I am Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. And since I'm Harvey Birdman, I always take the case.Any case. And because I always take any case, any LSAT LR stimulus could reasonably be my closing statement before a jury. This is plausible (because I am Harvey Birdman). For all LR stimuli. Wait are we talking about LR question stems?
Wow, this lesson is exactly what I need to revisit right now. Sincerely, thank you for bringing my attention back to this lesson with your reply to my comment.
Was there a separate lesson on Evaluate type questions that I missed or was it not mentioned since it's similar to strengthen and weaken type questions?
I know this is unoriginal, but I will get J.Y. tattooed on my left cheek (let your imagination decide which cheeks I'm talking about) if I get a 175 on the LSAT
This was super helpful! Now that I'm done with the LR section, going on to the LG section, what do other 7sagers recommend to keep up with LR? I'm not ready to take a PT yet, but do y'all recommend doing LR drills every now and then when going through LG - and doing LG and LR drills while finishing up RC? Any advice would be appreciated!
I'm wondering that too! I think it would be best to keep drilling LR just for more and more practice, but I also worry about whether I'm taking away time from practicing RC for example. I think ultimately I'm planning on doing at least one drill for one question type per day while I make my way through LG and RC.
I'm going to make a list from top to bottom of which LR questions are the toughest for me to the ones that are the easiest, then I'm going to drill them and blind review until they become second nature. I'll probably do a few drill sets daily while keeping up with the curriculum.
Thank you so much, will keep practicing over and over again but I feel myself getting stronger, reaching conclusions much quicker. It's daunting to use this process as fluidly as is described above because it forces me to depend on my abilities and not just memorising a bunch of skills but I can feel my improvement, and we keep moving!!!!
If anyone still is looking at this, I just copy pasted into a Google Doc you can print: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bNXgBiEz_bv7ZtMILukKWOQSrqGpwlG0q-aFkyhZ-zA/edit?usp=sharing
Great summary! Very helpful. Just wish if there was one more wrap-up for the links, so that I can wrap up here easily instead of clicking thru the link lol
Evaluate questions are a combination of strengthen and weaken questions in that the right answer, when answered in one extreme (sometimes the responses are just a yes/no) would either weaken/strengthen the argument and in the other extreme weaken/strengthen it. Hope this helps
Question stem key words for evaluate questions are: the answer to which of the following questions (many of the ACs for Evaluate questions are worded as questions), most helpful to know/relevant to evaluating, evaluate + the argument/the conclusion. Also, @kermit750 is absolutely right in terms of how to approach this question type. From what I have been reading, Evaluate questions tend to be pretty rare. This is why many courses don't devote so much time to this particular question type. Going back to @kermit750's point, as long as you're comfortable with weakening/strengthening questions types, you will do well with Evaluate questions. If you have access to PTs, I would make a problem set with evaluate questions and try them out so that you can get a better feel for them. Hope this helps!
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Can't believe I made it here
we did it chat
anyone else taking the August LSAT?
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@SusanLeifker October!
Kinda crazy that I’m finishing LR. It feels like graduating high school😂
naming my firstborn JY thank you my goat
"No one pops pills for fun... wait, never mind"
I am Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. And since I'm Harvey Birdman, I always take the case. Any case. And because I always take any case, any LSAT LR stimulus could reasonably be my closing statement before a jury. This is plausible (because I am Harvey Birdman). For all LR stimuli. Wait are we talking about LR question stems?
And the gimmick of the year award goes to....
Wow, this lesson is exactly what I need to revisit right now. Sincerely, thank you for bringing my attention back to this lesson with your reply to my comment.
Ahh, no problem!
I hate when I have to read 😂
realest comment on this forum. Wait, are we going into the right field? 😂
@Slippin-Jimmy realest question on this forum.
#help
Was there a separate lesson on Evaluate type questions that I missed or was it not mentioned since it's similar to strengthen and weaken type questions?
It was. It's because they all revolve around causation
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I know this is unoriginal, but I will get J.Y. tattooed on my left cheek (let your imagination decide which cheeks I'm talking about) if I get a 175 on the LSAT
Is that the only reason you would get J.Y. tattooed on your left cheek and do you currently have J.Y. tattooed on your left cheek?
@connorswanson37 what 😭
175LSAT --> J.Y. on Cheeks
From the lessons we know that 175LSAT is a sufficient, but not a necessary condition for getting J.Y. tatted on your cheeks.
So, if you don't get a 175, it doesn't necessarily mean those cheeks are off the hook.
/175LSAT draws no valid conclusions
This was super helpful! Now that I'm done with the LR section, going on to the LG section, what do other 7sagers recommend to keep up with LR? I'm not ready to take a PT yet, but do y'all recommend doing LR drills every now and then when going through LG - and doing LG and LR drills while finishing up RC? Any advice would be appreciated!
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I'm wondering that too! I think it would be best to keep drilling LR just for more and more practice, but I also worry about whether I'm taking away time from practicing RC for example. I think ultimately I'm planning on doing at least one drill for one question type per day while I make my way through LG and RC.
I'm going to make a list from top to bottom of which LR questions are the toughest for me to the ones that are the easiest, then I'm going to drill them and blind review until they become second nature. I'll probably do a few drill sets daily while keeping up with the curriculum.
this is super helpful!
Super helpful, thank you so much!!
I'm going to name my first kid JY if I get a high LSAT score
I will get a JY tattoo if I reach my dream score of 176. A little ankle tat, one that I can cover with a sock. Don't want to go overboard here.
I will change my name to JY if I get a 175
How's J.Y. Rhoades doing these days?
Thank you so much, will keep practicing over and over again but I feel myself getting stronger, reaching conclusions much quicker. It's daunting to use this process as fluidly as is described above because it forces me to depend on my abilities and not just memorising a bunch of skills but I can feel my improvement, and we keep moving!!!!
Can't thank you enough. What a ride it has been. 70 days later and here I am.
We got this
Is there a document that we can print with this information? #admin #help
If anyone still is looking at this, I just copy pasted into a Google Doc you can print: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bNXgBiEz_bv7ZtMILukKWOQSrqGpwlG0q-aFkyhZ-zA/edit?usp=sharing
Hi there,
Sorry, we don't have a document that we can print with the information in this lesson.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
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Danke!!
IT HAS BEEN A LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG.... ROAD LOL
THANK YOU JY!!!!!
WE DID IT!! Well, 1 section of "it"
LG time
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Great summary! Very helpful. Just wish if there was one more wrap-up for the links, so that I can wrap up here easily instead of clicking thru the link lol
what are evaluate questions? am I missing something?
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Seconded #help
Evaluate questions are a combination of strengthen and weaken questions in that the right answer, when answered in one extreme (sometimes the responses are just a yes/no) would either weaken/strengthen the argument and in the other extreme weaken/strengthen it. Hope this helps
But how would I identify an evaluate question on the test.... #help
Question stem key words for evaluate questions are: the answer to which of the following questions (many of the ACs for Evaluate questions are worded as questions), most helpful to know/relevant to evaluating, evaluate + the argument/the conclusion. Also, @kermit750 is absolutely right in terms of how to approach this question type. From what I have been reading, Evaluate questions tend to be pretty rare. This is why many courses don't devote so much time to this particular question type. Going back to @kermit750's point, as long as you're comfortable with weakening/strengthening questions types, you will do well with Evaluate questions. If you have access to PTs, I would make a problem set with evaluate questions and try them out so that you can get a better feel for them. Hope this helps!