Hi All,

Having serious problems with figuring out this question. E is the right answer, but I chose B. My thinking for B is that it may have been a coincidence that all three times Monroe had eaten at Tip-Top, was already ill beforehand but was not obvious until after. So having not eliminated this possibility, I thought, was the flaw. Although i can see how E works, I am still not entirely convinced and definitely do not feel it is a better answer than B. Can anyone please explain to me how they went about thinking about this question?

Thanks!

Hello Everyone,

I have been taking practice tests and I notice that I am overwhelmingly getting necessary assumption questions wrong. I understand the basics for solving them such as finding the gap. However, are there any patterns with solving necessary assumption questions. I found noticing patterns for weaken/strengthen to be very helpful and they’ve become my stronger question type. I greatly appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

Happy Grey Day everyone and best of luck. No matter the result, you're all winners in my eyes.

I'm registered for the September test and am starting to freak out about it. I am ~4 years out of college and work a pretty demanding full time job, and have been studying as much as I can for about the last 9 months. I had not starting doing PTs except for my diagnostic a while ago which I scored a 163. I did my first PT since then over the weekend, and my score dropped to 160 after months and months of studying! I'm feeling discouraged because my target is 170. With only 12 weeks until the test, I've planned out realistically being able to do 16 more PTs. I'm worried this isn't enough, or if my time would be better spent drilling LG which is where I have the lowest scores. I'm missing 3 or less on RC, 5 or less on LR, and fluctuating wildly on LG. Any advice?

Just got the email says there is a hold on my score. The only thing i can guess is i printed too big when copying that paragraph

If someone could help me out on this one I am completely lost.

I know you can eliminate A and B and they both talk about what proportion of part time/full time employees quit before the policy was introduced and we only have information about what happened after the new policy was introduced.

I guess I need help in understanding answer choices C-E. I thought C was the correct answer because if more new full time employees are hired, then the conclusion does not follow from the premises. If more new full time employees are hired then it could be the same amount quitting in their first year even with the percentage 1/3 full time.

I'm not a mathematician, so I could be totally off. If someone could help me I would be most appreciative.

Anybody else?

Hey guys. If you're using Pacifico's LG strategy are you supposed to watch JY's video explanation of the answer choices OR just the way he set it up etc. after your 1st attempt, before taking out your 2nd copy to attempt?

Anyone who recently took the lsat (or is just studying for it) been having stress dreams? They’re driving me crazy and leave me more tired than the night before. Anyone care to share theirs?

I ran out of time for a few questions which is making is suspect so.

Does anybody know when the scores for the international June 2018 paper (Asia) will be out?

Hi All,

Having a bit of trouble getting my head around this question. Originally chose B, but correct answer is C. Had a bit of a crack at it, anyone please elaborate or correct me on my thinking!

Basically, the argument is assuming what is true of the stats for the sample is true when the test is used for the general public. However, the argument does not provide any information/we do not have any way of confirming whether this is correct when applied to the general public, hence its flaw is '(C) fails to take into account what proportion of the population have used cocaine'.

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Does anyone else feel like RC are just like extended LR questions? I've been using the same techniques for RC as I did for LR and it seems to be working out really well. I find it helpful to approach questions this way.

I'm a full time high school teacher and graduate student. I'm taking the July LSAT because the other dates just really aren't plausible for me, so I either kill it on July 23 or I don't. I'm exhausted. My first practice test was my highest score (158) and the more I study, the worse I do on PTs. I've been studying as best I can since April but after a day of teaching, I'm depleted and can barely keep my eyes open for the drive home, let alone an entire PT (and yes, I have studied in the morning prior to work but the July test is proctored at 12:30, so I need to make sure my brain works in the afternoon). I know I have it in me to do better, and I have the week prior to the test off, so I'm hoping to gain some energy and study time back then. But I'll be 30 by the time I apply to law school and question if I have the same stamina as undergraduates applying at the same time. My questions for this community, are:

Thank you in advance!

Is "As" in the LR stimulus - I think it's a premise indicator, correct; similar to because (synonym)?

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I thought B was correct because the conclusion is that general reductions need to be taken when it comes to the pace of bringing the marketplaces new drugs being tested. I figured that since the social impact of antihistamine was far from clear than that means that it wasn't understood which then also lead me to believe that maybe there needs to be a reduction of the pace when it comes to drugs being tested because they are not clearly being understood which is what lead me to answer choice B. I see how B could be wrong when it comes to the wording of some. How is A correct though?

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Can anyone please help explain how to get to the correct AC. I have pinpointed that I am having difficulty with questions of this type. I tried to diagram but got confused AGAIN! Can anyone please explain how to properly diagram this in order to arrive at the correct AC? Thanks

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I just started learning them and they're the first type of question that has completely thrown me off... Any tips?

Hey guys,

I'm looking for the help about weakening questions, this type of questions really makes me frustrated. I could find the premises and conclusions, but I'm confused about supports between them. And every time I do this type of questions, the AC often sway me away. Are there any methods to practice these questions or any advice? I'll really appreciate for that.

Does anybody have any idea why the answer choice is (a) for this question? I couldn't find an answer so I ended up eliminating all of the answer choices because none of them seemed to make sense. Answer choice (a) seems to strengthen the argument, if anything. Someone please help! Thank you!

I'm wondering whether I should start foolproofing LG while I am going through the core curriculum for the first time, or whether I should go through the core curriculum first and then begin foolproofing once I'm done? I have seen conflicting responses to this question, so I would really appreciate some feedback on what the best approach is. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any advice on how to re-approach logical reasoning questions when you've pretty much did every question and sort of remember the answer? How do you about doing these questions again? I made the mistake of burning through all of them and now I'm studying them again for a retake. I'm kind of worried because people are telling me that I won't improve much since I don't have any fresh new questions that I haven't seen before. Please tell me this isn't true lol

Hey guys. I recently got to the Grouping Games section of the CC and am moving through them decently. I'm doing my fool proofing and everything and was just wondering if I should be putting these games that I am doing via the CC into my tracker on excel? I assume I should be in order to keep track of them, but also am wondering if it's hurting me because the 2nd attempt of them, which I do right after is almost guaranteed to at least be 6/7 correct. So I'm really just wondering if I'm cheating myself ultimately by doing this? So one of my main questions is should I be utilizing the tracker mainly once I am done the CC LG sections or begin to do that as I am going through the CC? Thanks

I'm thinking this question rewards those with outside knowledge of the legal system and here's why.

For some reason, A was lost among me, so I kept it as a contender and kept moving through the answer choices. I got to E and thought it sounded good so I chose it.

In my mind, I mistakenly thought that juries worked by defaulting to a not-guilty verdict when a unanimous decision to convict couldn't be reached. With this embarrassing understanding in mind, I thought that if different jurors couldn't agree on the significance of a testimony, that would leave some of the jurors to conclude that what Tagowa had to say, even if true, was trivial, or didn't matter in the grand scheme of things so these particular jurors wouldn't convict based on it. Now I know that any verdict requires a unanimous decision, even a not guilty verdict. However, doesn't that reward those who know that about the legal system? Is that supposed to be common knowledge? If so, I'll happily take my L. I could just be laughably misinformed about our legal system. What do you guys think?

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Video explanation: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-48-section-4-question-13/

So I am watching the Webinar on Weakening and Strengthening questions and I have a questions about the first question. The first question is a strengthening question and I have typed the stimulus and answer choices below.

Stimulus: Several years ago, as a measure to reduce the population of gypsy moths, which depended on oak leaves for food, entomologists introduced into many oak forests a species of fungus that is poisonous to gypsy moth caterpillars. Since then, the population of both caterpillars and adult moths has significantly declined in those areas. Entomologists have concluded that the decline is attributable to the presence of poisonous fungus.

A. A strain of gypsy moths whose caterpillars are unaffected by the fungus has increased its share of the total gypsy population.

B. The fungus that was introduced to control the gypsy moth population is poisonous to few insect species other than the gypsy moth.

C. An increase in numbers of both gypsy moth caterpillars and gypsy moth adults followed a drop in the number of some of the species that prey on the moths.

D. In the past several years, air pollution and acid rain have been responsible for substantial decline in oak tree populations

E. The current decline in gypsy moth population in forests where the fungus was introduced is no greater than a decline that occurred concurrently in other forests. (I thought that this was the answer.)

Questions

I know that with strengthening questions you are looking for the answer choice that strengthens the argument and blocks the alternative. I am a little confused on what exactly does it mean to block the alternative. After looking at the explanation of the webinar video for this question it seems as if blocking the alternative is an answer choice that provides another alternative. Is that correct? I believe that the whole concept of "blocking the alternative" is going over my head and I would like further clarification on this strategy. In addition, can someone explain how A strengthens the argument....A does not seem like it supports thew conclusion if the conclusion is saying that the fungus contributes to the decline of moths and A is talking about that the population increased.