Looking for Tips to increase my score, could some please tell me if there is a special way to BR Games and RC?

I assume they would be different because they have different methodology?

Thank you in advance! :)

taking the june 2014 LSAT, hoping for a 161. first untimed score was 143. seeing a lot of people saying it took them a year to go from the 140's to the 170's, which is freaking me out. I'm thinking maybe these people had time to study for a year. should I be banking on taking the October LSAT too? or do I need to calm down and start studying 30 hours a week?

Hi guys!

I’m retaking the LSAT for June after taking it in february. My basic issue is timing and controlling my thoughts while i’m under time pressure. As well as Reading comprehension is my absolute WORST section under pressure.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how i can navigate studying. I was at a 157 on my pt’s and aiming for 160’s low or mid.

I was also thinking of just timing the sections individually to hone in specifically on my issues per section while taking one full PT a week for now?

Does that sound realistic? Just looking for suggestions.

I watched the video explanation numerous times and cannot figure out how the correct answer came about. I think the sequencing and grouping games are the hardest ones for me. Can someone help me

I'm taking the June LSAT. I took it five years ago and got a 131. I really need to improve this score so much. I look forward to taking this course and engaging with all of you. Just one question. As i try to navigate the site on a tablet, can I print out all the test first and then go back to the lessons.

Whenever she considers voting in an election to select one candidate for a position and there is at least one issue important to her, Kay uses the following principle in choosing which course of action to take: it is acceptable for me to vote for a candidate whose opinions differ from mine on at least one issue important to me whenever I disagree with each of the other candidates on even more such issues; it is otherwise unacceptable to vote for that candidate. In the upcoming mayoral election, the three candidates are Legrand, Medina, and Norton. There is only one issue important to Kay, and only Medina shares her opinion on that issue.

According to the principle stated in the passage, in the upcoming mayoral election

(A) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for either Medina or Legrand, but it is unacceptable for her to vote for Norton

(B) the only unacceptable courses of action are for Kay to vote for Norton and for her to vote for Legrand

(C) it is unacceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates

(D) the only unacceptable course of action is for Kay to vote for Medina

(E) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates

Does the 'and only Medina shares her opinion on that issue' means Medina agree with Kay?

It's an article about 2 schools of economics. I don't understand Q15 which answer is A. I chose B.

A. The environment's ability to yield raw material is limited.

B.Natural resources are an external constraint on economics.

Isn't that A can be interpreted as that natural resources is limited, and that's what Line 20-22 says (steady-state economists' view) and Line 30-35 saying "that natural resources, if depleted, can be replaced by'' shows that the neoclassical economists also believed that natural resources is LIMITED (although it could be replaced by other resources)?

And I don't see why B is wrong. Although the passage doesn't explicitly say that the steady-state economics hold this conception (or hold the conceptions like external/internal constraints.)

Can anyone explain this?

Many thanks!

Anybody out there?

Hey guys! Unsure of how to approach this question or why (A) is wrong. Help? :)

Hola! Happy Friday! Hope everyone is staying safe and warm in our little rain weather ;) If anyone is in the Orange County area and would like a study buddy let me know! I am prepping for June 2014 LSAT!

There is actually one MSS question i can’t figure out myself: Practice Test4-Section 1-Question17. I am having trouble deciding between B and C. Can someone help? Thanks!

Hi 7sagers,

I feel as thought having the ability to practice RC sections indivdually would help greatly. As I am going through PTS, after each one, i think about what went wrong and practice to improve it. this could be like a certain type of game, or type of qustions (i.e. most strongly supported). Id like to be able to have a bunch of old RC sets to practice with in hopes of improving timing. 7sage doesn't offer such adons or include them in updated packages. Has anyone bought something like this anywhere?

Thanks,

Jake

hi there,

i have a question about diagramming the following stimulus: "all too many weaklings are also cowards, and few cowards fail to be fools. thus there must be at least one person who is both a weakling and a fool." the question asks us to match the flaw and the correct answer is "some painters are dancers, since some painters are musicians, and some musicians are dancers."

i got this correct simply by process of elimination, but i wasn't 100% confident in my answer choice. i understand the first part: "all too many weaklings are also cowards" = "weaklings (--(some)--) cowards" since "all too many" = "many" = "some" on the LSAT.

the second part ("few cowards fail to be fools") is what confuses me, for two reasons:

(1) i took this to mean that "cowards (--(some)--) NOT fools," but the answer choice seems to suggest that this means "cowards (--(some)--) fools." i'm not sure if i'm overthinking it, but i just thought it was incorrect to assume "cowards (--(some)--) fools" since there is no contrapositive for "some"

(2) can we assume that "few cowards fail to be fools" to mean MOST cowards are fools (or is that too strong)?

thank you in advance!

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-2-question-24/

i'm having a hard time understanding the answer for PT 54.2.24 ("there are 1.3 billion cows worldwide, and this population is growing....")

the answer is A (that cows given good quality diets would produce more meat/milk than they would otherwise), but i got this wrong because i thought it had nothing to do with the conclusion (i.e., methane production would be kept in check if cows were given better quality diets). i kept looking for a connection between diets and methane production, which led me to B (although i still had qualms about it since it didn't address the differential quality of diets). i can understand that A would potentially eliminate a counterargument to the conclusion, but why exactly is this the best answer when it doesn't address the methane issue (i.e., it doesn't directly address whether methane production would be "kept in check")? could you go over what exactly we should look for when strengthening the conclusion?

this question just threw me off -- the stimulus itself doesn't seem difficult but the answer choices just sucked! ;)

thanks as always for all your help!

jane

I’m writing the exams a week from tomorrow (February 8th).

When i have all the time in the world, i’m perfect on the flaw family questions (All assumptions, flaw, weaken and strengthen) but with timing, i freeze on them and get stumped, it significantly hinders my performance.

Should i be worried? I would prefer to write tests everyday but i’m scared i’ll burn out?

Can anyone please offer me advice on how i can possibly work on getting better?

Prest Test 56 - section 2 - Q25.

Question removed. Please see video for question:

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-56-section-2-question-25/

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Now, before I list the answers, please read my thought process so you can better understand where my head was at.

"In the long run... to use insecticides." --> Main Conclusion.

"Because insects... with insecticide use." --> Premise.

", farmers have to... to control insect pests." --> Sub Conclusion / Conclusion to the Above premise.

That's what I was thinking.

A.) It is the argument's main conclusion, but not its only conclusion.

B.) It is a CLAIM for which a causal EXPLANATION is provided and which itself is used as direct support for the argument's only conclusion.

C.) It is the argument's only conclusion.

D.) It is a claim that is used as direct support for an intermediary conclusion, which in turn is used as direct support for the argument's main conclusion.

E.) It identifies a phenomenom for which the argument's main conclusion offers a causal explanation.

*spoiler*

The second choice is the correct answer. Which implies that my labeling was wrong. The answer states that it was a claim (what i would consider to be a conclusion) and that it's accompanied by a "casual" (what the heck is that supposed to mean, LSAC,) "explanation," which is supposed to be the premise. It further states that this "claim" is used as direct support for the argument's ONLY CONCLUSION.

How is this the only conclusion!?? When the LSAT says Claim and Explanation in the answer choices or question stems, does it mean Conclusion and Premise or are these two phenomenon something different entirely?

I apologize if JY explained this in one of his lessons, but i seemed to have missed it and tracking it down seemed more time consuming than asking the forums.

can someone please confirm this is how logic games are set up now http://imgur.com/DtBikmY. There have been multiple posts and understandably so. I believe a picture speaks 1000 words. If this pic is correct, it appears to have like an elongated horizontal 3/4 length of blank page under all the questions ( making flipping between a game unnecessary). does anyone think incorporating a page folded like this to logic games (http://imgur.com/saO3sxV) while P'Ting would be a bad idea. Although it is lose, it seems to give a semi-representation of an actual situation. I don't think having the same amount of space though on the actual age on the actual test day will be that much of a negative difference, how bout guys. If someone has a better idea i'm opening to listening to it. wat do u guys think?? any thoughts?

If anyone is able to explain any of the above questions, I'd be very grateful.

To be more specific:

Q13 - stuck between A and D

Q16 - was able to eliminate C & D, but chose E

Q22 - really didn't understand this one... I chose A under timed conditions, and E during BR...neither of which were correct

Thanks in advance.

13- http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-71-section-4-passage-2-questions/

16- http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-71-section-4-passage-3-questions/

22- http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-71-section-4-passage-4-questions/

If you already have access to the full course:

http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/logic-games-habits-for-speed-and-accuracy/

Otherwise, I'm reproducing the contents of that lesson here. What good habits do you cultivate for LG?

Good habits:

-Tick off rules as you translate them into our visual language.

-Write out rules neatly, close to each other.

-Combine rules with overlapping items.

-Every time you encounter a new rule, think about how it interacts with the game items, the board, and the previous rules.

-Reduce visual clutter.

-Try to split the main game-board into sub-game-boards.

-Remember to check for floaters.

When stuck:

-Sufficient failed, rule irrelevant.

-Necessary satisfied, rule irrelevant.

-Pare down and rewrite your rules that still remain.

-Take stock of what items are left.

-Count the number of items left against number of slots left.

-Close out groups when they are full.

Stop the explanation video after the game-board setup. Try to solve the questions yourself.

Currently I'm struggling with the LR section mainly because I can't consistently get the weakening questions correct. I do 90-100% on Main Point and Strengthen. Weakening questions on the other hand are a 50-50 accuracy. Anyone know how to improve?

Hi all --

I'm pretty sure I'm posting in the right spot but let please move if I'm not!

In any case I'd like some advice.

I am a college student, but that's it.

My situation started off late January when I started to study for the October 2013 exam. This self-studying (complete with MLSAT and Powerscore bibles) didn't work out for personal reasons. I then decided to try to study again for the December exam, this time with a tutor. This has not worked out because my exam scores are nowhere near (think 150s) where I need them to be (170+). I'm delaying until February and taking a year off to work before law school, but now have been considering delaying until June 2014 in pursuit of a great score.

I have purchased the Complete LSAT package and will be going over it, as well as the recommended practice exams, in preparation for February. Do I have enough time to improve to where I need to be by then? Any experience or recommendations would be great.

I am awesome at this portion of the test and usually score really well, but for some reason cannot understand why the correct answer choice on this question is what it is.

The argument is #6 of Section 2 of Prep Test 23. They discuss prehistoric chimpanzee species, tool use and humans. I won't type the argument out unless y'all need me to, but was wondering if anyone could help explain why the correct answer is C over D.

Hi!

I took the December LSAT and I'm retaking it in Feb but I've gone through most of the practice tests already (all the recent ones for sure). To study for the Feb LSAT, should I retake the recent PT's that I already took when studying for the December LSAT? Or should I take the older PT's that I haven't taken but aren't as up to date?

Thanks for the help!

Hi Everyone:

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to spend the next month studying for the Feb LSAT. I work full time and want to make sure that I am using the time I have wisely. And any suggestions on how to improve my test score?

WH- PT - JP - TB - PD - CB - SM - PM - CE - DT - ? - PC

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