It seems that no matter what I do, I can't get any better at these things. I think that most of my problem is that I am relatively slow at critical reading, but I have always been like that and I don't really see it changing much. Not much that I really am expecting to get out of this, I just felt like taking a break and whining.
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The best advice I think I learned from 7sage is to really take your time to identify WHY the answers that are wrong are wrong and why the one that is right is right.
Go through 7Sage again for LR sections and really learn the fundamentals. Then do some drilling of Cambridge packages. They're 150% learnable. You can do it!
http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/logical-reasoning/
Just kidding.
I already want this to be over!
Thanks everyone!
1. When you see an argument, instantly find the conclusion and find the evidence. The evidence is the premise that leads to the conclusion. If you can do this correctly, you will know the answer (or be very close) before proceeding to the answer choices.
2. For MSS and MBT questions, you have to know your logic lessons. If you can do the chains, and know the some, most relationships and know conditional logic, you'll be solid.
3. During your prep tests, do the first 10 questions in 10 minutes. Usually, for the first ten questions, you can sort of know the right answer by even trusting your intuition, assuming your intuition is good. But then, midway through the test, the test makers prey on that. They will put a very attractive answer choice that your intuition say is the right one, but it's missing something - you gotta watch out for that. And, that's where steps 1 and 2 come to play a huge role.
Hope this helps.