Blueprint LSAT Blog: Advice on Logical Reasoning

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What to Know About Sufficient and Necessary Assumption LSAT Questions

Sufficient and Necessary Assumption questions are tough. Don’t get discouraged. These question types are tricky, and also appear frequently in the LSAT Logical Reasoning section, so it’s important to have a firm handle on what each type of assumption means. But with the help of our LSAT Prep, there is no need to stress. We

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Can You Have Scratch Paper When Taking the LSAT?

Sitting for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) can be quite daunting. With months of rigorous LSAT preparation and stress management, the LSAT testing day is typically one filled with anxiety and uncertainty.  On such a tense day you don’t want to be left panic-stricken, wondering whether you are following all the  test rules. It

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June 2022 LSAT Exam Predictions

Semi-interesting news for all of you June LSAT testers, a third main test day will NOT be added for this administration. The main testing days will be Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th. Accommodated and international LSAT testing will be on Tuesday, June 14th. Great, now that we’ve got the logistical information sorted and

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Logical Reasoning Examples: Logic Fails of the Week

Out of the three sections of the LSAT, the Logical Reasoning section is the one whose skills and strategies you’ll use every day, whether or not you become a lawyer. The LR section asks you to analyze, criticize, and breakdown different arguments. Unlike something as impractical as Calculus 2, you will likely encounter an argument

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Dealing with Super Abstract Answer Choices on the LSAT

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of correct answers on recent Logical Reasoning questions: “two different states of affairs could each causally contribute to the same effect even though neither causally contributes to the other.” “showing that something that would be impossible if a particular thesis were correct is actually true” “inferring that one specific response to

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Understanding causal relationships results in a better LSAT score.

Causal relationships are big on the LSAT. Failure to understand them causes problems. Causation comes up all over the place — in reading comp and in a bunch of logical reasoning questions. But causation is especially important in logical reasoning questions that ask you to strengthen or weaken arguments. A high proportion of these questions

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The Deal With Weaken Questions

Knock a hole in that argument. What does it mean to weaken an argument? A lot of tough weaken questions will be much easier if we clarify what, exactly, it takes. Let’s start off with an argument. Randy is planning on asking Sandy out next week. Randy has a luscious, flowing mullet (the hairstyle, not

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The flawless LSAT taker knows her flaws.

Embrace the flaws. Embrace them, I say! Flaw questions on the LSAT are many things, but unpredictable they ain’t – LSAC loves to use variations on the same flaw, over and over. (That’s one of the reasons why the LSAT is such a learnable test.) Obviously, in order to effectively tackle Flaw questions on the

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