PT 62 Logic Games and Reading Comprehension Forum

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Someone please tell me that I am not the only one who found this test hard. RC had two passages on dental decay and earthquake measurement with lichens (WTF). The second Stained Glass game was just brutal.

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Stained glass is pretty easy once you see the rules click. I brute forced it and did well. Lichens was easy, structure wasn't a prob. Caries was tough but manageable if you kept track of the scope/arguments between the two about carbs and whatever... and all that shit in between. Seeing how author b and his main idea really contrasts with psg a did it for me. What bothered you about these passages?

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Stained glass is pretty easy once you see the rules click. I brute forced it and did well. Lichens was easy, structure wasn't a prob. Caries was tough but manageable if you kept track of the scope/arguments between the two about carbs and whatever... and all that shit in between. Seeing how author b and his main idea really contrasts with psg a did it for me. What bothered you about these passages?

Passages related to technical concepts in the maths and sciences are my biggest weakness in RC. No way around it really. I try reading for structure and actively look for comparisons in the comparative passage, but the technical terms still trip me up.

And I agree Stained Glass is easy with brute force but under a 35 minute timer it's difficult if you encounter it for the first time.

[Hand]

took 62 months ago in preparation for the june administration and while I don't remember any specifics, I got my worst score out of like 10 tests for that one.

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Stained glass is pretty easy once you see the rules click. I brute forced it and did well. Lichens was easy, structure wasn't a prob. Caries was tough but manageable if you kept track of the scope/arguments between the two about carbs and whatever... and all that shit in between. Seeing how author b and his main idea really contrasts with psg a did it for me. What bothered you about these passages?

Passages related to technical concepts in the maths and sciences are my biggest weakness in RC. No way around it really. I try reading for structure and actively look for comparisons in the comparative passage, but the technical terms still trip me up.

And I agree Stained Glass is easy with brute force but under a 35 minute timer it's difficult if you encounter it for the first time.

Thing is, I have trouble outside of those types of passages. I really hate going through the abstract shit and doing the humanities. With Maths and sciences it's pretty easy to track what they are doing (new studies, new research, old traditional methods, new way, defending studies, shitting on critics of the old way, defending scientists etc). Not saying other types of passages like humanities don't, but with science, maths, hardcore stuff like that is something the LSAC writers want you to trip up on. Try to look past the complicated technical language, try to understand it as you read, and see how it ties to the paragraph at hand, then with the passage as a whole. Technical terms that encompass the entire passage should be understood within the context. I've had your same problems as well and I have revamped how I understand meanings. I know LSAC will throw difficult terms, and if I trouble, I usually read the sentence within the paragraph a couple times to get the full understanding. Above all, remember that prior knowledge of these types of concepts is not needed. You're being tested on the comprehension aspect. When I remember that, in addition to thinking about why the author is writing what he is, it opens up and becomes easier. HTH.

Ya, there were really no solid inferences on the game board, plus with lots of open, global choices, it puts you in the spot to brute it. Couple that with the at least one in and the Y kicking out two colors or something and bringing in one, separates within 3(kinda fuzzy on what it did but something like that). I've become accustomed to seeing patterns after seeing the rules, seeing the board, seeing the types of questions I'm about to do, to know and expect what to do. I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the dinosaurs game, but another one that I personally think is even worse than both of those is the oval rug game from Feb 1996. Same type of concept with in and out and multiple features of dino's, thou.

Good luck.

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Took PT 62 yesterday. Worst score I've had in a long time - 159. RC beat the hell out of me. Luckily I did PT 67 today and got a 166 so I don't feel too bad about the 159 lol but after review tomorrow and Tuesday, I'm hoping I will be able to figure out what the hell went wrong on that RC. Hardest RC section I've faced to date, IMO. Also got -2 on LG and haven't had any wrong on LG in the previous five tests. Hoping it was a fluke.

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Glad to know I'm not the only one. After testing in the high 160s-low 170s last few tests, I was blown away by this test. Hopefully it is a fluke.