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5 days ago

💪 Motivated

Warmups before PTs

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 😊

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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!

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143 Diagnostic to this.

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.

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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?

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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?

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[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

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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!

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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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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!

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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.

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6 days ago

😖 Frustrated

Getting Worse???

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!

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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!

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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?

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When a user crosses out three answer choices during their initial pass, leaving only two options open - their selected answer and one remaining contender - the system automatically flags the question as a Split Decision.

This feature assumes the user has Blind Review set to display only incorrect answers. Within that context, if the user has "Auto Split Decision Switch" enabled in their Blind Review preferences, flagged questions will have their selected answer automatically swapped to the remaining open contender when Blind Review loads. No manual interaction required.

Possible preference toggles:

  • Auto-score the swapped answer immediately and evaluate the Blind Review session score

  • Hold scoring until the end so the user can work through all other flagged questions before committing

Users who prefer to manually evaluate their split decisions can leave the preference off and encounter the question normally in Blind Review - two answers open, three crossed out.

It would help me because I only use Blind Review to see if the other answer was correct. If there are other answer options open, then I accept that I didn’t evaluate that question as I needed to and need to review it more in-depth later. I still review what was wrong and what was right, but this would eliminate slogging through the section questions and accidentally mis-selecting an intended BR answer - or in the case of a full PrepTest, missing out on swapping the answers from an entire section altogether!

Faster, more accurate question logging begets faster, more accurate question logging begets faster, more accurate question logging begets faster, more accurate question logging....

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Hello I’m new to 7 sage and I’ve only used the free account but I want to invest into studying. What plan do y’all have and recommend I definitely am looking for something that will keep me disciplined throughout this process :) feel free to let me know what y’all recommend

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Is there a specific order y'all recommend for approaching the RC passages? Right now, I’m trying to do the passages with the highest number of questions first and save the passages with fewer questions for last. Also, is there usually an easy-to-hard order within the section, like, is the first passage generally easier than the last?

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6 days ago

😖 Frustrated

Closing Blind Review Gap

Hey y'all, hope everyone is doing well :) I'm struggling to close that gap between my timed and blind review tests. Albeit, I just started my timed phase and bombed PT 150, I'm looking for advice that I can implement as I continue to do timed tests.

I feel more relaxed during blind review and this always gives me a different (and most often correct) perspective on the material. Thus, I pick the right answer. How do I approach my timed test the same way I'm approaching my blind reviews? I'm always scoring at my target 170s in my blind reviews, it's just frustrating that I can't get this to happen on my timed runs.

Tyvm for the time nd consideration gang

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Hi there,

I am preparing for the August 5th LSAT and looking for a dedicated online 1-on-1 tutor to meet via Zoom 3 days a week (1 hour per session) throughout my 9-week prep cycle. My target start date is Wednesday, June 3rd.

Current Profile:

  • Baseline: My raw scores on LawHub 12-question drill sets currently swing between 5/12 and 8/12.

  • Independent Study: I am highly disciplined and will be studying 21–28 hours a week on my own. I plan to use our 3 weekly sessions to review my mistakes, break down logical reasoning flaws, and master pacing.

  • Materials: I have a LawHub Advantage subscription and use 7Sage analytics to track my drill data.

My Requirements:

  • Must have an official LSAC score report of 170+.

  • Must be available to meet reliably 3 days a week.

  • Budget: $45 - $65 per hour (Pay-as-you-go).

If you have experience helping students break through scoring plateaus and can accommodate this schedule, please reach out with your official score details and availability. Thanks!

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Hey 7Sagers,

Long-time lurker here. I've been studying for the LSAT and, like most of you, I kept getting wrecked by the same handful of LR traps.... necessary vs sufficient mix-ups, eliminating the right answer too early, falling for the "too strong" trap on Strengthen questions. JY's stuff has been a huge help, but I noticed my actual review process was the weak link, not the lessons. Most videos I would just blank out... my fault!

I was keeping a wrong-answer journal in a Google Doc and it was a disaster. Stuff I logged in February might as well have not existed. I never went back. So I built a little web app for myself to make the review part less painful.

What it does:

  • Snap a photo of a question (or paste it in) and it parses the stimulus, stem, and choices

  • You tag why you missed it — assumption swap, misread stem, eliminated the right answer, etc.

  • Over time it surfaces patterns: "you've missed 9 Necessary Assumption questions this month, 7 of them because you picked an answer that was too strong"

  • Drill mode re-serves your weak spots so the misses actually stick

It's not meant to replace the Core Curriculum or BR — it's the journaling layer on top of whatever prep you're already doing. Think of it as a smarter version of the wrong-answer spreadsheet a lot of people on here already keep.

It's completely free. No paywall, no premium tier, just an email so it saves to an account. I'm a current LSAT student, not a company. I built it because I needed it, and figured I'd share since a few study partners liked it.

There's a demo you can poke at without signing up if that makes you feel better lol.

If you try it, I'd genuinely love feedback... what's broken, what's missing, what would actually make it useful for how you review. There's a Feedback tab right in the sidebar. Roast it, I can take it.

Good luck to everyone sitting in the next few admin cycles 🙏 We need it!

UPDATE - I can't keep responding to everyone.... here is the link haha

https://lsatwronganswerjournal.com

Fair warning, there are a lot more people using it than expected, so if it does work at first, refresh the page, and if it still doesn't work, please DM me! I will try and fix the code.

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LSAC just sent out the following updates regarding the new LawHub interface:

  1. The final version of the LawHub interface-- including fully functional highlighting for stimuli, question stems, and answer choices-- will be released in June.

  2. LawHub just this week added functionality that enables test takers to see questions they’ve flagged directly in the question bar, without having to open a separate review panel.

  3. All Official LSAT PrepTests in LawHub are now available in an updated version of the new UI.

  4. The content of the test is not changing.

  5. The annual subscription price for LawHub Advantage will increase to $124 on July 1.

Curious what everyone thinks about the new interface so far.

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I think this has been asked for before but I also wanted to request a feature to see how one's priorities tag correction percentage increase or decreases or stays stable over time. That way we can see if the practice we do is beneficial in incresing our success for that tag or if we need additional help with those tags to get those questions correct. It's hard to keep in mind what my previous percentages were and see if I am making any progress in my skills without a feature like this. Thanks!

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