Great explanation about why A is wrong.

This question is giving me trouble as well. I incorrectly chose D- "Making a promise always obliges a person to keep it."In retrospect, this is irrelevant to the conclusion.

Here's my analysis of why A is the best answer:

Conclusion: I fulfilled my promise to Bernie

The promise: I will answer Bernie's question.

Bernie's question: Has my project been approved?

The response to the question contains more information than Bernie asked for, but does mention that a decision has not been made. This means that it has not been approved (it's still pending decision).

This makes A- "All there is to answering a question is giving the questioner the information requested" the best answer. Bernie got the information he requested, but in a very convoluted and possibly evasive manner. One must assume that the quality of the answer makes no difference for the promise to have been kept.

@ said:

My weak areas are LR & RC. I’ve mastered LG.

I would focus on improving LR and RC for the April / June tests.

I would try to finish the game like you did, but if something is taking too long, I wouldn't feel bad about jumping to the explanation. You improve from taking time figuring things out. This improvement dimishes rapidly as time spent on a problem goes on. So I think you did the right thing.

The big question to ask yourself is, "Why did I take so long?" Was it a specific question, general confusion about the game, or were you just slow that day? Usually when I spend too much time on a game, it's because I either spent too much time over-solving what turned to be a simple question or I got stuck on one tough question when I should have moved on.

Unknown issues could also pop up on the first day of a testing window, so I would take the exam on any non-peak day except the first day. But this assumes that all days are equal for you in terms of personal preference and mental fitness.

I personally would get anxious waiting and would want to get the test over with as quickly as possible. Others might perform better on a certain day due to work, school, or family obligations.

What do you mean by "completely start over?" At this stage you should be doing practice tests to see what you are getting wrong, then reviewing the lessons / drilling in areas you are getting questions wrong.

I definitely would not review each lesson video again-- please don't do that! If there are areas where you keep having issues, it might be worthwhile to seek out other study resources (such as the Powerscore books) that explain the material in a different manner. Sometimes having the same information presented in a different manner is all that is needed for things to click.

Finally, what are your weakest areas? Usually LG can be improved the fastest followed by LR. RC is harder to improve in a short amount of time.

Best of luck!

The prenup also makes the assumptions that a) no children are ever adopted, b) alimony should be paid for children who are born but pass away prior to the divorce, and c) alimony should remain unchanged even after the children turn 18. There are also issues with children who may be conceived while the two are married but born after a divorce. These would not be covered.

Hopefully the lawyers on the other side caught these issues. ;)

@ I'm doing the practice sets within the syllabus + BR + analyzing. I'm not sticking to a strict timer but am monitoring my time and trying to keep it reasonable. I'm seeing my time and mistakes increase, and also not always catching errors on blind review. I think I'll get some sleep!

Keep in mind everyone has a unique background. In your situation it doesn't sound like a diversity statement would do much to set yourself apart from other WASP students. Your volunteer experience should already be on your CV.

While a diversity statement should never be used to discount a candidate, I would be afraid of a too-ordinary diversity statement rubbing an admissions committee the wrong way. You want something that will land your application in the "Admit" pile should they be on the fence. A lackluster diversity statement isn't going to encourage anyone to put your file there.

I see that NIU has a 62% acceptance rate and you're right at the 162 / 3.2 median. That alongside your work experience should get you admitted.