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Need advice, feeling discouragedHello everyone, I am currently scoring a constant score of 153 on practice exams. The highest I have scored was about two weeks ago and I got a 154.…
... the material well enough, for me it's just the ... apply them to your study strategy for the next January test! ... is 2-4 questions.. thats only 1-2 questions more per ... are at least that many questions on your previous PT' ... will be a few questions on TD that you ... -
Please recommend some approach for the Resolve questions.Hi, I have been struggling a lot with recent resolve questions (those from PT 50s~). Even after trying tips I learned from the CC and from other so…
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148---> 167: Study adviceWanted to do a study write-up because I read a bunch of these while I was preparing for the LSAT, hope it helps a couple of people. I began studying …
... t necessarily have a timing strategy for LR. I would set ... to be timing-wise for the section (first ten ... back and look at questions I had flagged helped ... was sacrificing accuracy. The strategy that JY and the ... hit the 4-5 star questions, he would skip after ... -
My Guide to Reading Comprehension Part 1 (Long-ish Post)Hi 7sagers! Given that several people expressed interest in my RC methodology, here is the basic outline of my approach for the Reading Comprehen…
... the next level of strategy once you have a ... , for example, if you are missing 4 or more questions in ... missing 4 or less questions in your RC blind ... a "divide and conquer" strategy for RC, i'm not exactly ... this helps, thank you for the good questions! -
Tips for MSS, Strengthen and Weaken Qs?anything would help. i really sturggle on these
... days to do all the weakening questions I had left over from ... argument. This sets me up for the going into the answers ... would weaken.
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Consistency in LRI am having trouble with consistency in LR sections. Some days I will take a PT and go -3 to -5 on the LR sections, and other times (like today PT 84…
... ones are wrong. Especially for the harder questions (I'm assuming you ... relying on your intuition for most of the questions and can't ... you might actually be getting questions right due to luck and ... your weaker types. Then do hard questions of those and make sure ... -
Timing Issues: Timed PT + Blind Review or Untimed/Modified PT + Blind Review?Planning to take in January, currently PTing in the mid 150s. I usually end up with LG -7ish/LR -9ish/RC -13ish. Blind reviews usually end up in the…
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> @canihazJD thanks for the responses. Do you have ... thought process and hangups for all the questions that gave me ... tossing every answer choice for flagged questions. I dunno about 12 ... your bonus round at the hard questions on the test without time ... -
Parallel Questions (Timing Strategy)For Parallel Flaw/ Parallel MOR questions, do you move on after reading (what you believe) to be the CAC? Doing this has saved me massive time in som…
... easy WACs - but for mid-difficult parallel questions, JY has said this ... go about mid-difficult parallel questions? Do high 170 scorers read ... the low 170s, but my strategy for parallel q's is never ... -
Is it possible?Hi! I'm just now starting studying for the LSAT and I'm taking my first test in April of 2021. My diagnostic score was a 137 ( I had to guess on a lo…
... 'm just now starting studying for the LSAT and I'm ... a hard deadline of 2-2 and a half minutes for reading ... of the passage and for more specific questions you can always refer ... -
Approaching the Questions- Reading Comprehension Help using PT 58 Happy New Years to everyone! I realize that I haven't created a discussion post for awhile and rather than hold a webinar ( as I know alot of peo…
... differently is have a clear strategy for the section as a ... Before I go into the questions I have clearly articulated the ... time banked for other questions. I also skip line cite questions and ... typically have a couple of questions for the entire section where ... -
Stuck Between 155-157 - LSAT is Next TuesdayMy scores in each section have been: LG: -3 LR: -12 - (-8) (-10 average) RC: -12 - (-8) (-10 average) Consistently my performance in LG has bee…
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Stuck Between 155-157 - LSAT is Next TuesdayMy scores in each section have been: LG: -3 LR: -12 - (-8) (-10 average) RC: -12 - (-8) (-10 average) Consistently my performance in LG has bee…
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For 170+ scorersDid you get to the point where the test becomes almost easy, or do you consistently feel challenged? I picture J.Y. being able to do it in his sleep.…
... 4 and 5 star difficulty questions where yes I normally ... underconfidence errors on the easy questions.
To answer ... where even the most difficult questions can be easy, but ... s your skipping strategy for LR? What's your order strategy for LG? What ... -
Free LR Tutoring Series [ENDED]Hi 7Sage, I am proud to announce my free LR tutoring series! You're probably asking, who the heck are you and what's with the this tutoring ser…
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For those who are curious, the ... the subject matter and attack strategy for the question type ~ 20 ... himself analyzing and answering LR questions from PTs 19-25 (you ... He also asked for volunteers to answer some LR questions ~ 80 minutes ... -
LR review advice? Finished core courses, doing worse on LR than before.After doing the LG and RC parts of 7Sage, I'm struggling with LR questions. It's only been a few weeks since I finished LR but I'm having trouble rem…
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LR review advice? Finished core courses, doing worse on LR than before.After doing the LG and RC parts of 7Sage, I'm struggling with LR questions. It's only been a few weeks since I finished LR but I'm having trouble rem…
... a MAJOR difference. For example the MSS questions, - I was ... about this question, so for every MSS answer choice, ... this was a MAJOR breakthrough for me.
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Why are weakening questions so hard?After 2 years of studying for this crazy exam, I have always been so bad at weakening questions. Sometimes doing problem sets untimed and still getti…
... be a stronger question type for me; and I tend to ... been what's worked best for me. If the question is ... straightforward. On the more difficult questions when I can't readily ... I've gone about doing weakening questions so far. Good Luck! -
Weakening questionsI am really struggling with weakening questions anyone have any tips or can lend any help to help me over come this?
... that the question stem in weakening questions always say "Which one of ... the conclusion.
For example, if it is a ... thing", the most common weakening answer is something that gives ... you an alternative explanation for the cause and effect ... -
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…
... sections. For instance create a problem set with select 5 weakening questions from ... create another set of 5 weakening, and do the process ... get wrong. "Pin" any questions you think are tough and ... again, and review those pinned questions on a regular basis. < ... -
PT12.S1.Q16 - Salmonella is a food-borne microorganism that can cause...Hi, Could someone pls explain what the stimulus is saying and how is B a better(and correct) answer than B? None of the answers stuck out to me as a…
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**My strategy for weaken questions:**
This is a ... strategy of advocating for the anti-conclusion for weaken questions. I look for ... anti-conclusion. This strategy works best for me. It ... risk (food still okay for consumption). This makes ... -
PTF97.S3.7 - Automobile manufacturers who began two decades ago...First impression wise, this argument isn't great because the conclusion is so strongly worded ("_no_ loss in safety"). We can strengthen this argumen…
... but on some harder strengthening questions, the correct AC barely strengthens ... assumption that the author takes for granted does help strengthen the ... it hurts the argument on weakening questions). Hope that helps! -
PTF97.S3.7 - Automobile manufacturers who began two decades ago...First impression wise, this argument isn't great because the conclusion is so strongly worded ("_no_ loss in safety"). We can strengthen this argumen…
... but on some harder strengthening questions, the correct AC barely strengthens ... assumption that the author takes for granted does help strengthen the ... it hurts the argument on weakening questions). Hope that helps!
Reading the Last answer choice first - LSAT Strategy? (E-A)Hello all, I'm going over weakening questions on CC and just had an idea/thought. What do you guys think about starting bottom-up when readin…
... /> > I'm going over weakening questions on CC and just had ... when reading the answer choices for the questions? (E-A)
> ...148 to 169-170 PTs - 20 point increase is not Impossible/some adviceI just got 169 and 170 back to back after plateauing for a while after my previous 169. Do not give up folks, you got this. When I started in January…
... impossible (for me at least) to get the difficult questions at the ... time for the harder questions. I also usually spend 2+ minutes on hard questions ... that asks for the purpose of a paragraph. These questions are impossible ...Progress or Lack there of..Hello everyone, I m at my breaking point with this and thinking about not continuing. I am not a quitter but I am just tapped out. I am seeing ste…
... how to set yourself up for long term success. I ... type of reading you do for responding to emails or close ... passage, but actually answering the questions. The answers are worded to ... Descriptive Flaw/Weakening questions helped me learn the skills I needed for RC ...Progress or Lack there of..Hello everyone, I m at my breaking point with this and thinking about not continuing. I am not a quitter but I am just tapped out. I am seeing ste…
... how to set yourself up for long term success. I ... type of reading you do for responding to emails or close ... passage, but actually answering the questions. The answers are worded to ... Descriptive Flaw/Weakening questions helped me learn the skills I needed for RC ...P47.S1.Q19 - When can you assume something is bad in contrast to the authorPT 47 Section 1 Question 19 In the stem it talks about a case of polio occurring due to the administration of a vaccine of 12 per year. By doing …
... out. There will be harder questions that the answer choices are ... thing about a lot of weakening questions ( including this one) is ... times in those type of questions the relationship between numbers and ... . But that's a topic for another time.
...Just got my highest score yet but need helpI just took the May 2020 prep test and got a 161. I am excited about this because I had not reached the160s yet and it is the most recent prep test! …
... copy of the LSAT Trainer? For me with those question types ... practicing some drill-set-style questions VERY SLOWLY at first ... *flaws* in the strengthen and weakening questions really sped up my 'flaw ... Which helped on the flaw questions also. MSS is objective, ...LSAT basics - when to skip and when to guess.There seems to be mention of skipping questions in some of the tutorials. I know some standardized tests penalize more for a wrong answer than a skip…
... that strategy and yes, to reiterate: there is no penalty for wrong ... off rule or threshold for your skip strategy. And the cut off ... time in your bank for the longer questions like match the reasoning ... of your performance on remaining questions. Buuut if you make ...PT10.S4.Q1 - What effect answer choice E has on the argument?Could someone explain what effect answer choice E has on the argument? Doesn’t it point out a flaw since the stimulus only talks about physicians who…
... that it is **generally** unwise for patients to have medical checkups ... remember that with strengthening and weakening questions the correct answer doesn't ... just needs to be enough for the conclusion to be less ...
