@Kevin Lin THANK YOU, I was confusing it with "ONLY when". Thought I was going crazy for a sec

@Isaac Fleischer Yes, completely agree. I am tripped up with #4 because of this. If we are saying for the purposes of studying that the idea IMMEDIATELY following the indicator is the necessary condition, this does not track through all the examples (not in a way that I can make sense of in my head at least)

Number 4 confuses me a bit; why if the necessary condition immediately follows the indicator, does it not have "abundant rain falls" on the right side of the arrow? "Abundant rain falls" immediately follows the indicator of "when", so I had it set up as:

hurricanes hit U.S. mainland frequently → abundant rain falls in Sub-Saharan Africa

This is wrong, obviously, but why? The others make sense to me but this one is tripping me up.

@Makaila Montoya Yes it was the LSAT trainer!! Anything by @UnpluggedPrep I have found to be super helpful. I'll give you a link to his page too, but he has videos on absolutely everything LSAT prep and I believe he also has a podcast too if that's something you're into. I really liked "How to Destroy LSAT Logical Reasoning (Even If You Blank Out on Every Argument)", it made the whole LR section seem less daunting :)

Here's his youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/@UnpluggedPrep

I feel this too! I studied hard for a few months from one book that had been widely recommended and then took a few practice tests and felt like I wasn't really getting anywhere because my scores were not improving. It is super frustrating, my best advice is to try using a few different tools at once. I turned to some free Youtube videos after narrowing down areas that I felt I needed to improve (ie. LR strengthen & weaken questions) and for some reason those videos just clicked for me. I am now new to 7Sage in hopes of getting more practice and honing in on some skills for test day (timing, not panicking if I'm unsure of an answer, seeing the question clearly, etc). Sometimes the source you're using to study just doesn't speak the language you need it to for it to make sense to you personally and that's okay! Try to have a good understanding of how the LSAT asks questions and the kinds of answers you'll need to watch for first before diving into more and more practice. This way you're learning from your mistakes instead of feeling stuck in a loop of answering the questions the same way. Good luck!!

Hi from Saskatoon! I took the test in November and am re-taking in January hoping for a better score