Premises: 1) a survey of 17-year-old has found that many who do not drink report having taken a pledge to refrain from drinking; 2) almost who drink report having never taken such a pledge
I wonder whether what these premises establish is a mere association (some weaker form of correlation) instead of a correlation???
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I am rereading PS Bible for MSS/MBT and encountered this statement (FYI; I am using 2017 edition; page 122)
The statement is "many people have some type of security system in their home"
PS classifies this reverse statement "some people have many type of security system in their home" as wrong;
while reading, I did have the sense that the statement is wrong; but I am interested in the logic behind this reversal;
I thought many is some; wouldn't these two statements be the same or am i missing something?
I plateaued around 168 and did PT65 this Wednesday (six sections).
I finally break 170 (this is my 6th PT) and scored 174 (with a BR score 179)!!!!
Here is my breakdown:
-2 LR (BR -2; still haven't figured out "the domesticated animal problem")
-1 LG (BR -0; caught my mistake during PT but did not have enough time to change)
-6 RC (BR -2 still need to work on RC)
-0 LR (my best LR so far!!!! really excited!!)
Do trust yourself (I basically gave up the hope of getting a 170 before September) and the process (it usually took me 1.5 days to finish BR and listen to JY's explanations; i have to admit BR is a painful process) .
I also find using a clean copy to BR a much better method!
this is a weaken question
the conclusion is that those skilled workers who remained in EE will be in high demand
Premise: highly skilled workers left for the West
B is clear to me as the correct answer choice
but i could not get rid of D (in fact, in PT i changed from B to D);
if those countries plan to train many new workers to fill the positions left by those skilled workers, wouldn't D also weaken the argument?
thanks for the help!
I do; I tend to second guess myself in LR after first round usually change from right to wrong; now unless I have preponderant evidence that my initial choice is wrong, I switch;
powerscore did a prediction for the test; I did not watch all of it (I am taking it in HK); their prediction is that it will most likely be a new test and has usual LG (no weird games)
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Is your blind review process the exact same as 7Sage’s? Just wondering
I would say definitely trust the process; I BRed every single passage (1-85+A,B+ 97); the more you do, the more likely you will develop instinct; people say RC gets more difficult, honestly I feel 80s RC are much easier than late 70s and answer choices are easier to spot
I am disappointed that my RC performance does not translate to my LR
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Is your blind review process the exact same as 7Sage’s? Just wondering
I do! I circle questions about which I am not sure and spend time justifying my reasoning when I BR. I usually got those questions right and many of my misses come from earlier 1-15 while getting latter correct, which really frustrates me
My LR performance fluctuates a bit; I did way better in PT 84 (my brain was on fire and was able to glance through answer choices and knew which were correct); I think PT 85 has less cookie cutters so I was slowed down
Did PT85 before my last take on Sunday
missed 1 on RC; 0 on LG; 13 combined in LR; no LR love for me even though I did every single PT and BRed them except 86 (guess my brain is not wired for this)
well gonna BR this test and do LR sections from 86
good luck to everyone who is taking the Jan test!
I was able to get this question right but was not sure about the negation of "anyone".
so the negation of anyone is someone???
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Congrats!!!
thank you for the post! glad to see you again!
I read a post last year about one student who scored in 150s and successfully transferred to CCN. I did not bookmark the post (s/he said something about the new school that does not have transfer stigma and etc).
In the post, s/he mentioned that s/he did something intensive preparation before law school and talked about a few books and supplements s/he used.
I know people are against intensive preparation before law school. But I am an international student (did BA/MA in the U.S. though) and nervous about law school.
I have a not-very-demanding-tutor job and want to read some books besides GTM or Planet LS.
Anyone who happens to remember the post?
Fellow 7sagers,
I took LSAT in 2015 and scored 166. I decided not to apply that year because of some personal reasons. I am taking the test in September and will apply this cycle.
I am slowly going through CC right now (my school is on the quarter system) and getting most of the difficult LR problems right (I sometimes miss 1 out 5 on those level 5 questions).
I wonder how people blend in other LR materials (Manhattan LR and Trainer [I read older versions while preparing for the first time]). Do you read MLR and Trainer while going through CC?
Ideas and tips are highly appreciated!
Definitely avoid Pace; I took it in 2015 and there were construction going on above us; the administration told us that they can do nothing about it and the construction needs be finished that day;
I read another poster in reddit last September that the protocols ate chips while testing....
Thanks for this inspiring story! Good luck with law school!
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I don't know whether I will retake in March (depending on Jan score); but good luck with your final take, Lucas! You have been an enormous help in/on this forum!!
Thank you sooo much! Good luck with your January score!!
thank you!
I don't know whether I will retake in March (depending on Jan score); but good luck with your final take, Lucas! You have been an enormous help in/on this forum!!
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thank you for doing this! I wonder whether you have some advice for people who have almost exhausted their PTs (I have done PT1-80+ 82). Do you do some individual Q type drill from earlier sections or do more timed sections?
There are several problems that come with burning through PTs. Among them, it will be difficult to track your progress and the real test may be more jarring than for someone used to practicing on fresh material. Have you BRed all this thoroughly? I am assuming not since it's a ton of material. In that case, this is not the end of the world by any means.
Retakes and non-fresh material were a HUGE part of my prep. I used them for LR cookie-cutter review, lawgic drilling, LG foolproofing, and timing/skipping practice. I spent a great deal of time doing my best to read beyond the subject matter of a given question/game/passage and see the structure. I have a 3-ring binder full of LR questions with notes about their cookie-cutter structure. I thought up brief expressions to represent their structure so I could recognize it again like "this thing could have happened therefor it did happen". I also used non-fresh LR/RC sections to practice new timing strategies before trying them out on fresh material.
So cherish the remaining fresh takes you have and only use them when you're confident you've made some major progress.
thank you!
thank you for doing this! I wonder whether you have some advice for people who have almost exhausted their PTs (I have done PT1-80+ 82). Do you do some individual Q type drill from earlier sections or do more timed sections?
Thank you for doing this!!
@ thank you for the podcast! I finally discovered another one whose first around is around 30 min for LR; I wonder whether you consider every single answer choice for LR during your first round?
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Yeah it's a bit of an inference since they're saying you ought to do it because it is better. I think it'll start being more obvious what is being inferred but isn't written later in your studies.
thank you!
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I think in this case it might be most helpful to ignore the middle part about "although some drinkers would prefer to....or in some other manner."
The only premise, as you mentioned, is "it is better if C happens." In this case you can infer that the conclusion is pretty much saying it is better to do C. Thus, the way to actually read it is conclusion=it is better to do C because premise=it is better if C happens. Let me know if it looks more like circular reasoning now.
thank you! now it looks like circular reasoning; I think there is a small assumption made here? (better =ought to) or am I being too mechanical?
I have hard time understanding the answer choice C;
It is a claim...cited by the argument as evidence of its truth...
What does "its" refer to?
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I could not figure out why this is a circular reasoning...or my understanding of CR is too mechanical?
the conclusion is "....ought to do C..."
the only premise is "it is better if C happens"
the flaw I thought was the switch from the descriptive language to the prescriptive one
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is it logically valid to conclude that if A-->B, then A+C -->B?
I am reviewing S3 Q19 from PT 51.
The correct AC seems to mobilize this reasoning.
I recently discovered that sometimes I missed LR questions because I did not see the inherent connection in stimulus.
For example, in PT40 S1 Q23, I fail to connect the part "pre-existing state of health" to the part "illness". I thought it was introducing an additional cause (thus I chose D); but in fact, it is reversing the causation between the two.
I wonder whether people have similar experiences because of this failure.
I think another subtle yet possibly reasonable in the real world (definitely not in the LSAT world) is that the drain on the electrical system will lead to blackouts in order to make A work
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Ha same. I’ll keep you posted for when he replies. To be fair it’s been less than 24 hrs at this point.
I think I am gonna buy it anyway. @ @ and steve schwarz raved about his program. I wanted to learn something before the school starts....
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I don't have any direct experience obviously, but I just got an email from him and he says in the email that he "responds to every email."
I got the same email and responded something and clearly he did not reply back thats why I wondered....
My concern is that it seems that he is not very response to emails....
I felt that we need to have a 0L support group!!