I have read the Reading Comprehension bible, LSAT Trainer, and Voyager's guide on TLS.com. I still can't improve on reading comprehension. I keep missing 8-10 questions every time. With just a couple of days I am freaking out. I wanted to take the September LSAT but this is the only thing scaring me for the test and I really do not want to take the December LSAT. Are there any other tips that you all have. Maybe I am just not cut out to do well in Reading Comp.

During a PT, does anyone skim the RC passages before you start? If so, do you find it helpful as far finding a pacing strategy through the RC section.

I noticed when I skimmed the upcoming passage 4 - to confirm the number of Qs, I was more confident about spending time on the hard passage 3 that I was working on.

What is your strategy for the type of questions that ask you to add the next sentence to the end the passage?

Hello, I am trying to improve on logic games and am wondering if recycling old games is a good strategy. I do not want to burn out through other logic games in PTs because I will need those for simulated test prep conditions.

In short, does using old logic games that one has already completed have any value when attempting to get better?

Can anyone explain to me in detail why "some" statements with negations in them are reversible? For example, "A some /B" or "/A some B"

I've been reviewing the lessons on some and most relationships, but I'm getting caught up over the reversibility of some statements with negations in them. It just doesn't make sense to me...maybe it's just a concept that needs to sink in?

Any help will be appreciated!

As the test date approaches, I'm trying to study and improve as quickly as possible. I'm still making mistakes in the law and science related passages of RC. I've already been reading a lot of science sites/magazines, but I'm not sure what else I can do. Any recommendations would be immensely appreciated! :)

Wondering if the test actually starts at closer to 9 ie 20 to 30 minutes to take attendance and fill out forms.

Does anyone know?

I'm debating whether to get up at 7 or 630 cuz I want sleep but want the 2 hours for my brain to be fully alert.

So in my mind I attack NA questions pretty methodically: negating each answer choice and determining which one wrecks the argument, while also taking into consideration the bridge and shield types of assumptions that I learned about here (and the powerscore lessons too for that matter). I'm still fucking up. I've corrected my earlier mistake, where I tended to conflate SA and NA questions, but I'm still missing a significant number. Is anyone else having this problem? Any advice?

So I was reading through a Kaplan LR practice book (which I found mostly useless) the other day and came across a certain strategy that they suggest for attacking Logical Reasoning sections on the exam.

They suggest that you should do questions 1-17, and then turn to the end of the section and complete questions 26-18 backwards. The logic behind it is that there are easier questions hidden at the end of the sections to reward those who make it the entire way through, so you want to get those easy points.

Does anyone actually use this strategy or have any opinion on it? I know that there are sometimes easy questions towards the end of LR sections, but questions 20-26 also tend to have a few of the most difficult as well. I also thought that this may increase my chances at f*&#ing up the bubbling on my answer sheet.

Does anyone have any advice for improving my logic games score as quickly as possible? I'm happy with my reading comp and LR scores at the moment, but have found improving in games to be a slow struggle. I've been using JY's method, but with only two weeks left, I'm still only consistently finishing about 3/4 games in 35 minutes. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hi guys - I've been having wildly varying scores in my RC sections during my PTs. I go from 25-26/27 and can drop to 18-19/27 on a bad day. Not sure what's going on here, especially given that my LR & LG scores are consistently where I need them to be. Any insight/tips would be appreciated. RC is killing me!

If anyone is serious and interested please email me at esthera_09@hotmail.com

My understanding seems to be different with the explanation on the Manhattan forum. Just want to make sure I understand this Q.

The premise says deep tillage is more harmful than no-till. The conclusion says farmers who use deep tillage should incorporate no-till methods instead. My understanding is that the author is suggesting famers to use deep tillage+ no-till methods. If so, negating the answer choice C would wreck the argument: if other methods other than deep tillage are also variable, the farmers could just replace the deep tillage method completely, rather than combining deep tillage with other methods.

Is that correct? Thank a lot!

Can someone clarify this to me? What is the difference between a position and a conclusion? If someone could just sum up what JY is mentioning, that would be great! :)

I suck at weaken questions too, but I suck even more at strengthen questions.

One of the problems is, I tend to try to focus on the error in the passage, so sometimes I fall for the weakening answers which addresses the error(this is especially true for strengthen EXCEPT questions)...

Another problem is, strengthening is so hard to do! Sometimes I think an answer choice blocks a potential assumption and thereby strengthens, but later I learn that apparently the answer was entirely irrelevant. And sometimes I pick an answer choice which I really think strengthens the argument but apparently it's irrelevant too.

I've been practicing logic games from PT 52-61recently, finding these games seem much different from the older ones like those from 1-50. I heard people saying that the logic games from PT 52-61 are actually easier than the older ones. But I personally found them more challenging.

I haven't touched PT 62-72 yet. Can someone tell me whether or how the games in these PTs are different from those in PT 52-61?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had good suggestions for building RC confidence with regards to specific passage topics? I was a Humanities major in college and I tend to do pretty okay on RC passages that are about art/history/diversity (-1 or -2 per passage on average). But whenever I encounter passages about science (any and all kinds of science...) or really jargon-y law stuff, I perform very inconsistently, at times even getting most questions wrong. I think a lot of it has to do with just not feeling confident about these topics. So I've tried to read academic science journals from which the LSAT passages were taken, but I found them to be rather overwhelming.

Thank you for your time in advance and I would appreciate any suggestions!

Logical reasoning is absolutely destroying my LSAT scores- i'm only getting like 60-70% of the questions correct. Im having trouble with FLAW, MSS in particular. I have re-watched and re-did all the tutorials and it hasn't seemed to help. Any tips or tricks will be greatly appreciated. :)

So I was watching this video

http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/valid-argument-form-3-review/?ss_completed_lesson=948

and at 1:47 JY says that for MBT questions they are hiding the conclusion so you must supply the conclusion. So this made me wonder that are MBT (must be true) questions and MSS (most strongly supported) questions basically the same thing where we are supposed to find what the conclusion is, which is basically tucked in to the answer choices unlike main point questions where you are just supposed to find it in the stimulus and slap a label.

Kind of confused with these two question types. Can someone please explain the differences.

Thanks!

Hi all!

I was just wondering if anyone has noticed a trend in the difficulty of the passages in the reading comp section? I find that the first two are typically easier than the rest but wanted to hear your thoughts! In terms of questions, I've been finding the very first question to always be more difficult that the rest.

Happy studying!

I find myself constantly getting 5-8 questions wrong on each LR section, which really hurts my final score. I noted down my weak types of questions and revised them, and made sure I understood the questions. But somehow I still make mistakes for these type of questions in the next PT.

Anyone has a good strategy on how to improve specific question types? I always try to finish all questions, but I don't know if I should be doing this instead of spending more time on the hard questions I'm struggling with.

Thanks!

When printing out my PT's I am doing it one page after another where the I have to flip from one page to the next to see all the LG questions. On the actual LSAT is this how it looks or are they facing each other in such a way that no flipping is necessary? I find that flipping back and forth can be confusing and having to rewrite boards on page 2 is a waste of time. Hope this makes sense and hopefully someone can enlighten me!

I know a lot of people who advocate prephrasing an answer in your head for certain type of questions (assumptions, flaw, etc) before you go through the AC because you can get an idea of what the problem is with the stimulus. I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I find this process actually hinders, rather than assist me, in finding the right AC. For example, if I notice a certain gap/flaw in the reasoning of the stimulus, I tend to generate an answer in my head, and while looking through the AC, I become so focused on finding an answer that matches my prephrase that I would often gloss over the right one, which is sometimes not exactly the way I imagined it would be, or sometimes just phrased in a subtle way that makes it easy to miss.

In these cases, I often find myself not liking any of the AC, because none of them matches my prephrase. And this would force me to go through the AC again, wasting valuable time.

Anyone else has similar experience? When I don't prephrase the answer, sometimes it's easier to spot the right AC because it will remind me of the gap/flaw in the stimulus and it doesn't have to conform to a pre-existing model.

I have been studying for about 3 months now but my LR section score actually has gone down quite a bit (from 5-6 wrong to 8-11) and I have a difficult time finishing it on time.

Timing is my biggest issue with LR and RC section.

It seems like it does not help that English is my second language as I tend to go through two step process of translating a paragraph if it relies heavily on scientific words. But I am sure I am not the only non native speaker who's ever taken LSAT. I would like to believe there is a way for me to get a high score.

My initial preptest score was 148 then when I took another one a month ago, I got 158.

However, since my LR scores have gone down, I am not so confident about 158 anymore. My test date is September 27th. I thought about postponing it, but instead, I think will opt out for a score cancellation

I am 6 months pregnant and working full 40 hr/week.

Will it be absurd for me to sign up for Premium with my schedule?

And how helpful is it????

My target scores is 170s.

Should I just stick with what I am doing now (self study with Preptests materials) and come back later for a more serious course like Ultimate?

Help!!

I noticed some questions ask specific question about a small part, e.g. "the text supports which one of the following..." and it's about a small detail that was mentioned in the text, for which no line reference was given. Sometimes I just have no idea because the memory method on 7sage focuses on the big picture of each paragraph rather than every little detail.

What's your strategy? :D