February LSAT Predictions

The second month of the year is upon us, which also means the second LSAT is right around the corner as well. Make sure to use these last few days leading up to the test to rest, review, and relax so you go into the real thing refreshed and ready to go! It’s more important to send that message of preparedness and confidence to yourself than it is to cram any more questions. So, reinforce and emphasize what’s already been working, rather than making drastic changes to your strategies. While the LSAT has been remarkably consistent over the last 10-15 years, there has been a pretty big potential change to the Reading Comprehension Section. Read on for our predictions for the February LSAT!

What Will Be On the 2026 February LSAT?

Reading Comprehension

You’ll get one scored Reading Comprehension Section and potentially an unscored RC section that can show up anywhere on the test. Each given Reading Comprehension section consists of four passages that will test your understanding of the viewpoints presented, the support given for each viewpoint, and the structure of those passages.

Historically, the LSAT Reading Comprehension Section included exactly one comparative passage where you had to answer questions about how two related passages stack up against each other. That said, as of the 2026 January LSAT, the LSAT has begun giving RC sections with four non-comparative passages. This means some test-takers have started to encounter sections without comparative passages altogether. (Read more about the change here.) However, this is not a guarantee. I would still go into the February LSAT prepared for comparative passages.

For the three to four non-comparative passages you’ll get in each RC section, you can expect a majority of the questions to focus on the author’s perspective and the primary viewpoints expressed in the passage. You’ll likely get one to two antithesis passages (a debate between two viewpoints), one to two thesis passages (one viewpoint expressed), and an outside chance at a synthesis passage that at least partially reconciles a debate. In each of these passages, it’ll be pivotal to identify the “whys” of the passage:

Why does the passage exist in the first place?
Why does a given paragraph exist in the context of the overall purpose of the passage?
Why did the author include a given detail in the context of that paragraph’s purpose?

You can expect the first paragraph to introduce the subject matter of the passage in a general sense, often zeroing in on the specific issue at hand by the end of the first paragraph.

Logical Reasoning

Unlike the potential changes in the Reading Comprehension Section, there are no known or expected changes for the Logical Reasoning Section. Pretty much all of Logical Reasoning boils down to three core skills:

making deductions
analyzing arguments
working with flaws

You can expect at least half of the Logical Reasoning questions to deal with flawed arguments in some capacity. This could be to describe a flaw, replicate it in a different argument, or perform some kind of operation on a flawed argument. For each of these questions with invalid arguments, the right answer will always relate to the flaws in the argument.

Be careful to avoid strengthen or weaken answers that are not directly related to these gaps in the logic and seem to strengthen the premises or conclusion(s) on their own without really zeroing in on fixing what’s wrong with the argument. Remember, we don’t need to strengthen or weaken premises because we are assuming the premises as true. Instead, we really want to focus on strengthening or weakening that relationship between premises and conclusions and questioning whether or not the truth of the premises is enough to guarantee certain elements in the conclusions they are trying to support.

On tougher questions in the back half of a given Logical Reasoning Section, you can expect a healthy uptick in the difficulty of answer choices. The LSAT loves to test your ability to translate or paraphrase your anticipation. Avoid tempting answers that have some correct elements, but something that makes them wrong. If you’re stuck, focus on what you can point to that makes all but one answer wrong. This will be the most reliable way to find the winner. If an answer can be translated to fit with what you’re looking for without adding assumptions to the answer, it’s right. But be careful of almost perfect answers that add one or two elements that disqualify them.

More LSAT Help

🧠 An Introduction to the LSAT Logical Reasoning Section

📝 If You’re Studying for the LSAT, Memorize This List of Vocabulary Terms

Final Thoughts

As you’re tackling the beast that is the February LSAT, stay focused on the core tasks in front of you for a given question. While they may try to add difficulty by presenting information in a slightly unexpected way, forcing you to translate more vaguely-worded answers, or presenting arguments in a somewhat convoluted way, your approach to each question should mirror the way you’ve been approaching similar questions. There won’t really be anything brand new on test day, even if the packaging seems a bit different.

If you find yourself rushing through questions without applying strategies, take a few seconds to breathe and reset. You don’t need to get every question right to excel on the LSAT. Often, you can even get one wrong and still get a 180! So, prioritize being purposeful and efficient without rushing through your anticipation and analysis up front. The LSAT consistently rewards diligence, preparation, and anticipation up front and punishes rushed or sloppy work. Trust that your efforts up front will pay off when you get to the answers. Stay calm and determined. You’ll do great on test day!

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