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vtl419

Wednesday, Nov 25 2015

Recheck the rules again. The second rule states "Neither Xiao's speech nor Yoshida's speech can be earlier than Zimmerman's"

General · PT 71 Section 1 #15

vtl419

Sunday, Nov 22 2015

Thanks!

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Saturday, Nov 21 2015

vtl419

PT 71 Section 1 #15

I need some help on this MSS question

The stimulus states that some vitamin-fortified foods have 100% recommend daily intake of vitamin A and D. We also know from the stimulus that some (many) people overestimate the serving size of vitamin-fortified foods, eating two or three times the standard serving. The answer ended up being (B) Some people who consume vitamin-fortified foods exceed the recommended daily intake of vitamin A and D.

But isn't it possible that those who overestimate and eat double servings of vitamin-fortified foods are not eating the ones with 100% recommend daily intake of vitamin A and D?

vff some 100% vit a+d

vff some eat two or three times serving size

Am I interpreting the stimulus incorrectly here?

General · How many pts a week do you high scorers advise?

vtl419

Friday, Sep 11 2015

@ I don't know how people take 3-5 pt's a week. You can blind review and go over everything you got wrong successfully in one or two days, take another PT, repeat, and not burn out? What type of job/school do you do -- maybe I need to find some sort of outlet because my mind simply cannot do that much without burning out -- even body fatigue will set in.

One thing is how well you can manage stress. It's a skill in itself that'll improve if you're work on it. Some food of thought on this point: http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend

Second, BR takes less time as you get better at the LSAT. The reason for this is because as you improve you'll find yourself circling less questions for BR, and missing less questions, therefore you're doing less and less questions during BR.

Third, I'm a believer in exercise. It doesn't have to be super intense or long workout.

LSAT · List of Most Difficult RC/LR

vtl419

Friday, Sep 11 2015

I would like this list as well

General · Lack of Consistency

vtl419

Thursday, Sep 10 2015

Like you alluded, taking PTs everyday is too much. For me whenever I attempt to take tests on consecutive days, I feel like on the later tests I'm on "autopiliot" mode, in a bad way - like when reading passages or stimuli my mind is just going through the motions and not as active as it required to score in the 170 range.

The common wisdom on the 7sage these days seem to be:

1) Take no more than 3 pts a week

2) When you blind review, consider doing it on a fresh PT i.e. print out a new copy

3) Trust the process, give yourself enough time to improve slowly and try out to stress over when you'll be ready, and instead just enjoy the ride knowing you'll get there eventually.

#3 was something that I personally really developed recently. I was living a life that seemed to be dictated by deadlines, or hitting targets. When it comes to the LSAT, I've found that changing my short term goals into more of effort goals or methodology goals has helped me tremendously. It also reduced a lot of my anxiety.

LSAT · PT41.S1.Q08 - vervet monkeys use different alarm calls

vtl419

Thursday, Sep 10 2015

If I'm going through this questions in timed conditions, I would just look for the answer that best explains the phenomenon (why the need for different alarm calls)

LSAT · PT41.S1.Q08 - vervet monkeys use different alarm calls

vtl419

Thursday, Sep 10 2015

Here the question stem asks which answer choice, IF TRUE, explains why the monkeys use different calls for air threats or ground threats.

Let's negate this statement. So, the negation would sound like this: some predators that pose a danger to vervet monkeys can attack both from land and from the air.

Think about it and ask yourself if this (the negation of C), answers the question stem better or worse than (C).

Think about the assumptions you're probably making to address the two distinct monkey calls.

General · Best Strategy to Improving Time Overall?

vtl419

Tuesday, Sep 08 2015

@.hopkins The key to better timing on the LSAT for someone in your score range is self-discipline.

I agree with this 100% I feel like I'm in the same boat as many people who are scoring in the 160s with 170+ BR... I need to be honest with myself and remember that I have to get better at not sinking too much time into questions.

General · Why am I having such a difficult time scoring at least in the 150s?

vtl419

Friday, Nov 06 2015

It's all about taking care of those little habits you know you should be doing. Once you're finished with the 7sage curriculum, I'd recommend that you review JY's blind review (BR) videos lessons. His message is simple, but it's probably the most important thing you need to accept. If you have reservations because the BR process seems time consuming, or for whatever reasons, I get it. Initially it was different than what my natural approach would be, but after time passed and after reading different books and perspectives on learning and education, I just knew it was the most efficient way to attack the LSAT: I need to have concrete reasons for why all correct answers are correct, and concrete reasons for why the wrong answer choices are wrong. Anything less, and I'm not learning everything that I could be learning from each practice problem... or worse, I'm deceiving myself because I'm getting lucky on some questions using "vague feeling", which will lead me astray when going about other questions.

You can do it!

P.S. on a side note, if you have free time to random books recommendations by strangers, read "A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)". I didn't read it particularly for LSAT specifically, but I found it personally helpful for identifying different modes of attention, and how I could trick myself into thinking I'm learning when I'm actually not. It also helped explain why when I skip questions on the LSAT and come back to it I usually instantly know the right answer.