To OP, one PT has no indication on how you'll do on the real thing. Similar to you, i bombed PT89 before my Oct. Flex, but still end up scoring in the low 170s on the real thing. Trust the process and the hard work you've put in - they will pay off in Jan flex for you!

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Some thoughts responding to the dispute on Q21: B - the passage doesn't answer wether the themes of jazz have influenced the themes in Invisible Man, because the main point of last two paragraphs is (in contrast to the critics) Jazz provides a model for understanding Invisible Man. The parallel between Jazz and the novel is not about one "influencing" the other per se (the passage never states the novel borrows themes of Jazz). Rather, the parallel proves that Jazz provides a way of understanding the novel. It's about Jazz providing ways to understand the novel, not whether the novel has borrowed themes from Jazz. Once you see why the author brings up Jazz, it's pretty clear that the author doesn't answer the question in answer B.

The analysis on question 15 answer B is spot-on. But just for future LSATers who study question 26, the reason why C is wrong is not that the conclusion compares unarmored lake Stickleback with their armored selves (B and C both point to the difference between armored ocean sticklebacks and unarmored lake sticklebacks). Rather, the stimulus wrongly extrapolates the relationship of having an armor as a defense for ocean sticklebacks to the relationship of not having an armor (bigger size) and defense for lake sticklebacks. Not having an amor might have nothing to do with defense for lake sticklebacks.

To weaken the stimulus, one needs to explicit 1) having armors or not (being bigger or not) has nothing to do with defense for lake sticklebacks; or 2) lake sticklebacks are fundamentally different from ocean sticklebacks in their defense needs, and thus their bigger sizes do not contribute to defense purposes.

C tries to weaken the stimulus by the second way but fails to do so, because answer C doesn't explicit the link between "being preyed upon by insects more" and "having bigger size being a better defense". To make C work, one has to make an unwarranted assumption that lake sticklebacks being preyed by insects more often doesn't make larger size a better defense.

In contrast, the right answer B explicits the link - having a bigger size (not having armors) is mainly for surviving in cold winters (not for defense purpose), unlike ocean sticklebacks' need for armors to defend against predators.

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Thanks so much! This is really nice of your to share your study tips. Hope you get into your dream law school and kill it there!

Congrats!! So exciting!

Would you mind please sharing your PT schedule and particularly how you break the mid - high 160s plateau? Thanks very much for your consideration.