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Does anyone else read an LR stimulus, answer it with confidence immediately, and the pause and reread everything again and then change your original answer, But then, your original answer was correct?

I have no idea what I created this habit weeks before the Nov. exam!

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So Basically from my understanding B is correct because since the study were choosing paintings that were aesthetically better does not mean the other preschoolers artwork were displeasing or the experts work is necessary pleasing? Because it seems like the author is saying that because since the participates chose the the experts work over a preschoolers work he assumed that it abstracts expressionist work is pleasing over the preschoolers work which makes the preschoolers work displeasing which isn’t the case because it is no more pleasing than the experts painting? Am I correct with this? Cause I’m a bit confused on why this answer isn’t A.

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https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-86-section-1-question-16/

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Hey just finished the retake!! Just wondering if the score for todays retakers will be released on 10/27 like everyone else or we will have to wait longer? Can't find anything on it just that the 10/14 - 10/17 retakers get their score on the 27th still.

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I saw this on some LSAT prep book:

Question: for example in a mistake necessary as sufficient question,

Premise: If A then B.

Conclusion: B therefore A.

Given two answer choices

  • If A then B, and if B then C.

    • C, therefore A.

  • if A then B, not A, therefore not B.

    • Should we choose the one with additional premise or the one with contrapositive conclusion?

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    Hi all! I've been pondering this question for a while but still have trouble seeing why answer choices (B) and (D) are incorrect.

    I tried to supply polar answers to the questions posed in (B) and (D). My thought process was:

  • if woodcutters cut down a tiny amount/proportion of the trees, then monarch butterflies won't fall off, and the tour groups may have only committed a tiny mistake.

  • if woodcutters cut down a giant amount/proportion of the trees, then monarch butterflies will fall off, and the tour groups have indeed made a huge mistake in endangering the monarch butterfly population.

    • Any light you can shed on my thought process (and why it's incorrect) would be greatly appreciated! #help

    Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-27-section-4-question-06/

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    J.Y. starts the video off and seems to think it's obvious how to diagram the game, but when I did it, I was totally unsure and did three different types of diagrams (one where it's a single row of 5 slots, with each game piece having the lecture hall attached to it, such as OH, OG, etc.; another where it was two columns, one for G and another for H; and so on).

    There are several LG I've done where the set-up reads very similar to this one, yet the diagram was totally different in the solution.

    How can I identify this game type in the future and know how to diagram it immediately?

    Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-70-section-3-game-4/

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    I'm a bit confused about the last paragraph. It states that the soil that was taken from land that's been out of production for twenty years contains beneficial microorganisms in the first sentence but when I go further, it states that beneficial microorganisms are lacking (Lines 45-50) so which is it? I thought lines 45-50 supported D but then the first sentence contradicts D so idk what's going on.

    Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-65-section-3-passage-4-questions/

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    Hi everyone,

    Since I started studying for RC my scores have gone up a little, but not significantly because I don't put much practice time into them. I've made sure I know what each question is asking, how to figure out the main point and the essentials like that. Is my best bet for improvement through just hammering RC passages, like doing all the old ones? Thank you!

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    I thought on the LSAT, it was one cause per effect, not multiple causes per effect. Why is the correct answer acceptable in this instance? Shouldn't bulging disks be the ONLY cause of pain and not one of multiple potential factors? And I'm also confused by the use of the term "sufficient." Is this "sufficient" as in the causal sufficient (enough to cause pain) or the conditional sufficient or both?

    Bulging disks---> pain

    Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-62-section-4-question-19/

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    Monday, Oct 18, 2021

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    PT3.S2.Q24

    Can anyone explain why A is correct and D isn't? It seems they are expressing the same thing (even though I know that can't be true)

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    Has anyone had to file a formal complaint with LSAC about tech issues/wanting to retake? I filed yesterday and I’m wondering how long until I hear back…the retest is less than a week away so I need to know soon…

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    I made a little infographic of the 6 flaws on Canva. These are the first 6 out of the 21 most common flaws. I am trying to change things up from simple flashcards, Canva is a great resource to make interactive study material. Hope it helps! Going to make the rest of the common flaws today using the same template on Canva or maybe a little bit different one, I am not sure yet. BTW, please ignore any minor grammatical errors, such as misplaced commas. I can definitely clean it up when I have time to do so!

    https://www.canva.com/design/DAEtBXuadYE/vYSjFXZCK2xzO3cWBWGK3Q/view?utm_content=DAEtBXuadYE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu

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    Hi October test-takers,

    We all took it, and hopefully some of you have a good memory: Can anyone point me towards similar games to that last one, the one with the duets and violin and piano(?) or was it guitar(?) players.

    I'm pretty sure I bombed that section as it was my first after 45 minutes of ProctorU technical difficulties, but all the while on the other three games I was aware I was making dumb mistakes. On this one I was just lost. I'd like to tackle other games that are similar just to prep more and up my confidence for the November exam.

    Can anyone help point me to them? Even #admin

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    I primarily got the base of my knowledge from LSAT Trainer and PowerScore books and came to 7sage for mainly LG but also to improve on LR to further boost my score. I've been going through certain sections and today I was going to go over the valid/invalid argument forms because I thought they were going to be more obvious LR related however all of these lessons about existential quantifiers have just confused me.

    Not only do they take a concept which is intuitive for most people and turn it into a completely non intuitive form but I haven't seen a single direct application for this on the LSAT which makes it worth studying. I decided to google search this and figure out if it was work my time and came across this: https://www.thinkinglsat.com/post/ep-278-part-1-existential-quantifiers-crisis

    The LSAT is full of jargon. Some of it useful, and some of it…not so much. What makes matters worse is that many LSAT prep companies confuse students’ understanding by building unnecessary complexities into the study process. In this episode, the guys hear from a listener who just can’t quite understand “existential quantifiers,” hard as he may try. The thing is: the guys have no idea what “existential quantifiers” even means—especially not in the context of the LSAT. Nathan and Ben do their best to bring clarity to this confused 1L hopeful. Plus Nathan advocates for doing more inquiring and less note taking, the guys hear about a life-changing 20-point improvement, and they offer up a PSA about talking and LSAT-ing.

    Thoughts?

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    I took the test on 12th. During my first LG section, when there was still around 8 mins left. I was doing the hardest duet one. Suddenly, the proctor shouted at me over the MIC that he wanted to see my ID. I didn't know what happened. I was so scared.

    I took the ID and showed it to him.

    He asked me: Are you done with your test yet? I said no(almost crying), "it's not, there is still eight minutes left."

    He said: Oh, I thought you were done. Go ahead with your test.

    He didn't press pause for the whole conversation, which cost me about two minutes, and I didn't solve this LG.

    I am a non-native speaker, and the proctor also has strong accent. So I didn't understand her what he was requesting at the beginning.

    And because of this incident I dumped the next session RC as well.(luckily someone told me the second section is experiment) I had very hard test make up. LG-RC(rap)-RC(Canadian writer- Paternalism) -LR

    I've been thinking about it since Tuesday, it's so infuriating that I completed all the security testing before the exam. Have any of you guys ever been interrupted in the middle of an exam and asked to see the ID?

    I quit my job on April and prepare it full time. This is my second lsat. I have been PTing consistently around 170. But I think I have been crewed up on this time.

    Why why why? Why some random proctor can interrupted you on such a high stake test and bear almost no cost. Did he do that just for fun?

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