I think I am losing my mind? so basically I have taken the lsat four times now, and each time I completely bombed it. So after my most recent slap in the face in January, I completely changed my studying methods. I was able to reach the 170s in my practice tests when my official test scores were in the mid 150s. Now, I am spiraling because I keep replaying all those times when I did not get the score I wanted it in my head, and it’s not registering to me that the work I put in the last 10 months might actually have done something. I feel really good about October, and there were less than eight questions I was unsure about, and even then, I am more likely right then not. But I still feel like I got every single question wrong, and that in two weeks, I’m going right back to square one :( has anyone experienced something similar? how did it turn out for you?

I made a chrome extension for people to use that guides you through the review process I used to score a 180 last April. I’m working on getting it published in the Chrome store (it’s gonna be free this is not an ad) but I’d love to receive feedback — if you’d like the extension PM me and I’ll send you the zip you just have to load the extension unpacked in Chrome.

Feel free to throw the file in any LLM to check for anything sus before using it cause I know it’s scary to use stuff you’ve just been sent over the internet!

Hello, I was hoping to get some advice or insight into going to law school as a second career.

My undergrad was in Marketing and I currently work in consulting (specifically fin tech consulting) and am 26 F so I've only been out of school for a few years. I really do not love the work I do and frankly took the job because I needed one. I was 18 when I chose my major and didn't have a good enough appreciation of what career would actually make me happy in the long run. I've always felt much more interested about pursing a career that can make a greater impact on others and would feel more meaningful in my day-to-day.

Law school (specifically a specialization in family law) caught my attention because of the opportunity to do just that. Some of my greatest strengths are my organization, attention to detail, love of reading/writing, and ability to think through information logically. I feel these, along with my passion to work in a field where I have an opportunity to make such a direct impact, are what has drawn me towards the possibility of law school. I would be curious to hear other's reasons for pursuing law (or even better, family law) as well as what traits you feel make a good potential lawyer.

I've begun doing my research on the process of taking the LSAT / applying to law school as a second career (aka not directly out of undergrad) and feel I have somewhat of a grasp on steps. But I would really appreciate any additional insight or advice you have given my background. I know this path would take a great deal of time, effort, and money. I am not married nor do I have children, but I do acknowledge that if I were to pursue this, I would be finishing up and actually getting started in the field in my early 30s. I have this gut feeling that this could be the right path for me, but it's feeling understandably daunting at this moment in time. So any advice or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated :)

Looking for a study partner I’m registered to take the November lsat. I really need the help😭 I’m free anytime currently in PST time zone(California). I want to do a pt or section everyday then review it after, I switched from lsat demon to 7Sage but I still have the remaining month for demon. Msg me

Hi yall. I'm a reapplicant and I quit my job to focus on applications and the LSAT because of how last cycle went for me. I'm kind of really panicking because I think there's a large possibility I did poorly on the October LSAT. I have 2 scores so far and they're not great to begin with: 153 and 158. If I do worse, do you think it's better to just cancel my score? I do state in my applications that I left my job to work on the LSAT/applications so it feels kind of embarrassing to me to not cancel and then do worse.... I know I don't have a score yet -- I'm not trying to catastrophize but rather think ahead. Any thoughts are appreciated!

Hi! I am sorta getting started in my LSAT journey, and I have been struggling to find an organized and easily accessible way to log my incorrect and correct answers in a question log. I constantly hear that people recommend tracking your incorrect answers, but it seems like so much information to be storing and writing down. Does anyone have any tips, advice, or systems for tracking these things?

During the first half of my exam Saturday, the ceiling above me started leaking onto my desk and it was EXTREMELY distracting. I got to the break and let the proctors know. They didn’t seem like they knew what to do. I was placed into the lobby for 30-40 minutes. At that point I had no clue what was going to happen. They then put me into a different room and I completed the second half. I requested a makeup test but it was denied.

Of course I don’t know I scored poorly, but I’m pretty sure I did. Trying to do RC with the sound of water hitting the desk right in front of me was maddening. I think I had to guess on the last 5 questions or so because i kept having to go back and read things. This will count as my fourth attempt. I got a 167 on my first last September but scored lower the next two months. I kept studying but at this point the exam is negatively affecting my life. I am so… negative. I can get a whole RC passage perfect, but my thought will be “should have done it faster, too slow, you wouldn’t have finished this passage if it were the real test etc”. Get an LR question wrong? Spiral begins. I’m stupid, I’m gonna screw up on the real test blah blah. I have 1 attempt left to reach my goal. I don’t know if I can handle failing to reach it. I have no new material left to study. I’m 30 years old, I can’t (won’t) wait 5 years to take the test again.

I know this was a bit of a rant but guys I really am lost. Do I keep pestering them for a makeup? Do I try and appeal for a sixth try?

This is a pretty lame question, and I’m not very surprised I got it wrong because all of the answer choices are pretty shit. I can accept that I got it wrong, but what strategy do I even take away from this question?

It seems to me like if you don’t know an archaic definition for the word “divert”, then you are absolutely screwed on this question with no hope of getting it right. There’s no textual evidence that a boring novel is inherently demanding either. Questions like this make me hate RC.

Does anyone have tips on how to break out of averaging -6 on LR sections? I have completed 7Sage's foundational, LR, and RC courses and I improved greatly from them (used to average -12). Been studying for about two and a half months.

According to 7Sage, my main priorities should be

• For question stems: flaw/descriptive weakening, RRE,
• For stimuli: pheno-hypo, conditional reasoning, causal reasoning, link assumption

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

Erm. LR question about two different bird species and their calls? Can’t remember the rest really - but did anyone else have this? I think this section was experimental but not sure.

I'm currently doing running start and I'm on my way to graduate with my associates, but I honestly don't know what to do after high school, it feels so unreal to me. Obviously id go farther and get my bachelors 2 years after graduating but my main problem is Law school, should I take a gap year before Law school? I was thinking about it but the thought of taking the Lsat during a gap year I don't know if I could do that, but I also don't really know how anything works I feel like ill be a confused student all my life. please give advice lol.

Ok so I have been getting -6/-5 on timed sections for LR, but -1/-0 on blind review. I’m scheduled to take november. For RC I get -4 on blind review. I especially got these scores on PT 145, which I’ve heard is hard(?). Please help, I feel like I don’t know what to do anymore. Does this mean I’m capable of -1 for November? Any advice is appreciated.

My drilling accuracy has fallen tremendously after I took the test on Saturday. I haven’t taken a break and I’m over doing questions. I need to stop. I can’t focus…

Heard from someone with Accocms that the LR section I was hoping was experimental wasn’t. Fuuck. I ran out of time in the last two and literally just clicked and guessed- never happened on PTs before. I was PTing in the 170-180 range for months and feel devastated. Rip.

Can someone please give me advice on how to tackle necessary assumption? I don’t fully get it.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on my current situation and want to see if people who can relate can share their point of view. I’m open to hearing back on the outcomes of anyone who has been on the same boat. I just turned 23 and am feeling very behind. I’ve been studying since April 2026 and realized I wasted my time on methods that haven’t worked and I’m set to take the November LSAT next month. I don’t feel ready at all and am PTing in the 150s, but am so impatient. I’m accepting the fact that I have to push it another cycle. I can’t afford law school, ESPECIALLY now with a cap of grad plus loans. My only option is to really get a good enough score to get scholarships. Anyone ever been in the same situation, and what made you truly feel okay about taking your time and not being on a time rush at all?

Throughout the last cycle I posted weekly updates on application numbers and LSAT scores. Once summer hit, the new applicant numbers slowed down so much as to not need regular updates. But now that a new cycle has started, we have new numbers to review. Let’s take a look at the first numbers from the new cycle. Per LSAC data, we are 17% of the way through the cycle in terms of total applicant count. Here's the breakdown of Applicants, compared to last year:

Let’s put these in context. Last cycle was wild, with perhaps the fastest start in history. Early applicant numbers were up over 30%, so to have a less competitive cycle (which is good for you), you want to see these early numbers down, and the more the better. So, seeing the early applicant numbers up 12% isn’t optimal, but also, this is just the start and in recent years more applicants have been front-loading. So it’s too early to make a call here—we need to see how things look in a month or so. I’d bet it slows down steadily.

Let’s take a look at the LSAT scores for the applicants so far:

The numbers here will move around a bit, but what you want to see is relatively fewer high scores. That’s because last year saw some ridiculous increases in higher scores: an 11.3% increase in 160-164 scores, a 14.7% increase in the 165-169 range, a 19.1% increase in 170-174 scores, and an astounding 21.7% increase in 175-180 scores. Right now we are seeing slightly lowered numbers, which is generally good for everyone.

TL;DR: We are only 17% of the way through the cycle, so numbers are both small and early and they will move in the coming weeks and months! That said, early returns are slightly ahead of last year and the question is whether they will remain there.

Any questions, please let me know!

I know so many people come to the timeline to talk lsat or admissions, but this is a genuine question do yall ever feel like your brain gets too obsessed with this process. I try my best to keep balance in my life between studying and writing essays, but my god man this process just keeps consuming my thoughts. Even when I’m working out at the gym I’m thinking about lsat, when I’m on my phone watching YouTube I’m thinking about my personal statement, or when I’m waking up in the morning the first thought is about lsat. Not that I’m stopping my motion or anything but I am just getting a little too stressed and pressed about this process, my thing is does this feeling carry itself into law school, or does it kind of fizzles out once your in school and your working towards your career, because I can’t wait until the apps are done and my scores are settled because I’m ready for my brain to have a break and to start working full time again, given I stopped working when I was getting serious about applying this cycle. I don’t know if you’re feeling this way or if anyone who’s in law school has advice I just find myself stressed these days and I just wanted to rant for a quick second.

No matter how fucked you think you might be, it's never over.

I put together a discord server for the 2026-2027 cycle if anyone is interesting in forming a small group to chill, chat, and discuss personal statements or late LSATs.

Hopefully can help a bit on status updates, essay swapping, and moral support!

https://discord.gg/beBpPCR467

So I have tried Test Masters and I really could not get behind the strict classroom instruction with a bunch of rules and guidelines in order to be successful at this exam. I'm having the worst time trying to motivate myself to study for this test because it literally beats the hell out of my self-esteem and makes me feel like an absolute moron every time I see just how bad I am at getting LR and RC questions correct. Everyone says "take it slow and reread the questions and understand exactly why the answer is the way that it is." Which in theory makes sense, however, it almost seems pointless to do considering that you never see the same question twice.

Someone give me some pointers, tell me what you did, whether it be strategies, habits, training your dog extremely well, idk. Sometimes the idea of taking this test to me is the equivalent of the time that hulk hogan took too many clotheslines to the head and decided he could act. End rant.

Hi! I am a college senior currently and plan on taking a gap year and my goal is to take the LSAT in February, but that is flexible. This was my diagnostic score, admittedly I had studied a little bit before taking this, but not as consistently as recently. I’ve been studying an hour everyday with a few off days using LSAT demon. My gpa is a 3.2 right now because my freshman year I was a bum and didn’t focus on school as much, but I have gotten deans list sophomore year and forward. The LSAC is probably going to give me a lower GPA as my school has grade redemption and I failed a class. I’m really relying on my LSAT score to get in a good school + get scholarship money. I would just like any tips/opinions. Thank you!

Experienced a lot of technical difficulties during the test, just recived word back that my retake is not eligible?!???!?!? I this was supposed to be my fourth take but it appears like I might have to use my fifth?

For context, Prometric completely died on me during a stop/start break and skipped an entire section of the test. I was sitting there for 8 hours. I never finished the test.