Conditional Sequencing in Logic Games
Starting with PrepTest 51 (December 2006), LSAC threw a twist into sequencing games (a basic type of Logic Game). It added “conditional sequencing” rules. Conditional means “If…then.” This post will explain what I consider the easiest rule of this type. Preptest 51, Game 2 Let’s look at the 4th rule of the 2nd game in PrepTest 51. […]
7 Games To Practice Before Test Day
Pretend you were taken hostage while studying in the library and could only do 7 Logic Games before Test Day. You can squeeze in one each day while your captors watch their daytime soap operas. Which 7 Logic Games would you pick? Which are the most important? This list includes what I consider to be […]
Mastering Logic Games
LSAT Unplugged subscriber Jacob conducted a lengthy interview with me about the strategies of top-scoring LSAT takers. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: The logic games are probably the most feared subject on the LSAT. Yet many students are able to achieve a perfect score on the logic games. So, why are they the most […]
Princeton Review LSAT Logic Games Workout – Exposed
Why shouldn’t you use books containing fake (non-LSAC-written) LSAT questions? How is this possible if the questions are fake? The Princeton Review’s new LSAT Logic Games Workout book fails to mention that, in a way, it does use real LSAT questions. In fact, it implies that it doesn’t at the end of the second paragraph on page 1. However, this book […]
Kaplan LSAT Prep Book Review
I looked at a copy of a Kaplan LSAT prep book titled Kaplan LSAT 2010 Edition: Strategies, Practice, and Review. It consists of generic advice and 3 Kaplan-written, not LSAC-written, practice tests and explanations (despite the fact that the book’s table of contents claims that these are “Real LSAT Practice Tests and Explanations”). I spent a […]
LSAT Vocab Made Easy
When I opened my first LSAT practice test, here’s what I came across in one of the Reading Comp passages: Eschewing Drescher’s idealization of British traditions of liberty, Eltis points to…draconian vagrancy laws…to ensure the industriousness of British workers…. And the actual sentence was longer than that! What the heck does that even mean?????? I […]
LSAT Logic Games Tips and Tricks
or…How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LSAT (Part 1 of 3) The LSAT is all bark and no bite. Yes, I know it seems scary and difficult, but it’s not that tough. It’s a test of illogic. Treat it like a gullible younger brother who believes the unjustified claims of every TV commercial […]
Words Indicating Sufficient / Necessary Conditions, and Time
In conditional statements (if-then) statements, the sufficient condition is the one that goes before the arrow, and the necessary condition is the one that goes after the arrow. Sufficient —> Necessary X —> Y is equivalent to: if X, then Y. X is the sufficient condition, and Y is the necessary condition. Logic Games and […]
Logic Games Matching Diagram | Explanation
I’ve received several requests for a diagram of my Grouping: Matching Logic Game, so here goes. This article includes my version of the main diagram for this Logic Game. It also includes my diagram of the rules and some thoughts on making an effective diagram for this game (and games like it). Here’s the main diagram: […]
Free LSAT Logic Game | Grouping: Matching
Disclaimer: This Logic Game is in no way meant to imply that all Indian students taking the LSAT are Hindu, nor is it meant to imply that Hindu students would ever pray to deities for LSAT assistance (or that they’re the only students who’d pray to Hindu deities for assistance). I’ve simply given the game this topic […]
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