How do we go back to the old format? I see this question has been asked by several of my fellow future LSAT test takers. I just completed a RC drill. I answered eight questions only to be told, when I thought I was submitting the drill and going into blind review, that eight questions were unanswered. What?

Pretty non-traditional student but I just feel very intimidated looking at all of the admissions communities (reddit, tiktok, here) with people posting doom and gloom about their 3.7s and 170+s.

I graduated from the US Military Academy (West Point) back in 2020 and have spent the past 6 years and change in the army including a combat deployment to Iraq. I'm really hoping that this non-traditional experience will help me out and get me into some solid schools.

I've been really trying to focus on what I can control, my personal essay, my resume, etc. I've finished my personal statement (I think its lowkey a banger but it might just be your run-of-the-mill army guy essay ngl). Currently looking at applying to schools in the 40-100+ ranking with my absolute number 1 being Oklahoma.

Am I cooked?

Hi,

First of all, I have been using 7Sage for almost half a year and truly enjoy studying through the current interface!

As someone who uses the study plan feature, I was wondering if it is possible to mix both RC and LR section in the same day.

When I create a study plan, it consists of doing RC one day and LR the other. Is there a way to mix both RC and LR practice on the same day?

I think it would be nice to have a feature to manually or through AI analytics based on our performance to balance RC and LR section for the study plan!

Thank you!

Hi all! I am prepping for the October LSAT and looking to connect with others to study together through the summer and fall.

A bit about me: I work full-time, so I'm studying around a 9-5 — early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Looking for people who:

• Are also targeting the October test

• Can commit to showing up consistently (even just 1x/week)

• Want a low-drama, supportive but no-excuses environment

If you're interested, drop a comment. Let's get each other to test day ready!

Hi all, college low income student here. I'm looking for someone to help me edit my essay/ give advice. I have a limited time to work on it ( basically 1 week). If you're a coach with affordable!! prices please let me know, feel free to include your contact and what you charge and I will reach out. Thanks!

Earlier this year, we announced a $10,000 giveaway for people who tracked their law-school applications on 7Sage.

I’m happy to announce the winners:

1. AidanRusselAverbakh — $5,000

2. SiobhanRoy — $1,000

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4. BenjaminWilson — $1,000

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Congratulations to all six, and thank you to everyone who tracked their applications.

Applying in the upcoming cycle? You can track your applications here. It’s free, keeps everything organized in one place, and helps future applicants understand how admissions cycles actually unfold.

Hi everyone! I just took the June LSAT and I am planning on taking the August/September LSAT. Between now and then, I wanted to take a new approach to help break into my goal score. It has been suggested that tutoring others could be helpful to achieve this and gain a new perspective.

I have been PT'ing in the high 160s and have a solid grasp of the fundamentals. We can discuss PT's, drills, or anything that would be most helpful. If anyone would be interested in free tutoring (30-45 min sessions), please leave a comment or DM me directly! :)

12-point improvement in 6 weeks!! 7sage ily

the discussion tab being the one of the first things you see when you open 7sage can be kinda distracting. and depending on your current scoring level, it can be either motivating or demotivating to see ppl post their scores :/ maybe i'm being petty but i would love if a toggle button could be added so you can sometimes choose to not see the discussion when you first open 7sage.

Any tips on how to improve specifically on science/humanities passages? I notice a part of getting application and applied questions wrong. Please help!

I'm aiming for a 170-175 in September. I'm studying full-time for the LSAT until then. Chat, am I cooked? I'm getting a tutor too 🥲

Hi all! I have several accomodations and sadly, LSAC keeps messing up my exam administrations. First, I had a missing proctor (in-person which made it worse) and then during my retest, they provided the wrong exam on lawhub. I'm not sure how often issues like this happen, but it seems like they are getting confused when administering/scheduling my exam (even though I have pretty normal accommodations). If you have accommodations (or even if you don't), be aware that your exam could get messed up as well. If this happens, please advocate for yourself! You can file a complaint online for a standard exam or via email for a retest. LSAC can cancel your score without impacting your limit and making it clear it is their fault for the cancelation, and could get you rescheduled for another admin without you having to pay for a new exam all over again.

I also suggest reading your accommodations out to the proctor and explaining them so there is no confusion. That said, LSAC has screwed up every testing admin for me which sucks after months of studying, making this LSAT journey last wayyyy longer than it needs to. And even if they provide solutions, they typically aren't that fair either. Very frustrating experience for me, but hope that other disabled test takers don't have these experiences as well.

When I first met Leah in 2024, she had already been studying for the LSAT for a year. Over the next two years, she worked tirelessly: both on bringing her LSAT up to her goal score (173) and on one of the best applications I've ever seen.

Next year, she'll be attending Michigan Law with significant merit aid. We sat down to discuss her whole journey: from her initial diagnostic through the TESTING DISASTERS that almost literally sank her candidacy on test day -- and the smart choices she made in a particularly hectic admissions season.

No. matter who you are, if you're aiming for a top school, there's something you can learn from Leah's experience.

We'll be covering more "Getting In" stories all summer. Let me know if you have any feedback or questions you'd like us to address. And if you'd prefer to listen to the podcast version of this discussion, find the 7Sage LSAT podcast on Spotify/Apple Podcasts/An RSS feed near you.

Just in: Argument ER and Numbers Blitz. If you need a study break, go play and tell us what you think!

Play now.

Went from a 160 diagnostic a month ago to a 179 PT!!! 7Sage is great.

Did anyone else notice the auto sync with law hub where it pulls all your tests? It's messing up with my analytics because it is pulling from what I did in like 2025.

tbh i'm not in the mood to go on a scavenger hunt of the LSAC website and they're closed tmrw; just need to make sure i don't need to apply for it as an accommodation or smth.

So I graduated with an upper second class honours in a British degree and my CAS evaluation came back as "Above Average" - I'm not sure how to translate that into GPA on my profile, and I think it's better not to try since it's simply different. With the searching through other people options on 7sage, I think it would be useful if other users with a non-American degree could share their equivelant for the GPA!

One week until June LSAT score release. How are we feeling 7Sage?

Personally, I have been doing the online equivalent of pacing up and down my room. Lurking on forums, calculating admissions odds based on hypothetical scores, and checking LSAC for... something???

Can this week please go a little faster?!

I will touch on my tutoring services at the end. But first, I wanted to share some broad practical tips I wish I would've known during my study journey.

Part I: Before You Start Studying

1. The LSAT is a skills-based test, not an IQ test.

The only time it's an IQ test is the first time you take it. After that, the sky is really the limit score wise, it just depends on the amount of work and time someone is willing to put in.

2. If you're still in college, make sure you're focused on GPA.

If you're not getting straight A's, you probably shouldn't be studying for the LSAT right now. Your GPA is permanent. The LSAT can always wait.

3. Consistency is how growth occurs.

I like to tell my students studying for the LSAT is a lot like working out. One week apart you probably won't see much improvement. After two weeks maybe a little. After a month or two you start to notice some solid gains, but it will still feel like you haven't changed much. Improvement is incremental and often difficult to see. Sometimes your score won't fully reflect how much you've improved, but that doesn't mean the growth isn't happening.

4. Take a diagnostic test.

Realize your score is probably not going to be where you want it to be. Many people push this off because they don't want to see a disappointing score, but all you're really doing is limiting what you'll eventually see as growth in the future.

Part II: Learning the Test

5. Learn the fundamentals, but don't only learn through theory.

Learn how to break down arguments, understand conditional reasoning, recognize question types, and how to make predictions. But don't study exclusively through books or a study program. Make sure you're mixing in drills, timed sections, and occasional practice tests as well.

6. Become extremely critical of everything you read.

If an argument isn't fully proven, it's a bad argument. Too many people approach the LSAT with an everyday mindset of, "Well, I see where they're coming from." On the LSAT, that doesn't matter. If someone makes an argument that isn't fully proven, it is a bad argument.

7. Don't push off RC.

Many people think, "I'm going to focus on LR first and then work on RC once I've mastered LR." This is a big mistake. RC is a slow battle, and the best way to improve is to do at least one passage every day from the moment you start studying until the day you take the test.

8. Start incorporating timed work early.

In the beginning, I recommend doing one timed LR section and one timed RC section each week with immediate review afterward. I personally tell my students to customize their blind review to only questions they missed or flagged but find a review workflow that works for you.

Part III: Improvement and Review

9. Stop worrying about finishing sections.

Unless you're scoring in the high 160s, I don't think you should be worried about finishing sections. If you're finishing a section and scoring 13/25, you're missing easy questions to get to hard ones. Focus on accuracy first because accuracy leads to confidence, confidence leads to speed, and speed leads to more questions finished.

Students always tell me, "There's no way I can get my goal score without finishing." My response is that I scored a 180 and guessed on the last question of one section because I ran out of time, so I humbly disagree.

10. Review is where your gains are made.

Too many people focus on quantity over quality. When you miss a question, you didn't make one mistake, you made two. You failed to identify the correct answer and selected the wrong answer. 

This applies to RC as much as LR. Most people review LR far better than RC, but reviewing RC thoroughly is just as important.

11. Lock the hell in.

You're competing against very smart people who are willing to commit hours every day to studying. 

12. But also, don't overstudy.

If you're training for a marathon, you don't run a marathon every day leading up to it. For most people, 1-3 focused hours a day, 6-7 days a week, with maybe one day pushing into the 3-5 hour range, is all you need. The key is that those hours are actually focused. Not studying while scrolling your phone or with a tv show on. Just pure locked in studying.

Something I hear often is, "I'm just too busy to study everyday." The harsh reality is that most people are busy and your competition is finding time to study. If you can't commit to studying consistently, ask yourself whether becoming a lawyer is really important to you right now.

Part IV: Applications

13. Stop rushing.

Everyone always has an artificial deadline when the reality is that you should be getting the best score possible. The LSAT and GPA make up the vast majority of your application, and you can take the LSAT up to five times. There is very little reason not to maximize your score before applying.

If you plan on taking the test, I recommend signing up for at least two administrations and after the first one until score release treat it like you failed. Unless you score drastically above your normal PT range on the first exam, you've essentially given yourself another month to improve.

14. Apply early, but don't sacrifice your score.

Applying early matters, but applying on day one isn't critical. Many schools sit on applications and review them in batches. If you can apply in September with a 165 or later in October with a 170, the choice is obvious.

Likewise, forcing an application at the end of a cycle because you "need" to go to law school the following year is a great way to put yourself into unnecessary debt. You don't need law school next year, and that type of thinking can get you into trouble.

15. Write the Why X essay.

When you apply, do the optional "Why This School?" essay. Schools are weighing these more heavily than they used to because they want to know whether you're actually interested in attending. If they're setting aside a seat and potentially scholarship money for you, they want to know there's a realistic chance you'll enroll.

Part V: Concluding Thoughts/Tutoring

Everyone's journey is different, and though it can feel very isolating at times, everything you're going through and feeling has been felt by countless other students before you.

I do offer one-on-one tutoring and admissions advice and have had great success with 80+ students. If interested, feel free to comment below or send me a DM.

If you found this helpful, please upvote it so others can see it and read through it as well.

(Update for September: still looking for new students so if interested message below or message me directly!)

Hello everyone,

I’ll be hosting a free LSAT Reading Comprehension study group tonight where we’ll work through a full passage and discuss strategies, common patterns, and approaches that consistently show up on the LSAT.

Just for transparency: I do offer private tutoring, but this study group is completely free and open to anyone.

I typically host these sessions every Thursday at 7:30 PM ET, and I’d love to have you join us if you can.

RC Study Group Thursday, June 18 | 7:30–9:00 PM ET

Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/dvz-wxnu-ger

Dial-in: (US) +1 240-366-5287 PIN: 873 992 246#

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Hi 7Sage community! I have a quick question on a concept/logic that I've been getting confused about recently in LR, specifically for causal stimuli.

I learned that one way to weaken a causal conclusion (e.g., A causes B) would be to show: when there is no cause, there is still an effect (e.g., even without A, B happens). However, I'm confused because the conclusion doesn't say that A is the ONLY cause. Hence, doesn't saying that when there is no cause A and we still see effect B not necessarily weaken?

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More concrete example would be:

• P: Children who play violent games have shown violent behavior.

• C: We can hypothesize that violent games cause violent behavior.

• Question: Which answer choice would weaken the argument above?

  • AC: Some children who have never played violent video games show violent behavior.

For this AC, my line of reasoning would be: we don't have the purported cause (playing violent games) but we still see the purported effect (showing violent behavior). Hence, the conclusion's causal relationship can be weakened -- this would be the classic no-cause, see-effect weakener.

But I'm also thinking: the conclusion did not say violent games are the only cause of violent behavior, which means the conclusion takes into account other causes. Hence, this AC does not weaken but rather has no effect.

Which line of reasoning would be correct?

This has been bothering me for the past few days -- I would love to get clarification. Thank you! :)

LSAC is not removing the pause button. Nor do they require an additional link to pause an exam. It's still located in the top right. Nobody asked for this extra link.

I can see that the old interface option is long gone from the drilling options, which is good because the June tests are officially over. However, the blind review interface remains that of the old interface.

I'm sure that changing it to the new interface is already somewhere on the agenda, as blind reviewing in the new interface can allow us to really get proficient in using its features.