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How did it go? October 3rd 2015 LSAT 7Sagers?You guys just take one of the most difficult exams and you guys rock! How do you guys feel about it? Is there any section particularly difficult?
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questions and the third LR section had a lot of necessary assumption questions.
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PT55.S1.Q21 - advertiser: most tv shows depend onhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-55-section-1-question-21/ The principle I thought was Premise: Not buy-> cancel Conclusion: feel worth…
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The difference between A and B is that A talks ... about "one" and B talks about many. So ... person failing to buy products, and A says only "unless one ... actions". This is the wrong sufficient trigger because the principle isn ... -
Assumption of "/A -> /B " in the causal relationshipShould it be true that the assumption of "/A -> /B " in the causal relationship is A -> B
... 're given B -> A. And To say A -> B ... ; A would be to reverse sufficient and necessary. Big no-no. -
looking for advice (top scorers please help!)- stuck in score range for 6 months.Hi all, I'm desperate for frank advice from someone who knows this test and has been through the grind. I've been studying full-time for the LS…
... was in the 160 range and stopped studying for 9 months ... less time on earlier tests and redo 70's three times ... ! Also, to me the difference between 170+ and 175+ is how much time ... get the earlier ones correct and save time for the killer questions. -
PT32.S4.Q03 - Traffic AccidentHi all, Link to the lesson: https://7sage.com/lesson/traffic-accident-principle-question?ss_completed_lesson=1135 First of all, C can be eliminat…
... our answer choice suggests the sufficient and necessary conditions are as below:
sufficient and the conclusion of responsibility does ... about the connection between undertaking/not undertaking an action and assigning responsibility ... -
Am I on the right track?My target score for June is simply a 160-162, which I am fairly confident I can attain. I've taken nearly 10 PTs now and my scores are hovering betwe…
... PT's were 158, 157, and 159. My worst section on ... of them is LG. LR and RC are around -5 to ... I've spent on them, and how easy it usually is ... grouping games. For LR, Necessary Assumption questions, and some Flaw questions, are my biggest hang ... -
Do any LR questions have less than two terms which both appear twice?It seems to me that it is impossible to form a complete logical argument in which the key terms do not appear at least twice, and it also seems that …
... an argument: P. Therefore, P. And here's another argument: P ... sure if there are LSAT questions which have arguments with fewer ... 'd probably show up in necessary assumption questions or something similar, where we ... -
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…
... into symbolic conditional statements and formulas and just think it through ... of the negation test for necessary assumption questions is to check if ... is sick and will not seem tired and lazy" and "If a ... of the original sentence. And just personally, I'd ... -
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…
... statements seem to make sense and if it works for you ... the answer choices of later necessary assumption questions will prey on that mental ... -
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…
... have to deny the relationship between the sufficient and necessary terms.
sufficient for B. It is possible to have A and ... into "Maintenance, advancement, and enrichment of the fine arts ... relationship between the two terms. B is not necessary for ... -
Conditional ReasoningHi Everyone, I see that there's a Conditional Reasoning/Introduction to Logic portion as part of the Logical Reasoning Curriculum here on 7Sage. …
... parts of the argument are sufficient and necessary allows you to determine ... the evidence and conclusion. This helps you ... figure out potential flaws and opportunities to strengthen/weaken ... If you have any direct questions feel free to inbox me ... -
PT66.S2.Q04 - traditional "talk" therapyAre "pharmacological intervention in the brain's neurochemistry" and"chemical changes in the brain" meaning the same thing? They are interchangeable?…
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The "tried and true" method for Necessary Assumption questions is negating the answer ... you negate an answer choice, and that negation completely destroys the ... must be true. Remember a necessary assumption by nature must hold if ... -
Sufficiency and necessity vs Premise and conclusion.What is the overlap between these two concepts? It seems like answer choices need to be on a certain side of the arrow to be correct.
Sufficient and necessary conditions are features of ... , then Q"), whereas premises and conclusions are features of arguments ... this nuance. Sufficient conditions are analogous to premises, and necessary conditions are ... to understand the analogy between the two. -
Missing hardest problems...Hi all, I've been reviewing my PT performance, and I seem to be missing the hardest problems in LR (across a variety of Q types). Any recommendat…
... even the hardest LR questions correct was learning to ... end for the harder questions. Check out this awesome ... review the lessons on sufficient and necessary condition translations. You want ... really figured out and reasoned out the hardest LR questions.
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Flaw QuestionsDoes anybody know of LR questions that are grouped together by the type of flaw? A group of questions that all contain correlation/causation flaws, c…
... the place for the harder questions. I was BR a ... week that had the confusing sufficient and necessary conditions but I couldn' ... wrong AC are wrong and also noting that particular ... It only mentioned area and population size and overcrowding. There was another ... -
Switching from Kaplan to TestmastersHi, I've completed the Kaplan Online Self Paced LSAT prep course but am not seeing the results I want. Will it confuse me to switch over to Testmaste…
... from my own personal experience and from friends at my ... with 100+ questions for each question type and you are expected ... is to basically do 100 necessary assumption questions then grade yourself without ... nearly $1000+ TM course. And 7Sage is far superior to ... -
Advice for Inconsistency on PT PerformancesHello Sages, I just joined the community quite recently and this is my first post. That being said, I had been PTing using the practice tests from t…
... go back to the questions I got wrong. This ... 'd answer the questions again, try and pick out the ... LR and you notice you got lots of (say) necessary assumption questions wrong ... . I'd use your preferred resource and just ... -
PT63.S3.Q22 - a police officer is eligibleHey guys I'm having a hard time with this one For anyone who is willing to try it out can you show me how you diagrammed it and came to choosing A o…
... necessary to win, and instead interpreted it as a sufficient ... record is both a sufficient and necessary condition because the stimulus ... an exemplary record" (sufficiency) and "But not otherwise" (necessity) ... that this requires an assumption. It seems clear ... -
PT14.S4.Q9 - anyone who supports the new tax planI'm really having trouble with this question. Am I supposed to approach it as a sufficient assumption question though it's a flaw question? Thanks in…
... remember that "anyone who" is sufficient indicator.
... in this variation is a sufficient necessary flaw.
... I have reversed the sufficient and necessary relationship of the second premise ... one of the only questions that I have come ... -
Concept of sufficient and necessary conditions?Hey guys, A 7Sager sent me an email today and I thought you guys could help out! Here it is: -------------------- I'm preparing to take the LS…
... what sufficient and necessary mean. Below are the answers to the questions you ... asked.
1. Yes, If sufficient condition occurs the necessary ... satisfy the sufficient condition, the rule triggers, and the necessary also triggers ... -
Have they started to ask those old question types that they stopped asking?example; PT79S4Q5 So they are disagreeing each other about what value means: property value vs. value itself has (not necessarily property value) …
... the paradox questions left, 50 of point questions, and the evaluate questions which I ... /> I was deathly afraid of necessary assumption questions, but JY forces you to ... point, and clear cut. Although some of the science LR questions on ... -
How often is a "most" statement wrong in a Necessary Assumption Q?In trying to gain speed I've found myself quickly eliminating "most" statements in NA questions, but I'm wondering how accurate this can be. By negat…
... not the case that..." and then we have a relationship ... ability to eliminate a necessary assumption answer choice on the ... . Remember our task on necessary assumption questions: find what needs to ... why negating a true necessary assumption is such an effective ... -
Need some adviceSo I recently finished the curriculum and took my first PT last Friday. I improved from my diagnostic but not by a considerable margin. I definitely …
... with weaken the argument or necessary assumption questions on LR? Those are ... taking multiple PT's, and subsequently focus on improving your ... take 50 practice tests and see minimal improvement. On ... , with careful blind reviewing and focused drilling, 5 fully- ... -
Difference between older and more recent LSAT tests? More/less difficult?Hey again everyone! I was wondering what the biggest difference was between older and newer/more recent PT's? Which are more difficult? Are there …
... wondering what the biggest difference was between older and newer/more recent PT ... questions themselves are more like LR questions.
LR questions are longer and ... less formal logic and more complex grammar forms and/or extremely subtly ... -
Conditional vs CasualHi, I am having a hard time differentiating between a cause and effect and a conditional statement. Would anyone have tips or tricks?
... think about the difference between conditionality and causality is that conditional ... condition (etc) is sufficient for another to occur---- ... universal rule like @jknauf said and more temporal.
... ** (**_cause, JKnauf commented_** and **_effect, I saw a ... -
PT20.S4.Q25 - marianne is a professional chess playerDespite reviewing JY's explanation (https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-4-question-25/), I don't understand why answer choice (C) is …
... Marianne does a job professionally and when she does she distracts ... the difference between: involuntary and held responsible.
Often times, weaken questions will ... ask us to weaken the assumptions between premises. That ... -
What Exactly is an Intensive?I see them mentioned on here a lot, but, aside from @"Cant Get Right"'s webinars, I rarely see them discussed or practiced much. Could someone explai…
... days for necessary assumption questions. One of the things I discovered and therefore assimilated ... into my approach is that sometimes, with necessary assumption questions ... -
Need Help with MSS v. Strengthen, v. Correlation/Causation StrengthenI am stuck on some of the MSS questions, Weaken, and the difference with how to tell MSS and Strengthen apart especially when C/C Strengthen is in pl…
... how to spot the difference between MSS and Strengthen questions. The difference is whether you ... were given in the stimulus, and apply it to answer choices ... given in the answers, and apply it to the stimulus ... up or down on certain questions just to ensure I do ... -
What is a necessary vs. a sufficient condition in logic?I'm just starting the intro to logic section and I'm a bit confused. What is a sufficient condition? What is a necessary condition?
... just sufficient and necessary conditions, lets look at sufficient and necessary assumptions.
A sufficient assumption is ... a missing assumption which ... -
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