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I find that I am a slow starter during PTs, particularly during LR. My current warm-up is an easy 1-layer sequencing followed by 5-8 LR questions from PTs1-35. I feel like it takes me 5-6 questions during LR to get fully focused and develop a clear-head, which is a problem because I have a tendency right now to miss an easy LR or LG question at the start of a section.

I'm curious to know what other people's warm-up is, or if you warm-up at all? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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This is the only section that has given me issues since day one, and it's the reason I can't do well on this test. My highest official score has been a 164, but I know I can hit the 170s if I figure out what I'm doing wrong with LR. I've read every book, have seen every LR question in existence. I have no idea how to crack this section.

Can someone please provide me with LR guidance? I am planning on taking the June test. I'd be grateful just to score a -5 consistently. Right now, I'm scoring about -11. I've done every PT in existence as well. I'm just stuck and I don't know how to properly study LR without fresh PTs.

Thank you so much.

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Hi,

I've noticed that I am not improving on argument part and flaw questions even after having a relatively good sense of identifying the premise, conclusion and flaw (I've gone over the flaw list plenty of times). I usually do fine on them under untimed conditions because I have enough time to parse down the grammar and rephrase the sentences in my own words but don't perform well under pressure. I think a reason I am unable to pick the right answer instantly is because the language describing the flaws and arguments confuses me or doesn't make sense on the first read. Can anyone recommend any resources or tips on how to overcome this? Thank you!

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Hello,

I'm studying for the upcoming April LSAT FLEX. This will be my second time taking it. I haven't seen much improvement and Ive dug down hard on logic games for the past month.

To be honest I've not been studying as hard due to working on a couple races up until about a month ago, when I decided to take a PT and then drill through some of the intro lessons here and one of the other well known book on logic games (the LG Bible). I took another PT (82 to be exact) and found myself scoring much lower than I did when I tested a month ago.

Im trying to score a 160 and I've consistently scored 154 since my last LSAT in August. As I said, I took a bit of a break from studying due to a hectic work schedule but it didn't seem to hurt my score. Today I scored a 147 (151 blind), and I'm stuck on what my next move should be.

Looking for #advice on how to go about my studies the next month or so, as well as honest feedback about potentially pushing my LSAT back to June.

Thanks all.

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I saw that time shift error is flawed by the reason that we can not ensure that future and the present would be the same as the past.

But at the same time, we use a premise like "Histories proves.". I thought we could use the past as the evidence that future and present would be the same as the past. I thought it's like an analogy of past and present or future.

Is there some body help me close the gap between the above two?

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The stimulus is confusing to me: when it says "those who regularly work with it," is that referring to "most builders" or another group of people entirely? And when it says it is likely that papercrete is promising for large-scale construction, is that a flawed argument because the people who did work with papercrete and are familiar with it have only used it primarily for small-scale rather than large-scale construction?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-67-section-2-question-13/

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How to find the background info vs. premise vs. conclusion in PT4.S1.Q11.

I could not for the life of me figure out which sentences in the stimulus were the premises and which were the conclusion (and perhaps which was merely background info):

Can someone please clue me in?

Thanks so much.

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Hi can someone explain why D is wrong? I understand that it might be due to the invalid generalization. We know that epic poetry transmits values "by which a group of people is to live." We know it accomplishes this by embodying those values in heroic figures. However, we can't definitely conclude that epic poetry performs this function for "many groups of people," as choice (D) indicates. But I am confused because of the term "A". I think "a" means a general scenario, and the statement can apply to any/all group of ppl so wouldn't then the application of this model "a group" be applicable to the "many group"?

Also my issue with the answer choice B is that it mentions 'most' and under time pressure I applied Loopholes provable-powerful method and eliminated B because the 'most' was a powerful indicator word. For those who have read loophole have you also come across such situations, what do you do?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-70-section-4-question-14/

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Can someone help explain the reasoning for the correct answer? I'm having a tough time sorting through this one. It seems like Antoine's response to Giselle consists of 2 separate arguments: 1) the gas tax shouldn't be increased because its unfair. 2) If it is increased, the burden of providing the government revenue should be spread between consumers and non-consumers.

I understand that Antione's description of "the burden" as "providing the government with increased tax revenues," is technically incorrect, because the burden should be described as "decreasing petroleum consumption" or something similar. What I don't understand is how this demonstrates that he really is defining the burden itself rather than simply describing an outcome of the tax increase. Cant he describe the burden as an increase in government revenue, and still recognize that its purpose is to decrease petroleum consumption. Any insights are greatly appreciated! #HELP

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Hi,

I am scheduled to take the test in April but I don't think I am ready for it. Can I reschedule my test in June? Is it too late?

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Hey guys,

For this question, I’m having trouble seeing why we must assume that “having a plan chosen for them by employers” must mean the winners didn’t still clearly think what a great plan the Acme retirement plan was.

Why couldn’t it be that employers chose the plan for them and all the winners still recognize how great the plan supposedly is? Just b/c it’s involuntary doesn’t mean you think it sucks.

I feel the correct A/C (D) requires that additional assumption [employers chose it → some winners don’t think Acme’s plan as awesome]; can someone chime in?

Many thanks!

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-44-section-4-question-20/

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Could someone help me ID what flaw is in the stimulus and why answer choice D is wrong? Is D incorrect because the skeptic is assuming Debbie used another technique aside from the three he was originally testing for? And is the sleight of hand, trick deck, and planted "volunteer" all part of one technique or is it three separate techniques? I'm just confused as to why A is correct if it only mentions one method.

I was thinking D used a trick deck or planted volunteer when the skeptic was testing for slight of hand, then alternated accordingly with the other two tests, but aren't those three separate methods to achieve the same effect?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-29-section-1-question-07/

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After doing the LG and RC parts of 7Sage, I'm struggling with LR questions. It's only been a few weeks since I finished LR but I'm having trouble remembering the question types and tactics. Currently, I'm going back to each question type and watching the explainer video and doing some problem sets—and where I was quite good a month ago, I am not doing so hot right now. I am taking the flex in April (I promise I'm not slacking, I work a 10hr+/day job!).

Does anyone have good review tactics before I move to practice tests? Any advice/thoughts/materials would be greatly appreciated! Thanks & happy studying.

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Hello community, I recently listened to a podcast with J.Y and and 7sager Sami and one with Bart who both had a phenomenal journey and improvement and one thing I picked up was both of them saying they did LR in rounds on test day and PT ? Does this mean that they do LR questions basically twice within a 35 min period ? Or am I getting this all wrong ? For reference the podcast is on Apple and Soundcloud . Thanks so much !

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Is anyone able to take a look at Q23, RC?

I kindly ask not to be referred to the explanation video as it doesn’t answer my question.

The question asks us what happens when X is substituted with Paranthion with all conditions remaining the same. But in the experiment, only one group had predators- “line 42)“predator-free.”

A infers a change in the condition because it requires assuming both groups have Typhlodromus. It’s the only thing I have against this answer. Is there anything I’m missing?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-53-section-4-passage-4-questions/

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Hello all, I'm having a bit of trouble parsing out the language I find in any NA question stimulus. I often have to take bullet notes or diagram, which can be a waste of time on test day. Anyone have tips on how to parse out the language in a quicker manner? Many thanks in advance! I also understand that a NA is what has to be true if the conclusion is true (read from Ellen Cassidy Loophole). But I've also had a tutor tell me that an NA question is a premise that will make the conclusion potentially valid. So, I understand what a necessary assumption is, but I can't quite grasp the concept fully.

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Mistaking sufficiency/necessity flaw

I've been making steady progress on the flaw/descriptive weakening portion of the curriculum however something just isn't clicking with "the oldest trick in the book." The PT30 S4 Q14 wrecked me and it's especially frustrating because I had the flaw anticipated but I just couldn't make sense of what I suspected was the correct answer choice.

I think I need to go back to the drawing board and review the core lessons on sufficiency and necessity because it's not coming very naturally in terms of translating it all back to English especially when denial of the sufficient or necessary happens. I was wondering if anyone had some of those lessons bookmarked because I can't seem to find the ones I remember doing awhile ago and if anyone had any recommendations on dealing with these issues that might've worked for them?

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-30-section-4-question-14/

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Curious whether people on here tend to read the stimulus first and then the the question stem or the scan the question stem for type of question, then read the stimulus. The people I've studied with tend to feel strongly about their particular approach. If you switched over, what led you to make the switch?

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