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LSAT · My RC strategy that got me to -0
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Thursday, Mar 30 2017

ah! Well met

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PT132.S4.Q5
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Wednesday, Jan 30 2019

Will kaplan ever recover?

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PT105.S2.Q6
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Friday, Jul 29 2016

I knew it was either C or D (and I chose c) but c is extremely ambiguous to me.

If you say in the stimulus that the nesting boxes become so overcrowded with eggs and the answer is the nesting boxes have less space for eggs than do natural nesting sites. Are you saying that the box nests are smaller than a natural nest or that the space in between eggs in the box nest is reduced compared to the natural nests.

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General · [Old] Technical problems: Some lessons missing
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Tuesday, Feb 28 2017

LOL alright. I was wondering what had happened. I'm was about to go to NA/SA identify quiz and all the sudden its like hey you don't have this. I was like wtf, did they really only make that for Ultimate+ ???

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PT140.S1.Q15
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Friday, Mar 15 2019

yea agree with catat.

You know some people over estimate and some people consume 2-3 times. there is no reason to think that these intersect. like am i supposed to assume that cereal is part of this?

b) can only be supported by the notion that the people who do consume the 100% eat a serving of it, which is reasonable but also consume some food through out the day that would let them exceed it.

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LSAT · PT81.S2.Q22 - In a recent study, one group of participants
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Wednesday, Nov 14 2018

thank you for the answers everybody.

The problem i have with this question is that if you have twins watching another twin reading, and they grossly over exaggerate the amount of reading they did, this says that those who watched themselves (on the assumption of likeness of ones self) could have grossly exaggerated as well as those who watching other people grossly exaggerated.

to weaken this question a twin would have to look at another twin and identify with themselves more as watching somebody else. A twin watching another twin is watching another person do something without debate, however to liken to the people who watched other people, you have to make the assumption that the twin is identifying with them at some level. While it is understandable that they would, this doesn't mean that this statement would only affected the one group.

Even if the twin views this as watching themselves or identifying with the person at the same level with watching themselves, the argument would still imply that both groups are grossly over exaggerating what they are saying after watching themselves and others.

The only fact after this is that the people who watched themselves still statistically reporting working out for a longer period of time, meaning that the argument is not affected or its strengthened.

The only way I way i can think this argument is weakened is by the fact that answer choice D) says that people whether they watch themselves or somebody else, they will gross over exaggerate what they do, meaning that the whole study has a reason to not be believed.

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Reposting from my comment

This question has one of the most insane assumptions I’ve ever seen on the LSAT, I’m sorry but this should of been taken off the exam. The assumption that a twin watching another twin would fall more (or completely) under the watching self category and than the watching other category would be like assuming both twins looking in mirror would have difficulty telling which one they are.

D) In the studies of Identical twins, participants who observed their twin reading overreported by a significant amount how much time they themselves spent reading in the days that followed.

This cannot weaken part of the argument without strengthening the other part. Is a twin watching a twin more like watching an other or watching oneself? you know the answer. So you plug this in, it would actually strengthen the argument.

You basically have to assume that group this answer effects for sure (the watching other group) is somehow effected less than the group that you have to make a massive assumption for, so that the argument can be weakened.

Admin note: edited title

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-81-section-2-question-22/

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PT146.S2.Q22
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Tuesday, Nov 13 2018

That is one of the most insane assumptions I've ever seen on the LSAT, I'm sorry but this should of been taken off the exam. The assumption that a twin watching another twin would fall more (or completely) under the watching self category and than the watching other category would be like assuming both twins looking in mirror would have difficulty telling which one they are.

D) In the studies of Identical twins, participants who observed their twin reading overreported by a significant amount how much time they themselves spent reading in the days that followed.

This cannot weaken part of the argument without strengthening the other part. Is a twin watching a twin more like watching an other or watching oneself? you know the answer. So you plug this in, it would actually strengthen the argument.

You basically have to assume that group this answer effects for sure (the watching other group) is somehow effected less than the group that you have to make a massive assumption for, so that the argument can be weakened.

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General · wohooo i got accepted for extra time!! any studying tips?
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Thursday, Apr 13 2017

@ said:

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Not trying to start anything here but why is extra given to people when we're all graded on the same scale? I have AOADD and never bothered to ask for extra time.

One part of me is interested and the other part of me doesn't like the fact that people can get this advantage on the same scoring system.

People with disabilities have different requirements from the general population. Pretty much all there is to it. You wouldn't give a person in a wheelchair the same rules as a gold-medal winning Olympic runner with fully functioning limbs in a race. There has to be room to even the playing field.

I disagree. In the LSAT we have to compete against each other on the same test. The scenario you brought up is something that would never happen. People in wheel chairs compete against other people in wheel chairs.

How exactly would you quantify "evening the playing field". If you're going to give people with mental disorders extra time, why not give it to people that have Lower GPA's as well? That would be another thing that would playing field would it not?

I just don't like the fact that a person could potentially take a seat from me (or anybody else for that matter) in a Law School because they were given extra time.

Speaking as somebody who has the the same disorder as the OP, I just don't agree with it.

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General · wohooo i got accepted for extra time!! any studying tips?
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Thursday, Apr 13 2017

Not trying to start anything here but why is extra given to people when we're all graded on the same scale? I have AOADD and never bothered to ask for extra time.

One part of me is interested and the other part of me doesn't like the fact that people can get this advantage on the same scoring system.

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