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Out of curiosity does anyone use the comparative RC method for PAI disagree/agree? I would think you would have to be a bit careful with the more implicit PAI questions but it seems to be working well for me.
Just in case this is helpful for anyone else: I missed the part to whole aspect in this one, so I was lost in the ACs and ended up choosing D on my BR. I The way I rationalized D is that if there was increasing (complexity of) life on Earth then maybe very high CO2 levels would not be compatible with that. There are too many assumptions we have to make to rationalize this. However, I think aside from being irrelevant to the argument, even if we concede the assumption that the level of CO2 would have been too high for life to thrive, then we are still only attacking the conclusion and not the reasoning structure. We would basically be saying "no the CO2 couldn't have been significantly higher."
AC B on the other hand is attacking the support relationship between the premises and the conclusion.
Initially I liked B but I had thought that "some" made it a bit weak. I don't think I spent long enough anticipating to get to why B was right (i.e. matching up preference with please). Then I thought C would attack the reasoning because if someone who does not know Drew well would be unlikely to send her flowers then maybe it was just someone who knew her which is why she didn't get a card. I do see how that doesn't fix the gap of why someone who knows her well may send her the roses despite her preferences.
I liked A more on BR because I was really caught up on quantifiers... I was thinking that if we took it as a fact that most people send roses when they send flowers (regardless of the recipient's preference) then A explains why it is more likely that someone sends roses maybe without considering Drew's preference. I see however that this is still incorrect because it still doesn't address the gap in this specific instance. It doesn't address the question of why even if most people send roses, someone would intentionally disregard Drew's preference.
I guess the takeaway is that for S/W questions I don't have to read too much into the quantifiers because the reasoning doesn't have to be perfect it just needs to give us some reason to believe an argument more or less (depending on if S or W). Am I thinking about quantifiers in S/W ACs correctly?
Hi! Loving the new flaw tags! Would there be any way to make the specific flaw tags a sub-item under Flaw/Descriptive Weakening in the Priorities section? Some of my weaker flaws types aren't listed in my Priorities because they may appear less often even if my accuracy is low. Not sure if this would be possible as I know these tags apply to non-flaw/descriptive weakening questions too but just an idea!
Also (or maybe as an alternative) bringing back a full list of priorities instead of just the top ones in the Priorities section could help!
I think an option where you can customize the hours per day for different days of the week would be great. For example I work full time during the week, so can only do 1 or 2 hours max on the weekdays but would like to do 6 on the weekends. If there was a way to customize that so I don't always fall behind of the 4-6hr/day plan that would be really helpful!
It took me a while to figure it out but I've found what helps me the most is keeping a physical journal and simplifying the WAJ form. Previously I was writing out every reason my answer was wrong, which was good for my learning but I didn't find that helpful in identifying patterns in my wrong answers. Now for each entry I have three sections: question type, error, and next time. I try to keep error and next time to 3 or less bullet points each. Then I have a running list in my notes app called "WAJ takeaways" sorted by question type and I just focus on the strategies I've written down for say my 5 top priorities each week. Hope that is helpful!
Hi! Just wondering by "multiple LSAT attempts" what exactly do you mean? I've heard up to 3 is okay but does taking it even 2 or 3 times affect your application? Thank you!