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Saturday, October 29 at 5PM ET: PT 66

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I'm going to be the new Saturday BR Group leader! Hello, friends :) Except I won't be here next Saturday (November 5) cause someone scheduled work, why Boss why?

Yes, all my gifs will be Harry Potter related. :)

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Hi folks,

I'm struggling with this question in BR. So I figured I'd post my reasoning and see what you all think of it.

Debater:

Premise 1:Because lecturers are superior to students in mastery, lecturing requires hierarchy.

Premise 2: People learn best from peer interaction.

Conclusion: Hierarchy in lecturing is a weakness.

Respondent:

Premise 1: Because teaching/learning requires simple to complex instruction, teaching/learning requires hierarchy.

Illustration of premise: In math, you must learn arithmetic before calculus.

Conclusion: Hierarchy in lecturing is a strength.

What the respondents' reply most vulnerable to criticism for?

There is more than one flaw, so I listed the ones I could see.

Flaw 1: Response does not address what is sufficient for a strength or defend against a weakness, it simply states that it is required.

Flaw 2: Requirement/necessity does not equal strength.

I'm sure there are more, but those were most obvious to me.

A: Initially I thought this was correct because I thought the argument ignored some assumptions of the debater. But it doesn't. When the debater assumes that peer interaction implies not hierarchy, the respondent responds all teaching/learning is hierarchical.

B: We must accept the premises as true so the argument did not assume that methods in math are as effective in other disciplines. It's an illustration of the premise. Eliminated.

C: Irrelevant to Respondent's argument. We are only talking about whether hierarchy is a strength or a weakness.

D: This is correct. They are talking about two different kinds of hierarchy. The first is lecturer to student hierarchy, the second is simple to complex material hierarchy!

E: Again, must accept premises as true.

Found the correct flaw! They're talking about TWO different kinds of hierarchy! Woo.

Wow. In the 30 minute process of typing this post, I figured it out. If this isn't a good advertisement for a damn good blind review process, I don't know what is. I started out defending A was correct, realized it was wrong, and figured out D was correct. Woo!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-74-section-1-question-16/

Saturday, November 26 at 5PM ET: PT 78

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1 FINAL BR before DECEMBER :)

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Hello fellow September LSATters :)

What's your game plan for the next month?

My last two PTs (71,72), I scored a 173 and 172 respectively. I'd be BEYOND happy with that score on the actual LSAT. But I'm getting nervous about the actual test date and wanted to hear some thoughts on what might be the best way to embrace the final month. At the moment, I plan on PTing and BRing twice a week (expect the final week before test) with a day or two or timed-sections in between. Thoughts?

Hello 7sagers in LA,

I have either entirely or mostly blank (with writing has a note next to them) copies of some LSAT books. And because 7Sage has been so good to me, I'm giving them away to some of my unused material to you for free.

I'll give away one book of your choice first comment, first serve. You just have to pick it up from me at some point.

Here's what I have:

The 2015 LSAT Trainer (first 40% has writing in it) TAKEN

Official LSAT Preptest 73

Official LSAT Preptest 74

10 New Actual, Official LSAT Preptests 52-61 (One of the games sections has writing in it) TAKEN

The Next 10 Actual, Official LSAT Preptests 29-38

10 More Actual, Official LSAT Preptests 19-28 TAKEN

10 Actual, Official LSAT Preptests (7,9-16,18) TAKEN

If there aren't enough Angelinos, I'll let folks claim multiple books.

Good luck studying,

Benjamin

It's a BR GROUP PICK this week.

@hazelnut13 nominated PT 78 for next week. Feel free to nominate anything below and then we'll have a poll on it!

Edit: Vote by midnight Tuesday! :)

Go see Rogue One. Seriously, go. It's great.

Hi Friends :)

I'm feeling pretty good and ready and confident for 9 *HOLY COW* days from now. Not feeling terribly enthusiastic about taking another PT this weekend. Not sure it'd be that useful. But still might for routine's sake.

What're your thoughts? Are you going to take a PT this weekend?

Saturday, November 19 at 5PM ET: PT 71

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If you're feeling like Malfoy about the LSAT...

Don't worry, your BR SQUAD is here to save the day.

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As I've finished the curriculum, I'm beginning to heavily invest my time in fool-proofing. My big question is: should I drill extensively on categorized games (i.e. grouping, sequencing, in-out) or should I take a broader random game approach?

I worry that I'd lose some of the practice I'd gained in grouping games if I spend a few weeks on sequencing games specifically. It also just seems easier to start with PT 1 and go in order rather than sorting through all my PT PDFs for the right game at the right time.

I plan to first work by way through all LGs from 1-36 and then move onto more recent LG's once I've taken the clean PT.

Thank you for your thoughts on this! :)

Saturday, November 12 at 5PM ET: PT 73

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The election is over! Whether your candidate won or didn't win, you're free to focus on the LSAT for the final GRIND before the December exam! Tell us how it feels Dobby...

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Hi 7Sagers!

You know what helps you do well on the LSAT? Meditation.

You know what helps you live a good life? Also, meditation.

Lucky for you, I have two codes for 1 free month of Headspace. I'll send it to the first two people who want it.

How did I get these codes? By meditating, a lot using Headspace. :)

So, Westworld is a really good show. And it's kinda crazy too. Spoilers starting now:

In the season finale of Westworld, the hosts (robots) are finally set free to destroy their enemies (and makers), humans.

Yay, go team robots! But I find it a bit analogous to the LSAT and test day. Finally being set free to destroy our enemy (the LSAT).

But let's be honest, at the start of our LSAT journey, we look much more like this:

How did the hosts get from mechanical parts to this conscious and free? By suffering, they continually learned to understand their enemy.

Dr. Ford: It was Arnold's key insight, the thing that led the hosts to their awakening... suffering.

Cue the creepy Dr. Ford smile:

But he continues: You needed time. Time to understand your enemy. To become stronger than them.

So basically, don't take the test until you're ready! And you're gonna need (probably) a year.

And yes, as Dr. Ford says: And I'm afraid in order to escape this place, you will need to suffer more.

It's true. You will likely suffer more really hard NA questions, surprise LGs, and Eileen Gray-esque RC passages.

Sometimes it may feel like the LSAT is a big, scary thing that you're unsure you will ever see any other part of the world again.

But you'll have the last laugh: After all, these violent delights have violent ends.

Soon enough, you'll be free to destroy the LSAT.

Hello lovely 7Sagers!

Is there a September 2016 BR group? If there isn't, when might one be getting started?

No libraries in LA are open Saturday or during the week at 8:30 (even university due to summer schedules), though a few coffee shops are. So far I've been going to a library at 9:30a. Any recommendations for where to PT at 8:30 in LA?

Hi y'all,

I'm just getting started with 7sage and really love it.

But I'm a little confused.

First, for the curriculum question videos (example: Holes in the Ozone - MSS Question) before the problem sets begin, are we supposed to just watch and learn or attempt the problem befor JY explains it to us?

Second, I know it's really early (planning on taking June), but I'm a little nervous about my results so far. Doing both timed and BR, I struggled with the final two Main Point problem sets (on Ultimate+).

Any advice or words of wisdom to either calm my nerves or improve my strategy?

Thanks,

Benjamin

I used the Memory Method and it greatly improved my RC ability, but I haven't done it on PTs thinking it'll too much time to forfeit.

Do any of use continue to use the Memory Method on PTs by covering the passage and recalling the main point of all the paragraphs?

Saturday, November 5 at 5PM ET: PT 55

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Got to keep y'all on your toes. And I know it's sad that PT 79 hasn't been released yet, but...

Yes, I picked this PT just by putting my favorite number twice. Sometimes decisions are that easy. Like Sufficient Assumption questions should be. I may not be on for the call (my silly boss decided to schedule a working retreat on a weekend). But the Saturday group practically runs itself and @"Cant Get Right" or I should be on hand to kick it off!

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