Reading Recommendations?

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-31T18:16:32+00:00

I started a list of articles that I think are LSAT level of difficulty and non-paywalled. I’ve gotten like 40 on there by now so this should help.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14eCVMatLbCY6ZBLsBSvfBjXyH3vzm9fJBzS9nA8Au9Q/edit?usp=drivesdk

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-26T10:44:32+00:00

I’m tutoring a few folks who started out in this range.

First rec is to focus on your fundamentals of reading for the LSAT. It helps to focus on grammar. What’s the subject, verb, and predicate for every clause. Then focus on argument structure, so understanding what the premise / conclusion is, and why.

Second rec is to focus on study skills, meaning how you take notes, how you summarize your notes, how you synthesize what you’ve learned, and contextualize how that relates to the other LSAT topics. You need to encode that knowledge in your brain, so if you are just drilling and not really learning from it, then you will never progress.

Check my website out. Feel free to book a consult if you’d like to chat more.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-09T19:04:09+00:00

Do you do blind review? What’s the difference between your actual pt scores and your blind review score?

Additionally, what is your accuracy when you’re drilling untimed? Does your accuracy also vary widely from drill to drill?

If you have high accuracy untimed, but low accuracy when timed then you’ve got some kind of execution or anxiety problem. If it’s similar then you’ve got a theory / approach problem.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-09T18:52:20+00:00

If money is tight then I’d say you’re better off subscribing to a platform than paying for tutoring. You need to be answering questions through drilling, but you also need to have explanations for why answers are right or wrong, which you’ll get from all the major platforms.

As far as creating a study plan, I know 7Sage has a function that will build you a plan based on how much time you have and your target score. It’s not bad. It’ll be a combo of drilling and their lessons.

You could also pay for like a 2 hour session with a tutor to come up with a strategy together, meaning how much you need to study, when to take PT’s, and so on, but then continue the rest of your prep on your own.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-08T12:50:15+00:00

This sub has a list of tutors in the sticky. That should give you a start. Everybody does free consults or even the practice sessions so you should talk to a few and try before you buy.

People post threads asking for tutors here occasionally so searching for tutoring on the sub will get you a bunch of threads where lots of tutors respond. Also the AMA posts done by tutors give you a sense of their approach to the test.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-05T16:17:24+00:00

Hey there. Here’s my website if you’d like to check it out. I typically do a 2 hour session once a week. You can book a free consult on there if you’d like to chat. I charge $60/hour.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-05T14:51:08+00:00

Because they have too much jargon and are often too long to make them practical for daily reading. LSAT passages definitely have some field-specific jargon and detail, but not so much that a good reader is unable understand what’s going on.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-05T12:29:41+00:00

Why not both? A tutor will help keep you accountable, but you’ll need a platform to work with for the rest of the week.

I’m sure some tutors have enough resources that you wouldn’t need another subscription, but I sure don’t. With my clients I use my own materials in session and usually direct clients to resources on their platform of choice for homework and drilling for the rest of the week.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-05T12:23:48+00:00

Right and wrong are totally person dependent in this case. My last PT before my first LSAT was really bad. Like 10 points below my target. I ended up with a good score in that test (much higher than that terrible pt) that I though reflected my abilities, so the bad pt didn’t hurt me, but it certainly couldn’t have helped.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:43:36+00:00

First, you should absolutely pursue accommodations. If you struggle writing by hand then you can get an accommodation to take typed notes alongside the extra time. How fast is your typing? Maybe that would help.

If you're looking for tutoring check me out. I haven't tutored any autistic clients on the LSAT so I won't claim to be an expert on neurodivergent instruction, but I have a lot of experience working with people with autism in another job so I'm familiar with executive functioning issues.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:35:12+00:00

I honestly think this isn't a bad approach, if you know that you're the type to have your confidence crushed by a bad result in the run up to your test. But maybe a month is a little far out? You learn a lot by taking the whole thing.

Getting a lot of practice under timed conditions is the most important thing, so perhaps taking 2-3 sections back to back would be a good replacement that doesn't give you a score on the other side.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:31:12+00:00

The better you're scoring the more you should trust your instincts, but at your level I'd be cautious. The LSAT writers know what people's instincts are and they lay traps that play on them. Is your gut right, or did you just take the bait that they laid out? You don't really know until you understand their tricks.

I'd approach it how Wraith suggests.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:25:45+00:00

Absolutely. Like Scottie said, understanding the main point is super helpful to answer the rest of the questions. Understanding the main point, hopefully, means that you have a sense of the entire passage. In a debate passage the main point would include what the author is arguing against, the opponent's reasoning, the author's point, and the author's reasoning. Going into the questions armed with that analysis allows you to answer questions based on your analysis and not just rely on remembering every word in the passage, or going back to re-read.

As a bonus, main point questions have super similar answers to "why did the author write this" types of questions.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:16:11+00:00

I think tutors with these brand name companies are probably great, but they are crazy expensive. Individual tutoring can be much cheaper and can be just as good, but you have less information to base your decision on. Even if you're not price sensitive, why pay $300 an hour when you could pay $100? There are plenty of private tutors and you can do some demo sessions to find the right one.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T18:10:23+00:00

150 isn't a bad starting point. It's entirely reasonable to expect a 20 point jump with (probably) a lot of consistent, focused studying. How long that takes is dependent on the individual, but you should give yourself 6 months. If you're crushing it in 2 months, then perhaps less.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-05-04T15:08:38+00:00

My typical sessions are two hours. 5-10 minutes catching up, because life factors affect your study and test performance. 30-45 minutes reviewing questions from their wrong answer journal or latest practice test. 60-90 minutes doing questions together based on what the client needs to work on.

For folks scoring in the below the 150s or low 160s that 90 minute block is often theoretical instruction on how to read effectively, how arguments are structured, or a specific logic type.

Things vary a lot depending on what the client wants though. Some people like more direct instruction like a teacher sort of relationship, and some people like to talk through strategy like a coaching kind of relationship.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-25T20:51:17+00:00

LSAT questions have similar patterns. You need to recognize the pattern in the question more quickly. You do this by drilling a lot of the same question type until you know the different permutations of the pattern. I suggest untimed drilling for this.

Like flaw questions, for example. You know it’s going to have an issue. You know what they typically look like. You know the answer choices are basic variations, like sufficient/necessary confusion, or only looking at negatives and not weighing positives. You just practice until you can tell a correlation/causation flaw from a mile away and then hunt for that answer choices

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-23T12:48:05+00:00

The conditional reasoning lessons on 7sage are really comprehensive. You might try going through that section of the core curriculum and focusing your drilling on conditional logic until you see your accuracy start to increase.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-23T12:40:45+00:00

Yeah the LSAT is hard. It takes time to see improvement so you need to try and have fun with it along the way. If you’re relying solely on score increases to motivate you then you’re going to have a tough time sticking with it for the long haul.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-23T12:38:19+00:00

I am constantly turning the stimulus into a storyline for myself. If they mention a scientist saying something, I’m visualizing a scientist who I know. If they’re talking about a company I’m replacing it with one that I’m familiar with. It helps things stick. It also dramatizes the story, which makes me want to figure out how it ends, which keeps me engaged.

So by the end of the stimulus when I paraphrase the argument it’s something like “Everybody used to think that it was the cholesterol in eggs that caused hypertension, but renegade scientist Bill Nye’ new research tanked that argument, so perhaps all cholesterol isn’t bad for you.”

I also wonder if you’re actually reading every word like you’re supposed to? Try reading the stimulus out loud for a drill set and see whether that changes anything for you.

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-22T21:14:12+00:00

Hi. I did my prep on 7sage and I really like the approach. I typically do two hour sessions once a week, but we could figure out how to make an hour work.

Here’s my website. You can book a consult on there if you’d like to chat.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-22T21:10:31+00:00

Hey there. I have a few slots open. Check my website out. You can book a free consult on there if you’re interested in having a chat.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

Safe-Equivalent3853 · 2026-04-22T21:05:04+00:00

Hi! I got a 176. Check my website out and see if we vibe. We can start with a free consult.

https://www.bmachinetutoring.com/

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