I am a week into LSAT studying, about halfway through the “Causation and Phenomenon-Hypothesis Questions” section, and am wondering when I should start seeing close to 5/5 with BR on drills and quizzes? For the most part, I do well on the videos J.Y. goes over with us as part of the curriculum, but am being absolutely wrecked during drills, even with BR. I have months before taking my first official LSAT (June probably), but am curious whether I should be absolutely nailing these sections before moving on any further, or if I should continue through the syllabus as it will all fall together later on. Thanks in advance!
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I got this question correct through process of elimination, but I am not sure how D can be correct considering the first sentence just says "larger than half a gram" which doesn't equal half a gram.
i just don't understand how family prosperity is any more relevant to this argument than family members being willing to work (D)
Hi, everyone; thank you in advance for taking the time to read this.
I just began my LSAT journey a week ago and have been studying for multiple hours each day since then. I understand the struggle is inevitable, but MSS questions are absolutely taking me out! Subsequently, this is making it difficult to find the motivation to keep going when my screen lights up with the color red after blind reviewing and being quite confident in my reasoning. Based on the amount of time it's taking me to choose an answer, I know my over-thinking is a major player in this, but I am averaging like 2/5 and then 3/5 BR. I have found that typically, my biggest issue is that I don't see the correct answer choice even as an option for being correct because I believe it over-assumes what is said in the stimulus, and for that same reason, I am choosing the incorrect answer. The worst part is I feel like I'm not really learning anything because I just keep guessing. The only pattern for incorrect answers that I've been able to identify is when the wording is too broad. I (for the most part) understand the explanation videos but have no idea how I'm supposed to think that way when I'm actually doing the quizzes/drills. I can't articulate this as well as I had hoped, but I'm hoping someone else who has experienced this could provide strategies, approaches, etc. that helped them.
For reference, I scored a 143 on the diagnostic with no prior studying, and am hoping to take the June LSAT.
Yikes, I chose D because I thought A and B were too obvious since they were explicitly stated in the paragraph. I understand why D is wrong and B is the correct answer after watching the video explanation, but I am worried I will not be able to think that way when reading the question on my own.
maybe it's just my unfamiliarity with videocassettes, but i chose E (which i now know is wrong) because i didn't realize that videos lasting for more viewings = durability; i thought the word "durability" was irrelevant/a big assumption.