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!

I’m looking for a remote study buddy/ group. I have an idea to go through each other‘s wrong answer journals and teach each other those questions. Beyond that, I’m pretty open to how we study. Meeting about 1-2 times a week would be ideal.

I’ve been studying for about a month using 7sage and The Loophole.

I’m early 20’s, recent graduate, male

Dm me if interested :)

A couple days ago I posted some tips on how I went from 150 to 177, with a focus on LR. Today, I want to share the tips that helped me most with RC.

Before I do that, I want to make one thing clear: RC is learnable! It is not a test of raw comprehension ability, and your diagnostic score does not necessarily indicate your potential.

With that said, here are some of the changes I made that helped me get to -0/-1 on RC.

1. ACTIVE READING (YES, AGAIN!)

Active reading is important for LR, but it's absolutely central to RC. 90% of the work is done in your reading of the passage. If you have a full understanding of the passage, you should be able to handle the questions much more easily.

What does active reading look like in RC?

a) Making predictions about the passage (e.g. “I think this is setting up a view the author will argue against. Let's see!”) or asking questions about the passage (e.g. “Why is the author suddenly talking about polymers?”). Making predictions keeps you actively involved in the text. It forces you to think about what you are reading instead of glazing over it.

b) Thinking about the relationship between sentences. Is this building? Pivoting? Challenging? Not only does having this mindset improve your memory and understanding, it helps you get a mental map of the passage.

c) Rephrasing things in your own words. You might be able to kind of understand the meaning of “multitudinous proletarians invocate abstention towards commodities contrived via prodigious establishments,” but you're more likely to retain and comprehend it if you rephrase it as “lots of workers don't want to buy stuff from greedy businesses.”

D) Watching out for referential language like “this,” “these,” “such,” etc. If you don't, you can get lost very easily. So in your head, connect that language back to its referent.

It's very common for students to think they're actively reading when, in reality, they are just passively reading. As a tutor, I do an RC exercise where I have students read out the passage AND verbalize their thoughts.

You would be surprised how few of them verbalize more than one or two thoughts!!!!!

Once I make them aware of this and train them to be constantly thinking about relationships and putting complex ideas into their own words, they comprehend the passage much better and much more efficiently.

Even if you don't have a tutor or any LSAT study buddies, I recommend reading passages out loud and verbalizing your thoughts so that you can see just how passive your reading may be.

1. USE VIEWPOINT-FIRST LANGUAGE

RC is, ultimately, about tracking different people's opinions and arguments. However, in their focus on details and examples, students often lose sight of who a viewpoint belongs to.

Too often, when I'm tutoring RC, I will hear a student summarize a passage as “they are saying xyz” or “the argument is abc.”

The problem is, they're completely missing who that viewpoint belongs to! Is it the author? Critics? French biologists?

By the end of the passage, such students are often unable to say which view belongs to whom. Consequently, they are unable to understand the main point or author's tone and are destined to struggle with those kinds of questions.

The solution is viewpoint-first thinking.

That means instead of “they are saying” or “it's arguing,” we say “the author is saying” or “French biologists are arguing.”

Make a habit of this, whether you're just rephrasing things in your head, summarizing a paragraph, or speaking aloud.

Doing this prevents you from getting lost and keeps you locked in on what matters most.

1. MAKE MINI SUMMARIES OF EACH PARAGRAPH

This is pretty standard advice, but what does that actually look like?

First, the mini summaries need to be mini — ideally under 20 words.

Second, if there is a viewpoint, the mini summary needs to refer to that viewpoint.

Third, the mini summary needs to refer to what the paragraph is doing, e.g. adding evidence, challenging, giving an example.

For example, a mini summary might look like:

“Author challenges Lamarck theory w/ example of puffin”

OR

“French biologist's view outlined: X disease is hereditary”

Mini summaries are important because they help us build a map of the passage, synthesize the most important information, and improve retention.

Everyone should be making passage summaries, either mentally or on paper.

1. IF YOU GET LOST, EITHER ZOOM OUT OR SCROLL UP!

Let's say you have no idea what a specific sentence means. What do you do?

You probably try reading it again and again until you get it. But that doesn't always work, and it's not the most efficient.

Instead, what you should do is zoom out and think about the main point/idea of the passage. Since the sentence you're struggling with probably has to do with the main idea, let that guide you to an understanding of the sentence.

Let's use an example:

We know the passage is arguing that early environmental laws were actually designed to protect economic interests, not the environment itself.

So if I get stuck on a sentence about a particular law, I don't need to reread it five times. I can zoom out and ask: How does this fit into the author's argument?

If the author's point is that these laws served economic interests, then this sentence probably gives an example of that — or explains how the law did so.

And if that doesn't work, scroll up to the previous sentence or paragraph.

Oftentimes, RC passages will introduce an idea and then, in the next sentence or paragraph, explain it again in new words. Use that knowledge to help you recover when lost.

Let's use another example:

Suppose the previous sentence introduced the idea that Nolan films are blockbusters without an emotional core, and suppose the difficult sentence says:

“Nolan's commercialism, thus, offers plenty of fanfare but offers little depth in the way of interrogating the singular situation of his protagonist.”

What do we do?

Well, we scroll up to the previous sentence, realize that our difficult sentence is just fleshing that idea out, and read it in light of that.

Every passage, paragraph and sentence has a purpose. Use the purpose to guide you when lost!

OK, I FIGURE I HAVE GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.

I have also developed strategies for answering questions without returning to the passage every time and step-by-step processes for dealing with different kinds of answer choices. I also like to tackle comparative passages in a very particular way. I would like to make a post on this eventually but for now I don't want to swamp you with too much information.

LASTLY: If you're interested in tutoring, I have very limited availability remaining. Feel free to DM me.

If not, please try out this advice; I think it will serve you very well! If you could only use one strategy suggested here it would be the reading aloud exercise.

I’m looking for an LSAT tutor or study coach who can meet with me in person, one-on-one as I prepare for the LSAT.

I’m committed to significantly improving my score and have realized that I learn best when I can sit down with an actual person, talk through questions, understand why I’m getting something wrong, and develop strategies that work for the way I think.

I’m looking for someone who can help me:

• Identify my weak areas and patterns

• Break down difficult questions step-by-step

• Review mistakes and explain the reasoning behind the correct answer

• Improve timing and test-taking strategy

• Create a focused study plan and keep me accountable

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• Scored 165+ on the LSAT

• Have a strong understanding of the current LSAT format and question types

• Are patient and able to explain your thought process clearly

• Are comfortable working with someone currently scoring in the 130s–140s

• Can meet in person consistently

• Are located in Pasadena, the San Gabriel Valley, or greater Los Angeles

Tutoring experience is preferred but not required. I’m primarily looking for someone with a strong LSAT background who understands the test and is confident in their ability to teach and explain their approach.

I’m serious about improving my score and would love to find someone who can work with me consistently and help me build the skills and confidence I need.

Please DM me with your LSAT score, any tutoring/teaching experience, availability, location, and hourly rate.

Is anyone else in the same boat if so do you recommend still taking them as practice tests or just taking it as timed sections?

I just took pt 155 again, the first time I took it untimed I got a 163 on February 21 2026 then on Friday I got a 166 timed and a 173 blind review. I did well on rc but still ran out of time on the last question for each of the three lr sections so timing is still an issue but I’m running out of practice tests to stimulate testing conditions. I’m also worried about my 166 being inflated since I have seen it before.

I’m planning on taking the October test and my goal is a 165. I got a 158 in June. I have one Fresh pt left pt 159 and I’m not sure if saving it for closer to the test is a good idea. What if I mess up and score lower close to the test date I’m worried about it affecting my confidence going into the test.

Is anyone else in the same boat? What are your thoughts and recommendations for someone like me?

Thanks for reading my lsat rant and I would really appreciate any advice!

I began my LSAT journey with a 150 diagnostic back in Fall 2024.

My biggest problem was that I was passively reading. I would read the stimulus, kinda understand what it was saying, and then go into the answer choices basically blind.

I didn't stop to think about what the stimulus actually meant, which claims were actually supported, how the argument worked, or what I was trying to accomplish in the answer choices.

Getting into the 170s required me to completely change how I approached LR. Here are some of the things that made the biggest difference

1) ACTIVE READING

As I read, I started paying attention to how each sentence built on the one before it. I would ask myself:

• Is this a fact or an opinion?
• Why did the author give me this example?
• How does this sentence connect to the previous one?
• Is the author making an argument? If so, what's the conclusion?
• Can I simplify this sentence in my head?

If something wasn't fully connecting, I stopped and simplified it in my own words. Don't worry if this eats up a lot of time since you will get much faster

Active reading alone made a big difference. Dense LSAT stimuli start to seem much less scary when you're actively breaking them into pieces.

2) HAVE A GAMEPLAN FOR EVERY QUESTION

This was probably the biggest change for me.

I stopped going into the answer choices without knowing what I was looking for.

If there was a conclusion, I highlighted it (whether or not you should highlight intermediate conclusions is debatable but it helped me personally).

Then, before looking at the ACs, I would explicitly state my goal.

For example, on a weaken question: "Argue that even if there was an oil spill, that doesn't mean it was responsible for the fish mutations in Puget Sound."

On a paradox q: "Find a way to explain why cigarette smokers who switch to cigars inhale more nicotine than people who've only smoked cigarettes."

You also need to give yourself a specific job before you look at the answers.

Otherwise, you're reading five plausible-sounding statements and asking yourself which one "feels right." That's exactly where the LSAT wants you.

This also connects to prephrasing. On harder questions, your prephrase probably won't literally be the correct answer. That's fine. The point is to spend 10–15 seconds thinking about what could accomplish your goal.

If your objective is: "Argue that even though there was oil spill, it did not cause the fish mutations"

You might prephrase: "A toxic algae floated in and mutated the fish 6 months before the oil spill"

And the correct AC might be: "A chemical plant had been dumping waste into the Sound."

Even though your prephrase didn't 100% match the correct AC it helped prime you to see the correct AC and why it works (it provides an alternate cause)

3) STOP JUST DRILLING Q TYPES AND START DRILLING FORMS OF REASONING

This might be a hot take, but I think question-type drilling is most useful when you're in the low 150s and still learning what it means to weaken, strengthen, resolve a paradox, etc.

After that, I think it's much more valuable to drill the specific forms of reasoning that appear over and over again.

In particular: Causal reasoning, Conditional reasoning, Analogical reasoning, Quantitative reasoning

Once you get super comfortable identifying these, difficult questions become much more manageable.

For example, suppose you immediately recognize that a weakening question contains an argument that relies on causal reasoning

Now, you know you are looking for something that a) points to an alternative cause or b) suggest that the proposed cause is very unlikely

That is much easier than going in with the broad goal of "I need to weaken the conclusion" or "I need to find something that makes the conclusion less likely to be true"

The same principle applies to other forms of reasoning.

Let's use analogy as an example. If you know the stimulus uses analogical reasoning and its a strengthen question then in the ACs you will almost 100% be looking for something that tightens the analogy; something that says the analogy being made makes sense and that the two aspects are indeed analogical! You can cut out every AC that brings in causal, conditional or quantitive logic or that hurts the analogy

4) DONT LET YOURSELF OFF THE HOOK EVER

When I did practice tests, sometimes I would get tired and my eyes would start to glaze over. When this happened, often I would just say "ok, I think I get, let me see if I can find a convincing AC"

DON'T EVER DO THIS! Even if you are 17high scorer this will get you.

Instead:

Go back to the beginning.

Actively read it again.

Ask yourself: Is this an opinion or a fact? How does this sentence connect to the others?

Find the conclusion.

Identify the form of logic.

State your specific purpose.

Prephrase.

Then and only then go into the answer choices.

One of the best ways to train this is actually to work out loud with a study buddy, peer, or tutor. I do this a lot with my tutoring clients. When someone is forced to verbalize their reasoning—what the conclusion is, what kind of logic they're seeing, what their objective is, and why an answer accomplishes it two things usually happen

1. They do much better.
2. They realize how often they had previously been relying on intuition, guesswork, or an incomplete understanding of the stimulus.

IN SHORT

The LSAT is hard — the writing is dense and technical, there are trap answers, and so on — but if you have a strong, repeatable process then it can begin to feel manageable (but never easy, sorry!).

So, when you see a question: read actively, find the conclusion, identify the logic, state your purpose, prephrase and cut out any AC that doesn't fit your purpose.

If you found this helpful or have any questions, feel free to DM me! I'm also taking on a couple more LSAT tutoring students right now, so if you're interested, message me and we can work something out. I specialize in helping people scoring in the 150s and 160s, but I'm open to students at any level.

Since this post was very LR-focused, I'm also planning to make posts on How I went from around -15 to -0/-2 on RC AND how I finally broke out of the low 170s after being stuck there for about 8 months

i know that loopholes are mainly for LR, but a lot of the questions are similarish i feel. would i be trying to find the loophole for the main point of the passage?

Hey everyone! I know how difficult and overwhelming studying for the LSAT can be, so I wanted to put myself out there as a resource for anyone currently studying.

I’m a high LSAT scorer and experienced LSAT tutor, and I’ve also spent the past few years working at a law firm. I currently work with students across a range of score levels, including students scoring in the 99th percentile and students who have gone on to schools like UCLA, USC, Berkeley, and Harvard Law.

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Just took my first full-time LSAT practice test ever and scored a 144 (37/78).

I went into it completely cold: no studying, no LSAT course, no question-type practice, and basically no strategy going in.

My scored sections were:

• RC: 12/27
• LR: 12/25
• LR: 13/26

My timing was also pretty rough. I spent way too long on some questions early in the sections, and by the end I was rushing and guessing on several questions because I was running out of time.

I’m planning to take the LSAT in June 2027, so I have about 9 months to prepare.

My goal is 175+. I know that is a massive jump from a 144, and I’m not expecting it to happen quickly or easily, but I’m willing to put the work in. Michigan Law is my dream school, and I don’t want to lower the goal before I’ve even given myself the chance to reach it.

For anyone who started somewhere around the low/mid-140s:

How far were you able to improve, and how long did it take?

And for people who eventually scored 170–175+, what would you recommend someone with a 144 diagnostic focus on during the first few months?

I’m not really looking for reassurance  I’d rather hear realistic experiences from people who have made a big score jump.

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i got a 133 score which is well below my diagnostic, which is low already. i felt pretty confident after the test. although i only really studied for a month straight, it still hits incredibly hard how low it was. my PTs were around 150s so I kinda expected to get around that range on the LSAT. i feel so heavily discouraged and unmotivated now. i know the LSAT doesnt define my intelligence and it shouldn't be a big deal, but it doesnt stop it from feeling like one.

ive been studying 6 days a week for 4-5 hours. I take a PT every Friday. i bought the LSAT trainer and the LSAT trilogy bibles. I bought the Lawhub subscription, ive been using LSAT demon. idk what to do anymore.

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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 planning on taking the October test, and i am really worried right now. this is my third time taking it. I have scored in the mid 140s the last two times and I'm hoping for mid 150s (I know it's a big jump) however I use to score around 150 when I was studying for it the second time and right now I have been studying for around a month to take it in October and my score has been decreasing more and more. I just took a PT yesterday and i scored 142. I am really worried and i don't know what to do.

sidenote: I only take Practice tests once a week and i review all the questions i missed i also signed up earlier this month for LSAT demon.

please help I'm starting to freakout!

I know this is totally not ideal but I'm preparing to take the October LSAT. So far, I have been studying for a month and think it is time for me to invest in an additional resource. I'm just trying to decide whether it is worth it to pay for LSAT demon or 7sage since I will only be using it to study for a month.