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PT149.S3.Q8
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Jdunni
Yesterday

@ripleyschultz I recently watched a recorded class with Kevin Lin called breaking 180 where he discussed strengthen and weaken questions, in that class he spoke a lot about how for these questions types it is often more about strengthening the bridge between the authors premise and conclusion, rather than just picking an answer that would seem to support the conclusion in a way thats not relevant to the given premises. I think that applies here - through our reasoning B could be seen as potential evidence for the conclusion, but it does nothing to help to actually bridge the authors premise to the conclusion. On top of this, "many" is a bit vague, because it could be any number and also it doesnt say that those many plants are succeeding on islands where the native plants arent also succeeding.

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Jdunni
2 days ago

I would say dont take the LSAT until you are consistently scoring in your goal range, even if that means delaying until next year. You will still be younger than many applicants and will be able to get way better scholarships if you get your LSAT up. Also - you worked 40 hours a week while also doing an accelerated bachelor's degree? impressive

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Tuesday, Aug 4

maybe just wake up at that time and study, so you get the benefit of getting used to getting ur brain going early without the stress or burnout of another PT

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PT149.S3.Q8
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Edited Thursday, Jul 30

Doesn't B eliminate an alternate possibility - which is that it's not something to do with the islands environment which is causing them to die? Like this proves that the island plants arent going extinct due to rising sea levels for example.

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Jdunni
Wednesday, Jul 29

yes they provide the computers. my test center also had headphones you could put on to cancel noise but im not sure if thats standard, i brought multiple forms of ID, wallet keys phone, and some foam ear plugs but they will have to inspect those to make sure they arent electronic. a lot of people bring snacks or water too but you have to leave those in your locker outside the test room

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Wednesday, Jul 8

With 100%

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Is there a way to customize RC Drills to filter for passages where I answered multiple questions wrong? I know there is an "Incorrect Ever" filter, but I think this would include passages where I only got one answer wrong. I'd like to be able to revisit passages that I had a particularly difficult time with when I first started studying in order to see how my RC has improved.

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Jdunni
Monday, Jun 29

I am in almost exactly the same situation, my plan is to alternate between taking older PTs (PT16-20) that I haven’t done yet, and then redoing the first few PTs I ever took. My outlook in general is to focus more on quality over quantity with rlly deep review any time I miss a question. I have also heard people say on Law Hub there are question sets that aren’t on 7Sage, so maybe you could use those as well if you have no fresh sections here.

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Jdunni
Thursday, Jun 25

theres no magic number of hours to hit it. this is like saying how many hours of lifting does it take to bench 225. depends entirely on where your starting point is and the quality of your training. focus on quality not quantity

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PT10.S4.Q21
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Thursday, Jun 25

@neetigpatel Premise: This process was not done in the best possible way. Conclusion: We should abandon the process altogether. E uses kind of dramatic vocabulary but the flaw is the same, that just because theres an issue doesn't mean the whole thing is ruined and should be scrapped. He provides evidence that the project is imperfect, but then out of nowhere concludes therefore the whole thing should be scrapped without giving any evidence that says imperfect projects should never be undertaken.

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PT9.S4.Q20
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Jdunni
Thursday, Jun 25

Every other answer choice pretty much makes the same mistake; it makes claims that the argument itself never actually made. For example, the argument never concludes that police respond more to buildings than cars, or that we shouldn't restrict car alarms.

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PT9.S4.Q20
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Jdunni
Thursday, Jun 25

Why C is correct: Remember, the conclusion here is the ONLY acceptable thing is to fine the owners. Without the statement about them being effective, we could say, "Can't you just get rid of the alarms entirely?" By saying that the alarms do have a useful purpose in reducing break ins, we get rid of this alternative solution, which is what C says.

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Jdunni
Tuesday, Jun 23

5-6 hours a day is intense, in my opinion that length has serious diminishing returns and is a "more is less" situation. 1-2 hours a day of higher quality could make you less burnt out while also letting you learn more

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Monday, Jun 22

i also get distracted easily, and when i took mine on a saturday the center was actually completely full and I had to wait about 20 minutes for someone to finish testing. However, I had no problems with distractions fortunately as the desks are very private and I brought foam ear plugs. One advantage of doing a saturday is you have a slightly less long wait to get your score back

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Monday, Jun 22

Focus on deep diving into each question you dont fully understand. Don't worry about number of hours or number of questions drilled just dedicate yourself to quality. For me this means untimed drills ~5 questions with harder difficulty where I fully map out the argument, predict correct answer before reading ACs, and then methodically going over each AC. I also set it to show answer after each question, and if theres even 1% of me that still doesnt get something I will watch the video until its 100% clear.

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Monday, Jun 22

For me the main value is just the process of writing it down which forces me to fully understand the question and ACs, I never review it after the fact.

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Wednesday, Jun 17

in the same boat!

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Tuesday, Jun 16

pretty sure they only calculate medians with ugrad GPA, so the post grad gpa is more akin to having good softs

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Thursday, Jun 4

i think its every undergrad course you have taken prior to receiving your degree. But yes you can definitely still get accepted with a gpa below their 25%, you just have to make up for that with other factors like a high LSAT. The fact that it is a 25th percentile explicitly means that there ARE students below that mark, and they got accepted of course.

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Sunday, May 31

I think if you hit finish and submit then you can’t blind review, but you should be able to show your score without doing this, I once clicked thru after too fast and ended up submitting and had this same thing.

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Jdunni
Sunday, May 31

Definitely doable, but 1 PT isn’t a ton of insight, PT scores can swing multiple points just from week to week especially when you are early and still learning the test so I think after your first 3 PTs or so it will be easier to predict likelihood of outcomes

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Tuesday, May 26

@sagely thanks for the insight, good luck in June!

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Tuesday, May 26

what would you say led to your real test being below your PT average, was it just a harder test than the PTs, test day nerves, or something else?

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Edited Monday, May 25

I recently made the jump from low 170s to high 170s, there were basically two things that were separating me:

  1. Making small silly mistakes (answering strengthening as weakening, misreading point as issue agree as disagree, etc.). The way I overcame this is by forcing myself to really lock in and to carefully read each word of the question, then repeat the question type in my mind as I moved on to the stimulus or AC. This helped me avoid easy mistakes that I would make later in the test as my brain started to fatigue.

  2. Missing high difficulty late section problems. The first step to getting more of those hard late section questions correct is to set yourself up for success by keeping a steady pace early to middle and making sure you have ample time at the end of the section to digest and process the wordier/more difficult questions. But the main strategy I used to get better at these is to do untimed drills of 5-8 Highest Difficulty questions, set to show answer after each question, and then just completely breakdown the argument structure, spot any gaps, and methodically work your way down the answer choices and completely understand why each incorrect option is incorrect and why the correct is correct, if there's any uncertainty at all, read the analysis or watch the video, but you need to force yourself to completely and thoroughly understand each.

Additionally, I've found that doing a drill of 3-5 questions a few minutes before the test gets my brain warmed up (I noticed on my first few PTs that I was messing up at the beginning of my first LR sections and then I would get better as the test went on). Finally, I have a ritual of getting a good lift or run in the morning of my PTs, I find it helps get my blood flowing, wakes me up, and puts me in a locked in state.

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