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I am stuck at a Pt level around 148. My worst subjects are Phenomenon-hypothesis (LR) Which am the absolute worst on & Casual Reasoning. I have watched the videos and drilled and It is still a foreign language after 2 months. I don't understand Why I cant just grasp the concept and its starting to feel like Im never going to understand it. The breakdown for the videos don't help me either because some of them just assume I know what's going on.
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Try doing easy drills until you master them then keep going up. Y
I’m in the same situation but what I’ve started doing is literally writing the entire question out (I know it’s time consuming) then writing out the entire answer stem with the incorrect answers with the explanation. While listening to his explanations and for me I have found it to be pretty helpful. JY’s method of explanation is great because he brings all the foundational concepts into all the answer choices. So please don’t give up try an alternative method of studying and you will be surprised!!
Have you taken the foundations course? That should help build the theoretical framework necessary.
You also should ensure that you are prioritizing your health. Are you getting enough sleep? Eating healthy whole foods? Do you have the energy to study?
When you study, do you dive deep? I mean spend time staring at the questions to grasp it until it cliques? Like solving a difficult math problem with a simple solution, but takes a long time to clique.
Meditation and mindfulness is also helpful.
Best of luck!
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think students sometimes get overwhelmed by secondary labels like "Phenomenon-Hypothesis" and "Causal Reasoning" because the LSAT itself tends to define question types much more directly through the wording of the actual question stem.
For example, even the 7Sage "Phenomenon-Hypothesis" drill pulls from question types like Flaw, Strengthen, Paradox, etc. In other words, the underlying answer process is still usually being driven by the actual question type identified in the stem.
Similarly, causation vs. correlation is definitely a major LR concept, but it can appear across multiple question types rather than functioning as a standalone answer process by itself.
IMO, students often improve once they simplify the task a bit and start focusing more heavily on:
the wording of the question stem,
the specific task the question is asking them to perform,
and the identifiable passage parts involved in that task (premise, conclusion, principle, reasoning, etc.).
At a certain point, too many overlapping labels can start making an already difficult task feel even more abstract and overwhelming.
So honestly, I do not think your struggle here means you are incapable of learning these questions. I think there’s a good chance the framework itself may currently be overcomplicating the task for you a bit.
I hope that helps somewhat.
@SCOTT_LEBO this. I can RRE but strengthen questions KILL me.