Just wanna share a little hack and see if anyone else is also doing this or maybe it's just me.

I've been super busy and don't have much time practicing lately, but I still want to desensitize my brain with LSAT, so I put on JY's RC passage explanations as podcasts/audiobook and just listen to it when i'm walking or driving lol. And sometimes I even get carried away and super invested in the stories. It's kinda fun actually! I listen to it before bed too, puts me to sleep super fast, melatonin substitution. And I just did a section today, strangely I did better than I thought given that I didn't do any PTs lately. Anyone else?

So... the correct answer choice is E and I'm really trying to understand why that is the case. Is it because E is basically destroying the evidence which in turn would not be able to support the conclusion? If dogs, while learning how to perform tricks, are being influenced by their trainers, the dogs preference would not matter at all, because the dogs are being trained. The dogs are being taught to stray from their normal or preferred way of using their limbs. For example, if the dogs are being trained to do a trick with their left limb, this would dismantle the conclusion right? The conclusion is saying that dogs almost always prefer to use their right paw. If answer choice E is the case, then the conclusion falls apart.

I hope that all made sense. I'm just really trying to understand where I went wrong because I was stuck between choices B, C, and D.

Anyone taking the LSAT on November 10th?

Hey guys,

I've been studying for long enough now that I have the general gist of LR and am getting around -9 to sometimes -5 on LR which is big for me. However, I have tried everything to attack those tough, often wordy or dense questions at the very tail end of the LR section that are meant to trip you up. I have tried spending extra time on those, starting with those questions at the beginning instead of waiting till my brain is tired at the end of the section, but I still seem to miss the last 5 questions without fail, even when i'm sure I got them mostly right. Can anyone suggest some tips here to help me out? Taking the test next week, and trying to help myself in any way I can right now to prepare. :-)

I don't know why this is my downfall. I have rewatched the sections countless times and still get tripped up. Does anyone have recommendations? Or can you share how you conceptualize them? I would be so so so grateful.

Hi, guys, I was wondering if anyone does the LR section by question types when doing a prep test under timed?

For example, I first do all the questions like Principal, SA, PF and so on. Then, I will do all of the rest.

I found that It would be easier for me to do the LR questions by types. Any suggestions? Thank you for your time.

Hello Everyone.

I had a question for those who either score -0 ~ -3 on LR naturally or who developed that ability over time.

Your responses would be greatly appreciated... for many of us who are in the depths of the 150s and below.

What advice would you give someone who struggles with pre-phrasing?

How have you improved your own pre-phrasing ability?

How much energy do people recommend I spend on practicing/drilling Miscellaneous Games for my November LSAT?? Is it worth running through them all if the odds are likely that I won't get one that runs the same?

I'm writing the November test and I'm around 157-159 on PTs because I'm still slow/not consistent in LG. LG feels like math and I'm terrible at math. I will likely write again in January but I'm trying to decide if I should grind super hard in the next week or just accept that I'll be writing the January test and not burn myself out. I want a 160 at minimum.

I feel absolutely sane asking this Q to other LSAT students, since a common theme is asking how to read and discovering that reading is a skill and one needs to be active in order to read with conviction.

I would like some insight as to how you imagine what you are reading on RC, or rather how you visualize the passage. I hear this strategy works wonders, and I can do it if I really take my time (going too slow that I can't finish under timed constraints), but I can't go insanely slow.

People say they imagine a speaker, a friend, someone they know who is always questioning things, etc. Do you have a specific face for a science passage, humanities, legal passage, etc? I end up wasting precious seconds debating who to put as the face to my passage and I don't think it is worth it.

At one point I was scoring -16 on RC and now I am around -8 so I think I am learning how to read with the an improved agenda. I want to close in on that gap and I feel that this idea of creating a visual can be valuable.

Making connections in the passage has been helpful but visualizing requires extra effort on my part and takes away from my time. Again, I understand the concept of putting up extra time on the passage and flying through the Qs but I am not talking about passage reading totaling 3 minutes, it could be 6-8 minutes depending on the passage.

Furthermore, I actually do enjoy the passages for the most part-and the ones that start out a bit slower, I engage and act excited and I think that helps!

So, fellow 7Sagers, how do you picture what you read?

I want to really hone in on RC this week by taking a few full length sections. I've been performing well for my abilities lately and I want to make sure it's not a fluke (aka I happened to take PT's with easier RC sections). Thanks!!

LG is by far my worst section, my biggest issue is recognizing what set up a game needs when they're a bit more complex. What do you think is the best way to practice recognizing what set up a game requires?

Hi friends, I have looked at a couple of posts regarding this topic from awhile back, but I figured I ask the question again in order to find out if anyone is doing anything differently, or what, if anything, has helped them in the past in reviewing reading comprehension?

I am aiming to hit the low to mid 170s by Jan 2021 test day. I am currently PT-ing in the mid to high 160s, with the occasional 170s thrown in between. My reading comprehension has proven by far to be the most inconsistent (going anywhere from -1 to -8), followed by LR (-4/5), with LG being my strongest (averaging -1).

Thank you so very much! Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Can someone explain the answer for this question please?

Wondering if I can get some clarification on these, or if any of the diagrams are wrong?

A requires B = A --> B

A is required for/by B = A --> B

A is necessary for B = A --> B

A necessitates B = A --> B

A needs B = A --> B

All that is required for A is B = A --> B

Also, how could one use require/necessary such that it is B --> A, with B appearing in the sentence first?

Thanks a lot!

So with my flex exam approaching in literally less than 2 weeks, I am low-key worried. I have been taking about 2-3 .. sometimes 4 exams per week with one day of review in between. I have noticed some decent increases in my scores and even hitting like 170 once (never thought that was possible for me) which is encouraging. However, I chalk that up to luck and try not to think too much about it since my score still fluctuates anywhere from a 160-167 with my average being around a 165. Has anyone else noticed fluctuations like this in their analytics? I know it might be due to the fact that some exams are harder than others, but I can't help but worry a bit since I feel like I could literally score anything from a 160-167 on test day. The uncertainty is just killing me. I have noticed that LR seems to be the one section that generally drags my score down. I have always been best at LG and then RC which leaves LR as my weakness and basically the bane of my existence lol I have been targeting LR questions stems that I have the most trouble with and used the Loophole in conjunction with 7sage. Though I experienced some headway and managed to get my LR down from -8/9 to -2 to -5/6, I am now seeing a drastic decrease in my LR performance once again. I have been scoring probably around -8 to -12 being my worst and it's just freaking me out. I am not sure what else to do besides taking individual LR sections and focusing on my weak points. I am thinking of starting a wrong answer journal, but I find that most of my mistakes are usually due to misreading or missing a keyword. I also have an issue where I get down to 2 answer choices and I almost always somehow choose the wrong one over the correct one :'( In this past week, I noticed I get more tensed with LR as well which causes me to overthink some of the questions and answer choices.. My anxiety is just terrible over this section so yikes. I would appreciate any advice/ tips at this point as I am desperate to get back to at least a -5/-6 on LR so I can maximize my chances of scoring on the higher end of my scores.

Also, for context, I am mainly taking the PT's in the 70's to 80's. I generally score fine in LR for PT's into the 60's. And yes, I am aware that LR gets trickier or more "difficult" in the 70's to 80's so that could explain some of this. Again, any advice would help at this point T.T Thank you!

how come theres no setting to make LR timing sections 35 mins?

#help

I consistently get -4 on the RC section. There seems to be no rhyme or reason regarding the questions I miss. They're mostly different question stems. They are often but not always the hardest questions. I try to review them and it always just seems to be a matter of the "content" (and in my opinion they always seem to be very arguable questions).

Either way, does anyone have advice on how to move past this plateau I'm on? With LR and LG, it seems to be much easier to find trends or patterns that help reveal why you're missing questions. But I struggle to do the same with RC.

So I just need clarification over why answer choice E is correct.

Reconcile what's happening.

Answer choice E says) Due to technological advances over the last decade, much oil previously considered unextractable is now considered extractable.

But I don't get why this is correct because it says, "amount of oil considered extractable is THE SAME as they were 10 years ago."

Please tell me what I am missing here!

Thank you!

Hi! I am taking the January test and studying full-time. I live in EST time and have been studying since July and get around 165 and I am reaching for the 170. I am looking for a study buddy that is serious about studying everyday and doing PTS. Thank you :)

When a passage says "usually," is this a version of "most"? For example, "John usually goes to the store." Is this essentially saying that "Most of the time, John goes to the store"? I'm confused about how one approaches this as a conditional.

I have been reading through some of the previous posts regarding this question, and they have really helped me understand the stimulus and why it is wrong. Basically, the author gave us the following premise:

S= support new tax plan

E= chance of being elected

UE= understand economics

P1: S----> /E

P2: UE----> /S

C: E-----> UE

In order for us to get to the author's conclusion (E----- >UE) we should've had the following as our premise:

E-----> /S -----> UE

Valid Argument #3- A--> B--->C

If we had been given this premise, we would have been able to validly get to the author's conclusion.

The author's error is that he is treating UE -----> /S as if it were the same as /S ------> UE. To put it in more simple terms, the author's flaw was a mistaken reversal error (in premise two).

However, I am really confused when it comes to the answer choices. I don't see how answer choice "D" describes the error that has been identified. I have found that for the harder flaw questions, LSAT writers tend to write the answer choices in very convoluted/ abstract manner. It has really been a struggle for me to get past this. Would greatly appreciate someone's help.

I am missing something on this game. Help please.

If I have a statement: A ---> C

and a second statement: B ---->C

is it fair to say A + B ----> C?

Why is the strategy to write an individual rule then immediately check that against the acceptable situations. Does this have a strategic benefit to writing all the rules, then evaluating the acceptable situations. I am inclined to think the latter takes less time, but I was curious if someone has thoughts on this?