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3 days ago

Isabella!

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Wrong Answer Journal - using it wrong?

I'm curious how everyone is using their Wrong Answer Journals to actually reinforce what they've learned. When I do drills I go through each question even if I got it right and watch the video/read the explanation to make sure that my reasoning is correct and matches up. I go through each Answer choice and say why its wrong or right and why I thought it was correct, and why I made the mistake that I did in choosing the wrong answer. My issue isn't reviewing the questions; it's retaining the lessons afterward.

How are you reinforcing the takeaways from your mistakes? Do you revisit your Wrong Answer Journal on a schedule? Do you summarize recurring patterns or make flashcards? I'm finding it difficult to remember the notes, errors, and takeaways from a drill I did two weeks ago, or even from a question type I worked on five days ago. And sometimes the takeaway isn't even a recurring pattern—it's something very specific about that particular stimulus or argument that tripped me up. I'm not sure how people retain those kinds of lessons either.

I'd love to hear what has worked for other people!! #help

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3 days ago

Congrats! Any advice for RC sections?! Its killing me

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Isabella!
3 days ago

I couldn't tell what type of passage this was just off of the first paragraph .... is that bad?

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PT109.S3.Q18
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5 days ago

@MaxThompson Can I ask why you wouldn't treat this as a conditional statement? How can you tell? I saw the definitive language and the "if" statement and thought this was conditional.

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PT107.S3.Q15
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5 days ago

I'm confused with how to handle the final sentence of this stimulus: "One possible way to eliminate the effects of these factors is to breed the birds in captivity and subsequently return them to the wild." Do we diagram it as well? I didn't do so and tbh didn't really use it to answer the question but I feel like that may not be the best way to solve this question?

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Saturday, Jun 27

Does anyone understand why he does the backwards arrow towards motive in the video? #confused

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Friday, Jun 26

Does anyone know or understand why this is an issue or flaw?: "The argument fails to acknowledge that a necessary condition may not be the only necessary condition." - From B's AC description of why its right.

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PT135.S1.Q8
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Thursday, Jun 25

I don't understand the point of the specific vs generally worded AC that he goes over in the video. Is the point just to show that either one could work? What was the take away there? Thank! #help

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Friday, Jun 19

I don't understand the second part of the explanation for B. What do they mean that while it would be an accurate description of the excerpt it would not be a functional description? I'm so confused! #help

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Friday, Jun 19

I don't understand where the causal reasoning is in this argument? #help!

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PT135.S4.Q13
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Isabella!
Wednesday, Jun 17

I still don't understand why D is wrong?

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Isabella!
Wednesday, Jun 17

It is possible to take it again in October or November! I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm aiming for low-mid 160's for August and then hoping to improve even more for the October test! Congrats! Good luck! -- Can I ask how long have you been studying and what you've been doing to improve? I've been stuck in the low 160's for awhile now. Thanks!

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PT135.S1.Q21
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Isabella!
Tuesday, Jun 16

I don't understand how D is correct? The explanation seems to imply that we should assume that a tree being planted means that grass had to be removed?

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Isabella!
Monday, Jun 15

How have you improved your score so quickly? I'm hoping to take the August LSAT but i'm still finishing the CC and idk if its possible to be ready for August. Congrats!!

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Friday, Jun 5

#Question - Why do we ignore "the good life" part of the premise?

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Thursday, Jun 4

I wanted to clarify my understanding, as I did choose A, but in looking at the video and all the discussion comments, I’m now confused about why B is wrong. I didn’t pick it because (A) was stronger overall. But I don’t understand now why/how (B) is confusing sufficent - necessary? From my understanding:

Mistaking a Necessary for Sufficient: "If you are a human, you breathe. Therefore, if you breathe, you are a human."

  • Why it's wrong: Breathing is a necessary condition, but it's not sufficient to prove you are human (dogs and cats breathe too). The argument assumes the presence of a necessary result guarantees the initial cause.

Mistaking a Sufficient -Necessary: "If you are a human, you breathe. Therefore, if you are not a human, you do not breathe."

  • Why it's wrong: The rule states that being human is sufficient to guarantee breathing, but it doesn't say it's necessary.

But (B) negates necessary and then negates sufficient through the contrapositive - so why is this wrong if the correct formula is applied?

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Isabella!
Tuesday, Jun 2

I'm confused by "justified" can't be the sufficient condition here? Why can't we just leave it as is? Is it because the second rule has justified in the necessary condition? Or are we just using common sense here that it seems like justified should be the necessary condition? #help #feedback

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PT134.S3.Q20
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Isabella!
Tuesday, Jun 2

@RobertCarlson To clarify what you mean here for my understanding.... Basically, we need the "Should not play the joke" in the necessary condition, right? And because with the contrapositive, it lands on the sufficient side, it is incorrect. #feedback

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Isabella!
Tuesday, Jun 2

I'm struggling with how not to treat this as an If --> Then statement because with this framework I only see one sufficent condition and then the necessary condition is that the reasonable expectations of the policy holder should take precedence. #help

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Isabella!
Tuesday, Jun 2

I didn't take this to be a causal argument! I'm confused because I see the "if then" statement so I treated it as somewhat conditional

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Sunday, May 31

I don't understand when he says "that (P) could be all or a subset of these facts" (referring to the stimulus). #help #confused

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PT135.S1.Q24
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Isabella!
Sunday, May 31

Can someone explain how E would look like in lawgic?

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Sunday, May 31

Are we always supposed to get the contrapositive of group 3 and group 4 negations?

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Isabella!
Sunday, May 31

@Kevin_Lin So for group's 3 and 4 indicators when we negate either the necessary or sufficient we always need to contrapose it? Or can we just leave it as the negated form? #help

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Sunday, May 31

#help. I'm a bit confused by what he means with the facts fail to trigger the conditions. Are these conditions found in the AC's or in the Stimulus?

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