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Plateauing- Tips for Consistently Scoring in 170s?Hey All, 72 days left for all of my fellow September LSAT takers! Definitely beginning to feel that tinge of pressure. The end is in sight :) …
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The first is just the standard drill the heck out of ... cannot compromise quality, but the more high quality drill work ... (103 questions). At the end of the day, they're ... will develop the correct reading and thinking processes for the section. I ...Improving from 165 benchmark to 175+ in 2 months?Hi everyone, I just signed up for the 3 month package a couple days ago, and I worked through the curriculum up until the point where it recommend…
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My first diagnostic was about a 165 ... I would ignore the purely reading comprehension videos from the curriculum. They were ... to miss about 1 reading comprehension question on average ... are studying the matter. If the GRE replaces the LSAT or ...Identify the answer before looking at answer choices?Should we identify the answer before looking at the answer choices?
... be immediately aware of the four different possibilities the moment you see ... the same as having one correct answer choice in mind after reading stimulus ... our "anticipation" before going into the answer choices.Thoughts on how to tackle PTs...Hi everyone, I'm not sure if anyone has encountered the situation I am in but I'm sure you all will have some helpful input regardless! My cold d…
... fun all my life and the heavy reading in one of my ... would recommend this for the following reasons. First, lots of times people ... or could take up the habit of reading some journal in your ... and help prepare you for the reading in law school. Finally, one ...What do you guys read first?I was wondering whether you guys read the question stimulus or question stem first? Powerscore says stimulus first, but the Trainer says the stem fir…
Stem - I don't see why you'd read the stimulus first. I want to know what I'm suppose to be doing, before I do it. Stim first seems back asswords to me.Recognition - What is statedI find it so strange that this should be the question type I struggle with in RC. After all, isn't this what RC boils down to? "What did that passage…
... your strategy, I think the first thing you need to determine ... to really fly through the questions. Reading so thoroughly allows me ...
At the extreme end of the other side of the spectrum would ... answer this question within the specific context of your ...What do you guys read first?I was wondering whether you guys read the question stimulus or question stem first? Powerscore says stimulus first, but the Trainer says the stem fir…
Feel like I'm in the minority here, but I do the stimulus first. It's generally worked for me - I like to get a big-picture idea of what the stimulus is saying and then figure out what they want.What do you guys read first?I was wondering whether you guys read the question stimulus or question stem first? Powerscore says stimulus first, but the Trainer says the stem fir…
... I'm in the minority here, but I do the stimulus first. It's ... big-picture idea of what the stimulus is saying and then figure ...timing/accuracy strategyI'm looking for a timing/accuracy strategy for my timed LR sections. I've noticed that I'm a notoriously slow starter; that is, it takes me some ques…
... managed to crack the code. Try this, first go and review ... conclusion. Its most likely in the first couple sentences..." As soon ... that problem regardless of what the stimulus/answers are. Once you ... to quickly classify the question type based off the stem your ...timing/accuracy strategyI'm looking for a timing/accuracy strategy for my timed LR sections. I've noticed that I'm a notoriously slow starter; that is, it takes me some ques…
... managed to crack the code. Try this, first go and review ... . Its most likely in the first couple sentences..." As soon ... that problem regardless of what the stimulus/answers are. Once you ... Great advice! I'll say the single most transformative strategy besides ...Month left and me and Flaw questions still don't get along...So about a month out from the September test and I'm feeling....okay. There is one kind of questions that really bothers me though. Flaw. People alwa…
... be difficult to see the flaw on your first read.
... 2. You could know what the flaw ... read can make the flaw apparent more readily than first time alone ... in for the referential phrasing is indeed the flaw in the stimulus. This is ...Timed Section before a PT?Hi all :) In my timed PTs, I always tank the first LR section... a VERY poor performance. I _think_ this can be attributed to my brain not being w…
... in the car, eat my pre-LSAT snack, do my first practice ... probably not using it efficiently. First you want to try each ... working try the other. I usually read the question and stimulus, have a ... make a guess the first time. If you get the same answer then ...Strategies for a Slow ReaderTo any other slow readers out there--what strategies have you used to understand LR and RC stimuli and passages well? I find myself needing to go th…
... answer. Reading is something each of us has done for the majority ... you in regards to the LSAT, skim questions first. That way when ... of the passage, and how ideas/opinions interact. When I very first ... started studying for the LSAT I would go ...Strategies for a Slow ReaderTo any other slow readers out there--what strategies have you used to understand LR and RC stimuli and passages well? I find myself needing to go th…
... is practice getting better at reading. Don't get bogged ... think reading the questions ahead of time is a waste of time. First ... to take away from you reading for the big picture.
... diagram and understand of the rules, reading the questions ahead of time ...So much prep, so little time. Retraining for the LSATDear 7Sage fam, I am going to register for the December LSAT and will begin prepping mid September. This leaves me a solid 10 weeks of studying ti…
... noticed my LG skills were the first to go. I remembered ... Though, increasing from the 150s to the 160s is significantly easier ... nail the harder ones.
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First, as ... the basics you'll encounter while taking a course or reading ...eliminating answer choices - good/bad reasoningHi, In the Logical Reasoning section, how do you **know** when you’ve eliminated a wrong answer choice for the wrong reason (because of faulty reason…
... supported or even mentioned in the stimulus, then as far as ... For those question types, the author intentionally embedded a underlying ... make sure I understand the argument/stimulus first before going into ACs ... couldn't pin point the issue of the argument, I have ...BRing LRHey all! I find that often during BR for LR I am still stuck between 2 answers, so I'm wondering what everyone does to try and push through to the co…
The first thing we should ... therefore makes it the credited response. The two answer choices ... definition; not the same thing. Our first job is to ... figure out what sets them apart.
The ... a bad understanding of the stimulus. In short, we ...How to get above the mid 160s/ I need help with Reading Comp. Thanks! :)
... similar. First, my problem was that I wasn't reading for ... about.
If the passage describes a process, you ... feel like for someone in the 170s , reading for structure is of ... second nature. The real difference comes ...Any tips for RC?I am about to start on my PTs but I'm a little hesitant because I am doing so poorly on RC.
... in-depth with the reading at first glance. Since all the QS can be ... dedicate more time to reading the Passage first so referring back is kept ... the best results. I personally like reading the passage as a whole but the ...Blind Review MethodHi, so I've been blind reviewing for a while now and completely understand what it is. In the past, when I take a PT, what I have done is printed off…
... the PT on the second copy untimed without having the answers from my first ... I've answered all of the questions. The reason is that I ... and look at explanations on the Powerscore/Manhattan forums while ... have to spend time re-reading each passage that I have ...Blind Review MethodHi, so I've been blind reviewing for a while now and completely understand what it is. In the past, when I take a PT, what I have done is printed off…
... the PT on the second copy untimed without having the answers from my first ... I've answered all of the questions. The reason is that I ... and look at explanations on the Powerscore/Manhattan forums while ... have to spend time re-reading each passage that I have ...Blind Review MethodHi, so I've been blind reviewing for a while now and completely understand what it is. In the past, when I take a PT, what I have done is printed off…
... the PT on the second copy untimed without having the answers from my first ... I've answered all of the questions. The reason is that I ... and look at explanations on the Powerscore/Manhattan forums while ... have to spend time re-reading each passage that I have ...Blind Review MethodHi, so I've been blind reviewing for a while now and completely understand what it is. In the past, when I take a PT, what I have done is printed off…
... the PT on the second copy untimed without having the answers from my first ... 've answered all of the questions. The reason is that I ... have to spend time re-reading each passage that I ... when reviewing the questions later (with the knowledge of the correct answer ...How much did your score improvePurely after finishing the LR core curriculum? then after that how much after drilling?
... on finding the flaw in all the argument type questions first before trying ... to find the answer ... me practice finding the different answer choices for the same stimulus, which actually ...Theory about Vanilla LGOver at blueprint.com, someone posted predictions before the Sep. LSAT. He predicted (correctly, it turns out) that the LG section would not have any…
... at alternate explanations. The first is that the difficulty of the sections is random ... harder reading comp sections. If the trend preceded the widespread threat of the GRE ... did miss a question). The harder reading comp didn't hurt me ...understanding the sticky spots in RC (and letting urself do so)In almost every reading passage I've done, there's always ONE paragraph that gets complex and it requires me to take some extra time to re-read and u…
... . This is super important in the first paragraph for most passages, or ... check out Corey's Active Reading Webinar from 2016. Parts of ... will show up in the questions on your first read through, and ... , if you're really digging into the ...Pressure from other people to rush to take exam when you need longer to prepareWhat are some tactful responses you have given to friends and family about this? Thanks!
... 't get a 180 their first PT or just do extremely ... and her eyes crossed from the dense reading. She wished me great ...Vice article -- LSAT with no prephttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kvv3n/i-took-the-lsat-with-zero-preparation Came across this earlier today and thought I'd share. Interesting …
... got the right answer, but the time ran out after the first game ... I aced the games section the first time. I missed 10. The first question ... two questions on her first and only games section ... a learnable skill like the critical reading and thinking in RC ...How to get better at predictingThis is for assumption family questions (flaw, na, sa, psa) I see the conclusion. I see the support. But even for the easiest questions (as in one…
... just read and understand the stimulus and use that understanding ... at retaining the core of the stimulus is after reading each stimulus see if ... of people keep re-reading stimulus 5 times and don' ... a grasp of the stimulus, go through the answer choices without ...
