Frustration: Anyone ever feel this way? Forum

[Binghamton1018]

I’ve been studying quite a bit for the October exam. Cold diagnostic was a 166 first week in May 2015. I’ve been taking an older exam and then spending 4-5 days taking apart what I missed and expanding on the aspects that I’m a bit weak on with readings from the Powerscore series, various forums and 7sage. My frustration is this: I come across 3-4 questions between the 2 logic reasoning sections and sometimes the Reading Comprehension section that I honestly think to myself: “wow, they really want you to be able to read minds in order to answer that one.” Then I think there simply isn’t any way to answer that question with the credited response without the benefit of hindsight (I.E. finding a reason for the answer choice to be correct post-hoc, when you already know the answer.) Take for example PrepTest 60 LR Section 3 Question 21: “Safety Consultant: Judging by…” Astonishingly difficult.
RC Section 4 on that very same exam question 15 is also that difficult.
I don’t want to say that I feel that some questions are so obtuse that they are unfair, but has anyone ever felt this way? Has anyone ever felt this way and eventually “grew out” of it? Any suggestions? Maybe I’m just frustrated and needed to vent this morning lol

But, if anyone has been blind sided by questions like these, (forgive me, I don't quite know how to classify them specifically) maybe you can post where the questions are located on practice exams and we can all gather them together, create a packet of those questions, and drill them in case we meet with similar questions in October.

[KMart]

I felt that way. It just shows you haven't practiced enough. At some point, after enough review, you start to get the patterns and the questions come easier. Really understand what your thought process was to lead you to the wrong answer, or I guess the lack of any inferences, and then analyze what they want you to think and how to find the proper answer. The LSAT is repeated often and it is very learnable. It just comes with work.

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[RZ5646]

It's just that you think in a way that is different from how LSAC thinks. Sometimes I also think that an answer is bullshit, but there's always an explanation, and if you want to get the questions right you have to adopt their way of thinking and push your own beliefs to the side.

[scalawag]

It's just that you think in a way that is different from how LSAC thinks. Sometimes I also think that an answer is bullshit, but there's always an explanation, and if you want to get the questions right you have to adopt their way of thinking and push your own beliefs to the side.

This is actually the easiest part to do.

Review the basic lessons on logic in the Manhattan book, if you have it (I can't remember what power score says).

You know how someone will say "I don't accept your premise" well you accept their premise. Many wrong answer choices are built off of subjects that students have personal ideology (and emotions) tied to. And I had a moot court teacher just instill in me about not having emotional arguments you know so those jump out.

As far as the trap answers I am there as well, the assumption negation technique allowed me to get one right, I gotta study.

edit: sometimes you don't but overall you accept their premise almost always you have to accept their premise.