Thanks! And agreed. There is exactly one right answer. And you can learn a lot about the test by figuring out why it was right and the wrong ones are wrong. But I say that with the caveat that it's not "clear" for everyone. I often had students who came up with very convincing but completely incorrect reasons for why they thought the right answer was right.
I think the LSAT has lots of overlap, skills-wise, with programming. My undergrad math classes were way more helpful than my political science classes for LSAT prep. But I think the relevant skills are actually (1) pattern recognition; and (when logic games were still a thing) (2) being able to follow rules methodically one-by-one.
A good memory can help on the reading section for sure. But a lot of students get tripped up trying to memorize all the details of long passages, when they should actually zoom out a little more so they can get the gist of the passage, and then use that bigger picture understanding to contextualize the details.
Oh to be clear I meant working memory. As in, if you have a rough idea of the passage in your head, and then you read a question, can you keep that rough idea of the passage in your head while doing the question or does it fall out of your working memory because you haven't got space for both.
Most people have space for 5-7 items at once. So if you're on a the lower end, you need to put more work in specific strategies to optimize. If you have a higher end working memory you can just read and solve and not think of it.
Agreed fellow Gram! When it comes to the LSAT, grinding can work for smart folks who already have the basic reasoning/reading skills they need. But for most students it just leads to frustration and entrenches bad habits. I wrote a bit more about that here, since it's pretty common to see this bad advice on r/lsat: https://lightweightlsat.com/how-to-study/pitfalls/
Thanks for the correction! Website should update soon. Changed it to 1788 and I added a shout-out for y'all:
"(p.s. thanks to the smart readers who noticed I initially put the wrong date down, and who also noticed that "ratified" is somewhat indeterminate when it comes to the Constitution. But the real LSAT is unlikely to make those kinds of mistakes; there's only 1 correct answer, and it's definitely correct.)"
