Hi,

I am currently studying for the August 2026 LSAT. I wrote the Jan 2026 test and scored a 157, and I am aiming for a 165 this time around.

I am currently scoring around a -5 on RC sections (I am happy with this), and around a -5/-4 on LR.

However, I wanted to get some advice as to how I can continue to improve on LR, ideally I can reach a consistent -4/-3.

I've noticed that during timed sections, I will usually get 1/2 easy question incorrect, followed by 2/3 hardest level questions incorrect. During BR I will get it down to -1/-2.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the most efficient way to close this gap?

I am currently drilling my priority tags, doing around 3 timed sections a week, and BRing everything I do.

Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide.

Thank you in advance.

I have been studying for just about a year. I've taken it twice (both rushed) so now I am finally taking my time. I have been just doing drills recently with an average of a 160 equivalent so i am feeling pretty good. That being said, I want a 160. I've got 7 weeks. Help!

I just got the best score (-1) that I've received on a drill section ever! I recognize this is only a section and not a PT, so it's not reflective of what I'd get overall, of course, but I'm sharing because I'm proud of myself.

For context, my first PT was 157. I'm aiming for a 160-165 on the test in August. I'm planning to test in October, November (if that's possible to take it again so soon - let me know if you know lol), and December as well if needed.

I am just curious—if this were to be the case—how much time would LSAC give? I would think at least 6 months to 1 year notice, simply because of how much prep goes into studying, but I don't know how much time historically LSAC has given for changes. Anyone have any educated guesses or ideas?

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Hi!

I have a little problem with the practice block breakdowns. When you choose your study schedule, ie 3-4 hours a day, it generates a block for that amount of time. That being said, what is counted in that time is only the drills/sections assigned. The issue comes in when reviewing the drills/sections. Reviewing takes about the same amount of time, 3-4 hours, if not significantly longer. There's no day in the study block allotted specifically to reviewing missed questions over the course of that study week. So, with the review, the 3-4 hour schedule finds itself becoming closer to 8 hours of studying per day. Is there a way to update this in order for it to account for review hours? If I were to set my study goal higher, it would only affect it by including 4 more hours of drills/sections, and not any time for review.

I can LR drill all day until the cows come home. 100-75% accuracy on individual drills regardless of question type.

As soon as I start a section, my brain goes kaput. I average around -12 on LR. I literally do not know how I keep forgetting the lessons learned or put the whole picture together. Advice to overcome this issue?

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Hi, I'm currently studying for the LSAT and have been scoring in the 150's and my goal is 170's by September. I've been wanting to work more on timing in the reading comp section and just more in depth of some logic questions. I preferably would love to meet in person or on zoom, and make it a commitment. Please reach out if you are in the area or have similar aligning goals

Hi all, I'm about 2 weeks into my studying with a 151 diagnostic, planning to take in September. I have been solely focused on LR right now and watching fast track videos, along with J.Y's LR Basics series on YouTube. I have been drilling about 5-10 LR questions a day as I become more familiar with the different types of questions.

When should I start taking practice tests? I know that's an important part of studying but I don't want to just "waste" practice tests when I haven't even looked at RC yet. Just curious when you started taking more practice tests and at what frequency. Thanks!

So I took my first PT (not my diagnostic, but after about 2 weeks of studying) on June 6th. I just took my second PT today, after a little under a month of studying, and improved by 2 points from the PT on June 6th. Is this normal progress? I plan to take the LSAT in September, so I'm just wondering if there's something I should be doing to speed up my progression.

Hello,

I finished the curriculum and started to take real RC sections and smaller sections. I find that I’m wildly overconfident in how I thought it was going to go, often not really questioning whether I got more than 1 wrong per section but still usually ending up in 160 range with obviously more than one wrong. With Blind Review, I can normally get almost all of them right.

How do you bridge the gap to what you score in Blind Review? It just feels a bit useless since it’s pretty easy to come up with the answers after having considerably more time with the passage. It’s clearly nice to figure out where you went wrong but it’s hard to see how valuable it is just to revisit the passage again and have additional time.

Does anyone have tips or other resources they used to help bridge the gap/get things right on the first attempt? I’m probably 2 months into studying with a goal of low 170s in September and October dates.

Hello 7sage team, I ask this purely out of curiosity, but what's with all the new features? Don't get me wrong, I love them and I want them to stay but I'm just curios where the innovation is coming from. If 7sage has been around for 13 years, why add all this stuff now? Did you guys get funding from somewhere, did you hire a new awesome computer science guy, or just trying some stuff out? Also while you are here reading this and you are currently adding study games.....I do have a previous post about something that could be a RC study game nudge nudge wink wink.

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Hello , I've been tracking why I've been missing answers and so far it's either because I was down to two answers but chose the wrong one or I have no idea what the stimulus is talking about . Is there a way where I can learn to comprehend well on harder stimuluses especially the ones where I have no interest in that said topic? I feel like if I can just learn to comprehend on harder stimuluses I can reach my goal score. Any tips and tricks if anybody struggled with the same thing ?

I am starting this post by admitting that it may be a stupid question (or not I am genuinely torn on this) but would it be wise to use scratch paper on the LSAT? I am taking the test in August 2026 and it will be on a computer. I know LSAC has stated they will provide a pencil and scratch paper but would that just waste time? Is it reasonable to study with no paper and pencil? Im afraid I will just waste time by writing but I also believe my accuracy could go skyrocket if I wrote down the logic instead of trying to sort it out in my head? Please give me your advice.

For those who have taken the Argumentative Writing section for the June LSAT, what timeline did you have your submission approved or cancelled?

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I know that knowing complex vocab that sometimes appears isn't always necessary for answering a question, but similar to the new games can we get one that is based on lsat vocab?

Hi all,

I'm in my mid 30s and from Toronto, Canada. I got my degree 4-5 years ago and I have been working at a law office for about 14 years with extensive community involvement as well. I applied to law schools at 3 different years and honestly my mistake was the first one I was not fully ready and I think I applied a little prematurely and second time, I did not make too many changes to my application, I then made some changes and applied a third year and every year, I got waitlisted by the law schools I want to get into, but never got in. One of my biggest issues was my LSAT score which was 157, not great.

It's been 2 years now as I had given up, but I'm now thinking of trying the LSAT one more time and see if I can get into the 160s, which I think would help me (with a better application), get in, although LSAT is one test I've always struggled with and my highest mark was always the logic games, which are gone now.

Wanted to see if applying now, for a fourth time potentially, after a couple of years away, with a better application and LSAT score (hopefully), will give me a good chance or would this be a waste of time at this point? I work full time and another part time job so I only have maybe 1-2 hours a day to study so I'm thinking of doing the LSAT later this year to give myself time to re-learn from beginning.

Any tips and/or similar stories are welcomed.

Thanks!

Hello,

I have completed the 7 Sage Study plan including the lessons and felt it helped me greatly. While I have not yet received an official score, I have improved from a 155 blind PT to averaging 168-172 on PTs and Drills.

I am now at a point where I score -0 to -3 on LR and average -3 on RC (both need improvement).

I attribute much of this improvement to the study plan generated by 7 Sage which I strictly followed until my September test. After completing the plan and getting to a high level, I am wondering if it makes more sense to generate a new plan, or study using my own plan/schedule (within 7 sage).

My self-generated study plan has been to complete 1 section a day (alternating between LR and RC) and then drill any question types I got wrong as much as my day allows (I work). I also plan to start taking PTs on the weekend (something I typically do not look forward to but need to get in the habit of). While I've seen improvement, primarily in my RC, I question if I could be improving at a faster rate using the 7 Sage generated Plans.

Of course, no matter how I approach questions, I always review deeply those I got wrong or was unsure about. I feel this is the most important part of LSAT prep.

Does anybody, particularly with insight into how the study plans are generated, have a recommendation or can provide clarity on if it is actually more efficient to use the 7 Sage generated plan after completing one "round" of it?

I plan on taking August & September and feel every point is worth the struggle (be it for admissions or scholarship) until that date.

My undergrad GPA is not amazing, I had a couple bad semesters and ended up graduating in 2020 with a 3.25 (LSAC, ugpa was a 3.45)

I then went back to school for music and a paralegal certificate a few years later. My post-grad GPA is currently a 3.87 (I still have two terms left, but I plan on hopefully keeping it up!)

Will law schools take into consideration this higher and more recent GPA when applying? I am pretty worried that my LSAC GPA is going to ruin some chances..

Hi there,

I just wanted to be sure - Do we NOT have an option of highlighting text on RC passages on the real test? We do have that option on 7Sage as we take RC drills.

I just took this screenshot from LawHub. Also could someone confirm the scratch paper policy in general for the tests - In-Person as I understand remote testing is not an option anymore.

Grateful for the clarification.