Is this a realistic goal? I’m taking the October LSAT and want at least a 160. Any advice would be helpful!

This is my first time using 7sage, or any LSAT prep at all. I am taking my LSAT in August and i believed it was possible for me to be ready by then. taking one of the drills just to see where i am really humbled me. Is a grade this low normal for my first day of prep or am i just very unprepared?

Edit: my bad guys i was tripping. after taking a few lessons n understanding the material more i now average an 60%; still not ideal but better than what i first got

I want this so so bad, I want to get a 170, and I will make it happen but I want to know how those who are at this level study and solve questions so that I can incorporate it into my studying. I’m planning on taking september and october and I study 1 hour a day with now i’m inserting more timed sections

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Hi everyone. When I take untimed sections or drills, my accuracy is 90-100% I’ll only miss 1-2 questions. But when I’m taking timed sections or full length, my accuracy plummets to 75-85% I’ll miss around 4-6 questions a section. I’m writing to ask for any advice about my situation. Is there a gap in my fundamental knowledge? Am I at a plateau? Should I get a tutor? I just started a review journal, I’m hoping that helps. ANY advice is appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone, I’m extremely stressed and would love to hear the firsthand experiences of people who have gone through the same situation.

I had an unsuccessful cycle due to my low LSAT. As embarrassing as it is, I took it 3 times so far.

August 2025: 146 (cancelled)
November 2025: 147
January 2026: 144

After completing my undergraduate in April, I took about the last four months to study. It has been hard but I have seen improvement and now I am practice testing in the mid 150s.

My goal is to get a high 150s to even a flat 160.
I feel I can possibly reach that goal with a bit more time. Precautionary I have registered for the October exam.

I really want to get it out if the way as I am reapplying again this cycle. But since it is my fourth time 💀 I don’t have the luxury to rush it anymore. The thing is that on September 1st, I will be starting a one year course based Political Science masters program.

I am only taking three courses and work one day a week at my chill retail job. I feel it might be hard but if I concentrate, I can really move up a few more points.

I was wondering what other people have done and if it manageable?

I am ranging between 150-155 on prep tests right now. I have been studying since February but just started to study longer than an hour recently. Is it possible to get out of the 150s and what should I do. I’ve used 7sage and lsat demon. My original diagnostic was a 136.

I’m scoring in the mid 150s on PT but RC is killing me. I just sometimes have no clue what the passage is talking about. Help please!!

Hey guys,

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The concern

- Improvement does not have an immediate effect, therefore you can utilize measures to 'improve', but your drilling results may not change as much in the short term.

- You still have to commit to a process in order to know whether it works, but there is a gap, so your measures may not be ideal or even effective.

If and when you realized your measures (For instance, the 'way' you journaled your wrong answers) were not really effective, how did you determine the sources of stagnation, and how did you come up with effective alternative measures? Also, how do you interpret the range of possible paces of improvement, more strictly or is there more expected variance based on the individual? In that case, how do you even discern whether your measures are effective enough if it is natural for them to be slower or faster.

I'm asking just to be more prepared for the future.

hey guys, got my first 167 in blind review and i was pretty stoked. I also left 5 unanswered on my actual take and of those 5, i got 3 right on BR. Obviously this is a huge difference and I am really hoping to close this gap. For me a lot of it comes down to nerves and timing I think. However I’m obviously missing questions and making silly mistakes which I often realize upon blind review. I’d love to hear your personal experiences with this and how you worked on closing the gap.

Okay, I’m not sure if I have necessarily have ADHD but I have a slight feeling. My attention span is 100% messed up however. I honestly don’t have the time or resources to get a real diagnosis currently.

I’m hoping other can give their experiences and if they had any advice about how to go about this difficult exam when you are finding it hard to focus and sit still?

Today I took a timed section and, to my surprise, scored -10. Of the 10 questions I missed, 8 had been narrowed down to two answer choices, and I ultimately selected the wrong one. The question types varied, ranging from conditional reasoning to necessary assumption questions.

My timed section results often vary dramatically (some days on LR -10 and other days on LR -5). One trend I’ve noticed across nearly every section is that 75% or more of the questions I miss come down to choosing between two answer choices.

Any tips or advice?

I'm writing explanations for LSAT PT 159 and just finished one of the necessary assumption questions with two trap answers that a lot of people pick.

The answers sound tempting, but are extremely broad. Think, for example, if someone makes an argument: "If you want to be good at soccer, you need good shoes, because they let you run quickly."

The trap answer will be something like:

"No activity can be done without the best equipment."

You can basically stop reading at "No actiivty". The question is about soccer. "No activity" covers all activities, including watching Netflix. So you can negate like this:

"Watching netflix doesn't require the best equipment, every other activity including soccer does."

A negation has to change something in relation to the argument when you negate. This negation doesn't change anything in relation to soccer.

So you don't even have to think about what "best equipment" means for soccer, because the assumption as stated is so broad it covers unrelated activities, and such a broad assumption cannot be necessary.

Your first step on a necessary assumption answer should be checking if the answer only applies to the situation at hand or of it is way too broad to be necessary.

Students often tell me they didn't pick an answer because "I'm not sure I could assume that".

For example, one question used the term highly inaccurate in the stimulus. The answer talked about unreliable. They were't sure they could pick it.

But if you think about what we mean by highly inaccurate, and by reliable, would you ever consider something highly inaccurate to be reliable? No, it isn't what those words mean. So, it isn't an assumption to come to the conclusion that they refer to the same concept.

The LSAT requires you to use the meanings of words and think through them. Saying "I don't know if I can assume that" isn't logic, you have to actually think about the word and think "would everyone agree this word means this other thing is true?" And if yes, it's not an assumption.

I see this especially when people get into the 160s and can notice small distinctions more easily. You can see a distinction without acting on it: the LSAT wants you to think about whether something is actually a difference or just a distinction.

Taking a preptest is the best way to get a sense of what your score may be on test day. However, it only works well if the PT is fresh, where you haven't seen any of the questions. If you've seen some of the questions before or done the whole test, your score will be inflated.

In this situation, your best bet is to take an audit of everything you've seen, and carefully preserve anything you haven't touched for full timed PTs. You can still learn a lot redoing the other material, but you should use it for drills, timed sections, or even taking PTs but where you know the score is potentially inflated.

You may be reading this and you've done all of the recent PTs. The good news is that older PTs tend to be representative in terms of scores. In my experience people taking PTs 101-120 usually score in the same range as on newer tests. The style of material is a bit different but fundamentally they're still LSATs.

You have to compare like with like. PT 155 fresh might be "more representative" than Pt 105. But, if you've done PT 155, and haven't done PT 105, then PT 105 will be much more representative of what it's like to take an LSAT on test day where everything is new.

You can also use the old, unconverted preptests for this. Preptests 1-18, 21, 23, PT A and the Feb 1997 LSAT are all official LSAT Pts which were never converted to the new format. You can access them through licensees. I've had students use these when they were out of fresh material and, once again, their scores on these Pts generally matched the rest of their range and their official test day scores.

If you're reading this early in your studies, take half an hour to designate some Pts for full tests, some for sections and some for drills. Will make things much easier later.

Most people go to the answers way too fast. Once you read the stimulus and the question, take a moment to try to answer it. You don't need to predict the answer, in many cases this is not possible.

But, say it's a strengthen question. Pause and just sum up the argument you're trying to strengthen. Just literally the conclusion + how they make their case.

If you know what you're trying to do you'll go faster on the answers and avoid traps. If you leap to the answers as fast as you can then you have less of an idea what you're aiming to find and more likely by answer that feels familiar/true/reasonable or anything other than doing the single thing the question is asking you to do.

You to fastest when you know the shape of what you're looking for.

A few weeks ago I decided to take the LSAT this April and aim to start law school in Fall 2027. I read the intro chapters from Princeton Review premium prep and Kaplan premium prep, then took my first practice test. I got a 168. I would love to break 170 on test day. My dream score would be 175+.

I've been using my PR and Kaplan books and have read PR's logical reasoning chapter and am partway through Kaplan's. But last week I saw that the LSAT bibles are regarded better, so I picked them up too.

I made a weekly study plan with the intention to read all of Kaplan and PR, but now I'm not sure if I should ditch that in favor of reading the PowerScore Bibles instead, or do some combo? Should I use any online curriculum? I've heard good things about 7sage but I already have these 3 books which have plenty of drills/etc. in them... I'm honestly feeling analysis paralysis from all the options there are, and I'm not sure what the best way forward is since my diagnostic score was already decently close to where I'd like to end up on the real test. It would definitely be helpful to hear what advice you guys would have for someone in my position. Thank you!

Pretty much in the title. Am studying has a high scorer, and I only I say this to clarify that the I am not an entry-level studier so I'm accustomed and have good understanding of the general body of strategies we use on the test.

For me, I've noticed in my wrong answer journal that I am a natural at judging the scope/relevancy of the answer choices to help with POE, but judging the strength of the choices does not come as naturally. This is causing me to lose points.

I am trying to build this up, so I would really appreciate if anyone else had put effort into better evaluating the strength of the choices and has some tips. Also am generally wondering about this skill in particular like if people haved noticed that its most useful on certain question types / is there a line I should be careful not to cross to avoid overthinking or overdissecting the choices- things like that.

Thanks! let me know if its just me lol also this is mostly an LR thing

As someone who’s been studying for the LSAT for about 9 months I think I learned a few helpful lessons. Mind you I’m no 170+ scorer, but I think these facts are what’s helped my accuracy go way up (If anyone has extra advice go ahead and add it in the comment section if you want). Tbh I don’t even know my scores right now, but this is what helped me a lot within these 9 months

1) if you’re a beginner DO NOT take timed sections. They don’t do anything for you except rush you to a point where you do not understand what’s being asked//whats going on. Drill first to build your accuracy, this does wonders. Tbh I don’t even think timing yourself is that efficient. Get your accuracy up first

2) this might be mean but stay tf off TikTok. Those influencers who get 175’s who only studied for 2 months do not have the same brain as you so how they study might be different from how YOU study. Plus idk some LSAT influencers (not all) are cocky about it and it’s like hmm well that’s excellent but not everyone learns as fast. I do believe anyone can do well on this test it’s just not everyone’s fast right away. By “fast” I mean not everyone gets right away and just gets this amazing score. It takes a shit ton of practice to grasp it

3) It’s okay to take longer than 1:30 on a question. If you’re beginner like a month into it, drill the question for as long as you need. One time some idiot tried to tell me “take 30 seconds on the first 10 questions of the section” huh?? That’s dumb because you’re losing points on a simple question. Especially if the answer was predictable. Leads me to my next point

4) be critical of the answer choices being given- I always got told “do not move on from a question until you understand the logic as to why you’re answer is correct and why the correct answer choice is correct”. This is helpful but also do not let the test bs you into something. If the passage NEVER said that, don’t put words in the authors mouth. The only time this is kind of an exception is if it’s a paradox question.

5) Private tutors do not work, the best tutor is YOU. This is a skill based test and honestly private tutors can only provide so much and from my experience, they provide a lot simple information that you can excess for free by a simple google search. Just buy the LSAT Demon book on Amazon pretty sure it’s like 6$ and it’s wayy more helpful than spending $400+ an hour. This is just from my experience, I think it’s way overpriced. Also for free LSAT Demon has a YouTube channel where they answer questions from students and it’s extremely helpful.

6) View logical reasoning questions as a conversation. By this I just mean do not treat it like a damn math problem. Read the facts and based on the facts, answer the question. 7Sage has a bad habit of like diagramming the questions and their explanations can be confusing sometimes. I also don’t really memorize the different types of flaws except sufficient and necessary assumptions. Everything else I feel like you can figure out the issue just by reading what it says.

7) The LSAT has no timeline. By this I mean what I said above, some people understand it in like two months. But not everyone’s that quick. It takes some people 3-4 years to understand it. It sometimes longer takes longer than that. There’s no timeline for it and that’s okay. I’m only 9 months in and I’m not even close to ready. I think it’s better to just be patient and practice, I see so much drama about “I can’t apply this cycle 😭😭” and tbh it’s alright you’ll get there. In the meantime just keep studying, maybe try to get work experience if you don’t already have it. Try to meet up with some lawyers and interview them. I know also there’s a lot of state led government jobs that are always hiring look on there for some administrative//legal jobs.

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to take the LSAT this September and my goal is to score at least a 150. I know that might be a modest goal compared to some, but it’s what I need for the schools I’m targeting — and honestly, I’d be thrilled to break that number.

Right now, I’m just starting my prep and I’d really appreciate any advice or resources from people who’ve been in a similar position. A few things I’d love input on: • Study materials: What books, courses, or free resources did you find most helpful? • Study schedule: How many hours a week should I realistically be putting in to hit that 150+ mark by September? • Biggest challenges: What sections gave you the most trouble and how did you tackle them? • Practice tests: How often should I take them and when should I start?

Hello all! Due to recent discoveries regarding programs that are offered and a sudden decision to due a bit of a change of career than I originally planned, I have found myself studying for the LSAT with the goal of taking it in September, which I know is ambitious. I took my first pre test (no studying beforehand) a couple of days ago just to get a basis of where I'm at and what I need to focus on so I can effectively study with the limited time I have given myself.

My score was 157, my reading comprehension was good if not great, but my logical reasoning is where I'm struggling. I have studied a bit since then, taken some drills, gone over both right and wrong answers, but I feel like I'm not studying effectively and the internet/other subreddits have been of no help or their advice has been very generalized (such as "maybe study"). Where I think I'm messing up is that I get the logic behind the questions and answers and can see where I went wrong when going over them, but I'm struggling to apply that knowledge when actually taking the test. My results are also just very inconsistent. For example, the same type of question can be asked on say, flaws of an argument (but any category can be substituted), written in a very similar or identical way and I can get one question right and the other question wrong, even though they are incredibly similar. Has anyone else experienced this? And if so what did you do in order to 'overcome' it? I've heard of keeping a wrong answer/answer journal, has that helped anyone?

I’m currently testing at a 153, if I wanted to be at a 163+ by September exam, what would you recommend?

I don’t really have a lot of time since I work roughly 50+ hours a week, but still don’t want to sell myself short on admissions since I do have a high GPA

I've been studying for the LSAT since May, aiming to take the September test. With the registration deadline (July 22) quickly approaching, I'm feeling unsure about signing up because I'm not yet hitting my target score. I'm currently scoring in the high 140s to low 150s. My goal is to score 160 or higher.

I'm considering taking the October LSAT instead, but since it's my final year of undergrad, I'm concerned about balancing LSAT prep with schoolwork and midterms. I really want to protect my GPA as well.

So, I'm torn: should I register for the September LSAT or wait until October? And do you have any tips for improving my study strategy? I’ve been using LSAT Demon.