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PTF97.S3.Q16 - Zebra mussels,a nuisance when they clogHello everyone, I found this to be an incredibly difficult question. I did get the question right, but I did not feel good at all about my answer…
Thanks, the explanation definitely helps. I also got ... wants the test takers to be fooled here is to stick ... chemical plants, they must remove at least some algae from there. So ... possible explanation would be that the plant personnel somehow removed them from the ... -
Worthwhile for a 170s taker to go through Core Curriculum or LSAT Trainer?I've been PTing in the 170-178 range, with quite a bit of fluctuation in this range. I scored a 170 on the actual exam and I'm aiming for a score in …
... doing every single problem set, which I heard from a ... though it might of course be ideal. I do still ... />
It might be worthwhile to explore where those ... 3 misses tend to be coming from. If there's a ... still go over to the explanation videos' page for the ... -
148 to 169-170 PTs - 20 point increase is not Impossible/some adviceI just got 169 and 170 back to back after plateauing for a while after my previous 169. Do not give up folks, you got this. When I started in January…
... to trap you and knowing every single question type and ... answer choice says All apples must be red. A complex version ... is hard to get away from during the test, but ... comes to RC. Nearly every piece of advice I've ... may be the only advice I've heard from most high ... -
PT6.S3.Q17 - Samples from the floor of a rock shelter...I picked C initially but I am confused as to why and how A is the correct answer and how that information could be deduced? **Admin Note: Edited …
... samples which are associated with human activity. However, the skeptics are ... skeptics offer an alternative explanation: the old carbon from nearby percolating groundwater ... makes the skeptics alternative explanation less likely to be true. A does ... -
PT33.S1.Q20 - I thought we weren't allowed to attack the premises for strengthen/weaken questionsSo this particular question has about 8 years worth of comments and about as much time's worth of confusion regarding why D weakens the argument beca…
... "long journey to and FROM the islands"--honestly, this ... is not how it would be described).
... were going to and from once every few years and the ... case that Bs and D5 must occur. It's the ... have pointed out, it could be challenging a premise (by ... -
PT33.S1.Q20 - I thought we weren't allowed to attack the premises for strengthen/weaken questionsSo this particular question has about 8 years worth of comments and about as much time's worth of confusion regarding why D weakens the argument beca…
... were going to and from once every few years and the ... case that Bs and D5 must occur. It's the ... pointed out, it could be challenging a premise (by ... doing the paintings could be two different things with ... another question. Would you be able to answer it too ... -
High Scorer Tips for LG Thread!Hi Sagers! I'm looking to nail LG for my exam in October. I'm at a point where I can usually score between -3 to -5 but want to get that down to -1/-…
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I am constantly tempted every game to reassure myself that ... completed boards (eligible possibilities). Be diligent about clearly crossing out ... premises "i.e. What must be true?" and do the other ... can get your boards from different questions so neat ... -
Should I read the question stem first?Is reading the stimulus and then reading the question stem a better tactic or the other way around??
This might be different for everyone but I ... off.
I went from -15 to -8 within 3 ... look for an AC that "must be true" based on my analysis ... game for me.
Every person is different, but I ... -
PT24.S2.Q11- Not surprisingly, there are noI am really struggling with reading this chain. I was under the understanding that two "some" statements lead to an invalid argument, so I didn't thi…
... . This may not be super clear from the chain, but ... can't say that this must be true.
( ... it's possible that every single member of the group ... chain - SOME brilliant people must be under the age of 18 ... a legal voter, they must be 18 and over. This ... -
146 —> 180 (Thank you 7sage!) Very tired Mom editionIf I can master this exam (while 7 months pregnant, working full-time, & parenting a toddler), you can too. Scored a 146 on a diagnostic back in …
... refining my strategy for every question type and on ... found the LG to be less challenging than in ... however the RC to be much more challenging. I ... Tuesday, which of the following MUST BE TRUE).
6. ... BE TRUE? or MBF). These are tricker but the scenarios from ... -
What made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... down by question type. From there, start dissecting each ... or methods that could be applied to future questions ... appear in almost every question, etc.
Be patient, though ... wallet. That is, you must be very methodical – excessively methodical ... -
Logical conditional statements -- confusion about the word "only"Hi all, Helpful insight would be appreciated; I am practicing my "translating" my Sufficient & Necessary conditional statements. "Only" is a "gro…
... an animal is meows, it must be a cat. Hence, the translation ... ), we can't infer this from the statement "Only cats meow ... you meow. We just know from our statement that Only cats ... , but this is a great explanation! -
Logical conditional statements -- confusion about the word "only"Hi all, Helpful insight would be appreciated; I am practicing my "translating" my Sufficient & Necessary conditional statements. "Only" is a "gro…
... an animal is meows, it must be a cat. Hence, the translation ... ), we can't infer this from the statement "Only cats meow ... you meow. We just know from our statement that Only cats ... , but this is a great explanation!
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Confused about disciplinary action and addendumFor my application, there are two sections: disciplinary action and addendum. The disciplinary action question reads: "Have you ever been subject to …
... from the candidate. This is a mandatory explanation of the FACTS that must be ... "Addendum," it would seem to be for other optional addenda that ... -
PTC.S2.Q15 - Each of two drugs, S and T...Can someone break down the stimulus and translate it for me? I feel like I don't understand what the stimulus is trying to say. Why does the soci…
... or choose T (coming from the "whether or not..." ... just _that 1 case_. Not every single case!
must be that for the ARG ... I think this confusion comes from missing the part in ... understand where you're coming from -- like, why not ... -
How can I tell the difference with Strengthen and Necessary Assumption Questions?Hi everyone, I understand that in a **Strengthen** question our task is to identify an AC that will make the conclusion more likely to be true. …
... maybe we'd want another explanation or info to evaluate the ... - the probability that the explanation is good. If this answer ... from People X's abandoned dwellings." This is something that absolutely must be ... . there's a good explanation for why there aren't ... -
Reviewing Questions Seems overwhelmingI'm the sort of person who did pretty well in school. I usually only get a few questions wrong on most tests, and I'll review those and improve. Howe…
... about subjects, but skills that must be refined over hours of practice ... the time to carefully review every question. Improvement doesn't come ... and it doesn't come from 2 sets of questions, it ... comes from hundreds of questions being meticulously ... -
What's up with the ease of logic games in the pre-60s exams?Did the LSAT ramp up the difficulty of the games as LSAT studying became more systematized? I went from getting -0 90%+ of the time while doing pre-6…
... out and read carefully! There must be some tricky inferences for it ... !
The fact that every game is reducible to a ... easy in comparison. The LGs from 16-35 are so difficult ... otherwise agree with. It went from insanely difficult, to pointlessly easy ... -
MBT and splitting boardsWhen splitting boards, and when you have an MBT question for example... do you choose the answer that is based off of both split boards? does this go…
... /> Split boards represent possibilities from the main game (different conditionals ... does this go for every category like CBF and CBT ...
From my experience:
Could be true questions are ... bunch.
Must be false questions are about the ... -
improve the reading speedI am reviewing the RC section of the core curriculum. I was wondering if anyone could give me some suggestions about how to improve the reading spee…
... LSAT. I will be completing my JD from Northwestern in a ... reading the passage, your priority must be on understanding the passage. If ... , you have absolutely no justification for any expectation to perform ... the Q/A’s to be increasingly aggressive as your ... -
Speed on Logic GamesHi guys, looking for some advice on LGs. I have been working on them for a few weeks now (ok, like two, lol), and haven't seen much improvement on ti…
... every game and every question can be answered by JUST following inferences from the ... the rules!
Must Be True/Must Be False questions are explicitly asking ... (game board), it is absolutely must be treated as the wrong answer ... -
Quickly generating possible numerical distributions (sequencing with repeating variables)I don't have trouble with generating possible numerical distributions for In/Out or Grouping games, but for some reason I struggle to be able to quic…
... spots, 4 items. Every week will be a visit (no blanks ... Each destination will be in (none out). From this infer some ... will repeat.
Given must be in ... strategy: Determine elements that must be in, count remaining indeterminate ... -
PT 1.S3.Q21 - Necessary assumption questionIs anyone able to explain this question to me? I am horrible with proportions/math/etc, and I don't understand why my answer was wrong or why the rig…
First time posting an explanation, bare with me if my ... weight
The energy available MUST be proportional to the surface area ... the lines compared to taking every word/sentence as literal; The ... a non-understandable term as every single test taker who either ... -
Mistake by LSAC? Pizzerias LR Sufficient Assumption Question.Explanation (2 mins): https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-40-section-1-question-21/ Question 21 on PrepTest 40 Section 1: Pizzerias are the …
... is a trait of every human? Therefore, whenever we ... be exceptions?
"Humans need water to survive." This means every human ... applied to every single human rather than human generally ... be confused by the very thing that you're grasping naturally from ... -
Brute forcingIs anyone else every afraid/hate it when they have to seemingly brute force questions? It makes me feel like I messed up gravely on something and I s…
... have to be brute forced. Watch JY's explanation and ... forcing, the best strategy, from what I've seen, ... you may have a "must be false" question in a ... glance, seems like you must brute force it because ... , the other would have to be correct.
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PT93.S2.Q7 - Mu mesons generated cosmic raysCan someone break this one down for me? I am really struggling to understand how D is correct.
... s just call them Mesons from here on out). So ... for Mesons to travel from our atmosphere to our ... decaying at that rate. They must be decaying much slower, otherwise ... the race. so i must not be a slow runner.
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I do not understand MBT questionsIm having a hard time figuring out how you are suppose to come to the correct answer choice, it seems I just can not comprehend how to do these types…
... one must be true?
A) Every print is on loan from a private ... 's permanent collection
B) Every print sold in the store ... prints in the store of every work displayed in the home ... /> First look for the buzzwords, EVERY MBT question has a buzzword ... -
Help/Advice for Huge Gap between Timed and BR ScoreHello, Throughout my LSAT journey, LR continues to be my weakest point. I've started to do drills lately to significantly improve my understanding…
... question-specific strategies you execute EVERY SINGLE TIME; and (2) ... to diagram sufficient assumption or must be true/false questions! But ... />
Where do you go from here?
If ... standardize and replicate this every time you encounter this ... -
Help! 137 PT BR 164I recently took my first 2 PTs EVER after finishing the CC, and the entire time I took both PTs, I ran short on time. I was extremely anxious because…
... /> You might be wondering how to get from point A to ... it asking what Must Be True, or Could Be False?) and question ... required that you do every single lesson, but you ... what I did/learned from my tutor!) They are ... address problems that might be harder for you to ... -
What is the inherent difference between Author's Opinion/View and Main Point(s)?LSAT Trainer by Mike Kim (pg. 320) talks about how the opinions of the author of a reading comprehension does not need to be a main point. How c…
... distinguished from the main point, is that opinions can be much ... Einstein advocated for an alternative explanation known as ‘hidden variables ... variables, is the correct explanation for an observed phenomenon. ... . But opinions can be much more specific and ...
