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I've been studying for the LSAT for quite some time now. I took a course last summer and am still having trouble with sufficient assumption questions. I know the videos say that these are freebies once understood but I have yet to get there! Does anyone have any tips? I've done so many problem sets of solely SA questions along with watching the videos but when it comes to trying them myself I seem to get stuck.

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I have been struggling with Necessary Assumptions questions for a while. After rereading Ellen Cassidy's Loophole book I have finally had my eureka moment. In all honesty NA questions after using her methodology are not that hard.

Identify conclusion(Obviously)

Identify Premises(Bear with me)

Attack the argument like you would for a weakening question

Negate your Loophole

If you follow those steps you will begin to see major improvement in your NA questions. I think the reason for this because most tutors reccomend that you just read attentively when doing NA questions, but this course of action enables you to be on the offensive rather the defensive when looking at NA questions.

I have noticed that when it is a question type that is focused on attacking the argument I do great. So, this course action enables me to do what I'm good at.

If you have any questions PM!!!!!

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Can someone please explain to me how we can automatically make the inference that M cannot go into 3, when it appears M is also associated with Speech as well as honors and Speech appears to have no restrictions for table 3 ?!?! So Shouldn’t this open the possibility of M being able to be in table 3 as well, even though the rules declare that all variable associated with Honors be in tables 1 and 2 ?!?!?

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Hey everyone! Trying to improve my speed with games that a SUPER heavy on COMPLEX Lawgic.

Any recommendations for good games from 1-36, 37-41 or 72-81? (These are the games that I've already done; the rest I'm saving as fresh PT's). Additionally, any games that use bi-conditionals would be extra-beneficial since this is also probably an area of improvement for me.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi there,

I am going through my BR of the June 2007 LSAT. I got question 13 of section 4 wrong, so I am trying to understand why B is wrong but E is correct. The passage is focused on the study of music and language in humans. Could anyone help explain the reasoning to me?

Thanks in advance!

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

sydneymgrad183

LG Help

Is it better to nail one section of LG before moving onto the next? Or continue to move forward and come back and review?

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Hey everybody,

I'm scheduled to write the LSAT in July, and so far, prep has been okay. LR is relatively consistent, and LG has been my best section. However, like many others, I seem to fluctuate wildly in RC; in short, it is my wild card. So far, the method I use is after reading every paragraph in a passage, I write a couple of words down on a piece of paper as a "low-res" summary, and try to link all of them up after reading the entire passage. Sometimes this seems to work well, but other times (especially on dense and harder to understand passages) this strategy seems to divert my attention away from internalizing what I am reading and instead focusing on what the low res summary should be. For those that score consistently high on reading comp, do you write down the summaries or juggle it in your mind? I would really appreciate some advice on how you approach each passage, as this section is really kicking my a$$. Thank you!

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

jaeminner478

PT4.S4.Q23-24

These were so hard.

I got number 23 right at first, but wrong after a blind review. I don't understand why answer choice D is not a necessary assumption. Isn't it important that the brains of twins aren't any more likely to suffer from schizophrenia than a non-twin brain? Shouldn't that be of utmost important to ensure the conclusion about brains in general is valid?

But more confusing to me was 24. How in the heck can we find most of the answers to be "could be true" based on the stimulus? There is no mention of any of the answer choices, like (B) being able to control it with medication, but not cure it. Where is that even implied in the stimulus? Or susceptibility in answer (A). I can't find a logical string that ties these answers together.

#HELP

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Is there a logic notation primer video in the syllabus? I am trying to touch up on specific aspects of the LR section but cannot understand what the 7sage method is trying to convey when items like the below are written.

A -> B

A

B

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I just started studying again and I was wondering if there’s a way we can do LG 1-35 with the digital format? If not, the only way is to go through the PTs and just do the games?

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Hello all,

I feel like my LR is getting worse, and I'm thinking about whether I should look for an online tutor.

My goal is to get my LR down to -1/-2 consistently, but in reality I average around -5.

My LR performance during a full 5-section-PT is also worse than when I do them as a timed drill.

I am really curious to hear from those who have worked/been working with a tutor for LR.

What was your experience like? Did you see any benefits/results?

Do you recommend any tutor specifically? Do you have suggestions on who I should maybe avoid (you can pm me!!)?

And any general LR tips are also very much appreciated!

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I just was wondering if July LSAT Flex will count for fall 2020 admission? I took the may LSAT last Tuesday. I felt okay about it, however I don't want my score to be below what I need it to be. If I do sign up for July will it even count for fall admission?

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Flaw questions give me hell. I cannot initially grasp the type of flaw even though I know there is a flaw somewhere. And when I go to the answer choices, the multitude of trap answers consume time.

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Im about to begin drilling LG's and so im wondering is there some recommended sequence i should go in? For example, should i do all order/sequencing games first, then grouping, then hybrid games? Also, since the question bank has super detailed categories for games, are there any i should begin with first? Thanks a lot

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For those of you who have mastered LR: Did you incorporate information from various resources such as 7Sage, The Loophole (by Ellen Cassidy), Powerscore, etc. or focus solely on 7Sage?

From previous conversations I've gathered some supplement 7Sage with The Loophole.. before I dive into this approach is there any advice for potentially avoiding any confusion (conflicting explanations, for example)?

Any insight would be appreciated, thanks!

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Hi,

Answer choice E here is the correct answer choice. We know that the author approves of some of effects of the traditional method because of line 18-19. However, I still have trouble finding evidence of the "partial disapproval of the method"; to me, it seems like the author fully disapproves of the method, going as far as to argue for his own narrative-based method.

Any #help would be appreciated!

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My Laptop screen is cracked and while it is not terrible, I got an external monitor a few months ago and have gotten used to just closing my laptop and using the monitor and external keyboard as if it was a desktop.

I heard for Flex exam they check if you have a secondary monitor before the exam (and assume they do not allow them). Does anyone know if I will not be allowed to use this even if I have a mirroring setup (both my laptop screen and monitor are the same, not extended).

Thanks!

#help

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Helpppp. I can't see the difference in reasoning between answer choice A and B. What am I missing here? Is B correct because the person is losing a property rather than 'suffering' as answer choice A states? Thank you!

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Hi,

So this question was really bugging me: I was easily able to eliminate B, C, and D. However, E (which was actually a wrong answer choice) just didn't look like it was found in the passage because although "meadows and glades" were mentioned on line 28, I couldn't find evidence that these were found "in forests".

In addition, I crossed out A (which was actually the right answer) because, despite the fact that they mentioned how all the fires "varied" from one another, I thought E was a trick answer choice and line 26 showed a possible similarity-- that if all the fires all had different effects from natural fires, this counted as a similarity.

Can anyone explain how we can know that E's "meadows and glades" were found in forests, and why A is right?

All #help would be appreciated!

Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-38-section-3-passage-1-questions/

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