Ask Bob: LSAT Reading Comprehension Woes
Dear Bob, Your advice, coaching, and words have helped me to develop a more positive attitude to the LSAT. Personally, it has been very challenging to prepare and take the test. Since English is my...
View ArticleLSAT Formal Logic Translations: What Must Be True?
Formal Logic practice is a fundamental of all LSAT prep. Here’s another chance at testing your skills. If anyone wins a washer-dryer and an automobile on the game show, at least one of them will not be...
View ArticleLSAT Formal Logic Translations: What Must Be True? Solved!
Here’s the question again: If anyone wins a washer-dryer and an automobile on the game show, at least one of them will not be American-made. Craig wins exactly five prizes on the game show, two of...
View ArticleACT Reading: Identifying Positive/Negative Tone
Even though I’ve only included two paragraphs from the passage, we can still answer the question about the author’s tone. First, try to identify words with positive or negative connotations, or...
View ArticleWhat’s a Good Sentence Correction Strategy?
One “big secret” for GMAT Sentence Correction is: Always start by checking the basic parts of every sentence. In other words, the first thing to look at is the subject and verb. Do they agree in...
View ArticleWhat’s a Good Data Sufficiency Strategy? — Part 1
GMAT Data Sufficiency strategy is vital to getting a great GMAT score. Any “fixed format” question type, as they’re called, gives a tremendous advantage to those examinees who are prepared. Those who...
View ArticleAsk Bob: Tips to Avoid LSAT Stress
Dear Bob, I’m SO STRESSED about the LSAT! I think my frustration is actually causing me to regress and score lower. What should I do?? Nerve-wracked in Nevada I bet you could list, without much...
View ArticleAsk Bob: How to Decide What to Study
Dear Bob: “I am studying for the _____ exam and my problem might sound really basic or even stupid: I sit down for a session and I get stumped as to what I should be working on. There’s so much...
View ArticleDear Bob: Fears and Freezing Up
Dear Bob: I feel very good in class and doing my homework. But every time I take a timed quiz or full-length test I freeze up. This is frustrating to me because I know my stuff, but I feel like I’m...
View ArticleWhat does inference mean on the GMAT? GRE? LSAT?
Is there a difference between “inference” as the test sees it, and what we think of as an inference in real life? Making an “inference” in everyday life means making an educated guess based on the...
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