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Anyone else experiencing a huge discrepancy between their PT score and actual test score? I have been scoring in the low 170s consistently on PTs, but got a 160 on the October LSAT, which is actually a point lower than my August test….the strange thing is that I did not feel particularly nervous, and didn’t think that the test was particularly more difficult than PTs. I cannot seem to figure out why and have lost all confidence….any similar experiences, suggestions or comments would be much appreciated!!!
@ZoeLight If we read "sense of duty" as equivalent to "moral obligation," then accordingly to the video explanation Daniel explicitly expresses "Fulfill moral obligation AND /Good" which is a negation of Carrie's statement "Fulfill moral obligation <--> Good." Does that not count as a disagreement if Daniel's statement is a negation of Carrie's? Carrie says "FMO guarantees Good" whereas Daniel says "FMO does not guarantee Good." Why does that not count as a disagreement?
@Kevin_Lin I thought “these studies are flawed” was a premise supporting “researchers would need to include many more…etc.” I read in another coursebook that if there is ever any confusion about 2 sentences in a stimulus competing as the main conclusion, arrange them in the Premise + Conclusion form and see which way makes more sense (“because A, therefore B” vs “because B, therefore A.) I thought “because these studies are flawed, therefore we need to conduct more extensive research” makes more sense than “because we need to conduct more extensive research therefore these studies are flawed.”So I thought “need to conduct more research” was the conclusion.
However I’m starting to see this might be a wrong approach. After reading some comments I can start to see how “these studies are flawed” can be seen as the conclusion as well. But I can also see “need to conduct more research” as the conclusion. How can I stop seeing “need to conduct more research”as the conclusion?
@7SageTutor I thought the conclusion was in the last sentence: "....researchers would need to include many more than 1100 people....etc." which corresponds to C. I thought "these studies are flawed" was a premise: because these studies are flawed, researchers should conduct more extensive studies. Could you explain how I can approach the structure of this stimulus to see that the support flows towards "these studies are flawed?"
@Katie_Volpert Hi, thank you for the explanation. I had the exact same question as the student whose question you answered in your response. However I am not understanding your last paragraph. What do you mean by the first sentence in your last paragraph, "AC A is incorrect because the line in question does not support the conclusion that semiplanning monohulls will be expensive?" Is "semiplanning monohulls will be expensive" supposed to be the conclusion?
In addition I wanted to clarify that "analogy" is about the two things being compared, and not the list of similarities they share? So the only analogy here is ships vs plans, and not something like, analogy 1: they are both expensive, analogy 2: they both have greater speed and reliability, etc.?
Regarding Answer A, why is it ok for the rule to not make use of all the facts? I hesitated to pick A because it didn't state the premise "accepting the coupons would have cost Checkers nothing." I thought about it as a conjunction: Refuse to Accept Coupons AND Cost Nothing --> Desire to Hurt. Both of the sufficient conditions have to be present to make the conclusion valid if it was a conjunction like this. Could someone please explain why it is not a conjunction and why not all the facts are needed to fully justify the conclusion?
Hi! I know it’s been a year since this post but I came across this while searching for similar experiences. I am experiencing the exact same thing right now, 10 points lower on the October 2026 LSAT than my PTs which are all in the low 170s. Since it’s been a year, I am wondering if you guys have retaken after this post, and if anything has helped in overcoming this problem. Thanks for your input!