The Short Cut by 7Sage LSAT

THIS is Why You're Missing the Easy Questions

A high-scorer keeps missing easy LR questions while nailing the hard ones. Bailey and Henry break down the two most likely culprits: strategy drift on easier questions, or over-scrutinizing answer choices that don't need that level of scrutiny. Plus a confidence drill to fix it.

Why Full PTs Wreck You

Anastasia asks: she goes -2 to -0 on individual sections, but -5 to -2 per section on full PTs. What's going on? Henry and Bailey break down the gap. First, check whether you're really leaning -0 or -2 on those single sections, because that changes the diagnosis. Then reframe the PT itself: it's not a high-stakes test, it's just four individual sections that happen to be back to back. Bailey closes with the mindset trap that wrecks most test days. Walking in needing a specific score is the fastest way to not get it. Got a question? Drop it in the comments and we might answer it on the show.

Are old PTs Still Worth It?

Ahsley has three weeks until June and has been taking a full PT every other day. She's running low on fresh tests and trying to save the 140s and 150s for an August retake. Henry's verdict: PTs every other day are like taking your temperature every five minutes. Shift to one a week. Bailey makes the case for redoing old questions, with the critical caveat that you can't just remember it's B because of 7Sage. You have to work back through where you got hung up. Plus why those early-100s PTs are still worth your time, with a basketball-and-squats analogy that earns its keep.

Sign Up for August Now

Abigail is taking the June test, second-guessing herself in timed conditions, and worried she isn't studying hard enough. Henry argues most people study too hard. The real question is whether you're moving in the right direction. Bailey's diagnostic: cover the timer so you stop doing mental math about the clock, then run two tests on every main point answer (descriptively accurate, and actually the author's position). Plus Henry's reframe on blind review. The content is new but the structure isn't. You've seen this question before. Closes with the August retake conversation that takes the pressure off.

How to Get -0 or -2 on RC

Ariana is taking the June LSAT and wants near-perfect RC. Bailey lays out the three things she checks on every paragraph (structure, author's position, other people's positions) and refuses to move on until she can label what the paragraph is doing. Henry brings the hard-vs-easy-to-prove framework — why "John walked today" is a fundamentally different answer choice than "Mary ate a bacon, egg and cheese with ketchup, salt, and pepper" — plus what to do when emotive words like "ambivalent" stop you in your tracks. Closes with the two-test check for main point questions.