If you can't make it all the way to the movie theater, you should watch this instead:
I laughed for about ten years.
Hi, general question about strategy here. I can manage to solve almost every game in practice, but my problem is doing it fast enough to complete an entire section.
I think I have the understanding down; I suspect the problem is being too thorough (ex.double checking each answer on a CBT question, drawing all the possibilities when I don't need to).
Does anybody have tips/habits on how to go faster?
I'd also choose #3 over #2. Your "cancels" are precious. Use it only when you prepared as much as you can and still faced some weird issue on test day. In my opinion, one cancel on your record looks okay to admissions. Two cancels gets them suspicious.
And no, you cannot see results before canceling.
Please, please don't do #3. Take the LSAT only when you're ready. By "ready" I mean you feel you have put as much time/effort in this test as possible/are as close to your target score as you are ever going to get. Pushing it to October won't make much of a difference, as ~50% of applications are turned in mid-November.
My two cents (as someone who's had to make this decision before) is to withdraw, lose the money, and leave your record intact. It's better to have one stellar score in October rather than two disparate (one average/not your best, one stellar).
Okay, I think I'll shoot for the intuitive approach. List method is useful for some things but, you're right, for the ones they don't explicit say I cross out as "no opinion." Thanks!
Hey JY! Can we post specific questions here? ie. PT 56 LR Q20?
Hello there. Question on point of issue questions - which is better? doing the list method or reading through and determining the disagreement/agreement?
Fumbling between methods made me lose time on my recent PTs. I either start list method and then find the POI is easy to see and lose time or try reading and have to do list method because POI is not too clear cut.
Advice appreciated. Thanks 7sagers!
Mark, I'm down. Which one you want to do?
"Maybe a nice, dirty science passage outlining the death of platypuses due to excessive C02 mixed with its embroyonic polarity gone bonkers? "
Samarth, what you are suggesting sounds like hell on earth. And yes, I would like to participate.
@ Me too. Currently being killed on details. The answer is obvious during blind review, only bc I read the surrounding text.
I tried this new strategy today: separate inference from MP/Author's attitude questions. Or do inference questions first. My trouble is switching between "fact finding questions" and "general feeling questions" -- taking care of the questions you're good at might free you up to read inference questions closely?
So down for a reading comp review session. Those with jedi-level RC skills are welcome to join!
Didn't see it because I usually find the star on top of video explanations. Ty!
This question is presumably directed to Alan (who is a tech-wiz ferreal): can you put a feature to star explanations?
I'm cataloging the hardest questions I've come across and want a way to mark them, similar to how individual lessons are marked. Can we already do this?
Hey Michelle, there are so many PTs (1 - 69) are you sure you can't spare a few for mixed review? I would definitely save the later tests (50 -69) for practice but I think you should use earlier ones for practice.
I hear you on the switch from drills to mixed questions; you get so used to approaching one sort of question, and it throws you off to adapt to another type. You need mixed review to practice switching modes of attack (" What's the question stem? Necessary assumption: look for the bridge or how to protect the argument. Circle answer. Cool, next question: resolve/discrepancy. What's the paradox? Ah. Answer choice A answers resolves both mystery 1 and mystery 2. Next." )
So many different LR types with different approaches for each of them. Don't fret; you'll get in the zone! Just think of yourself as a mixed martial artist whose attack strategy depends on your opponent.
Hi Chang, I did this and it was useful for a couple of reasons. When I first studied I wasn't reviewing properly and, thinking about it now, that was such a waste of LR questions/opportunities to analyze different arguments.
Retaking was a huge confident boost ("Whoa, cool. I understand why this is wrong versus me randomly circling the first time"). I wouldn't include this in my PT log (exposure to questions inflates your score) but retaking PTs allowed me to see the progress in my thinking.
So I guess it depends on your purpose: do you want to practice or do you want to gauge your score?
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Whoa, shoots venom from one foot?! I didn't know that.
Okay, I'll stop taking out my RC frustration on adorable semiaquatic mammals. Sigh. Thanks for keeping me in check.
"Dude who wrote about clash of civilization" - Mark, you mean Samuel Huntington? Oh man, I did not love reading him. His implications made me uncomfortable.
Currently folding a paper 7 times to see how hard it is....
That's with liberal arts/legal passages, though. I'm a goner with science.
I have no love for platypuses. None!
Hey Mark, have you tried pre-skimming (skimming before you read)? Graeme taught me that trick and it's actually helped a lot. Scan for the subject matter, the first line of each paragraph, and pre-determine the author's point.
I finally, finally made it to a point where I can finish an entire RC section in time and each passage in < 7 minutes.
But really, what helped the most was JY's advice to not linger over hard questions. The dialogue inside my head goes: " circle your gut feeling and get the hell outta there!" This helped loads.
Going to give myself some perspective by listing all the things harder the LSAT. I need a reminder that this test is not the end-all-be-all, that more difficult tasks exist. So if you're getting some June 10th anxiety, feel free to add to the list. If there was ever such a thing as an off-topic LSAT discussion, this would definitely be it.
Things Harder Than the LSAT
the MCAT
law school
the bar exam
finding a job after law school
being the first in your family to hold a post-graduate degree
paying back your loans
curing cancer
nuclear physics
finding the Higgs Boson subatomic particle
putting a man on the moon
This is getting silly but is still extremely therapeutic.
Hi, I come across this problem in argument part questions: is a hypothesis the same thing as a statement?
I usually eliminate the wrong answer choices by matching them up to the stimulus (Ex. I eliminate the answer choice starts with "it is a premise " because I id'ed the statement as a conclusion). But some argument part questions describes statements differently (A) "This is a statement" or B) "this is a hypothesis for which the author supports." Should we eliminate answer choices that call it a hypothesis when it is a statement? Is there even a difference.
Ex: Is a "Fetuses develop fingernails in the third week of development" a statement?
Is " Scientists say fetuses develop fingernails in the third week" a hypothesis?
Hey JY,
Some questions about D). Is it wrong because there are other ways to competency?
D) Negated says: having 6 - 10 years does not bring you to competency. This doesn't matter because there are other paths to becoming a competent doctor. Am I correct in saying C) is a "wrecking ball" assumption rather than a bridge?
Through the same magic that brought Tim Duncan his arms.
Lol, JK. Dunno! It automatically embedded after I posted the link.