@Joshua how did you send your high school transcript to LSAC? also, did you list you high school as an undergrad institution?

@joegav1 oh my class is the opposite situation lol, for all intents and purposes a college class taught by a college prof but taken for regular high school class credit. I called and the rep said that if you didn't get college credit for the class you don't need to report it. Not sure if this contradicts what you were told?

How are we supposed to infer that social capital = public goods? Is this common knowlege? Because it doesn't really align with the definition presented in A either (social capital = things that build community)

Im in the same situation, ive gotten exactly 169 on the last 4 or 5 pts ive taken and just cant seem to break the 170 ceiling. I've personally been working on taking more time on LR questions and not being as stressed about the timer since theres usually one or two that upon BR I realize was a reading error on my part, but tbh idk if its worked out much considering my scores lol. Hope you find the way forward!!

Can someone describe the difference between C and D meaning wise? is it that c is specifically in a genre and d is in literature generally which is why C is more specific

I'm not sure I even fully understood the question lol. What is the second sentence saying? I think it is saying that since naturally occuring 7 day cycles can't cause the changes it has to be a human-caused 7 day cycle. Anyways, crazy question

How does organic farming spread without farmers not choosing to adopt it? I thought the two were synonymous in this case.

I think it's also important to remember that regardless of how you do on PTs, truly anything could happen on the real exam for worse but also for better. Going into the June exam my pt scores had dropped that week. On the two pts i took prior i scored a 164 and 162 and on the actual exam I scored a 168. Sometimes these drops just happen. The LSAT is also not a knowledge based exam which makes it more subjective in my opinion, so you're not going to be seeing the same consistency in scoring as with studying for a fact/knowledge based test.

While I did end up choosing C due to the process of elim, I think this is a case of LSAT writers not paying attention during science class because a trait being due to genetics does not prove whether the ability of others to interpret a trait is genetically inherited. Sure, it could be the case that a creature has a genetic predisposition to, for example, fear a certain patterning on a poisonous insect but it could just as easily be a learned behavior, so I really don't see how it's strengthening at all. IDK maybe I'm thinking too much as a scientist and not from the LSAT perspective lol

@PriYanksya There are often questions though where they excpect you to make very basic assumptions. Do you have any advice on how to tell when it is appropriate to do so?

Why is it a fair assumption to make that small tornados are the hardest to track? In previous science/previous knowlege based questions i've struggled with making assumptions that the lsat did not want us to make, so I am wondering why this assumption would be fair?

What I don't understand about this question is that it doesn't state that the awards committee can't happen without being followed by a general meeting? Maybe I'm reading it wrong but the statement gives a condition under which a general meeting will occur at a specified time, not any conditions about the committees? therefore, how can we assume that the two committees are mutually exclusive?

I understand the general idea of false neg/false pos, but where in the passage does it talk about a judge being wrongly removed/false pos? It discusses situations where a judge fails to recuse and makes a biased judgement, but I can't figure out how we're supposed to know the opposite occurs also

I really hesitated between C and E because I thought that C would mean that there would be more scrutiny on answers presented for suggested info, even in cases where questions asked in court weren't leading. I understand the justification for E and understand why C is wrong from the explanation, but am having trouble putting into words why my justification for C is wrong for my WAJ

I was caught up between D and E because read "you" as a more general term seeing as I found it weird to limit lifting to something only bodybuilders do, and thought that the explanations were both too in depth for body builders or the general public to care about.

I've struggled with audience questions in the past specifically relating to sci passages because my degree is in biology and I tend to overcompensate in terms of what I assume the general public doesn't know. Are there examples of passages on other practices that are targeted towards experts I could reference, or should we assume that they are never going to make us read a science passage directed towards experts as LSAT takers?

this passage ruined my pt score singlehandedly

I had initially chosen C because I thought the point was to explain the differences between monetary and specific performance and when they are applied. Upon review I have no idea why I didn't choose the option that specifically said "two" lmao

@dkimvisionmaker11514 my explanation is that the final sentence talks about the benefit of monetary compensation allowing the courts to stay clear of negative relationship complications, which is presented as a marker of success

What I took away from the video is that A is correct because if the point is to prove the existing consensus to be true rather than testing a new treatment, CE would not matter since the point of CE is to ethically test new treatments. The reason E is wrong is because it is okay for individuals to have opinions under CE (which is what differentiates it from TE), but just not the medical community. Is this correct?

@lsatoct thanks! I'm at the stage were i'll miss the level 5 questions on every section basically which means im at -3 or -4 most times. There's not even usually a type of question that I'm getting wrong mostly so I do pretty consistently with question specific drills, so maybe I'll try filtering for difficulty

having similar issues! following this post and good luck :) if it makes you feel better in june I was averaging mid to low 160s PTs and scored 168 so you could also get lucky

I don't know if this is a bit too obvious but I think of it as the argument vs the intended audience, so the two are pretty different question types to me. Main point = the summary of the argument while the primary purpose = the reason the argument is being made. I'm the opposite of you lol I'm pretty good with purpose but bad at main point