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@RaffiPiliero so you took the LSAT 3 times? How long was your prep time before your first take? I've been studying since March 2021 and will be taking the November 2021 next week. I feel slightly behind from where I ultimately want to be, but I still plan on taking the November test to see where I stand. My goal is to be in law school for Fall 2022.
So my question is, based on my score and possible need for a retake in Jan. 2022, do you believe that I will still have enough time to get my applications out to be eligible for Fall 2022 assuming I get the score I'm looking for?
Q1: What should we expect for the writing portion that is now available to take?
Q2: With respect to the Reading Comp section being digital, it's a little harder/less clear to mark up the passages b/c we can only highlight as a pose to jotting notes next to key portions of the text.
Do you recommend keeping the highlighting to a minimum? It seems to be a little more time consuming & distracting.
Thanks!!
I'm having difficulty distinguishing "either or" as inclusive vs. exclusive.
I'm working on the Advanced Logical Indictor section from the CC and immediately ran into confusion with the question 1 from the Complex Conditional Translation section.
For instance using Q1 from that section:
If a cat weights over 10kg, then it is either a Maine Coon or suffering from obesity.
I was confident at first that the sentence could be translated to:
10kg+ → (/MC→SO) = 10kg+ and /MC →SO
But as JY and other users comments detailed, this interpretation is incorrect because I'm incorrectly presuming the "either or" is an embedded bi-conditional.
So to clarify, if the sentence does not explicitly state "but not both" and if there's no context that can be used to determine if the "either or" is inclusive or exclusive, should I default and interpret the "either or" to mean inclusive?
In this instance, since Q1 does not explicitly state "not both" and there's no additional context, is it reasonable to interpret the "either or" as inclusive?
Making the logical translation as such:
OG: 10kg+ → MC or SFO
If a cat is over 10kg, then it's either a Maine Coon or suffering from obesity.
Contrapositive: /MC and /SFO → /10kg+
If a cat is not a Maine Coon and not suffering from obesity, then it's not over 10kg.
I'm just trying to really hammer home and flesh out the difference between inclusivity vs. exclusive.
Any Reply or input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
#help
Extremely helpful and down to earth, real insight! Thanks @rsridgley759 !!
Thank you both for your insight @mattlapalombara323772 and @jordanjohnsonjr282 I will keep fine-tuning my proficiency with conditional language so that my accuracy continues to improve! Thanks again!!
What is your strategy for determining when and when not to translate into logic while answering a Sufficient Assumption question?
Do you prefer to read the stimulus through and then translate to logic? Or do you prefer to translate into logic as you read through the stimulus?
The former is easier for me but it takes up too much time compared to the latter, which makes me loose my understanding of the stimulus.
I need a more time efficient method to deploy for this q-stem category.
Any suggestions, tips or practice habits/methods would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks]!!
#HELP
Thanks All!