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PT84 BR Sessions with J.Y. - LR Sections OnlyHey 7Sagers, I'm leading BR calls for PT 84 (June 2018 LSAT). There will be four sessions total. Two for S2.LR and two for S3.LR. All sessions…
... , and particularly for active reading strategies. Below are some ... “too strong” when evaluating answer choices, as long as it ... of the importance of reading the question stem carefully ... are given. See, Active Reading Strategies webinar:
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Motivate me! #bragpostSeriously, just brag about your progress-- big or small. Don't humblebrag; own it. Talk to me about your score increases, timing improvements, confid…
... 4 incorrect ones are usually reading speed. But I think most ... % of questions before going through answer choices.
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Hail Mary RC strategiesThe July LSAT is upon us.... and despite my satisfactory gains in LG and LR (thanks 7sage), my reading comprehension is still dismal. So I'm askin…
... and LR (thanks 7sage), my reading comprehension is still dismal.
answer choices that have very little to ... you can't choose the answer that talks about how lions ... it comes to actually supporting answer choices. -
Confidence Drills for RChey all, so I've heard from @"Cant Get Right" and others the importance of doing confidence drills for LR. I was wondering if you guys did conf…
... of this stuff about speed reading or eliminating subvocalization. Your ... minutes reading passages. That leaves me 19 minutes to answer the ... time to agonize over contender answer choices, I don’t have time ... 40 seconds, and to answer those I’ve got to ... -
Confidence Drills for RChey all, so I've heard from @"Cant Get Right" and others the importance of doing confidence drills for LR. I was wondering if you guys did conf…
... the details when we are reading the passage. When people ... do that, their reading time ends up being very ... resolution and connect backs after reading each paragraph and be ... time circle one of the answer choices without agonizing, circle the question ... -
Mock Test Observations & Advice Needed!Hey fellow 7sagers, First of all – I just want to start by stating this maybe a long post LOL. So if you are able to read it and help me out, you’re…
... going to be able to answer all of your questions here ... things:
Nicole Hopkins' Reading Comp video. I can't get ... -
Any tips for a struggling test-taker?Hey guys, I don't know if anyone can help me but I've been studying by myself since the end of April for the September LSAT. We are already in Aug…
... assumption answer choices that is taught in Khan Academy as well. Reading your ... -
Help please!Hello everyone, on reading comprehension I usually miss the questions where you have to go back to the given line number in the question stem. I usua…
... amount of time I spent reading a passage was on par ... verifying answer choices. If you're going to spend approximately four minutes reading ... trust your gut with the answer choices. Especially if you're going ... -
Timing Issues During Practice Exams (REPLY POST)!!!!So I'm currently having a bit of an issue with my timing when it comes to logic reasoning and reading comp. I understand the concepts and question ty…
... correct without dwelling on the answer choices or trying to prove out ... focused on what you're reading, and engage with the passage ... -
Point at issue questionsHello everyone! I am having trouble with point at issue questions and I know that you can either make a chart or just use your intuition. I use the…
... found that reading passage A and trying to eliminate answer choices based on ... just reading passage A, and ... -
120 to 170While I'm a bit disappointed in my score as it's lower than my recent PT average, I'm grateful for all the support communities like 7sage, TLS, and R…
... mind. When working through the answer choices, I would check them against ... would come down two appealing choices and go back to ... or I could anticipate the answer after reading the stimulus. RR - ... for similar words in the answer choices like most or majority. ... -
Can someone explain JY's strategy for comparative RC passages?hey all, so i see JY implement a strategy for comparative RC. I think I get the gist of it, but just wanted to confirm, and would love for any co…
... passage B?
after reading Passage A, you read the ... ?
and get rid of answer choices that is **not** true of ... some. After reading Passage B, you choose from the answer choices that are ... -
Can someone explain JY's strategy for comparative RC passages?hey all, so i see JY implement a strategy for comparative RC. I think I get the gist of it, but just wanted to confirm, and would love for any co…
... read one and eliminate whatever answer choices you can from all questions ... the answer choices for ones you couldn't eliminate only after reading A ... ; sometimes, while you're reading B and you come across ... -
overconfidence errors in RC - please help!hey all, so i've been struggling with overconfidence errors in RC. I average about -5/-6 timed RC, and -2 for BR. Of the -5/-6 timed, 3 of the…
... time to read every single answer choice. What tends to happen ... eliminate three of the wrong answer choices just by skimming them and ... really read the remaining two answer choices. That way, I don't ... into doing a close reading of EVERY answer choice, but I'm ... -
How to address Overconfidence errors in LR?Hey all, i've been realizing I get around 2-3 wrong per section in LR that are due to overconfidence errors. i usually kinda go through these …
... you should go back to reading every answer choice. I've found ... being tricked before, but once reading the other options I could ... looking at every answer choice and not stopping reading when you found ... skim and see that 2 choices are very similar, then you ... -
BR score 10 points greater than timed PT score-How to close the gap?I am scoring in the 165-170 range and my BR score shot up by +10 points. Granted, I did my BR across 2 days, 2 sections each. I was plateauing fo…
... when I pick 1 answer after debating 2 equally ... to move on from answer choices with a less than ...
Mostly subtle reading errors.For example: In this ... spent this extra time reading the stimulus and instead ... am just wasting time reading to pass on and ... -
Timing issues... so frustratedHey guys, How do you improve timing, especially with LR and LG? Is it something that just comes naturally with tons of practice? Do you just get f…
... before you go into the answer choices, and predict what the right ... soon as you start reading an answer choice that shoots out of ... is to be better at reading and understanding quickly. Moving to ... moving. be active in your reading and your predictions and you ... -
Timing issues... so frustratedHey guys, How do you improve timing, especially with LR and LG? Is it something that just comes naturally with tons of practice? Do you just get f…
... before you go into the answer choices
Totally agree. 9 ... soon as you start reading an answer choice that shoots out ... lead to false-negatives and reading errors IMO. However, I ... is to be better at reading and understanding quickly. Moving to ... -
4 point increase by November? Need adviceHello all! How difficult do you all think it would be to increase an LSAT score from 162 (official score) to 166 or higher by the November test date?…
... 't consider myself good at reading comp so i wont give you ... to know exactly why your answer choice is wrong, and why ... teach a class on every answer you guessed or got wrong ... need to find the correct answer before you look online. Doing ... -
Only complete 3/4 RC PassagesSo, for RC I seem to have a common issue on my PTs. I always seem to run out of time. I finish 3 passages and the questions (usually only skipping on…
... you spend too long on reading the passages or questions. My ... long time deliberating between two answer choices when you should be moving ... and then waste time re-reading the passage when you could ... -
Only complete 3/4 RC PassagesSo, for RC I seem to have a common issue on my PTs. I always seem to run out of time. I finish 3 passages and the questions (usually only skipping on…
... what you remember reading. Often 2 or 3 answer choices are dead wrong ... you've already narrowed your answer choices.
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Where Am I Going Wrong? PLEASE HELP!Hello 7Sage, I began my LSAT journey in November of 2017. I had just been raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason at my Masonic Lodge, joine…
... for patterns in structure and answer choices. For example, almost all ... accompanied by an incorrect answer choice that sounds like ... patterns among wrong and correct answer choices will help you get ... I am getting through 3 reading sections and guessing for 1 ... -
Post-BR Action PlanHi all: I'm curious to know how folks approach post-BR. Do you look for patterns (in your mistakes/wrong answers) in order to drill? Go over your …
... in different question types and answer choices that aren't really as ... -cutter structure, or seeing what answer choices that attract me have in ... . Things like misunderstanding something or reading with tunnel vision - which sometimes ... -
Help with most strongly supported questionsHello! I was wondering if anyone had a step by step method for approaching MSS questions. For example, MP questions seem to have a structure to which…
... and thus, get the correct answer...Any suggestions?
reading and connect back to ... reading the stimulus, I would suggest to go into the answer ... the MSS answer choices, its best not to predict answer choices before going ... -
Scores getting worseI've been studying since January. I took a test before I jumped into the Power Score books and got a 160. I felt great! I worked through all three PS…
... gaps in logic or correct answer choices got more subtle. I’d ... dead. If I start with reading, it bums me out and ... best I’ve done on reading was -4. -
A new RC strategy I am usingThe active reading strategies preached by @TheoryandPractice are really good for anyone who is looking for that. This is something much more spec…
... every inference question, because the answer choices are so tricky and have ... minute by slowly eliminating and reading the left over answers twice ... -
am i tripping? (november lsat)Hello people! I took the June diagnostic LSAT and scored a 157 with absolutely no prep and haven been out of the standardized test game for about 4 y…
... games: 17/25
> reading comp: 19/25
> analytical ... -2 pretty easily.
Reading Comp. is pretty damn hard and ... how he got the correct answer, continue to ask questions here ... -
LR QuestionA couple questions for our community about LR: Once you learned the lawgic stuff and the steps for each question type, how did you get better, espec…
Prediction before reading answer choices, I think, makes a huge ... -
CC Question - Comparative Reading PassageDoes JY have any lessons on comparative RC passages and how to approach them? I just cannot find any at the moment and thought maybe it was just me. …
... tried reading passage A, going to questions and eliminating as many answer choices ... -
When writing LG rules, should I also do 1st Question (acceptable scenario)? JY says to do it?So I've noticed that in recent commentaries, JY says that when you do a LG, as you write down the rules, for each rule you write, go down to the 1st …
... you've eliminated all the answer choices. Memorizing rules really does play ... , and doing acceptable questions while reading the rules helps with that.
