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    LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked: Exclusive Data, Analysis & Explanations for the June 2017 LSAT
    LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked: Exclusive Data, Analysis & Explanations for the June 2017 LSAT
    LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked: Exclusive Data, Analysis & Explanations for the June 2017 LSAT
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    LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked: Exclusive Data, Analysis & Explanations for the June 2017 LSAT

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    Kaplan's LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked features comprehensive explanations for every question in the LSAC's Official LSAT PrepTest 81. Reviewing a practice test is the key to improving your score, and in PrepTest 81 Unlocked Kaplan's LSAT experts deconstruct the June 2017 LSAT to help you learn why you missed questions and how to get the right answers more efficiently. Note: PrepTest 81 is not included in this book. You'll need to purchase that separately.

    The Best Review
    • Complete explanations for every question and answer choice
    • Test-taking strategies to help you score the most points
    • Sample sketchwork for logic games
    • Sample roadmaps for reading comprehension passages
    • Exclusive data on question difficulty and student performance to help you focus your efforts where you'll need them most
    • Glossary with key terminology to help you think like the testmaker
    • Up-to-date test information, including 8 can't-miss features of PrepTest 81 and how it compares to recent LSAT trends
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    • We know the test: Kaplan's expert LSAT faculty teach the world's most popular LSAT course, and more people get into law school with a Kaplan LSAT course than all other major test prep companies combined.
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    • We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.
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    PublisherKaplan Test Prep
    Release dateFeb 6, 2018
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      LSAT PrepTest 81 Unlocked - Kaplan Test Prep

      LSAT®

      PrepTests 81

      Unlocked

      Exclusive Data, Analysis, & Explanations for the June 2017 LSAT

      LSAT® is a registered mark of the Law School Admission Council, Inc.

      Table of Contents

      PrepTests 81 Unlocked: Front Matter

      Preptest 81: Cover

      Preptest 81: Title Page

      Preptest 81: Copyright

      Preptest 81: June 2017

      Preptest 81: Intro—Bundle Only

      Preptest 81: Unlocked: The Inside Story

      Preptest 81: Section I: Reading Comprehension

      Preptest 81: Section II: Logical Reasoning

      Preptest 81: Section III: Logical Reasoning

      Preptest 81: Section IV: Logic Games

      Glossary

      Glossary Intro

      Glossary

      Guide

      Cover

      Table of Contents

      Start of Content

      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 81

      PrepTest 81: The Inside Story

      PrepTest 81: The Inside Story

      PrepTest 81 was administered in June 2017. It challenged 27,606 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 81's most difficult section. 

      Hardest PrepTest 81 Section as Reported by Test Takers

      Pie chart. Hardest section of PrepTest 80 as reported by test takers: 70% Logic Games; 14% Reading Comprehension; 16% Logical Reasoning.

      Based on these results, you might think that studying Logic Games is the key to LSAT success. Well, Logic Games is important, but test takers' perceptions don't tell the whole story. For that, you need to consider students' actual performance. Alas, PrepTest 81 is so recent that as of the time of publication we don't yet have sufficient data about student performance on this test. ***Your online materials will be updated to reflect performance data later in the fall of 2017.*** 

      Actual student performance typically tells quite a different story. Usually students are fairly equally likely to miss questions in all three of the different section types.

      Maybe students overestimate the difficulty of the Logic Games section because it's so unusual, or maybe it's because a really hard logic game is so easy to remember after the test. But the truth is that the testmaker places hard questions throughout the test. When we update the information in fall of 2017, we'll include the locations of the 10 hardest (most missed) questions in the exam.

      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. ***As soon as we get sufficient data, we'll update the star ratings for PrepTest 81 in fall of 2017.***

      7 Can't Miss Features of PrepTest 81

      With 10 Inference questions in LR, PT 81 had the most Inference questions since December '94 (PT 13).

      The Logic Games section has only started with a Hybrid game nine times ever. That said, PT 81 was the third test in three years to do so.

      PT 81's Reading Comprehension section contained only two Global questions. That ties June '16 (PT 78) as the fewest ever. 

      What replaced those Global questions? There were four LR - Parallel Reasoning questions in the RC section. That's a new record, and equals the same number there were on PT 77–80 combined!

      (D)-lightful! There were at least two more (D)'s than (C)'s or (E)'s in all three sections!

      A/B Testing? The second LR section had some pretty unusual letter answer streaks. #7 to #15 were all either (A) or (B)—including four straight (B)'s in one stretch.

      Dangerous Curve Ahead! PT 81 was the first test since October '08 (PT 58) to require at least 83 questions correct to get a 164 (90th percentile score). Similarly, PT 81 was the first test since June '07 (PT June '07) to require at least 94 questions correct to get a 172 (99th percentile score).

      PrepTest 81 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 81 to the average numbers seen on all officially released LSATs administered over the past five years (from 2012 through 2016). 

      Number of LR Questions by Type: PrepTest 81 vs. 2012–2016 Average

      Bar chart. Number of LR questions by type in PrepTest 80, compared to the average number over the past five years of PrepTests.

      Number of LG Games by Type: PrepTest 81 vs. 2012–2016 Average

      Bar chart. Number of LR questions by type in PrepTest 80, compared to the average number over the past five years of PrepTests.

      Number of RC Questions by Type: PrepTest 81 vs. 2012–2016 Average

      Bar chart. Number of LR questions by type in PrepTest 80, 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 an online Qbank with thousands of officially released questions, games, and passages. 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 above) is an important tool for understanding how the test is constructed, and how you are performing on it.

      LSAT PrepTest 81

      Section I: Reading Comprehension

      Passage 1: Wynton Marsalis and the State of Jazz

      Passage 2: Inferential vs. Noninferential Thoughts

      Passage 3: Dowsing

      Passage 4: The Use of Independent Research by Judges

      Passage 1: Wynton Marsalis and the State of Jazz

      Step 1: Read the Passage Strategically

      Sample Roadmap

      Discussion

      In the first paragraph, the author introduces a startling contrast: Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis (Topic) was widely praised for decades, gaining unqualified admiration and having unsurpassed influence. But that changed, as criticism toward Marsalis led to an uncertain fate for both him and jazz music, in general.

      The second paragraph goes into detail about the deterioration of both Marsalis's career and jazz. After a massive output (15 CDs in one year), Marsalis went years without releasing new music. He no longer had a record contract, and record companies stopped developing new jazz artists. It makes the reader wonder, what happened to Marsalis's sterling reputation, and how did this affect jazz as a whole? These questions serve as the Scope of the passage. And the Purpose is to answer those questions and explain what happened.

      The third paragraph starts to offer some explanation, presenting the point of view of Marsalis's critics. They partially blame Marsalis for his unbending and stifling reliance on classicism, which impeded innovation.

      The author defends Marsalis some in the fourth paragraph, admitting to Marsalis's emphasis on tradition, but arguing that Marsalis was using that tradition as inspiration for reinvention and expression. However, record companies took a different view: If traditional music is so great, then who needs new music?

      And that leads to the ultimate effect described in the last paragraph: Record companies stopped pushing new artists and instead focused on making lots of money selling archived recordings of older artists. This wraps up the Main Idea of the passage: Despite his initial success, Marsalis's emphasis on traditional jazz styles ultimately hurt his career and led the music industry to stop supporting new jazz musicians. 

      (D) Global

      Step 2: Identify the Question Type

      The question asks for the main point of the entire passage, making this a Global question.

      Step 3: Research the Relevant Text

      Don't go back into the passage. Just consider the Main Idea as predicted after reading the passage.

      Step 4: Make a Prediction

      The Main Idea was that, despite his initial success, Marsalis's emphasis on traditional jazz hurt his career and ultimately led record companies to abandon their support for new jazz musicians.

      Step 5: Evaluate the Answer Choices

      (D) offers an accurate summary, bringing up Marsalis's emphasis on tradition and how that led to decreased support for new jazz artists.

      (A) focuses too much on Marsalis, completely ignoring the effect on jazz music in general. 

      (B) addresses the author's defense of Marsalis in the fourth paragraph. However, this not only misses the point of the passage as a whole, but it also suggests that jazz now has a wider audience—a claim not supported anywhere in the passage. 

      (C) is a Distortion. It is never suggested that Marsalis ever moved away from traditionalism. And, if anything, the passage suggests that Marsalis's style caused the record companies to shift their focus, not the other way around.

      (E) is far too narrow, focusing merely on what is mentioned in the first paragraph. However, this completely leaves out the effects described throughout the rest of the passage.

      (C) Inference

      Step 2: Identify the Question Type

      The question asks what someone most likely means when making a claim, making this an Inference question.

      Step 3: Research the Relevant Text

      The quote in question is presented at the end of the third paragraph. Don't just focus on the quote

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