I'm at the NA section of the core curriculum (almost done the problem sets) and so far these are the hardest question type for me.

What are some general tips/tricks you guys use to get the questions right (esp. hard questions)? I'm looking for a general rule or mindset to always have in mind as I do the questions to try and get them right.

Hi, conditional reasoning is something I have struggled with and wanted to start drilling to become better at. I was wondering whether anyone has ever compiled a list of questions that utilize conditional reasoning as the method to arrive at the correct answer? If so, would you be willing to share that list? Thank you!

I've got a quick question about keeping a log sheet for the questions i missed. Should I only input the questions I miss after BR? i'm assuming the answer is yes? but if not, please drop some quick wisdom on me, thanks!

Hey y'all. So I'm currently scoring an average of -4 on each LR section. I feel like my wrong answers are all over the place (some are incorrect for misreading while others for not understanding stimulus or letting an answer choice trick me). I have been dedicated to studying and I have not seen improvement. Idk what to do. Ive been doing blind review and going over all the incorrect questions. ANY Suggestions are appreciated.

https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/6816

This is from Nichole Hopkins one of the great sages, this is pure gold for RC.

So I get that lsac is making 7sage take off all the game tutorials. Can we come up with videos without the test shown and just have videos with making of the game board. Is that possible?

Thnaks

Hi there. I'm truly confused about this question even if I have scanned the possible right explanations from other platform.

Link1: https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/forums/q5-large-quantities-of-lead-dust-t5368.html

Link2: http://jtaken.csoft.net/LSAT/Test%20Explanations/preptest11.pdf

Link3: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=8854

Each of them emphsized on the different points. So, I want to hear some advice from 7sage on why C is the correct answer.

BTW, as a non-native ENGLISH speaker, I'm also confused by the question stem. Is it asking us to weaken the content of the recommendation or asking us to weaken the act of giving the recommendation?

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I find when Im doing games, when I actually just understand the rules I go -0 or -1 at the most. But hammering out games these past few days ive run into rules in which I now realize I think i need to make a mental note or itll just screw up the entire section. Is there a way to get around this? Right when they give us scratch paper am i allowed to write these notes down literally just to keep a mental check? For example,

PT 44 game 3 arch sites the rules were "this is from a more recent century than this" and i totally misunderstood and thought 8th century was more recent than 9th century lol so i misdiagrammed the entire game and couldnt figure it out till the questions

OR when a game says which is a complete and accurate list

vs

a complete and accurate list "any of which" can be x

or when a game says "how many spaces seperate" i need to remember to just count the spaces in between x and y and not including x and y

Should i just literally remember this going into the section or what? I think its worth it to spend like 10 seconds remembering these basic rules to not rush, just so i make sure I dont screw up the entire section...

Where do I go to get help with logical reasoning questions? I understand individual elements of lawgic, but when combined I fail to get answers correct. For example, when I do the groups 1-4 quizzes, I get all of them right, but when I do all of them on one quiz I get them wrong. Another example, when I have symbols to manipulate for any strategy with logical reasoning I'm fine, but when I'm given words to translate into symbols, I just get lost in the words because the examples in the lessons are easy, but the quiz questions are significantly more convoluted. I have left comments, but I only got one response so far so I would like to try a help session or a tutoring session. I am searching through where to find help now, but if someone could point me in the right direction, that would be helpful. Thank you.

In the flaw section of LR, I have a hard time understanding the common argument flaw of sufficiency-necessity confusion, as JY calls it. I never seem to recognize a flaw argument that is committing the sufficiency-necessity confusion flaw.

Due to this, can anybody show me an example of an argument that is committing this flaw and explain to me how it constitutes a sufficiency-necessity confusion? Thanks.

Thank you for opening this~

I'm registered for the Feb 22 exam so I am trying to be at max. efficiency level with my studying LOOL.

I was struggling with RC for the longest time but after EXTENSIVE review I think it's finally clicking with me.

My score per PT now depends on how I do on GAMES. I really want to get to that -0 / -2 (max) level by test day.

I only miss more than 2-3 on games that are a little "untraditional" (for example, PT 80 game 4). When I hit game 4 on PT 80, I stayed calm and tried to use intuition to push thru.. but got stuck... big time.

Do you all have any tips on how to improve on these kinds of games? Also, if you know any PTs with funky games please let me know!

To all my fellow February takers.. we got this!

I am struggling to get more than 17 right on LR consistently. I reviewed all the LR curriculum but I'm still unable to break the 17 right during timed sections. I have noticed a few trends. During timed LR I am usually getting the first 10 correct in about ~12 minutes. I usually run out of time and don't get to 3-4 questions so I blind guess on these. Of the 3-4 it's very unlikely that I get one of them right by chance. During BR I am usually able to get 3-4 correct out of the 3-4 I skipped.

My BR is usually around ~20-21 and ideally I would be scoring as close to ~21 as humanly possible! Any advice?

Also, I'm practicing from tests 1-20 right now out of paranoia. I do not want to "waste" the good/more recent exams. Is this legit reasoning or is it smart to "save" the more recent exams for full practice test practicing purposes?

I was wondering when the video explanations will be up for the November 2019 LSAT

Hi all, can somebody explain why answer choice (c) is incorrect?

I thought it was a good choice for the following reason:

(C) Whenever most practitioners of a given discipline (the psychologists) approach a particular problem in the same way (should the childhood age group be understood in its own terms), that uniformity is good evidence that all similar problems (should the elderly age group be understood in its own terms) should be approached in that way (yes, it should be understood in its own terms, just like psychologists do for children)

Please, if you can let me know where I’m wrong that’ll be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

I am able to recognize premise, conclusions and the approach to classify the inference family LR. However, when I see the questions I freak out and get totally lost. All the answer choices look alike. It is hard to decipher the correct answer and I give up. Help................. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Please and Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I am still quite confused about why answer choice D is wrong here. After all, couldn't it be argued that P is proposing a hypothesis (that M's hypothesis is laughable) and showing that it is merely possible (by stating that it is possible that a person who knew the epics well enough to write them down would not need to read them nor would anybody else be able to read them)?

In a sense, why does P's counterargument not count as a hypothesis?

#help

Thanks!

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In LG, when given a question stem that provides a new premise AND includes the terms: could be true, must be true, could be false, and must be false, etc. I tend to take a lot more time than I should in trying to process the question. Usually, I am dealing with a game board that I split, so it takes me even longer to try to figure out the relationship between the question and the game boards that I have in front of me. I'm planning on drilling this particular skill, and was hoping someone could look over my notes:

Could be True: inference has to work in at least ONE of the game boards

Must be True: inference must be true in ALL the game boards

Could be False: as long as the inference could be wrong in ONE of the game boards, it's wrong

Must Be False: inference must be false in ALL the game boards

Cannot Be True: is this the equivalent of must be false???

I feel like JY addressed this in the CC, but can't remember exactly where. Also, are there any other terms that I missed?

Thanks in advance!

I recently started a wrong answer journal to help pinpoint where I'm going wrong on answers. Most of the time, I find myself making reading errors or approaching an answer the wrong way. Upon further reflection, I can typically recognize my error, describe it to myself on paper, and then I try not to do it again. However, sometimes it genuinely comes down to the fact that the answers just didn't click. I look back at the answers choices and think to myself duh, of course that's the answer. In these situations, I have no reason why I didn't answer correctly other than the fact that I just couldn't find the right answer at the time even though in retrospect it's pretty obvious. It's not timing because sometimes I spend a significant amount of time on them. Maybe just anxiety even in a practice test setting?

Does anyone have any insight on what might be happening here? Or how I can correct for that? I'd like to figure out the error of my ways to continue improving my score! Thank you!

I’m getting into the weeds of the curriculum. Earlier on in conditional and sufficient reasoning, I see the use of diagramming. However, this creates so much more confusion than it’s worth. Has anyone had any success in LR without using the extreme details conditional reasoning? It’s easy in the LG section but doing 4 or five in one string is time consuming and confusing. I’m not trying to score a 180, just a solid 160+. Thoughts?

Hey everyone! I wanted to ask if there was some form of process / equation / anything mechanistic to attack the math questions dealing with proportions and absolute values?

Having to constantly plug and chug numbers (or drawing pies) is fine, but I wish there was something more elegant that wouldn’t leave me with the feeling that I might be leaving out some possible consideration. It's been taking me far longer than other question types (and it's hard to be consistent) to get to the right AC for math questions.

Additionally, I haven't finished the core curriculum yet, but are nearly all the questions-that-require-you-to-conclude-something-about-a-number on the LSAT just dealing with % vs quantity?

I’m getting rid of practice exams and books that I had purchased. Message me for more details.

After reviewing answer choice E, I can see how it strongly weakens the argument, but I'm a little confused why answer choice C couldn't be a correct choice as well. If the number of people competing for the elected position isn't more when the pay is high vs when the pay is lower, isn't that enough to prove that these people are not doing it for the purposes of money?

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I have been struggling to chain up conditional statements together, and am looking for extra practice on this particular skill. I went back to the CC and found a few exercise problems on the following page:

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/chaining-conditional-statements-together-exercise/

However, I really want to drill more of these and was wondering if anyone knew where I could get more of these exercises.

Thanks in advance!

If anyone is scoring great in rc and has tips / does tutoring please let me know I am missing all my points in rc. I am missing like 13 in rc and -2/3 in everything else. SOS.

What do you think the scale is?