LSAT Logic of a Spam Email Scam

In this post, I analyze two similar emails as if they were Logical Reasoning arguments. Both ended up in my spam folder (with good reason). Here’s the first, edited for brevity: It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because you do not know me, Please forgive this unusual manner to contact […]

LSAT Logic and Law School Spam

I hate spam. I even wrote an article making fun of spammers. I send emails on a schedule and sent out automatically- and that’s only if you’ve chosen to subscribe via email. I don’t do anything at all with them, and I have trouble just reading all the emails I receive, let alone responding to as many of […]

LSAT Numbers: All, Most, Several, Many, Some, None

Isn’t it annoying when words seem to mean something different on the LSAT than they do in real life? Starts to make you wonder about the last time an LSAT test-writer spoke with a live human being. In this post, I clear up some of the differences between our normal understandings of common quantifiers (words […]

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 Reading Comprehension Tips and Tricks

or…How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LSAT (Part 3 of 3) Who do you think does better on the day of the LSAT – the person who enjoys reading or the person who hates it? Part 1 of this series covered Logic Games, and Part 2 dealt with Logical Reasoning. This is Part 3. […]

LSAT Logical Reasoning Tips and Tricks

or…How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LSAT (Part 2 of 3) In other articles, I showed you how to answer Logic Games questions and how to prepare for Reading Comprehension. This time, I’ll share the best ways to answer common Logical Reasoning questions.  First, why is it possible to conquer Logical Reasoning […]

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 […]