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Tuesday, Jan 24 2017

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LR approach

Hoping someone has some advice on this for me. When JY goes over strengthen/weaken questions on LR, he identifies the conclusion and looks for an answer choice that either provides more support for or weakens support that the premises provide for the conclusion. I've been trying to practice answering questions in under 1 minute/20 seconds, and to do this I feel that I can use this approach pretty successfully in general. In general, should I try to come up with an assumption of the argument before I approach the questions? Or would having an assumption in my mind potentially distract me from thoroughly examining the answer choices?

Appreciate any suggestions!

Jeff

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PT114.S1.Q24
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Thursday, Mar 23 2017

I don't understand how B weakens the argument. The conclusion is that a child's taste preferences can be changed based on exposure to different food. If you negate B, it would be that in general, children's taste preferences do NOT change. If this were true, how could their taste preferences be changed?

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PT114.S1.Q10
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Thursday, Mar 23 2017

I'm having trouble understanding why C is totally irrelevant. Cora is trying to argue that the design of the keyboard was to slow typing, so why would C, making acquiring typing skills difficult, be irrelevant to her argument?

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Tuesday, May 23 2017

Wow, thanks for the suggestions everyone! Skipping strategy seems to be a resonant idea, and one that was mentioned in the webinar. I'm definitely going to work on just disengaging and coming back to a question. I'm also working on confidently moving on and not checking and checking after I choose an answer choice, as well as minimizing engagement with answer choices where possible (i.e. Hunt Mode) to prevent myself from picking trap ACs. Really appreciate everyone's thoughts!

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PT129.S1.Q14
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Monday, May 22 2017

If A said "Legislation will not benefit constituents unless politicians are not primarily concerned with their own careers", wouldn't that be a necessary assumption?

Benefit → ~Primarily concerned w/ career

Contra: Primarily concerned w/ career → Benefit

Negate: Primarily concerned w/ career AND benefit

This premise would imply that politicians are primarily concerned with their careers, but that legislation will still benefit constituents.

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PT128.S1.P3.Q20
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Monday, May 22 2017

For #20, why is D incorrect? It's such a general statement, and it seems clear that the case of Indian colonization (paragraph 2) and Algerian colonization (paragraph 3) exemplify cultural experiences crossing borders.

I've been really struggling with LR timing. I watched the webinar here (https://classic.7sage.com/webinar/timing-and-levels-of-certainty/), in which they suggested not spending more than 3 minutes or so on a question because there's a better chance you'll just get it wrong. But other people have suggested 'giving the question the time it needs,' not being afraid to invest 3 minutes into a question rather than rushing and getting it wrong.

Then, there's the '10 in 10' or '15 in 15' idea where you push to finish questions in a given amount of time.

I've only been getting through 17-20 questions per LR, getting 2-3 of those wrong, plus the ones I don't get to for a total of 6-9 questions wrong per LR for the past few months with no change. I'd really appreciate any thoughts people have on this and how to manage the ideas of investing time required and skipping when appropriate.

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PT121.S1.Q17
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Thursday, May 11 2017

I'm confused on A. Since the conclusion is that NO ant species is threatened, doesn't that imply that NO ant species lives in a geographically isolated area (since this would make them threatened)? And if that's the case, then doesn't that presume that Tierra del Fuego and the Article Circle must be geographically isolated?

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Thursday, May 11 2017

Wow, interesting. I think I'm spending way too much time on the stimulus. Thank you for the suggestion!

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Monday, May 08 2017

Great job and amazing work! I'd love to hear more about how you improved your LR scores. You mentioned drilling flaw questions and other types you had trouble with. Do you have suggestions on timing? I've been struggling giving uneven amounts of time to different questions, some too much and others not enough.

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PT119.S3.Q24
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Saturday, May 06 2017

I think someone may have asked this before, but I'd really appreciate if someone could explain how the statement 'all that is needed to make money disappear is a universal loss of belief' translates to ULB --> MD. Doesn't 'needed' indicate that ULB is a necessary condition? Or is it the case that since it says 'ALL that is needed,' that means that ULB is a sufficient condition? Seems like a pretty subtle but important distinction, and I don't think this was covered in the CC unless I just missed it.

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Sunday, Jun 04 2017

I've occasionally done 1 passage, BR, check answers, repeat for a full section. Other times, I just drill on an entire RC section. I think both are good, it's helped me get into the habit of how to time each passage and questions (I shoot for ~2-2.5 minutes passage, 6 minutes questions), although I still need to work on moving a little quicker and getting out of each passage in 8.5 minutes or less. Hope this helps!

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PT119.S4.Q17
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Saturday, Apr 01 2017

For answer C, if metabolism of Mg slows as with age, then wouldn't that mean that the risk of those medical conditions would decrease according to the argument. Wouldn't this weaken the argument by showing that drinking soft water wouldn't necessarily lead to low Mg?

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