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    LSAT PrepTest 87 Unlocked
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    Deconstructing the November 2018 LSAT

    Taking an official LSAC PrepTest is great practice for the LSAT, but reviewing a practice test afterward is where you really improve. Supercharge your LSAT prep with Kaplan's LSAT PrepTest 86 Unlocked.
    • Complete explanations for every question and answer choice
    • Sample Logic Games sketches and Reading Comprehension roadmaps
    • The Inside Story: Exclusive data on question difficulty and student performance
    • 8 Can’t-Miss Features of PrepTest 86
    • PrepTest 86 In Context: Comparison of PrepTest 86 to recent LSAT trends
    • Glossary of LSAT terminology

    Every question and answer choice is discussed, along with detailed strategies for racking up points and exclusive data on student performance identifying the most difficult questions and how PrepTest 86 compares to recent LSAT trends. In addition, you’ll see sample sketchwork for logic games and sample roadmaps for reading comprehension passages. If you are new to the LSAT, a glossary offers definitions for terminology that will help you to think like the testmaker.

    *PrepTest 85 not included. LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admission Council, which neither sponsors nor endorses this product.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKaplan Test Prep
    Release dateSep 3, 2019
    ISBN9781506256474
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      LSAT PrepTest 87 Unlocked - Kaplan Test Prep

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      LSAT®

      PrepTest 87

      Unlocked

      Deconstructing the June 2019 LSAT

      LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council, Inc., which neither sponsors nor endorses this product.

      LSAT® is a registered mark of the Law School Admission Council, Inc., which neither sponsors nor endorses this product.

      This publication is designed to provide accurate information in regard to the subject matter covered as of its publication date, with the understanding that knowledge and best practice constantly evolve. The publisher is not engaged in rendering medical, legal, accounting, or other professional service. If medical or legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. This publication is not intended for use in clinical practice or the delivery of medical care. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the Editors assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this book.

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      PrepTest 87: The Inside Story

      PrepTest 87 was administered in June 2019. It challenged 16,441 test takers. What made this test so hard? Here’s a breakdown of what Kaplan students who were surveyed after taking the official exam considered PrepTest 87’s most difficult section. 

      Hardest PrepTest 87 Section as Reported by Test Takers

      Pie chart. Hardest section of PrepTest 87 as reported by test takers: 31% Logic Games; 51% Reading Comprehension; 18% Logical Reasoning.

      PrepTest 87 is an outlier because a majority of students considered Reading Comprehension the hardest section on that LSAT. PrepTest 87 is one of only five LSAT administrations since 2010 in which Reading Comprehension was the top vote-getter in the survey, and at 51%, it has the highest vote-share ever for Reading Comp. Were you to base your opinion only on these results, you might think that studying Reading Comp is the key to LSAT success. Reading Comp is important, but test takers’ perceptions don’t tell the whole story: you need to consider students’ actual performance. The following chart shows the average number of students to miss each question in each of PrepTest 87’s different sections.

      Percentage Incorrect by PrepTest 87 Section Type

      Bar chart. Percentage Incorrect by PrepTest 87 section type: Logical Reasoning 33%; Logic Games 32%; Reading Comprehension 40%.

      Actual student performance tells quite a different story. On average, Reading Comprehension was indeed the toughest section, but not nearly by the overwhelming margin that perceived difficulty suggests. Also, although Logic Games was the clear #2 hardest section by perceived difficulty, on average, students actually had a bit more success there than on Logical Reasoning. On most exams there's typically a large disparity between the perceived difficulty of Logic Games and the actual test taker performance in that section. On almost every released LSAT, actual performance results show that the difficulty of sections is relatively equal.   

      Maybe students overestimate the difficulty of a challenging Logic Games or Reading Comprehension section because a very hard game or passage is so easy to remember after the test. In contrast, it’s much harder to remember the hardest Logical Reasoning questions when there are a total of 50 or 51 LR questions on the test. The truth is that the testmaker places hard questions throughout the test, and students striving for a top score want to be prepared for all of them. As tough as the Reading Comprehension section was on PrepTest 87, it contained only three of the exam’s ten hardest questions. Here were the locations of the 10 hardest (most missed) questions in the exam.  

      Location of 10 Most Difficult Questions in PrepTest 87

      Bar Chart. Location of the ten most difficult questions in PrepTest 87: Section 1 (RC), three questions; Section 2 (LR), two questions; Section 3 (LR), two questions; Section 4 (LG), three questions.

      The takeaway from this data is that, to maximize your potential on the LSAT, you need to take a comprehensive approach. Test yourself rigorously, and review your performance on every section of the test. Kaplan’s LSAT explanations provide the expertise and insight you need to fully understand your results. The explanations are written and edited by a team of LSAT experts, who have helped thousands of students improve their scores. Kaplan always provides data-driven analysis of the test, ranking the difficulty of every question based on actual student performance. The ten hardest questions on every test are highlighted with a 4-star difficulty rating, the highest we give. The analysis breaks down the remaining questions into 1-, 2-, and 3-star ratings so that you can compare your performance to thousands of other test takers on all LSAC material. 

      Don’t settle for wondering whether a question was really as hard as it seemed to you. Analyze the test with real data, and learn the secrets and strategies that help top scorers master the LSAT. 

      7 Can’t-Miss Features of PrepTest 87

      What do PrepTests 6, 62, and 87 have in common? They are the only three released tests to ever feature 102 questions! No test has ever been more jam-packed with LSAT goodness than those three. 

      PrepTest 87 is tied for the most Argument-Based questions (Main Point, Role of a Statement, Method of Argument, and Parallel Reasoning) in the last 20 years. That's despite having no Method of Argument questions at all on this one. 

      For the first time since December 2010 and June 2011 (PT 62 and 63), there were two back-to-back released tests that each featured three Strict Sequencing games. PT 87 is just the 8th test ever to feature such a trio.

      After a recent trend of additional Logical Reasoning style questions in Reading Comp (4–6 on nine of the last ten PrepTests), PT 87 featured just two: one Strengthen and one Principle.

      PT 87 featured the first Comparative Reading passage with a Social Sciences topic since December 2015 (PT 77).

      The answers choices were pretty evenly spread on PT 87 with one exception. There have only been 14 or more (A)'s in Logical Reasoning three times. Alas, PT 87 still came up one short of the record 15 (A)'s on the December '07 test (PT 53).

      PrepTest 87 featured not one, but two, LR questions about the importance of vitamin C. That's probably a coincidence and not a subliminal message, but seriously, don't forget to take your vitamin C! #citrus4life

      PrepTest 87 in Context

      As much fun as it is to find out what makes a PrepTest unique or noteworthy, it’s even more important to know just how representative it is of other LSAT administrations (and, thus, how likely it is to be representative of the exam you will face on Test Day). The following charts compare the numbers of each kind of question and game on PrepTest 87 to the average numbers seen on all officially released LSATs administered over the past five years (from 2014 through 2018). 

      Number of LR Questions by Type: PrepTest 87 vs. 2014–2018 Average

      Bar chart. Number of LR questions by type in PrepTest 87, compared to the average number over the past five years of PrepTests.

      Number of LG Games by Type: PrepTest 87 vs. 2014–2018 Average

      Bar chart. Number of LG games by type in PrepTest 87, compared to the average number over the past five years of PrepTests.

      Number of RC Questions by Type: PrepTest 87 vs. 2014–2018 Average

      Bar chart. Number of RC questions by type in PrepTest 87, compared to the average number over the past five years of PrepTests.

      There isn’t usually a huge difference in the distribution of questions from LSAT to LSAT, but if this test seems harder (or easier) to you than another you’ve taken, compare the number of questions of the types on which you, personally, are strongest and weakest. And then, explore within each section to see if your best or worst question types came earlier or later. 

      Students in Kaplan’s comprehensive LSAT courses have access to every released LSAT and to a library of thousands of officially released questions arranged by question, game, and passage type. If you are studying on your own, you have to do a bit more work to identify your strengths and your areas of opportunity. Quantitative analysis (like that in the charts shown here) is an important tool for understanding how the test is constructed, and how you are performing on it.

      Section I: Reading Comprehension

      Passage 1: Factors Affecting Movie Audiences

      Passage 2: Fish Farming

      Passage 3: Cooperating Witnesses

      Passage 4: Blues Musicians and Griots

      Passage 1: Factors Affecting Movie Audiences

      Step 1: Read the Passage Strategically

      Sample Roadmap

      Discussion

      According to the author, most writings about movies have traditionally ignored what audiences actually see (the Topic). Various factors can affect the quality of a film and the way an audience perceives it (the Scope). This raises a few questions: What are these factors? And will the author merely complain about this or actually recommend a change?

      The next two paragraphs go into detail about changes that can affect audience perception. The second paragraph discusses modifying films for audiences that speak a different language. The author describes various techniques (subtitles, dubbing, re-editing), all of which can be problematic (simply incompetent, damaging, creates false expectations). The third paragraph discusses modifying a film for TV or video. Again, several changes are listed (smaller image size, commercial interruptions, different projection speed) and said to be problematic (extensive deformations, detrimental to the integrity). Don’t worry about memorizing all of the details of these paragraphs. Note the broader ideas and move along. 

      The last paragraph goes back to the point at the beginning: This is all just accepted, and nobody seems to talk about these factors. Why not? The author provides a partial answer: Ideally, unlike other art, films can be reproduced exactly. But, ideal conditions are rare, which the author says leads to two potentially disturbing problems: 1) Critics are unfairly judging a film that’s been altered, and  2) if the film has

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