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General · Advice on fidgeting during exam

clealosdennis296

Sunday, Jun 29

Thanks! That helps a ton!

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Saturday, Jun 28

clealosdennis296

Advice on fidgeting during exam

Hey everyone,

I'm pretty worried about the testing environment, especially around fidgeting. I tend to fidget a lot, things like touching my face or subvocalizing (even without sound) are big coping mechanisms for me, and I've been "warned" about them in other proctored exams. I've heard rumors that the LSAT is super strict about this stuff.

I'm planning to take the test in person, hoping the testing center might be a bit more understanding since they have more direct control over the testing environment. Has anyone else dealt with similar issues? Any advice or tips on managing fidgeting during the LSAT, especially for an in-person test?

Thanks!

LSAT · Need Study Advice: Link Assumption

clealosdennis296

Monday, Jul 21

I found this post a few weeks ago when I was looking for the same info: https://classic.7sage.com/new-lr-tags-in-7sage/

While there isn't a lot of study material tied directly to the tags, it was at least helpful to understand what the various tags meant.

LSAT · Defining Sufficiency & Necessity without Indicators: Help

clealosdennis296

Monday, Jul 21

While not perfect, thinking of them as Sufficient=Guarantee and Necessary=Requirement makes them less abstract for me.

Said another way:

Think of the sufficient condition as something that, if it happens or is true, guarantees or forces the other thing (the required/necessary condition) to happen or be true. It's enough on its own. (If/then)

Think of the necessary condition as a prerequisite or a requirement for something else to happen. You can't have the second thing without the first. (crawl, then walk, then run)

When given a biconditional statement that has no indicator words, the first thing I do is pull out the two pieces involved without worrying about their role. Then I plug them into A / B, and test as follows:

To test if A is sufficient for B (A → B ): Try to imagine a scenario where A happens, but B does not. If you can, then A is not a guarantee (not sufficient) for B. If you cannot imagine such a scenario, A is a guarantee (sufficient) for B. (Pay close attention to how the question is phrased, esp. things like "if true" language in the stem).

To test if B is necessary for A (still A → B ) : Try to imagine a scenario where B does not happen, but A does. If you can, then B is not required (necessary) for A. If there isn't a scenario that matches this pattern, B is required (necessary) for A. (This is where that extra context info that may seem like fluff often comes in handy.)

Here's an example: Citizenship in this country entails the right to vote.

A = Being a Citizen, B= Right to Vote

Ask: "If someone is a citizen in this country, does it guarantee they have the right to vote?"

Answer: Yes, the word "entails" strongly suggests this is a guaranteed outcome of being a citizen. If citizenship entails voting rights, then having citizenship is enough to ensure you have those rights. (I'm about to contradict this for the sake of the example, but bare with me... Keep in mind that the LSAT questions will tell you what to take as true and where you should question, and usually provide the context you need to question it with.)

The opposite would be to ask: "Can someone be a citizen in this country without having the right to vote?"

Answer: Are there citizens who don't have the right to vote? Again, keep the info given to you in the question top of mind, and don't let your personal knowledge take you too far afield. If the question stem tells you that it's TRUE that being a citizen means you can vote, then assume they issue voting cards to infants! BUT for arguments sake, let's use our own knowledge that children are citizens but can't vote. That would be a scenario that invalidates our requirement pattern. You can keep going, but as soon as you find one loophole in the requirement, you've solved it.

This means that being a citizen is sufficient to vote, but having the right to vote is NOT necessary for being a citizen.

Hopefully this helps, and doesn't add to the confusion!

General · LSAT Visual Format?

clealosdennis296

Thursday, Aug 07

Yep. Glitchy highlighter and all, lol.

General · Test Week Strategy - Unideal PT scores

clealosdennis296

Sunday, Aug 03

I would be strategic in what you skip. There are some "easier" ones baked into the last ten. If you hit a question type you struggle with instead of getting bogged down on it, flag it, skip it, and move on to keep your overall progression going. If you have time at the end, return to the ones you think you have the best chance at. Alternatively, I've heard of some folks who never leave a skip blank... they always glance at the options and pick something quick and move on with the logic that a one in five chance is better than zero.

Good luck!