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Signed up for February LSAT but should I wait til June 2016?I started prepping for the LSAT about 2 weeks ago in hopes of being ready for the Feb 2016 test and apply late in the cycle. I've been going through…
... many levels. 1) Your diagnostic (not a true diagnostic but close enough ... schools will have filled most of their seats, so at ... that will bolster the stats (or type of diversity) they need to ... for June, then even considering October if you're not ready or want to ... -
154 on first test.. What should I do?So I took the December LSAT with no preparation. I'm torn between getting an MBA and going to law school, so I just wanted to see how I'd do. I manag…
Ok, if waiting another year is completely out of the picture then take ... they are then you would get around a 160 best ... don't mind. If you are not at or getting close to ... I can't see a good reason why you would ... your score to attend school a year earlier so I ... -
Previous 7Sagers that are now in Law SchoolHello, all! It's been awhile since I've posted on here (being in law school and all). I was wondering if anyone who previously used 7Sage--and is …
... or all of these work... but you're in no way disadvantaged if ... commercial outlines a week or so before class started and then doing hypos ... the sem as a method of prep... and did not outline (or brief cases ... -
Logic sort of question, Help is greatly appreciated!I have a question about a certain topic I'm getting confused with. Basically For example - If H goes to Y, then G will go to X. Does that mean that i…
The contrapositive of "if H goes to Y then G will go to X ... then H doesn't go to Y".
If this is a ... X, which triggers the contrapositive above (H doesn't ... "see", because they are not telling you "G doesn't ... figure out that the contrapositive gets triggered -
Demorgan Law: HelpJust some Confusion on statement with both "and" and "or" in the stimulus. For example how would I draw a conditional statement with a stimulus like …
... sides of the conditional chain will cause confusion.
Contrapositive:
(not) C OR (not ... ) D ---> (not) A AND (not) B
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Curriculum approachHello all: Scored a 151 on the Feb exam with moderate self prep-perfectly average-I'm aiming for a 157. I know it seems that so many people who post …
... anything. If you feel that a lesson is useless, then watch it ... - in any case, all of the lessons are gold.
if not more important than actually taking ... issue is timing, or if a certain question type or section is problematic. -
PT June 2007.S2.Q24 - car companies solicit consumer informationI have been analyzing all the June 2007 (public domain) questions one by one, and find that they all neatly fit into very neat symbolic argument patt…
... that a startling number of passages WILL diagram out if you ... or something I call a "counter-conditional," which is the negation of a ... conditional in the form of "A and NOT B").
... but obvious. But if you look at a conclusion and see ... -
How to Tackle RCI've been stuck in the 166-171 range for 8 months or so now, and do retakes in the 174-176 range. I typically miss 2-4 in LR, and 0-3 in games. …
... not properly convey what the author is actually doing. For example, if a ... /> - Author's attitude questions generally, if not always, are asking about the ... A differs from passage B in that passage A is more..." or "Which one of ... -
Negation of ‘few’I understand that few means some are, most are not. Ex) Few will show up unless there’s free booze. /FB -> FS If there’s no free booze, the…
... negation of "Few A's are B's" is "not(Few A's are B's ... you "not(Some A's are B's) or (Most A's are B's)".
As noted above, "not ... A's are B's) or (most A's are B's)".
Thus, if ... -
Mapping Logical Reasoning: Do we have a set of questions available?Hi Everyone! I've been doing a lot of work recently with memorizing valid inferences that can be made from conditional and inter-sectional statem…
... . but even if they are not, you should think of them that way ... ; B
A -> C
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need help with negating sentences for necessary assumptionHello everyone, I seem to be having some issues with negating sentences, some things are very obvious, but others are not. for example 1)The Fine…
... would be "If a dog is sick, it will NOT seem tired and ... . The negation of 'A → B' is '~(A → B)', or equivalently 'A & ~B'. So the negation of "If a dog is ... lazy" is "A dog is sick and will not seem tired and ... -
need help with negating sentences for necessary assumptionHello everyone, I seem to be having some issues with negating sentences, some things are very obvious, but others are not. for example 1)The Fine…
... the negation of "If P then Q" is NOT "If P then not Q". This is a major ... /> To be precise, your sentence, "If a dog is sick, it will ... ". Recall that "if P, then Q" is equivalent to "not P or Q". So ... case that (it's not sick or it will seem tired and ... -
Improving on PowerScore's "Double Not Arrow"--See Quinn's Improved Improvement in the CommentsThe "/A->B" rule is so important for grouping games that PowerScore uses a special symbol ("A<-|->B", or "the double-not arrow") to note it. As a per…
... by saying, "So... if A is IN, B can go anywhere, so ... PowerScore uses the "double-not arrow" to save that ... I love your explanation of the "NOT A or B" mode, and I'm ... with some guinea pigs. If I can explain that ... use it instead of a new mnemonic. If I can't, ... -
PT61.S2.Q24 - historian: it is unlikely that someoneIntuitively I thought what said in the argument is contradicting...I thought people usually learn from history and as they increase knowledge about h…
... understand an argument better or to even challenge ... judgment
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C: more history --> less ... contrapositive of the sufficient condition in P1. It behooves us then ... /> The rest of the question runs like a math problem. We ... is represented by (B). -
Question from a fried brain: difference between not both statement and always apart biconditional?so hopefully this is a temporary loss of clarity, but I can't quite articulate the difference. In grouping games it seems that both A-->/B and A<-->/…
... case of A/B, if B is not there, A should be there, and if A is not there, B should ... be there so either one of them ... should be there. So A or B should be ... -
PTs for DecemberWhich PTs should I use to study for December? I've only done 12, and December is a rewrite for me, so I've pretty much finished studying, and I want …
... not properly convey what the author is actually doing. For example, if a ... /> - Author's attitude questions generally, if not always, are asking about the ... A differs from passage B in that passage A is more..." or "Which one of ... -
PT21.S2.Q03 - a new medication for migraineI find abstract FL AC's to be quite a hassle on the LSAT. Usually I POE it down to one answer, which feels right, but I don't work through the FL if …
... relationship is pretty clear from a reading of (B) as written. We can ... is not supervised.
Since (B) translates nicely to an if A, then B statement ... (basically all A are B), we can easily apply the negation of ... -
LG HelpI understand the 7sage method of improving on games (referring to the flowchart that is mentioned in the core curriculum) but I find that over the la…
... reach out on this thread or another or a PM. Two thing I ... games have a "not both" rule. Meaning if you have piece V then you ... element on a second pass. If a situation has neither element then both elements ... -
Why Can't We Infer "B most A" from "A Most B"? What Assumptions are Made in Doing So?Hello, all! After personal reasons forced me to step away from the LSAT for some time, I'm just now getting back into the swing of things. What wa…
... with A. If the size of group "B" is 10 times the size of group A, then ... it only shares "some" things with A. But if the size of "B ... " as as large as "A" or even less than "A", then ... -
BiconditionalsPerhaps I missed something as I do not remember a lesson on biconditionals (double arrows). My understanding is that each term is both sufficient…
... I'm not sure about "if A, then B vice versa" and "except A, B"
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So yeah, if A, then B vice versa would imply a bi-conditional relationship ... case it would be if B, then A. Which combined with the ... . But just for a second set of eyes lets get @" ... -
Group 3 Logical Indicators problemsJust started Group 3 Logical Indicators, and I'm confused. I'm not confused about the process (or at least I don't think I am). With Group 3 Indicato…
... have nailed it. The point of the "group" indicators is to ... easy and simple "if-then" statement. Everyone knows what "if A, then B" means. So the ... matter much, or convince yourself you understand it if you don't ... -
BiconditionalsHi guys, I'm going through the biconditional part of the curriculum. Im wondering, for the Or, but not both biconditional, why don't we just write it…
... biconditional part of the curriculum. Im wondering, for the Or, but not both ... only accounts for the "not both" part of the sentence. Because as ... out. But it does not mean one of A **or** B has to be in ... in. And if B is out A is in. So one of A **or** B has to ... -
is that if A, then not B, and A or B, but not both the same thing?is that if A, then not B, and A or B, but not both the same thing?
... choose (/A) then, B must be chosen
If we don't choose (/B) then A must ... in if A not B (A->/B CP: B->/A)
If A is chosen B cannot be
If B ... to be chosen or not chosenis that if A, then not B, and A or B, but not both the same thing?is that if A, then not B, and A or B, but not both the same thing?
... (/A) then, B must be chosen
> If we don't choose (/B) then A must ... possibilities in if A not B (A->/B CP: B->/A)
> If A is chosen B cannot ... to be chosen or not chosen
> IfSami May 2017 Logical Reasoning
"The only" translation "and" "or"> "The only songs A has written are B songs and PR songs" > (PT73.S4.21. https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-73-section-4-question-21/) I t…
... : if it's a song A has written, it's either B or PR (or both ... ).
> A --> B or PR
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> "A ... in the hypothetical of "if A wrote a song". That is not the same thing ..."The only" translation "and" "or"> "The only songs A has written are B songs and PR songs" > (PT73.S4.21. https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-73-section-4-question-21/) I t…
... in the hypothetical of "if A wrote a song". That is not the same thing ... statement, "the only songs A has written", is giving us ... right! "if A wrote a song" is hypothetical, and that's not what the ... diagram like A --> B or PR. It should be "past B or past PR ...How likely is it for international students to be hired by law firms?Might be off topic, but what is the likelihood for international JD students to find work?
... not require visa sponsorship.
2) Even if you manage to secure a ... your then employer petitions for a green card on your behalf, or you ... of marrying a U.S. citizen or a permanent citizen :)
As a result of ...A logic questionis it logically valid to conclude that if A-->B, then A+C -->B? I am reviewing S3 Q19 from PT 51. The correct AC seems to mobilize this reasonin…
... A and C implies A and A implies B.
A-- >B
A and C
A (If ... just say arrow or say A-->B as "If A then B." But I ... think it's important to have some way of ... thinking it as a word or groupPTB.S2.G2 - a park contains at most five of sevenI need some clarification on this because I'm applying demorgan's law and it's not making sense to me how this works. So, the final rule in the ga…
... /> or
if the park contains just oaks
or
if the ... under the heading of “if it is not the case that ... the rule is “If A is not in forth then K is in ... and no spruces
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We could have ... and no firs
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we could have ...RC and LR: Read all answer choices?Is this helpful for scoring into the high 160s, and high 170s?
... confident in your knowledge of the test, then NOT reading all the answers ... score is below 176, especially if it's below 170, you ... up saving a scorer like this a point or two on a section because ...