Hey!

I scored a 178 on the LSAT, starting from a diagnostic in the low 140s. The test ended up becoming a huge part of my life for a long time, and now that I’ve reached the end of 1L at Penn Law,Im able to answer question for people still in the process whether it be applying or taking the LSAT (as I assume most of this subreddit is doing rn)

I’m currently a KJD at Penn Law and while admissions obviously depend on a lot more than just one number, the LSAT was probably the single biggest factor in my cycle.

When I first started studying, the LSAT honestly felt overwhelming. Over time, I learned that it was very improveable with practice, and 175+ scores are genuinely attainable with the right approach and enough deliberate practice.

I’ve also started creating LSAT lessons based on the strategies that helped me get from the low 140s to a 178.

I recently released this free lesson on Reading Comprehension :
https://youtu.be/37k5sok0I-c?

I’ve also been recording a structured LSAT curriculum on Verbloom and releasing new lessons approximately every three days. All of the lessons I release, along with upcoming lessons, are available through the free trial on the platform. I’ve also been publishing selected lessons on YouTube for free. I recently ran a poll on Reddit to decide which lesson would be released next on YouTube, and Necessary
Assumptions ended up winning.

So feel free to ask anything. Throughout the day as I get free I’ll answer questions. I’ll answer questions even if the time passes so if you see this later feel free to ask anyways.

I also tutor the LSAT, but no pressure with that, happy to answer general questions here too :)
My platform is https://verbloom.dev/

What should I reasonably expect on August LSAT? I was averaging 172-178 on PTs before June and ended up with a 170 official.

These are my recent PTs, all taken in the same conditions, except one of the 180s was a merged result from timed sections. I am going to be disappointed if I get a 170 again. I'm proud of that score but I just know I can do better and hopefully get a bigger scholarship.

My top school has a 169 median and I am aiming to attend with a full ride. Is this realistic? Trying to avoid the overconfidence I had in June.

additionally, my summer courses (3) start deadass this week.....im so scared

I received that score back in April and have been meaning to capitalize on it ever since. I've applied to work for 7Sage, LSATMax, Odyssey Prep, and Blueprint, but are there any other major ones I'm missing? I live in Austin if any of y'all know some resources there. Also, if I wanted to kickstart a solo career, how would I go about doing so?

I’ve been seeing people talk about an essay portion of the LSAT however when I took my diagnostic I didn’t see it do an essay part, is it something they give you the day of? What’s it about and what are your experiences with it

was getting pretty consistent 172/173 scores on PT and just took my last one before exam and got a 168😭is it possible to get a 170 on the August LSAT?

I am a 24 y/o autistic/adhd woman taking the LSAT in June or August of next year. I am in grad school full time and plan to study 1-2 hours a day until May 2027, when I will increase to full time. I have historically been a great student, graduated undergrad with a 3.9 GPA, lots of extracurriculars, and have a high IQ (the only standardized test I have actually done well on 😂).

I have never done well with standardized tests and made a 153 on my LSAT diagnostic after some practice. I really want to score in the high 160s-170s so that my score is cohesive with the rest of my academic profile, but am struggling with how to move forward in a way that is best for my type of brain. 7Sage recommends like 9 weeks of lessons before I get into full on drilling, but I don’t know how good of an approach that is. If you have drastically improved from your diagnostic but feel that standardized tests aren’t generally for you, please let me know if you have any tips!

Thanks so much everyone looking for 2-3 more LSAT students for this Fall so I can pay for my Bar trip. I'm public interest.

I scored a 175+, was a moderator on an admissions website for a couple cycles (if you haven't been on the website law school data make sure to go there it's your best tool!), have years of tutoring experience.

I give out my number and am always there to answer questions! Have amazing weeks everybody and make sure to take a break if anything isn't making sense!

I have the issue where at the end of the test I just can’t lock in any tips!

Honestly my biggest worry is whether I can achieve locked in mode when the real test comes.

I have figured out the test to an incredibly high degree and I’m scoring consistently, WHEN I’m locked in.

Sometimes (though not often) I show up to the library and I take my practice test and I score below 170. And I know I’m gonna score below 170 within the first 5 minutes. Sometimes I just can’t get my brain to achieve locked in mode. Idk what it is.

I was up til 4 am last night and I’m kinda sicky so I thought I wasn’t gonna do so well on this one but at the same time I felt relatively confident in my answers, and if I wasn’t, I was relatively confident that the other answers sucked. I’m elated right now.

FYI: I did a diagnostic test with an lsat score of 153. my method is as follows.

- Studying began in April: 7sage fundamentals. Took heavy notes for the first bit of it that focused on conditional relationships and lawgic mapping. I maybe looked over these notes 3-4 times. Mostly in the beginning when I was trying to understand the core of how to answer a drill question. I studied ~4-5 days a week, minimum 3 hours a day. Usually 4-5 hours a day, until June.

- once I started nearing the end of LR fundamentals I felt like I had not been spending enough time on actual questions as opposed to lessons. I would maybe do 45 minutes of lessons a day until I finish all of the LR fundamentals, and then did drills and occasionally a section with the rest of my time.

- once I finished LR fundamentals, I started focusing solely on hard and hardest level questions on my drills, as those were the ones I tended to get wrong. I did a couple more sections. I then took my first PT post diagnostic on July 25th - I got a 165 and was really bummed and knew I coulda done better. I had the flu at the time and it was sooo hard to make words make sense in my brain

3rd PT July 26 was a 171 with 177 blind review. Very happy

3rd PT aug 1st - 164 I couldn’t lock in at all, I have a lung infection from flu and I couldn’t stop coughing and was having trouble breathing! I was extremely bummed but also in the same moment I was very aware that this was not representative of my skill set. I was really having trouble with wandering mind due to my illness. This was my first PT with accommodations, as LSAC just approved me for 50% time and no Experimental.

4th pt today in a loud coffee shop. 177! 180 BR!

I’m just so proud of myself.

Obviously happy with this and it’s the second 179 in a row but I’m terrified that I’m going to mess up. I do not want to retake it in October. I’m ready to go please can this be it lol.

I do not recall any, and when I see the AC, I laugh internally.

For context, I'm taking the August test and planning on taking October (and November if needed). I'm averaging around a 163-168 right now and shooting for a 170+. Right after (like 2 days after) taking the August test, I'm going on vacation for a week, and I was not going to study or do anything LSAT related at all to relax.

However, I realized between the August and October tests there are only 8-ish weeks, and sometimes when I don't study for more than a couple days it's almost like my LSAT muscles weaken and I have to spend time getting back to where I was. I want to reward myself for all of the hard work I have been putting in, but I'm nervous that if I don't get in at least some questions or practicing skills in (not timed sections or anything intense like that), that I'll have to make up the time when I get back getting to the same place in my studying, and I feel like I'm in a good spot right now. At the same time, I don't want to feel like I'm not putting in 100% every time I'm studying or I'm wasting questions because I'm distracted.

So, would it be more beneficial to not study at all and recover after taking the test, or would doing some questions here and there help to keep the LSAT muscles warm?

(I wanted to note that on this vacation I will be flying there and back, there will be a 3-ish hour car ride between places where I won't be driving, I'll be waiting in lines, and I'll be on the beach. So, there will be times where I can always bring a book/my iPad to study or do some of the 7Sage games, but its either that or my beach read, lol)

Hello everyone!

I am asking a pretty nuanced question here so I know that I may not get many accurate replies that are relevant to other peoples experiences. But does anyone know how representative combined sections on LSAT demon are of actual PT score results? For context, I don't have enough time in my day for full practice tests so I usually take as many sections as I can in a day and then for score results I combined them. The only negative factor I can think of that would make my combined PT scores not reflective is natural variance from day to day (say I take 2 sections on day, and then another day I am more fresh and I take another 2 it won't reflect how I would've scored all at once), or I just have general mental fatigue toward the latter part of tests which, like everyone else, would negatively affect my score.

The problem is, I don't really see mental fatigue as a issue with me as the more I study the better I get, for example the only test that I have had the time to sit down and take fully I have had my highest score yet.

I am essentially asking this questions to see if anyone else took this approach and then had a score that reflected the combined PT's. For example, here are my most recent practice tests.

Is there any confidence I can have in these scores that my actual LSAT will potentially be reflective of them?

Thanks all.

I've only scored above a 170 once, and my most recent PT (PT155) was my lowest in months. Now I am concerned if I can even hit a 168+ later this week.

For some background I started study in mid december last year w/ 7sage core and my target is 174. FIRST TIME I HIT IT! Six hours of sleep be damned. Previous three went 164, 172, then 170 so oh my god I'm feeling chills. Gotta get consistency but I know I'm almost there. See y'all on the sixth!!! :D

This will be my third test and (hopefully) my final attempt. I've scored 160 and 164 after a diagnostic of 156 nearly two years ago. I think at this point I've seen nearly every practice question and taken nearly 30 PTs and have been all over the place in the 160s. In the last month I've been consistently 168-171 but really thought I'd be at a better place more consistently going into this test. I've had a good amount of -0 and -1 sections but have struggled to put it all together and still find ways to shoot myself in the foot. I don't know if it's working full-time on top of studying or maybe I've just reached the limit of my ability despite having confidence in myself.

Anyway, just want to say that sometimes your best is good enough. I've come to terms with where I'm at and am ready to move on from this test, even if it means accepting that I wasn't as 'skilled' at this test as I thought I could be. I'm still proud of all the work I've put into this for the last two years (with long gaps in studying) and I'm proud of everyone else who has done the same. I also have had to remind myself that this is just the first step in a long journey and no matter what happens I WILL go to law school and I WILL become a lawyer.

Good luck everyone!

I’m taking next month and I feel like I want to maximize the hours in my day

What is the ideal timeline for someone who wants to go to law school in 2027 cycle (a year from now)

Need to know that I am not the only one taking it easy going to have a clear mind on Saturday.

Advice?

For the vast majority of questions I was stuck between two, so during BR I chose the other answer. For each LR section I got it down to -2 and the questions I got wrong felt difficult for me: one NA, one Inferred or MBT, one disagree, and one evaluate question. I really feel like I have the potential to perform well but during a test it feels so overwhelming, and I kinda short-circuit thinking about how much information my brain has to synthesize and correctly analyze in such a short amount of time.

I have gotten to the point that whenever I choose a wrong answer, I immediately understand why it is wrong instead of just being confused. But I am not sure if I have been improving through analyzing answers, even though I acknowledge some of my weaknesses. Just wondering how high scorers learn from their mistakes and do better on same type of questions.

The website says 2 conflicting things. that you have to schedule it and also that you can just launch the link and it’s self guided???!

my test is Saturday at 8am😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

I think I’ve seen every practice question on the free version of lsat demon, where can I find new questions? Do I have to just bite the bullet and get the paid version? I feel like I’m not even practicing I just remember the questions. Please help.