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Everyone makes mistakes on the LSAT—but some are far more common (and costly) than others. In this episode, Henry and Rahela break down the five traps they see students fall into again and again, and share what separates average scorers from top performers. Whether you’re just starting or chasing that final score bump, you’ll want to hear this before your next practice test.

I recently completed the core curriculum and am starting a study process of a PT once a week and drilling based on the results of the previous test. However, I am two PT's in and what is killing me the most is just blanking on the stimulus and re-reading it over and over only to have time run out with 8-10 questions left to go.

Is there a specific strategy to focus on improving time, or is it just repetition? Should i grind through PT's anyway, or is it better to just do untimed drills?

Hi,

I am new to 7sage, and I wanted to do the initial diagnostic PT to see where I am at. I noticed the time went by way to fast and I did not finish nearly half of the questions. Is this normal to get such a low score or should I wait and begin the CC before doing a diagnostic?

It might be a minor detail but I'm wondering how in depth an Addendum should be and if over explaining could help or hurt when applying with one. I'm reapplying this cycle and am unsure if it should be more detailed than my previous one. I applied last cycle with an Addendum briefly stating that I am not a good standardized test taker with proof through my ACT and LSAT scores. I said that I've worked all throughout college and therefore had less time to devote to the LSAT. I wrote that my grades are a better reflection of my hard work and what I can achieve. Should it be as simple as that?

I started studying for the LSAT on October 1st. I've just been doing the "Core Curriculum" lessons to get a good basis of understanding. Should I be mixing in practice drill questions even though I'm at the beginning of the lessons? If not, when should I begin to mix in the questions with the Core Curriculum lessons I do every day?

1 step forward, 2 steps back it seems

When I'm browsing through the recorded classes and scrolling down, I sometimes click on something to take a closer look. But when I hit the back button, it takes me all the way back to the top of the list, which is really inconvenient. I wish the back button would return me to the exact spot I was viewing before, instead of resetting to the top

Hi everyone. I'm realizing that a significant portion of my missed points comes from my RC section. When I do it under unlimited time, I get a pretty good score but under timed conditions, I usually miss 10-12 questions every time. When I get to the last passage, I sometimes only have 5 minutes, so I feel like I guess a lot of the last couple questions. Is there any practical advice that anyone can share for getting better with timing and accuracy that has worked for them...other than doing drills over and over?

Thank you!!

Really enjoying 7Sage and it's helping me study with its wonderful explanations. However, there are some bugs that I've experienced that prove to be difficult to manage.

1. When drilling like for every question the website randomly refreshes and goes back to the first question while I'm doing a further question (like 5-6). Sometimes doing this refresh back to back, multiple times per question.

2. In the "Study Plan" feature, whenever I complete a practice section as recommended (perhaps because I do them untimed) they are never marked off as complete.

3. When I finish a week for the "Study Plan" feature, and I manually collapse the week, it does not stay collapsed upon subsequent visits to the page and it's a pain to have to scroll all the way down to get to the portion of the study plan I need (especially because after every drill I'm redirected to the analytics page as opposed to back to there).

4. On a couple of occasions I've paused during a drill and the time for that question reads 0:00 when I submit, making it hard to gauge how long I spent on that question.

Despite these, really good job on the updates, they are really helpful in aiding me to determine my weaknesses for this test and adequately prepare. I really do like the study plan feature and the task list helps me stay focused on what I need to accomplish in a given week.

I would really love to be able to maybe:

1. Open drills in a new tab (from the study plan feature), so I don't have to navigate after completion

2. Quickly view -0 sections. When I do -0 on a section, under the analytics tab where it says LR Progress I can't see that section (to be able to quickly go to the results and review that section), since there is no bar.

3. Open the study plan section and it automatically scroll to the portion of the page I need (i.e. my next drill/section/pt)

I'm taking the lsat in two days and I'm currently freaking out because I remember Kevin said something about few and a few not being the same but I can't remember exactly what he said. I know I'm probably just overanalyzing stuff before the test but if anyone remembers, please help :))))

I have really enjoyed this site, and my membership. The analytics are unmatched, the lessons are wonderful.

My only concern is that your website is so much easier on the eyes than the LSAC site is. I know how utterly ridiculous that sounds.

The first time I drilled on 7sage, I realized that my eyes did not face the same fatigue that they did on LSAC. I actually got concerned at how comfortable it was.

This is a longshot, but are there visual themes available that would be more similar to LSAC's site, so that I can practice more similarly to the way the test is going to be?

Maybe I am alone in the blue-light fatigue I experience on LSAC, but it doesn't seem to happen nearly as much here. It's been great in terms of allowing me to drill for longer without feeling exhausted, but I am concerned I am setting myself up for failure in a sense, by practicing on nicer equipment than I'll have for the test....Does this make any sense or am I just utterly looney tunes?

Hi 7Sage!

One thing I noticed is that if you accidentally skip the Blind Review while taking a PT, then there is no other option to retake using Blind Review. This makes studying really frustrating, and I think it would be really helpful to have the option to BR even if you know your PT score results. I hope this can be implemented soon!

Best,

Madison <3

Hello! I recently completed the core curriculum and have now begun transitioning into focused practice. I've noticed that the prioritized drills 7Sage has laid out for me have tags that are attached to multiple question stems.

Curious to see if people have seen improvements by doing the drills as is (the way 7Sage designs it) or by manipulating the analytics in other ways, like singling out question stems (similar to how the curriculum did).

I'd appreciate thoughts on this and any personal experiences or tips as I grow closer to my test date, thank you!

Just want to give KUDOS to the design team/administrators! Ya'll ask what we wanted, we told you, and you listened!! Thanks and great job!!

I'm trying to increase my speed on easier questions so that I can have more time for hard questions, but then I ended up getting more questions wrong. Is this problem going to go away as I practice more? (when I do blind review with more time I'll get it right so I thought the only problem is that I did not give myself enough time to read more carefully and in more detail). Any suggestions?

Hello, I just did the diagnostic test and accidentally submitted before doing section 4 because I assumed that was the ungraded section but it was not. So I missed all the questions on that section. Was hoping to redo that section if possible to get an actual diagnostic score. Does anyone know how to do this?

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Hey guys, I need #help on strategizing for LR sections. I've been studying for some time now, and I know that people say that the more you practice, the more you'll see a pattern in wrong answers and right ones. Idk if it's the fact that I initially took some long breaks in between completing the CC or if I'm just overthinking things, but I have not yet seen this pattern. Any and every tip is welcome, thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently signed up for the November LSAT, but I’ve been feeling really stuck and could use some advice. My practice test scores are still in the 140s, and even though I’ve been studying consistently, I’m not seeing the improvement I was hoping for. I’m aiming for at least a 157, but right now that feels out of reach.

I’ve been using 7Sage to go through the core curriculum and drilling with LSAT Demon (Basic plan), mostly focusing on Logical Reasoning and some Reading Comprehension. But honestly, I’m not sure I really know how to study. I watch the videos, do drills, and review my answers — but I don’t feel like I’m learning how to avoid the same mistakes or actually build better habits.

Reading Comprehension is by far my worst section. I feel like I’m always running out of time or just completely missing the structure and purpose of the passages. Logical Reasoning is a bit better, but I’m still not where I want to be.

I’m thinking about upgrading my Demon plan in October to get access to live classes and more targeted help, but I’m also wondering if I need to change how I’m approaching my studying in general.

If anyone has broken out of the 140s — especially using Demon or 7Sage — I’d really appreciate hearing what worked for you. How did you improve your Reading Comp? How did you review in a way that actually led to progress?

Thanks in advance — I really want to make this happen, but I know I need to work smarter if I’m going to reach my goal by November.

If I do a question or a section and get 100% then I do not have the option for the clean version and it does not show me what I put for the BR. For example this is Q14 which I got correct as an individual question and when I click Review it does not give me the options of clean, actual take and blind review.

If I do a question or section and I get at least one question wrong, then I do have the option for clean version and I can see the BR as well.

When I did the entire passage together and got some wrong then I see the option for: clean, actual take, and blind review.

As a control, I did a drill for RC and got 100% and just like my first example, I do not see clean version, actual take or blind review.

For every question, it only shows my actual take.

I really like the new score goal setting for the analytics (thanks!), but having taken over 2,000 questions it's really hard to gauge how much I'm actually improving, since moving the percentages takes a ton questions. If there was a way to see how I've performed over the last 2 weeks (or any user defined amount of time) in my analytics, in combination with how that aims towards the goal score, I think that would give me a better idea of how i look at this moment, as opposed to including a bunch of data from when i was really bad at this stuff.

Can someone PLEASE give me an easier way to learn reasoning?? Link Assumption, Casual Reasoning, and Conditional Reasoning seem to be the only consistent thing that im getting wrong. Or is there a class that specifically targets reasoning??

I love the highlighted bar that describes your accuracy on certain question tags relative to the 175+ scorer. It would be cool if there was another bar that also included timing. This could let me know if there are types of questions I spend much longer on without having to look looking at each individual question or drill set to see where I stand for timing.

I'm still in the Foundations section (a little over halfway through it). I thought I was improving my understanding of the formatting of these questions, but the last 4 LSAT test questions that have come up in the Foundations section, I've been completely lost and got all of them wrong because I got frustrated, couldn't map out the sentence structure and just guessed. Prior to studying, when I was taking test questions, I was averaging about 1/2 -3/4 correct, it just feels like I'm not making any progress and now I'm even backsliding. I take the test in February. Did this happen to anyone else? I'm wondering if it's because my brain is trying to understand the questions in a different way and it's just not there yet. Maybe it's the transition period? Looking for some advice. :(

I'm feeling beyond defeated with Reading Comp. I know we are not reading for detail, but I still feel like im missing connections that help answer the questions. I feel decent at understanding author's opinion, structure, and keeping low res summaries in mind. Any tips?