Hey everyone! Having a bit of difficulty with this passage. It's from the first RC problem set in the core curriculum. I was wondering if anyone could add to JY's explanation for #26 and explain how (E) is supported? I chose (A), but I felt uneasy about both because I didn't think the author would agree with either of the options. Thanks so much!

Here's the link to JY's explanation:

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-2-passage-4-questions/

Hey everyone,

Quick question... When we're in RC and LG and we encounter a question we need to skip, are we supposed to go back to it when we're done with all the questions on that specific game/passage, or do you skip that difficult question, and not look at it until you are done with all the passages, and then go back to reviewing it?

Hope this makes sense, any help would be appreciated, thank you!

So i studied for 3 months and sat for the december LSAT, were i received a score i was unhappy with. During that time i studied in a hap-hazardous way, not tracking my growth and understanding. To make a long story short i wasted tons of PTs. Now that i am back on track, with a proper study schedule, i am looking what i have to work with. I have 1-35 which i am drilling with. I have 40-52 and 71-80 which are fresh. Since i plan on sitting for september i only planned on taking 20 or so timed PTs, so that is fine. I am looking through my spent tests and noticing that i only did random sections out of these and have 2 or 3 sections per tests that are fresh. My question is should i drill these instead of 1-35?

Hey all,

So I just took PT 53 and scored a 169. Hoooray, right? Not quite. I scored a -1 in LG, -2 between both LR sections and a -9 in RC. Yes, a -9!!!!!!!

I don't know exactly what my problem is with RC. Maybe I just hate it and I know that I hate it so my mindset isn't right or maybe I just don't understand the questions. I understand what it's asking, but I've just read so much dense material in 2 minutes so to then answer a densely worded question with 4 answer choices that are all eerily similar in 40 seconds seems like a lot...

Anyone else gone through something like this? How did you beat RC? I know that you track the viewpoints, arguments, tone, structure etc.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am at my wits end with RC...

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick question. For my top choices I am above the 25th percentile but below the median for my GPA, would that mean I would need to get an LSAT score in the 75th percentile to be competitive in getting in?

I am aiming for the highest score I can get on the LSAT but figured knowing this would help with trying to see where I should be.

Thank you so much :)

LR is by far and away the section I struggle with the most. Some question types I have no issue with but there are others (NA, Flaw mainly) that just blow me out of the water sometimes.

My question is, what is your method of studying for LR in general? How do you break things down to better understand question types? I'm starting to see how answering "why" is so important and I want to be more effective with my study time. I typically have used the problem sets and mixed timed and un-timed individual questions and tried to break them down, along with watching J.Y.'s videos. However, I just don't know if this is effective or not.

So what do you all say? What is your weapon (strategy) of choice when it comes to general LR studying?

Does anyone know what happened to PT's 1-25? I went to print out more games to practice and I can no longer find them.

Hi team!

as the title says, does anyone have an idea where LSAC adopts its RC material? any journal, book, magazine you'd recommend?

I would like to start reading material that is similar to what's on the RC in my spare time.

LG has been by far my worst section, and I've been focusing on it the past few weeks. I've seen some improvement: I used to only be able to do the setup for 2-3 out of the 4 games, and now I can usually get the setup and most questions right, but I usually run out of time on the out-of-ordinary games.

I'm wondering if I'm full-proofing correctly? I was following the method in the CC, but when I go to re-do the games back-to-back, I'm not really sure I'm actually making the inferences. I usually can remember all the inferences, especially the ones I missed the first time around, but I'm not making them. Does that make sense? So I've started to do a timed section, and then full-proof for the next few days so that I can't just remember all the inferences, and I'm actually forcing myself to make them. Does anyone else experience this?

It's seems like from the CC we're supposed to do them over and over again, back to back, until we own the game. But if I do that, is it really benefiting me since most of the time I'm just remembering what I just did instead of actually making the inferences again?

Any advice would help. Thanks!

G'day!

I'm sitting the test in 5 days (Melbourne, Australia) and was wondering, what are the biggest 'game changers' in the 7Sage syllabus?

I'm midway through the course, and while I'm certain that there is wisdom to be had in every module, unfortunately, I won't be able to get through it all in time. Hence, I'm hoping that some kind strangers could point me toward their favourite sections, or those that they found most helpful!

Cheers, all!

Hi I was just hoping someone could help me sort out the conditional logic in this stimulus. I feel like there's a gap in my understanding of the first sentence of the stimulus.

The first statement is about archaic spellings being preserved if they are infrequent and do not interfere with reading comprehension. I think the negation of preserved is modernized.

F: frequent

I: interfere

M: modernize

I originally diagrammed this statement as:

/F & /I -> /M

M -> F or I

The correct diagram is:

/M->/F & /I

F or I -> M

What is the difference I'm missing here?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-51-section-3-question-19/

Hi all!

While I was studying, I encountered "(-/-)" sign, and started to wonder if it is interchangeable with "⇔/" .

Since "⇔/" is a negation of "if and only if", can we also use "(-/-)" for its negation?

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For example, Alan goes to the park everyday, except the days on which Chris goes to the park: /A⇔C = A(-/-)C ????????

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If we have A⇔/B = /A⇔B, then

A,/B (O)

/A,B (O)

A,B (X)

/A,/B (X)

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If we have A(-/-)B, then

A,/B (O)

/A,B (O)

A,B (X)

/A,/B (?! I assume X?)

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What's the definition of A(-/-)B? Either A or B is in, but not both? I mean it has to be an exclusive or in order to satisfy the reasoning...

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Someone please help! Thank you!

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Quick summary: (-/-) same as ⇔/???

Does anyone ever feel like they just can't get the hang of the LSAT, no matter what? Like I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong but I just can't wrap my head around this test and then I have to stop studying because it gets so overwhelming. Has this happened to other people? Is this normal or do I really just suck this bad?

Something I've begun to notice during my studies; is that the LSAT is as much a test of exposure as it is a test of logic and reading capabilities. While learning the core concepts and ideas behind the test are essential to success I am here to argue that exposure is just as important. For a long time my score had been stagnant. I was stuck and not able to move no matter how many times I revisited the CC/Books/Whatever. I thought that my fundamental understanding of the test was flawed and the only way to improve was to redo lessons and try and remember the strategies. This was not working for me.

Recently (The past 3-4 weeks) I changed the way I am studying. I am bombarding myself with timed sections. With this new method I began to gain a new sense of familiarity with the LSAT. Logical Reasoning became a section that I could predict, Logic Games were games I had seen before with slight variations, and Reading Comp...well I haven't put the same effort into. This is what broke the wall for my score. After being stuck for an extremely long time, my score increased. Not only has it increased, but it has increased consistently per section.

This is something I feel gets over looked a lot on the LSAT. People get caught up in the theory, concepts, and core ideas but never expose themselves to the test in any real significant manner. Familiarity, as I have come to learn, is as important for a solid LSAT score as the basics. Feeling comfortable going into a section because you know it will be "just like before" is enough to give you confidence. With this boost your brain is put at ease and you are able to now draw upon your toolbox of methods much more effectively.

So don't be scared to dive into sections of questions and tests. Get use to how Logical Reasoning feels, figure out what questions they ask every logic game (seriously, every damn game.) and get use to looking for what they are expecting you to in Reading Comp. This will make the task of finding the right answer much easier, and wrong answers will begin to look really wrong after a ton of experience.

Just thought I'd share something I have noticed.

Having upgraded to Ultimate+, I am still trying to figure out how I can access the plethora of preptests. Any guidance is appreciated.

So I'm currently studying for the September LSAT, but wondering if the December one would be too late to take when it comes to the admissions process. Would it be better to take the September LSAT because it is right when the admissions cycle opens up?

Hi all,

I just finished my second PT and the timing just killed me. I think my attempt at further analysis of the questions is limiting my time even more than it already is. Is this something that improves as time goes on with more experience? My schedule is PT Monday, BR Tues-Fri (I work Tues-Fri.) and review struggling areas on Saturdays/Sundays. Would incorporating single timed sections help? Any suggestions are appreciated. I am taking in September :) Thanks!

Hi,

I took the June test but I will probably need to re-take so I will start studying. Last time I studied from the LSAT Trainer and then signed up for 7sage and watched about 60% of CC. the last month I spent on PT, BR, light drilling. My BR score was in the 173+ range. but my actual PT score was about 20 points lower. My question is: should I purchase another prep material, say PowerScore, or should I focus on PT only. My biggest weakness is RC, English is my second language, and I used to struggle with timing in all sections.

seeking your advice, especially from the re-takers, what was your study strategy? did you do something dramatically different in your prep? and what was the point increase in the actual test between the 2 actual scores?

Thanks,

Hi all,

I have an issue that is beyond frustrating. Approximately 50% of the PT's I take, I make between 1--3 bubbling errors. Obviously, this is very problematic for my score as well as confidence. Does anyone else have this issue, and how do they solve it? (Please read the below to see what I've already done)

Typically I bubble by page (I find bubbling each question individually takes too much time and ruins my "flow"), but at the end of each page I read each question number back in my mind and the letter I circled (i.e, "#10 - C, #11 - D, #12 - A" etc). This has helped get my bubbling errors down to the -1 range, but not always.

Thanks in advance!

Hey, Everyone,

So, I took my first LSAT in February of this year. I didn't study for the test and lets just say my score reflected it. I am a Junior in college and that means Law School Applications should be going in this Fall. However, I am not sure I will have a score that is good enough to get into the Law School of my choosing. I plan to take the September LSAT, but if I don't like my score I don't want to apply with it. But, if I don't do well on the September LSAT, then I will really have a problem this fall semester. I will be taking 18 credit hours and working around 25-30 hours a week at an attorney's office. That being said, I fear that if September score is a floozy, then I am not going to have time to devote to studying for the December LSAT, which would still give me time to apply before the March deadline passes.

What I am getting at is this: Will it hurt me more than help me to apply next fall instead of this fall, so I could devote all summer next summer preparing for the LSAT, again? Would it be worth it? Or would it do more harm than good?

As of now, I have a pretty strong application. I have a 4.0 GPA at my current college. I have won several awards at Honors Convocation Ceremonies, and I have worked for an attorney's office since freshmen year, all year around. I have also been on Deans List/President's List every semester since entering college.

Any advice would be appreciated!!

Best,

Paigelynn

Hi all (and particularly top scorers)

My questions are these:

Note: please see how I blind review below.

Here is my process: I go all the questions I've circled with a clean copy, write out explanations (including my analysis of the stimulus and why each answer choice is right or wrong, in my opinion); I then check JY's video, see why I choose the right/wrong answer, if the answer is wrong I write where I went wrong and what I can do to avoid that in the future, and any takeaways from the question. At the very end I check my analytics to see if there are any questions I got wrong and did not circle for blind review and then I repeat the process mentioned above for those questions. Even after I do all of this, it only takes me about 2.5 hours per section (approximately). I've heard some top scorers say they spent around 6 hours per section (=30 hours per PT), which prompted this post on 7sage.

Should you do a PT to see if you have made progress halfway through the CC? Or is it better to wait until the CC has been completed fully? (I did PT 37 to see if I made any progress and feel as if I wasted it).

Hi everyone!!

I'm having a real hard time getting motivated after taking the LSAT already 2x...how do YOU motivate yourself to study??

So I'm currently studying for the September LSAT, but wondering if the December one would be too late to take when it comes to the admissions process. Would it be better to take the September LSAT because it is right when the admissions cycle opens up?

I'm in the middle of going through the CC and I'm on weakening questions at this point. I'm working on my problem sets, but the last five sets I've done, I've been getting three or more of the questions wrong- the last two I just did, I got all the questions wrong. I understand for weakening questions, I'm looking for AC that reduces the support between the premise and conclusion, and I'm able to identify the premise, conclusion, referential phases, etc. in each argument. But when it comes down to select my AC, this is where I trip up. I'm going through JY's explanations for each question, and I see where his argument came from in selecting the AC, but the next set I do, I miss the point again and get too many questions wrong. Help! Any tips of how to conquer the tough weakening questions? Should I review the whole lesson plan again? Should I look at another way of attacking these questions via other study guides? I'm getting frustrated and discouraged because I've been handling all other topics fine, but I'm at a road block with these questions. Thanks in advance!