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I have 25 years of experience and have some availability; feel free to message me if you're interested. I think my rates are competitive vs some of the other experienced tutors on here.
I think you just make a new chat? I haven't actually initiated chats but I'd imagine it's either through the profile or through the chat menu.
Hi, I have some availability and have been teaching and tutoring LSAT for 25 years, and am charging $100/hour currently with a lower priced option if you prepay a week in advance. Please feel free to message me if you'd like more info. Thanks!
I just recommend that my students do it in broad categories for why they missed it - "Misidentified the question type," "Changed my answer at the last minute," "Got down to 2 and had to flip a coin," etc.
Why are you missing the questions you are missing? It's hard to give targeted advice from just a number.
Hi, I have some availability and have been teaching and tutoring LSAT for 25 years, and I focus a lot on looking at why students picked the wrong answer and eliminated the right one, then connecting that to broad points to keep in mind (for example, "you picked a "most" answer over a "some" for NA but we generally don't like stronger language for NA"). Please feel free to message me if you'd like more info. Thanks!
Hi, I have some availability and have been teaching and tutoring LSAT for 25 years, and have options that are in your budget range. Please feel free to message me if you'd like more info. Thanks!
That's not quite what I asked - not what question types but why. When you go back, why did you pick the wrong answer? Why did you eliminate the right one?
Take notes - but a very short (less than 10 words per paragraph) summary of the content of each paragraph. Like making a ToC. Think about for each sentence whether it's conveying structure/new information/a change in direction (read these sentences) or blah blah bah boring detail that just elaborates on something you've already been told (skip these sentences). You probably should actually carefully read about 20-25% of the passage.
What are you doing wrong? When you review your questions you missed, why did you miss them?
What are you trying to anticipate?
My rule for whether I write out a conditional is whether it takes me time to translate it initially. If it's a very clear "if X then Y" that I can translate in my head again in a second, it's not time efficient for me to write it out. If it's more subtle language or more complex, I translate it once then write that down so I don't need to keep repeating that step.
Also, distinguish sufficient/necessary assumption (a question type) from sufficient and necessary conditions (elements of a statement in a stimulus or answer choice that then lead to a conditional statement that encapsulates the relationship) - these are not the same thing.
Hi, if you're still looking I have some availability and 25 years of experience, and could do 2 sessions in October for the budget you're looking at - please feel free to message me if you're interested.
Without more info we can really only give generic advice, so the generic questions I'd ask is why you are missing the questions. When you go back and review where did you go wrong? Are you remembering things like what type of language you want for different question types? Are you using tools like the negation test?
Absolutely agree with this. It's an open book test, not a pop quiz. Get the structure and only sweat the details when they ask you about them in the questions.
I have 25 years of experience and have some availability - please feel free to message me if you are still looking. Thanks!
I have 25 years of experience and have some availability - please feel free to message me if you are still looking. Thanks!
Remember this is an open book test, not a pop quiz. What is "important" is what you need to answer the questions, nothing else. That's about 15-20% of the passage. You don't know what 15% when you read it, other than the few sentences that are structural. Don't belabor details. You don''t care about them unless and until you are asked about them in a question. For example, if the paragraph is "Marie Curie devised an experiment to test her theory. She did (blah blah science). Next, she tried (blah blah more boring science). Finally, (snoooze science). This clearly showed her hypothesis was correct." What you need to know here is that she tested her theory and it was right, not all the steps along the way.
That BR number is meaningless since it's not under test conditions. It's theoretically possible to jump, but most students will go down a couple of points on test day because of anxiety. Is there any hope? Sure. But it would be extremely unlikely.
Can you give us the mistakes and we can help you identify what to correct?
Are you using your scrap paper? You shouldn't have to really retain much - and its fine to use shorthand/abbreviations, just double check that the terms are really the same. For example, the rule might say "If an act causes harm then the act is wrong." I'd short hand that as "if CH → W" but then I need to make sure that the answer choice matches precisely - an answer choice might say "John intended to cause harm. . . " That would still be abbreviated as CH but you need to check that it's the same CH - and here it's not because in the rule intent isn't enough. But this will still let you eliminate choices that say "X -> CH" or "X → not W."
There's no reason to make it a memory test.
Why are you missing questions? What aspect of your process are you struggling with?
I've been teaching and tutoring the LSAT since 2002 - for almost 25 years. I was the LSAT Product Manager at a major test prep company for several years, have helped write and revise multiple LSAT courses, and have been tutoring independently since 2012. My approach is based on working smarter, not harder; being efficient in the approach to the questions, and having a repeatable set of steps based on question types. I generally find that most of my methodology works well as a complement to 7Sage curriculum (question stem first, low-res summaries, etc) with some added nuances I've learned over my long LSAT career.
I have some space in my fall schedule and am offering a couple of different options for students. The normal policy is that I offer a free phone consultation (up to 30 minutes) for students to ask questions before scheduling. Right now, I am also offering (these are in lieu of the phone consultation) the first two hour session at half price, or a "no-risk" first session, which is scheduled for two hours but gives the student the option at the end of the first hour to end the session an pay nothing, but otherwise will be a regular two hour session billed at the two hour rate.
I generally schedule between noon and 6 pm Eastern, Tues-Sat, and my base rates are $100/hour for a two hour session. I do offer a discounted prepaid nonrefundable session if booked a week in advance, and am sometimes available for shorter sessions or meetings after my normal hours for a slightly higher rate. I never have students pay for more than the next session ahead of time, so you're not locked into a huge purchase of hours if you hit your target early, change your plans, or decide it's not a good fit.
If you're interested in more information, please message me and I'll send you my email to get more details about sessions and scheduling. Thanks!
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