For students in the 160s whose scores have plateaued.

5 sessions

Logical Reasoning: arguments and assumptions

Lesson X covers the fundamentals of the Logical Reasoning section, starting with techniques for identifying arguments and evaluating their validity. Students go beyond the usual definitions of logical reasoning to a closer examination of the relationship at the heart of every argument: the conclusion and its premise.

Students are also introduced to our Subject-Verb Relevance Test, a tool for evaluating answer choices for logical relevance.

• Assumption
• Strengthen
• Justify the Conclusion
• Weaken
• Resolve the Paradox

Topics: invalid arguments, assumptions, logical relevance, causal reasoning.

7 sessions

Logical Reasoning: the Inference family

Lesson Y shifts to a different family of questions. Students learn to recognize the variety of questions that test principles, to handle abstraction, and to use strategies such as “cohesive devices” in a stimulus and the “lowest hanging fruit” in an answer choice, which improve timing without sacrificing accuracy.

The lesson closes with a thorough treatment of the two remaining question types, Parallel Reasoning and Parallel Flaw.

• Main Point
• Inference
• Point at Issue
• Method of Reasoning
• Method of Reasoning—Role
• Flaw in the Reasoning
• Parallel Reasoning
• Parallel Flaw

Topics: Inference family questions, advanced conditional reasoning, assumptions vs. inferences, principles.

5 sessions

Reading Comprehension

The Reading Comprehension section tests your ability to read for structure: to understand how the parts of a passage relate to one another. Lesson P introduces a complete RC strategy for reading passages effectively and answering the questions efficiently.

Students also work through the types of Inference questions that appear in the section, a framework for identifying viewpoints, and specific techniques with a track record of improving scores.

Topics: advanced Reading Comprehension strategies, Inference questions in RC, passage structure.

5 sessions

Recent trends on the LSAT

Lesson M gives special attention to recently disclosed exams, to anticipate what your exam is likely to ask. Students work through the trends we expect to see on test day, with a review of selected practice tests.

• Assumptions vs. inferences
• Causal reasoning trends
• Tricky question stems
• “Even if” language
• Weaken question conclusions

Format: advanced seminar on recent innovations and trends, with review of selected PTs.