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The student has been working steadily through his prep book and reviewing a previous practice exam. We picked up today with Logic Games again, working specifically on sequencing games involving chains of entities.

We reviewed Chapter 4 of the Logical Reasoning prep book and analyzed each problem in the chapter in detail. The student's understanding is excellent; he's extremely good at close, careful reading of the stimulus and is highly motivated. Homework is to complete the final two problems in Chapter 4, as well as to read through Chapters 5-6 of the Logical Reasoning prep book.

We continued working on the student's personal statement - she'll do another draft then email it to me for editing. We then did our last in-class games section. She had a great win with figuring out how to approach a grouping game in homework! By Monday, she will work through chapters 6 and 7 in the guide book. We'll start on logical reasoning next week.

Today the student and I worked on a technique called pre-phrasing: developing a hunch or intuition about what an answer might be before looking at the answer choices. Pre-phrasing isn't always a direct lead to the right answer choice, but it will definitely get you on the right trail and even allow you to eliminate some answer choices. Pre-phrasing is particularly helpful for assumption and flaw question varieties. This week he is going to take another practice test and will begin applying time pressure to his practice. I'm encouraged by his uptake and look forward to our next session.

This was my first session with the student, who is preparing for the June LSAT. We started by discussing the different question types on the test, what demands on the test-taker they create, and how to approach them differently. We then proceeded into a conversation about general tips for the LSAT, and finally, we focused specifically on the first portion of the methodology for answering Logic Games questions (sequencing). We worked on overview, sketching, rules, deductions, and applying that information to questions. The student was very game and picked up the concepts very quickly, even diagramming his first logic game by the end of the session. For extra practice, I assigned him some reading in his study guide as well as one practice problem. I think our biggest win from today was his ability to pick up the logic games concepts very quickly.

We covered the basics of formal logic and truth tables. Then we talked about the LSAT in general and how to approach the various sections. I pointed the student to a few resources including a great website, and how to find LSAT preptests for free.