You just want to make sure you aren't mistaking a sub conclusion for the main conclusion. I would say its best to read or at least skim the rest of the passage to make sure they don't throw you a curveball. Also if your conclusion contains referential phrasing you could have trouble realizing exactly what the conclusion is saying. Once you get good at these questions like JY says they should be freebies, meaning you will want to be thorough, confident, and quick about choosing an answer. So if you find this works for you, go for it. For me I think it would have formed bad habits.

this one made me lol

You're on the right path! I would say most people start out with some amount of "fogginess" when starting out with LR. Drilling and becoming comfortable with LR sections is key so keep working. Something I have found helpful to keep my mind on track is going through the question stem quizzes. Go through them until you are able to attribute the correct type of question to each and give yourself a little run through in your head of what you need to look for before you start reading the stimulus. Ex: if it is a weakening question, focus on finding the premises and conclusion and understanding what point they are trying to make based on the given premises. If its a MSS questions realize beforehand there may not be an argument and just some information you need to become familiar with. Keep drilling and familiarizing yourself with the task at hand for each question type. If you are reading too quickly and it is leading to you not retaining the information, slow it down, it will speed up naturally as you continue to drill.

I was a little nervous too but the first time I used the digital tester I liked it. I have been using my laptop (not a touch screen) to take them, so I hope there isn't too much of a difference? Mouse vs. stylus should be the only difference right?

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Girl, just wanted to say DAMN. Good on you for keeping to that schedule and thank you for sharing! I'm going to give it a try myself.

It tough to get into but once you make it a habit you won't stop! Mentally, my routine has made all the difference. I have other things to think about during the day other than the LSAT when I'm not studying. Stay strong, push your discipline farther than you ever have before and you will reach your full potential. DM me if you need advice or motivation!

This post might help you out: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/22527/should-i-quit-my-job

I am having the same problem. I have been blind reviewing each answer choice for as long as it takes to get the logic correct, hopefully after doing this for a while it will become more automatic. Re-watching videos in the CC has helped me recall what my approach needs to be for these questions. I also went through and printed all of the logic quizzes and watched his video explanations. Reviewing the sufficient and necessary indicator groups has helped me become a little faster in forming my diagrams. My next step is to review valid argument forms and drill with the problem bank. I definitely needed to start back at the basics with logic.

If you do not feel like you are studying as hard as you should, you should re-evaluate your approach. In the 152 range you can make huge improvements by being hyperaware of where you are lacking. Focus on one issue at a time with LR whether its timing or a question type. Start at the highest priority and whittle it down to the finer mistakes. Increasing to a 160 in a month is possible, if you need a study group or tutor to help find where exactly you need improvement do it. Really look into how you are studying, I believe in quality over quantity. I know the deadline for the April test is coming up. If you are not comfortable taking it don't sign up, if you already have study your butt off, you can improve to a 160+ with the right approach. BR intently, get that BR score up to 170. If you are still missing questions after BR review add them to a list and review them weekly. I purposely limited the amount of time I am studying before taking a test, obviously if I just am not there when the time comes I wont take it, but it formed a sense of urgency for me. It reminded me that I cant slack off and I need to go at this test in the way that are most efficient for me. Everyone's approach is different, so I suggest you take a long hard look at what youre doing, whats improving and whats not.

Also, the best part about this is the moment I get done with my PT on Saturday (around 11am) I am free. I enjoy the rest of the day, I have a cheat meal and a beer. I hang out with my husband and take my dog to the park or see friends. These are truly my favorite days, and I would not appreciate them as much if I didn't work so hard during the week. Sunday I sleep in, maybe go to church and BR in the afternoon. I haven't burnt out and I my weekends are the reason.

I think these are all good suggestions, it just really depends on the type of person you are. I work full time and am lucky enough to have a job I can fit in a half hour section of LR in every day, and possibly more time depending on the day. Try to do it whenever you have a minute, on your lunch break etc. I made some huge life changes the same time I started taking PT's. I joined a gym with 45 minute work outs and have been waking up at 4:30 every morning for the 5:00 session. This allows me to have a minute to relax after getting home from work, eat, and study. It sounds crazy, I have never been a morning person but I was really determined to make a change. After a few tough weeks I now have more energy and my mind is so much more clear, I have been eating well too. I think to study effectively and have a full-time job it is essential to be on top of your game physically and your brain will follow. I have been doing this for a month and literally have increased my score ten points, I know I would not have been able to do this without the changes I made, mainly waking up in the morning. I also have read a lot of comments on making a routine in which you are ready in the morning to take a test. Every Saturday morning I go to a 6am workout and start a PT at 8 (a common time for the real deal). I have made sure to make time in my busy schedule to do well at work, work out every day, track my nutrition, and study. Seeing physical results has also given me confidence overall and during my PT's. I know I would waste time if I wasn't working, that's the type of person I am. This way I utilize every minute of my day.

This is so encouraging, thank you. I also am pretty convinced by now that I should buy the Loophole LR. My LR issues center around timing and the questions with the most difficultly (with my nemesis being Flaw-descriptive weakening). Would you say the Loophole has good strategy for these issues? Would I benefit just as much from drilling what 7sage provides? I am consistently scoring -7 on LR and hope to bring that down to -4 or -3 by the April exam. Thank you again for sharing your success, this is almost exactly the journey I hope to have. Good advice on signing up for consecutive LSATs.

I had a hard time with this one, mostly because I look at B and I think, well yeah that has to be true based on the stimulus. If this were a MSS question it would have been a no brainer. Obviously uncorrected data undergoes greater scrutiny, because it needs to be evaluated to be put in its corrected form. After it is corrected it has at least less of a reason to be scrutinized. But I guess for it to be a RRE answer I need to see it as that data continues to undergo scrutiny until it resembles Jones' theory. Once it does resemble the theory it is considered to be in its corrected form.

I also started out thinking the stimulus was saying this one guy (Jones) always tailors his data to match his theories, which was totally wrong and had me spending a lot of time trying to rethink the stimulus when the AC's didn't make sense.

I think you have some great habits and it is only a matter of time. I had the same issues with the first ten questions, all I had in my head was that those are the easiest ones and I would get stressed when I got hung up on one. I encourage you to forget about which ones people say are "easy". Do yourself a favor and expect to be thrown a curveball in the first 10 or 15. Easy differs for all of us depending on which question types we struggle with. Identify your struggles and review/drill them. It is important to stay calm and thorough to do your best. Continue to do what you're doing and take note of what you think is helping and what is not. Last week was the first time I had time to get back to all the questions I skipped and it was such a good feeling, my timing needed work for sure. For me that "work" was doing timed sections during the week, as many as I could with still having time to go back over them and write out explanations to each answer choice. I work a full time job so I did three last week and went from -7 to -4 on my PT LR sections in a week. When I started doing this a few weeks ago (I didn't see timing improvement in the first couple weeks) I made sure to time my sections but not worry about the time while taking it. It is important to identify the question types you struggle with and be weary of them, make an honest effort to understand them but if you are not confident after reading through it, skip it. I also skipped the long PMR questions. Stop after the 35m and take note of how many you left unanswered and aim for less the next time. Afterwards, I encourage you to go through allll of the questions, it was important for me to see the ones I got right, but still had to go through all the answer choices to pick it. My goal was to see the answer and move on, if I had a tick through all but the one I picked, it meant I was not confident enough but should have been. Gaining this confident helped me speed up the first ten questions. Go through and answer the ones you didn't get to. I knew I was skipping the right ones when I still didn't get these right afterwards, it also directed me where to go back to in the CC for practice. Like you, timing was definitely my issue and I will continue to do what works for me until I plateau and need to step it up. Keep grinding, you're out here doing this hard-ass test! Once you see those improvements (whether its a couple days or a couple weeks from now) it is infectious and the best motivator. Keep your head up regardless of how long it takes and celebrate the small victories.

You can typically look at your BR score as your untimed potential, however timing is one of the biggest obstacles yo will face. It sounds like you took the PT and BR'ed in the same day. Typically you want to take the rest of the day off before BR'ing, it will be more representative when you are not burnt out and you spend time on it. You wont find reliable context because so many factors go into improving a score. It comes down to you personally (learning style, motivation) and the time you have to study. Like @ said, 144 leaves room for substantial initial improvement once you get a better handle on core concepts and timing strategy. Four months does not leave a ton of time to get through the core curriculum, take a number of practice tests, and work a fulltime job. For example, I did not have any improvement in my score of 149 after taking two months to go through the core curriculum. I had definitely learned a lot but timing is that big of a factor. After taking PT's once a week and working on specific skills for 3-4 more months I jumped from 149 to 156 to 160 (working fulltime). If you want to improve that quickly you will need to spend a lot of time studying and try not to burn out at the same time. It is possible, but you would probably want to continue working on LR section timing as you go through the core curriculum. Typically you want to start with untimed LR sections, with your timeline I would suggest moving on to timed as soon as you feel comfortable and practice a question skipping strategy from the get-go (something I didn't catch onto at first). With this timeline I would say you also need to have a knack for reading comp or games. I was able to improve on games substantially with a week of hard studying, RC is less my thing but I have seen improvements on it by just studying LR. Good luck!

I think that's a good amount of studying time considering you are full-time. I find it most productive to review longer than I BR honestly, I usually spend a few hours BRing then a couple days going over each LR question writing out explanations. Usually by that point the only questions I have wrong are the ones I wouldn't get right no matter how much I BR'ed. I learn just as effectively by seeing the correct answer, thinking it over, then hearing what JY's video has to say. I suggest sticking with your plan, but if you don't see improvements in the timeframe you are hoping for, I would stretch out your test, BR and review over a few days rather than two. Good Luck!

I would probably just continue with the four section PT's for practice.

What they said! It really depends on the person. I have been studying since October with a full-time job, started taking PT's two months ago and have improved my score 11 pts (149-160). With most of my issues being timing, I think a good handle on the core curriculum and knowing strengths/weaknesses is necessary to improve this quickly.

I had a hard time deciphering D from C on this one. I picked D on my PT and BR. They just seem to be getting at the same idea, the fact that there was no "difference" between the groups and the kids could have still been hyperactive, as JY said a level 10 rather than 1 as they want us to assume. But I think what makes the most sense for me is that what we are trying to weaken is simply not mentioned in D. Say "taking the kids to Disney land" caused the hyperactivity, what does that have to do with the argument that sugar does not cause hyperactivity? This is a tough one, but I see now how C is the best answer given it hints at the possibility sugar and sugar substitute can cause hyperactivity.