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Courtney Pierce

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Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Jan 06

I feel you, I haven't had the best luck with prep tests and scoring at a 147 with a diagnostic of 141. I have an accuracy of 73% under timed conditions but when I get to the prep test I would get stressed and ultimately not do great. Nothing I will say will help you get a crazy high score but definitely take a breath and do something to de-stress to start off. Then I would suggest to slow down on the first part of the test, thats where the easy questions are and should be easy points but don't be discouraged because I too still get some easy points wrong. I think the biggest thing is your confidence level, you need to believe in yourself. I know it doesn't sound like much but trust me I have been studying for 6 months and I was stressed so much I was getting migraines and don't doing great. However, the second I calmed down and trusted myself, I was doing better. Another tip is when you are looking at answer choices and you can't choose or are between to answers, choose the boring one. The lsat likes to trick you with extreme answers or ones that look better to make you think that it's the correct one.

I take my test the 7th so trust me I understand the frustrations, especially when you don't see the numbers you want to see to guarantee safety. Keep in mind there is a curve as well (do a quick google search on it) and that some prep tests are harder than others.

I hope this helps and I'm sure you will do great! Best of luck!

PrepTests ·

PT117.S4.Q3

Courtney Pierce

Saturday, Dec 27 2025

Maybe im the only one who thought of this but I thought B was a good choice because the stim says that "popular music was revolutionized by the electrification of musical instruments, which has enabled musicians to play with increased volume" so I thought well they know how to play non electric and electric because its playing the same thing just louder.

maybe this sounds stupid but this was just my take on it, but I lowkey hated this question

LSAT · Tips on Changing Studying Method

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Nov 18 2025

@jwn1060 I get your point, I was just making a suggestion. I know I like to hear different opinions even if some might not work for me, so I like to share the things that work for me to others. I don't like blind review and not doing it works for me, but after I take the drill I review the questions I got wrong and do my whole process. But thank you for sharing, I'll take it into consideration.

LSAT · Tips on Changing Studying Method

Courtney Pierce

Sunday, Nov 16 2025

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 ·

PT102.S4.Q18

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Oct 15 2025

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 · Drill - MSS Questions

Courtney Pierce

Monday, Oct 13 2025

@CaseyLiu Yea of course, also I'm sorry I am just seeing this now. Im not sure if this will work but I saw a TikTok video and the phrasing just made it click for me.

So let's just say that a person walks inside who is soaked head to toe. The first thing you should think when you look at them is THEY ARE NOT DRY. The reason is because you do not know why they are wet, the only information you know is that they are not dry.

So translating this to an inference question. When you look at the stimulus, the only information you know is what was given to you. You are NOT going to assume anything, you are going to throw all your common sense and logic out the window.

So for example if a passage is talking about how on the news the forecast is showing that there is going to be a series of thunderstorms that are on their way and its going to cause a bunch of flooding and damage. You are not going to think "obviously there is going to be storms, there is a hurricane coming our way" or "im not surprised there is storms, climate change is getting really bad". The only think you know is that there are some really bad storms coming our way.

Im sorry if that was a horrible example I made that up on the spot. So it wasn't a technique that helped me, it was phrasing that changed the way I looked at the question. Another thing that helps is when you are stuck, plug the question into Chat GPT and it can walk you through it and if you explain your thought process, it can help you see why you are thinking the way you are and how to change it.

Lessons · You Try - Smoking Ban in the Workplace

Courtney Pierce

Sunday, Oct 12 2025

@YazanMoubayed Honestly that was a while ago when I saw it on TikTok. However, everything that I wrote in the comment is exactly what the video said.

Another way to look at the example I stated is that when someone who walks inside who is soaked head to toe. You should not be thinking of reasons to why they are wet, like it's raining, they fell into the pool... you should only think about how they are wet.

So to move into an LSAT version. I think the key is to NOT ASSUME ANYTHING. The only thing you should do is gather information from what you see in the stimulus.

Lessons · Drill - MSS Questions

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 24 2025

@Jimmy Crosby Malanda Thank you so much for reaching out but I actually figured it out!

PrepTests ·

PT134.S3.Q17

Courtney Pierce

Thursday, Sep 18 2025

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

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Edited wednesday, sep 17 2025

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 2025

Can I join?

PrepTests ·

PT106.S2.Q23

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 17 2025

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

PrepTests ·

PT135.S4.Q19

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Sep 16 2025

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

Lessons · You Try - Smoking Ban in the Workplace

Courtney Pierce

Sunday, Sep 14 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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.S3.Q15

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10 2025

@robgalin2713 Im still learning but one thing that has helped bring my accuracy level up is to not look at the indicators but instead follow this rule

"Ask whether every statement in the argument is receiving support (indicating its a conclusion) or if its giving support (indicating its a premise)"

Definitely practice this with questions, I lowkey like to use chat gpt to "cite and copy word for word real lsat questions" and just focus on that one part of the drill and not even bother answering questions. But I mention chat gpt citing it so it doesn't change the wording on you and give you false information.

I hope this helps!

PrepTests ·

PT137.S2.Q17

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10 2025

@melisulusel212 I did the same thing. They say to avoid strong words but then that's the answer half the time

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PrepTests ·

PT137.S2.Q17

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10 2025

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

Lessons · You Try - Decline in NGOs

Courtney Pierce

Wednesday, Sep 10 2025

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 · You Try - Minivans and Sports Cars

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Sep 09 2025

@Sameer Ahamad I did the same thing

Lessons · Skill Builder - Rules and Exceptions (Embedded Conditionals)

Courtney Pierce

Saturday, Sep 06 2025

@JohnThomas2007 0/5 lol, I was doing good till this one

Lessons · Drill - Conditional and Set Logic

Courtney Pierce

Friday, Sep 05 2025

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 2025

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?

Lessons · You Try - The Coffee Shoppe

Courtney Pierce

Tuesday, Sep 02 2025

@JenniferQin glad Im not the only one because I lowkey gave up