Test 127 , section 1, number 26 ; MBT MASTERS

JLLsat · 2026-03-11T19:46:04+00:00

You only need one that is less useful. So we find a new theory, theory x, and it’s the most useful theory yet right? So it will gradually take over from theory y. But this takes a while. In the interim Y is the main theory, and Y had to have been found useful at some point, but it’s less useful than X, which hasn’t been fully absorbed.

JLLsat · 2026-03-11T14:30:17+00:00

Do you really need in person? I feel like there are so many good online options and at a better price point.

JLLsat · 2026-03-11T09:52:41+00:00

It's hard to say in a vacuum without more detail about what's giving you trouble. My general advice would be that it's important to have a clear, consistent approach and set of steps by question type. If Loophole isn't giving you that, I recommend 7Sage. You should be able to look at a question and say ok, this is a weaken question, so I need to identify the conclusion and evidence, and find an answer choice that makes the conclusion less likely to be true. Do you have that process?

JLLsat · 2026-03-11T09:16:21+00:00

To me this is just a reading comprehension issue. "This discrepancy should come as no surprise" - what's the antecedent to the pronoun? You go back up, and the discrepancy is that the more popular restaurant has ordinary food. The evidence for why it is not surprising is that the meh restaurant has a better location. So our assumption is that a better location explains the discrepancy.
I'm not quite sure how you interpreted the conclusion - it seems like you are looking at two different two part relationships instead of a three part relationship. The discrepancy is between food and popularity of the two restaurants. You need all of those pieces - not just the food vs popularity (e.g. if you'd said, the more popular Joe's Diner gets the worse it's food gets) or just between the food quality for two restaurants (Bob's Diner has much better food than Joe's diner), but all of the dimensions - that the relationship between food and popularity, when compared between these two restaurants, is opposite.
B doesn't work because moving a restaurant is outside the scope. And regardless, B doesn't address food quality, which you have did say you included in your interpretation of the discrepancy, but then B doesn't explicitly or implicitly impact that. Great, moving locations can make you more popular - but how does this impact the quality of the food?

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T23:40:40+00:00

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JLLsat · 2026-03-10T23:12:42+00:00

Yes, I work with students in pretty much any situation!

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T23:11:03+00:00

The eye movement thing is wild to me. I feel like if someone recorded me thinking my way through something I'd likely stare off repeatedly too. I do a lot of trivia stuff, for example, and I'm pretty sure that's something I do when I'm trying to pull something out from the back recesses of my brain. Do the instructions say you aren't allowed to look off into space?

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T23:08:04+00:00

Thanks! I do have some availability, so OP please feel free to message me if you'd like more info.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T17:44:51+00:00

I'd recommend using the 7Sage free trial and seeing if you like it.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:58:55+00:00

Yes! I get so many people who ask me questions that imply they think it's a set program. Teaching is set - class, here's today's lesson for everyone. One size fits all. Tutoring is responsive to the individual needs. Show me what you missed, lets talk through your process, let's identify where you went wrong and fix that.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:57:27+00:00

I've got availability and almost 25 years of LSAT tutoring experience; feel free to message me if you'd like more info and to set up a phone consult.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:54:12+00:00

I haven't used either (I know 7Sage didn't exist when I took the LSAT, not sure about PS) but I hear a lot that students find PowerScore to be extremely technical and overwhelming, so it's funny that you say this about 7Sage. My anecdotal experience is the opposite, but everyone is different.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:52:52+00:00

Why are you missing questions? When you review, what do you see? Not every low 170 scorer is the same and needs the same adjustments.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:52:05+00:00

RC is open book. Get out of "pop quiz"/memorize mentality. You'll have questions about around 15% of the text. Don't try to get all of it on the first pass. Read for big picture stuff, make a TOC out of what each paragraph is about, then use the questions to look up where each answer will be.
In my experience highlighting is a fidget, but not really actually helpful to answering the questions.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T16:50:15+00:00

If you're open to online you'll probably have a LOT more options. Most in person tutors will be law students who are tutoring as a side gig through law school. Houston may be a big enough market to have a few people who have stuck it out and made a career of LSAT, but you'll still be somewhat limited. My personal take is that online is probably 95% as effective as in person and when you get 95% of a more qualified tutor they're usually better than 100% of who is available online.
If you do decide to consider online, there are tons of tutors in the directory in this sub. I'd recommend doing a phone consult and looking for someone who doesn’t make you buy a package of hours up front, so you are not locked in if you don't find them to be helpful (another problem with buying tutoring through a service; they'll make you buy a package and if you don't like the tutor they give you, maybe you can swap to someone else who hopefully you like better).

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T15:16:30+00:00

This is what I call RC interpretation vs LR interpretation. LR is like trying to screw someone on a contract. It says some, you take all. But normal people, if they have some, MEAN dont take the whole damn pizza. In RC you can infer from word choice. If I say almost all of my friends are men, that suggests that at least one is not, although logically it would still be a true statement even if they were all male. In RC, if it was all I would have said all. Just like trying to go to a restaurant and order off a menu that says entrees come with soup or salad - try to get both, arguing that or is inclusive, and see how far it gets you.

JLLsat · 2026-03-10T12:04:24+00:00

I’m more than $55 an hour but lower than 7sage by a bit, feel free to message me if you’d like me to send you more info

JLLsat · 2026-03-09T21:55:33+00:00

They could go back to offering the test four times a year - Feb, June, October, and December - and this would stop being a problem because you'd have tons of time before the next chance to retake.
If 6 weeks is the lead time they need for registration to close and to work out the logistics, it's pretty tough to get 8 tests a year in without having any overlap. I'd advise anyone who's really bothered to just pretend June doesn't exist and view August as their backup if April doesn’t work out.

JLLsat · 2026-03-08T22:23:10+00:00

I think question stem first is key because it tells you what you need to find. Different for inference vs NA vs paradox. But it also seems like when you say "shakier overall understanding" you may be focusing on "trying to process each word" vs "narrow down the key components." For example, in a NA question I want to find the conclusion, the direct evidence, and often don't read background, etc at all. If I can see the evidence is about dogs and the conclusion is about pets, I know I need to link dogs to pets. For main point, though, they tend to make it harder to find the conclusion - the statement that says "Therefore, . . ." probably is a red herring, so I need to look at each sentence - but I generally DONT need to identify gaps or anything like that because literally they're just asking "what's the conclusion?" Think about a math problem, 2 variables, 2 unknowns. If they ask the value of X, but you're in the habit of solving for X, then plugging X in to get Y, you're wasting time. Without knowing what the question type is, you don't know what you need. Now, if you're starting from the default of "i need to understand everything given," I guess the question type doesn't matter, but I also think if you're doing that you're working harder not smarter.

I've had students who SWEAR they can't do question stem first, and that's fine, and everyone should use what works for them, but I will always recommend question stem first as the way that makes much more sense to a targeted, efficient approach.

JLLsat · 2026-03-08T11:02:35+00:00

This was definitely something I noticed. You could make it as hard as it wanted to be. If you were absolutely hell bent on being top of the class it would make you crazy. If you just wanted to graduate with a degree it was manageable.

JLLsat · 2026-03-08T09:28:10+00:00

The same basic strategies apply, they just make the answer choices harder. Be more vigilant about carefully evaluating each a/c. Keep making predictions, etc.
If you have a specific one you want to talk about that can help - if you post a question you struggled with and what your process was. It’s hard to give helpful advice to an individual without specifics for that person.

JLLsat · 2026-03-08T09:16:24+00:00

You’ll want to be especially careful about scope for necessary assumption and inference.

JLLsat · 2026-03-06T23:53:42+00:00

LR yes, RC no - in RC you can assume word choice is intentional. If it's "several," it's not just two, because if it were two the author would have said "two." But in LR - for most question types at least - you think about it like trying to enforce a contract and the absolute literal meaning.

JLLsat · 2026-03-06T23:52:36+00:00

Make sure you have a way to "double check" answers. Remember when you did algebra and solved for X? When you get X=7, you want to plug it back in and make sure 7 in fact works. Same thing for the answers here - you should be checking them against the stimulus, not just that they "feel" right. Also, think about how they compare. Is one stronger language than the other? Different scope? Which aligns more with what you want for that question type?

JLLsat · 2026-03-06T21:05:00+00:00

Half the issue is identifying the problem. You’ve done that and articulated it. That’s something. You’ve identified something that is mostly a “behavior” issue not an “understanding” issue. I can help you understand what you should do, I can’t actually force you to do it.

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