JY mentioned that a good way to approach RRE Questions would be to view them as weakening questions by negating the last premise / including a new conclusion and then finding the AC that most weakens the new argument.

While this works for regular RRE questions, i'm struggling to apply the method to EXCEPT questions and questions in which there isn't a paradox.

Any advice would be extremely appreciated as this is the question type I struggle with the most.

Should I be BRing logic games? Or should I do the game timed, check answers and if necessary, foolproof?

Does anyone else who was granted a retake for the January FLEX know when the scores will be released?

Hi everyone

I have already registered for FebLSAT but Im 5 point away from the grade that I want, and I cant improve by 5 point in less than a month. I was thinking if I don't take LSAT in Feb and take it for the first time in April, Is it going to stay FLEX after April or not? Do you guys have any thoughts about this ?

I'm taking the April lsat (11 weeks away) and I'm in the final 2 months of my studies where I'm honing/cleaning up and just taking PTs.

Up until this point I've been doing 4 section PTs. Should I just only do flex PTs from now on? Been mostly doing 4 sections for the extra LR section because I feel like I can always learn from it. What do you all think?

^ #help

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I know that BR is absolutely crucial with LR but how crucial is it with LG? I am just starting out so I am no where near finishing a game on time, so I tend to do the games with unlimited time. Should I go back and review it in this cases?

Hi all,

I would like to know how do you dissect the principles of the answer choices which has no conditional indicator or universal quantifier?

I've some trouble in correctly dissecting the principle behind answer choices A, B, and D, since none of them has a conditional indicator or universal quantifier. I understood they are wrong because none address the situation when parent should not encourage their children to outdo others. Here, my focus is solely on how to dissect the principles of the answer choices which has no conditional indicator or universal quantifier.

I had tried to interpret their principles as below:

A- If something can make their children happy about it that they do well, parents should encourage their children to do so.

B- If something can help their children have easily satisfied desires, parents should try to ensure their children do so.

D- If something can help their children have important achievements, parents should ensure their children do so.

But in my review, I felt I had pigeonholed these statements into conditional statements. So, perhaps, their principles are just assertion without premises, like "Human should be kind." Assuming such statements are all valid, they would imply that any subject mentioned should follow the prescribed advice irrespective of circumstances. Again, I am not sure whether this is the correct way to discern the principles of A, B, and D.

I am sorry for the long post. Any helps would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Leon

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What is the stimulus saying??

Hello! I am having trouble with when to chain statements and when to not. I am doing PT61.S4.Q25

Stimulus: There can be no individual freedom without the rule of law, for there is no individual freedom without social integrity, and pursuing the good life is not possible without social integrity.

My question:

Do I chain the first two statements? or are they separate and cannot be chained?

A) Individual Freedom ---> Rule of Law ---> Social Integrity

OR

B)

Individual Freedom ---> Rule of Law

Individual Freedom ---> Social Integrity

How do you know when it should be chained vs when it should be individual?

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Q22 is sufficient assumption. It says:

The ONLY recordings that go to CD are those that companies believe will sell well enough to be profitable

It concludes: Most classic jazz records will not be put on CD b/c few classic jazz recordings are played on radio

[contra: transfer to CD ---> believe will sell well enough ]

so far so good? I'm having trouble translating answer choice E

No recording that is not played on radio is one that record companies believe would be profitable

recording played on radio -----> believe it would be profitable on CD

So it becomes:

Jazz ---m---> on radio ---> on CD ----> believe it will sell well enough to be profitable

Is that correct?

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Hi,

Can someone please enlighten me on why answer choice C is wrong and why E is not just a restatement of the argument?

Thank you in advance!

Hi there, #help please

How would you contra-pose MOST?:

X --most-- Y

would it be:

Y --most-- X

OR

Y←some→X

As an example: PT45.S4.Q16

contra-positive of 2:

OR

Both would give us answer choice (E), Less than most people can find happiness outside of personal relationships

Thanks!

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We'll be utilizing the RC from PT 74.

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Someone try to use a whiteboard during the flex and let me know if they allowed it...it's honestly revolutionizing to use a whiteboard on the logic games lol :D

Hello! I'm taking my first LSAT ever this April and want to be sure that I'm well-prepped equipment/tech wise. Quite a few people mentioned they had tech issues using a Mac with ProctorU and this is making me extremely NERVOUS!

Can you please share your experience and any tips/insight you have? I wonder if I need to borrow a PC laptop from someone for exam day. Thank you!

I am really bad at Point at Issue and Flaw questions. I have drilled them over and over again, and yet they are the questions I consistently miss every time. I have familiarized myself with an exhaustive list of flaw types. But I just cannot seem to pick out the right flaw, or match it to the answer choices. With Point at Issue, I just never am able to choose between 2-3 ACs that look pretty close. Any advice?? How do you reliably approach these problems?

I have a question on wording.

If a statement says something along the lines of: Physics students are more likely to do well on the LSAT than Chemistry Students.

Does this indicate correlation or causation? Specifically, what does the phrase "more likely" mean on the LSAT in such contexts.

Another question: As "x" increases, y increases. --> does this indicate correlation or causation?

I have been so confused on this. Thank you so much

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Hi all,

#help

I’ve been working through MBT/MBF questions and have experienced some difficulties. Namely, the speed that’s required for diagraming every situation. I have a solid understanding of the logic and, during blind review, am able to work my way to the correct answer. However, during a timed test I find it difficult, if not impractical, to completely diagram every stimulus. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Do any of you have strategies that discern when diagraming is necessary and when intuition suffices?

I know this is a speed test, and I’m starting to think that working through the logic of every question sends me down a time drain.

I’d be very grateful to anyone that could share their thoughts on this!!

Thanks :)

Wondering how well people have improved with this method using the flex? This is by far my worse section as far as timing goes. If anyone has any pointers i am open to suggestions

Is there any difference between the two? If there is, could anyone give an example of how that would look?

For example:

Premise: A->B

Conclusion: B->A

I feel like the flaw here is both that it confuses a sufficient condition for being necessary, and that a necessary condition is sufficient.

Does the order of the language make a difference?