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Courtney Pierce

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Lessons · [OPTIONAL] Modifiers "That" and "Who"

Courtney Pierce

Saturday, Aug 30

My biggest issue was having trouble understanding the questions but this really opened my eyes and allowed me to look at it differently so I can actually understand it now!

Lessons · You Try - Warm Sea on Europa

Courtney Pierce

Friday, Aug 29

I picked E because one I didn't know what a subsidiary conclusion was, but using context clues I picked E because I thought it was what A was saying and my mind thought A said what E had said, if that makes sense

LSAT · only up a few points since beginning to study - struggling to improve

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Aug 27

Hi Im not sure if you can help me with this but id figured id reach out and ask anyway. My diagnostic was 141, I don't have much help and I don't know anyone who could help me understand the questions better. I plan to give myself some time and take the test in January. To my point I was wondering what do you do to get a high score, your diagnostic test is my goal lol. Im curious to see if you have certain things that help you or any studying tips?

Lessons · You Try - Bacterial Species - MSS Review

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Aug 26

My issue is not reading closely enough even though I'm taking my time. I completely skipped over B and what it said for some reason and thought it said something different, I feel dumb lol.

PrepTests ·

PT134.S3.Q17

Courtney Pierce

Thursday, Sep 18

I didn't pick b because I thought it was to obvious...

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Edited wednesday, sep 17

Courtney Pierce

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Blind Review

Hi all! This is my first time posting on here and I hope I explain my predicament clear enough. Right now I am working on logic reasoning and my accuracy is at about a 95% with level 1 questions. The second I move into level 2, 3, &4 I start to plummet, which I expected. I know it takes practice which is what I'm doing. Where my issue comes in is, when I do those higher difficulty practice questions ill be honest I get less than 50% right on the first try but the second I move into blind review, I suddenly see that I picked the wrong answer and I do end up picking the correct answer. I am wondering if anyone has some tips that they think might help?

My diagnostic was a 142 and I have yet to take another test because I really just wanted to build the knowledge of the questions first and work on it a little bit, But my accuracy is going up, just not on the first try :(

Study Groups · LSAT prep WhatsApp group chat

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 17

Can I join?

PrepTests ·

PT106.S2.Q23

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 17

okay I hate blind review because I had this question right but it suggested I did blind review

LSAT · Tips on Changing Studying Method

Courtney Pierce

Sunday, Nov 16

Just a tip I heard and I'm still practicing but this piece of advice has given me a second look on blind review. I recommend to never blind review again. It is a lot easier to get the answer correct once second most tempting answer is eliminated. So in reality you are not reviewing, learning, or improving (in most cases). I do not mean to come off harsh, I think you are doing great with a 156 and you still have 2.5 months to go.

If you are struggling with RC, for what I have found most helpful is practicing slow down to speed up. What that means is make sure you are understanding the passage then get to questions. If you are struggling with logic reasoning, try and just focus on the question more when practicing. I know this all sounds questionable but most top scores stop trying to answer all the questions in the section and focus on getting the questions they did correct.

Im not sure how you are studying but I would also focus on doing smaller drills of 5-15 questions of your highest priority. When I am working on level 4-5 I will do rounds of 5 questions because realistically there won't be 15 level 4-5 questions, most of them are level 3. Im not saying you have to do only one round of 5-15 questions each day but I like to do about 2-3 depending on the number. I recommend not trying to get as many practice tests in as you can. if you can sit still and drill for 2.5 hours you can take the test for 2 hours, or if you are concerned with knowing where you stand on your PT scores, just take a look at your accuracy on the analytics tab.

Im not sure if this helps but this is what I have been doing for 2 months so far and I have improved 8 points from my diagnostic to my first PT and I only spent 2 weeks actually practicing drills after spending 8 weeks learning the foundations. Im not saying Im a 165+ scorer but I think this will definitely help ones perspective and understanding. I hope this helps and good luck!

PrepTests ·

PT135.S4.Q19

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Sep 16

how does b not weaken it? the passage is talking about irradiated foods and how we should avoid them. B Says that cancer can be caused by other factors, so doesn't that weaken the argument?? Maybe im stupid but this question just doesn't make sense to me, but I do have to admit B caught my eye

PrepTests ·

PT102.S4.Q18

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Oct 15

I was deterred away from d and b because of the word "only". I thought in previous lessons we were told to avoid strong answers?

Lessons · You Try - Smoking Ban in the Workplace

Courtney Pierce

Sunday, Sep 14

So I have been struggling with inference questions and I decided to take a day break of studying and I watched a video that kinda helped get my mind straight and think more logically.

Okay so if someone is walking inside and they are soaked head to toe, the first thing you should think of is that "they are not dry" and make no assumptions about them at all. the only facts you have is that they are wet and not dry.

I have no idea if that is going to help anyone but for some reason after struggling with inference questions for 2 weeks, this made it click. I just know I am always looking through these comments trying to find another perspective to make it click. :)

PrepTests ·

PT135.S1.Q25

Courtney Pierce

Saturday, Sep 13

How is A wrong because inference questions are designed so that the answer is supposed to have information only from the text aka can be 100% provable.

So for A it says in the stem that a restaurant is a public place and if a place that is not well designed is uncomfortable but comfortable public places have spacious interiors.

So for A: Any restaurant (key word any since it doesn’t say all) that has spacious interior comfortable. Now that’s true from the stim. However, in the explanation of why it’s wrong, it says “yes places that are comfortable have spacious interiors but it doesn’t imply all places with spacious interiors are comfortable ( first of all the answer choice never said anything about “all” then I get the second part of the response) but if each factor in the question doesn’t have an explicitly stated relationship, how am I supposed to come to an answer?

Maybe I sound stupid but this is just my thought process

Lessons · Drill - MSS Questions

Courtney Pierce

Edited Thursday, Sep 11

Does anyone know a better way to approach these MSS questions? Honestly these videos are not helpful to me. I'm just reading the question and picking one because I really don't know what I'm doing.

ex. for main conclusion or main point I read the stimulus and then I find the conclusion. Then I find the answer that is a restatement or paraphrase of the conclusion, and I get the answer right every time.

For these mss questions, I'm just reading it and not really knowing what I'm looking for. However, all the answers I'm picking seem fully supported to me but are not even the trap answers. I review the videos after each wrong answer but to me they seem to just jump to an understanding without explaining the approach and suddenly there's the right answer in the video.

I'm open to anything, sometimes others perspectives can help!

PrepTests ·

PT137.S2.Q17

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10

I picked b and then I changed it... I keep second guessing myself

Lessons · You Try - Decline in NGOs

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10

I narrowed it down to b and d and I pick b because honestly I thought b and d were saying the same thing

Lessons · Drill - Conditional and Set Logic

Courtney Pierce

Friday, Sep 05

I second guessed myself on 1, if I stayed I would have had all 3 right

Lessons · Group 2 - Necessary Condition Indicators

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 03

Does anyone think they may be able to help me understand this. I get the point that it doesn't guarantee anything but I don't understand how when one is reading the text that they came to that conclusion so quickly. To me, I understood it as you will get cited as late if you come in past 5 minutes of the bell, and he was 17 minutes late. So what I'm asking is do we have to assume that nothing is guaranteed for necessary conditions, ex. Kumar could get excused from the late arrival, he only gets cited when he is caught. If that's a correct assumption how do I notice this more quickly?