Shwani

Joined: Aug 2025
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I am PhD student at Berkeley Law School focusing on AI at the intersection of law, philosophy, and psycology.

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LSAT

Not provided Goal score: 170

CAS GPA

3.98

1L START YEAR

2027

Discussions

Lessons · The Importance of Blind Review

Shwani

3 days ago

Just to be sure. Do we need to do BR during the CC? I am doing all my drills untimed and each question takes me anywehre from 2-15 minutes so it is almsot like a BR from the first take and I have been getting it all right pretty much because it is untimed. So is it ok that I am skipping BR and checking my score?

Lessons · Causal Reasoning in 20 Minutes

Shwani

4 days ago

@ripleyschultz Thank you for the explaination. I initially chose A. But I was not confident because I assumed A would strengthen if it said that those that have genetic disposition to Parkinson have more iron in their system (not diet) so limitng their iron intake would help reduce chances of getting parkinson. I felt using the word "in their diet" was trying to trap me.

PrepTests ·

PT122.S1.Q24

Shwani

Tuesday, Jul 7

I got this right from first try. But I think I somehow chose based on my intuition of what the assumption was and eliminating other answers. But I didn't have a clear articulation of why chose those answers. And I defintley didn't think about it the same way as Kevin or JY. What should I do?

PrepTests ·

PT135.S2.Q10

Shwani

Saturday, Jul 4

I've been trying to break down the word 'replaces' in Tova's argument, and I want to make sure my logic is sound here. Does the word 'replaces' essentially create a counterfactual (an alternate universe)?

It seems like Tova is arguing that if computer communication didn't exist, these people would just revert to being asocial or antisocial, rather than having the intimate in-person interactions that Samuel assumes they would have.

Because Samuel and Tova have two completely different counterfactuals (different ideas of what would happen if we took the computers away), is that exactly why they are forced to disagree on answer choice (E)?

PrepTests ·

PT102.S3.Q17

Shwani

Wednesday, Jul 1

@ericdanielsilvagomez518 One clear giveaway is "some anthropolgoists claim" becuase in LR stimulus, when other people's claim is presented, the author will typically disagree with their claim. Here some anthropologists claim agriculture began under draught and hunger (aka scarce resource, /plentiful resources). What would you anticpate our author will conclude rejecting that claim? Well, that reousrces are plentiful. And C does exactly that.

I think the other good give-away is just the diagramming of the conditional. It makes it pretty clear that agriculature --> resources. But I understand that the diagramming was confusing for many people including me. I still got the question right but the order of the diagramming made it very confusing.

PrepTests ·

PT102.S3.Q17

Shwani

Wednesday, Jul 1

@7SageTutor I think for that first sentence, what helped me diagram it quickly is I have started to see a pattern where if a sentence has a "Cannot/Unless" construction, I immediltey diagram it as "A-->B" without having to use mechanical translation rules of choosing one side of "Unless" and making it the suffecient condition and negating it. So much easier to just think of it as A-->B.

Lessons · Adaptive Drill - Mixed Practice (5 Qs)

Shwani

Wednesday, Jul 1

5/5 Phew 😮‍💨

Lessons · Skill Builder - Conjunction, Disjunction, and De Morgan's

Shwani

Tuesday, Jun 30

Unpopular opinion: I like the AI Coach. It provided the following notes on Q2 because I skipped the predicate grammar lesson.

LSAT Grammar Shortcut: The Hidden "AND" (Modified Nouns)

The Rule: The LSAT often hides "AND" statements inside descriptive grammar. When a noun in the predicate is modified by a descriptive phrase (using words like with, who are, or that have), it acts as a hidden conjunction. To fit the description, the subject must be both things.

The Example: "All trees are perennial plants with elongated stems."

The Breakdown: Even though the word "and" isn't in the sentence, for something to be a tree, it must meet two requirements:

It must be a perennial plant.
It must have an elongated stem.

The Lawgic Translation:

Original: Tree → Perennial AND Elongated Stem
Contrapositive (De Morgan's): /Perennial OR /Elongated Stem → /Tree (Meaning: If a plant is NOT perennial, OR if it does NOT have an elongated stem, it cannot be a tree. Failing just one requirement is enough to disqualify it.)

The Takeaway: Whenever you see a noun glued to a description, ask yourself: "Does this mean it has to be both things?" If yes, instantly treat it as an AND statement so you don't miss the contrapositive flip

Lessons · Adaptive Drill - Mixed Practice (5 Qs)

Shwani

Edited Tuesday, Jun 30

I thought I got fluent in Lawgic, diagramng, translation, and valid arguemtns and this was supposed to be a drill for that but defintley not helpful at all. The questions are a lot more complicated and it feels like the conditional logic don't get used the same way. In fact, I think trying to force using conditional logic made me miss the obvious answers and problems with the question.