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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Last Minute Advice in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Bryce and Mike,

    Bryce, I am in a very similar situation, I’ve posted on the Topic, ‘2 weeks to test, desperate’, it sounds like we are all going through same issues.

    Problem is, some questions are just not clear, not easily reasoned out even using Mike’s excellent ‘big picture’. Exp.? Take a look at PT 75, Sec. 1, LR. Take a look at questions 12, 18, wrong answers are SO close to the…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic 2 Weeks before the test in desperation in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Marco,

    I’m with you, going to practice my game skills and do the last 3 tests, 75, 76, 77 before Monday. If you want to text me, my number is 813-784-7810, we can share notes after practice sessions if you have time. Absolutely, go out with your friends, sometimes coming back gives you a new perspective. Being in ‘lockdown’ causes stress for me anyway. Which is your dream law school?…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic How to brake up final practice exams in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mturf,

    Good question, I have 4 old tests and 75, 76, 77. Waiting to see what Mike Kim suggests. How are you scoring on the PT’s you’re currently practicing with? I’m frustrated. Have a blessed night, Carmen

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic 2 Weeks before the test in desperation in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    Dear Mike and Marcos,

    I was really ready to give up after doing half of PT 37 and getting 11 wrong in each of the first 2 sections. But i read your autotelic and was inspired to keep going for the next 9 days. Do you keep that same entry or do you change it periodically? Love the Arena image, remember Ben-Hur, “There is no law in the arena.” Great movie.

    Marcos, how are you doing?

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Introduce Thyself in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Everyone! I’m Carmen St. Claire and have been studying for LSAT since last December, blew the February test and picked up Mike Kim’s Trainer on March 15. I’m taking the June test and still don’t feel ‘ready’, like one of the participants who wrote that she was contemplating jumping off a cliff, yes, I feel like that at least once a day while I’m testing, drilling, gaming, etc. Why do I…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic P.397 Q #6 in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mike, yes, that cleared up the confusion, the biconditional information on p, 191 was exactly on the money for this question. This is starting to come together, slowly. Thanks again!!!

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic 2 Weeks before the test in desperation in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Marco,

    Your story sounds exactly like mine. Although I’m not usually a slow reader, I find I MUST slow down for accuracy. It is very discouraging for a Summa Cum Laude undergraduate to get a 141 on the LSAT! Yeah, I took it in February after studying the Kaplan book but once I got into that test room I went into panic mode. I know that I’m more thoroughly prepared now after the LSAT…Read More

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    carmenstclaire started the topic P.397 Q #6 in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mike,

    I’m back at Minor Questions on p. 397 and I am not sure about q.6. Answer is C. But I’m not clear why A. isn’t correct. Explanation says that it doesn’t put P&H on opposite shifts. But if P&N are always together, wouldn’t H2 make N go into Shift 1?

    Thanks again!

    Carmen

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Minor Questions Game Help (p. 395) in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mike,

    I’m back at Minor Questions on p. 397 and I am not sure about q.6. Answer is C. But I’m not clear why A. isn’t correct. Explanation says that it doesn’t put P&H on opposite shifts. But if P&N are always together, wouldn’t H2 make N go into Shift 1?

    Thanks again!

    Carmen

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic What are best LR and LG drills for the last 2 weeks before test? in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Dear Mike,

    Thank you so much, yes I do see the big picture of Drew’s flowers and I’m always relieved when I hear a logical explanation of why I didn’t see it in the first place. But I doubt I’d have the time during a test to reason something like that out in 1 minute, 20 seconds. Those questions are rare, (at least I hope they will be rare on the June test). I am feeling far more…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic logic games reading mistakes in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Dear AH..,

    I make the same mistakes. We are overwhelmed by the time frame but after studying for 16, blowing the first test, then studying for 12 weeks with LSAT trainer, I realize the importance of slowing down and getting accurate rather than taking the best guess.

    Did you try games in Mike’s lesson 21? The birds in the forest? How did you do on that one? I finally understand…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic What are best LR and LG drills for the last 2 weeks before test? in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mike,

    Thank you so much for your suggestions. I am taking your advice and going over each test section I take slowly after the 35 minutes and checking my own answers, then going to the answer key. Very helpful. I realize that sometimes I need to slow down as I tend to get the answers if I read carefully. Will have to make up speed as the week goes by. I DID print the pages from the LR…Read More

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    carmenstclaire started the topic What are best LR and LG drills for the last 2 weeks before test? in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Mike, no I didn’t postpone, I’m going on 6/6 so I’m down to the wire. I’d like to use PT 62-71 for drill work as I’ve done them all twice and remember a lot of the answers which gives me a ‘false’ good timing. I went on the LSAT LR drill tool but cannot print the lists. The tutorial states that Luddites, (like me) can download to PDF, can I just print list from the page?

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Nervous about 6/6 exam, should I postpone? in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Mike! Thank you for your suggestions. I’m pretty clear on RC and on most LR strategies. But time suckers, (as you cleverly call them) are one of my downfalls. For example, PT 64, LR S.3, Q. 20..Principle/Justify Reasoning…that takes more than the 80 seconds using the conditional reasoning formula. And PT 64, LR S.1, Q.20, that one still baffles me! “Must be true” are usually clear to…Read More

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    carmenstclaire started the topic Nervous about 6/6 exam, should I postpone? in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Everybody, just wondering how everyone registered for June test feels as we have 3 more weeks to go? Tomorrow is last day you can postpone and while I don’t really want to do that, I’m not 100 percent sure I’m ready at this point. I’ve read all of Mike’s LSAT trainer and Logical Reasoning Bible. Have done drills and once they become familiar it is difficult to repeat them. Same with…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Anyone here in their late 30s or 40s? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 11 months ago

    Don’t laugh, I’m over 50. How do I enter my photo? Spent my life as dancer, singer, actress, writer. Got my Paralegal degree in 2011. Opposed to mass incarceration in this country, trying to help poor prisoners with post-conviction relief. Only way to do it is by becoming a lawyer, a paralegal can only function in the capacity of a ‘jailhouse lawyer’. This is a ministry for me, I am not…Read More

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    carmenstclaire replied to the topic Logical Reasoning Bible, 2008 edition, Evaluating an Argument, Numbers and Perce in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Mike, I’ve just taken LSAT tests 7, 9 and they have different question stems, Evaluate the Argument and If Argument is true, it would undermine which of the following? But even the LRB isn’t very illuminating as to these question stems.

    Is there a major difference between the first 10 tests published and what is currently being given?

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    carmenstclaire started the topic Logical Reasoning Bible, 2008 edition, Evaluating an Argument, Numbers and Perce in the forum Ask Mike Kim 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi fellow students, I was wondering if any of you have studied the chapters, Evaluating an Argument or Numbers and Percentages in the Logical Reasoning Bible? I cannot say that I remember any of these examples in the more recent LSAT tests. And I don’t believe they are mentioned in Mike Kim’s LSAT Trainer.

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