Counterpoint: If I clicked an article title named, "Prescription for the Hippocratic Oath: Facelift or Major Surgery?" and the first 2 paragraphs were of this density, I'm closing the tab.

As a person who went through this process, yes it is that serious, and that's coming from a person who took this test undiagnosed not once, but twice! After the first time I took the exam I literally drove myself crazy trying to get my initial score up to the point where my test taking strategy looked genuinely maniacal. After a 2 month gap, I retested and it was the fact that I only scored one point higher that really broke me. I felt constantly that I understood the materials being taught, but no matter how many shortcuts and gimmicks I knew, I physically could not answer some questions due to the sheer amount of time it took me to process things. I took some time to look back on my life and realized how badly standardized testing time limits had screwed me over from even my elementary school days and took the time and money (not a cheap process btw just a heads up) to figure out how my brain worked. With a good combination of meds and healthy habits, I can give myself grace while prepping for the exam and it shows up in the results! I feel like I can finally demonstrate accurately the skills I've acquired for this test after so long, so if you have the resources, go for it! It'll be worth it in the long run too!

LSAC should take notes 👀

@JacobBaska Thank you so much for this, this was very reassuring to hear!

You know it's a tough question when even JY sounds tired explaining it🥀

Make sure you're taking the time to properly review the answers through Blind Review and a Wrong Answer Journal. That, along with drilling consistently should help you improve upon the common mistakes you may be making.

@lindsayo What I did was turn the conclusion into a "some" claim, i.e. "Some birds remain in the winter," which is completely different from the conclusion we're gunning for once you do a deep dive into it. With the premises set up in choice B, we're looking for something like "most migratory birds have left this region by November," but instead they give us something about birds that stay during winter, which essentially is out of left field.

Shaking and crying rn, J.Y. would never do this.

Do not confuse this with the creation of contrapositives which are logically equivalent to the original statement.