For LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?

Ok, on weaken questions the correct answer does NOT weaken a premise, right?

From PT30, 4, 24

The conclusion is that since voice mail is more (1) flexible (2) convenient (3) cheaper -> answering machines will become obsolete.

The correct answer choice is D. Answering machines have a feature that voice mail does not.

But does D not attack the a premise and D seems to attack the premise that voice mail is more convenient and flexible?

So, I stumbled upon 7Sage just but two weeks ago. Up until that point I was feeling confident with my self-study approach and had been scoring consistently in the 160-166 range with an absolute abysmal showing in the LG sections. When I read all the different approaches and the time spent preparing from users on here I felt ashamed and underprepared for the upcoming exam. My hope was to eventually to get above a 170 but I have not scored that once on any practice test. I feel that with an additional three months of studying and incorporating the approaches that I discovered on here I can reach my goal. With that being said, I am eager for next weeks test. Would it be terrible if I took the test and if necessary take it again in December? Will I be looked down upon if I do this? Just wanted to know what people thought. Thanks in advance.

I watched the 7Sage video for this particular game but fail to understand a particular rule.

The rule was O1-R1-R2, which made O only possible on wednesday OR thursday. However, why isn't O1-O2-R1-R2 possible, that is, having O on both wednesday and thursday before R1 and R2?

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-57-section-1-game-2/

I am shocked by my sudden score drop when I took a PT in a realistic setting today. Thoughts?

I have taken my last three PTs under the same strict rules. My scores are as follows: 152, 159, 162, 156

I ran out of time on a large number of questions. Thoughts?

I REALLY NEED a +165 next Saturday.

As those of us who have been studying for the LSAT for 6 months + know, the lsat does not allow you to make commitments to other things that take up your time, such as full time job, bodybuilding, Grand Theft Auto 5 etc, . After studying 5 hours a day for the whole week, feeling like I need to take a mental break this friday night. However, I know that partying till the AM hours is not a good idea when prepping for such an exam. How are most of you getting your mental breaks?

Hi all, happy studying and good luck to those of you taking the October test!

Anyway, I have a few questions I want to clear up:

1)How "weird" really is the experimental section? I'm worried about being thrown off by some of the LSAC's more creative endeavors in this section and getting flustered.

2)I know this will vary, but, when does the test usually start? 9-ish? I'm curious as to how to dose my ADHD meds (RX'ed of course)?

Hey guys,

Since the test is 8 days away, I planned on reviewing about 4 sections each of LR and RC from older tests. Do you think it is a good idea? Should I do more? Less? Would using PTs 55, 57, 59, 61 be okay? I already took those but I don't think I remember any answers from them. They're also recent enough...

I have yet to take PT 69. I plan on taking that on Sunday.

Thanks

After finishing both lessons on Weaken Question I finished feeling overwhelmed by the amount of strategies to attack a Weaken question. We have three (1) Causation (2) Assumption (3) Problem and hypothesis.

I feel like I still don't have a strong grasp of the strategies. Does anyone has a cheat sheet or anything similar that shows a Big Picture ? If not if anyone is interested I will probably be making one tonight.

What does the actual test look like? Is it three staples in the middle and you open it up like a book? Do the layouts of the sections look just like the preptests (one LG on each page, each RC occupies two pages, etc)?

Also, is the RC passage on the left hand side while all the questions are to the right of it? I usually have only ~1-2 mins to spare on RC so I'd really like to know if I have to keep flipping pages if the questions refer to a specific part of the passage.

If someone can give a detailed description that would help a lot for those of us trying to simulate the real test during PTs. The more detailed the better! Thanks in advance.

So, like many people on this forum studying for the october lsat, I have pretty much been living and breathing the test for the last couple weeks (months?)...

anyways, I thought some people would get a kick out of this...

I took Prep test 61 yesterday...took it, reviewed, blah blah blah...

Then I went home and started reading the economist. I got to the SECOND article of this weeks issue (the weakened west) and I started to think, man this all sounds kinda weird and familiar. And why you ask? The second passage of RC on PT 61 happens to be all Han van Meegeren forging Vermeer artwork-- then making a ton of money, only to later go on and make a bunch of critics look foolish when he gives himself up. Turn to page 12 of the economist, and what do you find, "Fakes say some interesting things about the economics of art," an article all about van Meegeren, and a new forger in New York who tricked some galleries into buying 63 forged works and making out with $30 million dollars!

Seriously, you could probably answer some of the questions from the passage correctly from reading the economist article, and NOT the actual lsat passage!!

Crazy, I thought some of yall would like that; as I just had one of those, 'man, am I a nerd or what?' moments.

I was wondering if someone can tell me any differences between the two question types above. I see that they are similar but, I don't see any differences between them, other than the vocabulary or the way the questions are asked?

Hi, does anyone know where I can find the flashcards to practice conditional indicators? Thank you!

"Chocolate comes from cocoa

Cocoa is a tree

A tree is a plant

Chocolate is salad"

I just love this argument :)

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-43-section-3-question-10/

Can anyone help me about the PT43-S3-Q1?

I understand A can fill the gap but it seems more like a sufficient assumption because of the word "only". So if I negate A and financial reward is not the only incentive, the conclusion seems to be ok. Because, you know, what if financial reward is the primary incentive?

and I chose c because when I negate c, I ask myself what if the cost is more significant than the future profit? the conclusion seems to fall apart.

Many Thanks.

is this lesson currently down right now?

Hey LSAT Geeks~My test in 10 days and one of my lingering concerns is about the type of in/out game questions that asks "what's the maximum/minimum number of blablabla that can be in or out", or "Which one of following must be in for maximum number of blablabla in/out". It generally involves a huge cluster of in/out chains and can be intimidating. Is there any rules of thumb? Sorry I can't find any specific games right away, but this type is not uncommon.

Does the percent complete bar at the top of the syllabus pg. represent all things in your package you bought or only the actual lessons (at the exclusion of PTs that came w package)

Thanks,

Jake

So I rescheduled from October to December. I am currently in the 150's. With two months left. I have been re-going over the course, re-going over the bibles and trying to practice as much as possible.

I want a 170. Is this possible for someone like me? I will seriously do anything. I work 40 hours a week and can only schedule in maybe 3-4 hours a day usually and am going to start doing more practice tests. But I feel like I keep working for hours on age and getting no where. Sorry to be a downer. I just want to see if anyone has some advice for me. My weakness is LR. So i made an outline and am memorizing the stuff that J.Y. said to memorize within the course. I have only gotten through till assumptions however. I guess I would like to know if I should be doing more practice exams or what I need to be doing to improve more.

Are we supposed to memorize our LSAC number to bubble in on the answer sheeT?

There are some main point questions that do not have a clear conclusion. The conclusion uses "borrowed language" or "referential language". Example : Clearly, without that sympathy and the political will in engender, the needs of more obscure species will go unmet. If you see "that" referrers back to the last contextual language. In the answer, there is not such answer that states that specific conclusion, rather a inference that one can make, is the answer. How do we use the 7sage strategy in such a situation?

Question October 1991 #6 Section 1

I got A. Can someone help me correctly reason through this Question?

I hit past 170 benchmark today, i know it's not the real thing but hey! anyway, wanted to clarify because it wasn't a trigger word/phrase i had writtten down "in order to" always introduces sufficient part of the argument? if someone could just reply quick that would be great

Hey guys,

So this issue has probably been beaten to death already with the answer of the Fool Proof Method. For the most part, I've been able to see a major improvement in my LG section with it and I've been Fool Proofing ALL my games and I've done practically every game in existence up to the PT I take each time. However, I still seem to be stumped by some of the more recent random games. The first time seeing them places me off balance since they seem different. A good example would be Game 3 from PT64, which I just took today. I did the other 3 games in about 6-7min each and this one I spent the rest of the section's time on and still couldn't finish. How do you Fool Proof for these unexpected games? Or are they not unexpected and I have an issue involving recognition? I always seem to find one really hard and unfamiliar game in every one section of two PTs -- so one game every other PT frustrates me (this trend started from PT 58 onward for me).

Any ideas or tips would be much appreciated, especially from those of you have been consistently getting -0 in the recent PTs (60+). This is pretty much my last section to really improve on as LR and RC are pretty much set for me. And I've heard that LG is supposed to be the one you are the most easily able to practice and achieve -0. A lot of people have also said that the newer games are easier, but I honestly don't believe it.

Thanks, guys.

Hey guys, I just wanted to share my thoughts and also receive feedback on the issue of LSAT burnout.

I am currently preparing for the October exam taking place in about 2 weeks time.. and after cranking up my studies for the past 2 weeks (10 hrs per day), I hit a brick wall of mental fatigue that I have never experienced before. I have heard of this mental phenomenon before, but did not believe in it until I actually experienced it for myself. I took a PT yesterday (it was the Lunar Moon festival season in Korea) and wow, I was blanking out on most RC passages, had no idea what was going on with the last 2 games even with 25 minutes remaining, and for 1 LR section I ran out of time with FIVE questions TOTALLY UNTOUCHED!!! Timing was always my weakness in LR, but I did improve a lot after a chat with JY.. so seeing myself a-bomb it so badly was a real shocker to me.

After a dismal performance, I just sat down and interrogated myself. Are you studying hard enough? Hmm... well for the past 5 months all I did was eat sleep LSAT. Are you not understanding your material? Well.. I do well on BR.. Are you just dumb? .. I hope not.. well I did get a 3.8 at a good uni..

After a brutal session of beating myself up, I wandered around soullessly online and read an article that James of our forum put up: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/signs-lsat-burnout-avoid-recover.html

And yea, it seems to indicate that I am burnt out and I am really beginning to appreciate the complexity of LSAT. This exam tests you on much more than your ability to reason. Since this is not a knowledge-based test, crunching does't actually work very well as it may lead to mental fatigue. Even though you understand the fundamentals of RC, LR and LG, it is of no use if your mind is wandering off to the distant galaxies and Sirius 67293 when it should be on planet Earth and more importantly, on the god damn paper itself.

The whole point of this exam is to apply your skills effectively and efficiently, which absolutely requires a clear and rested mind. And from my experience, burnout is pretty real and it WILL prevent you from performing well on the test day. After all, what it really boils down to is those split seconds on the test day that your brain makes decisions. You really don't have the luxury of understanding everything and making sure that your answers are correct. So make sure to keep your brain happy and rested so that it does make the right decisions on the actual test day!!