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claing140

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PT102.S3.Q21

claing140

Friday, May 27 2016

I did initially gloss over answer choice A a bit, not initially seeing the connection to how it would strengthen the argument, but luckily, the rest of the answer choices were all so irrelevant to the stimulus that it led me back to A and I was then able to see how that choice would block a potential competing hypothesis. Not the quickest or most effective way, but all of the lessons on eliminating obviously wrong answer choices has been a huge help for questions that might be initially tricky.

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PT129.S4.P2.Q8

claing140

Sunday, Aug 21 2016

I still need a little bit of help from someone in clearing up #8;

I know that the passage says "In achieving this understanding, [...] the humanities in fact profit from attempts at controlled evaluation."

But does that mean that humanists have profited from using the methods? It seems like the author is making his point for why this understanding of the two practices must be adopted and the combination of the two will be possible/probable in the future, so how do we know that it has already had this effect in the past?

General · Thank you 7 Sage community!

claing140

Wednesday, Oct 19 2016

7sage is a life saver! I just tested for my first attempt in September and they took me from a 142 diagnostic to a 170! And was still unable to run through answer choices without hearing J.Y.'s commentary eliminating each option haha.

Admissions · should you put a heading on your personal statement?

claing140

Tuesday, Oct 18 2016

I was told to include the same information, but to add it as a header so that it falls in the 1-inch margin required by most schools and doesn't take away any space from your actual writing.

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PT103.S2.Q19

claing140

Wednesday, Jun 15 2016

I also chose answer choice B but for a different reason:

The only information we are given in the stimulus is about 'the self-expression sufficient for survival under normal conditions.'

Since answer choice Bis inferring about 'The self-expression required for survival', I chose it as the correct answer choice due to the mix-up between the sufficient and necessary conditions. Did anyone else do it this way as well?

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PT108.S1.P1.Q1

claing140

Tuesday, Jun 14 2016

How do you warm up before going in to Reading Comprehension passages?

Admissions · Opinions from those who have enrolled in the Admissions accounts?

claing140

Wednesday, Nov 09 2016

Thank you all for the advice! Since initially posting the question, I've already signed up, sent David my draft, and received his initial comments, which has established that I made the right choice. I agree with @ about how insightful he seems and I'm definitely already feeling more confident just knowing I'll be able to constantly go back and forth with him to work out any and all issues to make sure the PS is as effective as possible.

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PT101.S2.Q24

claing140

Wednesday, Jun 08 2016

This one upset me. I initially got it right, but got stuck going back and forth between A and E during the blind review. I ended up changing my answer to A, based on the thought process that, since they both had essentially the same conditionality, A fit more with the stimulus since it says that no Mathematical Propositions can be proven by observation, which led me to believe that the ability to be proven to be true and the act of actually proving it to be true could be considered different requirements.

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Monday, Nov 07 2016

claing140

Opinions from those who have enrolled in the Admissions accounts?

I am 100% a believer in 7sage's effectiveness for LSAT prep, but now that that's out of the way, I was wondering how effective people have found the Admissions accounts. And if you did use them for your application, which level did you sign up for and how do you feel it helped you?

I've been working on my personal statement and all other application necessities on my own, but feel like it might be best to leave no stone unturned and enroll professional help. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

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PT103.S3.Q17

claing140

Thursday, Jul 07 2016

I also don't understand how D is the correct answer for this one. The stimulus says "Since formal instruction is often a part of a good musical education"; the word 'often' obviously implies that it is not always a part of a good musical education, so how does the argument fail to consider that formal instruction might not always be a part of a good musical education, when it seems to be blatantly stated in the stimulus?

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PT139.S4.Q2

claing140

Tuesday, Sep 06 2016

I had the same sort of method of reasoning as you did, but I don't think the word "excellent" had anything to do with it. The stimulus says:

"[Acrylic paints] provide everything that a good paint should provide (for house painting). ... Even acrylics, however, cannot correct such surface defects as badly cracked paint."

And from this, it is most strongly supported that it is not a requirement of house paints that they correct surface defects such as badly cracked paint.