Something that has helped me stay on top of question types are drills. Don't just do the 5q drill at the end of the lesson. Go into the drill section and create a drill with a mix of question types.
Personally, when I do this, answer the questions first, take some time then go in and do BR taking as much time as I need. I also keep a journal for my wrong answers. (Looking a head, this is a practice J.Y. suggests later, so it may be a good idea to get a head start.)
You might already know this but just for extra advice, when you do drills, try not to pull questions from later PT's as you'll spoil full-length clean tests for practice later. Remember, the practice questions come from the tests so try to conserve questions for later practice and full-length tests. Pull mainly from the core curriculum. and earlier practice tests.
For some reason, switching the question stem into flaw language made SO much more sense to me. I don't know why it's so much harder for me to wrap my head around questions when they say "weaken."
Returning after struggling with this question type for quite some time. Testing in April and need to lock in for this goal score, so I will likely be commenting a bunch from here on out for my own understanding. Sorry friends!
I get the most confused when the language is extremely specific (which I imagine, is one of the many reasons I struggled with weakening questions in general), but find I have a better understanding of the abstract. Interested to see how this will play out in Flaw questions! Let's keep learning!
Since A2 is so subjective couldn't it be right in almost any circumstance? Like how would I as a reader, uneducated on the subject, know if there is or is not a better hypothesis unless the premise specifically states that? #feedback
#feedback I'm a little confused by the time suggestions associated with each video in this section of Flaw or Descriptive Weakening Questions. This video was about 9 and a half minutes but the time allocation is 13 min. Prior to this section, the time allocation was barely above the video length. So I'm wondering what the difference is. Will this entire section take me 12 hours like it says or much less?
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I've learned more about gaslighting while doing 7sage lessons than any other point in my life. Thanks 7sage! #lol
nah man I don't even want to press the next button
LOL
same
I can already tell I won't be very good at these types...
The LSAT writers bring a real "I know this question is hard but lets needlessly make it harder" vibe to the function that nobody appreciates lol
Why is this section 12 hours? Alv
Alv haha
Alv X3 JAjaja
ALV is right lmao
@tjh361508 AJAJAJAJJAJAJA ese we nmms
convinced LSAT writers just enjoy watching us struggle
@IrelandCrabtree schadenfreude to the max
Karl Marx failed to consider how mind-numbing flaw questions are on the LSAT
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form" - Karl Marx
Gotta love Marx, he had all bases covered
Is it bad that I barely remember the first few question types #help
Something that has helped me stay on top of question types are drills. Don't just do the 5q drill at the end of the lesson. Go into the drill section and create a drill with a mix of question types.
Personally, when I do this, answer the questions first, take some time then go in and do BR taking as much time as I need. I also keep a journal for my wrong answers. (Looking a head, this is a practice J.Y. suggests later, so it may be a good idea to get a head start.)
How do you create a drill with multiple question types #help
Practice -> Drills -> Aug 2024 and later --> drilling mode
Then the question types will pop up as they are labelled in the syllabus.
You might already know this but just for extra advice, when you do drills, try not to pull questions from later PT's as you'll spoil full-length clean tests for practice later. Remember, the practice questions come from the tests so try to conserve questions for later practice and full-length tests. Pull mainly from the core curriculum. and earlier practice tests.
wow fell asleep during this
Lying is intrinsically evil according to Thomas Aquinas.
abstract language explodes my brain. I can feel myself going numb
For some reason, switching the question stem into flaw language made SO much more sense to me. I don't know why it's so much harder for me to wrap my head around questions when they say "weaken."
@spindlynoodles same here
Returning after struggling with this question type for quite some time. Testing in April and need to lock in for this goal score, so I will likely be commenting a bunch from here on out for my own understanding. Sorry friends!
@TiaraFulcher Hope you crushed it!
FW → WQS and WAC
(If Flaw is a Weaken Question then you must have Weaken Question Stem and Weaken Answer Choices)
Read The LSAT Training book before this and it lowkey saved my life.. it describes flaws pretty great
@inadsiwel any tips lol
tbh I am SO glad this is the question stem
I get the most confused when the language is extremely specific (which I imagine, is one of the many reasons I struggled with weakening questions in general), but find I have a better understanding of the abstract. Interested to see how this will play out in Flaw questions! Let's keep learning!
lsat writers are sadists, and I did not consent to this
Since A2 is so subjective couldn't it be right in almost any circumstance? Like how would I as a reader, uneducated on the subject, know if there is or is not a better hypothesis unless the premise specifically states that? #feedback
false dichotomy was the thing that came to mind when I first read this
I REALLY REALLY struggle with the flaw answer choice wordings.
im confused.. are weakening and flaw questions essentially the same thing?
@hibahkhan I think flaw is a subset weakening questions
stared at the question for a little too long trying to spot the difference...
I'll never trust again.
helpful thanks!!
#feedback I'm a little confused by the time suggestions associated with each video in this section of Flaw or Descriptive Weakening Questions. This video was about 9 and a half minutes but the time allocation is 13 min. Prior to this section, the time allocation was barely above the video length. So I'm wondering what the difference is. Will this entire section take me 12 hours like it says or much less?
believe they give leeway so you can maybe read and understand/take notes.