I was worried about picking C because it names a complete different demographic group. I did not realize that irrelevancy would be just as ideal answer
Is anyone just doing these without writing down the lawgic? I understand he is just trying to show us how he arrived at the answer, but wouldn't it be bad practice for the test since we won't have much time at all?
Causation doesn’t require it as much as the conditional. You’ll want it for parallel reasoning. You can pretty much get through the 3 star Qs with basic reading comp.
In the beginning I used to write out the lawgic but now for questions like these I just do a small diagram. For some questions heavy on conditionals lawgic helps a lot so I do it... Think the point is doing it now so in time we won't need to write it down.
@aurora67 I feel like if you were to read the correct answer choice you can easily tell that that's the right answer without having to dissect the other option. The 40-60 y/o experiment has a too different of a population to compare our first year students with.
I don't understand why 40-60 year olds are relevant here if we are talking about first year students...I immediately dismissed that answer because I thought it had nothing to do with the stimulus
To anyone asking about lawgic, I havent wrote down lawgic since MBT questions.
I chose answer C mainly because we are not talking about 40-60 year olds and has no bearing on the argument. Yes, we can make the assumption that it might correlate somehow with the college students. However, I have noticed more times than not, the LSAT will pow pow your hand if you do that. Thus getting it wrong.
I had the exact same problem. I was so livid that I got this wrong, I had to go to the gym and calm down. Other than these types of questions everything makes sense but EXCEPT questions really throw me off. I'm going to start flagging them on all my practice tests, but missing it on a blind review....
I find that I am much faster at visualizing the lawgic than writing it out. It takes me a lot longer when I write it out and I want to be mindful of my timing during the test.
I used translation to help me out on this one. For some reason the word "recreation" was throwing me off so I just translated it from "recreation" to "spending money on bs" lol
I am so silly !! I was doing this and I was like C isn't relevant we don't care about 40-60 year olds and I didn't choose it and was like why is everything a strengthener lol
sometimes i am so sure of the answer, but it seems so obvious (like this one, cause who tf said anything about old people) -- but becuse it's so obvious, i hesitate and waste time ahhhhhh
Need to trust when I know an answer is right! I saw 40-60 years olds and was like "wait but what about first years?"
If I didn't understand why an answer is right, I definitely need to parse the grammar of an answer like B. But confidence means I can skip over any ones I find vaguely confusing.
I wonder if anyone had the same thoughts as me but reading this stimulus was kind of confusing to me grammatically BUT after reading the answer choice C was talking about adults 40 & 60 are not the subject group which are first year students. I found that this choice was irrelevant compared to the other choices and quickly chose it. #feedback
The instant I saw the "ages 40-60" I figured it was just too irrelevant to the set in question to possibly be correct. I skimmed through the other answers and my intuition was confirmed. I can foresee a future where I wind up trusting my intuition a little too much, but (for now) I'm finding it a helpful strategy. We've got this everyone!
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The correct answer choice is F, the LSAT is increasing my levels of anxiety and depression
I was worried about picking C because it names a complete different demographic group. I did not realize that irrelevancy would be just as ideal answer
I tell myself out loud that it is an EXCEPT question and then instantly forget while reading the answers
Story of my life. I always highlight the word EXCEPT lol
"there is another way to identify the correct answer... and that is to identify the correct answer"
-JY
I hesitated so much when choosing C because it seemed too easy, I fully thought it was a trap answer choice.
I thought the same thing! But then I read the other ones and I was like.. Let me see what happens. And I got it correct!
My intuition told me C was correct because it was the only one dealing with a different sample type than the others.
Such an easy question but the wording in the stimulus took me a minute and a half to read and understand
Is anyone just doing these without writing down the lawgic? I understand he is just trying to show us how he arrived at the answer, but wouldn't it be bad practice for the test since we won't have much time at all?
Causation doesn’t require it as much as the conditional. You’ll want it for parallel reasoning. You can pretty much get through the 3 star Qs with basic reading comp.
In the beginning I used to write out the lawgic but now for questions like these I just do a small diagram. For some questions heavy on conditionals lawgic helps a lot so I do it... Think the point is doing it now so in time we won't need to write it down.
lawgic isn't required for causation logic. conditional logic is where lawgic is much more necessary
I very rarely diagram anything unless I am having a hard time understanding the passage.
I honestly don't even understand lawgic language so I hardly use it
I highly recommend you take the time to learn it. JY isn’t teaching you this because he thinks you’ll enjoy it
lol
I'm mildly surprised this question is lvl 3 difficulty
I also felt the same way.
@aurora67 I feel like if you were to read the correct answer choice you can easily tell that that's the right answer without having to dissect the other option. The 40-60 y/o experiment has a too different of a population to compare our first year students with.
this section has showed me i would kill this test if only i wasnt such a slow reader
@Sunday_Blues13 I KNOWWW it took me like 9 decades this question
@DakshMalik same :(
yep I'm cooked i give up
DON'T GIVE UP WE GOT THIS!!!
I don't understand why 40-60 year olds are relevant here if we are talking about first year students...I immediately dismissed that answer because I thought it had nothing to do with the stimulus
@Jasmin13 here is my question to you : why discriminate and think the only 1st year students are the ones in their 20s ?! 😂
BTW, there are 40-60 yr olds in first year :)
I keep talking myself out of right answers...
To anyone asking about lawgic, I havent wrote down lawgic since MBT questions.
I chose answer C mainly because we are not talking about 40-60 year olds and has no bearing on the argument. Yes, we can make the assumption that it might correlate somehow with the college students. However, I have noticed more times than not, the LSAT will pow pow your hand if you do that. Thus getting it wrong.
I had the exact same problem. I was so livid that I got this wrong, I had to go to the gym and calm down. Other than these types of questions everything makes sense but EXCEPT questions really throw me off. I'm going to start flagging them on all my practice tests, but missing it on a blind review....
At least I know where to put my focus.
I find that I am much faster at visualizing the lawgic than writing it out. It takes me a lot longer when I write it out and I want to be mindful of my timing during the test.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I MISSED THE "EXCEPT" AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@Ramen123 a blunder as classic as challenging a sicilian when death is on the line
@Tobykenobi INCONCEIVABLE!
I used translation to help me out on this one. For some reason the word "recreation" was throwing me off so I just translated it from "recreation" to "spending money on bs" lol
I suck at these. I'm so quick to go "age 40-60? that has nothing to do with the argument. ELIMINATE"
When that is precisely why its the answer in a EXCEPT question. The except ones get me like 50%+ of the time...
i got confused thinking strengthen except means weaken so I immediately crossed out C because the phenomenon doesnt even mention 40-60 years old.
@jrm98
1000% exactly what I did. Should've read the entire thing.
@jrm98 TO ADD: Strengthen except means weaken or do nothing
I am so silly !! I was doing this and I was like C isn't relevant we don't care about 40-60 year olds and I didn't choose it and was like why is everything a strengthener lol
My brain was and still is incapable of comprehending wtf the stimulus was trying to say, with that said, thank God answer choice C was there.
sometimes i am so sure of the answer, but it seems so obvious (like this one, cause who tf said anything about old people) -- but becuse it's so obvious, i hesitate and waste time ahhhhhh
Need to trust when I know an answer is right! I saw 40-60 years olds and was like "wait but what about first years?"
If I didn't understand why an answer is right, I definitely need to parse the grammar of an answer like B. But confidence means I can skip over any ones I find vaguely confusing.
Got it right but over time by 40 sec!
I wonder if anyone had the same thoughts as me but reading this stimulus was kind of confusing to me grammatically BUT after reading the answer choice C was talking about adults 40 & 60 are not the subject group which are first year students. I found that this choice was irrelevant compared to the other choices and quickly chose it. #feedback
The instant I saw the "ages 40-60" I figured it was just too irrelevant to the set in question to possibly be correct. I skimmed through the other answers and my intuition was confirmed. I can foresee a future where I wind up trusting my intuition a little too much, but (for now) I'm finding it a helpful strategy. We've got this everyone!
It was a toss up between B & C after I did POE, but ultimately C was the winner both times for me. Finally, a win.