[blindlaw] Diagraming Logic Games

Fri Dec 2 03:53:35 UTC 2016

Hi, all,

I'm going to make several lists in a wordpad document and see what
happens. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.

Thank you all for your input.

J

On 12/1/16, kelby carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I didn't get any accommodations for that section, so had to do
> everything in my head.
>
> On 12/1/16, Michal Nowicki via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I did not have to appeal, and, quite strangely, this was before things
>> started to change for the better.
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>> From: Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw
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>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Diagraming Logic Games
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>> I did have to appeal for it, submitting a detailed justification letter
>> explaining the need.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kyra
>> Sweeney via BlindLaw
>> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 12:28 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Diagraming Logic Games
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>> I also find Excel really helpful for diagramming the games, but so far
>> have
>> not been able to get LSAC to grant it as an accommodation. Can anyone
>> share
>> their experiences requesting the use of Excel? Was it necessary to appeal
>> for it?
>> Kyra
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>>> On Dec 1, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
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>>> I too used Microsoft Excel to diagram the games, though you won't be able
>>> to get that accommodation approved before the December administration of
>>> the exam. If you happen to take it again for whatever reason, I recommend
>>> the use of Excel for diagramming the logic games. I just devised a system
>>> of symbols denoting the status of each variable. Using excel was helpful
>>> because I could copy the basic setup for all the questions relating to
>>> that game.
>>>
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>>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of J
>>> Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:12 PM
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>>> Subject: [blindlaw] Diagraming Logic Games
>>>
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> I'm taking my LSAT in a few days and I wanted to ask other totally-blind
>>> people how you diagram logic games. Although my scores on the logical
>>> reasoning and reading comprehension sections are where I want them, my
>>> scores on logic games fall a little short. I struggle with trying to
>>> organize the various correct sequences of the variables in a list in a
>>> word document. What have others done to keep track of multiple sequences
>>> for restricted and modification questions?
>>>
>>> Warmth,
>>> J
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