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cesarjchamorro338

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cesarjchamorro338

Sunday, Oct 15 2023

Yo. If you're still looking for someone, I'm down. I'm in the Echo Park area. We can for sure do Zoom. I'm working on LG today. I'd also appreciate help with LR. DM me if you want.

Lessons · You Try - Pesticide on Peaches (PSAr)

cesarjchamorro338

Friday, Aug 04 2023

On my first run, I chose C. It sounded right to me even though I didn't fully understand what it was saying. On BR, I switched to D because the matter of protecting children sounded attractive based on the stimulus. Upon review, I further understood what C said.

The main issue I see with E is the stimulus doesn't mention anything about protective measures, for any segment of the population. The stimulus only mentions that the pesticide is used on peaches, and, the amount of the pesticide found on any given peach (assuming the amount is equal) will not be harmful to humans, so long as they're not consuming a lot of peaches. 80% of the population doesn't eat any peaches so they're not affect. But children do eat peaches, and they often eat a lot of peaches. The more peaches you eat, the more of the pesticide you're ingesting. So basically, you're increasing the amount of pesticide in your body, which will be harm to you.

The author recognizes that most (80%) of the population won't be harmed by eating peaches that have been treated with pesticide. But clearly, the pesticide can be harmful to humans, especially when consumed in large amounts of peaches. Children are thus susceptible to the harm caused by the pesticide. Using the pesticide is thus not an acceptable practice because it is still posses a risk to a segment of the population, the one that is arguably the most vulnerable. It's not an acceptable practice to use the pesticide unless you can prove that it is not harmful to anyone in the population.

Hopefully this makes sense and hopefully doesn't sound too ramble-y.

Lessons · You Try - Travaillier Corporation (W)

cesarjchamorro338

Sunday, Jul 16 2023

I felt that E sounded as thought it was supporting the stimulus by explaining why the company was expanding into bus tours. I chose D because it sounded to me as though the company saw what their competitors were doing so they decided to expand their services to not be left behind. But upon reading the explanation above, I can see E was very subtle. D might have been stronger if there was more to the answer choice and possibly correct if E wasn't an explanation that is clearly better. I made an assumption on D without a plausible evidence to support it.

Lessons · Lesson 2 - University Administrator

cesarjchamorro338

Saturday, Jul 01 2023

I did not properly diagram the conditional statement but I arrived at the same conclusion.

I diagramed as: PD (proposed department) -> (-50ppyear and D+25%MeD [less than 50 people per year and duplicate more than 25% of material of existing department]) -> /Funded

I did not properly see how the conjunctive statements were technically the sufficient condition for PD.

However, I did pickup on the what must have been true because I was able to recognize that funded was the necessary condition. I also picked up on the fact that you could still be funded despite duplicating more than 25% of material because you the implied meaning of "and" in the conjunctive. It appears to be one or the other is sufficient.

Study Groups · November LSAT Group

cesarjchamorro338

Thursday, May 11 2023

I'm interested in joining as well. I'm in LA. I think evening hours (PST) will work better for me due to full-time employment. Ideally looking for someone that is starting fresh with version 2 of the core curriculum. I was nearly half way through V1 but I think I'm going to start over just to refresh my memory. Reach out if anyone wants to join.

General · Study schedule advice for full-time employee

cesarjchamorro338

Wednesday, Jan 29 2020

Thank you everyone for the great suggestions! Definitely will be trying these.

General · Study schedule advice for full-time employee

cesarjchamorro338

Sunday, Jan 26 2020

Thanks for the response! I don’t remember what my diagnostic score was. My subscription expired before I had a chance to renew. Wild guess but I think it was about 150. I’ve taken the LSAT before (149 on Sept. 2016; 144 on Dec. 2016). For sure my weakest sections were LR and second RC. I did fairly well on games. I know I didn’t do well those times because I didn’t take the study course as seriously as I should have. I also made the mistake of taking a second exam so soon after the first.

I do like the idea of doing a PT on the weekends and doing BR during the week after work.

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Sunday, Jan 26 2020

cesarjchamorro338

Study schedule advice for full-time employee

Hello everyone. I’m seeking advice on a sensible study schedule despite my work schedule. I’m plan to take the September 2020 LSAT.

My current work schedule is M-F 9am - 5:30pm. I work as a paralegal. I do have some flexibility and can arrive at the office by 10am. However, my commute to work is usually about an hour via automobile thanks to LA traffic (downtown to Santa Monica for those who know what it’s like). The return trip can take up to two hours depending on when I leave the office. Because of this, I often stay at the office as late as 8pm. My weekends are free.

Up until now, I have been studying immediately after work and on weekends. Usually I will complete one section of the core curriculum and do practice questions from my old Testmasters course I did a few years ago. I’ve found this didn’t work all the time, mostly because trying to think in terms of the LSAT right after a long day of work was exhausting. It also meant that I was going through the CC very slowly. Haven’t done any PTs except the 2007 exam done through the CC.

Wondering if anyone has any tips on making a sensible study schedule based on the above. Should I go through the CC first and then focus on actual practice (either drilling, practice questions, or PTs)? Let me know if you need additional information that may help with making suggestions. Any help is greatly appreciated!