LSAT Adam
@lsatadam.bsky.social
LSAT Instructor, dog lover, coffee drinker, Star Trek watcher. Looking forward to living in a van down by the river.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Nice view of the Carquinez Bridge on my hike this morning. Enjoying the peace and quiet.
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nice view of the Carquinez Bridge on my hike this morning. Enjoying the peace and quiet.
LSAT Tip: Practice tests are overrated. The real learning happens between those tests, in what you read, and how you review, and what you listen to. It's in your willingness to try something different.
Don't just practice. Study, change, and learn.
Don't just practice. Study, change, and learn.
March 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
LSAT Tip: Practice tests are overrated. The real learning happens between those tests, in what you read, and how you review, and what you listen to. It's in your willingness to try something different.
Don't just practice. Study, change, and learn.
Don't just practice. Study, change, and learn.
Be like Lulu. Take time to enjoy the sunshine.
February 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Be like Lulu. Take time to enjoy the sunshine.
#LSAT Tip: When an argument uses conditional premises (if/then statements), but then draws a causal conclusion (one thing leads to/produces/promotes/etc. another), use causal reasoning tools to pick apart the argument. The argument is causal, not conditional.
February 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#LSAT Tip: When an argument uses conditional premises (if/then statements), but then draws a causal conclusion (one thing leads to/produces/promotes/etc. another), use causal reasoning tools to pick apart the argument. The argument is causal, not conditional.
Artichoke hearts are delicious. They are reward at the end of all the hard work. Dipped in melted butter with a little salt and pepper, they are pure comfort food.
But I have a memory of eating them cold as a kid, with thousand island dressing. Anyone else try them that way? I think I liked it.
But I have a memory of eating them cold as a kid, with thousand island dressing. Anyone else try them that way? I think I liked it.
February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Artichoke hearts are delicious. They are reward at the end of all the hard work. Dipped in melted butter with a little salt and pepper, they are pure comfort food.
But I have a memory of eating them cold as a kid, with thousand island dressing. Anyone else try them that way? I think I liked it.
But I have a memory of eating them cold as a kid, with thousand island dressing. Anyone else try them that way? I think I liked it.
#LSAT Tip: Don't take the test before you're ready to get a score that will get you into a school you want to attend. If you're not ready for that, postpone. Don't use up one attempt for practice. Don't use the excuse that you already paid for it and don't want to waste the money.
February 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#LSAT Tip: Don't take the test before you're ready to get a score that will get you into a school you want to attend. If you're not ready for that, postpone. Don't use up one attempt for practice. Don't use the excuse that you already paid for it and don't want to waste the money.
January #LSAT scores are out today. Congratulations to everyone who met or exceeded their hopes or expectations! To those who did not, take a breather and then reset. This isn't the end of the journey, just one step along the way.
February 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
January #LSAT scores are out today. Congratulations to everyone who met or exceeded their hopes or expectations! To those who did not, take a breather and then reset. This isn't the end of the journey, just one step along the way.
#LSAT Tip: Assumption questions are about flaws in the argument. The author assumes the argument isn't flawed.
They overlooked an alternate cause? They assumed there wasn't an alternate cause.
They failed to consider that this could be an exception? They assumed it's not an exception.
Etc.
They overlooked an alternate cause? They assumed there wasn't an alternate cause.
They failed to consider that this could be an exception? They assumed it's not an exception.
Etc.
January 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#LSAT Tip: Assumption questions are about flaws in the argument. The author assumes the argument isn't flawed.
They overlooked an alternate cause? They assumed there wasn't an alternate cause.
They failed to consider that this could be an exception? They assumed it's not an exception.
Etc.
They overlooked an alternate cause? They assumed there wasn't an alternate cause.
They failed to consider that this could be an exception? They assumed it's not an exception.
Etc.
#LSAT Tip: There are a number of common flaws that are used as wrong answers much more often than they are the right answer. High on that list is the overgeneralization, where the evidence is about only a few instances of a thing, and the conclusion is that all the cases are like those few.
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
#LSAT Tip: There are a number of common flaws that are used as wrong answers much more often than they are the right answer. High on that list is the overgeneralization, where the evidence is about only a few instances of a thing, and the conclusion is that all the cases are like those few.
This #LSAT Tip is for the non-traditional students out there, the ones who've been out of school a while and maybe looking for a career change:
Do it.
You're not too old. One way or another, if all goes well, some day you'll be 85. You can be 85 and a lawyer, or 85 and not a lawyer. Your choice.
Do it.
You're not too old. One way or another, if all goes well, some day you'll be 85. You can be 85 and a lawyer, or 85 and not a lawyer. Your choice.
January 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This #LSAT Tip is for the non-traditional students out there, the ones who've been out of school a while and maybe looking for a career change:
Do it.
You're not too old. One way or another, if all goes well, some day you'll be 85. You can be 85 and a lawyer, or 85 and not a lawyer. Your choice.
Do it.
You're not too old. One way or another, if all goes well, some day you'll be 85. You can be 85 and a lawyer, or 85 and not a lawyer. Your choice.
Let's go Tigers! Very proud of the history of this great institution.
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Let's go Tigers! Very proud of the history of this great institution.
Can't believe it took me this long to figure out that the way to ensure that my doctor's office will return my call promptly is to get in the shower!
January 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Can't believe it took me this long to figure out that the way to ensure that my doctor's office will return my call promptly is to get in the shower!
The January #LSAT is underway, and testing will continue through Saturday. Good luck to everyone around the world taking this test! Remain calm, breathe, and do what you practiced. If you do that, you win.
January 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The January #LSAT is underway, and testing will continue through Saturday. Good luck to everyone around the world taking this test! Remain calm, breathe, and do what you practiced. If you do that, you win.
January #LSAT is this week. If you know someone taking it, be supportive.
Test-takers: pace yourself. Accuracy > Speed. Remember to breathe. Don't second-guess, don't overthink, keep it simple, and be confident.
Easier said than done, I know, but you have to try.
Test-takers: pace yourself. Accuracy > Speed. Remember to breathe. Don't second-guess, don't overthink, keep it simple, and be confident.
Easier said than done, I know, but you have to try.
January 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
January #LSAT is this week. If you know someone taking it, be supportive.
Test-takers: pace yourself. Accuracy > Speed. Remember to breathe. Don't second-guess, don't overthink, keep it simple, and be confident.
Easier said than done, I know, but you have to try.
Test-takers: pace yourself. Accuracy > Speed. Remember to breathe. Don't second-guess, don't overthink, keep it simple, and be confident.
Easier said than done, I know, but you have to try.
When you're stuck between two answers, it's not because they are both good. It's because there's something terribly wrong about one of them that you are missing. Find what makes one of the answers wrong, rather than trying to see what makes one of them better than the other.
#LSAT Tip of the Day.
#LSAT Tip of the Day.
January 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When you're stuck between two answers, it's not because they are both good. It's because there's something terribly wrong about one of them that you are missing. Find what makes one of the answers wrong, rather than trying to see what makes one of them better than the other.
#LSAT Tip of the Day.
#LSAT Tip of the Day.
#LSAT Tip of the Day:
Read.
Read the news. Read about science. Read about law. Read about humanities.
Read novels, and essays, and poetry.
Read everything.
Read.
Read the news. Read about science. Read about law. Read about humanities.
Read novels, and essays, and poetry.
Read everything.
January 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#LSAT Tip of the Day:
Read.
Read the news. Read about science. Read about law. Read about humanities.
Read novels, and essays, and poetry.
Read everything.
Read.
Read the news. Read about science. Read about law. Read about humanities.
Read novels, and essays, and poetry.
Read everything.
First #LSAT Tip of the New Year:
Don't grind practice tests. In fact, most students don't need to take more than about 10 to 12 total PTs before taking the real thing, if that. It's what you do BETWEEN those tests, and how you learn from them, that really makes a difference.
Don't grind practice tests. In fact, most students don't need to take more than about 10 to 12 total PTs before taking the real thing, if that. It's what you do BETWEEN those tests, and how you learn from them, that really makes a difference.
January 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
First #LSAT Tip of the New Year:
Don't grind practice tests. In fact, most students don't need to take more than about 10 to 12 total PTs before taking the real thing, if that. It's what you do BETWEEN those tests, and how you learn from them, that really makes a difference.
Don't grind practice tests. In fact, most students don't need to take more than about 10 to 12 total PTs before taking the real thing, if that. It's what you do BETWEEN those tests, and how you learn from them, that really makes a difference.
You know you're getting old when the most exciting development of the new year is that your new prescription meds have arrived!
January 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You know you're getting old when the most exciting development of the new year is that your new prescription meds have arrived!
Don't take the #LSAT before you're ready, and plan on taking it at least twice. There's no hurry! If you aren't ready in this cycle, then wait until the next one.
December 24, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Don't take the #LSAT before you're ready, and plan on taking it at least twice. There's no hurry! If you aren't ready in this cycle, then wait until the next one.
Today's #LSAT Tip: The correct answer to a Most Strongly Supported question doesn't absolutely have to be true. It's just the only answer that has any support from the stimulus. It's like Strengthen in reverse. The stimulus strengthens the answer, and does not strengthen the wrong answers.
December 22, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Today's #LSAT Tip: The correct answer to a Most Strongly Supported question doesn't absolutely have to be true. It's just the only answer that has any support from the stimulus. It's like Strengthen in reverse. The stimulus strengthens the answer, and does not strengthen the wrong answers.
Today's #LSAT Tip: When going through answer choices, if you hesitate over an answer, just skip it and go to the next one. Never cross out an answer unless you're certain it's wrong, and never waste time double-checking an answer before you've finished reading them all.
Confusion = Contender
Confusion = Contender
December 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Today's #LSAT Tip: When going through answer choices, if you hesitate over an answer, just skip it and go to the next one. Never cross out an answer unless you're certain it's wrong, and never waste time double-checking an answer before you've finished reading them all.
Confusion = Contender
Confusion = Contender
#LSAT Tip of the Day: In RC, the answers to Organization questions will all sound similar. Here's what makes the wrong ones wrong:
Something missing
Something extra
Wrong order
Something missing
Something extra
Wrong order
December 15, 2024 at 7:12 PM
#LSAT Tip of the Day: In RC, the answers to Organization questions will all sound similar. Here's what makes the wrong ones wrong:
Something missing
Something extra
Wrong order
Something missing
Something extra
Wrong order
#LSAT Tip of the Day: "Many" does not mean "most." Many is a vague, subjective large amount, and that amount could be a relatively low percentage of whatever is being discussed. Most means more than 50%.
When you have evidence about many, do not assume that means more than half!
When you have evidence about many, do not assume that means more than half!
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
#LSAT Tip of the Day: "Many" does not mean "most." Many is a vague, subjective large amount, and that amount could be a relatively low percentage of whatever is being discussed. Most means more than 50%.
When you have evidence about many, do not assume that means more than half!
When you have evidence about many, do not assume that means more than half!