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Huge Drop in ScoreI have been trending well in testing. However, I recently scored a 166 on a practice lsat and followed it up with a 151 on my next practice. Has anyb…
... any other RC passage. Sure they are certainly a little more difficult ... yes there is usually one Passage A and Passage B distinction but for the ... as before. It may require a more active reading approach (anticipating ... -
FAQ & other helpful links<font color="#9C0027">This is a constant work in progress! If you see a question that's asked frequently and the answer is not here, please let @stud…
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A: Drilling is when you work ... not technically constitute drilling. Doing a timed section of LR/RC ... as is just doing a passage, a game, or a few LR questions whether ... /
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20 recent PTs 3x's or 60 PTs onceWhich study method is better if you have enough time to take and BR 60 LSAT PTs... Take the 20 most recent PTs 3x's (56-75) or 60 PTs (16-75) once...…
... have completed 1-62 and A,B and C (plus 3 Indian ... introduction of the comparative reading passage in RC, which is not ... LR on recent exams is a lot "cleaner" and easier to ... different experiences, but I am a firm believer that all of ... -
Strategy for Comparative PassagesHey guys! A comparative passage question- I recently watched J.Y.'s explanation for PT 75, and he stated that he tried and really liked the strateg…
... the Passage A only questions before your memory get's contaminated with Passage B ... . And since a single passage is so short ... odds of getting all the Passage A questions right are in your ... -
How to improve mapping out logic?What lessons are the best to review for mapping out logic? Perhaps maybe a couple rule of thumbs to always go back to would be great! I use to do ver…
... (provided you understand the question/passage) Here's what you should ... statement NOT A OR B. This is because a->b is a true statement ... true of NOT A OR B because both conditions (NOT A, B) are FALSE ... says A->B NOT B -> NOT A That is, if A->B is a ... -
How to get timed score to BR score? (BR mid-170s, timed plateau at 163)Hi all, This is similar to a post below so apologies if it's just askig for redundant advice. I did read that thread but thought I might post my o…
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It’s a nice resource for people who ... test, one that has a comparative passage (which A,B and C don’t ... probably taken around 20 PTs (a guess based on what I ... -
How to get timed score to BR score? (BR mid-170s, timed plateau at 163)Hi all, This is similar to a post below so apologies if it's just askig for redundant advice. I did read that thread but thought I might post my o…
... test, one that has a comparative passage (which A,B and C don’t ... -
RC Strategy Skipping PassagesSo I recently took RC 67 and I saw a relatively large drop in RC score. While I admit that I have paid less focus to RC and this was the first test I…
... "This is the 4th B in a row! Surely they wouldn't ... 't! Changing my answer to A!!!"
Don ... t need to read Passage A when a comparative passage comes up since ... all the questions will be about Passage B ... -
embedded conditional help. pt74-s4-q21Can someone please help me with the embedded conditional for choice A. Answered it correctly by POE, but having troubles breaking down the s/n.
... it narrowed down to A & B and chose A because it's ... description seemed to align a little ... better with tone of the passage. -
To those who took their third retake and hit the 170s this December...Lend me your advice! I'm planning on taking the June test after having taken the June 2014 test (basically a 6 month hiatus away from the LSAT minus …
... 14 PTs (66-76, A, B, june pt) in the ...
Make sure you have a really good handle on LR ... RC, try to develop a personalized technique that feels rock ... doing a bunch of each type of question/game/passage, I ... part painless. There are a lot of subtle things that ... -
To those who took their third retake and hit the 170s this December...Lend me your advice! I'm planning on taking the June test after having taken the June 2014 test (basically a 6 month hiatus away from the LSAT minus …
... 14 PTs (66-76, A, B, june pt) in the ... underlying processes and figure out a "good" solution. I ... reasoning made in the passage: what's the main ... and, depending on the passage, where do we go from ... in my understanding of the passage.
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How do you attack questions that ask "What was explicitly mentioned in both passages"For Comparative RC how do you attack questions like this. The answers are usually a key term and very short. Is there any proven method or do you ju…
... RCs: I would read passage A, NOT read passage B, then go and eliminate ... a bunch of answers from exactly ... of a couple of answers because you haven't even read passage B ... -
Reading Comp best practices for improvementHi all, I'm really interested in crowd sourcing some best practices for improving reading comp, especially from those of you who have seen significa…
... and mark those that reference a single passage. I answer those right ... read that passage. As I read passage B, I try to make a note ... when I encounter a concept ... s already been discussed in Passage A. That usually comes up in ... -
PT June 2007.S2.Q24 - car companies solicit consumer informationI have been analyzing all the June 2007 (public domain) questions one by one, and find that they all neatly fit into very neat symbolic argument patt…
... , you say, "Not every passage will neatly diagram out though ... arguments, I find passage after passage falling into a very small handful of ... in the form of "A and NOT B").
I ... something that MIGHT be a conditional ("A->B"), take a second look at ... -
How to Tackle RCI've been stuck in the 166-171 range for 8 months or so now, and do retakes in the 174-176 range. I typically miss 2-4 in LR, and 0-3 in games. …
... . For example, if a passage is used to defend a viewpoint against criticism ... attitudes toward ____, passage A differs from passage B in that passage A is more..." or ... used by the authors of passage A and passage B, respectively, to describe ____ ... -
How is my Comparative Passage strategy?I first read Passage A, and because I'm a nervous impulsive person, I go straight to the questions that refer only to passage A and do those, and the…
... that mention a single passage. I write a big A or B next to ... of the type "passage A mentions this but B doesn't" or ... reading the corresponding passage.
For the "A mentions B doesn't" ... idea of both, Passage A is more what than passage B, the two authors ... -
Does the June Lsat indicate the difficulty for the Sept Lsat?Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone has ever noticed a trend with june and september lsats being similar in difficulty? Or that the june lsat is…
... question can be answered on a couple of different levels. ... that changed the scoring scale: a rare pattern game for example ... level out in difficulty, within a certain range. I carved ... easier or harder: the comparative passage on RC, the substitution question ... -
Sufficient Assumption HelpHey Guys, I've been trying to practice and grind on Sufficient Assumption questions. I know how mechanical these can be, but I have found out that…
... trouble identifying your terms. A ---> B is a lot easier to work ... . Sometimes I'll notate my passage by boxing in my terms ... things to as close to A ---> B as possible. From there ... it's just a matter of drawing ... -
To Read or not to read reading comp questions beforehandI know there has been various threads on this. I was just curious to see what are peoples thoughts on their success with either not reading the read…
Yeah, I read the passage first. You can often anticipate ... questions after reading Passage A. So as I read Passage B, I've read ... -
RC PredictionsTo relieve some Pre-September test tension and anxiety, I thought it might be fun to predict what we think some of the topics may be for Reading Comp…
... : This will be the comparative passage comparing stream of consciousness in ... articles (Passage A about Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope and Passage B about Ulysses ... -
PTs for DecemberWhich PTs should I use to study for December? I've only done 12, and December is a rewrite for me, so I've pretty much finished studying, and I want …
... . For example, if a passage is used to defend a viewpoint against criticism ... attitudes toward ____, passage A differs from passage B in that passage A is more..." or ... used by the authors of passage A and passage B, respectively, to describe ____ ... -
For those who score within -5 in RC...+RC general questionHow do you read passages? Do you just scan the structure and not remember the details? And go back to the passage for each question? (or just questi…
... hands down. When I read a passage I try and understand the ... 't go through for reasons a & b.
- Paragraph 4 ... don't pause after the passage to summarize. I never skim ... . It also breaks up the passage into topical components
Would reading questions first be helpful at all to grasp what the passage would be about?Edit&additional questions: Let me change the title and ask a bit different question since it seems we can only post 2 threads per day... for RC, …
... is discussed in A and B?" : You can eliminate a few answers after ... reading A
2) ... Questions that only refer to passage A
3) Questions that ... first helps me understand the passage. What it does do is ...Will doing more RC passages help to increase scores?Hi, So I was drilling RC passages, but I do not see much improvement which is really frustrating... I thought I want to try different methods and…
... do. Understand the passage paragraph by paragraph on a general level. Let ... the argument structure of the passage (link it back) and try ...PT58.S2.Q23 (P4) - in music, a certain complexity of soundHello 7Sage! I have problems for this question. The question stem mentions the preference in Passage A: Preference for coherence connecting va…
... described in paragraph 1 of passage A. If you hone in on ... prefer some sort of coherence, a principle that connects the various ... clear why B is the correct answer. Moviegoers having a preference for ... />
I don't think A fits the description because, while ...AB passages: which one is discussed in A but not B questionDo you answer those questions by memory or go back to the passage? Or like... After you finish reading passage A you go through all questions?
... br /> After you finish reading passage A you go through all questions ... do. There will be a question or two I may ... answer, there'll be a few I can't even ... wrong answers. It makes for a pretty good haul, and ... make me confuse which passage something came from.AB passages: which one is discussed in A but not B questionDo you answer those questions by memory or go back to the passage? Or like... After you finish reading passage A you go through all questions?
... br /> After you finish reading passage A you go through all questions ... wrong answers. It makes for a pretty good haul, and ... to make me confuse which passage something came from.
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This absolutely makes such a difference! I think you taught ...Just took PT 79... RC just killed my scorecheck it out PT 79....LR -4 LG -5 ( usually 2-3), -3LR........-14 RC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please what is wrong with me !!!
... all my attention on the passage itself, and making sure I ... that I don't have a full grasp on, I re ... helped me get down to a -9/-8. RC has ... if paragraph one talks about A, and paragraph two talks about ... I fail to understand how A & B relate or contrast. Most ...Sabbath Observer Test - experimental vs realExperimental LR: Bumblebees and sleep study, Valley United Real LR 1: The tiktaalik fish Can't remember questions from the second LR, my apologies …
And the RC you're missing was passage A (comedians) and passage B (chefs) about social norms replacing patent lawClarification on the Nicole Hopkins approach to RC from people who actually use itSo I just finished the Nicole Hopkins webinar on RC and felt like a lot of it made sense. But as I try to work through an RC passage on my own using …
... your annotations reveal the underlying passage structures.
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