Agreed! I almost always skip blind review if I see 100%. Even though I was probably uncertain of at least a few.

#help Does this question require that we don't know or assume that supply/demand relationships happen?

Every once in a while, there's a question that I just love the reasoning for. This is one of them.

Got it wrong on my PT and on my Blind Review, but the explanation is great.

Basically, the analogy is pointless because we don't have this idea of purpose. If a car's purpose, i.e., driving, can only be ascertained via engineering. And we compare a car to a dog, and say, therefore a dog's "purpose" can only be ascertained via physiology. Sure. But wth is a dog's purpose.

If there is no analogue for purpose in organisms, the analogy is moot. We're not using physiology to ascertain anything that we can name.

I would argue that we could take AC C one step further and say, yes C is necessary, but we must ALSO say that the analogue to purpose is inherently expressable via physiology. But both are still necessary.

I know it's annoying, and no one wants to hear it....but practice.

Force yourself to start doing longer drills, take a minute break and repeat. It's like a sport--nothing is gonna be better for your stamina than conditioning.

To be clear, by 2026 applicant, I mean people starting law school in 2026, taking the LSAT this fall :)

I also had (have) issues with timing. Still working on my RC timing (with accuracy) but I'm finally at a place where I finish my RC sections and have time actually left over on LR.

Biggest game changers for me:

1. Translation drills. Sit down with a fresh LR section, read the stim, then cover it up and then write a translation in your own words. Don't answer or even look at the questions. Just do it for every question in the section, see how long the section takes you and how accurate you are. I did this, starting with it taking me about an hour and a half and ending with it taking ~35 mins after doing it about 5 times. Seriously, this is probably the thing that helped my score the most (I started at a 153 diagnostic and now I'm at 167, also hoping to hit 170 by october...)

2. Give yourself benchmarks, but be flexible. Start doing drills in LR that are 1 or 2 star questions, and give yourself 10 minutes for 10 questions. Force yourself to finish them even if it feels rushed. You'll probably do better than you think and it boosts your confidence. On real sections, try to use that as a benchmark, like "By the 10 min mark i should be done w 10 questions" but don't beat yourself up if you're not.

   1. This goes for RC too. I started using a "number of questions plus 1" system for RC timing, so if a passage has 6 questions, I get 7 minutes to finish it. If I'm not done, I move on. That way, I end up with extra time and I can come back to anything I didn't finish, but I'm not totally flopping my last passage because I have like 3 minutes to read and answer the questions.

3. Figure out how often you're re-reading things, and why. Might just be more difficult questions, but if you learn your own patterns, it will help a lot.

4. Honestly, for me, so much of it was fatigue. I started getting tired and slowing down dramatically. Practicing a lot has helped with that--figuring out when my brain peters out and how I can jumpstart it again. Maybe it's taking 10 seconds for a couple deep breaths or reminding myself these are all just silly puzzles. Or whatever. Find what works for you.

I hope this helps...and good luck!

Will this be recorded? Would love to watch afterward.

How is this a 1-star question? A and C both seem perfectly viable. If anything C requires more assumptions because you have to assume that whatever nutrients that are utilized from dead organisms are necessary for plankton survival.

Okay. This question is annoying. Yes, I see what it's doing. But it totally flips the script in the AC. I'm a bit surprised this is only a 3-star.

Ultimately, what is needed here is that you're open to both sides of who "one" is--employee or manager. If your brain gets stuck (as mine did) on the idea that we're focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of the employee's role, C seems like an immediate elimination.

This test really forces you to keep your thought process nimble even when you start to feel (overly) confident in your ability to reason.

This is very helpful! Thank you