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Monday, Aug 31 2020

Hey I'm interested in studying with a group as well! My email is amasci18@.com. I'm scheduled to write the Nov. LSAT.

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Hi all,

I'm a recent student of 7sage and must say I'm loving the content! The information in the first 2 weeks are very detailed, granted it can seem dull, but I understand the approach. It might be just my years as a philosophy student that makes me see the overview as overkill, but, I do understand this may be completely foreign to some people, and quite necessary.

Anyway! My question is, since this is the first time I'm studying for the LSAT (highly nervous), I think I overshot with the prep materials I purchased. Before I came across 7sage, I purchased all the Powerscore bibles. I started reading the LR bible last week, but I found it a bit too detailed and convoluted. I seemed to be more confused after reading the first 2 chapters, and doing their practice drills, than if I didn't read the chapters. Not sure anyone else felt that way?

But for those of you who have purchased the trilogies in addition to taking the 7sage course, do you feel it's a necessary support to your study prep? Trying to figure out if I should even bother keeping the books.

I'm struggling internally with not reading every single prep material that is considered the "holy grail" of LSAT studying. I feel like if I don't include it into my study schedule, it'll be reflected in my score. What do you all think? Is it necessary to have those bibles?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks :)

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PT115.S1.P3.Q13
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Tuesday, Sep 29 2020

The fact that JY started this off by saying WTF to the first paragraph made my heart sing. That was literally me when I read that paragraph 15x and was like hmmm...nope still nothing. Thank God it wasn't just me!

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PT115.S4.Q19
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Tuesday, Sep 29 2020

#help I chose D originally, but was stuck between A and D. On BR I changed it to A, and I'm still having trouble understanding why A is completely wrong. JY doesn't really explain it he just says it doesn't "wreck" the argument, well why not? If I negate A, to "some people do want it to go to someone random", then wouldn't this wreck our support that laws that are set up that in the absence of will it could go to a distant relative a person doesn't know instead of a good friend, which would hold the conclusion to be that wills are something someone should have? I understand why D is right, but don't know why A is absolutely wrong. Can someone please explain?

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Sunday, Jun 28 2020

Hello,

I'm having the same buffering issue. I haven't enrolled in the full course as I'm a bit apprehensive since the pages, videos, and altogether site seems to move slowly :neutral: it's a little strange that it takes a good almost 5 mintues for something to load. I don't think that's a reasonable amount of time especially when you're trying to watch/learn multiple aspects of the course. What exactly is going on?

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Wednesday, Aug 26 2020

#help - So I got to the correct answer, however, after listening to JY's explaination I thought it would clear up why A was wrong, but it didn't. It took me a while to eliminate A before choosing D, and JY simply says "A is wrong bc W doesn't talk about the set of several genes" in the statement. Everything about this AC is excatly what is written in W statement in the first sentence, except for those few words. So for JY to say it wasn't even talked about confuses me a lot, to me it is talked about....What am I missing?

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Friday, Aug 21 2020

amasci18133

When to use lawgic...

Hello!

I've gotten fully immersed into most of the LR lessons and have been working through problem sets for practice. I'm finding it challenging to identify when to use lawgic (ie. when it will be helpful vs when it's not really a great use of time). For example, the MBF question, I did not use lawgic to identify the correct answer choice. It probably would have taken me much longer to work through using lawgic, whereas I identified the AC in like 30 sec without it. So, I'm wondering if anyone else is struggling with when to use lawgic in questions, or if anyone has any suggestions or strategies they use when reading questions that they can quickly interpret whether using "lawgic" will be helpful vs not helpful?

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/reproduction-without-sperm-mbf-question/

Also, another lawgic question: In the MBT question below, the lawgic threw me off with the second sentence. When I watched JY's explanation, he says the "whether or not..." sentence is irrelevant and therefore we don't need to pay attention to it. I feel like I'm missing something about lawgic, because I couldn't determine what to do with that sentence. Because it threw me off when I was trying to sort out the lawgic, it took me a good 5 minutes to solve without it. Is there a way to know confidently which sentences to eliminate and which are important to keep when solving these question types using lawgic? Or does it just come with practice?

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/horrific-monsters-mbt-question/

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Thursday, Aug 20 2020

When I did the blind review of this I understood what exactly I was looking for, I feel like when I read the questions and try to look for the answers quickly I miss things. How do you get past trying to get the answer within sufficient timing. I know the recommendation is to practice first for accuracy, which I try to do, but sometimes it takes me 3min to almost 10min on tougher questions to find the answer, which obsviously wouldn't bode well on test day. Anyone have recommendations on how they up-ed their accuracy to eventually up their speed? Or is it just practice, practice, practice...#help

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Sunday, Oct 18 2020

I don't know how this question even exists. There are so many assumptions and pre-existing knowledge you need to know in order to eliminate A. I had no idea muscle tissue and spleen weren't associated or are two different ideas. I mean for all I know maybe they work in complete connection with each other and therefore one can't operate without the other or something. It's so difficult to know when to have a reasonable assumption vs when not to on some of these questions, it seems so inconsistent, which is really throwing a lot of confusion in how I study...anyone else finding this?

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Thursday, Sep 17 2020

#help - I didn't fully understand this as a causation question because of the words "can result". I interpreted this to mean that it isn't something that will, but is possible. Could someone further breakdown the causation/correlation identification for questions a bit more?

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Thursday, Sep 17 2020

Did anyone else read B as "product" that meant it wasn't necessarily cigarette products? To me I read that and thought am I to assume they mean cigarettes, or all products in general, which is why I didn't choose B.

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Tuesday, Jul 14 2020

Any updates on forming this study group? October's around the corner!

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PT118.S1.Q18
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Monday, Sep 14 2020

#help - can someone explain to me the difference between attacking the P & C vs just attacking the support of it. In this question specifically, it seems as though AC D attacks the conclusion by stating that these flints were used for other purposes so it wasn't for aesthetic sense, it was to do other chores outside of hunting. Does that not attack the conclusion? I feel like the explanation JY gives about never attacking P or C is hazy, especially for this question. He said that D attacks the fact that it wasn't for aesthetic reasons, so doesn't that therefore attack the conclusion???

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Monday, Jan 11 2021

amasci18133

Back after LSAT break...any advice?

Hi all!

Hope everyone had a Happy New Year!

I haven't been studying much since I was focused on finding employment after being laid off from COVID, however, I'm happy to say I'll be starting a new job this week, and I feel like I can refocus my attention on the LSAT.

The last time I studied consistently was probably early November. I did a bit here and there throughout November/December, but I would say probably only an hour or two every other week. I feel like I'll be rusty getting back into more of a strict schedule, and like I may have "forgotten" my strategies for LR/LG. Does anyone have any tips for someone who's taken a break for this long and is now returning to LSAT studying again?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you :)

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amasci18133
Friday, Jul 10 2020

I’m interested, and from toronto as well!! Please let me know!

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amasci18133
Friday, Jul 10 2020

Hello! I’d be interested as well. Although not taking the test until fall, would still be great to have people to study with. Thanks!

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Saturday, Jul 04 2020

I almost second-guessed myself with this one, because I thought B was "too obvious". Since in the second sentence of the paragraph it stated the strategy was to renovate the train station. In my head, I thought, sure this would lead to the conclusion that the train station should then be renovated because it's the best strategy for the end goal - attracting residents. Anyone else almost get tripped up by B?

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Saturday, Jul 04 2020

What helped me with this question, although I found it a lot easier to deduce the answer, was taking it at face value. I think making just minor assumptions from the answer choices helps me connect it to the stimulus more accurately. Not sure if this will always work for MSS type questions, but for this one specifically it did. The stimulus didn't provide enough reasoning to say definitely that the other answer choices other than B were correct.

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Saturday, Jul 04 2020

Answer choice A trapped me :(

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Thursday, Sep 03 2020

Hmmm interesting that Sandy is a girl and Alex is a boy....are we to assume that by their names? Both Sandy/Alex could be unisex. Chuckled a bit when JY said the girl vs boy thing

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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020

Interesting, I had a different experience with LR bible. I started with it a few weeks ago, because it's probably the #1 recommended material series online for LSAT prep, but after reading the first few chapters, I felt more uncertain than I did before reading them. Maybe because it's soooo detailed, and for me, that doesn't always work, especially if I already have a good foundation of something, it can steer me wrong because it's teaching me a different way of understanding something I already understand...if that makes sense.

So I think it's more paranoia right now because it's the first time I'm studying for this exam, and since these books are so highly recommended, I feel like why aren't they working for me?!

Maybe I'll use one of them to help reinforce things where needed, I hear for LG they're pretty good.

I also bought the LSAT trainer which has been helpful. Let's hope I'm covering all my basis!

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