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Can someone pls explain why C strengthens the argument? Why does Land Party's previous success on targeting agri. sector matters? I saw some comments say that C strengthens the argument b/c it shows that economy matters, I still don't understand why.
I'm reapplying for law school this year, and have heard some people say that I should update my LORs. Is it true?
Should I ask my professors to update their LOR from last year (or even just to resubmit using a new link so it's more "recent"?)
I have one new academic LOR, and have 2 LORs from last year, what do you guys think, does it matter to update LORs?
yesterday's LG was rediculous. I'm hoping -15 + but most likely won't happen, -12 is probably too conservative, -13/-14 would still be possible I think?
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would A be a strengthening answer choice?
I'm seeing a lot of LR questions worded with statements like "more likely" or "less likely."
e.g. people with university degrees are more likely to have dogs than cats
Can I interpret this sentence as university degree (positively CORR) dogs? Is there a better way to understand more likely/less likely sentences? Thanks in advance!
following, in exact same situation.
I did find doing less highlights help me focus on the larger structure and not get too distracted with details. But my RC is still no where near perfect, varies from -4 to -10 so I'm curious to hear what other high scorers do to get -3 or less for RC.
There's still about a week to go for the November test, personally I would recommend you take the Nov test. Maybe try one PT a day or every other day to see if you can improve?
I'm curious how do you guys deal with the fatigue in the later sections. I just finished PT 48 and I had -0 for the 1st LR section (section 1) and -8 for the 2nd LR section (section 4). I feel extremely tried after/ or even during section 3 and don't have the mental sharpness to focus on the logical structures for the 2nd LR section.
How do you guys deal with test day fatigue? What do you guys usually eat during the 15 minute break, anyone having experience taking caffeine pills? Or should I do more PTs and learn to tough it out?
"lsat writers are clearly way more hip than I am" --J.Y.
... ded
I'm not sure that I'd agree with JY on this one, but let me know if I'm wrong.
B - J says some farm have proven unsustainable (i.e. failed) also other take a long time to build a farm (so again not quick profit)
Basically B says some people failed to make a profit, while other people tried to make it sustainable for the long run, so no quick profit for either group.
#help can anyone explain how is D different from C. I was debating between B C and D, I felt like C and D are essentially saying the same thing (that people use telephone) so I went with B. I get that B blocks competing explanation, but C and D still read the same to me.
current 3L here - I was watching Barbri videos on 1.75x speed which reminds of the time I was watching all JY vidoes on 1.5x speed. Contrary to my user name, I actually never got that 173 on LSAT, but did get into a T20 and will start in biglaw starting next summer.
Looking back it's amazing how much I've changed over the last 2.5 years of law school. I'm turning this into an AMA, so if you have questions or need encouragement ask away.
I finished CC a while back, I'm curious, if I have done all questions from the CC, does this mean I have finished PT 17-35? I want to focus on doing new questions, thanks in advance!
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Isn't D attacking the premise? Premise pet owner ‑m→ unhappy. I understand that there could a third cause, still when I was reading AC D sounds too much like attacking the premise.
I chose A because I thought the conclusion says, it you want to be as happy as possible so I thought if you want maximum happiness then owning a pet could get you there?
This question has been bugging me for days, thanks for the help!
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"even when they laughed a little..." is this fluff?
The way I read it was that "even when" is a concession therefore not necessary for the argument. I chose A because of this, can anyone tell me whether my reasoning was correct?
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NICE! I am having the exact same problem, where since I started in the 70s I went from -3,4 ish to around -10 in LR...What PTs did you use to drill? I don't want to burn material, but I feel like maybe its time to sacrifice some for more gains.
I drilled LRs from 10-40, but if you do a lot LRs from those, you'll notice the answers are very predictable... I think it's totally fine to take 10 PTs (say 60-70) and just to drill specific questions types. As long as you learn and understand, you are not wasting PTs.
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I think I’m missing something- the title of the discussion says 158-168 in two weeks, but your cold diagnostic was 163 and you’ve been studying since June?
I started studying since June with 163 cold diagnostic score, but I was stuck in 158 range ever after I finished the CC...
Hi guys, I just want to share some of my experience and what I did to improve rom 158 to 168 in 2 weeks, and hope this will help some of you :)
I started studying for LSAT back in June. My very first cold diagnostic was 163, I focused on CC and hoped that once I finish the CC I would be in 170 range. Well... That's not what happened.
The thing I didn't realize that until now is that LSAT is an actual EXAM, not a thing where you just use algorithm to solve. In another word, the skills you learned from CC should be used flexiblelly rather than mechanically when solving problems. I noticed that starting PT 70, LSAT LRs are significantly more difficult to parse, if you are like me who just mechanically use rules, then you'll have a hard time getting through the section under 35 minutes. You should definitely try developing your LSAT intuition as you learn, not just mechanically apply rules.
Drill by questions types definitely helps. I was frustrated and disappointed at myself for consistently missing 10 questions per LR section that's -20LRs per exam!!! Drill by questions types, read each explanation very carefully. If you don't understand JY's explanation completely, google questions and head over to Manhattan, PowerScore forums for helps. There's no such thing as the best explanation, you should study whatever that helps you.
Don't lose hope, and try to be hopeful. I thought I was never gonna break 165, but here I am. Everything is possible, given that you study right. And by study right, you have to figure out what method works for you, rather than mechanically sticking other people's method. It was definitely a long and difficult journey for me from June, but nonetheless I've learned so much from JY and all the 7Sagers here on the forum and in the comment sections. I couldn't do it without you guys. GOOD LUCK!
this question took me 5 minutes. I mistakenly draw /RH →/II
should have read more carefully...
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i was fixated on the "characteristic patterns of UV light" and didn't choose E because E didn't mention patterns at all.
Here's what I came up with that might be useful:
the characteristic patterns of UV light that they reflect. according to grammar lessons, the main components of the sentence is reflect and what is being reflected is UV light and to be specific we are talking about patterns of UV lights being reflected. So patterns aren't really the focus here. Hope this is helpful.
I agree with Mike Ross. LR definitely feels more nuanced. Maybe LSAC knows most people are familiar with cookie cutter types, so they try to give you flaws/weaken/strengthens that are unique and they design the trap answers so that if you misread you'll think this is a cookie cutter type but it actually isn't
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wow this is really helpful. Thanks JY
I just did a question today where usually = most.
e.g. "Kate usually buy juice on Wednesday" --- Wednesday most buy juice
Can I always translate usually to most? Was this mentioned in the CC?
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Congrats! Best of luck on your July test!
I found it helpful to do the contrapositive of E, if designed to limit typing speed → not designed for computer (because it's designed for typewriters)
This is the best I can do to understand E, I eliminated A, B, C and D but E just doesn't really make sense to me as the correct answer choice. Hope this is helpful.
Let me take a shot at your question:
"a and b not both in" is basically saying that at least one of a/b is out. This is not quite how biconditional works. I come from philosophy background. Here's how biconditonal works in formal logic. biconditional is true if and only if two things agree on truth value so technically
F bicond F is a true biconditional.
On the other hand
T bicond F or F bicond T are false biconditionals.
However, F bicond F, T bicond F and F bicond T are all acceptable situations in "a and b not both in" So, I probably wouldn't set up the games using biconditonals, instead I'll just interpret it as at least one is out.