Hello! I am looking to apply this fall for the Fall 2023 cycle, ideally in October as suggested by a lot of discussions. I am planning on taking the LSAT in either September or October, or both. I started studying at the beginning of May and have seen hopeful progress!

I would like some advice—do I take the LSAT in September and sign up for October just in case, or do I wait until October to sign up for the first time and sign up for November just in case?

I’m thinking of signing up for 2 just because I want to have my application in as soon as possible and if I don’t do so well on the first one (though positive thinking—I’m gonna kill it), I can take the second one and still apply during the earlier part of the application cycles.

I started studying for the LSAT in early April of this year, scored a 145 diagnostic. I have gone through the curriculum and now my Practice Test high is a 153. I am planning to sit for the August or September test. Any advice on how to spend the next 3/3 1/2 months? I am studying full time.

I have improved my LG from -17 (April 1)->-11 (today); RC -16 (April 1) ->-10 (today); LR -15 (April 1)->-8 (today)

I am doing the Logic Game repetition and fool-proofing method and am currently taking 2 PTs a week and doing 1-2 individual timed sections in between.

What do the percentages mean when you hover over the answer choice column while Reviewing Results of practice problems you did. Are these the percentages of people that got them right the first time around (timed)? Or are these blind review percentages? They are very high for the correct answer choices (90% and up) then the incorrect answer choices have very low number like 2%, 6%, 12%, etc. I was wondering if that many people are getting these questions right when they do these problems the first time, timed, around because I get a lot wrong.

I will be applying before my final year so I still have classes to take. Does admissions focus on the GPA at application or do they also look at the possibility of an increase with me having 24 credit left?

It's frustrating when we don't get grades we want no matter how hard we try. I am wondering if any of those in law school is under a consistent threat of getting a heart attack because they do not get the grade they want or just have a stupidly difficult time even trying to pass a course. Is it like riding an endless roller coaster pursuing a JD degree? Do you feel like it is an endless rat race? Please share....

I'm just wondering if anyone has any opinions about how much GPA factors into admissions. If your GPA is significantly higher than the school's median, can that compensate for an LSAT score that is a bit below it?

Hey y'all!

Because of the success of our other live classes, I'm excited to announce that I'll be teaching a 10-week LSAT course starting June 8th!

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If you have any questions about the course, feel free to post it down below. I'm looking forward to working with each of you to get ready for test day!

Hi anyone else facing problems in scheduling? Every slot is not available

Just opened up Proctor U to check if I could schedule because I remembered hearing that people who were NOT first time test takers were able to schedule earlier on Proctor U ahead of the time that LSAC emails out the link. It worked!!!! I am scheduled now and got the time I wanted!!!! Go check if you are a repeat test taker! Sending good vibes to all testing in June, we got this!

Going through some problem sets and I've noticed that inference and MBT are labelled distinctly despite that fact that I thought they were identical question types. Am I missing some nuance between the two?

I'm currently in a bit of a rut or rather a major one. I'd been at the point where -3 on every sections was fairly normal but now my LR and RC have dropped to -6 on average. I'm wondering why,I took one week off but now even after 2 weeks back I am still no where near where I was before. Honestly don't know whats going on here anyone got any tips of what to do to get myself out of this rut?

Just started the first week in cc of LG and feel like I am an idiot. When I am doing the problem set, I can barely get 50% right answers for 3 star questions within 17:30. Couldnt calm down when I am drawing game board and make inference properly. Misread stem all the time. But during blind review I could easily draw a game board almost the same as JY and may only miss one question eventually. Dont know why that happened. Any advice to improve? Or just practice? My brain's like frozen with time restriction lol

Hey 7Sagers,

This will hopefully be my last month with this service as I am taking my LSAT in June and hopefully will be a one-and-done taker. I started my LSAT prep last year in May and got a 147 on my Diagnostic, after religiously taking the CC for over 5 months, along with crucial advice that I got from @"Scott Milam" in the past few months, my average PT recently has been above a 170, even though I was only targeting a 163 when I first started. I cannot thank this service enough for the help it has given a student who just a year ago thought I would NEVER be able to go to law school, and now looking to go to even higher ranked schools outside of Canada if I can get a solid score in June.

Thank you to all the people that messaged me with advice, had study groups with me, and most importantly I cannot ever thank Scott and JY enough for the help they have given me over the past year.

Once a 7Sager Always a 7Sager.

Hi everybody,

I'm considering retaking in June or August (or later, if necessary) after scoring a 168 on the April test. The 168 was lower than my practice test score average, a 172, leading up to the exam.

I had a mental meltdown during the logic games section of the April test and wouldn't be surprised if almost all of my incorrect answers were in that section. Given this, I believe I can increase my score by at least a few more points, as I'm working on shoring up my logic games skills and focusing on developing better mental resilience through meditation, but am concerned about scoring lower on a retake.

I've heard that law schools only care about your highest LSAT score. Is that true? Would scoring a few points lower on a retake look bad to an admissions committee or do they, for the purpose of admissions, truly only care about one's highest score? I've searched online (both on these forums and elsewhere) but have seen conflicting answers to these questions. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.

Does anyone have any advice that helped them understand how to solve the logic games? Every time I think I've made progress on certain problems, I get stuck.

Hi everyone! I’m finally done with the LSAT and have to thank this community, but especially my tutor. I started out with a low diagnostic score and slowly worked my way up, till I was PTing an average of +170s, scoring a 169 on the April 2022. Still deciding on whether or not I should retake, but I wanted to say that I could not have done any of this without my tutor, @"Chris Nguyen"

I have struggled immensely with this test and experience extremely intense anxiety, too. Chris could not have been more understanding. He not only recognized my anxiety, but in doing so, it pushed me overcome my fear of the LSAT. He helped me master the substantive content of the test and refine my test taking techniques. What I truly appreciated was that he was never discouraging, extremely patient, clearly cared about my success, and worked really hard to try and answer all of my very incisive questions. He understood exactly where I was coming from, and he worked with me to move forward. Seriously, Chris, THANK YOU!!

If y’all need a tutor, I CANNOT recommend him enough.

I have been studying for a few weeks now, planning to apply this year, but I feel like the more recommendations or experiences I read about in the forum, the more defeated I feel. I feel incredibly behind, while everyone else seems to have their schedule for each thing in their application down to a science. I've seen recommendations for needing to have at least part time work + volunteering 10+ hours a week starting in May as a necessity so that there is not a red flag raised about this blank time on your resume. Which, I am currently not doing. I can start that in June, meaning that I would already be behind from when it was recommended.

Does anyone else feel this way? How are you handling this and how can I start feeling confident in how I am moving through the application process? I am committed to studying and have been consistent in the schedule, but it feels pointless when everything I read says anything under 6 months is not enough time. For context, I took a diagnostic over a year ago prior to studying and got a 155, I have yet to take a new one as I'd like to focus on the curriculum for now.

I wasn't sure which phrase would indicate the self-interest

Admin Note: Edited title. Please use the format: "PT#.S#.Q# - brief description of the question"

Are you supposed to finish every problem set for each LR question type in the core curriculum before you move on to a new LR question type?

Wondering because it would make my life easier in RC.

Hi everyone! This is related to PT55S3Q24, but it is on necessary assumption questions with conditional language in general-- how do you do the negation test with conditional AC's? And what is a good approach for NA Q's with conditional language in the stimulus-- sometimes I feel like I can approaching them too similarly to a SA Q. Thanks!

After studying 15-20 hours a week for the last three and a half months I feel like I am just going through the motions with tests/review and not getting much out of them. What is a good strategy to get back to it!

Hey y'all!

This week's LSAT Tips is out-- this week I talked about three misconceptions about the LSAT. You can read it here: https://7sage.substack.com/p/three-lies-about-the-lsat?s=w

I hope this week's newsletter is helpful!

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Considering the following LSATs will be given online, do you all have any tips on how to annotate while you read? A common strategy is to write short summaries in each paragraph but how can we do that online? Thanks for the help!