Self-study
Hi all - anyone interesting in doing a virtual study group to prep for the January 2026 exam? Evening or weekend hours for ET (USA).
HollieRVA
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HollieRVA
Wednesday, Jan 21
I also chose B because Yolanda's *conclusion* was about joyriding being MORE dangerous, and Arjun responded by disagreeing but addressing the support about computers. #Help is it correct for me to say that my misreading is actually in the question stem, which is asking for a flaw within Arjun's argument. That would make ac C more appealing because it is responding to Arjun's conclusion, not Yolanda's. In other words, Yolanda's argument is not really relevant?
HollieRVA
Monday, Jan 19
I did not choose C because I thought it was a trap: they were baiting us to conflate "susceptibility" (in ac C) and presence of "symptoms" (in the stim). Under the time pressure I thought of COVID and how lack of symptoms doesn't necessarily mean the virus isn't there, so we couldn't make any conclusions about susceptibility. Not a great case, and the word "radically" in ac A (which I chose) was also a red flag.
HollieRVA
Thursday, Dec 11 2025
Shoot, that should work! What about this? I haven't had to individually add anyone. https://discord.gg/kUGXFr24
HollieRVA
Tuesday, Dec 09 2025
Here is an updated link! https://discord.gg/hffBuhwd All are welcome! That's good thru about 12/15.
HollieRVA
Thursday, Nov 20 2025
And here's the join link through 11/27: https://discord.gg/rbmXdtTR See you there!
HollieRVA
Friday, Nov 14 2025
Here is a link good through 11/20! Sorry for those I missed, they expire in 7 days! Happy to have you all. https://discord.gg/rQFbMsv3
HollieRVA
Friday, Oct 10 2025
For those just joining, this is the link to the Discord - LMK if it doesn't work! https://discord.gg/KRFjwfKV
HollieRVA
Sunday, Oct 05 2025
I was turned off by E because I thought it was too strong to suggest that one building being successful = all civic buildings' purpose. What if other qualities not mentioned here were also required? What if what was true for the one building was not true for the whole?
In any case, I still should have gotten this correct because the conclusion is about "the purpose of a civic building" and no other AC touched on that. Would you agree with that? (Instead I ran out of time looking for F, an AC that included both city center and purpose.)
#help
HollieRVA
Friday, Oct 03 2025
FIRST STUDY GROUP is Wednesday, October 8th at 8pm ET / 7PM CST! Join us on discord (if you're new to discord, don't worry, you're not the only one!): https://discord.gg/R7sCPXmX?event=1423764183052451910
HollieRVA
Thursday, Oct 02 2025
For all who are interested, the Discord group for January study group is here. I'll try to post a link to actual virtual study group once it is set up, for those who are not on discord: https://discord.gg/xyYHQaNw
HollieRVA
Monday, Sep 29 2025
@blueberry Hi - there is not a discord (yet) but I just posted looking for a volunteer! :) I can do the rest, I'm just not familiar with Discord.
HollieRVA
Monday, Sep 29 2025
Great! Looks like there's a lot of interest and I'm sure there will be others. Does anyone want to volunteer to be Discord leader? I am brand new to that platform. I can do the organizing from there, just don't know how to get us set up. Thanks in advance!
HollieRVA
Thursday, Sep 25 2025
I chose A and the comments weren't helping me understand why I was wrong - especially in short order. Here's what helped me in the end: Our answer has to bolster the conclusion. The conclusion is luckily easier to identify: "We are not obliged to take their claim seriously [unless a condition]." So, even before I untangle the premises I know I can eliminate answers that don't directly address our conclusion, aka our obligation to take their claim seriously. Knocks out A, D, and E. Comparing B and C, I think you can get there quickly in 2 ways: 1) because you know we're not interested in what "most people" think (they could all be wrong anyway), and/or 2) "NO claims" is more definitive than "MOST people" so even if they were both right, we could go with the stronger one.
#help is this train of thought correct and applicable to other PSA questions, or did I get lucky and should not have dismissed other details so quickly?
#help I don't understand why C is wrong. I agree that we're looking to shore up the correlation between later start time and reduced accidents, but I think C does that. By telling us that most of the hours teens spend driving do NOT occur while driving to school (more likely to get in an accident driving for an hour than, say, 15 minutes), then it is even more compelling that the later start time was enough to be the cause of reduced OVERALL number of teen accidents (not just when driving to school). Seems like E leaves too much room for spurious reasons that we cannot make any claims about. Maybe this had a blizzard that Granville didn't, maybe an alien ship landed there - we simply don't know enough to make any connection to what happened there and what happened in Granville, and I feel like the LSAT usually rewards you for not overreaching. #help !