With the re-occurrence of rare/old game types such as the circular game from feb 2014 and pattern game from June 2014, should it be anticipated that this kind of trend will continue with the upcoming LSAT's? Also, how would we go about preparing for these games? Focus solely on the old games that shared this game type?
How do you quote people? :S haha.
But this is what I noticed from the 50's and 70's, there are more curve breaker questions dispersed throughout the test in the later tests.
LG.
- There is the introduction to the substitution/ rule equivalence question appearing from pt 57 and onwards. Usually, there are only 1 or 2 questions, but they're designed to suck up so much time
- There was the emergence of the pattern and circular games on the feb/june test, but the sept lsat was nothing out of the ordinary.
- Other than that, the games are only slightly more difficult than the previous 50's.
RC.
- I personally found the later 60's passages to be a bit more difficult than the early ones, but it could just be me lol.
LR.
- I've noticed more curve breaker questions in the later LSAT's, and more trap answer choices with the newer lsat's
Hmm maybe I exaggerated a tad bit w/ the overall difficulty... hahaha, oppps
Can't remember by verbatim the exact procedure step by step, but essentially they walk you step by step what section to fill out. For example, they'll say "turn to the front page and look at box 1, fill out your first and last name." A minute later, turn to box 2 etc. Also, there's plenty of time and just have an understanding where the find the relevant information. I.e. with your ticket, you'll find social insurance number, LSAC number etc.
check out the pre-test instruction
I would strongly recommend you do a couple preptests from the 70's before you attempt to write the dec lsat. The 50's are not representative of what you'll see on test day.
Grey Boxes!! Finally!! Now time for the marks to come lol
http://i.imgur.com/3DaK7i8.png
There are two kinds of biconditionals; Always together and always apart.
Always together = A (-)B. This means there are four possibilities. If A then B, if B then A, If not A then not B and if not B then not A.
Always Apart = A (-) Not B. This means if we have A then we won't have B and vice versa.
There are only four logical indicators for biconditionals
1. If and/but only if (always together indicator)... but usually means and
2. either or, but not both (always apart)
3. but not otherwise (always together)
4. except (always apart)
Check out 7sage's biconditional explanations (not sure if free user's can access it :S)
http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/advanced-bi-conditionals/
http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/two-types-of-biconditionals
Since English is your second language, maybe you should pick up a subscription for The Economist, Newyorker, and/or Wall Street Journal for extra practice. The content and style kind of resembles the LSAT' RC passage sections. http://classic.7sage.com/how-to-improve-your-lsat-score-by-reading-interesting-articles/
You can also read the articles for free via incognito
I studied for about 5 months. I started studying beginning of May and took my first preptest early June after reading the Powerscore Bibles couple of times. I stopped for a bit and resumed again end of July while using the 7sage curriculum. I took a preptest every other day; day 1-2 = pt, blind review and then video explanations. I would see a small improvement each preptest but always hit a plateau at a certain point. For example, I saw jumps from 152 to 155 in a matter of a couple of weeks, but stayed at 155 for a week until I hit 157 a week later where I hit another wall. Few pt's later I hit 160 and so on. Now i'm hovering at 165-168 since mid October, but hit a max of 176 a couple of times.
I used to be in a similar situation as yourself. My first diagnostic test was a measly 147 while reading the Powerscore Bible trilogy. After signing up for 7sage and going through the curriculum and doing another preptest, I scored only a 152. After reviewing each test and understanding each and every question, I saw a small increase in my score each and every time I took another preptest: 152, 153, 155 (got stuck on 155 for a while haha) and then 157. Couple of months later with 25 pt's done, my score has reached to 165-168 with a blind review of about 172ish. Long story short, you have only taken two tests and it takes time. Keep studying and I know if I can do it, you can too. :D
pt 72 game 4, 57 #3, 62 #3 to name a few
Yup only when it says "either or but not both "
^ yup, knowing how you're prepping (under timed conditions of course) and what score you're shooting for is key in order to give you any feedback
If you think you did poorly (~154) and don't mind sitting out until next cycle to have a better chance to increase your score, then yeah you should cancel. I think UofA and UofC both average multiple LSAT scores. Just my 2 cents and I'm also applying to UofA. You prolly already know this but if your last 2 years are significantly stronger than the first 2, then schools like UofS, Dal etc. will look at that over your cGPA
We know we have to pick a max of 5 people (could be even less) from the group of 7. However, nowhere (until you read rule 3) does it say whoever you pick ("chosen"), will they have to do a task. You could have picked G, H, I K and L, but decide G just sits there and does nothing while the other four complete the five tasks. The reason rule 3 explicitly says "each crew member does at least one task" is to rule that assumption out.
What pt's are you doing? Theres a noticeable difficulty spike as you progress through certain pt's. For instance, pt 57 and so on there's the introduction of substitution/replacement equivalence questions designed to act as curve-breakers. The logic is a tad bit harder after pt 53 (imo) where the LR sufficient assumption are less mechanistic requiring you to parse through the language to identify logical indicators indicators that arn't as clear, etc. Also, the reading comprehension get harder (the passages are more convoluted/abstract compared to older pt's) after the mid 50's/early 60's.
By far my favourite prep course. I could hear Mr. Ping's guidance in my head through the LR haha
Last December it was a sick -14
@ . The December curve is breakdown of your raw score and lsat score. Usually when people talk about the "curve," it often refers to how many you can get wrong and still get a 170 lol
Come on another generous Dec curve!
I'm a strong advocator for this. In the past, RC was my weakest section and was often due to the fact that I would simply out of time from spending too much time reading the passages. It helped me understand crux of the passage faster and figure out where the important details are embedded. In addition, I could quickly skim the passage a second time to get a more thorough understanding before I hit the questions. Overall, I went from averaging 5-6 minutes reading the passages before hitting the questions to 3.5 minutes (with the skim). Equating to more time for the questions and thus improving my score.
^ think he's referring to the first question where you use the different rules from your stimulus to eliminate to get the right answer. I.e. eliminate all that arn't A before B, then next rule to eliminate all that have L last etc.
^ yup, the LR from 73 still gives me nightmares lol
It depends on the proctors scheduled for your centre, generally any drink you bring along with writing utensils etc. must be placed into one ziplock bag with the label removed and cannot exceed 20 oz/591 ml. Where I previously wrote allowed us to drink coffee, energy drinks and even eat snacks while writing , so could depend on whose proctoring. However, generally you're not allowed to drink or consume anything while writing (only for your break).
wished this happened earlier :(:(. Canadian applications/ps's are tomorrow lol