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@8M_M8 also tagging you on my takeaways here for MBT question types in case you struggle with these like me!
Must be true (MBT) questions have been a weakness of mine that I have been neglecting for a while, but enough is enough! After focusing on this question types, here are some of my key takeaways:
understand lawgic and the inferences that can be made from them. for example, if a stimulus says A most-> B and A -> C, you can properly infer that B <-some-> C. similarly, if a sufficient condition has two necessary conditions, you can draw a some relationship between those two necessary conditions. e.g.,: good hunters -> can kill up to 1/2 their body weight and good hunters -> have a high muscle-to-fat ratio. you can infer that some (but not all) that can kill up to 1/2 their body weight have a high muscle-to-fat ratio.
if you aren't understanding the conditional relationships in your head while reading the stimulus, quickly draw them out. I am not saying to do that for every question, but at least for me, some are impossible without it. that said, practice drawing them quickly and how to chain them to make inferences like I described above.
you cannot take the contrapositive of a most statement (maybe this is obvious to everyone but I was wondering this while drilling a question once and had to confirm afterward)
a contradiction between two claims in the stimulus does NOT mean you can conclude that one of them is false in the answer choices. what if the other claim is false or ill-founded? we have no idea.
saying a condition is not necessary does NOT mean it's not relevant. it can still be relevant even if it's not necessary
a correct MBT question might only address one of the necessary conditions presented in a stimulus that describes multiple necessary conditions. for example, if the stimulus says driving requires being over 16 years old and passing a test, the correct AC might just say "driving requires passing a test". that statement is still true even if it doesn't describe the other requirements.
while it might seem obvious, make sure you know the wording for the MBT questions so you don't confuse them with most strongly supported. here are the ones that I'm drilling in my brain: "which of the following statements can be properly inferred from the statements above?", "which of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?", and "which one of the following can be logically concluded from the information above?"
I am still working on improving this question type so I will update this list if I develop some more takeaways! Please correct me if you see any errors or feel free to add to this list :) happy friday
@TristanGaebler You won't don't worry but just sprinkle some in if it makes you nervous :)
That pointing a flaw in an argument doesn't mean someone is saying the conclusion of that argument is false. They could still think their conclusion is true for other reasons, even if they think the person presenting it has a bad/flawed argument.
@ShivaniSharma I fell for C too because I missed key wording. In the first sentence, it says "caffeine can be as physically addictive as other psychoactive substances." That indicates it's also a psychoactive substance.
@TristanGaebler may I ask in what way would it mess with it? do you feel like you would lose your touch with the other question types? you can still sprinkle those in with drills (that's what I do). also, you won't forget how to do the other ones when push comes shove
I am not a tutor, so take this with a grain of salt, but I am using this time to hone in on my weaknesses that 7sage has identified in the priority section and that I personally felt tripped me up during the Oct exam (timing/confidence with RC, must be true questions, weakening, etc.). Best of luck!
@8M_M8 in reference to my other post - here are my key takeaways for weaken questions
@8M_M8 Glad to hear it's helpful! I did do one for weaken questions recently. I'll tag you in it. I am targeting Must Be True questions next, so I'll develop some key takeaways for that.
Is there a specific LR type you are struggling with? I can share some takeaways/suggestions if it is one I feel good about.
@ElyS I’m in the terrified boat with you for real. Please don’t let your age make you feel worse - older is typically wiser! When I took the Aug lsat I didn’t feel ready (I started studying in May and didn’t study for 3 weeks total throughout so I had 2.5 months under my belt) and was happy with what I got so I was glad I did it - I hope the same for u!
@LukaDoncicForMVP yeah I feel like it’s a great idea to make sure you have plans I made sure to sign up for a yoga class at 9:30 on August score release so I had to move my body even if I was sad which I will probably do for October too
I explained my story of how I became interested in law and how certain experiences supported that/have prepared me for law
Hope this helps!
halp - I can't stop counting down the days to receive my Oct score, even though I'm 90% sure I scored a little worse. I am still putting my best foot forward and studying for the Nov LSAT, but it's hard to not think about Oct score. I am also not working right now so I think I have a lot more time on my hands than most to think about it. anyone else relate?
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I was soooo tempted by C at first but flagged this question and came back to it. I then realized some people can be aware of their involuntary actions, but that still leaves open space for all of the other people - like Marianne - who are unaware of them. Essentially, it doesn't impact the argument. Whereas D calls out her shit and says you can become aware of your humming.
I have been honing in on MSS question types, as they are one of my LR weaknesses, and I wanted to share some takeaways I've developed:
describing an instance of a situation in the stimulus does not mean you can infer in the answer choices that this situation happens often (unless the stimulus explicitly says so).
if the stimulus does not use comparative language, the correct answer choice will not use comparative language
similarly, if the stimulus does not use superlative language (e.g., X is the best/most effective method), the correct answer choice will not do so either
do NOT make broad inferences or generalizations. ex: if the stimulus says something happens often during a process, don't select an answer choice that says it invariably happens during a process.
don't assume the stimulus is asking about the author's statements. it could be asking about others' claims that are presented in the stimulus, so make sure to read it
random but saying X is directly proportional to Y in the stimulus means that if X increases, Y increases and vice versa (your fellow not-so-math girlie got a question wrong because she didn't know this)
feel free to comment if you have any corrections to what I wrote or additional takeaways!
I did not understand what the stimulus was saying at all for some reason so I guessed completely on the answer choices but now re-reading it it makes complete sense. weird.
@GDatria715 I originally chose A too.
The art critic isn't ruling out a copyist/saying that the copy isn't from a copyist. They're saying that it's unlikely a copyist would make a change (changing the cloak from green to red) so soon after the artist's death.
A is wrong because, while the art critic is saying that the the copyist wouldn't have made a major change to something like the cloak, saying the copy the copyist made is indistinguishable from the original is far too strong to be supported. What if the copyist is bad at art and made a child-like version?
@RPorter9of9 dang I disagree I thought the explanation was solid and concise
I don't know how to rate softs but congratulations on such wonderful achievements at the age of 17! Good luck.