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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…
... if waiting another year is completely out of the picture then ... take it in February for sure. If my ... they are then you would get around a 160 best ... don't mind. If you are not at or getting close to ... score to attend school a year earlier so I ... -
A question about "some" and "most" relationshipMost A are C; Most B are C, can we make the link that "some A are B"?
... that Most A are C and most B are C, therefore some A are B would ... @stepharizona and @MrSamlam only works if you are talking about two ... . (like Most A are B and Most A are C, then some B are C) Most birds ... -
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 …
... statement:
A or B --> C and D Note: The A and B can split ... I would not split them. You've already split the "A or B" statement ... /> (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 …
... the curriculum. However, do not start PTs 36+ until you ... anything. If you feel that a lesson is useless, then watch it ... BR is just as important, 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…
... of passages WILL diagram out if you know what you're ... ponens, modus tolens, or something I call a "counter-conditional," which ... a conditional in the form of "A and NOT B").
I am not ... that MIGHT be a conditional ("A->B"), take a second look at ... -
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…
... of "If P then Q" is NOT "If P then not Q". This is a major mistake ... /> 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 ... -
LG problems - In/Out GamesHey everyone! LG is generally my strength, but when it comes to In/Out games I absolutely bomb them every time (time-and strategy/diagramming-wise…
... or making it a point to make big inferences upfront (e.g. If A ... cannot be with B and A cannot be with C, and if there ... a good grouping diagram, you usually still need to remember that if A ... is in, B is out, and that one of C 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 ... 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, ... -
Contrapositive in conditional statements that include "probably" or possibilityHi, jsut wondering... If conditional statements include "probably" or prediction, can we make it contrapositive? Eg...A→B, prob not A→Prob not B, …
... /> Probably Not A--->Probably Not B
Probably B--->Probably A is not a contrapositive ... this practical example:
If I probably (or, most likely) didn't ... same thing as if I probably got an A, I probably attended ... -
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<-->/…
... A, B can't be there. But in case of A/B, if B is not there, A ... should be there, and if A is not there, B should ... them should be there. So A or B should be in, but both ... -
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 …
... is not supervised.
Since (B) translates nicely to an if A, then B statement ... (basically all A are B), we can easily ... , so if (B) is not the case (we apply the negation test) then we ... -
What time of day do you study? And do you study in big chunks or throughout day?Really trying to get into a routine two months before test day. I usually do 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours at night. I also sprinkle in some of…
... warm up with a few questions and then take preptests early in ... . 4 hour blocks usually and then I can get some work ... poorly to stop. If I am not energized or focused then it's best ... -
Embedded Conditionals IssueThis is a two part question in reference to the embedded conditionals video. https://7sage.com/lesson/mastery-embedded-conditional/ **Part 1:**…
... between '(A->B)->C' and 'A->(B->C)'. These are absolutely not the ... /> A & B -> C
C -> A & B
A & B or C
A or B -> C
Q.E.D January 2017 General
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"All that is required" Sufficiency or Necessity indicator?I understand that "ALL" is a sufficiency indicator word, and "REQUIRE" is a necessity indicator word. I'm wondering then, what does the phrase "*…
... in the CC. It's not very close to natural language ... just trying to say C isn't necessary, not that it's ... anything about the truth of B or C. So the right way to ... this:
(A->B) & ~□(B->C)
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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"
@Sami
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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"
... /> 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 ... 't think except A,B implies a bi-conditional relationship. ... -
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…
... and simple "if-then" statement. Everyone knows what "if A, then B" means. So ... the indicators are just helping you take a ... into the simplistic "if this, then that". If you end up ... much, or convince yourself you understand it if you don ... -
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…
... . Im wondering, for the Or, but not both biconditional, why don't ... A is out.
This sentence above only accounts for the "not ... . But it does not mean one of A **or** B has to be in ... B is in. And if B is out A is in. So one of A **or** B ... -
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…
A -->/B means "not both" so A and B could both be out. If A is OUT, sufficient condition fails and B could be OUT or IN.
A/B means "always apart, never together" so they cannot be out together. If A is OUT, B has to be IN. -
neither norIf, "neither P nor K are cute", then can you say P+K→/C or do you have to keep them separate?? Lawgical Translations: P → /C AND K → /C Ther…
... are cute", then can you say P+K→/C or do you have ... /> P → not cute
K → not cute
P
or → /C
K
P↘︎
/C
K ... translation would be "If it is not P or not K, then it is cute ... -
PTB.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 ... the rule is “If A is not in forth then K is in ... and no spruces
or
We could have ... Spruces and no firs
or
we could have ... . Here it was 3 or 4 steps away, but ... -
URM AdmissionsSo, as a URM myself it's pretty awesome to hear that your chances of admission to harder schools with lower than the median scores at those schools i…
... connotations that are misleading when not acutely examined.
If a certain race is or has been systematically ... whatever disadvantages should get a boost if they lack said ... of people may then ponder the "ethicality" or legality of ... -
How do you guys approach......"but not both" sequencing games. I've been practicing these after the Dec LSAT. I thought I had a good handle on them but I took way too long to d…
I've always done it this way:
A is before/after B or C, but not both
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Please help me with sufficient assumption and necessary assumption questionsI went through JY's courses and have a question I just can't seem to solve by myself. JY explained that sufficient assumption questions are someth…
... case A-->B is both necessary and sufficient. Because if there ... was even one instance where A was present but not B or ... we knew B was not present but A ... was, we could no longer conclude that if ... -
PT28.S1.Q2 - If the economy weak, prices remain constant...I don't get why answer choices D could be true. Are you not supposed to consider the contrapositives of the answer choices or of what's in the stimul…
... something not an A, (A) and yet we could still get a B: A and B, or A some B ... not dog and yet still cute, D and C, or D some C ... , but it's not true that **"anything"** that's not a ... --> C, the appropriate example would be: Hitler is not a dog, ... -
PT28.S1.Q2 - If the economy weak, prices remain constant...I don't get why answer choices D could be true. Are you not supposed to consider the contrapositives of the answer choices or of what's in the stimul…
... something not an A, (A) and yet we could still get a B: A and B, or A some B ... is not dog and yet still cute, D and C, or D some C ... , but it's not true that **"anything"** that's not a ... the conditional statement D --> C isn't true only based ... -
A > Either B or C. and then No C... What Must Be True?Problem: PT 2 - S2 - #13 To simplify, If A then, either B or C. And we were given No C. What Must Be True? 1. No A 2. or Can we still say A >…
If A then B/C.
~A.
Therefore, we can still have B and C.
If we are given no C, we need to have B in order to have A.
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My PT and BR gap is significant and I'm writing in June. What do I do?I have only completed two preptests (yes i realize I am extremely behind for someone writing in June). I intend to write 3 a week from now until June…
... the June test resulting in a 120 score, would you retake ... I'm wondering if June is actually a now-or-never situation. Because ... if it is, I ... if June is not now-or-never but more like now-or-painfully-later, then ... -
For those with Ultimate plus, and those fool proofing, how do you safe on paper?Ink is so expensive. For fool proofing LG, how many copies do you print out? I heard about this method an earlier member posted about for proofing LG…
... a single copy of each game, then whenever I want to do a ... erase and repeat. Works like a charm!
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a new game set.
if I am not accurate or don't ... complete the game in time, I then ... -
To delay or not delay....#help!!! So I desperately want to get a 170+ on my test. I signed up for the June LSAT and the deadline to move it to July is coming up this Tuesd…
... always recommend foolproofing first if you are not perfect or a -1 average on ... it. There also are not any really hard LR questions ... where the answer is a little more or less obvious than others ... actually reading the questions and then trying to find out where ...