I think this is kind of a bad question because by saying that they were born at the same time, we should assume that they're the same time while taking time zones into account. I don't think the explanation for this is super great either; there's no mention that geographical differences would change the alignment of stars in JY's explanation as many people are saying.

I'm kind of confused about how E would be correct considering that it seems to attack the truth of the premises?

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I'm kind of confused about how you can conclude that the establishment of these committees WOULD generate a reduction, since that seems like a very strong inference to make

I chose C because I figured that if the advertisers make false claims then they might risk legal redress by their clients. I didn't chose E although I thought about it because I was scared it was too much like driving :(

I'm also taking the April LSAT and I plan to apply next cycle (during Fall 2021). I don't think it's too bad, and it may even work to your advantage since law school apps are up by 35% or something this cycle. I have hopes that as the world "opens up" again, fewer people will be studying for/taking the LSAT because they'd rather enjoy themselves lol

@ You are so right about this. I did an RC passage this morning of level 5 difficulty and really took my time to understand the passage; I added internal dialogue after each paragraph and did a quick once-over with the low resolution trick (although mine may have been medium resolution lol) and then I only got one question wrong at the end. It's always hard to take things like this to heart during a PT, but practice makes perfect!

Personally, I think it's much easier to just get to A by thinking about the logic implicit in the stimulus. The speaker seems to completely rule out the possibility that money could have been brought from one singular society and spread around the world, and instead assumes it had to originate in each society it eventually appeared in. I know we're not supposed to bring in outside information to the questions, but I immediately thought of how hunter-gatherer societies were introduced to the concept of actual money, rather than systems of bartering or communalism, by other societies.

but what about the part of the sentence that describes "not the benefit to Hollywood?" How are we supposed to read that.

18 seems kind of invalid to me because what "cause" or "just cause" is at play during an athlete's training?

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how is this not a circular argument?

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Thank you @ I will probably try to do that today before I watch the explanation videos. It's tough because I came away from the test feeling fine; almost as though I had scored pretty high.

no it was more of the logic games tanking the score :( but overall I haven't done so badly on a PTest in like a month or two since I first started studying

The best tip I can think of is if the game starts out with a larger number of variables than it says must be picked. For example, the other day I was doing a game from Manhattan Prep about circus performers, and there were 7 circus performers but only 4 minimum were required to perform. If you get a setup like this, you should be aware of looking for any clues in the rules that state exclusions, such as "M cannot perform if N is performing" or such.

How does the meaning of principles not shift?