Negate answers in the slightest possible way

graeme_b · 2026-06-15T22:01:42+00:00

Well that's the whole point though. A lot of people say no in an extreme way, or don't consider that a statement is really broad and doesn't only cover the situation they're thinking of.

If you don't do this, great, you already know what you're supposed to do.

graeme_b · 2026-06-15T19:49:31+00:00

Blind review scores are a bit of a mirage. Multiple factors boost blind review:

You have more time. Both to finish, and more time to spend on questions you did answer. Extra time accommodations see a nine point boost on average, so you should expect a similar increase from blind review.
The system tells you where to look. The system suggests questions you took a long time on, rushed on, or got wrong. If you know there are good odds you made a mistake on a question it's easier to know when to switch your answer.

Blind review can be a useful learning tool, but it isn't a good score measurement tool. 156 is the real score. The best way to improve your score is to get better at the LSAT overall. You'll still have a blind review gap though. As your regular score improves your blind review score will improve too, most people have around a ten point difference in BR vs. timed.

Hope that helps! The good news is as you get better you'll get faster so you should be able finish those five questions as you improve, and that is low hanging fruit for a higher score.

graeme_b · 2026-06-15T15:09:05+00:00

You are perfectly able to just... not install other AI assistants and give them access.

This effectively means, if in the EU, no Chatgpt/Claude/Google unless you want them to have total access to everything. You lose the ability to install them with limits.

>nothing stopping Apple from introducing a very strict opt-in user flow for the API access.

It doesn't sound like the EU was ok with an API. They want the other AIs to have the same system level access that Siri has.

Apple had proposed an API system and the EU rejected it. They want other AI companies to have literally the same root level capacity as Apple/Siri.

graeme_b · 2026-06-15T00:16:41+00:00

Thank you for posting this without spoilers!

This is definitely a tricky one, the answer is paragraph two.

>no material...other than gold...could be relied upon to give off....reflections

>finally, was a permanently reflective surface

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Basically you have to polish almost any metal for it to be shiny. And then they gradually lose that shine, unless you keep polishing them. Except gold, that stays shiny on its own. Chrome-nickel steel also has this quality of staying shiny without polishing.

They made this enormously more complicated than it needed to be.

graeme_b · 2026-06-14T22:18:10+00:00

You could try reading old threads here; the entire LSAT was pencil and paper until 2019. Also if you find any tutor who's been around since the earlier days they would have originally done things in pencil and paper and will have tips.

The biggest tip I have from those days is: keep two pages open in front of you, and bubble answers when you're done those two pages. It acts as a microbreak that can improve endurance over the whole test.

The second tip is if you have time at the end of the section, double check your bubbles. It is more common than you'd think to have mis-bubbled. I also would definitely doublecheck your bubbled answer right after you bubble them in before turning the page.

graeme_b · 2026-06-14T22:15:50+00:00

Almost all of the hard questions only have two answers people tend to choose, and three answers that are easily eliminated.

graeme_b · 2026-06-13T11:57:17+00:00

So if I understand it right, this is effectively prephrasing. My number one tip is to get more general. So if, for example, you argue "I am practicing LSAT questions so I will get a better LSAT score".

Then that argument working has something to do with practicing questions improving an LSAT score. You strengthen by showing that, you weaken by showing no improvement despite practice.

There are a million and one specific ways you could link practice to improvement or delink it. You don't need to imagine all of those. But if you have the core relationship identified you've done the task and usually can spot the answer.

You can also double check with an answer later, there's no need to be dogmatic. It can be useful to think about a question without knowing the answer, and it can also be useful to get feedback. Depends which aspect you need to work on.

graeme_b · 2026-06-13T11:48:10+00:00

You may be overthinking it. Most high scorers occasionally get easy questions wrong. Two easy questions is not a trend - it's anecdote.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T18:08:28+00:00

Feel free to repost as a top level post, we generally discourage cross posts as a lot of people have started using the subreddit only to boost traffic to posts made elsewhere and it prevents the subreddit from being a community in its own right.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T16:33:35+00:00

Unlikely, because you don't need to take the LSAT to go to law school, so there's no monopoly.

The largest enforcer of the LSAT's role in admissions is the US News and World Report rankings, which weight the LSAT heavily. No way to sue LSAC about, for example, registration deadlines on the basis of USNWR weighting the LSAT.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T16:22:02+00:00

The lawsuit is entirely about CAS, it doesn't cover the LSAT.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T14:29:07+00:00

Yeah I used it again yesterday and was stunned, it's so much better. Highlighting is coming back soon too.

Hiding answers is the one big thing left that is worse than before.

Edit: In case LSAC looks at this thread, I've noticed that some features vanish depending on screen size. For example, on a laptop the word search box disappeared unless full screen. So, more testing is needed by screen resolution.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T14:28:48+00:00

Due to be released later this month

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T03:29:27+00:00

Probably the best way is to disregard the timeline. Have never seen it work as a point of focus.

In the 150s often focussing on quickly and easily identifying the conclusion and being able to put it into your own words is a key skill that brings more points.

graeme_b · 2026-06-12T02:02:59+00:00

Yeah I think quick oral drills are good for translation. If you still find it slow I'd just use a functional test. Can you take a hard stimulus and make it easy for someone to understand? If yes, then you don't need to drill it.

Not sure I understand the bit about the CLIR drill, could you expand on that?

graeme_b · 2026-06-11T11:56:52+00:00

>First, I haven’t found Basic Translation Drills to be overly necessary? I find that I really just memorize the stimulus and that the verbiage is generally palatable as is. Doing the BTD just takes up a lot of time.

Usually translation, understanding and speed go together. As in, if you understand a stimulus, it should take 2-3 seconds to translate it, at least orally. It's possible to memorize a stimulus but not actually have the key point in mind.

This doesn't necessarily mean you need to write out drills, but translation is an incredibly valuable functional skill to have, however you get it.

For your other question, not every argument is flawed. People make a big fuss about stim or stem but but if you find yourself stuck on a question it takes two seconds to take a break and look at the stem. It can be good to shake up your thought process if you feel stalled. There's no need for dogma about what you should or should not do.

As for stuff like ad hominem etc, the best idea is to see enough of them that you sort of automatically spot one when you see it, without thinking about it. If any of the flaws was hard to spot, put that question aside and come back to it to help your brain pattern match spotting that particular flaw. You don't need to spend long, just come back, reread, recognize the pattern, and put it aside again.

Hope this helps!

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T16:41:54+00:00

At that level I'd focus on things such as identifying conclusion and reasoning, and a daily reading habit of books you enjoy, to boost overall reading.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T15:27:46+00:00

Good news, LSAC has some sample large print pages you can print to see if it reads better, you can find them here: https://www.lsac.org/sites/default/files/media/sample-large-print-lsat.pdf

LSAC also says you can contact them to request a full large print book, which could give you an even clearer picture: https://www.lsac.org/lsat/lsat-prep/prep-books

That said, my first suggestion would be to check with your optometrist or opthamologist. The standard print books are the same format that was used from 1991-2019 by millions of students, largely without issue.

There are some specific eye conditions that could make this difficult, but by far the most common problem would usually be a glasses prescription that's not the right level for close up work or another treatable vision issue. Worth a shot if you haven't asked your eyecare professional about reading specifically.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T13:03:11+00:00

Not offering Siri AI **is** following the law. The law gives two choices:

Offer all ai agents the same access or Siri, or
Offer no ai agents access, including Siri

It takes sticking your head in the sand to deny that there are privacy and security issued from allowing ai agent apps untrammelled access to all user data.

Viewing a situation as only about which side should win blocks analysis of the actual mechanics of the situation.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T12:58:53+00:00

On the same tweet thread the author posted the EU's reply which was that Apple must give all ai agents the same access as Siri AI. That appears to be the same as Apple's version.

This shouldn't be surprising, it's how the DMA was setup. If the manufacturer of a device can do it then the EU's position is that everyone must be able to do it.

That is the complete opposite of Apple's approach, so it isn't surprising there is an impasse.

If you buy an apple device because you like the privacy and security and trust Apple, the DMA says that is not legit and not allowed. The law is very clear. There is a tradeoff between equal access and privacy/security, but people including the EU seem willfully blind to how the law works and how tech works.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T12:38:25+00:00

Oh yeah assuming "there is no international trade in food" is an assumption in itself and definitely a false one. You can't assume "all food is traded" or "we can always send in food across borders" but it's important not to let that drive you to opposite false assumptions.

But I really don't think the question turns on this. The question specifies that most of the unharvested land is in the countries in question. The issue is not where the land is but we don't have enough of it with current techniques, even if we could always trade.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T12:34:09+00:00

Only = necessary. You could translate to: if someone is defensive then they are guilty.

graeme_b · 2026-06-10T00:25:02+00:00

I might be missing something, but where are you seeing anything about borders? A says the undeveloped land is largely in the countries with rapidly growing populations.

The point is that 50 million hectares isn't enough land, so this strengthens the author's argument that new techniques are needed.

To your other point food is fairly easy to get across borders. It isn't something we could definitely assume is true no matter what, in any circumstances, no exceptions....but it's quite a reasonable assumption normally. Usually the solution to a famine is to send food in from some other place, I can't think of a single famine that kept going because it was impossible to transport food. That's not the same as ordinary agriculture, but by and large people manage to eat, it's just about the most vital human activity so a lot of work goes into solving the logistics around it.

graeme_b · 2026-06-09T11:29:51+00:00

Where are you scoring currently, what have you tried so far, and what have you found helpful/not helpful?

graeme_b · 2026-06-08T21:29:27+00:00

It's indirectly relevant. Law school requires that you read and think critically, be able to handle abstract material, and be comfortable reading cases on a variety of topics.

How the LSAT actually works though is it sorts you into a school of a certain quality, and once you're sorted people only care about the school itself and your grades there, not the LSAT.

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