Same answer, different reasoning Forum

[law_dawg18]

Hi all, hope everyone's prep is going well.

I'm working through the PS bibles and for those of you that don't know, each chapter covers a concept and concludes with a set of practice problems from past LSATs as well as a section that explains why each answer was wrong or right.

What I've found happening to me from time to time is I will get an answer right but using different reasoning than the book describes. I imagine that this isn't a problem, seeing as A) the answer is right and B) I used the methodology correctly enough that I was able to determine why the other questions were wrong. Still, I can't help but think that this will become problematic when I face that one big bad question that will stump me, or worse: that this will be good enough to secure a "good" score but will fail to earn me an elite score (170+).

Thoughts?

[dowu]

In this instance, there are only a few ways to conclude the correct answer. If you're getting the right answer than your reasoning is probably okay, but could be better.

Can you explain or give an example of how your reasoning to reaching an answer is different from the books?

Also, have you considered manhattan ' s prep books? I found those to be the best in explaining the deep reasoning. They're on point with helping realize the best way to reason, imo.