Sorry if this is a bit negative, but I am genuinely concerned about my applications chances and scholarship prospects at this rate.

Almost everyone agree that the new interface makes the exam more difficult. The highlighting system is totally different and hurts my hands, hiding answers is slow, text is harder to read, and they don't even highlight question prompt's referenced quotes in the RC sections anymore. All of these are time drains. Historically Law Schools have never cared about these things and only looked at the raw scores, but historically the LSAT has never been so stupid.

So my question for those who might have insider info is: Are we struggling August test takers just doomed? They won't consider our circumstances or anything? Surely they know that the exam went through massive changes right? @J.Y.Ping

The absence of a full screen in LawHub is really messing w/ me for RC. Did August test-takers have a full screen by default, or were they forced to take the test without one? I'm extremely annoyed with this change from LSAC.

I tried pressing Ctrl+Cmd+F to enlarge the screen for my Mac, but it didn't work.

Would anyone like to start a group where we read each other’s essays? Obviously it’s not going to be as good as a consultant, but at least we can catch simple mistakes and make sure the right ideas are coming across.

Can we get a predict the answer mode and button for the LR sections/drills? Like a mode that will blur the answer choices but let you read the question, and a button to toggle off the blur. This would help better predict answer choices before.

Would anyone be willing to read my GPA addenda and provide advice? A lot of personal life events happened during my time at university but I tried focusing on specifics and keeping it as short and to the point as possible.

TIA!

I have been struggling for the past hour to do drill tests and the ''you try'' questions because it doesn't let me submit them and see if it was correct or no. Does anybody have the same issues? I tried restarting my laptop, logging out and using a difference search engine, nothing worked. it is very frustrating :(

Hi everyone! Hope everyone's LSAT studying is going well. I am retaking the LSAT for the third time. I have been studying off and on for the last year but I plan on taking it in November. I am hopeful that this will be enough time as I dedicate three to four hours every day to studying. Am I being too hopeful or do you think it's doable? Anyone else in the same boat?

In taking timed sections and PT's across the past 2 (potentially 3 or more) weeks, I have noticed several instances of my countdown timer glitching. The clock will count down three or four seconds, then jump back up to the earlier time.

Ex) 11:53, 11:52, 11:51, 11:50, 11:49---11:53, 2, 1, 0, 9---

and so on.

The only reliable way to make the clock begin working normally has been to exit out of the section and re-enter, at which point I typically wait for 15-20 seconds to try to be realistic with how much time I've actually used.

I do not know if this issue is sometimes occurring and then stopping on its own, and with my clunky adjustments, the entire situation has made me far less confident in the recent speed "gains" I've been seeing.

What is important is that this has happened multiple times across a few UI updates. Could those be related?

Any updates are much appreciated!

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I have one school where my dad went and is an adjunct, this is a very big reason I feel drawn to the school. I feel like writing about this in the why this school essay could hurt me in a way, any opinions on this?

Every time I click next lesson in the study plan, the chapters on the left-hand side that show me where I am in today's content keeps hiding itself. The comments behave in the same way. It would help a lot if I could just toggle them on/off and it stays the way I set it to, rather than it automatically toggling both chapters and comments off by default every time a new lesson is loaded.

I would like to report a bug, basically when I highlight a text with the new test taker, it resets my viewpoint of the screen and messes up with my zoom. #canyoufix JY

Hi everyone! I started tutoring the LSAT recently after scoring a 175 on the official test and I would like to take on more students. If you’re looking for a tutor, here’s why I think I could be of help - 

• I started with a 151 diagnostic and self-studied to a 99th-percentile score. In the process, I’ve read many of the big-name textbooks out there, I’ve done almost all of the official PTs (including PTs 1-18) and some logic games for good measure, so I am aware of various approaches to this test and will share exactly what worked for me with you in significant detail.   

• My review process is very thorough. I don’t just try to find out why students chose a wrong answer and why they didn’t choose the right one. I am committed to helping them figure out how every wrong answer choice figures in or relates to the argument or the fact set. This increases the takeaways from every missed question and the lessons from doing just one question can carry over to different question types.

• Simply put, this strategy helps identify what students are doing wrong and how they can improve. I observe how students go about solving specific question types and come up with useful insights, drills and tips to avoid making similar mistakes. Students have told me that this approach has been helpful.

• We can chat about your diagnostic, your prep journey thus far and specific parts of the test that you need help with in the DMs so that once the call starts, we’ll hit the ground running with targeted drills.

Let’s talk! DM me and if you think I’d be a good fit for you, we’ll book a call.

Hi everyone! I am taking the LSAT in April 2027. I took a diagnostic in the spring which landed me at 161, which initially I was very happy about. However, I have been studying since then and have been consistently stuck in the 160s- sometimes high, sometimes low. My biggest area of improvement is RC, but no matter how hard I blind review, I feel stuck! Does it just take time? I am so afraid of wasting my time studying ineffectively.

Hey everyone! First post on here :) I wanted to offer free LSAT tutoring to anyone who is currently trying to break into the 160s / mid-160s and would be interested in working through questions together.

I went from a 156 to 166 on the June 2026 LSAT while working full-time (9–5), and I’m currently registered to retake in September because my goal is to break into the 170s.

I’m offering this for free because I genuinely think it can be mutually beneficial. Teaching/explaining questions forces you to articulate why something works, which I think will help me sharpen my own understanding as I prepare for September. And I'd love to help whoever I can to break into the 160s if that is something they are struggling with.

These free sessions will consist of us working through questions together:

You bring questions you struggled with → we tackle them together → I explain how I approached them / what I was thinking → we identify what caused you to miss the question and how to avoid that mistake in the future.

Happy to work through LR, RC, or both.

Alsooo wanted to offer the biggest things that helped me get to a 166:

1. Routine

   This was especially important for me because I worked a 9–5. The goal is to eliminate as much decision fatigue as possible. Eat the same thing for breakfast, study at the same time, work out at the same time, etc. etc.

2. Body Doubling

   Body doubling completely changed my studying. Get out of your house and study somewhere like a library with other people around that are doing the same thing!! Not only will you be more focused, you have less of a chance to slack off since there's no bed or couch. There's also another benefit: you get used to doing LSAT questions outside of your comfort zone. On test day, you can't control every variable. Someone might be typing loudly, there might be movement around you, the environment might feel unfamiliar, etc. Studying in different environments helps you become less dependent on having the “perfect” setup.

3. Quality > Quantity

   One of the biggest misconceptions is that you need to study 6–8 hours a day to get a high score.

   Trust me, you don't. One genuinely focused hour is worth far more than eight hours of low-quality studying, and this is coming from someone who had max 1-2 hours a day to study for this test.

   Consistency and quality over quantity, ALWAYS. Think of the LSAT like training a muscle. Your goal is to make that muscle stronger, not to completely exhaust yourself every day until you burn out.

4. Take care of your body

   Take care of your body in the ways that work best for you. I understand not everyone is a gym person, or even a work out person. BUT, you do need to take care of your body if you want to maximize your score on this test. This could be as simple as eating healthier, getting quality sleep, maybe going on a walk every day. Your brain is doing the heavy lifting for this test, so if you're constantly exhausted, eating terribly, never moving, and constantly stressed, you're doing yourself a disservice. Also, DRINK WATER lol

5. Cut out Social Media

   Okay, this was hugeeee for me. You need to stop watching short form content and relying on the instant gratification and dopamine hit that doom scrolling gives you. You're studying for a test that actively rewards your ability to focus, and social media isn't doing any favours to your attention span. I even went as far to cut out media in its entirety, instead of watching a movie I would work out or read or go on a walk. Remember, this isn't your whole life, it's only a couple months (if that) and it's worth the reward of a higher score. Plus, scrolling and watching things isn't giving your brain the "break" you think it is anyways. Go take a nap instead.

   In terms of actual studying:

   Prioritize Drilling + Review over constantly taking PT's

   Don't make your entire study plan revolve around taking PT after PT. The goal isn't just to expose yourself to more questions. The goal is to get better at solving them. Drill actual questions but then take the time to work on your weaknesses. And most importantly: REVIEW! I give all credit to my 10 point increase to reviewing. I used to spend hours on review, because I knew that was that would help me improve. You need to understand the reason behind the mistake so you can prevent it from happening again and review is essentially rewiring your brain on how to view questions + tackle answering them.

   LR:

   For LR, the biggest things that helped me were:

   • Understanding the different question types

   • Learning how to predict what the answer should look like

   • Being able to quickly break down a stimulus into premise, conclusion, support, etc.

   • Identifying the argument's flaw

   • Understanding why the wrong answers are wrong, and why the right answer is right

   The goal is to make these skills automatic.

   RC:

   For RC, what helped me most was doing passages untimed. I focused on learning how to actually read for structure rather than simply reading every word and hoping I remembered it.

   I would make short notes for each paragraph and force myself to identify things like:

   • What is this paragraph doing?

   • How does it relate to the previous paragraph?

   • What is the author's main point?

   • Does the author have an opinion? If yes, what is it?

   • What is the structure of the argument?

   • Where are the viewpoints changing?

   We're generally not taught to read in the exact way the LSAT rewards. You have to consciously retrain yourself to read for structure and understand the role that each part of the passage is playing.

   Once that foundation became stronger, I gradually brought the timing back in.

Anywaysss that is the gist of what helped me get to 166. If you're interested in working on questions together, feel free to comment or DM me. I'm not looking to charge anyone, these will be free tutoring sessions.

My only ask is that you come prepared with actual questions/problems you're struggling with so we can spend our time working through them.

I'm still chasing that 170+ myself for September, so hopefully we can both get something out of it. :)

Good luck everyone!

Update: the changes below are live!

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We're shipping an update to the Digital Tester this week. The goal is to make practice look and feel more like test day. Here's what's changing.

• Narrower width, full height

  • The tester will be slightly narrower and run at close to full screen height. This will match the reported proportions of the real thing more closely. You'll still see your browser window and menu bar at the top, but otherwise the dimensions are close to what you'll see on test day.

• The full screen button in the toolbar will be gone

  • LawHub removed its full screen button, so we will remove ours. Since the tester will now size close to full screen by default, you shouldn't need it. If you want true full screen, use the three dot menu on the top right.

• Updated toolbar icons

  • Toolbar symbols will match LawHub's. The most noticeable change is answer elimination (also called response masking), which will use an "a" with a slash through it.

• Blind Review and Review testers restyled

  • Blind Review was stuck on the old tester style. It will match the current tester, as will the review interface. You'll see consistent styling across the tester, the Blind Review tester, and the Review tester.

• One deliberate deviation: font size persists, unlike LawHub

  • On LawHub, your font size selection does not carry over from section to section. You have to reset it at the start of every single section of a PT. We're not copying that. On 7Sage, your font size choice will stick.

  • We don't think LawHub's behavior here is intentional. Color and line height settings both persist. Font size is the odd one out, which looks like a bug. We've flagged it to LSAC and asked them to fix it. We'll let you know if they do. Or if this is actually intentional on their part.

I wanted to request that the "date first taken" filter be modified so that you can more easily filter for questions that you have not attempted in a long time, e.g., perhaps adding an indicator of how many days ago you last attempted a question (presumably a variant of the "most recent" filter could accomplish this as well). As someone who has drilled a lot of questions throughout my LSAT studying process and only drills a certain subset of the material (questions of a specific type of a certain difficulty level, as per my analytics), it would be great to be able to more easily discern material that I have not encountered in a while. Thank you!

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any out of the box tips for improving flaw questions. I drill these a LOT, and are familiar with how to answer/common flaw types, but seem to still miss a lot when putting them into context. If anyone has any specific advice thats helped them, let me know!

After studying since last October, I have finally broke into the 170s. Going to take the September LSAT and feeling super pumped!!

How much weight do Law Schools put towards the Argumentative writing sample. I submitted one this past October when I took the LSAT. I took the August LSAT and I am debating id I should submit another Argumentative writing sample.

Hi everyone!

I'm going to be abroad in China for a couple weeks before my LSAT. Does anyone have experience using 7Sage in China or know if I need a VPN to access it?

Thanks

I’m a splitter (3.82, 175, urm) aiming for t14. The consulting id rather expensive, and I wanted to source some reviews before I took the plunge.

Hello! I just got approved for the August retest exam, but I am having some conflicting feelings about it.

Has anyone taken a retest in-person before? Did it go smoothly and just the same as the real test day? Did the exam feel comparatively similar to the original test?

It was my first time testing in person, and I was definitely really nervous but felt relatively confident for most of the exam. For context, I am also scheduled for September and am aiming for a 174. I don't think that I got 170+ on August, but I am a bit anxious about having a worse experience on the retest day that will either shoot my confidence for September or make me regret my decision. I'm also a bit nervous because the closest location that the retest will be administered is at a different Prometric location that is slightly further away (and has awful Google reviews...).

I would really appreciate any insight on those who have had in-person retesting done! I know the test probably won't necessarily be harder or unfair, and that this could be a really great chance for me to take the exam under better circumstances! But any and all thoughts about retesting are welcome.

Does having three (good) vs two (good) letters of rec really change your chances of admission? I currently have one professor and one professional mentor. I don’t know that I will be able to get a second professor- does it really matter?

Also edit** I’ve been out of school and working full time for over a year and a half now