Curvebreakers - McGraw-Hills Conquering LSAT Logic Games

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CONQUERING LSAT LOGIC GAMES

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Curvebreakers is an LSAT preparation program created by Harvard Law students.

Our program dissects the LSAT at a depth unparalleled by other programs currently available and at a price that is a small fraction of what competing programs charge. We watch each year as numerous aspiring law students pay exorbitant amounts for LSAT courses that do not adequately subdivide the LSAT into manageable and learnable portions. Many of these students pay over a thousand dollars and still end up missing out on the education and scores that they deserve. Curvebreakers provides the answer to this problem by offering superior educational materials at reasonable pricesa rare combination in todays test prep market. We believe, and know personally, that the only way to achieve on the LSAT is through the dedicated study of materials that effectively separate the different types of LSAT questions into their logical components. Our system introduces and analyzes complicated logical components in a step-by-step fashion that allows students to assimilate the information easily and quickly.

We elucidate the simpler concepts first in order to develop a secure base for students, allowing them to progress to mastery of the more difficult concepts at later stages. When students combine our methodological programs with a good work ethic, they maximize their potential to receive an excellent LSAT score. McGRAW-HILLs
CONQUERING LSAT LOGIC GAMES

The analytical reasoning section is one of the most difficult LSAT sections for novice test-takers. However, test-takers who are willing to work at it can greatly improve their analytical reasoning score. Many analytical reasoning questions can be simplified and solved with very basic diagramming techniques that people would not use intuitively. Even the most complicated logic games can be solved using advanced techniques derived from these basic techniques, which is why it helps to learn and consistently adhere to a single solving system for this question type.

The Curvebreakers logic games solving system helped us to master the logic games section on the LSAT and to gain admittance to top-notch law schools across the country. We are confident that the system can do the same for you. After learning the Curvebreakers system, you will be able to 1. Recall all facets of the fact pattern. 2. 3. 3.

Solve logic game questions quickly. 4. Solve logic game questions accurately.

STRUCTURE The LSAT logic games section always contains exactly four different logic games. Each game consists of a fact pattern that contains a couple of sentences describing the general and universal constraints of the game. Based on the constraints set by the fact pattern, five to seven questions are asked about the configuration of the variables in the game.

Sometimes the questions repeal certain constraints set in the fact pattern, and sometimes they add to the constraints. Regardless, any constraint set within a specific question ends immediately after you answer that specific question; it does not apply to subsequent or preceding questions. Only the constraints in the fact pattern have universal influence on the entire game. Here is an example of a logic game:

Fact Pattern Seven passengers, named Anna, Bill, Chris, Dave, Emily, Fanny, and Gina are traveling by train from Atlanta to Boston. No two passengers sit in the same car, and there is a total of seven cars on the train, numbered 1 through 7.

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