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Thursday, Aug 31 2017

nathanmmolina845

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Are there many things more dangerous on this test than a Sufficient Assumption answer choice in a Necessary Assumption question? It's like trying to distinguish a blueberry from something that looks like a blueberry but is poisonous. Not to mention we've only got 30 seconds to do it and if we fail, the effects of the poison compound for years.

I feel like I've got to be like Michael Jordan on the clutch...17 seconds to go in a 62-61 game and sinking the jump shot with confidence, every time. Should I prepare before hand so I'm ready for the situation? Or should I not think about it so when the time comes I'm relaxed? You know what, I'll meditate on it. I'll practice my mindfulness for the performance after I tune my brain to distinguish the strength of arguments floating in the ether that aren't made in the conversation.

If anyone tells me this test won't prepare me for law school, I will likely question their sensibility. For ((-- premise indicator) this is a mental transition. (em)Although ((--- conceding a point that probably doesn't matter) this isn't teaching me about torts, you bet I'm going to read those books quicker, with greater scrutiny, tact, and anticipation. And much later on when I'm helping my clients defend themselves, you bet I'm going to drive my opponents to the ground with their assumptions.(/p)

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PT109.S4.Q8

nathanmmolina845

Monday, Jun 26 2017

The reasoning against E) does not seem strong. If E) were true, achieving good early short-term revenue prospects would be a reason to assign talented managers to new product lines.

LSAT · Comparing Blind Rvw results to score

nathanmmolina845

Thursday, Jun 22 2017

@ I'd take into consideration what @ says in their thread called "LSAT the game of exposure".

I've experienced it as well, the benefits of familiarity with the material. The more we practice, the more we come to expect what the questions will do. Doing 15 sets of one type of LR question in a row (timed 1:24 per question, then blind review, then watching explanations) helped me come to predict what I may see in a question and therefore process everything that much quicker.

I have had my own troubles with timing, yet getting familiar with question types (especially under 1:24 time pressure) has helped me speed up.

LSAT · What is your method of mastering LR?

nathanmmolina845

Thursday, Jun 22 2017

@ thanks for starting this thread. I've found it helpful.

I'd agree with @ about getting the conclusion right. Sometimes when I'm listening to J.Y.'s explanations for wrong answers, they seem inconsequential. i.e.

A) cats drink milk,

J.Y.: "who cares?" A) ).

However, what I've found is that a lot of answers choices seem exactly that irrelevant when I accurately understand the conclusion and what the question stem wants me to do to it. Understanding the conclusion helps me eliminate wrong answers much more confidently and quickly.

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PT106.S1.Q25

nathanmmolina845

Thursday, Sep 21 2017

Explanations for C and D

This is why C is incorrect

McKinley makes a distinction between the new drug and the placebo. McKinley suggests that the group receiving the new drug will display "various effects," which will give away who is in the experimental (drug using) group, and who is in the placebo group. The only way these "various effects," could give away who is in what group, is if the placebo group did not display any effects. Based on the stimulus, including McKinley's vague description of "various effects (which we can only take to mean: any effects at all)," it is determined that McKinley presumes that the placebo will have no effects.

Engle calls on this presumption when he says "...for you are assuming you know what the outcome of the study will be." As I mentioned before, In order for McKinley ~~to know what the outcome of the study will be, McKinley must presume that the placebo will have no effects.~~

It's a trap

McKinley's presumption (that the placebo will have no effects) allows McKinley to determine who is in what group. Engle is referencing McKinley's assumption of the outcome of the study, not McKinley's assumption of who is in what group. (further thought on this sentence I've just written will show that McKinley does not even assume who is in what group, and that C attempts to fabricate a connection that is not even there).

This is why D is correct:

McKinley is testing the effects of the new drug. We infer this from the sentence, "...is the most effective procedure for testing the efficacy of a drug." McKinley suggests there will be "various effects," which we can only interpret to mean something will happen.

Engle, by saying "...for you are assuming you know what the outcome of the study will be", is suggesting that McKinley - by acknowledging there will be some effects - is assuming that those effects will be what they are testing for. The important realization to make, is that just because McKinley acknowledges some effects, does not mean McKinley is referring to the effects they are testing for (AKA the outcome). Thus, when Engle refers to McKinley's assumption, Engle refers to the therapeutic effects (AKA the outcome).

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PT101.S3.Q3

nathanmmolina845

Tuesday, Jul 18 2017

More time than suggested could be spent thinking about answer choice A: "attacking M's understanding of the literary value of oral poetry."

When reading this, it seemed to imply that P was suggesting that oral poetry had no literary value; if the inventor knew the poems, there was no value in writing them, or if no one could read them, there was no value in writing the poems.

After these considerations, I discounted answer choice A because it referenced oral poetry in general, while the discussion between M and P was distilled to Homeric epics.

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PT103.S2.Q19

nathanmmolina845

Thursday, Jul 06 2017

Noticing the meaning of the word necessary in (B) relative to sufficient in the stimulus quickly makes the right answer apparent