I'm looking for a small group of people who can meet on 1-3 weekday mornings a week. I was thinking 9am-11am ET with the goal of going over a PT once a week and then maybe just having accountability the other days. I am currently at a low 160 and my goal is 165+. I'd prefer people with similar current/target scores. I'm strong at LR and RC but am really struggling on LG.

Was anyone able to finish the LR section from question 11 onward? it was blank for me after Q10

Just got november score back. Did well enough to the point where I'm at the LSAT median of my goal school. If I apply ED right now while scheduled to take the January test, will my app be bumped back/hurt?

For Logic games, either or is diagrammed as /A--->B, but what about for logical reasoning?

Leave of absence----> /quit

or /Leave of absence----> quit?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-21-section-2-question-20/

So, I checked my score yesterday and was rather happy to see a higher score than I anticipated. I got a 159 but felt on actual test day that I really dropped the ball, specifically on the LG section, and was expecting below a 155. Though last cycle the two schools I am most interested in attending maintained a median LSAT score of a 159, this cycle, both have increased to a 163 while 159 has dropped to their 25th percentiles. I intend to retake in January with the hopes of seeing a significant increase and still being able to apply this cycle. However, I don't know whether I should keep my score or cancel? Pls help.

Thank you 7sage. This is a dream come true for me and all thanks to 7sage.

Hello everyone!

I'm a mid 170s scorer and I learn best by teaching others. I'd love to tutor people who are interested in learning as a group. These are free!! I'm using this to study!

I am on Japan time, so you might have to deal with mostly early morning (before 10am) or occasional late night. But I think I can give some benefits in exchange for the inconvenience.

Let me know if you're interested!

I have a question about my LSAT score. I have some bad previous scores on the record, which is 1/13/2020 146—>May 2020 150—>October 2020 154—> November 2020 172. I have a huge increase from October to November which makes me worried that will law school admissions will think my November score is suspicious? My October test has tech issues and was interrupted by Proctor U during the exam but I didn’t cancel because at least it will better than 150, which is my May score. Usually my PT range is around 165. In November, I think I did very well and questions are all standard. Is it enough just add an Addendum to explain this situation? Or do I need to retake in January to prove that my score is not just an accident, but I think it might be late to apply and lost scholarship opportunities. I will be very appreciated if you reply! Thank you so much !

Although I think i will be retaking, I want to thank this community and 7sage for the great service! I started out with a 140 diagnostic in March and felt pretty hopeless. After 8 months of studying with 7sage I was able to score a 161 on the November test and now have some solid options. I also want to apologize to everyone who did not score how they were hoping. It will only make it that much sweeter when you do get your dream score!

Just wanted to hop on here for the last time and say thank you to everyone at 7sage. I increased my score 8 points from my last LSAT and performed better than a majority of my PT's !! I know that isn't much to some people but considering how discouraged I was starting to feel after my last few PT's and after even taking the November Flex- I couldn't be happier.

For anyone that is currently studying for the LSAT and feeling discouraged or helpless- please hang in there. It is so easy to throw in the towel and give up when you just can't get that one problem set or you have no motivation to take a PT but I need to remind you that there is a reason you are studying for this test and going to law school so push through and you will absolutely see results. Good luck to everyone that is taking future tests, you will ace it!!!

Side note, I have both gently used and new LSAT prep books including Powerscore Bibles (LG and LR), LSAT Trainer and volumes 5 and 6 of the 10 actual and official PT's so message me if you are interested in buying them discounted. Honestly just looking to get them off my hands.

always keep the faith! It was nice know you all, what a supportive community :)

Honestly, I still can’t believe this is my score! Hopefully my story out there can help others like me keep fighting! Sorry if it’s all over the place!

I started studying for the LSAT back in 2017 while in college! At first I tried doing self studying, but at the time I really was not focusing and able to learn that way. I bought so many books and just couldn’t do them at the time. I also ended up doing a really expensive class that personally did not help for me. I started with a 139 and highest i got on the actual LSAT was a 146. It was about a 3 month long crash course. Not for me, maybe now with my current score would have been nice to do. But not for early on studies. It really sucked seeing everyone else learning and excelling while it felt like I was left behind. Which also did not help. I studied for about a year at this point of my story. PS. DO NOT compare yourself. Easier said than done, but it was a big reason I didn’t go farther. I didn’t believe in myself, which did not allow me to get the score I knew I could get. This exam is a confidence exam big time!

Since money was/is a huge factor for me, I know I couldn’t go to law school yet. I had no idea what to do next. I looked at my options and decided to do TFA (Teach for America) and am still teaching (in year 3). I basically took most of my first year off and started studying around February 2019. So it has been a little over a year gap since i last studied. Since I was working full time I really studied on and off. Studied full time over the summer off (teacher perk). I realized over the summer that I was not quite ready to take the LSAT. I really wanted to apply last cycle, but knew from the past there wasn’t a point to rush it. It did not work last time, and with working full time I thought best to wait it off. So I made a decision to continue studying and apply this cycle.

I finished the 7Sage curriculum around December of 2019. I have always been naturally good at games, typically no more then -5. RC has always been my downfall (-10/-12), and LR for a long time too I had issues in (-10/-11). I went through so many different routes. I went from CC straight to PTs. When that wasn’t working I did some research and decided to just practice untimed sections and slowly get faster. Honestly, most things did not work. While at this point I was consistently scoring in the low 150s, it wasn’t much higher than the 150 start that I started with in 2019.

Fast forward COVID hit in 2020 and my score was not improving. Over the summer off I was studying from the Loophole book. No offense to 7sgae, but I learned so much more from there personally! It taught me how to think like JY. 10/10 recommend this. I started seeing more consistency with my score at like a 153. Untimed I consistently only got wrong about 5. July 2020 i took my first exam since about November of 2017. I got my score of a 156. Had never scored that way ever until the exam!! I was beyond excited. But I know the work wasn’t done. I decided that hopefully the last time I will ever have to take the exam would be November 2020.

However, between July and November teaching took over my life. When I mean I sacrificed a lot, I mean a lot. Luckily everyone around me was really understanding and have a great support system. I couldn’t work out, see friends most weeks, it was brutal. I would work, study for 2-3 hours and basically go home to shower, eat, and go to bed for the next day. Honestly this was the hardest part. It was a huge sacrifice that I didn’t want to continue doing. This is the mental game with this exam, it takes a lot from you. Especially when I have been on the journey on and off for 3 years now. Also a teacher during this time has been extremely difficult. So I found myself tired most days, not really learning anything.

I went Into July feeling Not prepared. The highest I was PTing was a 160, but typically a 158. However, I went into it as relaxed as possible. I didn’t study about 2 days before the exam. I woke up at my normal time on exam day, walked to a local coffee shop, and did things that made me happy that have been taken away because of the LSAT. I think that’s a huge reason I did so well. Mental breaks are needed using this exam!

I saw my score of a 163. Honestly, I was BRing in this area, but never received this score. Don’t know if the fatigue didn’t allow me to ever get this score or what, but I am SO thankful that I pulled it together last minute.

Sorry for my story being all over the place or not detailed. I just want to end with this: don’t give up. I had so many obstacles and doubts and I pulled through. This has by far been the hardest thing I’ve had to do, especially with how long I studied. But to get that score has been so worth it. For the schools I want to apply to, this guarantees big scholarships to these schools and that is what I needed. 7Sage and everything it was has been such a big help! Good luck to those still on their journey, one day you will be the one writhing this post!

Just got my score posted on lsac---

don't post a lot of comments on here but have been using 7sage curriculum on and off for last two years.....got a wife and 4 kids, work full time .....this is a life changing score for me, my dream of getting into a law school can be actualized with this score, thank you for all your posts.....everyone played a part.

I went in blind on an official test in 2018 and had no idea what I had gotten myself into but i stuck to curriculum and practice sections (mainly) --- it works when you work it.....

not the best score but will get me into all my target schools.....one of the happiest days of my life y'all!

keep grinding 7 sagers.....your goal score is just around the corner....

Doing a little happy dance tbh

I am extremely happy with this score and I couldn't thank 7sage enough. Time to go and be a lawyer doing lawyer things

AAFKL:SDJFKLDJF:LKDJF yay :)

Thank you JY and 7sage community.

Wrote August and got a 150. Wrote in November and got a 160, which was my goal score and all I needed for Canadian law schools.

To anyone reading this, you can do it!!! Do not give up, be easy on yourself and trust in J.Y. !!!

I was PTing an average of 160, 162, 165 on all the practice tests for a whole month straight before the November test, it was my first lsat but I honestly didn't feel nervous when taking the test. I just scored a 156 and I'm just in shock. Are the Practice tests not an accurate reflection of the actual scoring? Was it the curve? Did I just have an off day? Anyone else in my shoes before? I am going to retake in January and also another question how late is that to apply in this cycle?

Just wanted to take the time to thank JY and the 7Sage community for helping me reach my goal! There are many other people who did exceptionally well (170+) on the November Flex (congrats!) so I do feel as if there were some points left out there. However, I am very proud of this score and should be able to get into my dream school! This was my third time taking the LSAT (159 cancelled, 163,164) and have decided it to be my final. My PT range was around 163-167. I initially started some rough LSAT studying in the spring but began to ramp it up around late June. Back then I would consistantly PT around 155-158 and after a month felt like I was making no progress. Many people find this test to be easy to pick up but I for one really struggled to grasp the concepts and correct approach to the exam. I would get really down on myself as it can be somewhat discouraging reading other people's LSAT success stories while I made no progress. I think it was really important for me to manage my expectations regarding my PT scores (and LSAT scores) and to be content in my own successes while it may have been to a lesser degree than others posting to the forum. My big "aha" moment was realizing how much I would skim questions without understanding them. I really started to see improvement when I would read the question, stimulus, and try to predict the answer. Initially, the process is much slower, but with time I would be able to breeze through LR much faster. I also found that doing roughly 2 PTs a week and thoroughly assessing them afterwards (checking for time-sink questions, which questions I fell for trap answer, using 7Sage video explanation) continually improved my score. By the end of the process, I had taken around 35-40 practice tests and honestly wish I had taken more. I highly recommend taking as many PTs as possible given you are reviewing them and learning from your mistakes. Anyways, it feels like a long but enjoyable chapter of my college experience is over. I will miss studying for this exam and hope you January test takers can get your dream score!

Dear 7Sagers,

Thanks to the community and the great material here on 7sage I received a very pleasing 160 on the November LSAT Flex.

I tell you because I’ve seen a lot of discouragement and disappointment in the forum on score release day!

I first took August 2020, got a 154, score preview cancelled that score.

Second I took September, I got the shredder game (look it up) I bombed LG, ended up with a 151 on my permanent LSAT record.

I have averaged 158, across 30 PT’s and am fairly consistently improving... when this 151 came, I was very disappointed but I jumped back in right away for November!

I took the test 11/10/20, afternoon.

Program shut down in the middle of RC passage, someone also knocked on my door which was distracting. But I pushed through... kept focus as much as possible.

I got a 160 score today. I am so delighted.

All this to say, I felt hopeless a few weeks ago, but I started drilling games, doing 8-10 games a day. I have thoroughly worked and understand at least 80% of all games! I explain them to anyone who will listen. I really visualize.

As for strategy, imagine your score with a -0 on games, which you may be able to achieve by the January 16th administration! Work your games, read some passages and outline them to yourself! You can recover from a dropped score! I did! I believe in you! Message me if you need any help!!

All Best!

Heather

Hi all,

I got a 170 on the Nov. Flex, and am looking to re-take in Jan! I'm creating a 3-4 person study group, and if there's anyone that's scoring in the 170s or high 160s, please leave e-mail address below!

10 point increase after 8 months of basically full time studying!!! 144 to 154!!! I am a little disappointed because my 25 practice tests were low 160's consistently but the test day nerves got the best of me!!!! I am not really an anxious person and I usually am calm if I am taking a test of any sort but I really underestimated the mental aspect of this test. Not really sure how to work on this but just some thoughts for Jan / Feb test takers. I did so many logic games over and over again and I felt like I really knew what I was doing going into the test and then BAM, a brutal reading comp section. Just derailed my confidence for that first section. Oh well!!! My gpa is a 3.6 so I am hoping this will also help. I am definitely applying for fall 2021: ) if anyone wants to compare personal statements or addendums let me know : )

On the bright side, I started a full time legal assistant job this week in the middle of the pandemic that is cool with me leaving for school next fall!! Trying to look on the bright side. Thanks to this community and positive words of encouragement the past few months. Just reading some posts and comments on here throughout my studying has made all the difference

LR consistently 7 wrong, not restricted to any question type in particular (My Method is complete recognition of question type and go from there with my set processes). RC is mixed but anywhere from 6 to 13 wrong and LG is also mixed with best 3 wrong but usually around 6 wrong per section. Any Advice? I Don't blind review that much cause I personally haven't found it super helpful but I look through and try to see where I went wrong. I have been studying for 6 + months and my target goal is 165 but it's just not happening. Thanks!

Northeastern states that your personal statement should be no longer than 2 pages and that your optional statement should be no more than 1. My personal statement is currently 2 and a half pages and my optional statement is one page and a few lines on to a second page. Will it look bad for me to not follow the directions and submit these, or will admissions people not care?

Currently scoring a 146, and I'm terrified I won't hit above a 150 for the January LSAT. Anyone else in my boat? I've never been great at standardized timed tests.

Hi everyone! Writing to look for some advice on a well-paced/balanced 12 week studying schedule or general approach in anticipation of the LSAT Flex exam in April 2021. It's 5 months away but I know I will need to take advantage of all the time that I can get leading up to the exam day.

For context -- I took the LSAT twice in 2018 (140 and 141 - YIKES). The scores were lower than my first diagnostic (~156). I studied extensively for both of those exams and projected to be around the 160s while working full time. How did the 20 point delta happen BOTH times? I wish I could tell you. I was mortified to say the least and I put law school on hold knowing that I would be taking a few gap years anyways. I didn't believe in myself anymore and knew I needed time to rest. I was burnt out. I realized that I rushed the process. There are also about a million different things I would do differently to make sure the bad studying habits don't transfer this time.

Fast forward ~2 years -- I'm still working full time but I've since relocated jobs and cities. I've grown a lot as an individual and I know my limits now. I'm ready to get back in the game.

My goal score is a 168.

Question for the community - how should I pace myself moving forward if I were to begin say 12/12 to April 2021?

I'm attempting to approach this studying cycle as if I've never seen a LSAT question before. I'm sure a few muscle memory tricks may come back to me but I've largely forgotten a lot of concepts. I would love to hear what has worked and not worked for y'all to get a better sense as to how to create a more regimented schedule for myself.