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Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole StrategiesFor those of you who've read Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole -- I know that she strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before r…
... it’s great practice to read the stimulus and ask yourself what ... the question stem first. I’ll read the question stem first then CLIR. -
Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole StrategiesFor those of you who've read Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole -- I know that she strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before r…
I do both. For most questions I start with the stimulus, but I read the question stem first when the ACs seem particularly long. This is because I skip and save PF/PS questions for the end. -
LR and RC SpeedHey all -- I'm looking to increase my speed on LR and RC. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Here's a breakdown of how I usually approach the sect…
... your time? Do you often read a stimulus more than once? Consider ... ? Do you need to drill stimulus translation?
The key ... to be able finish your first round by the 25 minute ... strategy employment that we've read about, we fall to the ... -
Curvebreakers man... but highest PT yet!https://i.imgur.com/0L1tBF5.png First PT since the Nov test. Run up to the test was 174, 169, 172, 171... please baby jesus let me have hit this s…
... far as general tips, first learn the CC. Don ... on. While I've read a lot of materials, ... br /> * Force yourself to actually read and understand the way you ... everything but the paragraph/stimulus you're reading, do ... employment that we've read about, we fall to ... -
Flaw and Necessary Assumption QuestionsI cannot for the life of me improve on these types of questions. I keep getting all of them wrong on LR sections and they hurt my score badly. Doe…
... like 98% accuracy is exposure. First I studied the list of ... are times where I would read the stimulus and know 100% what ... seen the same kind of stimulus before.
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Tips for translating stimulus faster and not freaking out during LR?Lol at this discussion thread title, but I truly think my test anxiety will be the death of my score. I am blind reviewing in LR between -3 and -5…
... in head as a I read.
Here is a ... taking them is to read through the question as ... is to focus on the stimulus. Slow down, translate ... will feel uncomfortable at first because our brain is fighting ... my brain to approach a stimulus, translate and predict. My ... -
PT8.S1.Q25 - Great medieval universitiesI tend to struggle with parallel flaw questions.. I was so confused on this question because I was focused on matching up the negatives. Great med…
... with conditional logic, from the stimulus I got:
> ... NOT having something, like the stimulus.
A good takeaway ... because the point of the stimulus isn't that just that ...
Read and try to ID the flaw first, then decide ... -
Tips for attention to detail?Seems that this is my biggest weakness when I look back on why I'm missing questions on LR and RC. I'm really struggling to fully process the argumen…
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> Did you read it with a different definition ... to clearly understand what the first speaker is saying, then also ... within 35 minutes. I can read fine and get about 90 ... how that applies to the stimulus, much less under timed constraints ... -
Tips for attention to detail?Seems that this is my biggest weakness when I look back on why I'm missing questions on LR and RC. I'm really struggling to fully process the argumen…
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> > Did you read it with a different definition ... to clearly understand what the first speaker is saying, then also ... within 35 minutes. I can read fine and get about 90 ... you make inference from the stimulus?
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Tips for attention to detail?Seems that this is my biggest weakness when I look back on why I'm missing questions on LR and RC. I'm really struggling to fully process the argumen…
... /> > > > Did you read it with a different definition ... to clearly understand what the first speaker is saying, then also ... within 35 minutes. I can read fine and get about 90 ... how that applies to the stimulus, much less under timed constraints ... -
Tips for attention to detail?Seems that this is my biggest weakness when I look back on why I'm missing questions on LR and RC. I'm really struggling to fully process the argumen…
... > > Did you read it with a different definition ... clearly understand what the first speaker is saying, ... minutes. I can read fine and get about ... that applies to the stimulus, much less under timed ... you make inference from the stimulus?
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PT 75.S3.Q21 - MatéAfter I read the stimulus, am I supposed to just go to the answer choices? I couldn't anticipate what the potential answer could be...I had issues wi…
... original question “After I read the stimulus, am I supposed to ... C just based on the first word being ‘many’, which ... answer choice D after the first three word as ‘There ... then quickly scan the first few words of the ... just by reading the first 1-3 words most ... -
PT9.S2.Q10 - Aircraft collissions#help
The first sentence has a causal relationship: ... in mind as I read the stimulus. The stimulus states the reason why ... we were told in the first sentence that the number of ... , E don't strengthen the stimulus and as for E, we ... -
Opinion on practicing LR sections under less time?I recently read somewhere that it helps to do LR sections in under less time than 35 minutes (let's say maybe 32 minutes). For people with more exper…
... d) expect in the first half of a the section ... double guessing/rereading the stimulus/ACs if I'm ... the questions where I read the stimulus once, and I'm ... trying to understand it the first time. And for the ... something that I missed the first read (from the fog of ... -
How does one improve in LR?How do we implement meaningful increases in LR? I'm halfway through fool-proofing for LG & try to do Harder RCs every 2 days, but usually just look a…
... 've read here experiencing meaningful change seem to point toward first ensuring ... quickly and correctly reading each Stimulus. Difficulty of LR can depend ... the language used in the stimulus and/or the subtlety of ... -
Finishing a section right on time v. early and doing a 2nd round...So a lot of people seem to get through their questions quickly and then go back to check/confirm/unflag numerous answers later. my question is: wh…
... . For reference, my average passage read time in RC is 4 ... time to properly read of a passage or stimulus and then can ... a placeholder answer on her first pass before considering the question ... wasting time.** I finish my first round in LR with an ... -
What's the "foolproof method" equivalent for Logical Reasoning? Is there one?Basically, how do you study for the Logical Reasoning using a strategic and structured method akin to the foolproof method? I am currently focused on…
... developed by Ellen Cassidy. You read the stimulus. And you can can ... last sentence you cover the stimulus. After that, you recall and ... you are writing down the stimulus, the challenge is to get ... minutes for a full stimulus in the first try. Although this might ... -
[Help] RRE - Weakening QuestionsJY mentioned that a good way to approach RRE Questions would be to view them as weakening questions by negating the last premise / including a new co…
... a solid understanding of the stimulus is.
Now, ... instead:
- Read the stimulus/ fact set carefully. You should ... accept whatever statements you read ... if you can answer first, and then listen you ... -
PTA.S1.Q5 - Productivity in the officeI am having a hard time understanding why AC E is better than D. I also do not understand what makes B wrong.
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First, my translation of the stimulus: The manager believes ... effect relationship introduced in the stimulus? and 2) for NA ... , if we negate and read this as ""supervising employees ... . without even having read it closely first, in just skimming ... -
High scorers: What is your LR timing and certainty strategy? How to go from -3 to -0?I've been averaging -3 per LR section, though sometimes I do as well as -1 and other times I hit -5. I find that I've been getting a lot faster. …
... good to actually just not read some answer choices entirely?
first allows you to learn what ... even moving on past the stimulus?
> And you ... up after you finish the first round, right?
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High scorers: What is your LR timing and certainty strategy? How to go from -3 to -0?I've been averaging -3 per LR section, though sometimes I do as well as -1 and other times I hit -5. I find that I've been getting a lot faster. …
... you about really understanding the stimulus. What level of understanding would ... understand the stim or structure first, and like every test taker ... about pre-phrasing? I've read about it before, I know ... -
Advice Please: When to Skip QsI took a major dip from my last 5 PTs and overall PT average when I wrote in January (166). I've decided to retake. I feel like my fundamentals are s…
... 've found skipping on the first pass to be a time ... alone? or after one read through of the stimulus? for me, i ... -
"presupposing what it seeks to establish" meaningFor the LR sections and flawed question types, I've seen the answer choice "presupposing what it seeks to establish" quite often. My thought process …
... ; Side questions Cuz curious: I read somewhere that circular reasoning answer ... reasoning, the testmakers make the stimulus very subtle so that it ... hard to detect on a first read. -
I'm such an anxious test-taker, I'm anxious about taking the prep tests...I realize this sounds silly, but please understand I have a lot of anxiety that was 100% cultivated through academia. I currently have a full-time jo…
... let me do some meditation first, and wait did I ... know there will be a stimulus we finish with glazed over ... the hell did I just read?" There is a 100% ... noise feature. Hit a game first thing in the morning before ... or right after a run. Read a passage late at night ... -
Best tips, and keywords, to identify an In/Out game?What tips do you have for identifying In/Out games? I think select is a good indicator word, are there any others anyone else has noticed and picked …
... /out game.
First, when you read the stimulus we have to notice ... just pick the first one that comes in the stimulus to be ... -
Suggestions for LRI have been scoring -3 to -7 in LR disregard all the efforts I made just to improve my LR. I have read the manhattan prep LR, the trainer, the loopho…
... solidify our understanding of the stimulus before looking at the ... You should be able to read a stimulus, memorize it, translate it ... improve an understanding of the stimulus? Do LR section memorization/ ... good goal either. Your first goal should be to stabilize ... -
Feeling DiscouragedHey everyone - I started studying for the LSAT in January and have been putting in 10-20 hours a week. I first began with Mike Kim's LSAT trainer and…
... hours a week. I first began with Mike Kim' ... I just took my first timed section after getting ... mastered the basics of the stimulus:
#1: ... should be able to read a stimulus and say, "Wow, ... , you don't understand the stimulus.**
Keep ... -
Loophole in LR Book - Worth buying? / General LR advice ?LR still doesn't seem to be clicking for me. My goal is to be -1/0 in this section and I have heard a lot of positive things about Ellen Cassidy's Lo…
... personally recommend it. I have read The Loophole and The LSAT ... the overall understanding of the stimulus, question type and answer choices ... helps with that during the first few chapters. -
How to spot skip questionsI just scored 172 on PT69. Yay! It's my first time to break into the 170s! But....I spent 12.5 minutes on 7 questions that I got wrong. (5 of the…
Nice! Congrats on your first 170+!
One way ... more generally, if I read a stimulus and feel like I couldn ... -
Going Through the Entire Core Curriculum? Help!I have been studying following the core curriculum and am at about 70 hours. I am feeling overwhelmed trying to complete as much as the curriculum as…
... question is always in the stimulus - one of your goals ... choices. Almost every single LR stimulus is going to be a ... argument. Sometimes when you read a stimulus and go straight to the ... questions without thinking about it first ...
