国内外lsat170分以上备考经验

Foolproofguidetoa180on前几天收到了CLSHamilton,cycleOffer情况Yale,StanfordHarvard,Columbiawith$174000,DukeWaitlist:Chicago(Withdraw)IowemuchofmysuccessonLSATtomycollegeandDaily_DoublefromTLS。特别感谢我的Myth#2:LSAT是一个以英文为载体Criticalthinking&Reasoning的考试，所以如果你Myth#3:上本没有天翼禀赋一说，你要看到别人之前努力过多少。读过多少书。Myth#5:LSATisalotofhard议拿一本Barron800去看看，这是SAT最的词汇。如果LSAT碰到不会的单词就抄在ManhattanLR+RC(HB CambridgeBundleLG+LR1-38bytypePT40-71?(到71了？)SteveLG解析LGMyth:1-38LGDrill15遍？大概是有吧。我基patternPureSequencing，也就是orderinggame，你应该在2分钟之内就解决掉。Bible以后开始用ManhattanLRNecessaryAssumptionSufficientAssumptionEvaluatetheMustBeCompletethePassageCannotBeTruePointatIssuePrinciple(Identify)Principle(Apply)Method(Argument)Method(Statement)Parallel(Reasoning)Parallel(Flaw)Assumption-thesequestionsrevolvearoundagap,whichistosay,there'satleastonereasonwhythecoremightnotnecessarilyfollowfromthesupportingpremises.Itrytoidentifythegap,thencomeupwithananswer,usuallyIjustcomeupwithoneandmovetotheanswers,sometimesit'sright,usuallyit'snot,butI'mworkingonthat.Anyways,wronganswersforthesequestionswillreversethelogic,ornotaddressthecore,althoughsometimesyoudoseepremiseboosters/premiseweakenersascorrectanswers,thisisrarethough,youjusthavetoeliminateasmanyaspossibleonyourfirstpass.Thereareadditionalthingstolookforinthesesuchasacorrelationsupportingcausation,causationingeneral,conditionalityingeneral,andformallogic.Inference-thesequestionsrequireyoutousetheinformationprovidedtoyouinthestimulustoselectananswerwhichmustfollowfromthatinformation.Scopeisyourbiggestobstacleinthese,youhavetopossessaverynarrowsenseofscope,cutdownthewronganswers,diagramifyoumust,andremembertheinformationisinthestimulus,andthecorrectanswerwillalwaysfollowfromit.I'lldiagramconditionalandformallogic,therestIusuallyjustworkfrommynotationsinthestimulus.Structure-thesequestionsrequireyoutounderstandthe natureoftheargumentandpayattentiontosubtleshiftsinterms,degree,division,etc.andselectananswerwhicheitherconformstotheinformationinthestimulusortodescribeitinan fashion.Iusuallydiagrammatchingquestions,argumentpartquestionsareusuallyprettystraightforward.按照上面的分类开始Drill，先拿下AssumptionfamilyLR50%的分量对于AssumptionFamily的问题的思考，建议采取这个过程1,Authormakesastatement2,Hedrawswhateverevidencetosupport/refutehisconclusion3,Gap?4,Theargumentflowspremiseparaphrase一个gap，对于Non-assumptionfamilyInferencequestion，唯一的技巧就是需要读懂，快速读懂整个paragraph的意思。Structurequestion一个小技巧就是从modifiercertainty来处理，mustshould的LGbuckledown,LRDRIll,RCManhattanAssumptionfamilydrillruthlessly，你一旦放过自己的薄弱环节，LSAC就会在考场Readforstructure-you'veprobablyheardthisbefore,butitreallyisthemainthingthatRCtestsyouon.Whenyoureadthepassage,don'tfocusonthedetails.Screwthedetails.Youshouldbeabletofollowthecontentoftheargumentasyougoon,butwhatyoushouldbethinkingaboutWhatwasthepurposeofthatparagraphIjustWhatisthemainpoint(almostalwayshintedatinthelastsentenceofparagraph1)?Whataretheopposingviews?Howisthisparagraphconnectedtotheoverallpassage,i.eargumentThethingis,onceyougetgoodatfiguringoutwhatthepurposeofeachparagraphis,andtheorderinwhichtheargumentflows,it esmucheasiertofindthedetailsyou'relookingforinspecificquestion.It'smuchharder,however,totryandfigurethingslikemainpointandargumentflowoutAFTERyou'vefinishedthepassage. ngsowillrequireafairbitofrereading,andyou'llwastetime.DevelopaSIMPLEannotationsystem,butdon'trelyonittooHonestly,annotationsmighthelp,butifyoureallywanttogettothelevelofacingRC,youcan'trelyonthem,atleastinmyopinion.Youneedtobeabletoholdthatinformationinyourhead.Youonlyhave7-10minutesPERpassage,andobsessingoverannotatingisjustnotthateffectivewithinthatperiod.Thethingis,thesepassagesareprettyEVERYquestionhasananswerintheThat'sright.Thetextwinsoveryourintuition,100%ofthetime(Well,exceptwhenyousimplyhavenotime,butthatshouldn'thappenifyou'vepracticedenough).IsolateyourweaknessesandworkonIfyourscoreisfluctuatinglikethat,youmaynothavesomespecificrecurringweaknesses.Butmaybeacertainsubjectmatteralwaysgivesyoutrouble.Maybesciencepassagesgoslowlyforyou.Don'tletthisbeanissue.ReadScientificAmerican,ortheEconomist,oranywell-writtenmagazineinthesubjectthatgivesyoutrouble.Spend30minutesadayontheirwebsitereadingWhenyoureviewquestionyoumissed,gointhepassageandfindoutexactlywhyyouranswerwaswrong,whyanyanswersyoufailedtoeliminatewerewrong,andwhythecorrectanswerwas一个map，也就是你清楚地知道每一个段落的作用。这就是第一条建议。建议RCdrill8backtoback，RC是制约大多数人分数的存在。LGLRbuckledownRC的backtobackwhytherightansweriswhythewronganswersarewhatmakesmethinktherightanswerisandwhatmakesmethinkthewrongansweris第三阶段FulltimepracticeAndthisismyPTFebruary:(Justtoshowwhathasalreadybeendone) 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