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Hey everyone,
I am currently six months pregnant and I have zero motivation or energy to study. I wanted to retake the LSAT in August but I will have a new born so that is not ideal for me. However, I do plan on taking it January 2027 so I can have the whole year to study. What can I do to study?
Also, are there any study groups in Raleigh, North Carolina? or anyone in NC that wants to be study buddy?
Has anyone see anyone score more than 176 here?
I'm just curious.
I'm an international student and my reading/writing sucks. The only reason I'd pursue a law degree is because I have immense interest in Philosophy (particularly Epistemology).
That being said, if anyone whose English wasn't "ready" enough to tackle LSAT, what was your strategy to supplement your LSAT study? Please shed some light on this poor thing.
So far, I've subscribed the Atlantic magazine and am thinking of subscribing to Economist as well.
What are you thoughts? I've always been looking into those high school must read classics like the "Call of the Wild"? as well as practical books like "How to Succeed in Big Law Firms"
Hi, I'm looking for someone who can help me write a personal statement. I want help brainstorming what to include, writing it in a way that is honest and makes me look like a good candidate for law school, and proofreading my personal statement.
Looking to form a an LSAT study group in the LA SO-CAL area with the goal of having both online and in person collobrations
I just scored a 172 on PT153.
Hi there, I would like to call help for a quesiton finds me really confused. this is a RRE question:
"Recent investigations of earthquakes have turned up a previously unknown type of seismic shock, known as a displacement pulse, which is believed to be present in all earthquakes. Alarmingly, high-rise buildings are especially vulnerable to displacement pulses, according to computer models. Yet examination of high-rises within cities damaged by recent powerful earthquakes indicates little significant damage to these structures."
The correct answer is (B), which states that "Scientific predictions based on computer models often fail when tested in the field." My question is, isn't it attacking the truth of the phenomenon? If I change the answer choice to "It is very difficult to predict the impact of earthquake by computal model precisely.", would it still be the right answer choice?
One possible explanaiton I thought of is that B is denying the plausibility of the estimation instead of "the existence of the estimation". comparatively, D or other answer choices require more assumptions. Therefore B is the best answer. But this question is still perplexing. #help
To preface, I may just be very tired and dramatic right now.
I have been steadily studying the core curriculum for the last 5/6ish months with the hopes to finally make it through to the "Next Steps" tab after the on and off journey I've had with 7Sage since I started studying in early 2025. I was really excited to get to that tab and learn about the methods recommended to continue studying and prepare to actually take the test, but with 7 hours left of RC, its GONE!!! 😭 😫 😫
Did it move to a different area? Is it on another page of the site? Where can I find it? I was really looking forward to that, and I'd really like to still go through those modules as I begin to start drills & PTs!!
If anyone knows where I can find those modules, please let me know!
Hello, I have a C&F addendum ready and am looking for someone to give me an opinion on it.
Hi All,
I scored a 179 on my first official LSAT attempt, and I am looking to take on students who think they would benefit from tutoring. Over the full body of my practice tests, my median practice test score was 178 and I scored a 180 on 25% of attempts. I have extensive experience tutoring the SAT, math, economics, and physics, along with more recent informal experience with the LSAT.
If you feel as though you may benefit from my help, leave a comment below and I’ll DM you. I'd be happy to schedule an informal consultation before we schedule any sessions. The rate is $45/hour, as I currently am fairly available. If you have an LSAC fee waiver, I'd be willing to slightly adjust the rate downward. However, if this is your particular circumstance, I'd highly recommend paying for test prep software (like 7Sage/Lawhub) before paying for tutoring, as the former will get a much higher return on investment.
Happy studying!
Edit: Given the abundance of interest, I'm including a link to a scheduling and intake form here. Please fill the form out and comment/dm with any issues: https://tinyurl.com/intake-scheduling
I've heard the following claim (in one form or another) here, and elsewhere in LSAT discussions: vacuous truths are a quirk of conditional logic that makes for an interesting philosophical discussion, but aren't really important for the LSAT. I think this is a mistake, and it has gotten a bit under my bonnet, so I thought I would post about it.
First, what is a vacuous truth? Typically it's described as a universal conditional statement, which we would represent in LAWGIC as A -> B, where the sufficient condition is contradictory or impossible, making the necessary condition irrelevant to the truth of the conditional. If pigs fly on their own power, then I have a 180 on the LSAT might be an example. Pigs do not fly on their own power, so I can put whatever I want in the necessary condition and the conditional will still be true. We can also think of this in terms of set logic, given an empty set, A, we can make a true statement A -> whatever we would like, because there are no elements in A.
Why do I think this concept is important on the LSAT? First of all, I grant that one does not have to think in this way in order to get a good score (even a 180) on the LSAT. People can have strong intuitive reasoning capabilities, and so grasp that saying "if I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a fur coat" doesn't mean much if one doesn't have a million dollars. Nevertheless, if we're to take a formal and rigorous approach to conditional logic, I think it is CRUCIAL to examine the formal representation behind that intuition, a truth table, for example, where we can list out all the possible combinations of having a million dollars and buying a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel). This may not be understood as vacuous, as I'm sure many of us here will go into big law and at some point have a million dollars, but in the domain of right now, for me at least, I do not have a million liquid in any account, so in the domain of here and now, right now, I could say whatever I want about what I would do if I had a million dollars and be under no obligation whatsoever. So, lets examine the different cases. HM is I have a million dollars, BC is buy you a fur coat.
HM. BC. HM -> BC.
T. T. T.
T. F. F.
F. T. T.
F. F. T.
The conditional is satisfied in any case where one does not have a cool million, and in those cases where one does, only when one buys the requisite coat. That's what a conditional MEANS, and one must understand that to properly deploy them. If we're operating in a scenario where the conditional must be true (say it's a premise in a MBT question), we're limited to three rows of that table (the ones where the conditional is true, rows 1, 3, and 4). This is where we get modus ponens (assert the sufficient, conclude the necessary), and modus tollens (deny the necessary, conclude the sufficient is false). One MUST understand that the truth value of the necessary is irrelevant if the sufficient is false in order to do well on the LSAT, either formally or intuitively. This is precisely the concept of a vacuous truth. In a restricted domain, where nothing can satisfy the sufficient condition, the necessary can be whatever we want. That's where "the oldest mistake in the book" comes from (confusing the necessary condition for the sufficient condition).
Conceptually, understanding the empty set satisfies any conditional comes into play very clearly as an illustration of that oldest mistake in the book, for example, in PT 159.S1.Q21, which I won't spoil here, but might recommend for anyone questioning the relevance of the strongest form of a vacuous truth. To be clear on the lesson, I think it is pretty legible to moderately well prepared students that the stimulus is a necessary for sufficient error. But when you go hunting for the answer, you're left scratching your head UNLESS you understand that the reason necessary for sufficient is an error is because the conditional is satisfied in cases where the sufficient condition is an empty set.
Hey everyone! I will be a first gen lawyer/law student in my family, and I would love some guidance on schools to look at. I have a master's in Marine Conservation and I really would like to go into ocean/coastal law (think NOAA general counsel). I am currently looking at Pace, RWU and UMaine, but is there anywhere else that has an ocean/coastal law institute, law review or certification program on the east coast?
I'd like a good law school, but I'm definitely not a genius lol so I'm not looking for a T14 or anything!
Thanks!
Are there any study groups in the Philly area? Attempting to prep for the June Lsat
I recently decided I want to apply to law school this coming autumn of 2026. I have never taken an LSAT and just started studying for the first time this month. My diagnostic score was a 154 but I hope to break at least a 165. Should I take the June LSAT even though I won't feel fully prepared by then, just to give it a shot and get a feel for the testing environment after some intensive studying over the next month? Or should I wait for the next August LSAT, when I'll feel much more well studied but I'll have less time to improve my score and I fear the testing anxiety of needing to get a good score quickly for applications may be a stressor. Do the top law schools get swayed by a potentially really low starting score even if you improved on your second or third attempts? Should I not risk having that potential low score on my score reports?
Basically the title. How do you know if let's say you are improving on the flaw question types. Also how many LR sections is recommended you do let's say per week or biweekly
So I've noticed a trend in my own practice drills and sections where I tend to find the higher difficulty LR questions (level 4, level 5) easier to complete and I take the appropriate amount of time on them, whereas easier questions (level 2, 3) I spend 30/40 seconds more per question instead of meeting the target time. Any advice or insight on why this is happening? How can I fix this timing issue?
Hi! I am going between Pace, Hofstra, and Albany for law school. Albany is non conditional but the other two are conditional. What should I do?
I am in the process of going through the LSAT Writing Lessons in anticipation of completing the argumentative writing portion of the test.
However, I noticed that the introductory article "LSAT Argumentative Writing and How to Prepare" is outdated and repeatedly references an important update coming "August 2024," as well as numerous other outdated claims and predictions. Please update the article to reflect the writing portion as it exists in the 2026-27 cycle; reading it I worry that I am being misled by outdated facts and predictions.
Hi all! I'm consistently getting 179-180 on BR but in the mid/high 160s on AT. Any advice on closing the gap? I understand speed is likely a big part of this, but I'm curious what has worked for others in closing this gap? Is it doing drills where you gradually give yourself less and less time? I particularly feel that the timing on RC is really tough.
Are there any other Louisiana people who are here studying for the LSAT????
Would love to see more flexibility with the timer settings.
I receive double time accommodations, and right now it caps out at 200% or you have to go all the way to unlimited time. There are definitely situations where I’d want a little more time while still keeping some pressure. Something like 225% or 250% would be really useful.
Unlimited time doesn’t really solve it because then I can sit on one question forever, which isn’t how the actual test feels.
Also, the average test taker can already give themselves extra time in practice pretty easily. It would be great to have that same flexibility on the accommodations side instead of being locked into preset limits.
Honestly, even just the ability to manually set the clock would fix this. Being able to choose your own section time would create that missing middle ground.
Woww screaming, crying, throwing up!! As someone who has used 7sage since 2024 and has taken the LSAT more than 4 times thought I owed it to myself to let everyone know who struggles with this test that there is light at the end of the tunnel lool.
Quick shoutout to some amazing tutors that, although I never did one-on-one tutoring with them, when I got the chance, I always tried to attend their classes. Big shout out to Alvin!! Another BIG shoutout to Bailey!!! Both of whom were super effective and encouraging during this longg process.
A couple of tips, as someone who has taken this test (a lot), I find that although 7sage is AMAZING, the best way, at least to me, to go about studying is a combination of resources! Don't shy away from the books! (Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, LR Perfection Dragon Test Prep, and Powerscore RC Bible are some of my favourites).
There aren't a lot of Law schools in Canada, so if any future Canadian lawyers or applicants for the next cycle want to reach out pls do!
Send me a message here if you'd like to meet for a free 30-minute session to talk generally about the test or discuss specific questions that you might have. I will be around for most of the afternoon/early evening.
Can we get dark mode for the app please
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