That is because in day-to-day conversations in English, we often use "some" to mean "several" or "a few." People, including myself, use some to literally always mean more than one. However, some must include at least one. On the LSAT, they're not necessarily saying that there is only one of something, but in the example, it must be true that at least one student can read. I think JY really wants to emphasize that "some" is a range that must include at least one but can include up to all. I also think LSAT wants to ensure you know the difference between some, most, and all as their ranges differ. Overall, LSAT lingo /= day-to-day normal English lol. Hope this helps clear it up!

No, not all lsat questions will have a conclusion. For example, in Must Be True and Most Strongly Supported questions, they usually consist of a set of facts with no conclusion. Your job will be to choose an answer choice that will follow logically from the premises. Basically, you're making a conclusion based on the set of facts given. Sounds intimidating, but with practice comes better performance!!

Assumptions are not stated in the stimulus -- as defined, they are unstated. Therefore, anything in the stimulus is taken as fact. As the reader, we take what is stated in the premises as facts. It is our job to take every sentence listed in the tiger argument as fact. So, really, assumptions can never really turn into facts because they are unstated. Assumptions are just what the author assumes to be true in order for the argument to follow logically; they don't say it explicitly because, again, they are assuming. Also, premises are not assumptions because they are stated. They are explicit, while assumptions are implicit. That is how I interpreted the videos so far. Hope this makes sense and correct me if I wrong on anything guys!

Me four!!

I think the main goal is to focus on accuracy before you start to incorporate timing. Consistently drilling and reviewing is key to this test. That is why I think it is so learnable. I am in the beginning of the curriculum but won't focus on timing until I learn all the question types, memorized the strategies, and am getting my untimed drills correctly.

For the future: A tip I read is to see how long it takes you to complete a normal PT section, without worrying about the time. See where you score and slowly start doing timed sections with that time. Again, focus on accuracy and review, review, review! Then, repeatedly start taking drilled sections by chipping away at the timer (increments of 2-5 minutes) until you reach 35 minutes. You should only start chipping away if you are maintaining accuracy!

Definitely will help for Parallel Reasoning questions