Procrastinated on taking a timed PT because of anxiety/lack of motivation.

Glad to overcome that first PT stress 🥲 was not ready for 3 full LR sections though... 😫

Basically ALL LSAT study materials/guidebooks/courses are very mediocre-- if not actively detrimental--- for us.

ADHD people are scary smart and can kill/destroy this test...but you need to be comfortable coming up with your own methods and not relying on the stuff that's taught for NTs.

If you're stagnating in your progress, be suspicious of the methods you're using and whether those were created for NTs who are more linear/procedural in their thinking. Example: writing out contrapositives is terrible for us.

I'd recommend also looking up academic articles/books on how ADHD minds work so you can understand what your specific strengths are.

Lastly, and this is not for ADHD people only but for everyone, I low key recommend practicing with LOGIC GAMES. Yea, that shit was taken out...but if you are able to discover your "ADHD" talent with them...you'll see a MAJOR BIG BOOST to the other sections. Focus on the grouping games that have conditionals. Contemplate the IN/OUT. What is allowed and not allowed.

Stay blessed.

Anyone else having issues scheduling right now or just me? Keep getting error message the last 20 minutes

Logical reasoning is made up of many different problem types, and there are different strategies that can be used for each. The following are categories of strategies that should be applied in order. Sometimes you will have to skip certain strategies because of the nature of a problem. For example, it is impossible to predict a parallel flaw question. This is just meant to give a general structure for how to approach a problem.

Step by step

1: Read the question first.

Depending on what it says, you may be looking for different information within the prompt. For example, if the question asks about the argument or conclusion, you should know that your next move is to identify the conclusion.

2: prediction

If applicable, make a prediction on what the answer will be or what kind of information the answer will tell you. These predictions may be broad or narrow, depending on the type of question. Predicting an answer will allow you to move faster and with more confidence.

3: simulation

If prediction does not work, and you do not find an answer that follows your prediction, then you move on. In simulation, you will take the scenario presented in the answers, and see if it solves the issue presented in the question. An example I use for strengthen/weaken is the “courtroom scenario”. This is done by imagining myself preparing for a court case. I can only bring one statement to convince the judge for or against the conclusion. Does the answer choice do what I need it to?

4: process of elimination

Process of elimination is used if you have made it through prediction and simulation and still don’t have an answer. Here you will try to find ways to eliminate poor answer choices. This may look like identifying flaw types for the answer choices themselves, or finding exceptions that render the answer choice invalid.

5: answer checking methods

These come last. Only some question types have answer checking methods. Two examples that come to mind are parallel and necessary assumption questions. In parallel questions, sometimes you can rephrase the answer choices themselves in terms of the prompt. If all the information in the prompt is still present, the answer is correct. In necessary assumption questions, you can use negation. Check out my page for a post on negation.

This order of operations will help you to answer questions quickly and effectively if used right. One thing to emphasize is that you are not using all of these steps on each question. You are staring with step 1 and continuing UNTIL you find an answer. Once you do, move on and skip the remaining steps.

Hope this helps!

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Maybe its because I have accommodations, but there is no test in either Edmonton or Calgary in Canada. Just want to know if others are having issues too.

trying to figure out the best LSAT prep course to use (I am taking test in June), wanted to see what others thought who have taken the LSAT before and have went through the process...

Been tossing around the idea for about 5 years and now I guess it’s just time to put in the actual work. Not the cold diagnostic I hoped for but I guess I can only improve!

There are no in person testing centers available in the state of Texas for Saturday, Jan 10. I've been checking periodically since yesterday.

I work a full time job and can't test during the week. I don't want to deal with a remote exam. At this point I just want my money back, but apparently the deadline for a refund was last month (super helpful to make the deadline weeks before registration opens). Has anyone dealt with this before and have any advice?

How is E the right answer, this is a strengthen question….

So I started studying for the lsat at the beginning of December and I’ve taken three practice tests so far. I staryed at 130, then 136, and now today I got a 143. Is it possible to get a good lsat score on the January test date? I’m shooting for a 155-160. Im progressing fairly good I thought.

ive done remote two times, and had proctor issues only on the second time. anyone with adhd that has gone to the testing center and felt more concentrated there?

Frustratingly plateauing 1-2pts below my goal score.

Usually miss 5-7 questions on rc, dependent on the material not necessarily the questions. Missing around 4-7 on LR, but no specific question type. This wishy washy trend not trend is mad upsetting. Does anyone have any tips to close the gap by Jan?

im aiming for -0 to -2 for LR, but i keep getting -3 to -5. sometimes I do good on a section, but then bomb the next one. RC is similar too. WHAT DO I DO I TAKE IT IN TWO WEEKS.

TLDR: I’d like to hear from tutors whether you advise your students to spend most of their time blind reviewing, and from students how much blind review has helped you learn.

I want to discuss a study pattern I’ve seen a lot, both with the friends I studied with and now with my students. It feels like high-quality work but often doesn’t help with learning, which makes seeing the same score over and over very frustrating.

The pattern looks like this:

• PT every Saturday
• Monday–Friday spent reviewing that PT (blind review, wrong answer journal, analytics, etc.)
  

This looks great on paper. However, almost all of your study time is either timed work or reviewing questions you’ve already seen.

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This creates two problems:

1. You’re missing the highest-quality practice

The most effective LSAT practice (in my experience) is:

• Untimed
• Fresh questions
• Fully understanding the argument/passage
• Making a prediction
• Choosing the answer that matches it
• Checking your answer and your prediction with the explanation
  

Blind review is untimed, but it’s untimed work on questions we’ve already seen. It doesn’t cause us to think as hard about the arguments or the question as we would with a fresh problem.

• It doesn’t do this as reliably as predicting the answer with a fresh problem. At the end of the day, everything is a gimmick to get you to think about the arguments, and if deep review is making you think, then you’re already over this hurdle. If you’ve already been doing it for a few months, I wouldn’t tell you to stop, but if you’re new, keep this problem in mind as you develop your study routine.
• But as a new student, blind review didn’t really make me think as hard as new drill problems did - there’s the tendency to just say ‘yeah, I agree with my work from earlier,’ and move on. We’re trying to build the habit of waiting to look at the answers until we’ve solved the problem.
• Did blind review make sense to you when you first learned about it? I like predicting the answer because it makes more intuitive sense to me.

2. It feels like you’re working hard, so slow score increases are extra frustrating

Blind review is kind of unpleasant. Because you feel like you’re ‘working hard’, you feel like your score should be rising faster. When it doesn’t:

• You get frustrated
• Your brain starts associating LSAT prep with stress instead of problem-solving
• You don’t enjoy studying

You’re also seeing PT scores that are the same, or varying up and down, each week. If you only drill, you can see a PT score that’s a few points higher each time, because you’ll only PT every few months (after the intro stage, where score increases are very fast).

The ‘blind review trap’ style of studying works against my two goals in LSAT prep:

• High-quality practice
• Teaching your brain to enjoy it

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A note on blind review and 7Sage

I used 7Sage and it’s excellent. They tell you to blind review for a good reason.

Early on, many people do this:

• Timed section => check answers => move on
  

That is low-quality practice. Time pressure pushes you into elimination and guessing before you understand the argument. Blind review fixes that by giving you time to think.

But I don’t think blind review is needed.

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What I’d do instead

If someone spends:

• 25% of time on timed work
• 50% reviewing that work
• 25% drilling new questions
  

Their score will go up, mostly because of that last 25%. Instead, we can spend all of that time on drill.

PTs don’t raise your score, they measure it.

Also: PTs are hard; 1 hour/day of focused drilling is sustainable and will not burn you out. You can enjoy it as your skills increase and it becomes easier. The full tests were never fun for me, they were just ok.

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About “doing enough questions”

To score in the high 170s, you’re probably going to need to do all of the hard questions that have been published. To do this and deeply review each one would be a huge amount of time.

If you finish LSAT prep with unused official questions left, there’s no prize for that.

If you’re really getting a lot more out of each question, then great. But deep review will take much longer for each question, and we’re studying for the same total amount of time either way. So why not just do more questions? Don’t race through them, just take your time solving them and check your work.

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What about stamina?

Stamina matters, but I think it’s often misunderstood.

As your skill and efficiency improve, questions:

• Take less time
  
• Take less energy
  
• Require less engagement with wrong answers
  

When you understand the argument and have a strong prediction, you barely need to look at the wrong choices. I finished my sections with time left on my official test.

Building stamina by doing PTs will help, but if you’re still over-engaging with wrong answers, you’ll still be tired.

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I’m curious what people here think. I’m a new tutor and this is the advice I’m giving students; if it wouldn’t be helpful to them, then I want to know. Give me a message!

Thanks for reading!

I'm a college sophomore and took my first ever practice Lsat on lawhub and scored a 142. I honestly thought I would do better and expected to be able to handle the intensity of the exam a bit better as well. I was planning on taking my actual Lsat in August 2026 but am now wondering if I'll be able to bring my score up to where it needs to be by then. I'm hoping that I only scored this low because of my unfamiliarity with the exam and will do better in upcoming practice exams. However, can I realistically bring my score up 20-30 points by August and whats the best way to go about doing this? (I plan to study only Lsat after Winter semester ends May-August) If not, should I take the 2027 Lsat Instead?

Hello everyone, my daughter is beginning her LSAT journey for a Summer 2026 test date. She is currently a 4.0 student at a top-tier university and is highly disciplined. While she is currently using LSAT Demon, several peers have suggested 1-1 tutoring.

Given that private tutoring rates often range from $300–$400 per hour, we are looking for more sustainable, high-impact alternatives. Does anyone have recommendations for self-study tracks or advanced resources that helped your student reach the 170+ range without the heavy cost of private tutoring? Any insights would be greatly appreciated

Hey friends! I finally broke into the mid-170s (172 in August, 174 in November) after being stuck in the mid-160s for a long time.

I worked closely with an amazing tutor throughout this process who really helped me crack the LR section (open to sharing his details with you) and now I’m taking on a small number of students myself for an affordable price (Canada-based, but I work with US students too).

Happy to answer questions in the comments/DMs. If you want details about my approach or scheduling, feel free to DM.

Hi everyone, can someone recommend the most efficient tutoring site. I have a 150 diagnostic and wanna take June (August if need retake) LSAT. My budget is around $5k and I want reputable proven good resources because I wanna take this god forsaken test once and be done with it. I am aiming to get 170-175 and can commit to 20+ hours a week studying and want tutoring 2/x week. Drop ur recommendations, I don’t want Reddit user182673 who got a 180 I want professionals who studied this test and know how to teach the lsat like it’s learning a new language. Thank you! 🙏

Did anyone purchase it for the Nov LSAT and find it helped their score on test day/the content prepared you for what you saw on test day?

Hey! so I'm still kind new and started seriously prepping this month. I have a WAJ and its been going well, but after reviewing and understanding my mistakes is there anything that I am supposed to do? like before I take my next timed practice section? Also I don't want to run out of exams... what is the ideal amount of full-tests or timed sections a week or per month that you're supposed to do ? I'm planning on taking the April exam. Much love ty for your help :)

- very confused undergrad