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General · I tried to create my own LR question, take a look!
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Monday, Nov 18 2019

It's definitely C! Nice writing job!

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LSAT · FREE TUTORING on RC
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Saturday, Nov 09 2019

Definitely interested!

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General · 140s to174!!! Thank you 7sage!
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Friday, Nov 01 2019

Can you tell me what you did for your RC translation drill? Translation from the Loophole has helped me big time and I know she has a similar drill for RC. Is yours the same?

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General · How to Keep LSAT Journal with Digital Problem Sets and PrepTests
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Wednesday, Oct 23 2019

I still do my L.R. Wrong Answer Journal on paper, but if you're good at Excel, I'm sure you can make a spreadsheet of some sorts. Everything you need to know in order to improve (Question Type, PT answer, BR answer, Why you got it wrong, what to do next time to get it right, Question Difficulty) still applies!

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General · 7Sage ↔ 36 points ⬆️
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Wednesday, Oct 16 2019

Wow, congrats on the wicked score! I didn't know you were still at it until now, I was thinking this dude Heart Shaped Box must be an LSAT wizard due to your elaborate explanations which I, among many others, have greatly appreciated! Kudos to your hard work and perseverance brother!

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PT135.S2.Q6
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Saturday, Oct 12 2019

The conclusion says a tax hike in the city would reduce smoking overall. The next premise just indicates that sales drop in the city whenever tax hikes for cigs are imposed. This argument assumes that residents can only obtain cigs in (said city). What if said city's residents can pick up a pack at a corner store in a surrounding suburb? Then how could a stiff city tax hinder the city's residents' ability to smoke? C directly attacks the relationship between the premise and the conclusion, not the premise itself. An AC directly attacking a premise would say something like, "Surveys conducted after the mentioned survey indicates that taxes don't affect cig sales."

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Tuesday, Oct 08 2019

Wow crazy...Early on I would've been down with this when I couldn't stand games. Now I can't imagine LSAT without them. Maybe instead they'll have an Analytical Reasoning section that's like L.R., but more Formal Logic based. Very very interesting...

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PT114.S3.P1.Q1
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Thursday, Aug 29 2019

I almost always do the first one first (9 times out of 10, it's the easiest) then I pick the rest of them based on subject matter or structure (only 2 paragraphs means it's likely hard).

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Sunday, Jul 14 2019

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My takeaway on the online format

Dear 7sagers,

So here's my thoughts on my first online format take for the LSAT:

I loved it for LR! It just felt like the process went way smoother and more efficiently. I don't know if it was because I've been drilling and reviewing LR like mad over the past couple of weeks, but nonetheless, the online LR has some evident advantage in my view. First of all, it helps so much that the clock is on your screen. Checking for the time on my analog watch was just a plain damn nuisance for me. Also, not having to transfer your answers on the scan-tron gives me an extra 2-3 minutes to do more questions. Lastly, the online format in terms of pencil vs. mouse/tablet pen, doesn't allow much time to be fixated on labeling. This indirectly forces you to focus on the structure of the argument instead of circling/underling each and every major detail, which was a bad habit for me.

Now for on the contrary, the online format is a freakin' NIGHTMARE for Games! Having to look up and down at the screen between my setup on scratch paper and the test itself on the monitor was unforgiving for me! Right now I usually get through about 3 games; but this time I could barley do ONE! Uggh, I wish LSAC would allow for having a clean paper version of the games to write on, and then transfer your answers on the computer/tablet. How do you all handle Games online? I folded my scratch paper horizontally, with one bigger side for the diagram, and the smaller side for questions. However this didn't help me at all, so I would dearly welcome any and all suggestion on this for me.

For Reading Comp., I still slightly prefer paper, but I believe I'll be able to adjust for online reading. I also believe that the online version, like LR, doesn't allow much time for obsession over labeling, so it forces you to comprehend the structure of the passage, which is what RC is pretty much all about.

PS: I'm registered for the July test, which seems like a WTF that I just now did an online test. However I'm most likely going to cancel and take advantage of the later free test unless I score a 155 or better. So I'd really like those online LG suggestions please!

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General · I start worse and finish better
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Saturday, Jul 13 2019

I have this same issue! On my last couple of PTs, my 1st LR section is hot garbage while my 2nd section is remarkably better. I'm guessing that warm-ups before a PT can't hurt.

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Study Groups · Houston area accountability buddy
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Saturday, Jul 13 2019

What part of Houston do you stay in? I'm in Friendswood/Clear Lake area.

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PT121.S3.P4.Q20
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Tuesday, Jul 09 2019

High-Res Summary

P1) Embryos must establish “early polarity,” (set up to isolate top from bottom, front from backsides) to develop into an organism. Mechanisms that establish in embryos in the earlier stages are more different across life forms than those in the later stages (e.g. limbs, brains). An example of early-stage development discusses differences between fruit flies and nematodes.

P2) In fruit flies, signals are inscribed in the egg before fertilization. With all the info it needs in a week, once fertilized, a single cell turns to larvae. On the other hand, in nematodes, at the point of fertilization, vital info is administered leads to p-granules clustering on one end of the yolk. When the yolk splits, one side gets all the p-granules; the presence of p-granules or lack thereof determines front side/rear side. These sperm-driven processes for setting up body orientation seemingly also occurs in simple vertebrates like frogs, but not more complex ones, such as humans. Studies show that polarity occurs much later in regards to the latter; symmetrical cell divisions happen first.

P3) The establishing of polarity for an embryo relies on integral genes similar across life forms. This aspect reveals an unexpected paradox: while embryos of different species in the early stages appear similar, their developments are vastly different. Yet when they start developing physical features such as limbs, differentiating themselves aesthetically as unique species, their developments are ever so similar.

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PT121.S3.P3.Q13
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Monday, Jul 08 2019

High-Res Summary

P1) For the native people of Canada, most assert that it’s their right to exercise ownership rights over movable cultural property. While traditional Canadian common law has placed this right with certain custodians such as museums, recent litigation by the natives has called custodians’ ownership of this right into question.

P2) While the Canadian courts have long based decisions of ownership on the concept of “private property,” (any one owner can do whatever one sees fit) the natives’ litigation challenges the courts to acknowledge a property ownership concept that runs contrary to “private property.” Native Canadians have traditionally practiced a concept called “collective ownership;” community members have equal say in how resources are used.

P3) Due to the granting of ownership solely based on community member status, natives mostly lack the proper documentation that private property requires to certify ownership. Custodians, such as museums, are likely to possess this documentation, which in turn better favors them as legal owners, regardless of if the property originated in native communities. However as the sentiment that asserting the concept of private property on all cultural groups is flawed, the Canadian courts will realize that natives can claim property through collective ownership and that these claims should be recognized.

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PT121.S3.P1.Q1
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Monday, Jul 08 2019

High-Res Summary

P1) Anthropologists have long wondered about our early ancestors’ purpose in creating the first images of life around them. Among the images studied come from those of the Aurignacians. Some of these anthropologists view their work as evidence of a secure life and acknowledge the group’s excellent craftsmanship.

P2) To the curiosity of these researchers, these paintings (images) were in areas lacking illumination and only accessible through arduous effort. This aspect makes it unlikely that these paintings were for aesthetic purposes.

P3) However, given that the Aurignacians were hunter-gatherers, many of these anthropologists surmise that these images were meant as a means for helping procure a stable supply of food. Common amongst pre-technological societies was the belief that one could gain power over an animal by erecting an image of it. The researchers believe that these images were for granting magical power of the Aurignacians’ prey. There’s also evidence that special ceremonies were performed before the images were made; footprints in caves and images of shamans show this.

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PT111.S1.Q18
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Saturday, Jul 06 2019

Yep. They're irrelevant just as you described it.

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PT111.S1.Q17
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Friday, Jul 05 2019

Basically...SAME :(

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Study Groups · summer full time study group
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Thursday, Jun 06 2019

HMU

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PT118.S1.Q10
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Thursday, May 30 2019

This is supposed to be a fairly easy question but I have a little beef with why (A) is right. During BR, I picked (B), however, I can see why B is wrong because James doesn't have an opinion on boundaries. But does Rachel really believe that contemporary art is of lower quality than earlier art when she just says that artists' freedom has just caused a general decline? Isn't that a stretch? #help

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PT109.S3.Q21
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Saturday, May 04 2019

I HATE THIS QUESTION!

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LSAT · Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole
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Monday, Apr 22 2019

@rdhallan331 Yes yes! Please, that would be great!

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General · Thank You 7sage
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Saturday, Apr 20 2019

@michaelcinco801 Thank you so much for this!

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General · Thank You 7sage
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Friday, Apr 19 2019

Congrats! What's your approach to RC? I literally don't know how else to improve in that section.

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LSAT · Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole
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Saturday, Apr 13 2019

Ellen's book is awesome! I'm only halfway through it, but so far I've picked up a lot of valuable insight and little tidbits that I didn't get from other prep material. Some things in the book, like the translation drill, were game-changing! I would love private sessions with her if I could afford it. It's a great supplement to the 7sage CC. The book definitely has my backing!

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LSAT · Thank you 7Sage!
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Saturday, Feb 16 2019

Congrats man! The long journey was worth it!

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LSAT · Does "Many" = "Some" or "More than one" ?
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Monday, Jan 21 2019

@anonclsstudent104 Good point. Yeah I could see where that would be a problem if you negated "many" to "none."

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