I'm struggling to close the gap between my timed and untimed scores. I'd like to study and explain my thought process to anyone who's studying. Would help with the anxiety and also help each other really solidify understanding of fundamentals to LSAT. Also, if anyone has advice on how to close the gap between timed and untimed, I'm willing to learn.

diagnostic 158 in may, but soon started scoring in low 160s in mid-june, and started scoring mid 160s in august, then haven't been able to get past this. on drills and section, i'm able to get into the high 160s and low 170s. other than a 173 on pt152 a month ago, the rest have been consistently in mid 160s since august, no matter how many different pacing strategies i try. tips on how to try to break into the 170s, preferably but not required in the next ten days?😅

I'm confused about MBT questions. I've noticed that the majority of questions I get wrong on LR are MBT, NA, SA, and Flaw/Weaken. So i tried to refresh on MBT, and realized I don't have a straight strategy for any of the MBT questions.

every question I've answered, has an answer choice were something had to be assumed. and I'm confused because we were told not to assume.

so how do we infer the correct answer choices from the given argument.

I'm also stuck on NA.

I've been treating NA as MBT, and before I used to do the negation test, it was too time consuming and it would just in general confuse me especially when I'm timed.

I've been scoring -11 to -13 on LR and keep getting -5 to -3 on the blind review of these sections.

Frequently missing the NA, Flaw (level 4 to 5) and MBT question types in blind review.

I'm a little confused and frustrated and don't know what to do at this point, I'm registered for the october test too. any advice?

Hi guys, I am looking for some advice as someone who has been studying for the LSAT for 9 months now, and I am taking my October LSAT on the 9th.

For context:

I started out with a diagnostic at 141, and took the April 2026 test and got a 154. This was around where I was PTing so it wasn’t much of a shock.

Following this test, I signed up for August and started consistently PTing from 158-163, and mostly between 161-163 a month before my test. I took my test in August feeling confident when I opened my score to see a 155. I was so confused how I could only improve by one point.

I ended up getting a private tutor since August until now, but for some reason I still can’t get over the mental block even when taking my PTs now. I often score 80% or higher on sections and drills. I average around a -3 to a -7 on my sections, when they are untimed (I have double time so it’s not much different than untimed) but for some reason I get bad nerves.

I know I can score a 165 and I have done it before, what do I do to close the gap? I have spent thousands of dollars and I feel like I am just wasting my time. Anyone have any advice for what to do to bridge this gap? My reasoning skills are there, but I just can’t seem to get it together when I take the test!!

Disclaimer: I have taken almost every single prep test available through Law hub and 7sage to the point the only tests I have left are in the single digits.

How's everyone feeling about September score release week? Please share thoughts as I am super anxious🫠

Hello! I'm aiming at the April 2027 LSAT and started the 7Sage Core Curriculum this week, so I'm right at the beginning of Foundations.

I'm on US Pacific time and study in the mornings but I'm flexible. I'd love to find people at a similar stage. What I'm really after is people to talk about and maybe compare blind reviews.

I don't know, but it can be a little isolating when you're the only person around doing this.

I think my main issue is timing strategy.

For the past 3 PTs, I've gone 164-168 timed and go ~175 in blind review. I've tried various LR and RC timing strategies (LR first 10 in 10, last five in 10, messy middle in 15; 15 in 15, 10 in 20; RC - reading passages in detail then questions vs. reading passages within 2 mins and spending more time on questions etc.). I have a preferences for strategies (LR - 10/5/10 and RC - more time on questions) but not sure how to close the gap.

For LR, my highest problem tags are phenomenon-hypothesis + conditional reasoning and i've drilled them but always trip up or take too long to diagram for the harder questions.

Feeling lost before the october lsat.

I noticed these are two separate tags on 7Sage and I'm not quite sure what the difference is.

When I was a junior and senior in high school, I was a councilmember on my city's Arts & Humanties council. I know the usual advice is to take anything from before college off of your resume, but I don't have much other relevant experience to include and thought that since this was an official government positions as opposed to some high school club, it might be worth including. Is it worth keeping on my resume for law school applications or should I take it off? How would law school admissions view it?

Should I send and continue to send LOCI's with updates to the schools I applied to even before I get a response and the review process is complete?

NON-DISCLOSED PRIZE REWARD FOR THE WINNER OF THE CHALLENGE 👀

Hey y’all,

I saw a post recently criticizing the modern LSAT landscape and, more specifically, the culture that has developed around 7Sage, particularly the ways people have tried to find shortcuts or gain an advantage outside of actually learning the test.

While I think the post is harsh in some regards, I actually agree with the bigger point.

I’ve been on these forums and in study groups, and I’ve seen how many people go through the process looking for a leg up — whether that’s paying for tutors, looking for people to take the test for you (RedNote), seeking accommodations that they may not actually need, or finding other ways around the process.

Meanwhile, I tend to laugh when I scroll through some of these posts.

I’m not saying everyone has to approach the LSAT the way I do. And I’m not making a judgment about people who legitimately receive accommodations. For this particular challenge, though, I’m specifically interested in seeing what happens when placed under the Test Desginers intended exam, with a fixed time constraint.

One thing I’ve realized is that I almost never get to actually watch someone operating at an extremely high level under a hard clock.

That’s what I’m trying to find.

I think there are people out there who genuinely appreciate the test itself, not just the final score. People who actually want to see how far they can push their reasoning ability and efficiency without looking for shortcuts.

So I’m reposting my LR challenge.

25 LR questions.

40 minutes.

You have to talk through your reasoning out loud.

And this isn't a normal PT section. It will be adaptive drilling.

One person will take the challenge live while everyone else can listen to their reasoning and follow along with the challenge dashboard. Nothing is recorded or publicly posted.

And yes, there is a non-disclosed prize for the winner. 👀

If you want to participate, I'll attach the original post with the full rules below.

https://7sage.com/discussion/62777/the-rough-challenge-announcement

Come test yourself. No shortcuts. Just the questions and your reasoning.

Hope to see some of you there.

https://7sage.com/join-group/cht_034JTOrU28fNaOLTO5TdOl

My bachelor's degree will be a 3-year one, and I am currently in my third year's first semester. My courses for this semester will be on my transcript in January 26. All else held equal (grades, work experience, LSAT score, etc.) except for the application timing and transcript, would applying in January 26 be better than applying now (given that my transcript is relatively bare right now)?

I know that even if I apply now, I can update LSAC about my transcript later on. However, I'm concerned that an AO would reject my application based on my shorter transcript before the new grades come in.

anyone whos been in a similar situation do yall have tips 😭 i am writing oct 10th and it is killing me to see this, and ive been having gaps like this every time i do a PT. i feel like atp im just a bad test taker idk

I'm taking the test in October and would love to squeeze out a few extra points if possible! Any tips are greatly appreciated!

I used to be able to click a magnifying glass icon after I completed a drill, section, or PT next to any question and it would display the question without opening the full tester application. Are we able to bring this back?

Hi all - I'm a bit confused about what differentiates the PSA and Strengthen question stem tag when the stem deals with a principle... For example, see below

• PT140.S2.Q15 - "Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to support the argument in the letter to the editor?" - tagged as PSA

• PT154.S2.Q4 - "Which one of the following principles, if valid, most strongly supports the editorial’s reasoning?" - tagged as Strengthen

These question stems seem to be virtually identical, except one refers to an argument vs reasoning. Is that the differentiator?

Hello! I'm currently scoring around the mid 150s on my practice test and would love to get to around mid 160s for the Nov test. Would love to connect with some to see how I can approve during that timeframe. Thanks!

I am a grad student-athlete hoping to get into law school (this year or the next depending on my November LSAT score). I took a practice test (timed with realistic conditions), and it was literally the hardest test I've ever taken in my life. I'm a smart student with a 4.0 for both my undergrad and grad degrees. I have no prep whatsoever in regard to the LSAT. Everything is really overwhelming for me right now, so any advice or guidance on where to even start would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to 7sage. I just finished foundation and now working through logical reasoning. I took thorough written notes during foundations but I am a little stuck on how to best take notes during practice questions. I understand that there are useful topics and lessons that I need to know from the practice questions, but it doesn't seem like the best use of my time to copy down every stem, stimulus, and answer choice to go through them especially since I'll be taking the digital version of the exam. Let me know what you all think! Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I am about two weeks out from the October LSAT and I fluctuate with where I wanna be (157-161), I continue to struggle with finishing RC on time. I get about half way through the 3rd passage before I run out of time and either try to skim the next passage or just guess. Any tips? How do you guys approach RC?

Unfortunately for this PT, RC was at the very end so I was pretty burnt out. Im not sure what happened to the 1st LR section but glad it was experimental lol.

Hey all, my biggest issue I think, a side from performance issues in LR which I think I can address, is RC.

For the record, I guessed on the first 5 questions in S1 and last 5 in 4. I am trying to prioritize the passages with the most questions to get the most bang for my buck.

Im pretty comfortable with my reading pace, it usually ranges from 3 to 3.5 minutes, maybe longer if there is science or law passage cause I like to bit more time on them, but I see a lot of questions that are over the benchmark by at least 1 minute that I think are really eating away at my time.

Usually implied questions, but I think I need to find ways to slowly shave off the time spent on some of these questions. Any advice or strategies that have been working for people? Right now im doing at least 1 RC section a day and slowly shortening my time limit from 45 minutes to 35 minutes just to get a bit better with my pacing.

Also, this is my first 160 and my first time getting a 4 on LR, so there is a silver lining I think!

I just received a couple of messages from an account created less than an hour ago saying that they are giving me free tutoring.

When I saw the message my mind immediately thought this was some sort of a scam because it shared its whatsapp number area coded China.

Has anyone received anything like this?

Hi! I did not expect to write 2 posts a day, but I am a curious potato so I had to ask.

I noticed that some analysis of questions show the bar to fill all 5 squares, but the average people who get the score is really low, or the percentage of people who get this right is high.

Is this normal? Or are they in the middle of collecting data for more accuracy?

I got a question right that I thought to be hard, but when I saw the analytics I was very confused.

Below is what I mean 😊 Thanks in advance!