This is supposed to be a fairly easy question but I have a little beef with why (A) is right. During BR, I picked (B), however, I can see why B is wrong because James doesn't have an opinion on boundaries. But does Rachel really believe that contemporary art is of lower quality than earlier art when she just says that artists' freedom has just caused a general decline? Isn't that a stretch? #help

I still do my L.R. Wrong Answer Journal on paper, but if you're good at Excel, I'm sure you can make a spreadsheet of some sorts. Everything you need to know in order to improve (Question Type, PT answer, BR answer, Why you got it wrong, what to do next time to get it right, Question Difficulty) still applies!

@ Yes yes! Please, that would be great!

@ Good point. Yeah I could see where that would be a problem if you negated "many" to "none."

Yes, but you're half right! "Many" = "Some" = "At least one."

@ Thank you so much for this!

Congrats! What's your approach to RC? I literally don't know how else to improve in that section.

It's definitely C! Nice writing job!

Wow, congrats on the wicked score! I didn't know you were still at it until now, I was thinking this dude Heart Shaped Box must be an LSAT wizard due to your elaborate explanations which I, among many others, have greatly appreciated! Kudos to your hard work and perseverance brother!

Congrats man! The long journey was worth it!

I have this same issue! On my last couple of PTs, my 1st LR section is hot garbage while my 2nd section is remarkably better. I'm guessing that warm-ups before a PT can't hurt.

What part of Houston do you stay in? I'm in Friendswood/Clear Lake area.

Ellen's book is awesome! I'm only halfway through it, but so far I've picked up a lot of valuable insight and little tidbits that I didn't get from other prep material. Some things in the book, like the translation drill, were game-changing! I would love private sessions with her if I could afford it. It's a great supplement to the 7sage CC. The book definitely has my backing!

@ Finally it works for me now! Thank you so much!

High-Res Summary

P1) Embryos must establish “early polarity,” (set up to isolate top from bottom, front from backsides) to develop into an organism. Mechanisms that establish in embryos in the earlier stages are more different across life forms than those in the later stages (e.g. limbs, brains). An example of early-stage development discusses differences between fruit flies and nematodes.

P2) In fruit flies, signals are inscribed in the egg before fertilization. With all the info it needs in a week, once fertilized, a single cell turns to larvae. On the other hand, in nematodes, at the point of fertilization, vital info is administered leads to p-granules clustering on one end of the yolk. When the yolk splits, one side gets all the p-granules; the presence of p-granules or lack thereof determines front side/rear side. These sperm-driven processes for setting up body orientation seemingly also occurs in simple vertebrates like frogs, but not more complex ones, such as humans. Studies show that polarity occurs much later in regards to the latter; symmetrical cell divisions happen first.

P3) The establishing of polarity for an embryo relies on integral genes similar across life forms. This aspect reveals an unexpected paradox: while embryos of different species in the early stages appear similar, their developments are vastly different. Yet when they start developing physical features such as limbs, differentiating themselves aesthetically as unique species, their developments are ever so similar.

Definitely interested!

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#help

So I tried putting in my answers again and the Analytics page is still doing the same thing. I can't see neither the answers I put during my timed PT run, nor my BR answers. Please let me know what the situation is and when and how it can be resolved. Thanks!

@ @ @ Thank you so much!

Wow crazy...Early on I would've been down with this when I couldn't stand games. Now I can't imagine LSAT without them. Maybe instead they'll have an Analytical Reasoning section that's like L.R., but more Formal Logic based. Very very interesting...

High-Res Summary

P1) For the native people of Canada, most assert that it’s their right to exercise ownership rights over movable cultural property. While traditional Canadian common law has placed this right with certain custodians such as museums, recent litigation by the natives has called custodians’ ownership of this right into question.

P2) While the Canadian courts have long based decisions of ownership on the concept of “private property,” (any one owner can do whatever one sees fit) the natives’ litigation challenges the courts to acknowledge a property ownership concept that runs contrary to “private property.” Native Canadians have traditionally practiced a concept called “collective ownership;” community members have equal say in how resources are used.

P3) Due to the granting of ownership solely based on community member status, natives mostly lack the proper documentation that private property requires to certify ownership. Custodians, such as museums, are likely to possess this documentation, which in turn better favors them as legal owners, regardless of if the property originated in native communities. However as the sentiment that asserting the concept of private property on all cultural groups is flawed, the Canadian courts will realize that natives can claim property through collective ownership and that these claims should be recognized.

High-Res Summary

P1) Anthropologists have long wondered about our early ancestors’ purpose in creating the first images of life around them. Among the images studied come from those of the Aurignacians. Some of these anthropologists view their work as evidence of a secure life and acknowledge the group’s excellent craftsmanship.

P2) To the curiosity of these researchers, these paintings (images) were in areas lacking illumination and only accessible through arduous effort. This aspect makes it unlikely that these paintings were for aesthetic purposes.

P3) However, given that the Aurignacians were hunter-gatherers, many of these anthropologists surmise that these images were meant as a means for helping procure a stable supply of food. Common amongst pre-technological societies was the belief that one could gain power over an animal by erecting an image of it. The researchers believe that these images were for granting magical power of the Aurignacians’ prey. There’s also evidence that special ceremonies were performed before the images were made; footprints in caves and images of shamans show this.

HMU

I HATE THIS QUESTION!

@ I thought as much, just never heard of that acronym before. And thanks for posting about the trials program! It's interesting, now that I'm just hearing about it.

Can you tell me what you did for your RC translation drill? Translation from the Loophole has helped me big time and I know she has a similar drill for RC. Is yours the same?