Something that I'm working on not doing is "reading intensely." I feel like it burns my stamina out. Instead I'm building my intuition and confidence in the form of the questions and answer choices. One foot in front of the other...
I got B, but A was a hard no for me because of the word 'ONLY.'
The video says A isn't 'precise enough,' but isn't 'ONLY' also just way too percise? The paragraph says it’s reasonable to push for certain animals, but it doesn't say we have to exclude every other species. To me, 'only' made it an automatic fail. Is that a valid way to kill the answer or am I reachin
Wow i'm going to be a great lawyer 😁 It really helps to read the passage and understand it. Then Predict what the correct answer be. Then look at the choices.
I've surprisingly been getting these questions correct, which makes me feel confident, but I really have to work on my time. Most of the time I go 40 seconds to 2 minutes over depending on the question.
Great Explanation. I got this one correct, but it did take me 8mins :/.. I wanted to understand the stimulus thoroughly. How can I get faster? I guess by practicing and drilling more.
@ayoubiii I think it helped when I translated it! So let's say there are some snakes that really only exist in Hawaii (endemic species). Even in Hawaii, they are mostly in Maui in one forest in big numbers. Like NYC population equivalent numbers(hot spot). But these snakes right, they need their homes in the forest, but hotels keep trying to build chains there. That would destroy their homes(vulnerable to habitat loss bcz of commercial development). Real bad for the snakes, right? Turns out, these types of scenarios with endemic species that all died out are where we get MOST of the extinctions in the last 100 years (modern-day extinctions). Environmental orgs like WWF are trying to help, but they have so many ops!!!! They have to deal with global warming, and there are also snails and monk seals and dolphins and whales-- nature orgs are BUSY. They can't be doing everything (limited number of battles that can be waged). When we take all of that into account, what makes the most sense? Hopefully this helps!
after watching the video it makes sense with the answer, but is anyone else having a difficult time inferring "limited number of environmental battles" to "resource constraint?" with time pressure on the actual exam, what is a strategy for inferring these connections when they may not be obvious at first or even a second read? i feel dumb..
@kythax I don't know if there's a hack for this in general but the "resource constraint" part actually helped me narrow down the answer to B. If you have "limited" opportunities to advocate, then that necessarily means that you have limited resources/avenues (aka resource constrained) for protecting endemic species. Hence you are resource constrained and therefore should concentrate what limited resources you have into protecting hot spot habitats....which I see as a superset that encompasses many endemic species. This ensures that at least some endemic species will be protected (as opposed to the more constricting answer A of "only....").
@kythax If it helps, I knew A was wrong because it was outside the frame of the argument. If you look at the whole passage, they are only talking about the specific group of species that are threatened with habitat loss. It's the endemic ones that are in hot spots. A is too broad to be right when B is more spot on. I just figured, look, we're talking about endemic species in hot spots for a reason, and A is casting way too large a net.
I'm probably not the best person to answer since I'm still working on it, but something that's really helped me with making inferences is doing blind reviews seriously. I break down every piece of the argument into my own words and work through why I would choose and would not choose an answer without knowing what is right or wrong. It's helping me pick up on patterns in the way the LSAT operates, and it might be helpful for you too!!
@goodluckonthelsatguys I don't think you should be reading the answer choices first -- forgive me if I missed it, but we weren't told to do that (the only thing I can think you're referring to was last lesson where JY looked at the AC first, but that was just to prove a point)
It's usually stimulus or question stem first, and then AC.
I picked my answer and didn't pay attention to any other ones. So when I went to the video, answer F: kill all pandas, made my jaw drop. Was not ready for that 😂
I eliminate C for a different reason. I saw it as comparing to non endemic species. so this choice really said, don't worry if the habitat is threatened, if endemic species we will protect. this is a more attractive answer but still not a good choice
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foundations lessons are paying off :)
Here's how I placed each answer choice on the Spectrum of Support:
(C): anti-supported
(D), (E): unsupported
(A): weakly supported
(B): strongly supported/valid
Something that I'm working on not doing is "reading intensely." I feel like it burns my stamina out. Instead I'm building my intuition and confidence in the form of the questions and answer choices. One foot in front of the other...
im getting better! :)
I got B, but A was a hard no for me because of the word 'ONLY.'
The video says A isn't 'precise enough,' but isn't 'ONLY' also just way too percise? The paragraph says it’s reasonable to push for certain animals, but it doesn't say we have to exclude every other species. To me, 'only' made it an automatic fail. Is that a valid way to kill the answer or am I reachin
tbh i think the correct answer is to kill all the pandas
When you see what you strongly believe is the correct answer, do you mark it and move on or finish reading the rest of the answer choices?
Right in 36 secs - compared to where i started, this is so awesome!
got it right, but still feel iffy on it, a little confusing :/
Yay! Celebrating baby steps.
Wow i'm going to be a great lawyer 😁 It really helps to read the passage and understand it. Then Predict what the correct answer be. Then look at the choices.
LETS GO HUGE W
Does everyone read through the explanations even if they got it right? I started skimming them
@AshlynMiller I usually watch the video on a faster speed.
Phew! Too Easy!
I've surprisingly been getting these questions correct, which makes me feel confident, but I really have to work on my time. Most of the time I go 40 seconds to 2 minutes over depending on the question.
@aidamaeee04 same i'm worried I am becoming over confident lol
@EthanPerlmutter Literally same!
I got it correct, for me I focused on the conclusion and the word waged
Great Explanation. I got this one correct, but it did take me 8mins :/.. I wanted to understand the stimulus thoroughly. How can I get faster? I guess by practicing and drilling more.
Any tips on how to better understand this question, it really confused me.
@ayoubiii I think it helped when I translated it! So let's say there are some snakes that really only exist in Hawaii (endemic species). Even in Hawaii, they are mostly in Maui in one forest in big numbers. Like NYC population equivalent numbers(hot spot). But these snakes right, they need their homes in the forest, but hotels keep trying to build chains there. That would destroy their homes(vulnerable to habitat loss bcz of commercial development). Real bad for the snakes, right? Turns out, these types of scenarios with endemic species that all died out are where we get MOST of the extinctions in the last 100 years (modern-day extinctions). Environmental orgs like WWF are trying to help, but they have so many ops!!!! They have to deal with global warming, and there are also snails and monk seals and dolphins and whales-- nature orgs are BUSY. They can't be doing everything (limited number of battles that can be waged). When we take all of that into account, what makes the most sense? Hopefully this helps!
@new_cheese it's funny you chose snakes for this example, since we don't have endemic snakes in Hawaii! You're totally right though :)
after watching the video it makes sense with the answer, but is anyone else having a difficult time inferring "limited number of environmental battles" to "resource constraint?" with time pressure on the actual exam, what is a strategy for inferring these connections when they may not be obvious at first or even a second read? i feel dumb..
@kythax I don't know if there's a hack for this in general but the "resource constraint" part actually helped me narrow down the answer to B. If you have "limited" opportunities to advocate, then that necessarily means that you have limited resources/avenues (aka resource constrained) for protecting endemic species. Hence you are resource constrained and therefore should concentrate what limited resources you have into protecting hot spot habitats....which I see as a superset that encompasses many endemic species. This ensures that at least some endemic species will be protected (as opposed to the more constricting answer A of "only....").
@kythax If it helps, I knew A was wrong because it was outside the frame of the argument. If you look at the whole passage, they are only talking about the specific group of species that are threatened with habitat loss. It's the endemic ones that are in hot spots. A is too broad to be right when B is more spot on. I just figured, look, we're talking about endemic species in hot spots for a reason, and A is casting way too large a net.
I'm probably not the best person to answer since I'm still working on it, but something that's really helped me with making inferences is doing blind reviews seriously. I break down every piece of the argument into my own words and work through why I would choose and would not choose an answer without knowing what is right or wrong. It's helping me pick up on patterns in the way the LSAT operates, and it might be helpful for you too!!
E was attractive but the use of ONLY was a flag. So, I was confident in my choice of B.
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@goodluckonthelsatguys I don't think you should be reading the answer choices first -- forgive me if I missed it, but we weren't told to do that (the only thing I can think you're referring to was last lesson where JY looked at the AC first, but that was just to prove a point)
It's usually stimulus or question stem first, and then AC.
Taking your time + Writing it out on scratch paper = Eureka
I picked my answer and didn't pay attention to any other ones. So when I went to the video, answer F: kill all pandas, made my jaw drop. Was not ready for that 😂
I eliminate C for a different reason. I saw it as comparing to non endemic species. so this choice really said, don't worry if the habitat is threatened, if endemic species we will protect. this is a more attractive answer but still not a good choice
#feedback I only have the option to change the playback speed on certain videos!
try refreshing your page a couple times!