"The Director's Cut" aka Unofficial LSAT Logic Games Questions for PrepTests 29-38

I love movies, and one of my favorite things is when a “Director’s Cut” comes out.

Here, directors get to include all of the scenes that were left out of the final film because of pacing, time or some other mysterious reason.

But these scenes almost ALWAYS make the movie better (in my humble opinion, anyway).

Almost.

The original was better.

Anyway, when I was looking at LSAT PrepTests 29-38, I couldn’t help but feel like there were more questions that could’ve been asked. More “scenes” they could’ve included, if you will.

So I’ve gone through and written 40 extra questions, one for EACH of the 40 Logic Games contained in those PrepTests.

These questions are tough, and they’re supposed to be! They’re meant to give you some practice that’s relevant to the modern LSAT.

These are the questions the LSAT-makers:

-should have asked 

-could have asked 

-would have asked 

but they didn't.

So I am asking these questions.

Why?

There are plenty of LSAT Logic Games out there, but if you’ve done some of the newest games from PrepTests in the 70s and 80s, you’ll notice that they contain lots of weird “curveball” games – and really tough questions!

Funny thing is, some of the games in PrepTests 40-59 are actually EASIER than the ones in the 30s. PrepTests 29-38 contain some of the toughest Logic Games of all time (like the infamous CDs game featured in Legally Blonde).

Elle Woods trying to solve CDs game (PT31, G2)

So if my questions are the "Director’s Cut" extended version to give you greatest amount of prep material possible...

those misleadingly easy games in the 40s and 50s are the dollar-bin direct-to-DVD sequels no one asked for.

Alright, enough with the analogies.

These are difficult practice questions that might as well have been written by LSAC - and you can't find them anywhere else.

By using them along with the games in PrepTests 29-38, you ensure that you're practicing with difficult material relevant to the modern LSAT.

Ready to rock?

Click here to get your copy for only $14.97:

Quick note:

Remember, in order to benefit from this, you must separately get the games contained within LSAT PrepTests 29-38. This doesn't include the actual games or explanations for those exams.

P.S. If you're having any second thoughts about this, just remember that I offer a full 30-day money-back guarantee. If FOR ANY REASON you don’t like the questions, just show me you did the work, and I'll give you back all your money the very next day. 

Sincerely,

Steve "LSAT question-writer" Schwartz

P.P.S. These questions are only for those serious about improving their LSAT scores. If you're not willing to even try solving the questions...then please don't buy.

LSAT Logic Games Practice Questions: The Explanation

The free LSAT Logic Game Practice Questions from last week gave some folks trouble. Here's a complete explanation of the game's setup.

Take a look at the below explanation after trying that game.

Here's a basic main diagram for the game:
















We have 7 variables (actors) being placed in a particular order, and each one is also assigned an award nomination (either gold or silver, but not both). So we have two rows of 7 spaces each.

For quick reference, the rules:

1. No two actors nominated for gold awards arrive consecutively.
2. Brad arrives before both Angelina and Lohan.
3. Depp, who is nominated for a gold award, arrives third.
4. Angelina is nominated for a gold award.
5. Brad is not nominated for a gold award only if Lohan is not nominated for a silver award.
6. Lohan does not arrive seventh.

1st rule: No two actors with gold can be consecutive, so I've placed a slash through golds touching (on the top-right).

2nd and 4th rules: B is before both A and L, and A is G. To the right of the diagram, I've written that B is before an AG vertical box and before L.

3rd rule: D is on space 3 and is G. I've placed this on the main diagram itself.

5th rule: If B is not G, then L is not S. However, every actor gets exactly one of two nominations. Therefore, we can represent "B is not G" more simply as "B is S." Additionally, we can represent "L is not S" more simply as "L is G."

Therefore, we can rewrite the rule as "If B is S, then L is G." The contrapositive (If L is not G, then B is not S) can be rewritten as "If L is S, then B is G." I've written both simplified versions of the rule to the right of the diagram.

6th rule: L is not 7th. I've simply placed an L with a slash through it above the 7th slot to indicate that L cannot go there.

Now, since A is Gold, she can't go on 2 or 4, and she can't go on 3 because D is already there. She can't go on 1 because B must go before her. Therefore, she is limited to going on 5, 6, or 7. We can create 3 different diagrams to represent these various possibilities:














I've also gone ahead and taken into account the fact that whomever is on either side of her, i.e. adjacent to her, cannot be gold. This is because the 1st rule told us that no actors nominated for gold awards can be consecutive.

In the top scenario, where A is on 5, L must be on 2, 4, or 6. She can't be 1st because B must go before her, and she can't go last due to the 6th rule. Therefore, no matter which space she goes on, she'll have to be S. Therefore, B must be G (due to the 5th rule), so he can only go on 1.

In the middle scenario, where A is on 6, L must go on 2, 4, or 5, all of which are S. Therefore, B must be G again, so he can only go on 1.

In the bottom scenario, however, L is not necessarily S because she can go on 5, which might be G (we don't know).














The above is more than enough for all of you to solve the questions without much trouble. However, for those of you who would like to see how to resolve the ambiguity in that 3rd (bottom) possibility, I'm going to break it down in two different ways. The following is solely with regard to that 3rd possibility where A goes on 7. I will refer to the 4 possibilities that all fall within the 3rd possibility as 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D.

3A: B-S on 1, which then forces L to be G and go on 5.

3B: B-G on 1 which allows pretty much anything at all to happen.

3C: B on either 2 or 4, either of which forces L to be G, so it must go on 5.

3D: B on 5, which must be G because L must go after it, on 6, which is S.

Here they are in 4 separate diagrams:
















Here are the 1st 2 possibilities for the game again, where A was on 5 or 6:







Of course, you could've stuck with the 3 original possibilities and been just fine.

That's it for the setup - the questions should be much easier now.

LSAT Diaries: Prep While In The Military Overseas

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Please leave Derek some encouragement and advice below in the comments!

Derek's LSAT Diary:

Kudos to Steve and the blog readers. What an awesome opportunity to share some LSAT reflections! My particular situation deviates slightly from the average future law student prepping for the LSAT. I’m in the military, deployed, and planning on taking the LSAT in June 2011. I decided about six months ago to pursue law school, and have been wrestling to manage my study time with my other obligations on this side of the world.

Since beginning, I’ve been going through those (I hope somewhat common) cyclical phases of obsessive-compulsive studying closely followed by subsequent feelings of exhausted apathy. I’m sure some of you can relate; that initial jolt of focus and concentration to absorb as much information as possible, inevitably followed by a period of restless indifference where you want to want to study, but you either:

(A) can’t find the motivation

or

(B) what little you do study is hard to absorb

In true military fashion, I started hitting the LSAT books well before the prescribed timelines to begin studying for the June 2011 LSAT. I’ve already blasted through the bibles, though I feel the Logic Games Bible is much easier to internalize. The Logical Reasoning Bible gives you a general approach for the question type, but the level of analysis they expect for each question type I think is a little superfluous to the speed that section requires.

If you go into the level of detailed analysis they suggest, it seems like you would need to spend extraordinary amounts of time memorizing and internalizing the mechanics of each question type; something I see as slightly impractical. I found that using the LR Bible to learn the broad overview of question types (particularly where the sources in the logic errors may be found) and curtailing your own intuition (which should already be decent…right?) is a more efficient way to answer those questions.

My goal is somewhere over a 160. My GPA gives me some cushion, and I’m not shooting for Ivy Leagues, just a good, practical education from a reputable (T100 school) that I can utilize as a military lawyer.

I was a foreign language/linguistics major in college, so I haven’t had a whole lot of issues with the LR or RC sections (usually -10 to -15 combined). However, LG seriously kicks my ass. On my first diagnostic, I got like 5 right, now I can get 10 right…sometimes.

My biggest problems are:

1. Inability to infer (I always get inference questions right on the LR!)

2. Figuring out the most organized way to diagram (particularly the grouping games, it seems that their diagramming differs much more amongst the types than linear or sequencing).

Anyway it is what it is…I guess there’s no other way than to just keep on keepin’ on. Anyone out there that has any game-changing advice (no pun intended), please share!

Unfortunately, I can’t study as regularly as students in the U.S. can. I leave on week-long and month-long “trips” that most certainly do not allow any LSAT studying, so I try to get as much in as I can, when I can.

I’ll be able to get more regular studying in closer to the exam, but for now I’m following (albeit very loosely) Steve’s 7-month study plan. Luckily I don’t have to worry about December finals, as I’m not in school full time, but I do have to worry about other stressful things that make my undergrad “stress” seem laughable. But hey, it’s all relative right?

I’m off to hit the books. Any comments you leave will most certainly be welcome. However, please reserve any political/anti-war commentary for somebody else. I’m just a normal dude in slightly abnormal circumstances trying to accomplish the same thing you are. Thanks!

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LSAT Study Schedules That Give You A Plan Of Attack 

(so you don't waste time on mindless Internet scrolling and other distractions)

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Steve. 

When I started studying for the LSAT, I didn't know anyone else who'd taken it. So, here's the "brilliant" way I approached it:

• Take a bunch of practice tests
• Get depressed about my low scores
• Repeat

This was my bedroom floor:

God, I was so stupid it makes me want to cry.

Turns out, you can’t improve your score by just taking the test over and over. You have to actually LEARN THE CONCEPTS on the tests (shocking, I know).

 

And if I wanted to learn the concepts, I had to figure out HOW to study. Because despite my best efforts, osmosis just wasn’t cutting it.

After a rather rough period of trial and error, I hit upon the formula that would eventually prove to be wildly successful. Here it is in a nutshell:

1. Find the best LSAT test prep resources available

2. Create a plan of attack to learn, practice, and master LSAT concepts

3. Buy a bunch of practice tests

4. Execute the study plan

5. Take the practice tests and watch my scores shoot through the roof!

Putting My Plan Into Action

I assumed Step One would be easy. So I fired up the ol’ Google and read every blog, forum, and article I could find about the LSAT.

But I had one MASSIVE PROBLEM – it was virtually impossible to find resources that explained the test in a way that made sense to me. And even worse, much of the advice I read conflicted with other advice.

My Epiphany

It was like a switch flicked in my brain and I became one with the test. I could finally make sense of the dizzying amount of information that is the LSAT curriculum. And even better – I knew how I could remember and understand it.

It was a long time coming. I bought every LSAT book I could find and every practice LSAT ever released. I studied on and off for a year and wasted a lot of time. But eventually, I cracked the LSAT code and learned what I needed to know in order to feel comfortable going into the test.

(Oh, and for those wondering, I ENDED UP SCORING A 175!!!)

But I didn’t want my new superpower to go to waste. I started working as a private LSAT instructor and learned that my students were struggling the same way I had. 

They needed to know HOW to study, not just WHAT to study.

And having a concrete plan of attack is where it all begins!

I made these day-by-day study plan courses because they're the methods I wish I had used starting day one. Not only would I have been able to study a lot more efficiently, but I would have been able to stop procrastinating and finally take the LSAT a lot sooner.

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I’m going to be straightforward about how they're priced: My personal philosophy is that the average person should be able to increase their score 5-10 points in the FIRST MONTH of using my courses. And students can expect a 10-to-15-point increase within 2-3 months.

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My day-by-day study schedules literally produce results like these all the time (I've bolded the relevant parts):

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"I found that on my second attempt using a day-by-day LSAT study schedule was the most important thing. For the previous exam I had simply given myself tasks that were to be completed by the end of the week. With procrastination kicking in here and there, this method often left me behind on my work...I have seen many speak of a “20 point ceiling”, about how, when it comes to the LSAT you “either have it or you don’t”, but this just isn’t so—and my experience can attest to that." - Dan, 141 to 168 

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By following my study plans, a bunch of these students improved their scores by 10-20 points or more over a just few months. I'd say that's a PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT!!!

Obviously, not everyone is going to have immediate success like Michela or Dan. My goal is that the AVERAGE person ends up with a 5-10 point score increase from following the schedule for one month, and 10-15 points from their investment in 2-3 months because of my help.


This is the rock-solid commitment I want to live up to with my study plan courses.

And not only that, but it can also help you feel like you're in control of your LSAT studying process, rather than the LSAT controlling YOU.

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This is a much better value than Study Plan Lite, and it gives you a ton of LSAT prep material.

Aside from getting all the study plans, you'll also get exclusive access to every on-demand Mastermind session.

Here's the lowdown: 

• Improve in 5 Min Busy Student Quick-Start Study Guide...how anyone can increase their score even if they have no time ($600/month value from getting 20 hours per week back) 
  
  
• The Ultimate Improve While You're Working or In School Study Blueprint...for getting amazing study sessions in without blocking off time so you can still get it done ($199/month value) 
  
  
• The "Never Quit" Accountability System...the unparalleled system that works without your permission (it's even gotten students who hate studying to look forward to showing up) ($1,000/month value)
  
  
• BONUS The "Live It Up While Buckling Down" Prep System that will give you the freedom to still see friends and live life without feeling like the "odd one out" ($349/month value)
  
  

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I created this option to give as many people as possible access to my help. It's a good choice if you want to supplement your prep.

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• The "Never Quit" Accountability System...the unparalleled system that works without your permission (it's even gotten students who hate studying to look forward to showing up) ($1,000/month value)
  
  
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Free LSAT Logic Games Practice Questions

After completing my Free LSAT Logic Games, blog reader Jim L. decided to write his own LSAT Logic Game. He's been kind enough to allow me to publish it here on the blog.

I've made a few tiny changes to the game's questions (and changed the variables to include Brangelina, among others), but Jim L. deserves the credit for the game.

Please thank him in the comments for allowing me to share it with all of you, and please post your thoughts and questions in the comments!

Next week, I'll publish a complete explanation of the game's setup.

Here's the Logic Game:

In a single evening, exactly seven actors, Angelina, Brad, Depp, Ferrell, Hayek, Lohan, and Malkovich, arrive at a movie premiere. No actor arrives at the same time as any other actor. Before they arrive, each actor is nominated for exactly one of two different awards, gold or silver. The following conditions apply:

- No two actors nominated for gold awards arrive consecutively.
- Brad arrives before both Angelina and Lohan.
- Depp, who is nominated for a gold award, arrives third.
- Angelina is nominated for a gold award.
- Brad is not nominated for a gold award only if Lohan is not nominated for a silver award.
- Lohan does not arrive seventh.

1) Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the actors’ arrivals and respective nominations, from first to last?

A) Brad (Gold), Hayek (Silver), Depp (Gold), Lohan (Silver), Angelina (Gold), Ferrell (Silver), and Malkovich (Silver)
B) Brad (Gold), Lohan (Silver), Angelina (Gold), Malkovich (Silver), Depp (Gold), Ferrell (Silver), and Hayek (Gold)
C) Angelina (Gold), Brad (Silver), Depp (Gold), Hayek (Silver), Malkovich (Silver), Lohan (Gold), and Ferrell (Silver)
D) Ferrell (Silver), Brad (Silver), Depp (Gold), Hayek (Silver), Angelina (Gold), Malkovich (Silver), and Lohan (Gold)
E) Hayek (Gold), Brad (Silver), Depp (Gold), Malkovich (Silver), Lohan (Silver), Angelina (Gold), Ferrell (Silver)


2) What is the minimum number of actors that could arrive before Angelina?

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) five


3) If Brad arrives second, then which one of the following must be true?

A) Malkovich arrives neither immediately before nor immediately after Depp.
B) Hayek arrives before Lohan.
C) Angelina arrives seventh.
D) The actor who arrives first is nominated for a gold award..
E) Exactly four of the seven actors are nominated for gold awards.


4) Each one of the following statements must be false EXCEPT:

A) Exactly five of the actors are nominated for silver awards.
B) Exactly three of the actors that arrive after Depp are nominated for gold awards.
C) Brad arrives second, and Angelina arrives fifth.
D) Brad is nominated for a silver award, and Malkovich is nominated for a gold award.
E) Exactly three actors arrive between Depp and Lohan, regardless of whether Depp arrives before or after Lohan.


5) If Angelina does not arrive last, then which one of the following CANNOT be true?

A) Ferrell arrives before Hayek.
B) Exactly four of the actors are nominated for gold awards.
C) Lohan arrives before Depp.
D) Malkovich is nominated for a silver award.
E) Brad is nominated for a silver award.


6) If Ferrell arrives after Malkovich but before Hayek, then which one of the following statements, if true, would provide enough information to determine the actors’ exact order of arrival and the award nomination each receives?

A) Ferrell arrives fourth, and exactly three of the actors are nominated for gold awards.
B) Ferrell arrives sixth, and exactly four of the actors are nominated for gold awards.
C) Malkovich arrives second, and exactly four of the actors are nominated for silver awards.
D) Brad arrives fourth, and no more than three of the actors are nominated for silver awards.
E) Brad arrives first, and exactly three of the actors are nominated for silver awards.


The text below contains the answers to the above Logic Game.

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. D

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Here's a complete explanation of the game's setup.


For a similar LSAC-written Logic Game, check out:

PrepTest 37 (June 2002), Game 2 (p305 in Next 10)


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LSAT Prep Reading Comp Tips

This LSAT Blog post lists all my Reading Comprehension-related blog posts.

I've listed them below in two separate groups and included a link to the categorization of Reading Comprehension passages from every LSAT PrepTest.

This is all meant to accompany the initial Reading Comprehension portion of my LSAT study schedules, in order to give you more specific guidance on where to find each Reading Comprehension blog post.

Read these for general Reading Comp strategy:

LSAT Reading Comprehension Passages: Easy As Harry Potter

Newer LSAT Reading Comp Tips And The Truth About Reading Comp

New LSAT Reading Comprehension Tips

Reading Comprehension Questions | Inference and Main Point

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LSAT (Part 3 of 3)

10 Strategies for LSAT Reading Comprehension

How to Ace Reading Comprehension | 7 Habits



After you've read the above, use these to identify RC passages to complete:

LSAT Reading Comp Passages, Categorized

Reading Comprehension Passage Topics

5 Hardest LSAT Reading Comprehension Passages

LSAT Blog Twitter Account

Follow me on my new LSAT Blog Twitter account for all the latest and greatest happenings across LSAT Nation.

'm already active on the LSAT Blog Facebook Page. However, it's time I joined the "Twittersphere."

I'll be tweeting lots about the LSAT and law school admissions, as well as some stuff relevant to law or just plain funny. I'll also highlight some LSAT Blog posts you might've missed, and I'll post important reminders. Feel free to reply @ me with a shout-out!

LSAT Blog Update: October 2010 LSAT

Many of you took the October 2010 LSAT. Hope it went well!

Some other bloggers reported the following news:

Michal, an LSAT proctor (yeah, one of them), considered messing with you guys (below emphasis added):

I pretty much did nothing and made $100 for it. There was the usually ritualistic events during the morning- looking at the test-takers' ID cards, getting their fingerprints, assigning them random seats, passing out the tests and the booklets, reading the incredibly boring and monotonous script (I honestly contemplated reading it in an accent or something but I figured they were already kind of on edge so I figured I probably shouldn't).

Alan prayed to the God of Scholarship:














Anna is probably within that less-than-1% of people who like going to the dentist:

I actually enjoyed taking it. It was fun! I enjoyed all the logic puzzles and stuff. I am so so so so so excited and nervous to get my score back in November! Eeek.

Things went smoothly for Sojules, who:

I was amazed at how smoothly the check-in process went and these LSAC people are no nonsense when it comes to what you are wearing and bringing in. All of my belongings had to fit into a one-gallon ziploc bag! But, I have already begun to forget some of the details as it is something that I am very ready to put behind me.

Pie In The Sky wants to reward him/herself with "moccasin boots":

So I just took the LSAT yesterday and now I'm going nuts wondering about my score. I honestly feel like I could have gotten anywhere from a 140 to a 170 (hopefully it's the latter). I won't get my score for another three weeks, so I have to wait what feels like FOREVER to see if I can buy my moccasin boots!!! Oh and if I'll get into any good law schools. So now I just need to think up things to distract me for three weeks because now, every time I think about the LSAT (which is all the time), I want to throw up. And I don't really want to do that.

Beloved "Sonny" played soccer the week before, got a concussion, but went on to take the LSAT anyway:

Because my sonny-in-law is a true stud, he has decided to go ahead and take the test tomorrow, concussion and all. Now I don't know about you, but I think that kind of bravery is deserving of two treats! And that's just what he's going to get!

ceberus took the exam in South Korea just for practice, and found it terrifying:

Holy moly, it was so much harder and more tiring than I thought...If I hadn’t plan to cancel my score, you definitely would have seen a lady who climbed one of many bridges of Han River tonight, wearing her bra inside out...it was like a giant big turdbomb smudged on my face. A total f**kbomb...I am very glad to bring a small bottle of Eucalyptus oil and a bag of espresso bean chocolate. That woke me up (maybe I need to eat more of them, or with cans of Red Bull). Anyway…it was the hardest exam I’ve ever done...

Caronae was spooked by LSAC's counterterrorism measures:

Taking the LSAT is pretty much an exercise in national security: you can only bring a limited amount of items into the test center, all in a one gallon plastic bag. Your water bottle must be less than 20 ounces with no label. You can only have an analog watch. You get fingerprinted. You bring your passport and should basically have your Social Security Number tattooed on your head. It was super intense.

Britney called the LSAT "The Biggest Bitch I've Ever Met":

The LSAT really is as awful as people say. I showed up around 8 am, in which there was one hallway with people standing nervously, just waiting quietly for the proctors. You’re not allowed to bring your cell phone to the testing site so people were just looking around…awkwardly…at all these other strangers, trying to hide their anxiety...Everywhere I looked, legs were twitching, people were rocking back and forth in their seats, pencils were tapping the desk…kind of reminded me of The Breakfast Club, except we weren’t in detention, we were about to begin what I truly believe to be the hardest standardized test, period.

Kahryn now misses the LSAT:

Okay, you’re right … that’s ridiculous. But I miss the way I felt before I took this monumental and unnecessarily traumatizing exam. Because before I took it, it hadn’t happened yet. Circular, I know. Point being, now I seriously am on my way to the next and yet-to-be determined chapter of my life. I’ve taken this exam and the score will be my ticket into law school.

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How'd the big day go for you?

Also see "How to Wait a Long Time for Your LSAT Score".


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