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PT148.S3.Q26
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dedolence
Friday, Nov 07 2025

tips for doing this under time pressure? seems way too convoluted to do in the time you're likely to have at the end of a section.

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PrepTests ·
PT148.S1.Q19
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dedolence
Friday, Nov 07 2025

@elbicho same haha

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PrepTests ·
PT144.S2.Q21
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dedolence
Thursday, Nov 06 2025

of the hundreds of questions i've done in my two times taking this test, this might be my least favorite.

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PrepTests ·
PT106.S2.Q19
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dedolence
Thursday, Nov 06 2025

what really throws me off here is inferring that most mail is incorrectly addressed, since most mail arrives 3+ days after being sent. i kept thinking that we don't know how much mail is incorrectly addressed, because mail could arrive late for any number of reasons-- no postage, forwards, weather delays, etc.

where i went wrong there is that within the context of the question, i have to assume those are all still either correctly addressed or not; and if they are, they fall under the set of mail that mostly arrives within 2 days. so even if there's no stamp on the envelope or the apocalypse is happening, if the mail is correctly addressed, it's most likely to arrive within 2 days.

i am a mailman so maybe my own closeness to the subject matter threw me off!

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PrepTests ·
PT147.S1.Q23
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Edited Monday, Nov 03 2025

this was an example of the answer choice actually cluing me into a key detail of the argument. i had initially not noticed that it was comparing a bone sample to a blood sample, i read it as "blood sample" for both. so when i read "bone," i thought, huh? why are they talking about bone samples here? i re-read the argument and saw the potential flaw.

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PrepTests ·
PT146.S3.Q24
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Edited Sunday, Nov 02 2025

in the prompt, the word "development" is used to mean, "to create." i.e., where there was no tradition, now we are developing one because of this work of literature.

in the answer choice, "development" is used in a more broad sense, in the sense of altering/augmenting.

when i encountered the answer choice i was trying to map the word "development" directly to the first meaning as used in the prompt, overlooking the more broad meaning. in a restricted meaning, failing that one condition wouldn't fail the test for world lit-- because either of the two remaining conditions could be true. it only fails if i interpreted it in the broad sense.

relying on two meanings of the same word seems exactly like the kind of flaw we're supposed to identify in other questions....

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PrepTests ·
PT146.S3.Q23
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dedolence
Edited Sunday, Nov 02 2025

i think this would benefit from more explanation. in particular it was really hard to figure out WHAT the argument was. i thought the conclusion was: "i was late," because all the rest of the prompt look like premises in support of that conclusion:

maintenance --> parking lot closed --> needed more time to find parking --> late

sure, each one of those can be attacked as requiring assumptions. which is why i picked B, because if true it would strengthen the idea of finding alternate parking being difficult, and if false then it would weaken that claim.

how do you so quickly identify that we're trying to evaluate the claim about whether or not maintenance on a different day would have had the same effect? that seemed like an aside, like red herring information to me, not the main conclusion.

i've gone through the core curriculum and generally don't have too much trouble identifying the conclusions but this stumped me.

definitely would like a bit more explanation for this one than in the video explanation.

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PrepTests ·
PT146.S2.Q15
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dedolence
Sunday, Nov 02 2025

different foods are helpful for different health problems --> dietary needs vary widely from person to person

to me that clearly implies answer C. yeah it seems like a ridiculous claim to make, but i'm not supposed to judge that, am i? after all there are plenty of questions that contain ridiculous claims.

it would also seem that answer D would depend upon the truth of answer C:

if most fad diets prescribe a narrow range of foods, and dietary needs vary from person to person, then most fad diets fail to provide some people with adequate nutrients.

i guess i am simply not giving that "any" enough consideration!

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PrepTests ·
PT146.S1.Q24
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dedolence
Friday, Oct 31 2025

i really misread the conclusion as being "lawmakers in democracies pay too little attention to the interests of these families." if i'd successfully identified the conclusion i think the answer would have been clear.

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PrepTests ·
PT144.S4.Q16
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dedolence
Thursday, Oct 30 2025

the reason i dismissed B was because of the "significantly greater" language. i feel stupid

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LSAT · I got a 180
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dedolence
Wednesday, Oct 29 2025

were you getting perfect scores on practice tests? i still am getting a few wrong per sections. there's always one i get wrong in the test and blind review and i'm not sure why-- usually it's a mid-difficulty level too.

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PrepTests ·
PT150.S3.Q13
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dedolence
Wednesday, Oct 29 2025

the concession "if your principle is true" is what really threw me off.

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PrepTests ·
PT145.S3.P1.Q4
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Edited Tuesday, Oct 28 2025

just how in the world is "Nevertheless, the document has led, even if belatedly, to the creation of legally binding human rights conventions" not a direct consequence?!?!?!?!?!?!?

A led to B.... not a direct consequence... ok LSAC

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PrepTests ·
PT145.S3.P3.Q17
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dedolence
Tuesday, Oct 28 2025

got it wrong on the timed test and right in blind review where i simply decided that E wasn't enough of an "assertion."

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PrepTests ·
PT145.S4.Q19
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dedolence
Tuesday, Oct 28 2025

@Katie_Volpert that's exactly what screwed me up here

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PrepTests ·
PT145.S4.Q19
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dedolence
Tuesday, Oct 28 2025

the difficulty with this one was the term "more often." i took that to mean a ratio, a percentage. so when i saw A i dismissed it thinking that absolute numbers were irrelevant given that it was talking about a percentage. welp,

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PrepTests ·
PT145.S4.Q22
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dedolence
Tuesday, Oct 28 2025

D was pretty attractive to me because it did seem to fit as a necessary condition in a causal chain. it took blind review to parse this argument structure and i feel completely unconfident i'll nail a question like this in 12 days :\

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General · waited too long to register for remote test-- what chances do i have?
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dedolence
Monday, Oct 27 2025

@Reyzinsey keep checking! I was checking every half hour this morning and it only took a couple tries to find my preferred spot!

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General · waited too long to register for remote test-- what chances do i have?
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dedolence
Sunday, Oct 26 2025

@AVOsborne thanks, will do. i wish there were some guarantee that you'll get a spot. when i registered i think i selected remote or testing center, not realizing how far away the sites were. well that's on me if it comes to it but at this point i'm worried i won't get a spot at all!

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PrepTests ·
PT138.S3.Q22
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Edited Sunday, Oct 26 2025

@dedolence reviewing this question after doing several questions like this and i think there's a certain type of question that looks confusing but maps down to pretty simple logic if you can just take a step back and not get bogged down in words and details.

i see questions that mask their conditionals with lots of words and this one is an example:

Our failure to attract new listeners over the past several years has forced us to choose between devoting some airtime to other, more popular genres of music, and sticking with classical music that appeals only to our small but loyal audience

is a long-winded way to just say: we have to choose A or B.

more words about loyal supporters and advertising revenues simply to say that if B is chosen it leads to C consequence. B --> C

we don't want C, so we don't want B, which leaves us with one option: A.

>must choose between option A or option B.

>option B leads to C negative consequence.

>we can't have C, so we shouldn't choose B.

>therefore we must choose the remaining option A.

i can sometimes feel my physical focus honing in so closely on individual words, searching for specifics. this might be useful sometimes, but at other times it's easy to lose the forest for the trees. i literally have to sit back in my chair and make my eyes/brain take in the bigger picture in order to see the outlined shapes of the argument's premises.

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Study Groups · November LSAT Takers!
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dedolence
Sunday, Oct 26 2025

me if i can manage to get a testing time scheduled....

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LSAT · I got a 180
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dedolence
Sunday, Oct 26 2025

incredible win, you earned it. time to pop a bottle of bubbly and relax for a minute! inspiring me--- low 170s, hoping it climbs steadily for another week and a half :D

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Edited monday, oct 27 2025

dedolence

😖 Frustrated

waited too long to register for remote test-- what chances do i have?

hey yall. so i think i waited too long to register for the remote test. the email says registration doesn't close until sunday, in one week, but there are no available times for any testing day.

anyone have experience with this? i called prometric and they said they'd be releasing more times tomorrow but i couldn't get any more information, just a suggestion to keep checking. which will work great as i'm at work for 10+ hours tomorrow.

i got a feeling i was just getting the brush off from prometric. so i'm wondering, has anyone been in my position? do they indeed release more available times or was that just to get me off the phone? how often should i be checking the scheduler? any advice in general?

important edit 10/27 10:13am

this morning I set up a thirty minute timer to check for more availabilities and sure enough after a couple tries i snagged my ideal time and date for a remote test.

so yes to answer my own question: keep trying!

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PrepTests ·
PT144.S2.Q26
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dedolence
Thursday, Oct 23 2025

@brm51142 seriously. i don't think i've gotten 9 wrong on a section since i first started studying this test

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PrepTests ·
PT139.S4.Q22
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dedolence
Wednesday, Oct 22 2025

@VanillaCream i selected B too, and for the same reason. but i think it's wrong mainly because the answer choice mentions the decline. the stimulus doesn't say anything about a decline! i think our reasoning is ultimately sound but the answer choice just doesn't quite hit the target.

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