I’m currently at 156, and I’m struggling badly with conditional reasoning/flaw questions! Does anyone have any tips? I’ve already read The Loophole, and I study two hours a day and mostly dedicate that time to CR….
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I’m currently at 156, and I’m struggling badly with conditional reasoning/flaw questions! Does anyone have any tips? I’ve already read The Loophole, and I study two hours a day and mostly dedicate that time to CR….
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I studied the Loophole and attribute all my confidence in CR to it. I took notes, and created conditional using my own topics to better understand them. I also began recognizing conditional reasoning in everyday conversations, music, and media. My biggest tip would be to create your own conditional statements using topics that are personal to you. This may help you see how conditions relate to eachother in a deeper way.
For flaw questions, I would just start with conditional reasoning first. Then once you have the hang of that work on Flaw Questions. For the flaws, I would memorise the list of recurring flaws. The flaw game on 7sage is super useful too. But until you figure out the conditional reasoning, I wouldn't try to work on flaw questions. You can only do so much at once and focusing your energy on one topic is better time and energy spent than scattering your resources.
I made flash cards at one point, but I didn't find them helpful. It helped me in the moment, but when dealing with real LSAT questions, I just blanked out. I found that just practicing different Conditional Reasoning and Diagramming Tagged questions helped me the most. I would just look at the stimulus and translate it into diagrams and not even answer the question. Maybe practice with a set of 10 questions and check with the analysis or video to see if you got the diagram down. I would practice the stimulus diagram before even attempting to do the answers. I would also make note of when you confuse certain indicators for sufficient/necessary conditions. It's a good idea to keep a note of what you miss so you can try to fix your mistakes.