I eliminated C at first glance because of the word "some". The whole argument is about the unevenness of knowledge amongst the reporters, so it doesn't matter what some reporters do or not do. Was it a good approach in this question to look for something that had "all/no" in it? That's how I got the correct answer when running out of time.

Thank you for making us laugh while we learn such a great deal.

When the question states "either the coffee shop will begin selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will decrease", doesn't that mean only either outcome can happen, but not both? I've always thought when there is an "either... or..." the definition of "or" cannot mean "and/or" anymore.

Hi everyone, I am taking the test in Oct as well. I've been reading through books and textbooks for the past month, but only just started my lessons on 7sage.

If anyone is interested, some books I would recommend are

A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston, and

Logic Made Easy by Deborah J. Bennett.

The Informal Logic by Douglas Walton (mentioned earlier) is also a great book. The concepts and terminologies in these books do appear in the LSATs, and they guide you through the concepts pretty smoothly so it wasn't difficult to understand at all.

It depends. For me, it works because I'm extremely nervous during tests (I need time reading to be quick and easy on me) and time was a huge issue for me when doing the PTs.

You can always try it for a few days and return it if it doesn't help you, btw. It's the reason why they have the return policy.

Isn't there a scenario where choice C could be false?

If being (in excess of $100 + non-resident + not former resident) is just a sufficient condition to register with the city council, then isn't it possible for there to be a law that states other people also have to register? Since it only states that Brimley's campaign complied with this law, couldn't he possibly have complied with another law stating that residents and former residents (his sole contributors) also needed to register (If A-->B, notA can also be B)?

I know I'm going for a really far stretch, but that was my thought process during blind review that made me not change my answer.

Connor, you've pinpointed my problem in LR. I just took a PT and realized this. When I trust myself with the first 10 questions (not reading EVERY answer choice) I am not as rushed during the harder ones and will do well. I got -5/-1 this time on LR.

My initial problem with RC was comprehending the passages (English was not my first language growing up). I made an effort to read outside materials (Economist, Scientific American) and that improved my score a bit, but it wasn't enough since the time needed for me to reach a level of understanding to answer questions is still way too long. I feel like I've hit a stone wall. Should I focus more on RC by just reading a lot everyday and using the memory method?

Also, I feel that recent RC questions have become more paragraph/line/word-specific and unpredictable, which makes me think that instead of taking the time to understand the whole passage, it's better to just get an overall understanding of it and look back at it more often during questions?

Thanks for all the helpful advice.

I'm starting the PT 60s next Monday, so thanks for the heads up!

What might make everyone here feel a little better is, the LSAT curve has been more lenient in recent years. Even for a perfect 180, you can still allow for -2, or -10/11 for a 170. If it's hard, it's hard for everyone else out there too.

I think from the context in the first paragraph, we can certainly classify it as research because of the scientific nature of it, and discussions in the science community will certainly have much research involved, so "research into" is paraphrasing "discussions of" here.

I am also very frustrated at not being able to eliminate enough answer choices in RC, which is my worst part in the exam, but after doing a lot of them there is definitely some recognizable patterns and certain "hot words" (as some preptest books call it) that are the usual words they use to trip you up. Good luck!

Hey Alan,

Not sure if it's my problem but I cannot buy the add-on through the link you posted. It doesn't allow me to scroll down. I am able to do it through course-->Add-ons though. I'm using Google Chrome and Mac OSX10. It doesn't seem like other people are having this problem. Sorry if it's my fault!

I haven't been improving on LR as much as I would like to, but I have found certain things that are helpful.

Pacing yourself is important. I have the 180 watch that shows me where I should be at which question, but I've realized that distributing the questions evenly doesn't help improve my score. I started only giving myself 1 min per question for the first 7/8 questions, and always leave that flaw/parallel reasoning question for last because it takes up so much time (about 1/3 of the time I don't get to finish it). This has worked for me. I think it's important to know what kind of distribution yields the highest score for you, and that sometimes making smart sacrifices are for the better.

Another thing I've been doing is doing a set of problems before I take a full-length preptest, about 10-12 questions in 8-10 mins. It has helped me get into an "LR mode". It's an advice I saw on a 175+ scorer's blog. I think I'll be doing the same on test day as well.

Anyway, good luck to all!

Very clear explanation. For this question I was too quick to eliminate C in the first place, but I can see how it is closely related to the stimulus now. Thank you Jon!

I had LR,LG,RC,LR,RC and really hope the 2nd RC is real. I had a slight panic attack after the LG section. I think I spent so much time thinking on the substitution questions that I could not get to the last two, so I became very uneasy once RC started after that. It was all foggy. I didn't think LR was exceptionally challenging, but still uncertain about my RC performance. I also started coughing like crazy at the end of 2nd LR section (I had a fever but didn't take medication for the test), and was fearful that I would get dragged out for disturbing others. Held it in, and felt very uncomfortable. There was actually a girl earlier who was asked to step out for coughing/choking non-stop.

I got this question with no problems, but I tried to think of all the assumptions before answering this question. On the LSAT, is it reasonable to think that most popular comedians = successful comedy? Also, the argument says "many (which is some) of today's most popular comedians" then says "often (which is sometimes) form the basis of..." So because only some of them show disrespect and those failings sometimes form the basis of successful comedy, this is also a flaw in logic for overlapping the two things, right? I don't know if I'm just trying to pick out things that don't exist. Please let me know.