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just took the exam. i felt good abt one LR section and my one (and only) RC section. i BOMBED the other two LR. i just know it.. in one section, i didn’t even get to the last two questions which has NEVER happens to me on a PT.. 2 pts down the drain for what. praying one of the horrific LR was experimental, but knowing my luck, the easy one was. God that was brutal. i’m so discouraged. don’t know how i could’ve prepared any harder.

It was my first time taking it😭. What should I do? I’m so scared because I know this score is going to suck major butt. A lot of it was anxiety, but I know schools see your score regardless of cancellation and I’m actually so scared aaaa. like it’s going to be a serious bomb.

Hi all, I am studying to take the LSAT a second time (took in nov and got a 162) and i'm re-studying from scratch using 7sage, after using the blueprint 170 course the first time. Please do not get blueprint. I am not advocating to get 7sage instead (although I LOVE it) #notspons but after studying using different platforms, I am truly convinced the lessons blueprint has set up to teach the LSAT from scratch are so counterproductive. they teach you 10000 terms to confuse you when it really can be simplified down, which 7sage and the Loophole book do really well. Just adding a PSA out there because I feel like i would have scored significantly better had I not studied with blueprint and used a different software.

** to each their own -- if blueprint worked for you, then that is awesome and I am happy for you and this is not a targeted post :) I just wish i had something like this before I invested $2k in the program just for it to not be as effective as some of the other ones that actually cost a lot less :)

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I’ve been studying for two months and started with a 152 pt diagnostic. I’ve since scored a 153 and 151 on pts but my accuracy in drills has just been declining. I tried switching to only drilling easier questions which helped but when I go back to doing sections my accuracy falls off again. I’m going back and restudying the fundamentals through 7sage and I feel totally confused and turned around by all the information about question and answer types in my head. I’ve been pushing myself to study 4-5 hours a day and I just feel like nothing is making more sense to me (I’m also doing tutoring and she’s told me to just keep doing questions untimed to practice internalizing the concepts but I’m just taking longer and longer to finish with less accuracy) I know I should probably take a break but I’m so nervous by how bad I’m doing it’s hard to, and I find myself sitting down to keep trying to push through more material every day or review old questions and watch explanation videos. My grasp of formal logic isn’t great and I’m trying to find as many drills and study materials related to that that I can.

Should I just keep doing untimed sections Ike my tutor recommends or should I go back and relearn the fundamentals through the lessons on 7sage or something similar? Has anyone gone through something similar, with a big drop in accuracy and time management the more you studied? Maybe I just need to take a break

...only for Prometric to call you just as you're arriving home to let you know you left your ID there and you live nearly an hour away.

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I took the LSAT a few years ago, when LG was still a part of the test, and the writing section had not officially moved to argumentative writing. I felt pretty good about the sample I wrote at the time. However, because of AI and increased competitiveness in admissions, I assume the writing sample is becoming increasingly useful to admissions officers. Do you think there is any benefit to taking the new argumentative writing (I just took the April LSAT)? Is it common to have two writing samples on file, and does anyone have any insights on how retaking it would be viewed?

welp. took my second (technically 3rd because i did a retake) LSAT and it’s my last one. this is gonna be the score that releases the hold on 99% of my apps and i feel super ??? dejected and like aimless? i’ve studied for this test for so long and i was supposed to take it months ago but they messed up my accommodations and i had to wait two months and when i finally took it, my proctor messed up my accommodations and i had to do the retake and it took a lot out of me and i under performed severely.

i sent out all my apps anyways and i know objectively my score isn’t AWFUL but it just sucks when it’s not what you were expecting from yourself.

i took the exam today (got an R from a school a few hours before) and the first LR was pretty good but i choked on the RC and had to guess for the last passage. the last LR was difficult but i couldn’t tell if it was just from fatigue or if the questions were actually hard (i’d guess a mix of both). but now it’s kind like… okay now what? i did all of this and obviously it’s not the end all be all, the LSAT is a means to an end but it just feels weird. I wish i could gauge how i did but i truly have no idea and am preparing for the worst. for my retake i felt absolutely awful after and knew i did poorly but didn’t think id get as low of a score as i did.

i basically isolated myself during the studying process and application process. i quit drinking, never went out, dedicated all my free time to studying and the rest of my time was spent working a full time job. and im young like i see all my friends with their “big girl” jobs and they’re already making money and on a path and i know the grass is always greener but i feel so stagnant. i know that i want to go to law school, there has never been a doubt in my mind but i didn’t think it would be this lonely.

i feel like i sacrificed so much for naught. which is totally my fault im fully aware of that. i did not need to do ANY of this. but i dunno. maybe someone feels similarly? i mean, for your sake i HOPE not, but selfishly it would bring me some solace to know im not completely losing my mind.

i have my exam sitting by my door, in the box, ready to be shipped out tmrw and it’s like damn, all that time and effort is in a stupid cardboard box and it’s all out of my hands now! i’m being a dramatic baby so feel free to vote this down and tell me to shut up. i know this is (mostly) post-exam existentialism and i give it a few days until i realize this is all insane and law school is law school and i would be lucky to go to any law school because it’s not really about what school you go to, it’s about eventually practicing law and i feel like it’s super easy to forget that when you get wrapped up in rankings, LSAT scores, medians, “softs” (like what the fuck do you MEAN t1 soft, t2 soft.. THATS NOT A REAL THINGNFNEHWHDHJEJ) etc etc. and i’ve let myself get away from my intentions and morality but man. it’s hard not to. but anyways. this was a lot.

i know that everyone on this sub is going to do great things in law if that’s what you aim to do—this score and test doesn’t mean so much at the end of the day if you don’t use it for good. so as long as you do that, follow your heart (so cliche i know, but trying to remind myself of the important stuff), then it’s all really just a means to an end and in a few years, if you’re lucky, you won’t even remember your LSAT score because the work you’ve done professionally and even personally will far exceed and outweigh the significance of a standardized test score. maybe this is “cope”. maybe not. who cares! floating rock and all that.

i just took the april LSAT at a prometric center and the dude next to me would not shut up. he kept sighing, laughing, muttering, etc to himself and it was so distracting even while using the earmuffs i was given. i felt like i ran out of time and couldn’t focus :(

First RC to me was easier—hoping its real. Last passage was a bit of a doozy

Second RC I was out of it and hoping its fake

Both LRs I found unusually challenging

Please

Such a smooth process I should’ve BEEN tested remotely. No tech issues, no idiot proctors. Smoothly and in the environment i typically study. Wow i seriously regret thinking the reddit sample of people with bad experiences was representative of majority. (Not to invalidate y’all)

RC-LR-RC-LR, first RC being italian impov and second being crows.

first LR felt great (had a question about GMOs and taxi cab fares), second i lowkey completely blanked and GUESSED on a question in the final seconds.

i scored 172 in february and have been averaging 177, with three 180s, on PTs since then. especially with the improv one being real, i fear i will go down in my score this time around :(

what's the vibe on cancellation for a lower score, even if the score isn't horrifically bad?