Hi guys I have a tip for these questions. Feel free to let me know if it works for you or even if my tip falls short of anything. So after you read the stimulus, identify the conclusion. I like to highlight it if thats your jam too. And then see how the excerpt from the question stem relates to the conclusion.
If you highlight the conclusion and the excerpt is not the conclusion. Congrats. You can cross off every single answer choice that mentions conclusion. Then you will have to decide the excerpts role to the conclusion. Does it go against the conclusion? Does it support the conclusion?
I keep getting the correct answer, then it says I got 0% before blind review. So I go back and pick a different answer, yet my previous answer was the correct choice. This has happened on the past 2 as well. On one of them, I was over time so that makes sense. However, on this one, I was under time by 7 seconds. I'm confused why this keeps happening.
I am not doing good this chapter lolol. NA came easy to me, now this is whooping my ass. I chose B or D, then narrowed it down to B and it was wrong :/
I was stuck between B and D .. initially had my AC as D... during blind review chose B... grrrr I knew it was the P, it being the keyword here. Need to stop second guessing myself.
Lol June! I’m taking my time going through core curriculum and about to start regularly taking prep tests. Definitely planning to give myself options for fall LSATs too. When are you planning on taking it?
#feedback In the analysis of answer choice A, the author states that A, a wrong answer, could be amended to "It is a premise for the claim that water itself should be considered a polluter" to be correct. This does not seem accurate. For, it is merely an implied conclusion that water ought be considered a polluter. Instead, the stimulus' explicit conclusion is that "water itself is among the biggest polluters." Thus, what is integral to the stimulus' conclusion is an element of relativity that is not found in the author's amended answer choice A.
I feel like these questions would be so much simpler if there were some quotation marks to indicate where the excerpt begins and ends, rather than having to like reread and process everything within a sentence 3 or 4 times to perfectly understand.
Obviously this happens over the course of seconds... but seconds count
to simply put it, for weaken questions i went hunting for the answer choice that gives another hypothesis/explanation based on the premises and for strengthen questions i look for an ac that helps the conclusion make more sense e.g if the conclusion is 'the apple jack ate today was red' I am going to look for an ac that says something like 'every apple picked at smiths was checked and they were all red.' that would strengthen my conclusion. Idk if i explained that correctly but that's how i think about it and it hasn't failed me so far.
Thank you for your response and great explanation. Would you say for weaken qs, you weaken the reasoning only and for strengthen the conclusion only? I think i get them confused and for strengthen i try to focus on the reasoning and not conclusion
Read the question first, then read the argument, slow down and use POE as you are reading through the answers. BLIND REVIEW. Really test your answer choice, reread and ask yourself does it make sense considering the question stem and type of argument. This is my process and it’s been working so far, I had to slow down because the clock gives me anxiety.
Yeah, I agree to slow down because I would be so confident that the answer I choose is the correct one but when J.Y explains I get frustrated on why I did not see that before. Thank you for the top advice!!
Same, but what I have changed my approach is really reading the answer choices (here I was between B and D) and in B the way it says a more serious problem - nowhere does it say that rather it just states exceed.
I'd review the basic parts of an argument and Main Conclusion/Main Point Questions. Knowing the parts of an argument, structure, and purpose will help. You should really aim to master that and you'll get much better at these.
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yaya got another one right !!!:)
Hi guys I have a tip for these questions. Feel free to let me know if it works for you or even if my tip falls short of anything. So after you read the stimulus, identify the conclusion. I like to highlight it if thats your jam too. And then see how the excerpt from the question stem relates to the conclusion.
If you highlight the conclusion and the excerpt is not the conclusion. Congrats. You can cross off every single answer choice that mentions conclusion. Then you will have to decide the excerpts role to the conclusion. Does it go against the conclusion? Does it support the conclusion?
B was so attractive to me, but it's important to remember that an answer choice that is out of scope from the stim's argument is wrong which B was
Bruh I keep getting them wrong initially, then picking the right one on blind review. Ugh.
#feedback
I keep getting the correct answer, then it says I got 0% before blind review. So I go back and pick a different answer, yet my previous answer was the correct choice. This has happened on the past 2 as well. On one of them, I was over time so that makes sense. However, on this one, I was under time by 7 seconds. I'm confused why this keeps happening.
@ElaineRogers this has happened to me as well!
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Wow I'm being humbled so much in this section.
I am not doing good this chapter lolol. NA came easy to me, now this is whooping my ass. I chose B or D, then narrowed it down to B and it was wrong :/
I was stuck between B and D .. initially had my AC as D... during blind review chose B... grrrr I knew it was the P, it being the keyword here. Need to stop second guessing myself.
Needed this after the NA lessons....
This kind of confused me. I got D but the excerpt seems more like context than a premise - did anyone else think of it this way?
yes!! but then i realised that the second sentence was part of a causal chain and which would being that the excerpt was the premise
@inadsiwel oh this made so much sense thank you
struuuuuggling with this section i fear
i felt like NA questions were more intuitive to me and now AP questions are nottt coming as naturally.
so interesting to see what people's strengths and weaknesses are in these comment sections!
When are you taking your LSAT? I always see you in the comments section lol we're kinda in sync with the curriculum.
Lol June! I’m taking my time going through core curriculum and about to start regularly taking prep tests. Definitely planning to give myself options for fall LSATs too. When are you planning on taking it?
I’m planning to take it in June also but from core curriculum module to module I know how to feel and gauge if I’m ready
#feedback In the analysis of answer choice A, the author states that A, a wrong answer, could be amended to "It is a premise for the claim that water itself should be considered a polluter" to be correct. This does not seem accurate. For, it is merely an implied conclusion that water ought be considered a polluter. Instead, the stimulus' explicit conclusion is that "water itself is among the biggest polluters." Thus, what is integral to the stimulus' conclusion is an element of relativity that is not found in the author's amended answer choice A.
24 seconds faster than the target !! loving AP
I feel like these questions would be so much simpler if there were some quotation marks to indicate where the excerpt begins and ends, rather than having to like reread and process everything within a sentence 3 or 4 times to perfectly understand.
Obviously this happens over the course of seconds... but seconds count
Brother I am dying.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy
AP questions light work (Im cooked if i get a 5/5 difficulty)
Feelign great tbh!
I thought A because I was considering that the excerpt was a sub-conclusion / major premises for the main conclusion ….
me someone who did better in SWE struggling in AP :(
do you have advice for SW Qs? I struggle so bad even after watching lessons
to simply put it, for weaken questions i went hunting for the answer choice that gives another hypothesis/explanation based on the premises and for strengthen questions i look for an ac that helps the conclusion make more sense e.g if the conclusion is 'the apple jack ate today was red' I am going to look for an ac that says something like 'every apple picked at smiths was checked and they were all red.' that would strengthen my conclusion. Idk if i explained that correctly but that's how i think about it and it hasn't failed me so far.
Thank you for your response and great explanation. Would you say for weaken qs, you weaken the reasoning only and for strengthen the conclusion only? I think i get them confused and for strengthen i try to focus on the reasoning and not conclusion
Doing stupid mistakes #help
Read the question first, then read the argument, slow down and use POE as you are reading through the answers. BLIND REVIEW. Really test your answer choice, reread and ask yourself does it make sense considering the question stem and type of argument. This is my process and it’s been working so far, I had to slow down because the clock gives me anxiety.
Yeah, I agree to slow down because I would be so confident that the answer I choose is the correct one but when J.Y explains I get frustrated on why I did not see that before. Thank you for the top advice!!
lfg
I'm struggling with these questions and need help on what I should review in the curriculum to do better. #help
Same, but what I have changed my approach is really reading the answer choices (here I was between B and D) and in B the way it says a more serious problem - nowhere does it say that rather it just states exceed.
I'd review the basic parts of an argument and Main Conclusion/Main Point Questions. Knowing the parts of an argument, structure, and purpose will help. You should really aim to master that and you'll get much better at these.
And also trust your gut! These questions, as well as the rest of the LSAT, are made to trip you up. You can do this!!
I would review all the lessons on assumptions and really understand how they affect the strength of support