So I'm working through the problem sets on the harder weakening questions. Through BR I can get 80-100% correct, while doing timed I am only able to get maybe 40-60%. Should this be a concern at this point in time? I have also been doing prep for about eight hours today, so that is one thing I can attribute to the scores. There was a point earlier today I was 25/25 on timed.
Note: My test date is December 3rd, 2016
My train of thought:
P: There is an increase of sales for fantasy novels, making up a larger share of the all adult-fiction books sold (A). At the same time, more reviews are coming out (B).
C: B caused A.
The question asks us to weaken this assertion. The idea here is the correlation exists between the two. As from earlier lessons, JY hinted at the fact that if you are given a correlation in the conclusion, it is generally wrong. So that being said, lets look at the answer choices.
A) Only manuscripts likely to be favorable in reviews will be selected. This is extremely subjective. One person could rate this as "Great" another could be "Crap." This decreases the amount of fantasy books actually being published and not everyone likes the same book. Plus, this does not relate to how the book sales are related.
B) Few readers actually read reviews,and reviews don't play a role in picking books. BOOM. What this does is call into question the effectiveness of this correlation. Sure they may be more reviews, but if no one reads them, what effect do they really have? People might just be inspired by the resurgence of this genre because of movies and maybe even nostalgia. It's presenting that there are other causes.
C) Booksellers know how similar books are reviewed. I could see why someone may choose this, but again this limits the amount of available novels out there. So if you only have a few novels and you don't like any of the ones available, you're not going to buy.
D)Sales are up, they could be more. Who cares? This is irrelevant.
E) Mention older fantasy novels. This to me is the big sucker answer. What this makes me think is that it is the mention of older novels that causes this. The problem is that this is still part of the review. It doesn't mention what parts of the review lead to this increase, but the review as a whole is what contributes to this phenomena.
Honestly, I feel that the reason people struggle with reading comp is because they have been exposed to it before, whether on the SAT or ACT. As a result, they don't give themselves enough time to prepare. LSAC knows this, so they intentionally design the RC to be hard. When you read, try doing what's called "Active Reading." As you read, start to analyze. Think about why the author put things in the passage and the role it serves. It helps to retain information.
June 2016 was my first LSAT, and needless to say, December will go a lot better for me.
The wording still conveys than any child conceived.
I would have worded it as "For every child born during the marriage, where Party A and Party B are the biological parents to that child, Party A agrees to pay Party B $100,000."
I was in the same boat. I took the June LSAT and didnt do well at all. I was going to originally take the September LSAT, but after using the study schedule and realizing I really didn't prep for June at all (basically my Diagnostic), I would be studying for 70 hours a week on average. I decided to pushback and take December. I know for college students, December is hard for the simple fact that finals are usually around this time. I would say if you can, take December if you feel that you will not be ready for September. You can always apply for the September exam and then move your date.
I mean generally I'm doing 8 hours straight of studying. When I am early on into a session, timing really isn't a problem.