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LSAT · PT.5.S1.Q15 - It is almost impossible to find a person
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mustafaahmedani524
Tuesday, Mar 22 2022

Ok, so just move on. I don't think a question stem like this will ever rear its ugly head again. BUT, if we're really interested...

It's trying to get you to weaken an additional hypothetical statement made by M. M already made one statement. That was about how so few people between a given age range use their left hand. Q responded saying yeah, sure, but that's because that generation were punished as children for using their left hands.

Now, the answer choices introduce new statements, that would hypothetically be made by M to weaken. Answer choices B, C, D, and E actually just corroborate what Q said. So, would that counter? Nope! In fact, it'd just be Q agreeing with M, if M said what ACs B,C, D, and E say. You're therefore left with A.

This is just a really wonky question stem that you'll never see again. The rumor is that the LSAC changed out the test writers and strategies somewhere around PT 20. Anything before that, while still exercising that LSAT part of your brain, just isn't nearly as useful as PT 20+. To go back to your original question of classification: how do you classify? You just don't.

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General · FAM.
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mustafaahmedani524
Wednesday, Mar 17 2021

@ said:

@ said:

Finally, it may be a faux pas, but I typically don't do the full BR in one sitting; if I do, it's always on the day after, on a weekend. I'm a full time student and I don't have the time during the academic term to spend six or seven hours (which is how long it takes me to BR including breaks) to dedicate to one single thing when I have constant due dates to balance at Zoom University. I find that, after your timed run, if you take a couple of hours at the least or a day at the most, it really, really helps. Sure, it won't be simulating the mental stress of timed conditions, but BR is about learning, not about simulating test-taking environments. Whatever conditions you learn best in are those conditions you should create for yourself, even if it's waiting a day to BR.

That's a great idea and I might start doing that too. I work FT but thankfully I have downtime, so I've been BR-ing after my PT. I might wait a day now to clear my mind.

The LSAT won't let you BR afterwards, so why not wait a day? It'll simulate waiting for your score anyway, lol.

Super late, but exactly! The mental fatigue is real after taking a full LSAT, at least for me. I wanna be clear-minded when I BR. I guess it all comes down to what works for you.

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mustafaahmedani524
Saturday, Mar 13 2021

Keep your chin up. I saw another comment on here that described the same exact thing: the 7Sager was BRing 175+ for two straight exams and then barely BRing 165 on the next few. I think you can partially chalk this up to the fact that the LSAT is just... weird. I applaud the writers because it's extremely difficult to apply objectivity to our natural language (and I actually find it fascinating how the exam works). But, I think there are some lessons to be learned from this experience, and I say this with the utmost deference because I haven't been practicing nearly as long as yourself:

As JY said in the first (or maybe second? or something) lesson, the LSAT is a sprint, not a marathon. I was extremely dejected to regress to a 166 on my third PT after completing the CC when the one immediately preceding was a 169 BR. However, in my three-ish months of studying, I've come to learn that LSAT progress is seldom linear. It was a little while until I finally broke 170 but I think this brings me on to my second point.

If you make stupid errors (I make a ton) and/or guess, go back and figure out why it ended up being right and retrace your thought process. I recently started diagramming a lot of the questions on the LR section sort of like JY does in the CC and it helps. A lot. That's the beauty of BR: take it slow and easy.

Finally, it may be a faux pas, but I typically don't do the full BR in one sitting; if I do, it's always on the day after, on a weekend. I'm a full time student and I don't have the time during the academic term to spend six or seven hours (which is how long it takes me to BR including breaks) to dedicate to one single thing when I have constant due dates to balance at Zoom University. I find that, after your timed run, if you take a couple of hours at the least or a day at the most, it really, really helps. Sure, it won't be simulating the mental stress of timed conditions, but BR is about learning, not about simulating test-taking environments. Whatever conditions you learn best in are those conditions you should create for yourself, even if it's waiting a day to BR. Also, celebrate the little things... You broke a 170, even if it was from some guess work. Who cares? The reality is, you'll have to guess at least a few times throughout your LSAT journey.

Sorry, I know the advice was totally unsolicited and I didn't mean to come on here and lecture, but hang in there :smile:

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General · Spreading out the PTs
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mustafaahmedani524
Monday, Mar 08 2021

@ that's a great strategy. I'm using the PTs I've already taken (56-58) for some drill material as well, especially for the LG Fool Proof Method. Thanks for your suggestion.

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General · Spreading out the PTs
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mustafaahmedani524
Saturday, Mar 06 2021

Completed PT 58* this morning. This is what happens the one time I use Safari with its built-in autocorrect.

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Saturday, Mar 06 2021

mustafaahmedani524

Spreading out the PTs

Hi all,

So I completed the CC the other week (I believe the exact day was Feb 22 or something), and I want to know what PTs I should focus on. I'd like to take the exam either in June, or August as my failsafe if I'm below where I want to be PT-wise. To provide a frame of reference, I began with PT 56 on Feb 24, but I completed Bring 58 this morning (Mar 5). At this pace, I'm averaging 1 to 2 per week, and obviously if I try to take every single one chronologically, even through June, I won't get past the mid- to upper-70s. That said, I also want to save some in case I have to retake (which I really don't want to do with the shift back to 4 section exams after the June Flex). Thoughts? To any of you who have completed your LSAT journey, how did you space it out? Is it a bad idea to move back chronologically?

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