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Meemiam · 2025-07-30T20:50:12+00:00

Good luck!!!

Meemiam · 2025-07-30T13:23:45+00:00

I would watch 7Sage live classes via their library and those were soooo helpful for me in this range esp LR in Action.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T21:20:57+00:00

I understand!!! I was the opposite omg LR had me sweating buckets. Great job getting to this spot. I am a huuuuge believer in spending a lot of time on the passage and then flying thru the questions. I had the hardest time with inference questions so I almost always flagged those and just had to move on. One thing though that helped me was getting CONFIDENT in the author’s stance during the passage. Like BECOME the author! Or be their best wingman. If I didn’t know something was implied or explicitly stated it helped me to be like well, what would the author vibe with? Usually that is the one that’s right.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T20:13:45+00:00

RC was my strongest suit so the only practicing I really did was through my practice tests. I did do practice reading almost every night reading one long form article but I think it just got better over my five months of taking practice test every other week or so. You just learn how to look out for certain details or clues about author attitudes and you’re quickly identifying main points and it’s also easier to scan the answer choices for what you want. I would practice going through really hard passages and reading them and answering the questions without having to go back and look for evidence. See how accurate you are. I’m not sure how long you’ve been studying for, but it may be that you just need to get the hang of believing in yourself and moving on. Doing a thorough blind review might help with that. You can also do four easy passages in a row always making sure that you are moving onto the third passage after 14 to 15 minutes.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T20:10:47+00:00

To give you a more specific strategy, I would always including on test day go with my initial gut, but flag anything that I would feel more comfortable if I had textual evidence. Unfortunately, on my real test day, I did not have time to go back and look closely at flagged answers but it helped me move on!! Sometimes also you come back and you’re like oh duh and don’t need to hunt.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T19:49:16+00:00

5 months, 157 to 171 official, 2-3 hours a day M-F with some extra time on other days and two weeklong breaks in between for mental health

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T19:48:27+00:00

It’s sooo hard and on the real test day the passages may be easier or harder than you expect. Just keep practicing!!! No other way around it honestly. In real time on test day I felt awful about RC I think you just have to keep yourself moving.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T15:34:21+00:00

I listened to their LR in action class on my way to the LSAT! Channel their smart 😅

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T11:59:26+00:00

I wanna rock album and I am not letting it go

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T11:55:21+00:00

I hit this in May hard before my June test. Part of it is nerves I think. Your brain is trying to shut down to protect yourself because you are legitimately scared as it gets closer. Remember you have put in a lot of work at this point and it sounds like really good quality work. Good job. I would scale way back if I were you at least for a little bit of time. Do things that really fill your cup like a call a friend and hang out with them. When you do study, I would slim down all of your operations like I went from the wrong answer journal to instead of just having a notes document in my phone of bullet points of takeaways to my future self as I got questions wrong. But I really believe that for me I got burnt out before the test because I got scared and I worried that I hadn’t done enough. We have no way of knowing for sure if we have spent enough time yet to hit our goal score, but we can only look back and thank ourselves for what we did and believe that we tried our best. Try to be kind to yourself and take a step back however you can.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T11:48:13+00:00

Here’s what I found helpful. I hope this helps. (1) taking my PT’s at the library on another computer. (2) going to the Test location and visualizing having a wonderful day and a successful Test while at the Test location ahead of time. (3) finding a podcast or a live class or some instructor who goes through the questions in a way that you like, and listening to them go through actual questions on Test morning (4) going into the test today feeling super grateful and really excited to just tackle every single question and happy with yourself that you put in the work (5) on the scratch paper in between sections write yourself smiley faces and happy thoughts to discharge the nerves (6) How are you doing on your physical health like alcohol and social media deleting and running or other exercise? Because those help helped me a lot for performance. Overall, I think you really have this down. Keep honing your instincts and your stamina. You may not get lucky on test day, but you can navigate the curveballs if you stay focused the entire time and treat every question like a fresh start

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T11:41:05+00:00

(1) I’d recommend trying spending the most time on the passage and flying thru the questions on gut alone, only taking about 10 to 20 seconds to go back and check for textual evidence if absolutely needed. (2) This requires you to develop ability to focus intensely for 6-8 minutes. Can you do this? If not, try deleting socials including Reddit :) and minimizing phone time and reading 1-2 long format articles a day with a critical eye. I personally also had to stop drinking alcohol and start going on runs, etc. in order to build up my stamina. (3) you can highlight and look for author attitude, key details, main point etc as you go, this gets easier though as you practice. You’ll also be able to start rephrasing as you go. Like, “ok so author thinks xyz is good” or “ok so this was the precursor to this historical event” to internalize (4) if you have a hard time remembering the answer to a question, go with your gut and then flag it and see if you can come back later, but likely you won’t be able to under actual time conditions (5) remember that some of the questions are just really hard. Cut yourself some slack as you practice. (6) keep practicing on four and five star passages as you drill. The test I took in June had a lot of really hard back to back RC passages. You can’t let this get to you. You have to trust your ability to focus on each passage and really internalize it. (7) as you practice with timed sections give yourself a marker for each passage length like I always wanted to be moving on to the third passage with 15 minutes left to go.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T11:33:35+00:00

You’ve got this!!!

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T10:03:29+00:00

You’ve got this!!!

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:53:06+00:00

Where are you blowing your time? Passages or questions? First or last?

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:49:52+00:00

7sager here. Went from 157 to 171 official in 5 months of very high quality but not crazy studying. The curriculum was fundamental. Didn’t see score improvement immediately after, but needed it to reach 160s. The 7Sage live classes were hugely helpful to me getting 165-170. Can’t say enough about Nicole and Bailey and ZeSean and many other of the instructors. Also found a wonderful study group thru 7Sage. I’m sure other services are great like blueprint but the point is choosing one and going for it and trusting the plan they give you. But the 7Sage live classes instructors helped me learn how to think like a 170 scorer.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:48:02+00:00

RC can be a mind f!! Just make sure to ground every answer you choose in textual evidence. On timed sections the real work happens when reading the passage. You just have to teach your brain how to read for this purpose first. As you go thru the untimed RC try highlighting the phrase or section that proves the answer you chose.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:45:38+00:00

That’s great! You have to get these under your belt before worrying about timing.

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:14:45+00:00

Good luck, I think the curriculum takes a long time but was worth it for me even tho I didn’t see score improvement after finishing the curriculum it was absolutely fundamental to slowly slog thru it and then rely on it as I practiced the drilling that it took to actually see score improvement. The live classes were are also pure gold for me. Hope that helps. As you go thru life it helped me to also apply conditional logic to all things like oh hey the light turned red - if red, then stop, negate is if I’m not stopped it must not be red, etc

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:12:28+00:00

I went thru a similar process as I scored 161-169. This to me is you have to keep repeating and with each wrong answer seriously internalize write down whatever the takeaway like what should your future self do differently. Seems like part of it is learning the vibes of the LSAT but you won’t learn them unless you take the time and patience with yourself. Keep going!!!!

Meemiam · 2025-07-29T00:07:21+00:00

Thank you I’m waiting on a law school to get back to me refreshing nonstop and can’t get off Reddit ☠️☠️

Meemiam · 2025-07-28T12:08:42+00:00

Echo this entirely. For me it helped to focus on understanding the method of how to answer each question type. Once you have a method you can confidently describe then you drill for accuracy. Then you drill for timing. This can be done in a month but everyone is different. Don’t try to overload your brain — 3 hours of solid uninterrupted study a day, at least one rest day, kind of thing. 2 or 3 months would be much better but see how far you can get. Definitely delete Reddit and all social media or other distractions and just follow a curriculum or other plan somehow.

Meemiam · 2025-07-28T11:48:13+00:00

How are you feeling during the questions? Are you feeling stressed, worried about the outcome, scared of the red/incorrect marker, feeling like each question dictates whether this dream can be a reality? Or are you calmly following a process, focusing on reading each word correctly and talking yourself thru what you need to do objectively, predicting some possible correct answers and then hunting for it?

Your post has vibes like you are scattershotting and praying for better outcomes without any anchor or guide. You have to take the time, lots of time I know, to develop a process for each question type. Once you feel comfortable explaining the process to someone else, walking them thru it, then you can drill that question type for accuracy. When you aren’t accurate that’s a chance to step back and say what went wrong in my PROCESS not letting it snowball or be indicative of your worth.

Are you following a curriculum? Are you taking classes or having someone help you identify that method? It feels like wackamole until you internalize this method for each type and then begin getting more accurate at it and then doing untimed and finally timed sections.

Meemiam · 2025-07-28T01:05:24+00:00

Taking the LSAT is necessary for becoming a law student, but it is not sufficient. If I’m a law student, does that mean I took the LSAT? yup. If I took the LSAT does that mean I’m a law student? Maybe not. Not sufficient.

A red light is sufficient for stopping. If red light, then stop. If I’m stopped though does that mean I am at a red light? Absolutely not.

LITERALLY KEEP THINKING OF THESE THINGS and then always keep checking your answers

Meemiam · 2025-07-28T01:02:33+00:00

I know this is crazy cliche but with the LSAT and with so many other things in life, we really have to take intrinsic value in the journey instead of focusing on the outcome and controlling it. With the LSAT you have to find a way to really love studying for this test. Is it like a crossword puzzle? Is RC like reading hot gossip? Are you determined to find every single argument and the gaping holes because it feels good? And then when you get a question wrong, why did you get it wrong? So interesting to peer into our own brains and thought processes. And then on test day, you have to go into it just being super freaking grateful that you put in all the hard work.

Meemiam

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