My best score is 162 but I'm not scoring that consistently. I have a major issue with stamina. The longer the test goes on the worse I become. To be fair during section 4 someone at library started talking near me which threw me off completely for the rest of the section but this is a pattern for me. How do I keep my accuracy up as the tests progress??? I am not improving and its been about two months that I've been studying daily and PTing weekly. Any insight or tips appreciated because i feel like a failure.

Why is there no Live Takes module? These videos are very helpful, especially for quickly reviewing different question types, but I can only find them when I happen to come across one in a question explanation during a drill. This is quite frustrating, and hunting them down wastes time and energy that would be better spent learning from them.

Thanks,

Joseph

I increased my preptest score by 14 points after doing every 7Sage lesson thoroughly. 7Sage you are awesome!

Hi! I don't know if anyone else has been experiencing this, but I am taking the September LSAT and just cannot seem to lock in. When I take a practice test or a practice section, I find myself being really lazy when I go through it. Like, I know what diagramming I need to do, or what steps I need to take to figure out the situation, but I just do not take them. I'm not sure if I'm just being lazy or if I feel so crunched for time that I feel like I cannot do it. For reference, I just did a LR section and went -8 the first time and blind reviewed -0.

I try to do the first 15 in 15 minutes and then go from there. Any tips would be appreciated!

Sometimes the particular area of study makes the SageAI tool more or less useful. For example, when trying to understand individual questions when drilling question types, the explanations and videos are often sufficient. When working on timing strategies or more global issues, SageAI is more useful. As a result, depending on what I am focusing on, some months I might use SageAI less, other months, I'd like to use more. Is it possible to roll over unused credits?

Shameless plug for Katie Mae's sufficient assumptions class! I just did a 12 question sufficient assumption drill and got 100% on the first go, doing it in half the time I had (I get 1.5x), thanks to the skills I learned in her class! I highly recommend everyone struggling with sufficient assumptions to go to her class or watch a recorded one!

When I scheduled my September LSAT, I got a great time! I went on prometric and chose September 12th in Arizona. I chose 1:30 pm as my time, but it never said anything about time zones.

I just double checked on LSAC and it says I'm taking it at 3:30 ET which is 12:30 here in Arizona. It also says 1:30 Mountain time. There are TWO DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN TIMES (MDT and MST). Currently, AZ is 3 hours off of ET. In November, we'll only be 2 hours off.

I went on prometric and it tells me my testing location (which is AZ) and just says 1:30 (without a time zone). I'm very confused and OBVIOUSLY do not want to go to the testing location at the WRONG TIME. According to LSAC (3:30 ET), I take my test at 12:30. Prometric says I take my test at the AZ location at 1:30.

What do I do? Is there someone I should call? Is it just at 1:30, and LSAC is wrong?

I was wondering do the August Prep Tests get added soon?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to receive fee waivers, but schools have been deadnaming and misgendering me like crazy. Some will even use my preferred name but still misgender me, which I find a bit funny.

I get that it’s likely automated systems screwing things up, but geez.

Hello all, I'm currently 2 weeks away from testing and FREAKING OUT. I was getting mid 160s in my PTs all summer long, and got 169 on my PT last week which I was super happy about! This week I did my PT and got 158....which is what I got as my diagnostic score 4 months ago. I noticed that in my last two sections I got around -10, which is really abnormal for me.

I really think that this is due to fatigue. I'm working 20 hours a week at my job plus studying a lot and am really burnt out. I'm having trouble focusing and studying for the LSAT which is reflecting in my PTs. I wanted to know if anyone has any advice, since it is really hard for me to take rest days and I want to bring my score back up before I test Sept 12, but also don't want to tire myself out more. Any advice is appreciated!

You see this a lot on LSA: a random Reddit account that makes some point with way too much confidence. LSA is full of randos who have read so many blog posts and gazed at LSD for so many hours, they imagine that they themselves are practically Admissions Officers.

I’m just so tired of trying to get some balanced opinion or advice and having to deal with some reddit throwaway that thinks the random opinions they’ve rationalized are the real and true thoughts of an HYS AO.

I also have an inkling that some of the people on the subreddit who will say ‘I’m an AO’ are not, in fact, AOs.

At least here I can get some good advice from Jacob.

TL;DR stay of the subreddit

Ive been curious as to how many hours I spend studying. Sometimes I time myself, and sometimes I forget. I think it would be helpful to see. Maybe next to analytics it could be a graph of time spent, to help people ensure their weekly study goals.

I really love UMich but I really want my application in there early. I'm wondering if it's worth it to submit with the score I had in Jan, and maybe by the time they get to my application my next score will be released? (sept 30) I attended one of their workshops where they said theyll start review without waiting for your new score, but they will take it into consideration if it's there by then.

Long story short, I got into a very bad car accident five days before my LSAT date (Wear your seatbelt everyone. Mine saved my life). Despite having a mild concussion, I decided not to postpone my LSAT because I was already registered for September. I took some drills in the days following the accident and scored around where I had been, so I thought my score would be fine. Day of, however, my brain felt like cotton. I ended up scoring a point lower than my last official test a year ago. That'll be a fun addendum, I guess.

Just mildly frustrated because I took a PT the day my scores released and got a new high score. Looking forward to September's I guess. sigh

Is there a way to change the setup of your practice blocks? I don't want to do a practice test once per week or I'm worried I'll run out of problems too fast. I take the LSAT on the 12th, but I already know I'm going to need to retake it with a few more months of studying under my belt.

Hey everyone, posted about starting a group, and had a good response! With this I have created a discord group if anyone wants to join. The idea is to have a space where people can figure out who's on the same schedule, ask questions, and work together to crush the test.

Check it out below!

https://discord.gg/qKzNnuvH

I scored a 150 on the August LSAT and am hoping to score much higher on my next test. This was my first time taking the LSAT and I have enrolled for the October LSAT so I can hopefully do well enough to apply for this application cycle. I want to apply to McGill, YorkU, Queens, UBC, UCalgary, University of Alberta. What would you advise? I have until September 1st to make this decision.

Hey all, so i got a 167 on the august test (yay!) which was my first attempt (after like 400 hours of study), but my pt were more in the 169-170 range. I'm what would be called a "reverse splitter" right now, with a boost in the GPA and job experience categories (I plan to work for several more years). I'm interested in schools that range from a 168-171 median (hoping to get that scholarship $$ lol). However, I just moved and started a new job that is heavy on travel. Still adjusting to that. Def not complaining about my situation, but wanted to hear people's input! Should I retake in October/November? Don't know if I could commit more than 5 hours a week or so with my schedule, worried about burnout. Open to all (polite) input!

149 diagnostic → 159 🥹

third time really is the charm 😭 i’ve tried studying for the LSAT three separate times now. the first time, i started way too early and eventually fell off. the second time, i was a full-time student, working two part-time jobs, and juggling all of my student orgs and extracurriculars, so studying consistently just wasn’t realistic.

this time, i finally committed to it w the help of 7sage and a tutor. i just scored a 159 on a full timed practice test 🥹 10 points higher than my diagnostic!!! i’m so close to breaking 160 and genuinely so proud of myself because there were sooo many times i felt like i wasn’t improving or that i just wasn’t good at this test.

third time’s a charm fr 🥹📚⚖️ 160+ i’m coming for youuuuu. if anyone has any advice for my last month of studying before my officia test in oct pls lmk

Any advice? This is my third 164 in a row. I am aiming for a 168 in October. Is that possible? I took a reading section immediately before this to "fatigue" me a bit before taking the test.

As stated in title, could we get a feature to reorganise or "randomize" manually selected questions?

hi! just wanted to make a note that through the 7Sage mobile app in chats, the support button is blocking the "send" arrow!

I do not know if anybody will read this, or if it will help anyone at all, but it helped me so I thought it would be good to leave here. These are a few things that I think helped me in my lsat journey, studying up to a 175 with 7Sage as my platform. Feel free to take everything with a grain of salt, as I have a few logic courses (taken during undergrad) to give me a bit of a background on how certain entailments work, and bc of that I started with a pretty high diagnostic.

1) Use the break to refuel!

Your brain actually does run on sugar, and the lsat uses an incredible amount of mental energy! During PTs and during the exam, bring something to eat (big fan of granola bars myself) that has a good amount of sugar in it. It sounds really simple and even a bit stupid, but I swear it took my PT from a 171 to a 177. It's also worth it to eat the same thing each time, to put yourself in the proper headspace/simulate test day. They let you bring in food, it's worth it to use it.

2) Have a visual shorthand/style for diagrams

One of the things that I learned in logic courses was to diagram conditional reasoning using concentric circles. The outermost circle is the necessary condition (the "then" statement) and each subsequent inner circle is the sufficient condition (the "if" statement) to put one in that outer circle.

For example, if the statement were to say "all firemen wear suspenders" (which could also be worded like "if one is a fireman, one wears suspenders" or "one is a fireman only if one wears suspenders" or "one cannot be a fireman unless one is wearing suspenders") then I would diagram that statement as a small circle labelled "firemen" within a bigger circle labelled "wears suspenders." This really helps me to visualize the fact that ALL firemen (sufficient condition) are within the suspenders (necessary) category, but not everyone who wears suspenders may be a fireman. You can do this with multiple circles inside each other, and it also helps to recognize contrapositives, bc now one can physically SEE that if one is outside of the bigger circle, then one simply cannot be inside any smaller circles inside it. I wish I could upload a photo to show, but using just brackets, it would look something like this:

[ (fireman) wears suspenders]

or for the more complex example of "all dogs are good. all good things go to heaven" it would look something like: { [ (dogs) good] going to heaven}

and now we can physically see that if something is not going to heaven, it is not good and it certainly isn't a dog, but there may be things in heaven that aren't good or aren't dogs.

3) Take Your PTs Under "Test Day Conditions"

I think this one may be a bit obvious, but truly, try and start your practice test around the time you would on a test day. If you can, do it on a Saturday or a day off, wake up like you would be heading to the test, eat the type of thing you would that day, sit at a desk with only pencils/scrap paper, etc. I am an anxious person, and when I feel like I have done things before, it can really make them feel more approachable/normal.

Um yeah that's some of my tips/ I truly wish you all the best of luck and hope all of your score dreams become a reality!!!

This is my third 164 with no real "weakness" for questions. I tried slowing down on questions and fully understanding them, but this is just torture. I am literally 3-4 questions away from a 170.