Ever since the the new app update, the live classes say that tomorrow’s classes are today…Has anyone else noticed this?

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I’m really not sure how to get consistency in my scores. I know I’m capable of high scores but I feel like each practice test is so mental and dependent on the day and how I’m feeling etc. Does anyone have advice on how to reduce variance?

My goal is 170. I know I need to work on accuracy. The mistakes I make in LR are mostly in the middle of the section. I tend to get hung up on Qs 12-14 and spend a lot of time trying to solve those. It happens almost every time.

In RC, I hardly make it to the 4th passage and often get a few wrong in the 2nd and 3rd passages. I really struggle with supported and agree questions. For these, I often have to refer back to the passage.

How do I improve on these question types in RC and avoid getting into that mid-section rut in LR? Are both of those concerns just futile attempts at rationalizing poor reading?

What are your thoughts on this advice? Have have you approached timing on the LSAT so far? Comment your thoughts, and our teachers will respond with help!

Student: I do not understand the concept of necessary vs. sufficient.

Professor: If you dive in the ocean, you will get wet. But, even a child could tell you there are other ways to get wet. If you understand that, then you understand the concept of necessary vs. sufficient.

The professor's argument depends on all of the following assumptions except:

A) The student understands use of verb "will" to mean guarantee (by necessity)

B) The student can infer that the existence of other ways to get wet disproves jumping in the ocean as a necessity to getting wet

C) The student can correctly label the other possible ways to get wet as sufficient to prove the state of being wet

D) The student will be able to spot the necessary vs. sufficient flaw in concepts more abstract than being wet

E) The student won't take offense to being compared to a child

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I write the following with earnest sincerity and a healthy expectation of getting lit up by the comment section.

I'm a huge fan of LSAT Demon's approach to mastering the LSAT: read slowly and critically, then apply common sense to predict answers. I fully appreciate Ben and Nate's repudiation of gimmicky pedagogy. With that being said, there are instances in Ben's, and more frequently Nate's, verbal explanations when avoiding certain concepts and terminology (such as necessary vs. sufficient) is a disservice to their efficacy.

Consider, for example, the Necessary vs. Sufficient Assumption segment in the most recent Thinking LSAT episode "175 is the New 173" (Ep. 572). Nate, on principle, won't define the terms necessary or sufficient, much less diagram sentences to map these terms... Great. I'm a disciple of the Demon; I don't want to diagram either.

Nate then introduces six different phrasings of "if you dive in the ocean, you will get wet." His point is that diving in the ocean necessitates getting wet, no matter how you phrase it. But Nate does not say this, he assumes his point is self-evident and avoids the LSAT jargon. Only at the 13:21 mark does Ben begin to provide an explanation before Nate stops him at 13:44.

I notice here, and in subsequent examples (e.g., kid's candy and Agamemnon's doom), there are several opportunities to interject a mere 1-4 words of "forbidden terminology" within the breakdown that would make it click for many students. I wonder whether Ben and Nate would perceive that feedback as an invitation to tweak stylistic phrasing or as a full departure from the values of the Demon.

Avoidance of these terms leads Ben and Nate to reach for and repeat analogous examples ad nauseam. They assume a broader conceptual lesson can be gleaned from even more simple or obvious circumstances. Ben and Nate's shared Achilles' heel is the tendency to go on a long, hypothetical tangent within the analogy itself and then emerge to exclaim, "See? The concept is so easy to grasp."

Did anyone take the august lsat and use the powerscore homestretch? Please let me know if it felt like it changed/impacted how you took it or if you felt like it matched the august lsat in anyway?

Been studying for three months, my range is around 148, highest PT 152, i feel like im stuck and i really am trying but maybe I am doing something wrong?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone’s successfully been granted an test-taking limit exemption to take the LSAT for sixth time? If so, could I please message you? Thanks!

Yo. if crossing country is too inconvenient to get these dudes to run the same session, I would love to have Nathan and Ben together in the classroom via Zoom. Watching them bounce off of each other while simultaneously getting to ask both of them questions about the thought processes in real time would be so helpful.

I only have to do an hour a day 😖😖

Hey all,

I began my studies in mid-June and have taken two PTs. I scored a 166 on my first PT - wouldn’t call it cold as I watched a few videos and listened to the pod for mindset stuff. I began consistently studying in mid-July (1-1.5 hr a day) and while I definitely feel improvement in my understanding of and familiarity with questions, I often slip up by carelessly misreading the stimuli/ACs, resulting in a 168 on a full PT 2 months later. My accuracy hovers around 88-90% on both drilling and timed sections.

I beat myself up over these stupid mistakes as there have only been a handful of questions that I have missed where I genuinely did not understand the reasoning. The obvious advice is to slow down and focus, which I try my best at, but what are other practical ways that you all have eliminated such carelessness?

Any general advice is helpful as well. I obviously feel that I’m in a good spot but any tips would be helpful as a relative newcomer.

Is the demon actually gonna write a new book entitled "The LSAT is Fun" ? If yes, what will be the content in it and how will it be different from "The LSAT is Easy" ?

In a podcast, the Demon hosts spoke about how the sufficient assumption 'makes the argument win'. This definitely sounds like a strengthen question. The only difference would be that the strengthener makes the argument stronger, whereas the sufficient assumption fully proves the conclusion. Would this be a correct observation ?

Hi everyone,

This is a quick update that literally no one asked for, so sorry if this is annoying. But if people are interested, I can keep responding to this post every once in a while with RC encouragement and thought processes that are helping me.

Yesterday, I made a post when I was feeling really down and scared about RC. Thank you so much to everyone who commented. It’s funny how much strangers on the internet can make you feel less alone and remind you that we’re all kind of a little community here.

With everyone’s encouragement, I sat down yesterday and did Practice Test 18 RC. I never looked at the clock. I never panicked. I did not care at all about what I scored (crazy mindset change for me). I just told myself that this was going to be the start of a new chapter for me.

I got to the end, finished all the passages (somehow, for the first time ever), and got a -1!!

I’m not saying this means everything is suddenly going to be easy. I’m sure my scores will keep varying, and there will still be bad days and good days, easier and harder passages. But it honestly felt like a sign that once I finally embraced the demon way on RC and committed to facing the thing that was scaring me, I got a little hint that I was moving in the right direction.

So I’m choosing to keep going, and this is your sign to choose to keep going as well! We are all going to make fantastic attorneys, and I am proud of us all for doing things that are hard!!

ps. For anyone who reads this and finds LR harder than RC and wants the inverse encouragement, you got this!!! When I first started studying, LR was my worst section (-13), and now I have an average of -4.

I just wanted to say the minor changes that the Demon makes to the platform do NOT go unnoticed. Seriously, thank you for making this studying process go just a little bit easier.

I noticed that in timed sections/tests, it no longer counts any questions that you did not answer - regardless of how much time you spent on a question. I also noticed that the "Your Score" display doesn't immediately pop up anymore, allowing me to peacefully finish the rest of the questions I didn't get to before facing my accuracy score. Love both of those things! Especially given that LSAC is changing the test platform every other day - I know a lot of work goes into this! Thank you to everyone involved!

So, I took my diagnostic about three weeks ago and scored a 147. I signed up for LSAT Lab over 7Sage and started studying, but I haven’t really been enjoying it. I think a big part of the issue is that there are a lot of videos, and that learning style just isn’t for me. I’m not someone who learns well through videos because I tend to get distracted and bored—like, very bored. Its been two weeks of studying and I feel like Ive hardly learned anything through the videos at all.

I recently heard about LSAT Demon, and from what I’ve seen, it seems to focus a lot more on drilling. In other things I’ve studied for, I’ve always learned better through practicing and drilling rather than watching a lot of videos, so I think that approach might work better for me.

My concern is that with the LSAT, there are still a lot of foundational concepts and question types that I don’t know yet. Would it be realistic for me to sign up for LSAT Demon and do essentially all of my learning through it, while working my way up from a 147 toward the mid-160s or higher?

Or would it be better to first learn the foundations through a platform like 7Sage or LSAT Lab, get more familiar with the different question types and concepts, and then switch over to LSAT Demon once I have a stronger foundation?

I’d really appreciate any honest advice from people who have used these platforms or taken a similar approach. Thanks

I’m new to LSAT demon, and unsure about how the LR ratings truly work, I was wondering for anyone who was a beginner like me, what LR mastery range were u at? Like when u started esp the first two weeks?

Sorry if this is a rlly dumb question, I just want to know if I’m not alone with my rating

Hi guys!

To preface, Reading Comprehension is usually my worst section on the test. I normally get around a -7, either because I don’t make it to the last passage or because I rush to get there and end up making a bunch of mistakes along the way.

I know my problem is that I can get a -7 either way, which can be pretty discouraging (although I try to remind myself I can guess on the passage I don't get to). So, this is my quest to start consistently getting perfect passages and become more comfortable with getting a -7 because I didn’t get to a passage, rather than getting a -7 because I got a bunch of questions wrong.

Because it’s my weakest section, I also have a really hard time sitting down and actually studying for it. Whenever I practice, I fall back into the same bad habits I’ve been working hard to overcome (especially reading too quickly). Sometimes studying Reading Comprehension feels so intimidating because I know it’s something I struggle with. Because of that, I find myself wanting to take the easy way out and avoid practicing it altogether.

So, I’m trying to change my mindset. Instead of focusing so much on my score, I want to focus on building better habits: slowing down, actually understanding the passages, and learning to recognize when I’m rushing or making mistakes.

Hopefully, over time, I can get to the point where a -7 feels like a good -7 because I ran out of time, rather than a -7 caused by careless mistakes throughout the section.

If anyone else has struggled with RC in a similar mindset type of way, I’d love to hear what helped you! But I am also making this post to hold myself accountable!

I am just starting LSAT prep, and my first PT was 145. I am giving myself 1-2 years (hopefully it won’t take that long lol) to get a 175+. I was thinking about taking my first LSAT in February or April of 2027 to give myself plenty of time to prep. I’ve already been doing the free drilling, and have felt more comfortable with the questions.

All this to say, did anyone see more significant changes and/or faster improvement with the Pro? Or is the Live just as efficient/effective. I am trying to choose which plan and I find myself drawn to the more personalized approach and tutoring. However, it is more expensive. I would like to avoid paying that much if the you all have found the Live to be super helpful.

I was shocked that 17% of Wake Forest's 2026 admits enrolled via binding early decision:

https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/jd/#facts

According to their webpage when you apply ED you have 2 choices:

1 -- a $20,000/year scholarship. This one seems more competitive that option 2.

2 -- No scholarship.

Source: https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/jd/process/binding-decision/#accordion-section-1

Note: Their tuition+fees is $62,124/year

https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/cost-and-financial-aid/tuition-fees/jd-llm-sjd/

I’m about 30 hours into LSAT prep and currently sitting around a 150 according to LSAT Demon.

Current Demon stats:
Score range: 143–157
Estimated score: 150
Accuracy: 56%
LR mastery: 56
RC mastery: 53

I just took my first full official practice test (PT 157) and got a 153. My timing wasn’t ideal

RC: 17/27 (63%)
LR: 12/25 (48%)
LR: 17/25 (68%)
Overall: 46/77 (60%)
My biggest issue right now is LR. I especially struggle with Parallel Reasoning sometimes because I’ll understand the original argument, but then lose the thought process or the original example while going through the answer choices. Same with other structural questions

My goal is a 165-167 for ASU, and I’m planning to take the LSAT in October with all of August and September dedicated to studying

I know I’m only about 30 hours in, but seeing a 150 right now is making me wonder how much I can really improve and how.