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Hi all, in this passage, is the conclusion the first sentence?
Can someone #help identify the conclusion??
I'm considering re-doing RC passages plus questions to increase pattern recognition and to review any questions that got past me.
Have you done this and found it helpful?
I don't get how this is the right answer. I'm aware the color red usually means stop and the color yellow usually means yield but why should I need to assume outside information like that to get this answer correct?
How am I supposed to know this from just the stimulus. Am I missing something?
I don't understand how E is the right answer over D. I eliminated the answer choice E because she claimed to be an insurance adjuster and didn't provide proof. How is claiming to be anything providing enough proof of being a government official? If the answer choice said the insurance adjuster provided some kind of proof I would have opted for it but ended up picking D because the government official provided proof, and I don't consider being evasive necessarily lying.
Hey yall! So my testing experience went so bad to the point that I cried when testing was done. I filed my complaint and luckily they offered me a retest next week. Anything I should be concerned about for next week's test?
Hi everyone,
I am planning to take the LSAT in October. My goal score is 165. I’ve been scoring consistently in the mid 150s and sometimes will score a 158/159. I haven’t been able to crack 160.
Logic games is my worst section by far. Reading comprehension fluctuates. And LR is typically -4/-5. Any advice? It would be greatly appreciated.
I just took the LR sections on PT 65 today. For both sections, I seem to run out of time. The first section with 25 questions, I had 5 minutes left to answer the last 5 questions. I got 17/25 right for that section. The second section with 26 sections, I had 5 minutes left to answer the last 6 questions. I got 20/26 for that section.
I mostly get Qs 1-(17-20) right with 2-3 errors in those questions.
Then towards the end of the section Qs 17-26, I get half/most of them wrong.
For the first 10 Qs, for each sections, I had 22-23 minutes remaining.
I'm not sure where to focus my studying so that I can improve. Tips?
Hi guys - I had a nightmare experience with Proctor U and was just reached out by LSAC to potentially sign up for a retake of the August exam.
For anyone that has taken a retake, does this retake count as an additional attempt? For example, the August exam I took on the 16th was the 2nd time I’ve taken the exam. If I am to take a retake, would this count as my 3rd or will it still remain my 2nd attempt?
Thank you all for your help. Best of luck studying for everyone!
A --> B
-B --> -A
Is the following possible (could be true)?
-B --> -A --s-- B
So basically, is it a possibility (could be true) for the necessary condition to sometimes be the logical opposite of the sufficient condition?
Sorry if this seems stupid or even not pertinent to the lsat, but I'd really like to know.
Or maybe a better to ask this(?):
If -B --> -A, then is -B --> -A AND B necessarily false?
I hope I'm making sense :/
Edit:
I guess "sometimes" would not fit because of the 100% possibility sometimes implies. So I guess -B --> -A --x--> B could be true. ( --x--> meaning not necessarily, aka 0-99 % possibility)
Just finished my first LSAT take (August) and thought this would be a good time to give something back to the 7Sage community!
I've been studying for the LSAT for a year. I started with a diagnostic of 157 (although it wasn't a true diagnostic score as I'd done the Blueprint video course beforehand). I've gotten my PT score up to the 170s with my highest being 177, and a lot of that improvement was thanks to the 7sage question taking interface and explanation videos.
I also found a wonderful tutor @Christopherr through 7sage who helped me get from the low 160s to the 170s.
The most intimidating section for me was logic games. Although I got to a point where I understood the games and could do them without losing any points untimed, when it came to doing all 4 games under time, I felt hopeless.
Thanks to a combination of @Christopherr, 7sage, and analysing my own mistakes, I learned about several strategies that I could use to shave off time without losing out on accuracy and wanted to share them with anyone who might be interested.
This session is aimed at people who are familiar with all the game and question types and are now working on their speed. If you're a beginner you might benefit too as these tips could prevent you from forming some unhelpful habits.
We'll go through a sample game or two (I'll pick some from the pre-60s so as not to "spoil" any more recent ones) while I talk us through my approach, and you can ask any LG related questions that you have.
To join the session, just use the Zoom link below.
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I've heard that foolproofing the games from PT50 to the present is a good idea, and I am leaning in that direction because a lot of the earlier games do seem to be relics of the past. But I also want to be able to do my full PTs from the newer tests. How should I reconcile this apparent paradox?
Not sure why this question isn't clicking. I have no idea how this question stem relates to a dog being a pit bull because of what it does, not because of its breed. I think I am unable to unattach a dogs "breed" from the term, "pit bull." Can anyone help me out? Thank you!
What’s up fam - it’s your boi lsat_sus.
I hope the Aug flex folks practice some self-empathy if you didn’t feel too hot on your exam. “Just keep swimming” as the great blue aquatic specimen so graciously stated.
I just took PT 86 and did “not bad,” and after thorough review I think I got the underlying logical reasoning structure for the second LR section. I’d love to discuss it with y’all this Saturday night at 7:30pm** CST.
The plan is to do the entire section together and explain what I extrapolated from those questions that I hope will be applicable to future LR questions.
Topic: PT 86 S4 Review
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lsat_sus
Anyone not seeing the active link to launch the test?
Is there a deadline to send?
Does JY want us to write down low resolution summaries of each paragraph during actual RC practice tests and on the LSAT, or is it just a tool to use whilst learning how to do RC?
Hi guys. I've heard it's best to annotate the least amount as possible on RC to account for time and accuracy on answers. I was wondering, what are your strategies and methods towards annotating for the RC passages. Do you highlight specific things like author's tone or change in language, etc? I would love to know to try out new ways of annotating on the digital test to see what works best.
I'm currently scoring between -8 to -6 in RC but need to get it to at least -4 by October!
How can we assume that answer choice B assumes an ice age period? I agree that: given we are in an ice age the concentration of oxygen 18 is increased but I switched my answer because that explicitness is not present and we know only in an ice age period it is increased otherwise it is in statis from the precipitation. I am thrown off here because the other answer choices make the distinction and this one doesn't.
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Hello all,
I am having a VERY difficult time with Sufficient Assumptions. JY says use logic for these questions, but every time I TRY to use it, it messes me up and slows me down. I feel like I am doing a math question. So, when I read the answer choices, in my head I expect it to be an outcome of one of the "forms" that he showed us.
HOWEVER, when I do it in my head and just simple compare then try to find gap between premise and conclusion I am quicker and accurate. Can anyone help, please?
Am I approaching this type of question correct? What mentality do you approach it with?
Premise
Conclusion
hi! im a bit confused about the timeline of the aug lsat release date and the oct registration deadline. it seems as though the august score will not be released until sept 10 but the last day to register for the october lsat is august 25th. further, you dont get a refund for the registration past sept 5, am i missing something? if anyone has more info that'd be great
Hello,
My Mac is not passing the ProctorU RAM usage test. Other than that, everything else checks out. Will this be a big deal in terms of smoothness of the test?
My first LG was about security guards (brutal). My second involved camps. I hope the first was was experimental. If anyone has any insight please lmk.
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