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briandoskocil1432
Friday, Nov 04 2022
Extremely difficult passage. I normally kill RC; but this RC killed me.
briandoskocil1432
Tuesday, Oct 25 2022
Yep. It's f'd up. IMO, the second and third sentences support the last sentence which makes the last sentence a sub-conclusion that supports the first sentence (main conclusion.) So, C should be correct. D should be incorrect because it is not supporting in the ONLY conclusion.
briandoskocil1432
Saturday, Oct 15 2022
Now this is an LSAT question that should have been removed from scoring.
briandoskocil1432
Saturday, Oct 15 2022
Let's do this! My test is at noon eastern time tomorrow! Any thoughts on pre-test warm up?
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Sep 29 2022
Two thumbs down on this dumb question.
briandoskocil1432
Sunday, Sep 04 2022
This SHOULD NOT be on the LSAT. Without economics knowledge you can't get this correct (unless you guess it correctly.)
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Aug 25 2022
B is a terrible answer that requires many assumptions.
briandoskocil1432
Wednesday, Aug 10 2022
I would reschedule it if I were you. The first and only time I took the actual LSAT I was in a similar situation. I was scoring in the 160's but not consistently. I decided to go for it based on the advice, "you can cancel it if you bomb it, plus it's good experience." Well, I did bomb it, and I did cancel the score. However, it did NOT give me any worthwhile experience; it's identical to the law hub PT's with the addition of a proctor. Plus, l wasted my "cancelled" score, when I already knew the possibility of bombing it was high. Not to mention, the unneeded stress, waste of an entire day, and taking some of my confidence. My new plan, and advice to everyone else is, DO NOT take the LSAT until you are consistently scoring on your PT's what you want to score on the actual exam. Just my two cents. -B
briandoskocil1432
Monday, Aug 08 2022
I feel your frustration, I have been studying for this exam for almost a year and a half now. Since Feb 1st, I have been studying 5-8+ hours straight EVERY DAY – I am NOT exaggerating, I can count on one hand the number of days I have taken off. I am ALL IN committed to breaking 170 on the LSAT. When I miss one question on any section, I can get EXTREMELY frustrated. I have in more than one occasion, put myself in check for a bad attitude. Here are a few pointers and thoughts:
1.) Look at this time as training/changing/preparing/etc. your way of thinking for law school and your future career. Not as just studying for a test that, as some say, is, “meaningless” for actually practicing law.
2.) The LSAT teaches you more than logic. It reveals your weaknesses (or strengths), i.e., consistency, commitment, self-control, mental strongholds, anxiety, etc. And forces you to master those areas in order to score that 170+
3.) Your mindset is your biggest ally, or enemy, and it must be tamed, or fed. If I start my PT for the day and I’m already having a bad day, I will SUCK at LSAT and score poorly, miss questions I normally don’t, and then get madder because I scored poorly on my PT. However, on a good day when I’m happy and motivated, and my Adderall is working just perfect, I can fly through LR, or LG, with time to spare and miss only 1-2 questions. The challenge is to perform well regardless of your daily happenings. I have learned that I have to bow my head, close my eyes, and take all of my thoughts, feelings, and emotions into captivity. Then, shove them into a box and lock it. Then, I fill my mind with LSAT, and LSAT only. In this mindset, 5-6 hours of study can feel like 5-6 minutes. The reason this is vital, is not just for the LSAT, but for the important thigs many of us will do in the future. Some of us will be leaders of state, Supreme Court justices, Senators, district judges, or maybe even the President. THIS is preparing us for THAT.
4.) Lastly, gratitude. WE are fortunate, very fortunate, to have the opportunity to learn this new way of thinking that will make us better people individually, and enable us to help/defend/protect/enable/free other people less fortunate than ourselves.
Okay, enough of my philosophical, and somewhat abstract, LSAT ramblings. To speak directly to your post. Yes, there is time to do the contrapositive, if you are really good at logic. If you are not really good at logic, then you have to get really, REALLY, REALLY good at logic. Good like, you can do it standing on one foot, with an arm tied behind your back, and one eye shut, while being shot with a water gun in the face, good. How? It takes STUDYING and PRACTICE. A lot, too, hundreds and hundreds of hours. For me, I made flash cards for each logic group to help me memorize all the key words in each logic group. Then and now, when I miss a logic question, I watch JY’s explanation and inside out learn why that answer is correct. Also, earlier this year, I hired an online tutor for about 3 months, we met twice a week for two hours. He helped me fill in many of the gaps I had. The tutoring helped me tremendously, just talking through it with someone can greatly improve your understanding.
Breaking 170+ is no small commitment. My tutor told me that he has never met, or tutored, anyone who scored above a 170 and studied for less than one-year.
Last tip, question 20 and above on LR is another level of difficulty compared to questions below 20. You normally have things like trap answer choices, EXRTEMELY subtle relationships, and almost all of the answer choices are attractive. However, once you get REALLY good, you begin to not only quickly figure out the correct answer, but you can also easily identify the trap answer choices and clearly, and quickly, see why all the wrong answers are wrong. Then, the more PT’s you take, the more you’ll begin to see question type similarities between PT’s, which can increase your confidence in the correct answer.
Hope this helps.
-B
briandoskocil1432
Saturday, Aug 06 2022
Crappy question. I guess that's why 40% get it wrong.
briandoskocil1432
Friday, Aug 05 2022
I guess if you are not familiar with how the lottery games work you will be disadvantaged by this question. I don't think this should an LSAT question at all.
briandoskocil1432
Friday, Aug 05 2022
Five star explanation. Thanks, JC!
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Aug 04 2022
In this case it might be better understood as "put forward as a basis of argument." I like subbing it for the word "propose," simplifies it in my mind.
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Aug 04 2022
Actually, there is a direct correlation if you want to attend a T-14. :)
briandoskocil1432
Monday, Jul 25 2022
Q20. These type questions are entirely subjective and should not be on the LSAT.
briandoskocil1432
Monday, Jul 25 2022
Q24. These type questions are entirely subjective and should not be on the LSAT.
briandoskocil1432
Sunday, Jul 24 2022
Geez, that's hard to see. But when you see it (i.e., after I hear JY explain it,) then it clicks and it's so clear.
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Jul 21 2022
I'm gonna bookmark this problem and look for a similar LSAT question that would count A wrong because it's missing "well written." Gotta love the LAST "tricks" unethical and all.
briandoskocil1432
Thursday, Jul 21 2022
WTF?! PT69 LR is the worst. UGH, so stupid.
briandoskocil1432
Tuesday, Jul 19 2022
Answer E is a big middle finger from LSAT writers to all us test takers.
briandoskocil1432
Saturday, Jul 16 2022
I disagree with the explanation of D on Q13. The passage never infers the archivists were previously making decisions between what is dispensable and essential. The invent of technology as a means to save information is a new development which requires archivist to determine dispensable from essential information. Prior to this technology, the need to categorize information was not present, otherwise the task would have already been done (or continually been practiced as a process) and there would not he a push to hurry and do it before "running out of time." To assume, "300 years ago, of course they were determining dispensable from essential" is a big assumption that is not in the passage. However, if the new technology requires this determination, and it was not already performed, then D is logically correct and and should not be an incorrect answer.
It just means you have to accept ASU's offer if they accept you. You are bound and cannot go anywhere else. Binding usually helps a little if you are below the means.