Same. I was panicking thinking that MSS questions could also be worded as MC. The question stem threw me off, and I decided to answer it as a MSS instead of MC :(. But now I know that my instinct should always prevail.
this is so depressing I have been acing main conclusion questions and so I thought I had them in the bag but I do this one and mess up and pick a choice B an obvious trap - you literally have to practice these questions every day or you will forget - another obvious realization
A hack I have found helpful, in questions that request the "conclusion drawn", you simply break down the stimulus, find the conclusion, and find the paraphrased version of that conclusion in the answer choice.
Originally chose B but changed to E in my blind review. I need to focus on the content right now instead of the timer and truly learn the material. Time will increase upon deeper understanding. Blind review has been super helpful!
Second guessed myself and choose B when I legit had E as my first answer but I was like nahhh these LSAT writers are trynna trick me and yup I played myself once again lol
one of the greatest lessons i ever learned in school was from my 8th grade reading teacher. she reviewed an exam of mine and noticed I erased a correct answer and instead chose an incorrect one. She told me to ALWAYS trust my first instinct.
I find this to be often true but more difficult on LSAT. Diagnostic score was shit, but i did notice that more than half of my wrong answer choices were narrowed down to the correct one and the one i picked. easy to see in hindsight but instinctually i was in the ballpark and prob missed a few second guessing myself.
mike kim in his LSAT trainer talks much about the importance of our subconscious mind for test taking and instinct is what i feel he is referring to. His first mantra is also to equate smart with simple. Overthinking will typically cause you to trick yourself out of a right anwser
how on earth can one question be complete certainty as the correct answer while other questions cannot be???/ this is so frustrating i feel fucking stupid
I sometimes find myself in the same boat. Keep a wrong answer journal and go over questions you missed over time. Only with discipline and consistency will we achieve the results we seek
Kind of late, but one thing that helped was to understand that every time you think you accidentally chose a wrong answer choice or that it was a simple mistake, understand that there are no mistakes, there is a reason why you chose that answer choice. and try to find the reasoning behind it. hope that made sense lol.
I almost fell for it! I even picked answer choice B first. Then I had an epiphany. The fact that other factors contribute to tropical storm development apart from global warming is not a conclusion, it is a premise! A premise presented as evidence used to challenge the prediction. But the conclusion is that the prediction is wrong.
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I misread the question stem and thought it was a MSS question. Lesson learned.
@rettisrenzo729 LOL I misread the Job Loss question (two pages behind) as MC!
Got it right on BR, but I hate that I didn't initially recognize that this was MC Review and no longer MSS review.
I want redemption omg......
Oh my god. I thought this was a Most Strongly Supported question. I answered it wrong 💀
SAME LOL
did the same thing!
Same. I was panicking thinking that MSS questions could also be worded as MC. The question stem threw me off, and I decided to answer it as a MSS instead of MC :(. But now I know that my instinct should always prevail.
this is so depressing I have been acing main conclusion questions and so I thought I had them in the bag but I do this one and mess up and pick a choice B an obvious trap - you literally have to practice these questions every day or you will forget - another obvious realization
its awful lol
SAME
i got trapped with B too, we can do this guys keep practicing :)
omg bye
fr! I was so confident that it was B
This MC outta nowhere was good, it teaches us to actually read the question stem carefully.
Got this wrong because I thought this was still a MSS question, and not MC.
did you pick B too?
i think my biggest mistake is I stop reading options when I see an option that sounds even remotely right
@yoshifo same
A hack I have found helpful, in questions that request the "conclusion drawn", you simply break down the stimulus, find the conclusion, and find the paraphrased version of that conclusion in the answer choice.
doing this has made MC questions super easy for me
got #trapped LOL. I was so confused why a MC was included that i psyched myself out. good one !
I feel like I’m going backwards
@AndreCarter SAME !!!
I didn't see this was a main conclusion question and was answering as if it was a MSS question. I need sleep.
@epayne17 same here thought my mind was playing tricks on me because i didn't read question stem
I hate how they recommend questions that you got correct the first time for blind review
@delaneycv Its more to test whether or not you actually know the answer or simply guessed it
@delaneycv You can change it in the settings.
Originally chose B but changed to E in my blind review. I need to focus on the content right now instead of the timer and truly learn the material. Time will increase upon deeper understanding. Blind review has been super helpful!
Second guessed myself and choose B when I legit had E as my first answer but I was like nahhh these LSAT writers are trynna trick me and yup I played myself once again lol
SAME
one of the greatest lessons i ever learned in school was from my 8th grade reading teacher. she reviewed an exam of mine and noticed I erased a correct answer and instead chose an incorrect one. She told me to ALWAYS trust my first instinct.
I find this to be often true but more difficult on LSAT. Diagnostic score was shit, but i did notice that more than half of my wrong answer choices were narrowed down to the correct one and the one i picked. easy to see in hindsight but instinctually i was in the ballpark and prob missed a few second guessing myself.
mike kim in his LSAT trainer talks much about the importance of our subconscious mind for test taking and instinct is what i feel he is referring to. His first mantra is also to equate smart with simple. Overthinking will typically cause you to trick yourself out of a right anwser
I did not read the question, and I thought it was most supported question haha
me too lol wow
same here!
how on earth can one question be complete certainty as the correct answer while other questions cannot be???/ this is so frustrating i feel fucking stupid
Got it right in blind review! I'll take that as a win. found my error in my original thought process and corrected it
Got this one wrong because I didn't read "probably" in answer E. I saw "will not" and instantly assumed it was wrong. Please read carefully everyone!
ahh sneaking this little guy in here, sneaky sneaky
Fell for it!! Got it in the BR though😮💨
Really frustrating to get questions wrong that look so obvious after doing the review. Does anyone have any tips on the mental challenge of this?
I sometimes find myself in the same boat. Keep a wrong answer journal and go over questions you missed over time. Only with discipline and consistency will we achieve the results we seek
Good luck
Kind of late, but one thing that helped was to understand that every time you think you accidentally chose a wrong answer choice or that it was a simple mistake, understand that there are no mistakes, there is a reason why you chose that answer choice. and try to find the reasoning behind it. hope that made sense lol.
Thats a good idea. Thanks for the advice! Will make sure to do this moving forward.
I almost fell for it! I even picked answer choice B first. Then I had an epiphany. The fact that other factors contribute to tropical storm development apart from global warming is not a conclusion, it is a premise! A premise presented as evidence used to challenge the prediction. But the conclusion is that the prediction is wrong.
LSAT I am learning your dirty tricks!
i definitely misread the question lol