...and relevance. Thinking is never done in total isolation anyway but rather is always a social exercise and activity. The best teaching and learning then, I think, allows us to consider knowledge, from the most practical to the most abstract, as both social exercise and activity. This means, as exercise, that we get comfortable with the necessary repetitions of learning--reading and writing, listening and speaking with consideration. As social activity, strong teaching and learning allows...
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I am a 2017 graduate of the University of Virginia with a B.A. in History (With a focus on the Cold War). I was accepted to a "top 14" law school in the past application cycle with a 171 LSAT, but am now reapplying with higher goals upon receiving a 179 in February.
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...some jumping 20 points in their raw score. Both logic theory and fundamentals are reviewed thoroughly before we apply them directly. Together, we will achieve higher scores! Further, I've wanted to always teach, so tutoring test prep is my way of being able to share my knowledge with students every step of the way. My goal is to make the student self-sufficient so that learning can become natural and self-fulfilling. I'm currently at NYU while...
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Pretty soon I found myself in the US, at Georgetown Law, which led to a career in government relations, lobbying and all that good stuff. I've taught LSAT classes and tutored for various folks over the last 15 years or so, and still get a charge making the lights go on in students' eyes.
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...and GRE. More recently, I have focused on helping students master the LSAT. I particularly enjoy providing individualized instruction. We each have strengths and weaknesses when it comes to learning and test-taking, and I've found that remarkable advancements happen when an approach is tailored to the student's unique attributes. I recently moved to the New York area after working in litigation in Chicago. Outside of work, I spend a lot of time exploring the area...
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...experience with high school students in biology, chemistry, and writing, as well as teaching experience with nursing and pre-medical college students, teaching biology and chemistry as a Supplemental Instruction Leader and Teaching Assistant. The subjects I tutor are the subjects I love; biology, chemistry, Spanish, and the LSAT. My approach to tutoring is to ensure the student is able to dynamically problem-solve by and for themselves and walks away with a deeper understanding of not...
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I have taught intellectual property law for the past two years and SAT preparation for the past 10 years. I am a great tutor because not only are my fundamental verbal and quantitative skills strong, but I am able to communicate my reasoning and problem solving skills quickly and clearly.... My teaching philosophy is to help empower students to stay calm and use what information they know to arrive at the correct answers on tests through...
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...allowed me entry into the country's Top 20 law schools. If you are hoping for similar results, let's work together and design strategies that achieve your goals! Essay writing and editing is an additional skill of mine. Whether for scholarships, admission essays, grant applications, or simply your elementary English paper we can work together to find a style that suits you and conveys your message in a sophisticated and clear way. Feel free to message...
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...the University of Florida Levin College of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor degree. My varied academic background enables me to offer a wide range of tutoring services. From standardized tests like the LSAT, SAT, and ACT, to subjects such as English, writing, economics, humanities, US and European history, civics, and law, I am well-equipped to guide students through an assortment of academic endeavors. Despite the breadth of subjects I tutor, philosophy holds a special place...
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...similar appreciation in the students that I work with. I believe that this passion is essential for effective learning to happen, namely learning should never be rote memorization that fades away after an exam but something that persists and ultimately grows. I always have fun tutoring: I try my best to make it enjoyable, be it outlining an essay, understanding the critical content of a passage or preparing for Standardized Tests. I am flexible, patient...
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I enjoy helping students improve their LSAT abilities, so that they can achieve higher scores. LSAT difficulties are often subtle and transcend question types. I work with students to identify their areas for improvement and help them eliminate their mistakes. Through these two steps, students improve their scores.
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...a local legal non-profit here in New Mexico. I will attend Stanford Law School in the fall, where I plan to study civil rights and liberties and constitutional law. During my time in school, I found that I learned best by studying with others. My time both assisting and learning from my peers has proven to me the value of one-on-one interaction. I am excited to tutor students in history, civics, geography, english and for...
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Through smart study and hard work, I raised my LSAT score significantly and earned a near full-ride from a law school that rejected me previously. Having seen firsthand the importance of a good plan and knowledgable feedback, I want to use my skills and experience to help others improve on the LSAT and achieve their law school goals.
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The LSAT Logical Reasoning section is the largest section of the exam. Since it features roughly half of the total number of questions, it makes up the largest percentage of your score as well. If you are looking to enhance your skills in this section, LSAT Logical Reasoning tutoring may help you work toward the score, and law school, of your dreams. Specialized tutoring offers individualized support to augment your studying and help you feel more confident on the Logical Reasoning section. Whether you are most concerned with identifying assumptions and flaws in logical conclusions, or analyzing arguments and understanding how to strengthen or weaken them, your LSAT tutor can help you master every type of question you may face on test day.
Learn to diagram arguments or quickly rule out impossible choices to reach a conclusion correctly and quickly. Your tutor can work to diagnose your particular testing weaknesses and build customized lessons to address these specific areas. A private instructor can help you focus on time management, test day confidence, predicting answer choices, and identifying the patterns in arguments. They have been through this experience themselves, so will provide insightful hints and suggestions as you move along. An LSAT Logical Reasoning tutor will address any questions or concerns you have during the process.
Preparing for the LSAT can be a time of intense anxiety. Your tutor will agree to meet in a place where you are most comfortable, even in your own kitchen or living room, or home office. They can set up a lesson in a convenient location such as a library. The Varsity Tutors live learning platform allows you to meet with a private tutor either in person or face-to-face online. This gives you the flexibility to meet with your tutor at the time and location of your choice. Any LSAT tutor knows about your busy schedule, as they too have been through the same grind. Their flexibility and adaptability mean you don't have to fall behind just because the course moves fast and you have numerous obligations to juggle.
Your tutor provides both the expertise and academic support to individually tailor your LSAT tutoring and help you reach your law school goals. The skill of analyzing and evaluating arguments is deemed the most important by law schools, and thus is weighted more heavily, comprising almost half of your overall Law School Admission Test score. The ability to parse apart an argument and understand its logical (or illogical) steps and flow is essential in law school coursework and practice. Most questions test your ability to identify an assumption while looking at an argument, find the premise that supports the conclusion, identify logical gaps, and otherwise understand the different steps taken in most decision-making processes. Whether you are analyzing the argument for lapses in logic or deciding how a premise affects the validity of an argument, it is important to be able to see the difference in the answer choices as well. The answers are usually written to show only slight variations, which often throw off test takers. LSAT tutoring allows students to hone in on answer discrepancies efficiently and effectively, teaching you strategies for selecting the correct choice.
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Today was almost entirely devoted to a whirlwind review of nearly all of the types of logical reasoning questions, with a small foray into logical games grouping games questions. We had a particular focus on timing, really trying to get the student to finish questions within the proper time frame.
For today, I prepared 8 assumption questions from a former LSAT exam. We went through these in detail, and focused on looking at why particular answer choices were wrong. When the student got the question correct, I had her explain why she chose that one over the other answer choice she narrowed it down to. If she got the question incorrect, I had her explain why she eliminated the correct answer. I would explain the answer choices, and when the student was comfortable with a question we moved on to the next. After those, we moved on to doing the hardest questions of one of the practice exams. We did these in a similar fashion in order to understand not only how to get to the correct answer, but also how to eliminate the incorrect answers. I am going to prepare a similar exercise for our next session, this time initially including more than assumption questions.
Met with the student at the library and went over a bunch of LR problems. The student seems like she really has her act together on the testing. Hopefully a few tips and tricks can help her get another handful of points.
We went over various types of logical reasoning questions, including justify the conclusion and strengthening questions. We also talked about causal reasoning and how that's tested on the assessment test. .
We worked through some logical reasoning problems. The student has a pretty good grasp on the types of problems and did well today, but he has some trouble with assumption problems and method of reasoning problems so we did a few of those today and will continue next week.
We reviewed homework sections on logical flaws, strengthen/weaken. I emphasized making concrete pre-phrase and following through with confidence to find answer matching pre-phrase. We discussed time-management techniques for 50/50 answer choices.
