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LSAT · How to finish logical reasoning sections on time?

danielmoholia93

Wednesday, Oct 25 2017

I previously had no trouble finishing the LR section with time to spare and then last week started missing 1-3 of them each section as I tried to be more careful. I tried a new technique yesterday: finish the first six pages of questions in max 25 minutes. That's about 19-20 questions in 25 minutes, so you have some extra time for the tough ones mixed in. I find the toughest questions tend to be the last ones, even if only due to the fact that the timing pressure starts to cloud my head and I lose focus. Once you do that, you have 5-6 questions to get through in 10 minutes. Plenty of time to do them and look over some of the one's you were iffy on.

General · From a 153 PT to a 172 BR

danielmoholia93

Thursday, Nov 23 2017

Sounds like looking at your test taking strategy might also make sense. Figure out what you are doing in blind review and try to practice it/replicated it during tests (minus the obvious aspect you can't replicate: having more time).

General · For People who have received Dec scores

danielmoholia93

Saturday, Dec 23 2017

I scored below my top score due to LG, but still +1 on my average in the last month of prep.

PrepTests ·

PT144.S3.Q8

danielmoholia93

Wednesday, Oct 18 2017

Must Be True question.

What I know: Whipping cream in blender → thick velvety substance, because of poor air intake. Attachment helps compensate, but not fully.

What I need: Something that must be true, beyond the shadow of a doubt.

(A) Just because velvety cream is ineffectively whipped cream, does not mean all ineffectively whipped cream must be velvety. Not unless there are only two options for level of creaminess, fluffy and velvety, one that is "effectively whipped" and one that is "ineffectively whipped".

(B) Picks up on "it cannot fully compensate" and basically restates it.

(D) Unclear how the attachment compensates. Perhaps it does something else that has nothing to do with air that compensates for the container's poor air intake, but that doesn't mean that the less air is needed for the whipped cream to be effectively whipped.

(E) Who cares about what is "most common"?

PrepTests ·

PT144.S3.Q10

danielmoholia93

Wednesday, Oct 18 2017

Flaw question, arguing causation from correlation.

A(VIVVY) and A(University), thus A(VIVVY) → A(University).

(A) Tricky at first because it isn't clear that they had good-luck charms before winning the lottery (which is key to the causal link), but it is somewhat implied by the conclusion of the answer choice. Correct answer.

(B) He hasn't gotten it, so he shouldn't expect to. Sounds reasonable and doesn't make the causation flaw.

(C) If you are hired in the last year, you can expect to be laid off. They were hired in the last year, so they will be the only ones laid off. The word "only" makes it a faulty argument, because it means that A(laid off) → A(hired in the last year), which is not supported by the premises. Regardless, not the causation flaw.

(D) A(fast driving) → A(ticket), thus A(ticket) → A(fast driving). Flawed, but not in the same way as the stimulus.

(E) A(Perry U attendee) ‑m→ A(job). Thus JST(Perry U attendees) → JST(jobs). The "most" makes it too strong to argue that they "can expect to get jobs". If it said that most of them can expect to get jobs, it would be a good argument. Not the flaw in the stimulus regardless.

PrepTests ·

PT144.S3.Q9

danielmoholia93

Wednesday, Oct 18 2017

Flaw question.

The flaw is the argument that lack of evidence for something is a "good reason" to dismiss it as false.

(A) Is both true and the flaw made by the author.

(B) The author doesn't argue that the claim of extraterrestrial origin of life is "inherently plausible". Quite to the contrary, the author dismisses it outright.

(C) The author doesn't regard the idea that life evolved and the extraterrestrial origin of life theory to be "equally likely to be true."

(D) There is no contradiction between premises and conclusion.

(E) Is true of the author's argument as a concession is made that proponents of extraterrestrial origin of life theory "offer empirical arguments", yet this is not a flaw in the argument.

PrepTests ·

PT144.S3.Q6

danielmoholia93

Wednesday, Oct 18 2017

The unfair situation creates the unfair result of making some people believe they are not eligible for the rebate when they in fact are. They have an obligation to do something about this.

(A) "is ~~not~~ obliged". They are, in fact obliged. That's the principle.

(B) Whether or not some customers choose to not apply for it is irrelevant to the situation. Every rebate offer will have some that don't claim it. That doesn't mean these people were complicit in causing the incorrect date to be listed on some rebates.

(D) An answer I found tempting, but ultimately chose against because although the action would put all customers on a level playing field, it would do so by spreading the unfairness to everyone so that no one got the rebate when they were eligible for it.

(E) May be true, but irrelevant to the unfair situation and the principle.

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Saturday, Feb 10 2018

danielmoholia93

The Moment of Truth: How do I decide which offer to accept?

This may sound ridiculous, but it just so happens that I can be ridiculously indecisive. I know that it's important to consider employment stats, scholarships, national ranking, location, course offerings, specializations, etc. in making the decision, but I find it somewhat frustrating that there is no "logic games approach" for deciding on a school.

If you're reading this and you've made your decision or are in the process of making it, could you share how you went about it?

Did you go with a gut feeling? Do a chart? Do a chart with a weird point system that ultimately made the decision for you?

Did you talk to academic advisors, professors, friends, and/or family to get input on anything?

If you've decided, were you absolutely sure or more 80% sure or maybe even less?

These are the kinds of questions I've been dying to ask other people. What's your story?

General · Should I Delay!? (Canadian Universities)

danielmoholia93

Saturday, Feb 10 2018

I was in the exact same situation just over a year ago. I applied with a 155 and 3.54 GPA in the regular category and was rejected from all five choices (Windsor, Western, Manitoba, Calgary, Ottawa). I chose to take my time studying for it until I got my PTing into the high 160s and reapplied this year. It did the trick. Don't feel pressured to rush. Take however long you need to study and do it well. For me, that meant studying a little bit each day from May till November of last year.

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

danielmoholia93

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

The RC about Chinese was real. The LG with cleaning eight floors was real.

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

danielmoholia93

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

@ said:

Can anybody confirm the that the experimental LR was 26Qs?

I'm assuming so because otherwise my test was 102 questions total.

I remember the 26 Question LR section. A whole bunch about it just seemed really off. Weird phrasing of a few of the questions that I didn't see in the other two. But it was also the third LR I got to, so it may just be I got super paranoid when I realized I got one experimental LR.