OMG, this instructor is top notch! I wish he offered tutoring! I have known him from his days with Blueprint and then he started his on site for a while. Because of him, I improved significantly on LG when those were a thing. Awesome breakdown, please offer more stuff like this!
For the bacteria question, I don't know if it's a correct line of thinking (don't take my words as correct, just sharing my thoughts) but part of why I ruled out C alongside it simply not being the conclusion is that the question establishes that "in fact", "bacteria are extremely diverse", whilst the answer choice casts a bit of uncertainty through the "if". I felt as though the argument isn't based on a logical pattern of "if X then Y" and moreso "because X, then Y". Again, wasn't my primary way of confirming the answer but I found that it helped me eliminate it in comparison to B.
@AsadAwawdeh, I was coming here to say the same thing. Every word matters on this test, so I wouldn't think of this as flawed reasoning. I plan to add his reasoning for elimination to my question analysis while keeping the skepticism of "if" and "since".
Just echoing the others and saying that this was super helpful and looking forward to doing the rest of these before jumping into RC. This is the perfect recap of all the time spent doing LR thus far. Thank you!
For question 3, I got it right but I was tempted by C. I decided C was wrong because it says "if bacteria are extremely diverse" , and the author doesn't question IF they are diverse he is stating that they ARE diverse. Therefore I crossed it out leaving me with B. Was my reasoning off?
This was amazing! Ive been struggling to grasp how to properly attack the LR Questions, but these Fast Track lessons have given me so much clarity and structure. Thank you SO MUCH!!
Question for you guys: so I just completed the LR curriculum and am going through these as a high-level refresher. I got 60% on this drill. Is it worth drilling these more? Do I aim for perfection... keep practicing... or move on?
@saulgoodman13 Don't aim for perfection! Just make sure to drill a few MC every week and review mistakes on old MC.
The reason shooting for perfection doesn't work is because you'd have to be in the 170s already to actually achieve it reliably. So if you don't move on until you get perfect, you might not move on to other things that are more helpful.
That said, MC questions are very important, so make sure you really think through what gives you trouble when identifying the main conclusion of an argument.
You might even say that the author agreeing with a statement is a necessary but not sufficient condition for that statement being the main conclusion. Hardy har har.
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I will do good on the LSAT!
@KimberlyL26 Amen!
I really appreciate the addition of these videos into the core curriculum.
"dumb children" is diabolical!
OMG, this instructor is top notch! I wish he offered tutoring! I have known him from his days with Blueprint and then he started his on site for a while. Because of him, I improved significantly on LG when those were a thing. Awesome breakdown, please offer more stuff like this!
For the bacteria question, I don't know if it's a correct line of thinking (don't take my words as correct, just sharing my thoughts) but part of why I ruled out C alongside it simply not being the conclusion is that the question establishes that "in fact", "bacteria are extremely diverse", whilst the answer choice casts a bit of uncertainty through the "if". I felt as though the argument isn't based on a logical pattern of "if X then Y" and moreso "because X, then Y". Again, wasn't my primary way of confirming the answer but I found that it helped me eliminate it in comparison to B.
@AsadAwawdeh this is why I eliminated it too! I noticed that "bacteria are extremely diverse" is not a conditional statement
@AsadAwawdeh, I was coming here to say the same thing. Every word matters on this test, so I wouldn't think of this as flawed reasoning. I plan to add his reasoning for elimination to my question analysis while keeping the skepticism of "if" and "since".
feeling good about MC questions my biggest OP will be time for sure but i need to just drill,drill,drill!
These are highly valuable recaps.
I wish there were more so I could review them before my LSAT saturday haha.
Did the drill before watching the video: 4/5! I see where I slipped up, let's keep going everyone!!
@GenMorro2m well stated
This was great. Thanks for the overview
Kev- These are sooo good! Thank you!!
I thought I was really good with main conclusion questions, but I learned even more today. Great addition to the curriculum!
Social critic = Timothee Chalamet
Kevin is the goat when it comes to teaching the LSAT
This was great Kevin. Very helpful, thank you.
Is it safe to skip the video if you get 100% on the associate drill? My lsat is in September and I want to make the most of my time!
@MistiNoelWorden Of course; and in any video you do watch, you can skip through if it's all stuff that seems easy / you already follow the advice.
we appreciate you Kev
aye 5/5!
5/5 but i was over by ~1 min 30 sec. :/
Just echoing the others and saying that this was super helpful and looking forward to doing the rest of these before jumping into RC. This is the perfect recap of all the time spent doing LR thus far. Thank you!
For question 3, I got it right but I was tempted by C. I decided C was wrong because it says "if bacteria are extremely diverse" , and the author doesn't question IF they are diverse he is stating that they ARE diverse. Therefore I crossed it out leaving me with B. Was my reasoning off?
This was amazing! Ive been struggling to grasp how to properly attack the LR Questions, but these Fast Track lessons have given me so much clarity and structure. Thank you SO MUCH!!
Thank you! I got a 3/5 but I understand where I went wrong and will keep studying ^^
Question for you guys: so I just completed the LR curriculum and am going through these as a high-level refresher. I got 60% on this drill. Is it worth drilling these more? Do I aim for perfection... keep practicing... or move on?
@saulgoodman13 Don't aim for perfection! Just make sure to drill a few MC every week and review mistakes on old MC.
The reason shooting for perfection doesn't work is because you'd have to be in the 170s already to actually achieve it reliably. So if you don't move on until you get perfect, you might not move on to other things that are more helpful.
That said, MC questions are very important, so make sure you really think through what gives you trouble when identifying the main conclusion of an argument.
Okay this one isn't bad. I was 4 for 4 when pausing to answer the question myself. Now on to the next question type
Hang Kevins jersey in the LSAT hall of fame rafters
You might even say that the author agreeing with a statement is a necessary but not sufficient condition for that statement being the main conclusion. Hardy har har.