97 posts in the last 30 days

Let's say neither G nor K are in row 1. Does that mean these are the possibilities: G is not in row 1, or K is not in row 1, or both G and K are not in row 1? Could we have a situation where G is in row 2 and K could be in row 1? So if only one of the conditions are met, then the other item could or could not be in row 1?

I came across this type of logic in a logic game and got confused...

I was a little confused on why C is incorrect. The computer scientists simply say that they think they can make AI by encapsulating the information contained in the human genome. Then the Biologist talks about the operations of the human brain.

I interpreted this as sort of an analogy or something, as it doesn't say that the computer scientists are explicitly trying to model the AI after the human brain. Then, I said the NA should be that the computer scientists ARE trying to model the AI after the human brain (because if they weren't, the author's mentioning of human brain wouldn't apply).

I get why B is correct in that given the argument without looking too much in the context, it must be the case that the interactions and the protein structures are not both getting info from the human genome, but was still confused why the assumption I initially pointed out doesn't work.

Additionally, for these questions, would it be a better strategy instead to kind of ignore the context (some computer scientists believe...) and focus on the bulk of the author's argument?

Thanks!

PrepTest C - Section 2 - Question 13

I am so confused on why C is the correct answer, and how B is not right. Maybe I am assuming wrong that the waiter job for an English major is not seen as good job by Martin, and therefore Martin uses it as an example to reinforce the idea that only technical jobs offer good jobs. There is not an explanation for this question, so I was hoping to open a discuss to figure it out.

Admin Note: Edited title. For LR questions, please use the format: "PT#.S#.Q# - brief description of the question."

User Avatar

Last comment monday, jul 31 2023

Experience with 7Sage Tutors?

I’m looking for advice from anyone who’s gotten a tutor through 7sage. I’ve completed the core curriculum, taken 10 PT’s and 2 real LSATs (October and November 2022). From the year that I’ve been studying I’ve only gone up 3 points from my diagnostic (157-160). I feel like I’m getting worse with each PT instead of better. Has anyone with a tutor managed to increase +5 or even +10? With me writing again in October, I’m getting desperate 😣

User Avatar

Last comment monday, jul 31 2023

Negating Statements

I need help negating statements that look the same but appear to be negated in different ways.

"The leopard magpie moth does not have the speed or the agility to escape from any of its potential predators" (PT80 S1 Q5)

Negated: "The leopard magpie moth does have the speed or the agility to escape from some of its potential predators"

"The proposed legislation is not made up of a set of statements some of which are overly specific and some of which are overly vague" (PT80 S2 Q18)

Negated: "The proposed legislation is made up of a set of statements some of which are overly specific and some of which are overly vague"

How come for the former statement, the "any" is changed to "some" while in the latter statement, the "some" does not change?"

Thanks in advance!

I am a bit confused on why the answer is E and not D. I feel like D makes less of an assumption than E in stating that the algae would clog the pipes and the mussels stop that from being the case. In E, there is mention of transforming the algae. In hindsight, I can sort of see how mussels absorbing hazardous waste would then mean that they themselves are hazardous waste, but I'm having trouble definitively understanding why E is the glaringly right choice over D.

Admin Note: Edited title. Please use the format: "PT#.S#.Q# - brief description of question”

I've typically noticed that RC is usually pretty strong for me, with an average of about -2 to -3. However, I just did PT 65, and noticed that my scores tanked. I don't want to treat this as one test's score, especially because I know that more recent section are reflective of the increased difficulty of RC. What strategies should I take to make sure harder passages don't trip me up? Thanks!

Every time I am trying to foolproof games it takes some time to select the games I want and start drilling. I wish there was a way where you just press a button on the existing drills section that makes a copy of the ones you just did. Maybe this is just me complaining about first world problems lol

My thought process in getting the correct answer:

High blood cholesterol -> increased risk of stroke by blood clots

Low blood cholesterol -> increased risk of OTHER stroke by cerebral hermorrhage (how? Low bc weakens artery walls, making them easy to rupture).

W diets better protect against cerebral hermorrahe (low bc) than non-Western

Assumption: W diets decreases low blood cholesterol (aka increases blood cholesterol, making the artery walls not weakened, less likely to rupture).

NC

A) Healthier is vague, we dont need this to be true

B) Anticipated answer

C) High blood cholesterol level PREVENT weakening of artery walls.

Negation: if high blood cholesterol doesn’t prevent weakening of artery walls (cause of cerebral herm), then high blood cholesterol increases (or has nothing to do with) cerebral hermorrage. This just wrecks everything the stem says, but it doesn’t tie to the diets argument part.

D) Who cares which one is more deadly

E) low blood pressure is irrelevant, were talking about blood cholesterol

I picked E because I thought it eliminated an alternative explanation by showing that the population drop was not because the beetles were eaten by their predator. I immediately crossed over A thinking it was totally out of scope. My thought process was: the stimulus talks about the number of beetles "spotted" in 1985 and 1989, so why would their camouflage matter anyway? Is E wrong because it can't explain the "difference" in the number of beetles in those two years? Can anyone explain how A connects to the stimulus?

User Avatar

Last comment thursday, jul 27 2023

CC v1 versus CC v2

Hi everyone,

I began studying for the LSAT in June using 7Sage's CC v1, but I recently learned that there is now a CC v2. I am about 25% through the logical reasoning portion of the curriculum, and after gaining access to CC v2 I've noticed that the curriculum is much more condensed and different. I'm wondering what I should do, either continue with CC v1 or switch to CC v2 for the remainder of my studies. Would continuing to study CC v1 disadvantage me in preparation for taking the October/November LSATs?

Any suggestions or insight is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

#help

User Avatar

Last comment thursday, jul 27 2023

Types of Reasoning

Hello!

Is there a specific lesson where J.Y. discusses the types of reasoning? I completed the core curriculum last year, and I don't recall him discussing the types of reasoning. Is this something new to V2? #help

PrepTest A - Section 2 - Passage 2 Question 11

If someone could assist me in explaining how D is the correct answer. The final paragraph, to my knowledge, explained how Fannie's Film gave the working women a chance to tell her own story. In this case it gives women who were ignored by mainstream media the ability to expose realisitic filmaking and give them represenation?

Admin Note: Edited title. For RC questions, please use the format: "PT#.S#.Q# (P#) - brief description of stimulus."

User Avatar

Last comment thursday, jul 27 2023

first one lol?

WHY IS IT NOT E? like it literally says "government official" how is a insurance adjuster a government official? And it said that it is wrong for the person to not give an answer and that they must tell the truth? She literally told the insurance adjuster that she doesnt know?

User Avatar

Last comment wednesday, jul 26 2023

LR Wrong Answer Journal

How do you guys review your wrong answer journal? Once I fill in the information about why i got it wrong and why the right answer is right etc, i just move on and don't really review after. Does anyone have a good system?

Confirm action

Are you sure?