You’re invited to LSAT Lab’s live online class. We’ve flipped the traditional classroom. At LSAT Lab you learn the fundamentals with video lessons before you take on more advanced concepts in class. Taught by Matt Sherman and Patrick Tyrrell, who together have 35 years of experience in helping students achieve amazing LSAT scores.
Science passages are typically considered the most challenging on the LSAT due to the complexity of the subject matter and vocabulary. Most of them have an Old / New framework, and the final paragraph tends to feature the author's assessment / takeaways / implications.
Science (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon May 16 5:00 PM (PT)
Paradox questions ask you to resolve an apparent paradox or to explain something strange. If you like Strengthen questions, you'll love Paradox questions.
Paradox
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 17 3:30 PM (PT)
This class will cover the most common pathways to scoring 170+ on the LSAT and how to know which paths are open to you.
How To Score 170+
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 17 6:00 PM (PT)
This session looks at games that give us the initial impression of, "Say what?" Some aspect of them makes us feel at the start like we might be lost or in over our heads, but if we stay calm and improvise a setup, they usually are more bark than bite.
Outliers (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed May 18 5:00 PM (PT)
Most questions in comparative passage sets require that you understand how the two passages are similar and how they are different. This lesson covers how to adjust your reading process for this type of passage.
Comparative
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu May 19 1:00 PM (PT)
In this lesson we look at the organizing framework in RC that centers on a problem and typically ends with a solution.
Problem/Solution
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu May 19 3:30 PM (PT)
Must Be True questions have a right answer you can prove. Learn how they rely heavily on conditional logic and comparative reasoning.
Must Be True
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu May 19 6:00 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because there are more players than positions, or vice versa. Learn advanced strategies for managing each of the different ways a Non 1:1 game can shake out.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun May 22 2:30 PM (PT)
The rules all come together in Tree Ordering games. Connect the rules to build trees that help you see implicit relationships within the game.
Tree Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun May 22 5:00 PM (PT)
Frames are a powerful tool for some games but a total quagmire for others. Learn when and how to deploy this advanced technique.
Frames
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon May 23 1:00 PM (PT)
When Causation appears in the Assumption Family, it almost always involves an author speculating a possible Explanation to account for a given Curious Fact. We learn to consider alternate explanations and to evaluate the plausibility of the author's explanation. When it appears in the Inference Family, it usually involves Causal Chains or addressing "the Causal Difference-Maker".
Causation (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon May 23 5:00 PM (PT)
Learn how to manage Reasoning Structures and Trap Answer patterns on Most Supported questions in the Logical Reasoning section.
Most Supported
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 24 3:30 PM (PT)
We'll work on chunking, self-summarizing, using frameworks, and differentiating big ideas from support, so that we can be better at finding and retaining the big ideas in the passage.
Big Picture Reading
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 24 6:00 PM (PT)
Some examples of Locate Detail and all examples Five Questions have an undefined target; in other words, the question stem isn't warning us where we should be looking in the passage. This can be a good time for using CTRL + F, if we have that tool. However, when it comes to Undefined Target examples of Opinion and Inference, these are some of the toughest questions in RC and typically the type of question for which students have the lowest accuracy.
Undefined Target (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed May 25 5:00 PM (PT)
This lesson looks at how the correct answer to a Necessary Assumption question creates a linking or a defending relationship.
Necessary Assumption
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu May 26 1:00 PM (PT)
Most questions in comparative passage sets require that you understand how the two passages are similar and how they are different. This lesson covers how to adjust your reading process for this type of passage.
Comparative Passages
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu May 26 3:30 PM (PT)
Sufficient Assumption questions are a challenging question type that ask us to supply the missing link in an argument.
Sufficient Assumption
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu May 26 6:00 PM (PT)
No class for Memorial Day weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun May 29 2:30 PM (PT)
No class for Memorial Day weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun May 29 5:00 PM (PT)
2-Speaker questions can spell double trouble, but not once you're adept at determining which part of Speaker 1's argument Speaker 2 is addressing.
2 Speakers
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon May 30 1:00 PM (PT)
No class for Memorial Day weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon May 30 5:00 PM (PT)
Substitution questions present rules to be replaced with answer choices that yield the same result. Learn how to identify similarities and apply the correct substitution.
Substitution
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 31 3:30 PM (PT)
Standard Ordering games are the most common game type in Logic Games. This lesson will cover how to set up a logic game, how to notate rules consistently, and when to use frames.
Standard Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue May 31 6:00 PM (PT)
Knowing how to correctly interpret, diagram, and manipulate conditional logic only impacts about 20% of questions, but it often becomes a make or break skill when it comes to nailing a few difficult questions in the back end of an LR section.
Conditional Logic (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jun 1 5:00 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because there are more players than positions, or vice versa. Learn advanced strategies for managing each of the different ways a Non 1:1 game can shake out.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jun 2 1:00 PM (PT)
Parallel questions ask you to match reasoning between the logic presented in the question stem and the answer choices. It is a rare but important question type to recognize and tackle.
Parallel
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 2 3:30 PM (PT)
Questions such as Main Point, Primary Purpose, Primary Concern, Organization, and Paragraph Purpose tend to reward our ability to organize the passage via some framework and to pinpoint 1, 2, or 3 most valuable sentences.
Big Picture Questions
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 2 6:00 PM (PT)
In passages that Challenge A Position, the author typically introduces an opposing point (and possibly support as well) before ultimately challenging that point.
Challenge A Position
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 5 2:30 PM (PT)
This lesson covers Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers common to Necessary Assumption questions and looks at how the correct answer creates a linking or a defending relationship.
Necessary Assumption
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 5 5:00 PM (PT)
Weaken questions rely heavily on causal and comparative reasoning structures. Master these structures to master this important question type.
Weaken
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jun 6 1:00 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll try to run through a lot of different game setups, to help our June students cram for their upcoming test.
LG Review (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jun 6 5:00 PM (PT)
Principle questions come in two main flavors. Learn how to support an argument with a general rule, and how to spot an argument that conforms to a given rule.
Principle
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 7 3:30 PM (PT)
In/Out Grouping games are a tricky game type designed to measure if-then reasoning. Properly notating conditional relationships and quickly linking them together is your key to success in this game type.
In/Out Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 7 6:00 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll run through level 4 and 5 examples of a variety of question types, to help our June students review for their upcoming test.
LR Review (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jun 8 5:00 PM (PT)
Learn to conquer what are often considered to be the most challenging passages on the LSAT.
Science
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jun 9 1:00 PM (PT)
Reassignment games give you the initial assignment of players to positions in the logic game. The rules provide several ways to reassign those players to the positions and ask you to keep track of several iterations of reassignment.
Reassignment
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 9 3:30 PM (PT)
Questions about the author's intent are about the purpose of that part of the passage. These questions will typically ask about the purpose of a statement, of a paragraph, or of the passage as a whole.
Author’s Intent
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 9 6:00 PM (PT)
The LSAT Writing section is the only required section you don't take on the same day as the scored sections of the LSAT. It's designed to measure how clearly you can articulate an argument.
LSAT Writing
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 12 2:30 PM (PT)
Flaw questions ask you to describe the error of reasoning within the argument. Learn how Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers play a role in this important question type.
Flaw
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 12 5:00 PM (PT)
This session looks at games that give us the initial impression of, "Say what?" Some aspect of them makes us feel at the start like we might be lost or in over our heads, but if we stay calm and improvise a setup, they usually are more bark than bite.
Oddballs
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jun 13 1:00 PM (PT)
This session will look at level 3 - 5 examples of Standard and Tree Ordering, which often add difficulty by having tougher rules, Non 1:1 scenarios, or really important Either / Or's.
Ordering (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jun 13 5:00 PM (PT)
Standard Grouping games ask you to assign a set of elements to several teams. Learn how to create an effective game board, notate the rules, and create frames for this game type.
Standard Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 14 6:00 PM (PT)
Principle questions come in two main flavors, Principle-Strengthen and Principle-Conform. Sometimes the principles are in the stimulus, sometimes they are in the answers, and sometimes they are just implicit principles.
Principles
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jun 15 5:00 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll cover how to strengthen arguments with different reasoning types and how to avoid the most common trap answers.
Strengthen
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jun 16 1:00 PM (PT)
For Opinion questions in Reading Comprehension, you need to keep track of who believes what and to what degree they believe it.
Opinion
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 16 6:00 PM (PT)
Flaw questions are more common than any other type in Logical Reasoning, and nearly half of all answer choices refer to ten Famous Flaws that you need to know.
Famous Flaws
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 19 5:00 PM (PT)
Law passages tend to be structurally complex, contain numerous perspectives, and drawn from source materials unfamiliar to most test takers. Learn to conquer these challenging passages and you'll be ready for your 1L reading!
Law
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jun 20 1:00 PM (PT)
Law passages tend to be structurally complex, contain numerous perspectives, and be drawn from source materials unfamiliar to most test takers. We'll work on law passages at level 4 or 5.
Law (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jun 20 5:00 PM (PT)
Options Grouping games are about determining which combination of characteristics each player has. Finding inferences before starting on the questions is critical to success in these games, and this lesson will show you how to find them.
Options Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 21 6:00 PM (PT)
We'll work on level 4 and 5 examples of Standard Grouping. The extra difficulty frequently results from Undefined Variables, characters might never go at all, they might go twice, they might go three times. Other examples get their difficulty from weird rules or weird scenarios.
Grouping (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jun 22 5:00 PM (PT)
Subgroups can add a layer of difficulty to games of any type. Conquer this challenging twist and you'll be prepared to face some of the hardest games in LSAT history.
Subgroups
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jun 23 1:00 PM (PT)
Inference questions in Reading Comprehension are about what the author says, what the author implies, and what can be indirectly inferred from the author's statements.
Inference
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 23 6:00 PM (PT)
Weaken questions rely heavily on causal and comparative Reasoning Structures and frequently include a trap answer that just barely misses the mark.
Weaken
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jun 26 5:00 PM (PT)
Most Supported questions are one of the five most common question types. We read facts, not arguments, and derive an answer that is most likely to be true based on those facts.
Most Supported
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jun 27 1:00 PM (PT)
Most Supported questions are one of the three most common question types. We read statements/information (facts), not arguments, and the correct answer almost always involves combining 2 or more claims. We'll work on looking for synthesis clues like Conditional/Causal indicator words, Math-y ideas, or Pivots/Contrasts.
Most Supported (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jun 27 5:00 PM (PT)
This class will cover the most common pathways to scoring 170+ on the LSAT and how to know which paths are open to you.
How To Score 170+
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 28 3:30 PM (PT)
In Stacked Ordering games, a good organization reveals hidden inferences that are the key to quickly solving this game type. This lesson looks at how to spot one of these games, how to set one up, and when to use frames.
Stacked Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jun 28 6:00 PM (PT)
Problem / Solution is a common framework in Science, Law, and Society. The passage always begins by describing a concerning situation or an unsolved riddle. The author may propose her own solution, she may platform someone else's intriguing solution, or she may evaluate suggested solutions and decide they're all inadequate (or pick a winner). We'll look at level 4 and 5 examples of this framework.
Problem / Solution (Advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jun 29 5:00 PM (PT)
In this lesson we review Reading Comprehension passages with topics that fall within the Humanities discipline. These passages relate to authors, literature, art, music, and more.
Humanities
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jun 30 1:00 PM (PT)
Must Be True questions have a right answer you can prove. Learn how they rely heavily on conditional logic and comparative reasoning.
Must Be True
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 30 3:30 PM (PT)
Analogy questions require that you identify a relationship in the passage that best fits the relationship in one of the answer choices.Application questions ask you to find an answer choice that contains an example of a relationship in the passage.
Analogy/Application
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jun 30 6:00 PM (PT)
No class for U.S. Independence Day.
U.S. Independence Day
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 3 2:30 PM (PT)
No class for U.S. Independence Day.
U.S. Independence Day
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 3 5:00 PM (PT)
No class for U.S. Independence Day.
U.S. Independence Day
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jul 4 1:00 PM (PT)
No class for U.S. Independence Day.
U.S. Independence Day
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jul 4 5:00 PM (PT)
The rules all come together in Tree Ordering games. Connect the rules to build trees that help you see implicit relationships within the game.
Tree Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 5 3:30 PM (PT)
Strengthen questions on the LSAT are common and have a wide range of difficulty. In this lesson, we present the Reasoning Structures to look out for and the Trap Answers you need to know.
Strengthen
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 5 6:00 PM (PT)
Sufficient Assumption questions almost always test the internal logic and missing links of arguments. Necessary Assumption, meanwhile, is evenly split between questions that are testing missing links / ideas and those that are testing potential outside objections. We'll look at level 4/5 versions of these questions.
Necessary & Sufficient Assumptions
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jul 6 5:00 PM (PT)
Paradox questions ask you to resolve an apparent paradox or to explain something strange.
Paradox
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jul 7 1:00 PM (PT)
We'll work on chunking, self-summarizing, using frameworks, and differentiating big ideas from support, so that we can be better at finding and retaining the big ideas in the passage.
Big Picture Reading
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 7 3:30 PM (PT)
Stacked Grouping games are about organizing your game board well. Learn how to pick a variable for the base of your game board and make inferences before you answer the questions.
Stacked Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 7 6:00 PM (PT)
Sufficient Assumption questions are a challenging question type that ask us to supply the missing link in an argument.
Sufficient Assumption
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 10 2:30 PM (PT)
Get to know the frameworks for RC passages. Practice using early clues to pick a framework and then using that framework to focus yourself on the two or three biggest ideas.
Finding Frameworks
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 10 5:00 PM (PT)
Some of the hardest and most time-consuming questions in RC can be the ones that go beyond the passage: Analogy, Application, Strengthen/Weaken, Last Sentence, and Title/Audience.
Beyond the Passage
Instructor: Laura Damone Mon Jul 11 1:00 PM (PT)
When games force us to keep track of something in addition to just putting variables in Order or assigning them to Groups, we typically manage that additional layer of information by using a Stacked Diagram. The slots we use may have numerators and denominators; or the gameboard we use may need a labeled X-axis and Y-axis.
Stacked Games
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jul 11 5:00 PM (PT)
Standard Ordering games are the most common game type in Logic Games. This lesson will cover how to set up a logic game, how to notate rules consistently, and when to use frames.
Standard Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 12 3:30 PM (PT)
Paradox questions ask you to resolve an apparent paradox or to explain something strange. If you like Strengthen questions, you'll love Paradox questions.
Paradox
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 12 6:00 PM (PT)
Level 4 and 5 examples of Main Point, Primary Purpose, and Organization tend to have unsatisfying answers that seem surprisingly shallow or that use unexpected language. We will mainly need to understand why the other four are wrong in order to convince ourselves that this stinker of a correct answer is the best available.
Big Picture Questions (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jul 13 5:00 PM (PT)
Substitution questions present rules to be replaced with answer choices that yield the same result. Learn how to identify similarities and apply the correct substitution.
Substitution
Instructor: Laura Damone Thu Jul 14 1:00 PM (PT)
Questions such as Main Point, Primary Purpose, Primary Concern, Organization, and Paragraph Purpose tend to reward our ability to organize the passage via some framework and to pinpoint 1, 2, or 3 most valuable sentences.
Big Picture Questions
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 14 3:30 PM (PT)
Hybrid games combine ordering and grouping for an extra special challenge. In this lesson, we cover how to spot one, how to set one up, and what to look for when creating frames.
Hybrid
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 14 6:00 PM (PT)
This lesson covers Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers common to Necessary Assumption questions and looks at how the correct answer creates a linking or a defending relationship.
Necessary Assumption
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 17 2:30 PM (PT)
In this lesson we look at the organizing framework in RC that centers on a problem and typically ends with a solution.
Problem/Solution
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 17 5:00 PM (PT)
Parallel and Parallel Flaw can be very time consuming. For some, we want to create an Algebraic Recipe for the argument, so that we can make eliminations based on mismatching ingredients. For others, we won't need to write anything down, but will have to think a little more conversationally or holistically.
Parallel / Parallel Flaw (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jul 18 5:00 PM (PT)
In/Out Grouping games are a tricky game type designed to measure if-then reasoning. Properly notating conditional relationships and quickly linking them together is your key to success in this game type.
In/Out Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 19 3:30 PM (PT)
Learn how to manage Reasoning Structures and Trap Answer patterns on Most Supported questions in the Logical Reasoning section.
Most Supported
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 19 6:00 PM (PT)
The hardest examples of In/Out Grouping involve At-Least Placeholders, tricky rules that make chaining conditionals together trickier than usual, or a modification to our gameboard (like a Stacked layer to keep track of a subgroup or attribute).
In / Out (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jul 20 5:00 PM (PT)
Questions about the author's intent are about the purpose of that part of the passage. These questions will typically ask about the purpose of a statement, of a paragraph, or of the passage as a whole.
Author’s Intent
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 21 3:30 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because there are more players than positions, or vice versa. Learn advanced strategies for managing each of the different ways a Non 1:1 game can shake out.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 21 6:00 PM (PT)
Flaw questions ask you to describe the error of reasoning within the argument. Learn how Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers play a role in this important question type.
Flaw
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 24 2:30 PM (PT)
This type of organizing framework is useful for passages with "opponents" and "proponents" or any other time we need to compartmentalize different views on the same subject. Sometimes the author will provide their own point of view; other times they will stay neutral.
Present A Debate
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 24 5:00 PM (PT)
We'll work on level 4 and 5 examples of Author's Opinion and Non-Author's Opinion. Some correct answers will seem like gist-y takeaways, while others will seem like derivable truisms.
Opinion (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Jul 25 5:00 PM (PT)
Standard Grouping games ask you to assign a set of elements to several teams. Learn how to create an effective game board, notate the rules, and create frames for this game type.
Standard Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 26 3:30 PM (PT)
Principle questions are a twist that most commonly show up on Most Supported and Strengthen, but we'll also see it on Parallel, Necessary Assumption, and Weaken now and then. Correct answers heavily test our understanding of the direction of the relationship.
Principle
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jul 26 6:00 PM (PT)
Dissecting an argument is a foundational Logical Reasoning skill, but on level 4 and 5 examples of Main Conclusion, Role, and Method, we'll see them disguise or complicate the structure of the argument as well as employ tough abstract phrasings in the answers.
Dissecting Arguments (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jul 27 5:00 PM (PT)
For Opinion questions in Reading Comprehension, you need to keep track of who believes what and to what degree they believe it.
Opinion
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 28 3:30 PM (PT)
Substitution questions present rules to be replaced with answer choices that yield the same result. Learn how to identify similarities and apply the correct substitution.
Substitution
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jul 28 6:00 PM (PT)
Flaw questions are more common than any other type in Logical Reasoning, and nearly half of all answer choices refer to ten Famous Flaws that you need to know.
Famous Flaws
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 31 2:30 PM (PT)
These passages have a very straightforward, descriptive feel, making it harder sometimes to figure out which of the many details we hear about should count as the Main Point.
Highlight Noteworthy
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jul 31 5:00 PM (PT)
In Hybrid games, we have to put things in order and into groups. This means adapting your game board to manage multiple tasks at once.
Hybrid (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Aug 1 5:00 PM (PT)
Options Grouping games are about determining which combination of characteristics each player has. Finding inferences before starting on the questions is critical to success in these games, and this lesson will show you how to find them.
Options Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 2 3:30 PM (PT)
Role questions ask you to describe the role of a claim in an argument. Learn about premises, conclusions, opposing points, and more.
Role
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 2 6:00 PM (PT)
Society passages are crafted from source material in the fields of sociology, political science, and economics. We'll work through level 4 or 5 examples.
Society (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Aug 3 5:00 PM (PT)
Some questions have keywords or highlighted lines in the question stem that point us to a specific part of the passage, offering us some of the easier and quicker RC problems.
Locate Detail
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 4 3:30 PM (PT)
Reassignment games give you the initial assignment of players to positions in the logic game. The rules provide several ways to reassign those players to the positions and ask you to keep track of several iterations of reassignment.
Reassignment
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 4 6:00 PM (PT)
Weaken questions rely heavily on causal and comparative Reasoning Structures and frequently include a trap answer that just barely misses the mark.
Weaken
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Aug 7 2:30 PM (PT)
Most questions in comparative passage sets require that you understand how the two passages are similar and how they are different. This lesson covers how to adjust your reading process for this type of passage.
Comparative Passages
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Aug 7 5:00 PM (PT)
Flaw is the most common question in Logical Reasoning. On level 4 and 5 examples, we're less likely to see Famous Flaws being committed. We might have no good way of prephrasing what we think the flaw is, or we may find no answer that matches our prephrase. It's all about flexible thinking and understanding how to evaluate complex answer choices.
Flaw (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Aug 8 5:00 PM (PT)
In Stacked Ordering games, a good organization reveals hidden inferences that are the key to quickly solving this game type. This lesson looks at how to spot one of these games, how to set one up, and when to use frames.
Stacked Ordering
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 9 3:30 PM (PT)
Parallel questions ask you to match reasoning between the logic presented in the question stem and the answer choices. It is a rare but important question type to recognize and tackle.
Parallel
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 9 6:00 PM (PT)
Frames are a powerful tool for some games but a total quagmire for others. Learn when and how to deploy this advanced technique.
Frames (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Aug 10 5:00 PM (PT)
For Opinion questions in Reading Comprehension, you need to keep track of who believes what and to what degree they believe it.
Opinion
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 11 3:30 PM (PT)
Mapping games present rules for location—whether distance or direction. This lesson will teach you how to map the rules out yourself and understand how to apply them.
Mapping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 11 6:00 PM (PT)
Strengthen questions on the LSAT are common and have a wide range of difficulty. In this lesson, we present the Reasoning Structures to look out for and the Trap Answers you need to know.
Strengthen
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Aug 14 3:30 PM (PT)
Must Be False questions are very similar to Must Be True questions in Logical Reasoning. The right answer to these is the logical opposite of a stated claim or an inference of the claims. Correct answers usually involve combining ideas via Conditional or Quantified language.
Must Be True / False
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Aug 15 5:00 PM (PT)
Stacked Grouping games are about organizing your game board well. Learn how to pick a variable for the base of your game board and make inferences before you answer the questions.
Stacked Grouping
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 16 3:30 PM (PT)
Questions in comparative passage sets might test only one of the passages, overlapping parts of the two passages, differences between the two passages, or the relationship between the passages. We'll work on level 4 and 5 examples of comparative passages.
Comparative Passages (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Aug 17 5:00 PM (PT)
Inference questions in Reading Comprehension are about what the author says, what the author implies, and what can be indirectly inferred from the author's statements.
Inference
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 18 3:30 PM (PT)
Questions asking what is most supported, what can be most reasonably inferred, what someone would be most likely to agree with, or what the passage suggests are among the toughest in RC. The correct answers are tortured rephrasings of something we were told or they are reasonable truisms we can derive from things we've been told.
Most Supported
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Aug 21 3:00 PM (PT)
Strengthen and Weaken questions rarely use conditional logic. They deal more with Comparisons, Plans/Recommendations, Predictions, and Causal Hypotheses. Level 4 and 5 examples are often challenging because it's hard to understand the impact of the correct answer or because the impact is surprisingly small.
Strengthen / Weaken (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Aug 22 5:00 PM (PT)
Hybrid games combine ordering and grouping for an extra special challenge. In this lesson, we cover how to spot one, how to set one up, and what to look for when creating frames.
Hybrid
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 23 3:30 PM (PT)
Subgroups can add a layer of difficulty to games of any type. We'll look at level 4 and 5 examples of these games.
Subgroups (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Aug 24 5:00 PM (PT)
Get to know the frameworks for RC passages. Practice using early clues to pick a framework and then using that framework to focus yourself on the two or three biggest ideas.
Finding Frameworks
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Aug 25 3:30 PM (PT)
Principle questions are a twist that most commonly show up on Most Supported and Strengthen, but we'll also see it on Parallel, Necessary Assumption, and Weaken now and then. Correct answers heavily test our understanding of the direction of the relationship.
Principle
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Aug 28 2:30 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll warm up our brain for Rebuttals by doing some level 4 and 5 Disagree questions in the Inference Family, and then we'll pivot (pun intended) into looking at Rebuttal-style arguments in the argument-based families.
Rebuttals
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Aug 29 5:00 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because there are more players than positions, or vice versa. Learn advanced strategies for managing each of the different ways a Non 1:1 game can shake out.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Aug 30 3:30 PM (PT)
Science passages are typically considered the most challenging on the LSAT due to the complexity of the subject matter and vocabulary. Most of them have an Old / New framework, and the final paragraph tends to feature the author's assessment / takeaways / implications.
Science (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Aug 31 5:00 PM (PT)
Most questions in comparative passage sets require that you understand how the two passages are similar and how they are different. This lesson covers how to adjust your reading process for this type of passage.
Comparative Passages
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Sep 1 2:30 PM (PT)
No class for Labor Day.
Labor Day
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Sep 4 2:30 PM (PT)
Parallel questions ask you to match reasoning between the logic presented in the question stem and the answer choices. It is a rare but important question type to recognize and tackle.
Parallel
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Sep 6 3:30 PM (PT)
This session looks at games that give us the initial impression of, "Say what?" Some aspect of them makes us feel at the start like we might be lost or in over our heads, but if we stay calm and improvise a setup, they usually are more bark than bite.
Outliers
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Sep 7 5:00 PM (PT)
Science passages are typically considered the most challenging on the LSAT due to the complexity of the subject matter and vocabulary.
Science
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Sep 8 3:30 PM (PT)
When Causation appears in the Assumption Family, it almost always involves an author speculating a possible Explanation to account for a given Curious Fact. We learn to consider alternate explanations and to evaluate the plausibility of the author's explanation. When it appears in the Inference Family, it usually involves Causal Chains or addressing "the Causal Difference-Maker".
Causation (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Sep 12 5:00 PM (PT)
Some examples of Locate Detail and all examples Five Questions have an undefined target; in other words, the question stem isn't warning us where we should be looking in the passage. This can be a good time for using CTRL + F, if we have that tool. However, when it comes to Undefined Target examples of Opinion and Inference, these are some of the toughest questions in RC and typically the type of question for which students have the lowest accuracy.
Undefined Target
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Sep 14 5:00 PM (PT)
Knowing how to correctly interpret, diagram, and manipulate conditional logic only impacts about 20% of questions, but it often becomes a make or break skill when it comes to nailing a few difficult questions in the back end of an LR section.
Conditional Logic (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Sep 19 5:00 PM (PT)
Two of the more challenging question types in Logic Games are Possible List and List of Possibilities. We'll discuss telling them apart and how to deal with each.
Lists & Possibilities
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Sep 21 5:00 PM (PT)
We'll look at level 4 and 5 examples of Humanities passages, which typically have a Highlight Noteworthy or Challenge Position framework. Harder versions often involve artistic vernacular that is hard for students to understand, work with, or retain.
Humanities (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Sep 26 5:00 PM (PT)
A huge subset of LSAT thinking revolves around being able to complete the comparison when two things are meant to be similar cases, or being able to object to comparative arguments by pointing out meaningful differences.
Comparisons (advanced)
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Sep 28 5:00 PM (PT)
Options Grouping games are about determining which combination of characteristics each player has. Finding inferences before starting on the questions is critical to success in these games, and this lesson will show you how to find them.
Options
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Oct 3 5:00 PM (PT)
Some of the hardest and most time-consuming questions in RC can be the ones that go beyond the passage: Analogy, Application, Strengthen/Weaken, and Add to Passage.
Beyond the Passage
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Oct 5 5:00 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll try to run through level 4 and 5 examples of common LR questions, to help our October students review for their upcoming test.
LR Review
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Mon Oct 10 5:00 PM (PT)
In this session, we'll try to run through a lot of different game setups, to help our October students review for their upcoming test.
LG Review
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Oct 12 5:00 PM (PT)
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