5/5 on most difficult, and I used to hate this question type, as it was undoubtedly my worst. Literally I was cooked on these.
Key Takeaways:
1. Find the conclusion. It is usually super easy in this question type's stimuli
2. Find how they are justifying the conclusion. Usually there is one single premise sentence that is the key to this.
3. Think about how you are bridging the gap between the conclusion and the premise you found. What is your brain doing to justify why the premise ensures the conclusion? If you read a stimuli and think "damn this seems bulletproof to me", you missed it. Your goofy little brain made the assumption without you even realizing it.
Don't fall for it, there is always something wrong with these arguments in the stimuli.
4. In the answers, you will usually be able to narrow it down to 2 good looking ones. Once you are there, negate them both. If the argument could still stand after the negation, it isn't right.
5. Remember, "none" or "no" is the negation to "some" or "any"
This is great! This has been my worst section so far, and it was discouraging.However, I will take my 4/5 on medium and save this comment to help when I get back to this.
The more I do these drills, the more I lose hope for my dream score :D I'm not giving up, just sharing so that if anyone else is also struggling but has been working really hard, you are not alone!
@Kaileavesley when this happens for me, I just don't move on until I feel better about it. No point learning something new if I don't yet understand what I just learned. More practice.
@Kaileavesley luckily this isn't a final exam! Go back through the modules, drill often, and dig into the specific pieces that don't feel intuitive until they do feel intuitive.
If you feel you're plateauing, take a couple days off! It's amazing how much progress you can make by just stepping away from the work for a short time. Your brain processes information, you come back fresher, and more often than not you'll have breakthroughs.
You are probably looking to strengthen the argument, rather than make the argument possible. Pay CLOSE attention to the argument that the author is making. Have you been Blind Reviewing your answers? I've found that very helpful.
I've had those days too, you're not alone! One thing that has really helped me with NA questions is to repeat everything in my own words. This ensures that I know exactly what we're talking about. Then I identify the conclusion and ask "What do we need for this to be true?" Not necessarily to strengthen, or explain - but without, the conclusion would be impossible (find this using the negation test). When we first started this section, it took me a while to do all this but my time and accuracy have been improving because I have a good foundation to work with. We got this! Keep practicing and WAJing.
so you first answer the questions with the time constraint as best as you can, then during blind review you go back and look at the question again, taking as much time as you need, and you can change your answer. Then whenever you see the results at the end you can see if either the answer you had the first time or the new one are correct.
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5/5 on most difficult, and I used to hate this question type, as it was undoubtedly my worst. Literally I was cooked on these.
Key Takeaways:
1. Find the conclusion. It is usually super easy in this question type's stimuli
2. Find how they are justifying the conclusion. Usually there is one single premise sentence that is the key to this.
3. Think about how you are bridging the gap between the conclusion and the premise you found. What is your brain doing to justify why the premise ensures the conclusion? If you read a stimuli and think "damn this seems bulletproof to me", you missed it. Your goofy little brain made the assumption without you even realizing it.
Don't fall for it, there is always something wrong with these arguments in the stimuli.
4. In the answers, you will usually be able to narrow it down to 2 good looking ones. Once you are there, negate them both. If the argument could still stand after the negation, it isn't right.
5. Remember, "none" or "no" is the negation to "some" or "any"
thank you so much, i can kinda see what im doing wrong now
This is great! This has been my worst section so far, and it was discouraging.However, I will take my 4/5 on medium and save this comment to help when I get back to this.
omg you are the actual best- thanks. This is really clear and helpful!
@jwmiller238 commenting to save this for later
why does the lsat think i'm gonna be an agricultural attorney moonlighting as the in house counsel at an art museum
The more I do these drills, the more I lose hope for my dream score :D I'm not giving up, just sharing so that if anyone else is also struggling but has been working really hard, you are not alone!
@CamilleChmura Me too, after doing more drills and PTs, my emotions are just like swinging pendulum. Sometimes really nice, sometimes really bad
im so glad to see we're all struggling together, it makes me feel better it all <3
goodbye to these horrendous questions
NA is messing me up more than the other categories so far
1/5; chat i fear i am cooked.
Chat I'm COOKED
yeah it's over
My first 5/5! Finally, some encouragement on a section that did not reflect that initially!
why did i miss so many of the NA questions throughout the lesson but get a 5/5 on this one all under the time limit
i bet it's bcuz of the difficulty but idk how confident i feel abt NA questions just cuz of my inconsistency
The way I have been struggling with this and I ended up getting 4/5 !!!
my first time getting 100% on a drill!!
i'm so used to pressing the check button that I keep ending my drills without finishing :(
If you click the practice tab and go to drills you can view your previously created drills and complete them there
3/5 I feel defeated. After the SA block, this just wrecked me
5/5 on medium first try after getting back to back questions wrong after a day break. I feel encouraged again LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
Well 1/5 i guess im screwed - SA and NA do not click for me at all idk how to proceed lol
@Kaileavesley You are not alone i too got 1/5 lol
@Kaileavesley when this happens for me, I just don't move on until I feel better about it. No point learning something new if I don't yet understand what I just learned. More practice.
@Kaileavesley luckily this isn't a final exam! Go back through the modules, drill often, and dig into the specific pieces that don't feel intuitive until they do feel intuitive.
If you feel you're plateauing, take a couple days off! It's amazing how much progress you can make by just stepping away from the work for a short time. Your brain processes information, you come back fresher, and more often than not you'll have breakthroughs.
@Kaileavesley same same same
4/5 and not mad about it.
thought i was doing well than got all of them wrong. im not sure what i am doing wrong
You are probably looking to strengthen the argument, rather than make the argument possible. Pay CLOSE attention to the argument that the author is making. Have you been Blind Reviewing your answers? I've found that very helpful.
I've had those days too, you're not alone! One thing that has really helped me with NA questions is to repeat everything in my own words. This ensures that I know exactly what we're talking about. Then I identify the conclusion and ask "What do we need for this to be true?" Not necessarily to strengthen, or explain - but without, the conclusion would be impossible (find this using the negation test). When we first started this section, it took me a while to do all this but my time and accuracy have been improving because I have a good foundation to work with. We got this! Keep practicing and WAJing.
is blind reviewing just watching why you got the answer wrong?
so you first answer the questions with the time constraint as best as you can, then during blind review you go back and look at the question again, taking as much time as you need, and you can change your answer. Then whenever you see the results at the end you can see if either the answer you had the first time or the new one are correct.
i got them all wrong - wow this is a hard area for me
I got 1 right during all the lessons and 5/5 here I don't even understand what's going on
@meepmeep same exact thing for me too. I don't get it lol
NA questions are just not for me..
5/5... god is that you
4/5 on a tired brain after working all day. Taking my small wins where I can. Gonna find a way to beat this test one way or another.
after the grueling questions in the majority of this module, i had to do an easy level drill - 5/5 i'm just taking this win and running with it
5/5 on hard! was getting discouraged at the earlier parts of this section but i got better towards the end!