Hi guys,

One question ! I am actually not understanding how I should approach Weakening questions. I understand that you have to identify the premise (s) and conclusion of the stimulus, but from there I blank out as soon as I see the answer choices. Any advices ? Also, JY says that we should not attack the premise and conclusion of a stimulus, but when studying off of Power Score the book said to weaken an argument by attacking a premise or conclusion. I am very confused. Please help ! Thanks .

Hello everyone, so I got my lsat score back and it's not the score I was hoping for, just shy of a 150. I've studied over the course of the last 5 months which I thought was intense studying. Someone please tell me there's no ceiling, that I can only go up from this score. I'm hoping I can review the CC all over again and it will be more clear. I'm just hoping I didn't reach my maximum :(

Hoping to get some thoughts from outsiders perspective. Just checked my June score and got a 165.

This is a few points below my average PTs (168) with a few in the low 170s. I know conventional wisdom is that I should definitely retake (and I plan to), it's just a matter of when.

I'm signed up for the July LSAT and I'm trying to decide whether or not to take it. Heres my situation: I'm joining the Peace Corps and leaving the country September 15. While I could technically take the September exam, I've ruled it out because I don't want to be studying for the lsat until right before I leave. I'm prioritizing spending time preparing for my service and visiting friends and family before I'm gone for 2 years (I highly doubt I'll be able to come back and visit during my service).

So I'm trying to decide if I should take the July test or push back retaking until I get back from the PC. I'm comfortable with waiting. I'm not opposed to finishing my service and moving back, finding a job and working at a nonprofit for a year or however long it takes while I pick back up my studies. But I also think if I could score a 170 in July I wouldn't have to take it again.

GPA is right around a 3.5 and my goals are lower T-14 or a hefty scholarship to a Tier 1 school in the south.

I just don't think I can do enough in 3 weeks to feel confident that I can get a 170 on the July test and given that it would take up one of the 2.5 months I have left I'm just not sure the trade-off is worth it.

Score breakdown for June was -3 LG, -6 RC, -5 LR, -3 LR

I messed up my timing on RC and missed 3 from speeding through the last passage. My LG score is pretty representative and I usually miss between 1 and 4 on LR sections. What do y'all think I should do?

Edit: also this was my second take. First was a 160 in September 2017 after self studying.

Hello Everyone,

I have been taking practice tests and I notice that I am overwhelmingly getting necessary assumption questions wrong. I understand the basics for solving them such as finding the gap. However, are there any patterns with solving necessary assumption questions. I found noticing patterns for weaken/strengthen to be very helpful and they’ve become my stronger question type. I greatly appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

Hi All,

Having serious problems with figuring out this question. E is the right answer, but I chose B. My thinking for B is that it may have been a coincidence that all three times Monroe had eaten at Tip-Top, was already ill beforehand but was not obvious until after. So having not eliminated this possibility, I thought, was the flaw. Although i can see how E works, I am still not entirely convinced and definitely do not feel it is a better answer than B. Can anyone please explain to me how they went about thinking about this question?

Thanks!

Happy Grey Day everyone and best of luck. No matter the result, you're all winners in my eyes.

Anybody else?

Hey all,

So i know like 90% of LR weaken and other questions attack relationship btw premise and conclusion.

But some actually attack the premise. I just did PT 48.4.23 -- it's a weaken EXCEPT question, and one of the weaken answer choices just wrecked the premise. the question is correlation causation, but one one weaken answer choice just said that the correlation actually doesn't exist (effectively wrecking one of the premises).

I've done a couple other weaken questions where they go after the premise.

What are some of the traits of questions/arguments/stimuluses where the premise is attacked?

is it just for correlation/causation questions -- where you can wreck the correlation? or is it also for survey/data questions, where you can just wreck the survey/data?

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

thank you!

Just got the email says there is a hold on my score. The only thing i can guess is i printed too big when copying that paragraph

Anyone who recently took the lsat (or is just studying for it) been having stress dreams? They’re driving me crazy and leave me more tired than the night before. Anyone care to share theirs?

Hey guys. If you're using Pacifico's LG strategy are you supposed to watch JY's video explanation of the answer choices OR just the way he set it up etc. after your 1st attempt, before taking out your 2nd copy to attempt?

I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to write my LRS on timed sections or if I want to do them in my head. What do you do? I'm trying both out but just curious to know what everyone else has done.

On average, how long does a strong LR student spend reading the stimulus and question stem before looking at the answer choices? In general I spend more than a minute on a question before I get to the AC's... (i'm new to timed LR)

I ran out of time for a few questions which is making is suspect so.

I'm a full time high school teacher and graduate student. I'm taking the July LSAT because the other dates just really aren't plausible for me, so I either kill it on July 23 or I don't. I'm exhausted. My first practice test was my highest score (158) and the more I study, the worse I do on PTs. I've been studying as best I can since April but after a day of teaching, I'm depleted and can barely keep my eyes open for the drive home, let alone an entire PT (and yes, I have studied in the morning prior to work but the July test is proctored at 12:30, so I need to make sure my brain works in the afternoon). I know I have it in me to do better, and I have the week prior to the test off, so I'm hoping to gain some energy and study time back then. But I'll be 30 by the time I apply to law school and question if I have the same stamina as undergraduates applying at the same time. My questions for this community, are:

Thank you in advance!

Does anybody know when the scores for the international June 2018 paper (Asia) will be out?

Hi All,

Having a bit of trouble getting my head around this question. Originally chose B, but correct answer is C. Had a bit of a crack at it, anyone please elaborate or correct me on my thinking!

Basically, the argument is assuming what is true of the stats for the sample is true when the test is used for the general public. However, the argument does not provide any information/we do not have any way of confirming whether this is correct when applied to the general public, hence its flaw is '(C) fails to take into account what proportion of the population have used cocaine'.

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Is "As" in the LR stimulus - I think it's a premise indicator, correct; similar to because (synonym)?

Hey guys,

I'm looking for the help about weakening questions, this type of questions really makes me frustrated. I could find the premises and conclusions, but I'm confused about supports between them. And every time I do this type of questions, the AC often sway me away. Are there any methods to practice these questions or any advice? I'll really appreciate for that.

I just started learning them and they're the first type of question that has completely thrown me off... Any tips?

Does anyone else feel like RC are just like extended LR questions? I've been using the same techniques for RC as I did for LR and it seems to be working out really well. I find it helpful to approach questions this way.

Can anyone please help explain how to get to the correct AC. I have pinpointed that I am having difficulty with questions of this type. I tried to diagram but got confused AGAIN! Can anyone please explain how to properly diagram this in order to arrive at the correct AC? Thanks

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I thought B was correct because the conclusion is that general reductions need to be taken when it comes to the pace of bringing the marketplaces new drugs being tested. I figured that since the social impact of antihistamine was far from clear than that means that it wasn't understood which then also lead me to believe that maybe there needs to be a reduction of the pace when it comes to drugs being tested because they are not clearly being understood which is what lead me to answer choice B. I see how B could be wrong when it comes to the wording of some. How is A correct though?

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Does anybody have any idea why the answer choice is (a) for this question? I couldn't find an answer so I ended up eliminating all of the answer choices because none of them seemed to make sense. Answer choice (a) seems to strengthen the argument, if anything. Someone please help! Thank you!

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any advice on how to re-approach logical reasoning questions when you've pretty much did every question and sort of remember the answer? How do you about doing these questions again? I made the mistake of burning through all of them and now I'm studying them again for a retake. I'm kind of worried because people are telling me that I won't improve much since I don't have any fresh new questions that I haven't seen before. Please tell me this isn't true lol