour or two with a small group of 3-4 people aiming for 170+ on the June LSAT sometime this week (Monday or Tuesday around 7 or 8PM ET perhaps?) to have a last minute review session. We could go over level 4-5 questions and share how we would approach them in real time, talk about things we want to keep in mind going into the test, and overall just share positive pre-test vibes with one another. If you are interested, please comment, and I'll make a chat with the first 3-4 people who comment!

Hey everyone! I'm Max, a new tutor, and I thought I'd create a free weekly study group as a more informal way to work with students than one-on-one tutoring. This decision is to some degree motivated by a desire to have a study group as a complement to my tutoring (which you can find more details about here), but honestly, I mostly just enjoy yapping about the LSAT.

I'll plan on meeting every Friday at 4pm pst for an extremely informal, office hours-style study session, but you're also more than welcome to ask questions (either in the study chat or dms) throughout the week and work with other students in the group.

Do the difficulty ratings of questions update as more users attempt the questions?

Also, is the formula used in calculating the those ratings publicly available?

Hi!

I'm wondering if there is a cheat sheet that exists to help coin what language indicates a specific task.

For example: "properly inferred" = Must Be True

I understand that for a lot of question stems there's more obvious wording (i.e. Which ... must be true = must be true) but I'm just curious if something like this exists and can be shared for the examples that aren't so readily apparent.

I have a cheat sheet with each question type and their approaches and would LOVE to be able to add this info to each.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

If I fail a class while abroad (direct enrollment not thru American institution, featured on home transcript as "No Credit"), will it go against my LSAC GPA? I keep seeing mixed answers from people.