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Wednesday, Jul 31 2019

kjsmith9141

What happened to the LSAT Question Bank?

The LSAT question bank is no longer showing up under "Resources" on the website or mobile app. Is this no longer going to be a function on 7Sage? I found it really helpful to sort by question type and difficulty. Instead I only see "LSAT Explanations" which... I think is new, but not sure.

Thanks all!

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Wednesday, Jul 31 2019

Thanks guys!!!

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Wednesday, Jul 31 2019

kjsmith9141

Digital LSAT and Scratch Paper

Hey all - anyone want to clarify if scratch paper will be available for LR come September? Or is it only available for LG? Sometimes I still have to diagram out the logic and am a little worried.

Thanks!

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PT138.S2.Q21
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Thursday, Aug 29 2019

P is saying because they settled, they expected to lose. The contrapositive is if they had expected to win, then they wouldn't have settled.

J is saying whether they expected to win or lose, they still would have settled.

AC (E) describes the disagreement perfectly.

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PT138.S2.Q16
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Thursday, Aug 29 2019

Say the national building codes mandated that no blue paint be used in commercial buildings. Local building codes in this guy's city say that in addition to whatever is mandated nationally, no red paint can be used in buildings.

The defendant is a developer that painted the outside of a large commercial space blue. He's saying "You shouldn't impose penalties because I didn't know which rule applied." And the judge goes "Not valid, everyone in your position should be aware of the national codes, since naturally they would be less specific/less strict than the local codes." Answer choice (C) thus makes sense.

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PT138.S2.Q13
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Thursday, Aug 29 2019

If the cost of the rental would greatly exceed the actual purchase price, and everyone NEEDS to finish the game, then it would make sense that they would just buy the game outright. Say it takes 2 weeks to finish the game, then you'd be paying $40 x 7 (2-day intervals over 2 weeks) for a total of $280. For an $80 game?? That makes no sense. So the conclusion that sales would exceed expectation makes perfect sense.

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PT138.S3.Q22
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Thursday, Aug 29 2019

Argument structure:

Either A or B

B → not feasible

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A

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PT138.S4.Q16
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Friday, Jun 28 2019

JY's interpretation of (A) isn't right. What he should be saying is that of the pie chart of all of the cars currently being driven in the local area, only 1% predates 1980.

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PT141.S2.Q20
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Tuesday, Jun 25 2019

Lawgic saves me on questions like these. Usually the assumption they're asking for is just a restatement of the contrapositive.

Use chemical fertilizers → use alfalfa/green manure cropsgood soil

If you want good soil...

Good soil → use alfalfa + other green manure crops → use chemical fertilizers

AC (E) is the only answer that shows this.

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PT141.S2.Q19
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Tuesday, Jun 25 2019

Revisiting this questions and it still took me FOREVER to get this one. And then the light bulb happened.

If it's a communal object passed down generations... it wouldn't have been in a tomb

Hi all. To my dismay, I scored 4 points lower than my PT average in July. It is extremely helpful to me not only to blind review with folks, but to explain out loud why answer choices are wrong or right (learning by teaching, if you will).

Looking for someone who is scoring in the mid to high 160s and who specifically wants to focus on RC/LR. If anyone is open to partnering, I would love to be your study buddy! I study every night and am in Denver (mountain time). Please feel free to message me if you are interested!

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Saturday, Sep 21 2019

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3 Cancellations or keep September?

Y'all. WTF was this test. LG destroyed me. I'm so upset.

I already have 2 cancels on record - 1 from 2017 when I had a panic attack during (lol) and the other from the July test because I saw my score and didn't like it and wanted the free October retake. I don't actually have an official score on record but I feel like there is a chance that today's score might be lower than what I cancelled in July.

Today's test was unexpected. I feel like if I cancelled today, 3 cancellations would look really bad-- but does it look worse than a terrible score because LG totally f*cked you? lololol

Thanks for the help!!

KJS

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Thursday, Jul 18 2019

Hi, I live in Denver in the RiNo area and would be interested. However, I am currently in the mid to high 160s so not sure if you would be interested. Feel free to message me

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Monday, Nov 18 2019

@ PM me for stats!

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Wednesday, May 16 2018

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I'm Back...

After taking a total hiatus after withdrawing from the October test and then canceling the December test... I didn't know if I'd ever be back here. I just moved across the country to start a new job, so a lot is up in the air right now. Since I haven't been studying, I've been enjoying the extra free time more than ever, but a little voice in my head is telling me that I need to stop being lazy.

Any tips on getting back into it? Hoping the long break won't be too hard to bounce back from.

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PT118.S1.Q12
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Friday, Aug 16 2019

Dioxin present → hormone abnormalities

Dioxin not present (carried downstream in a few hours) → fish recover quickly

(C) Strengthens likelihood of dioxin being the cause by showing that its absence leads to an absence of its effect.

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Tuesday, Jul 16 2019

kjsmith9141

Writing Sample?

Hey y'all... I just took the July exam (got a paper version of the test) and realized... I have no idea what's going on with the writing sample. Previously most of the advice given was not to worry about the writing sample. Now that we are taking it on our own time, separately from the test, will the writing portion be given more weight?

Thanks!

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Tuesday, Jul 16 2019

@ said:

Haven’t seen this posted yet, but was the history RC terrible or what? That one messed me up bad.

It was horrible. You're not alone lol.

Luckily RC was my last section, so I didn't have how horrible that section was weighing on me throughout the rest of the test.

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Monday, Jul 15 2019

@ we had the same test. I found games to be super easy, LR tough and the 2nd RC passage awful

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PT148.S4.Q10
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Monday, Jul 15 2019

If a private corporation won't sponsor agricultural techniques such as crop rotation (that are unlikely to lead to marketable results) → only the gov't will.

AC (C) blocks out competing explanations. Why not a different entity besides private corporations or the government? Because it's rare for anyone else to.

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Wednesday, Nov 15 2017

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Scores are decreasing....

With just over two weeks until December 2, I've found that my scores have been decreasing. I'm not sure if it's anxiety, burnout, or just being crazy busy at work, but something isn't happening for me here.

I intend to take the test to see how I do, but am now becoming more open to the possibility of waiting until next cycle, retaking, and applying earlier with a higher score. It's just that I really don't want to be in my current job for much longer, and the thought of waiting another YEAR makes me so disappointed and sad. :(

Any recommendations for the final stretch?

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Thursday, Sep 12 2019

Thank you so much all!

@, it helps a lot for my own learning to explain it! I hope my comments have been helpful!

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Thursday, Sep 12 2019

kjsmith9141

First 170

It took over 2 years, but after all the blood, sweat, and tears, it's really encouraging. Huge thanks to this great community. Hope the momentum will continue into test day next week!

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PT151.S3.Q22
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Tuesday, Jul 09 2019

AC (C) doesn't work because who cares if they're encouraged... do they actually heed the advice?

Still struggling between (A) and (E) though, any #help is appreciated

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PT151.S3.Q16
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Tuesday, Jul 09 2019

If it wasn't the case that most of the disintegrated vehicles were made out of wood, we might have better models other than the small ceramic models that existed - because those models would have survived through the years.

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PT151.S2.Q22
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Monday, Jul 08 2019

the logical chain is

kind → want to see prosper

dislike → kind

dislike → fully content in presence

chain it all together and you get:

fully content in presence → dislike → kind → want to see prosper

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PT151.S2.Q21
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Monday, Jul 08 2019

#help anyone!! :(

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PT133.S1.Q14
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Saturday, Jul 06 2019

Stared at this for a while and I finally get it.

Waller is arguing that there is no such thing as extrasensory perception (ESP). If there were, those people would be able to demonstrate it and convince everyone of their ESP.

Chin says that Waller's conditional doesn't hold, because the ESP people could demonstrate their powers and still not convince everyone due to the skeptics.

AC (D) says that the public's not believing in ESP proves that ESP doesn't exist.

Waller agrees with this, and Chin disagrees.

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PT150.S3.Q17
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Wednesday, Jul 03 2019

If there's a drought, then no one is eating the mosquitoes, and outbreaks get worse. Thus AC (C) is correct.

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PT150.S2.Q25
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Wednesday, Jul 03 2019

I don't understand this one at all. I don't understand why it is not D. #help

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PT149.S4.Q21
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Friday, Aug 02 2019

Contemporary novels —> moral transgression are sensationalistic —> /experience world from moral perspective of novel’s characters —> /enter internal world of novelist’s mind —> /social significance

AC (E) is just the contrapositive of the last 2 parts of the logical chain

Hey guys - I just took PT86 and scored 1 point higher than my PT average so am really happy!! Typically after completing the digital test I'd see the option to blind review each section before scoring, but this time it only said "show questions" and immediately showed me which ones I got wrong. I was kind of upset because it's not a true blind review that way.

Anyone know if I clicked on something wrong or if the BR option will be coming back?

Thanks!

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Monday, Sep 02 2019

hi guys! this post blew up lol! I already have a few study partners, but if y'all are interested in setting up maybe a blind review of PT 86 sometime this week, let me know and I can coordinate.

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Thursday, Aug 01 2019

I missed the memo clearly!! thank you @!

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