I've been preparing for the LSAT for some time. I took the test in January and plan to retake it in June, or possibly August if needed. While people often say that speed comes with practice—and I do feel myself getting faster—I also find that I tend to misread questions when I try to move too quickly. My Blind Review (BR) scores are at my target level, but the gap between my actual score and my BR is significant. Does anyone have advice on how to close this gap or improve performance under test conditions? If the solution is simply more timed practice, I can do that, but I'm unsure how much time I should allow for the tougher questions. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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@Zenaida-Macroura I find that there's almost always a line that directly correlates to the right AC, irrespective of question type. Are there specific passage themes you struggle with more? It's hard to say w/o more focussed data but things to consider are whether the ac is too strong, whether it just reiterates some part of the passage without answering the question, whether or not the ac is in fact consistent w the main point of the passage. I find that I miss adjectives a lot (bc I think I see what I'm looking for), so my goal is to try highlighting them moving forward. Reading for leisure has helped me the most though but idk if you do that already. These are just random ideas I'm throwing out there, you got this !! :)
Does your accuracy improve when you blind review ? I find BR to be the most effective way to assess what you missed and why. You can ask yourself what made the wrong answer attractive and why you weren't attracted to the right answer etc.
@blosciale I think it would be helpful to separate the premise and the conclusion
Conclusion: Moral Agent --> Free Will
Premise: /desire to conform --> / moral agent
contrapositive of premise: moral agent --> desire to conform
now we ask ourselves, what must the author believe?
for simplicity sake, i will use variables:
A = Moral Agent
B = desire to conform
C = Free Will
conclusion: A-->C
premise: A --> B
the only way we can get from A-->C is if B-->C
Bc then A-->B --> C
I know this process seems more geared towards a SA question but the desire to conform requires free will for our argument to hold. I hope this helps!
anyone have tips on how to challenge your own bias? i defs thought incomplete tapes implied that they wouldn't be an accurate representation .. i also see how this ac is wrong bc of "specific flights" given that we are speaking in general terms and specific flights could be an outlier.
@hpsaltos OMG SAME... i literally read the explanation for E & was like sir.. the whole point of hibernation is survival bc of limited food availability wdym you don't care. LMAO these guys are so slick, they knewwww we would do that and thats why they put that AC there. Wont catch us next time.
hmm, i thought D was saying that larger interstitial nuclei exists in male cats who haven't contracted disease X, so we cant conclude that they are correlated.. perhaps just an anomaly ... ?
@LukaDoncicForMVP I've noticed that you have such positive remarks on a lot of the discussion posts! I'm glad you're a part of the 7sage community. It's nice to see these thoughts reiterated and reaffirmed. This can be an isolating journey. Thanks for the reminders (even though I wasn't the one directly asking).
I think this is great!! Perhaps also having streak freezes (1-2x week) to cultivate a culture of rest / holistic studying. Rest days are important and should be valued too :) It would also be cool to see the flame intensity/colour deepen if you do more practice or harder questions that day, so you can see how much you're mentally lifting every day. (kind of like some Anki add-ons, which do the former)
@MichaelWright Thanks so much ! I noticed that I second-guess myself a lot, and that's often a time sink. I am trying to find more ways to build my confidence. I'm sure shifting my priority from the score itself to the little experiment will be helpful.
i don't get how A is right tbh.. if the initial line is shorter, isn't the number of protrusions one can make inevitably less bc you would reach the end far sooner? surely the number of protrusions you have from a 600ft line would differ from a 6ft line, no? i guess my only counter argument against myself is that its says "at any stage" and i am just talking about in general .. someone please tell me if im on the right or wrong track lol tyty
what .. i thought the second paragraph was suggesting that the sociologist were missing something in their analysis (which i took to mean that they exaggerated other aspects..). I didn't choose C because how am i supposed to know what is more difficult and what circumstances enable such difficulty.
LMAO the way i thought Michelangelo was one of the contemporaries .. I'm cooked ahaha
I was between B and C for this one. I chose C because I assumed that renewable resources would not be depleted, which is why we are encouraged to shift from nonrenewable to renewable energy sources. I was also wary of B because it used the word “indefinitely,” and that seemed too extreme. Do you have any thoughts or recommendations on how to approach this question and others like it?
I understand that B is correct but i chose D bc i felt like the author is assuming that each individual worker contributes the same level of productivity, where arguably, some workers are probably more efficient than others.
this happened to me too! I just assumed I was getting better LMAO but I'm glad someone asked :)
yayyyy!!! congrats! I hope you're feeling well rested :)