<aside> 🌟 The night before I took my test I made AI summarize my “what can I do next time” WAJ column and started a review/cheat sheet for things I wanted to remember (and also because I was antsy). It evolved. Think of it as a bare bones “LSAT tips and Tricks” + a place to personalize your own “cheat sheet”

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General

• Don’t overcomplicate answers — no need for mental gymnastics!
• Make sure to account for every word — read to the end of every ac (ESP indicators)!!
• Try to prephrase as much as possible
• Quality/Accuracy > Quantity/Speed
• Don’t force answer choices!
• At the end of the day, trust your instincts (you know when somethings not right)
• Pay attention to scope!

Logical Reasoning

• Always mentally identify premises and main conclusion
  • In this, try to identify any red herrings/irrelevant sentences/topics
• WORDSONTHEPAGEWORDSONTHEPAGEWORDSONTHEPAGEWORDSONTHEPAGE
• Remember: POV vs reality: Hypothesis =/ phenomenon actually existing // something being =/ someone knowing about it

Group Indicators

Types

Most Strongly Supported

• always use slightly weaker language
• doesn’t need to be airtight
• Four wrong answers will generally be unsupported

Point at issue/2-Speaker Prompt

• Clarify what each party thinks; combine techniques from comparative passages and MBT

Parallel Reasoning:

• Make sure to identify if the question is asking for parallel reasoning, flaw, or flawed reasoning

Necessary Assumptions:

• Negate to test validity
• Make sure without this AC, argument falls apart

Must Be True (MBT):

• (170+ : freebies)
• Look for weaker, generalized answer choices

Sufficient/Pseudo Sufficient Questions

• being asked to supply a new premise that allows conclusion to be drawn and/or “bridging” concepts already in the stimulous
• (think of principle questions as SA in reverse)

Main Point/Argument Part:

• Identify the relationships between every phrase/subphrase

Weaken/Strengthen Questions:

• Have to weaken/strengthen relationship between the conclusion and the premises
• Often the AC is introducing another element (especially weaken)
• Differentiate if its asking you to act on the argument or the conclusion, and focus on that in the AC

Flaws

• Comparison flaws
  • Quantity vs Percents
  • Relative vs Absolute
  • Attacking the source of the argument rather than the argument itself
• Using terms vaguely/inconsistently
• Shit analogies
• Causation vs correlation
• Circular reasoning (rare!)
• False dichotomy: it’s A or B (C erasure)
• Probability =/ certainty (probably =/ always)
• Prescriptive vs Descriptive: ought vs is
• Bad science
  • Hasty generalization
  • Experiments without a control group
• Confusing one possible solution with only solution
• Tradition fallacy: something has happened in the past, therefore it will continue to happen.

Reading Comprehension

• READ ACTIVELY! DON’T LET THEM BORE YOU! YOU CARE ABOUT THIS STUPID BORING SHIT U CARE SO MUCH
• What to mentally note:
  • Main conclusion
  • Authors stance/view/atittude/tone
  • Passage structures
  • Other voices and points of view
• Pause every couple sentences! Check in w ur understanding!
• Don’t be afraid to spend half of your time on the passage itself
• When referencing a specific word/sentence/phrase, make sure to glance back over it and the context its in
• Have a vague idea of time period/timeline/historical context
• Know who thinks what (Speakers)!!

Types