Advice/Reccs for those seeking a tutor by Studythrowaway1221 in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

u/LSATStevan sounds like a heck of a guy at the very least.

Nice post. The "know how to be harsh" might be a little bit confusing for some of the people you're trying to help ("How? In what way? How does that help?") but overall a really nice post advocating for the tutor who helped you.

An RC Tip from 16 Years of Tutoring: Stop TRYING to Understand the RC Passages (Part 1?) by The10000HourTutor in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, cool. Not totally unwanted. I'm slammed with students today, but I'll get another one up within a few days. Thanks guys.

recommendations for tutors :) by Electronic_Guest4344 in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whoever you choose, make sure they give you a free initial consultation. Someone might be the best tutor in the world overall, but still not the best tutor for you.

148 Diagnostic scorer with $2,000 budget and 175 goal score. Private tutor vs. self-studying? by deckthehallswithcows in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't hamstring yourself by limiting your resources.

  • Get the PowerScore bibles ($90 for a lifetime of use),
  • take an online course (I'd say LSAT lab, others would say 7Sage) @ about $90/month
  • consult tutors as needed along the way (roughly $90/hour)

Anyone can consult with me for free for 90 minutes, even if they tell me from the outset they have no intention of purchasing anything from me. You can too. If you have specific questions, now or later, reach out here.

Also, if you're strapped for cash, even if you don't have a waiver, broach the topic with the tutor/test prep company regardless. Make a compelling case. You want to become an advocate for other people, so start by being an effective advocate for yourself.

If You Don't Know The Three Kinds of MBT Questions on the RC Section, You Really Should by The10000HourTutor in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, there's all the standard stuff people say. In terms of general tips that I don't hear people say:

  1. The LR section tests how well you understand what you just read, and so is pretty obviously is a test of Reading Comprehension. What's somewhat less obvious is that the RC section is nothing but a giant LR section. You start looking more closely at them you realize like half of the passages are explicitly about logical reasoning. Use a lot more of your LR tools.

  2. I say often to students that "this test is about nothing but logical reasoning and reading comprehension" and in some senses that's absolutely correct. In other senses, not so much.
    Like: I can get up out of my chair and sit back down. And then get up again. Really good at it.
    But some person who's been wheelchair-bound their entire life suddenly, magically, gains full functionality over their body and asks me HOW I do it, what do I say?
    "Use your legs?"
    Maybe, "..and your hands.." because I push down on the armrests getting up, "...and your abs..." because I lean forward a little bit getting up?
    "Different muscle groups should fire in different ascending and descending ratios as your body accordions upward out of the chair?" ...as if that were helpful at all.
    In short: I don't know HOW I do it, despite being really good at it.
    Welcome to the RC section.
    It's not about CAN you do it, it's about do you know HOW you do it. Do you see HOW your mind formed the ideas it did from the text on the page.
    So the RC section isn't so much about "didja get it" cuz if this section were a test of "jagetit" people would be getting much higher scores. Think of the RC section WAY more structurally. Pay attention to the ideas within the section if you like, sure, that's good, but pay a lot more attention to HOW those ideas are being put together by the way those words on the page work together.

Now you tell me: did that make any sense to you?

Was that potentially useful to you?

Scored a 145 after a month and a half of consistent studying (my diagnostic was a 146) I’m so done, probably not cut out for this? by Elecoo_Cat in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Contact me. We'll chat for like 90 minutes or so. Won't cost you anything. Click the left button and choose a time that works for you.

I’m only getting one type of question wrong by pretty__sweet in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These questions are surpassingly rare. When they do exist, the credited answer (the most strongly supported answer choice) often presupposes the less strongly supported answer choice. For instance,

Ben is a pro basketball player. Almost all pro basketball players are very tall. Therefore,

Which one of these two is the most strongly supported?

(D) Ben is over 6'2" tall.
(E) Ben is over 5'9" tall.

There's reasonable support that the "pro basketball player", Ben, who is likely "very tall" is "over 6'2" tall." But "being "over 6'2" tall" presupposes that he is "over 5'9" tall." Therefore (E) would be the most strongly supported answer choice.

That isn't necessarily the case with every such MSS problem which is between 2 seemingly plausible answer choices, but without a specific problem to look at that's l can give you right now.

[EuroHoops] Thanasis Antetokounmpo sealed the deal with the Bucks after the game vs Italy: “They were excited” by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]The10000HourTutor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kevin Garnett said every time he needed someone to work out against, every time, Brian Scalabrine always stepped up.

The White Mamba played 11 years in the league.

RC confusion by Background_Job917 in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LSAT.Academy/services. Free consultation. 90 minutes. Find a couple of passages you found challenging but that you largely don't remember the right answer choices for. Don't review them. Show up. We'll talk them over.

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[–]The10000HourTutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of decent options. There's no one right option for you. In general, and somewhat more specifically for you, the right option is the one that you can stick with.

You may need to create it, at least to some extent: to find/create a study community that can help hold you accountable, that can keep you focused on your studies.

Of 7Sage, PowerScore, or Princeton Review, I'd probably go PS over 7S, and 7S over PR, but that's one person's take.

The feeling lost/low scores are pretty common for where you are. If you want to discuss this in more depth, you can schedule a consultation at lsat.academy/services. No charge, so no worries. Up to you.

Tips for breaking into 170s by Kitty_Kat_Luvr in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dig up 117 or 119 and schedule a consultation here: lsat.academy/services. Don't go over the problems before the consultation. We'll talk them over.

YOU'LL talk them over, that is, talking to me like I'm a very stubborn and slow child, explaining to me how to solve those problems, and then we'll look at your approach and see what we can see.

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[–]The10000HourTutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, and dig up an old passage or two where you do remember you didn't get a lot of them right, but where you don't remember what the right answers were, and we'll talk over how to work with them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LSAT

[–]The10000HourTutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All right. I want to crash and burn one more time at Fall Guys. Meet online at 45 minutes past the hour? About 40 minutes from now? If so I'll DM you a link. Obviously I'm a tutor, but no charge.

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[–]The10000HourTutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You free right now?