I found the Loophole really helpful in getting to the mid 50s if you want a supplemental source for LR.

How do we know there's a binary cut of standard vs nonstandard? I had trouble with this one originally (and incorrectly picked D), partially due to me at first thinking about what if there's some other weird option that's not either.

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I've noticed in several questions I keep forgetting that the stimulus is talking about a specific type/group of X (in this case, it was labor-saving technology) when going into the answer choices, and then I pick the answer choice that is broader (in this case, E, which just says technology). Does anyone else have this issue? I keep noting it, but evidently keep forgetting it when I continue onward in answering other questions.

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I took certain phrases in this way too literally. I was thinking "at night" = there could still be sunlight as that's the case in some countries, summer nights can be long in the US, etc., but now I know that I can assume there's no sunlight whenever the LSAT references "at night" in the future.

That said, I wasn't confident in the answer I eventually chose (D), so don't do this! Next time I'm not confident, I should make sure I'm not missing anything else on other potential answer choices.

I was not reading closely enough to separate the petals and flowers from one another, along with the fact that we know nothing about the plant as a whole.

A: No idea - they could be attracted to them.

B: I didn’t choose this originally because I was thinking: What if we can fix this issue if we just give them more nutrients? However, the stimulus does say unpollinated > triggers the chemical, so it seems like no matter what the circumstances are with the plant, that relationship will happen.

C: Way too strong and broad

D: Stimulus says that once the plant is pollinated, a chemical is released, which causes the petals to wilt within a couple of days. We don’t know anything else about pollinated flowers.

E: We only know things about the petals and the flowers, not anything about the plant as a whole.

Amazing post. Thank you. I needed it. 😅

I'm basically in the same boat as you so I'm probably not helpful, but I figured I'd let you know what I'm doing. I signed up for 7Sage a few days ago, so I'm a newbie, but have been studying on my own off-and-on for a while. (I was getting 158-159 consistently for a few months, which was pissing me off and that's what led me to finally try 7Sage this past weekend lol). Even though I have familiarity with the test, I'm following the Core Curriculum plan fully because whatever the heck I was doing clearly wasn't working. I have been watching a lot of the videos with increased speed since I'm familiar with those concepts, so maybe that's something you could do as well? I'm planning to take it this summer though, so I have a bit more time than you.

They're still on the LSAT. I believe the court ruled that the LSAC had four years to "figure out a new solution," so who knows what that'll look like in the future, but it probably won't be at least for the next couple of years.