Sure, count me in.

I am disappointed that the last facilitated study session fell though. Hopefully this one will be up and going.

I got the 502 error again. I think its the LSAT bug!

Its out already. I saw it on LSAT blog.

I am excited to meet all of you guys.

So which PT will we be covering?

So did you guys score pretty close to your PTs?

I got the error message while using Incognito! I figured out that the "local storage" cookie is the culprit.

I got the same error message again today. I've never gotten this message before from any other website. But I've gotten it from twice from 7sage.

I am tired of clearing my cookies, so I switched to Chrome Incognito.

Thank you everyone for clearing that up for me!

@, I would like to add to that.

Necessary assumption, inference (MBT and MSS) and reading comprehension answer choices often use small language. Ex: Some, sometimes, not all, and not every. Strengthen and weaken questions like middle language. Ex: Most, often, many, and several. Sufficient assumption questions like big language. Ex: All, only, none, always, and never.

The correct answer choice for an inference question could be a

1) paraphrase of premise(s) 2) conclusion 3) contrapositive. For all inference questions, the answer must be supported entirely by the stimulus. Formal logic is often useful for MBT, but is rarely useful for MSS.

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I feel the same way. I don't keep track of my progress either.

I keep doing blind review until I get a perfect score. What is important to me is that I understand why I got wrong answers wrong, and also why I got right answers right. By doing blind review, I am able to pinpoint my pattern of errors. I don't move on to a new section, until I can reach a perfect score under timed conditions. My reasoning is that if I do not correct my current mistakes, chances are I will repeat the same mistakes. When redoing the same section, I will notice subtle details that I had previously overlooked. I end up discovering a faster way to solve a difficult problem. And there is almost always more than one way to eliminate the same answer choice.

I don't follow a strict curriculum. Mine is basically "If I find a weakness, I need to fix it." Tomorrow's lesson is dependent on the errors I make today.

I had the same problem. I had to clear my cookies.

For MC questions, look for transitional indicators. The majority of the time, the conclusion is attached to a transitional indicator (ex: but, however, yet).

For non-MC questions, any statement that answer what/when/where is the conclusion. Anything that answers why/how is the premise.

Practice some more old MC questions before moving on. There are other question types that assume you know how to correctly identify the MC, before you can move on to answer it. In other words, if you can't correctly identify the MC, you will get that particular question wrong.

^ Yes, I am addicted to Ted talks.

I spend my weekends deconstructing arguments in the Enquirer.

Just kidding.

@. That would be pretty cool. Maybe subtitle it with the thoughts that go though your mind as you are attacking the questions?

^ These are some that I can think of:

1) When you have eliminated all 5 answer choices

2) When you have eliminated none of the 5 answer choices

3) If time is running out, then use the stems to identify the question type that you have the most trouble with and guess on those.

4) If time is your biggest issue, then skip the last 5 by default. But remember to guess on all skipped questions, since there is no penalty for guessing.

This is a classic Ad Hominem fallacy question. An Ad Hominem fallacy is one that attacks a person’s character or person traits instead of the argument itself.

The correct answer choice does not say that the attack “proves” R’s incompetence, but it says that it provides “evidence” of R’s incompetence. I can see how the strong wording can throw you off. The strategy for this question is to eliminate all the wrong answer choices (which are wildly wrong). Then move on to the next question. Don’t obsess with the wording, especially when this question is the very first one!

In case you wanted more practice, here are other Ad Hominem questions:

PrepTest 19 (June 1996), S2, Q14

PrepTest 26 (June 1998), S4, Q4

PrepTest 32 (October 2000), S4, Q6

PrepTest 34 (June 2001), S2, Q1

PrepTest 38 (October 2002), S1, Q8

PrepTest 38 (October 2002), S4, Q8

PrepTest (June 2007), S2, Q17

The agree/disagree question is simply asking you to “identify” information that is already contained in the passage. Since this is an identification type question, it is not asking you to make any assumptions. You should approach this question differently than you should with the assumption questions.

The way I imagine how the test makers write the agree/disagree questions would be to cut out two paragraphs from two different news articles, then place them side by side. Then ask, “What do these two people agree/disagree on?”

It is very important to note here that the two authors cannot disagree on something that was not said. In other words, the point of agreement/disagreement has to be explicit. The visual cue that you should be looking for is the same word (or phrase) that appears twice in both passages. Find those words and circle them.

For the disagreement questions, these are all wrong answer choices:

- A statement that A and B both agreed on.

- A statement that A mentioned, but B did not.

- A statement that B mentioned, but A did not.

- A statement that neither A nor B talked about.

In question #21, the word that appears in both passages is "settled." Justine and Simon both argues that Pellman "settled" (but for different reasons). Answer choice "E" contains the word "settled." Therefore, "E" is the correct answer choice.

That is basically all there is to it. I hope that clears it up for you.

Games 35-50:

https://uploads.7sage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/logic-games-sorted-by-type.pdf

http://www.thelsattrainer.com/logic-games-posts.html#all-logic-games-breakdown-1

http://www.thelsattrainer.com/logic-games-posts.html#all-logic-games-breakdown-2

I just got called out for not being enrolled. Just kidding! You are correct in that I do not have access to the lessons. I am still trying to decide between a few LSAT courses. There are pros and cons to every single one of them.

Hi J.Y. Ping,

It is nice to finally meet you.

The only thing I would like to add to your post is that indicators do not switch teams. A sufficient condition indicator will always introduce a sufficient condition. It does not matter where the indicator is placed within the sentence.

This same rule applies to conclusion indicators. “Therefore” will always be a conclusion indicator. It does not matter if “therefore” is placed at the beginning or middle of the sentence.

^ Yes, that specific strategy was mentioned in the Fox Test Prep. He refers to it as the very first commandment in his list of "Ten Commandments." Basically, unless you are consistently receiving a score of 165+ on your tests, you should be slowing down. This means strategically not doing the last few questions at the very end. Just guess at those, because chances are you will get them wrong anyways. If you slow down, then you will be able to spend more time on the easy questions at the beginning of the test, to ensure that you get those right. Hence, improve your score.