http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-66-section-3-game-1/

For this game, the instructor said "J" and "O" can't be stacked together because the rule is: "J" comes earlier than "O." If "J" is stacked with "O," with "J" in the a.m. and "O" in the p.m., isn't that still J - O?

Hello,

From watching JY's videos I thought I had the Fool Proof Method down pack but now I am unsure.

I currently give myself 8 mins on a LG in the course. Then I watch the Game Board Setup/questions videos and check my answers. Then if I missed any of the questions I print out 10 copies. I usually print 10 copies of each game, just for extra practice. Even on the games I get a 100% I just like to go back to them in a few days/weeks/months and work them out again to make sure I understood the game. But I'm currently working my way through the Intro to Grouping Games: In/Out Games and I noticed that when I printed out the 1st problem set in the instructions it said:

1. Complete each LGs in less than 10 mins.

2. Fool Proof Review - Is this the same way I've been doing it before?

3. Check your answer

So I wanted to clarify if I'm actually doing it right? Or am I missing a step?

J.Y. touches on this briefly in some of the posts in the problems sets, but at what point should I really be focusing on the timing of these sets? Most of the games don't give me a whole lot of problems, but some I have to fool proof the crap out of. I always try to work to be accurate before speedy. Is this the right approach? J.Y. says in some of the games to not worry about timing as much and take as long as needed. On the problems that I have issues with, will the speed come as I get more accurate from fool proofing? At what point should I be focused intently with my time? During the preptests or the problem sets?

Congratulations to everyone who took the February lsat!

I should let you know, gloating about how well you felt like you did is dangerous. Many people gloat and end up doing worse than they expected....you don't want that happening to you!

Then there are people who are reading your post and start getting worried because they don't feel as good about it. It's not nice lol

Can anyone help me with this reading comprehension question? I can't see why (D) is incorrect. The way I interpreted this passage, the author was illustrating the similarity between the application of mathematics to science to the application of language to things.

So I find (B) to not be the purpose of the third paragraph, it seems to only describe a part of the paragraph. While the third paragraph does describe the position of linguists, the author also shows how this position is similar to how the mathematical language relates to science.

Hello 7sages,

I found it's very time-consuming if I have to copy game boards to next page, especially there's more than 2 game boards (for example, PT 41, G1 and G2)

Does "to write fast and accurately" the only to overcome this obstacle?

Thanks for your help!

Hey, everyone. When you do the PTs for the second time (about 6 months after the first take), do you think a improvement in scores entails a genuine improvement or just that I remember the questions?

Hi guys,

I'm currently working through the NA questions and I am having a hard time understanding the concepts with bridging and blocking. I know that NA questions help strengthen an argument by a little. Barely. But somehow I feel that I need to weaken the argument when I get to the answer choices. I think I'm actually confusing the whole negate the correct answer choice process, right? Could someone better explain this to me?

Hey everyone -- you've all been such awesome buddies as 7Sagers I thought I'd recommend something from my personal LSAT experience -- take headache meds or whatever you might need along those lines with you on test day.

In September I had a cold as I flew into Florida the day before the LSAT from where I live in Costa Rica and thanks to the pressure changes during the flight my cold erupted and I developed the most awful sinus headache during the LSAT and had no meds on me. So this time I'm flying into Florida tomorrow - a day earlier - in case anything needs to settle, and I'll have meds on me on test day just in case. Hopefully most of you are very local to a LSAT center but I thought I'd mention this in case it might be a useful heads up to someone!

Any other tips to share?

Best wishes to all you fellow hard workers and dreamers for Saturday! I'm really going to miss the 7Sage camaraderie.

Let's face it, we don't have time to diagram logical reasoning questions on the test especially if your a slow reader like me. So when I get to parallel questions it pisses me off cause I have to sit there and diagram the stimulus and every answer choice until I get to the right one.

So instead of diagramming parallel questions, I just put it like this: A-->B B--->C therefore A--->C and try to find an answer choice that follows the same logic instead of diagramming the actual words in the stimulus.

I'm really starting to worry.. 3 months ago I was scoring in the 150s. I've studied extensively since. Over time that got up to 160, and over the course of the next four tests, my score remained in the 160s, my highest of which was a 167. My next PT dropped to 159, but there were a couple bubbling errors I had made, so my actual raw score put me at 160. But then my most recent test, which I took earlier today, was a 156! That's what I would've gotten 3 months ago! And I've been working so hard and feel like I've made MAJOR improvements. And it's not like my studying has slowed or anything recently. I've kept up with it and have been focusing on issue areas. I think I may just need to get better at timing/pacing myself, because I do run out of time with each section. I'm not really sure what to think. All I know is that I'm extremely frustrated and nervous. Is this happening to anyone else?

Hey guys! I've been meaning to ask if anyone could help me better understand this concept. I think I understand it but when I'm under timed conditions this skips right over my head. It's like I don't even notice it being causation or correlation until I reach the answer choices, sometimes. So does anyone have a better approach? I have taken notes about this section but it still seems to go over my head. I've also watched that section 3 times lol maybe a 4th time will actually work lol.

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I am currently scoring -8 on LR, -2 to -4 on LG, but -15 on RC (Best of - 12).

With 2 weeks left. Do you guys suggest I work entirely on RC? People told me to work more on LR since it is two sections but RC is really killing my score...

My goal is to get above 160 (raw score 70) and right now my raw score is around 60ish. I have been working primarily on my LR by drilling and reviewing the videos but the score does not seem to be changing as much. I assume since my RC score is SO bad, I would have much more room for improvement. Is two weeks enough?

Anyone who has had similar experiences in RC please give me some advice. Thanks!

the last few times i've done LR i've just tried racing through the questions and you know what. i've found my score to be significantly better. i've gone from -11 to -3/-4 the past few days. as an added bonus i typically have 6 or 7 mins to review my answer choices.

i don't trust this method, but i'm wondering if i just over analyze the answers.

any thoughts?

I don't know if I should wait for my scores for the February exam to come back to submit my applications? Or can I submit them and they will still consider the new score when it comes out? I feel like 6 weeks from the test is so late.

Hey! I wanted to know if anyone in this forum would like to do a google doc, similar to the one I did for flaw questions? We could work on it together and/or input our notes/examples? I still have not cover NA questions but I tend to always miss those on PTs. Thanks!

Hey you guys! I have a google doc for flaw questions with examples and I've been sharing it with other people from 7sage and anyone else that may need them. I recently received an email telling me that they cannot view my google doc. I was wondering what that reason could be? Would anyone know? I am able to see it on my end but the people that I've shared it with cannot view it? I've checked my settings and nothing is private. When I tried to copy and paste it would no longer let me because now it keeps showing me as offline. Or it'll say "reconnecting" does anyone know what I could do?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-57-section-1-game-1/

I am confused about #5 on prep test 57 logic game #1. It is a substitution question type where it asks us to substitute M --> L (rule 3).

I watched the 7sage explanation video and did not understand it at all. I then tried to figure out why the answer choice is C. I looked at all the diagrams I have written out for the game and compared it to answer choices. Whatever that was not a Must Be True answer choice, I eliminated and that's how I figured out it would be C.

I then looked up the explanation on Manhattan blog and the person was saying we need to find an answer choice that still gives us M ---> L with all the other original rules remaining in effect.

I guess I'm confused about one thing in substitution questions. When it asks us to substitute a rule and keep the other rules in effect, is that another way of saying which one of the answer choices still gives you M ---> L? So are we not substituting the M ---> L? Are we essentially still looking for an answer choice that will give us M ---> L?

The most difficult for me is the Logical Reasoning and I was wondering if anyone had a perfected study guide for me use. I would really appreciate it! Im taking the LSAT in February and am in dying need of help on this one section as of now!

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-2-question-26/

I'm confused between C and D. I chose D because I just felt it made more sense, but I still have no idea why D is a better answer than C.

Does the conclusion also make sense if C is an answer just like D?

And if this question is about a necessary assumption instead of a sufficient assumption, can C be an answer?

Please someone enlighten me. Thanks!

Anyone else find they are making stupid mistakes on Logical Reasoning...?

I usually score between -6 to -8 on these sections when I do them timed.

Once I complete a Logical Reasoning section I re-print the section and do all the questions un-timed as Blind Review, without looking at the answer choices I circled before. (I still do the questions fairly quickly)

I find that when I go over them a second time, I only get 3-4 wrong... Does anyone else have this problem?

Any steps I can take to get these right on the first attempt? There seems to be no pattern as to the questions types that I am missing.

Hi guys,

I would like to know which games are usually harder(and/or time consuming) among 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. So far, I have seen 1st game is usually easier, and 3rd one is harder. Sometimes, 4th one is also harder. My problem is, while taking timed PT, somehow, if I pick up a harder one as 1st or 2nd game, then I cannot answer all questions( i.e., I cannot complete the last game, which might be even easier, and I end up getting lower score instead). Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Can anyone please help me how to negate the conditional statement?

If a statement is "if you get 180 on LSAT, your chances of getting into T3 increase," how would I negate this? Thank you so much for your help guys.

Do you go to a library where some noise might occur? Do you stay at home with ear plugs and no one else home? Do you use mechanical pencils or wooden pencils? J.Y. said that when PTing we should simulate testing conditions as much as we possibly can. This ranges from possibly using the room we may take the test in, to using wooden #2 pencils instead of mechanical (which sucks because mechanical feels so much better in my hands).

If you're studying to retake the exam, what felt out of place on test day? Was it random noise from other people? Did they make constant noises such as erasing, ticking off answers loudly, or whisper to themselves? I'm curious, because these were my problems, and although they did not fully contribute to my poor score, I feel the noises played a part. Also, in my opinion, a good portion of the test is being able to stay focused and not get irritated/unfocused when people are doing quirky things.