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Help with Necessary assumptionsI took the test in Sept. and I have been able to narrow down the parts of the test that I struggled on. I struggled on the necessary assumptions and …
... you for a necessary assumption of the argument presented ... Negate it and you have a necessary assumption of the ... so negate it and you get a necessary assumption: the professor ... necessary assumption of the argument. You could easily treat each as false and ... -
Test Day weird questionAny thoughts on labelling question stems first and writing it literally next to it eg., principle, weaken etc then reading the stimulus on relevant …
... been writing NA next to necessary assumption questions, except I also write ... SA next to sufficient assumption questions. I do this just ... a sufficient assumption for a necessary, or a necessary for a sufficient, and having ... -
PT73.4.19 and PT34.2.2 (please help)Hi guys, I am having trouble understanding JY's reasoning behind choosing correct answers in the above problems. PT73.4.19 is a necessary assump…
... the logical indicators like always and must, what should be ... basically the same argument structures? and also can (B) in PT73 ... order was reversed as a necessary assumption answer choice? The reason I ... example, the stimulus says A and concludes B, the correct ... -
PT73.4.19 and PT34.2.2 (please help)Hi guys, I am having trouble understanding JY's reasoning behind choosing correct answers in the above problems. PT73.4.19 is a necessary assump…
... was reversed as a necessary assumption answer choice? The reason ... a clear gap in necessary assumption questions, the correct answer ... also be a sufficient assumption at the same time). ... . So a necessary assumption can be a sufficient assumption and vice versa. ... -
Second guessing on questionsHi, I'm currently studying for the December LSAT (20-25 hours a week + a full course load + clubs and a sport). I've changed my studying habits from …
... requirement of being a necessary assumption or what would weaken a ... back over those questions and working on refining your ... I didn't paraphrase and now I'm stuck ... that it's correctable and you are not completely ... wants to trick you, and it feeds off of ... -
PT62.S2.Q25 - university president: our pool of applicantsHey guys, I am having trouble understanding what is wrong with C. Even though I initially picked the right answer which is A I can't seem up eliminat…
... choice but isn't a necessary assumption.
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P ... the applicant pool → raise tuition and fees
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Doing first BR, I've taken the June 2007 test.. should I do another?I took this test 4 years ago when I first started my journey. I've failed it miserably and am now here and taking it extremely seriously! I am just…
... last time you sat down and took an LSAT timed?
and what you need to focus ... into studying with specific questions and things to focus on. Again ... need work with, say, assumption questions and conditional logic, then you may be ... -
PT63.S3.Q24 - physician: the rise in blood pressureHi everyone! Can someone please help me with this question. I can't understand why C is wrong at all. I got it down to A and C and ended up picking …
... wrong. Implies that it is necessary a necessary assumption. It doesn't state ... choice implies a necessary condition. It means it definite and nothing else ... .
D is wrong and out of scope
and some. If you see the ... -
How to go about reviewing CC for a second time?After realizing that I've been following a poor study plan, I now think I need to go back to fundamentals. As a side point, I am also going to fool p…
... areas within LR (MSS, Necessary Assumption, Strengthen and Weaken come to mind) that ... -
Diagramming vs Not diagramming LR Q'sDiagramming the more complex questions can take quite a bit of time. Sometimes the correct answers are more intuitive and thus it would be a waste of…
... stimulus and then prephrase the question.
e.g. Stem: Necessary Assumption
Diagramming vs Not diagramming LR Q'sDiagramming the more complex questions can take quite a bit of time. Sometimes the correct answers are more intuitive and thus it would be a waste of…
... stimulus and then prephrase the question.
> e.g. Stem: Necessary Assumption ...Picking out assumptionsHappy new year everyone! I'm having issues with picking out assumptions in the NA section. It's completely my fault for letting the answer choices…
... where I pick out the assumption and it's not one ... brute force?
For necessary assumption questions in LR you need ... excess verbiage in the stimulus and identify the argument core ... always have many reasoning issues and sometimes the correct answer ...Picking out assumptionsHappy new year everyone! I'm having issues with picking out assumptions in the NA section. It's completely my fault for letting the answer choices…
... where I pick out the assumption and it's not one ... br /> >
> For necessary assumption questions in LR you need ... always have many reasoning issues and sometimes the correct answer ... which in turn yields frustration and triggers the time consuming ...Picking out assumptionsHappy new year everyone! I'm having issues with picking out assumptions in the NA section. It's completely my fault for letting the answer choices…
... where I pick out the assumption and it's not one of ... >
> > For necessary assumption questions in LR you need ... always have many reasoning issues and sometimes the correct answer ... which in turn yields frustration and triggers the time consuming ...Logical reasoningI'm looking for a clear concise summary of each question type the approach that is clear and simple
... the approach that is clear and simple
and click on other question types ... /how-to-find-the-sufficient-assumption/
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RRE: ...Question about NA questionsSo for necessary assumptions, the assumptions can be about the context, premise and conclusion? If the negation a statement attacks, say, the context…
... would this statement be a necessary assumption? Am I understanding this ... author supporting this argument and is the support enough? ... between the support and the conclusion and that's where ... just read and analyze the support and conclusion and think critically ...Question about NA questionsSo for necessary assumptions, the assumptions can be about the context, premise and conclusion? If the negation a statement attacks, say, the context…
... would this statement be a necessary assumption? Am I understanding this ... author supporting this argument and is the support enough? ... between the support and the conclusion and that's where ... just read and analyze the support and conclusion and think critically ...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…
... JY explained that sufficient assumption questions are something like ... could also be a necessary assumption question.
> ... questions both sufficient assumption and necessary assumption questions at the ... ;B is both necessary and sufficient. Because if ...Re-do CC or target specific weaknesses?I completed the CC about a year ago and I took a while off due to some military obligations and now I'm gearing towards taking the June LSAT. I've be…
... belt. I only go back and review CC stuff I don ... . One week for Necessary Assumption, one week for Strengthen, and so on. I ... still play games every now and then when I'm feeling ...How to do flaw q when you can't see the flaw/prephaseI know JY advises against moving onto the ACs without coming up with a prephase for flaw questions, but there are unfortunately usually 2-3 flaw ques…
... you spot a sufficient/necessary flaw? How many ways ... using the words "sufficient" and "necessary"? What exactly does the ... description of the sufficient/necessary flaw on PT A ... strengthen/weakening/necessary assumption/parallel the flaw questions and turn them ...Necessary Assumption questionsWhen I read the Necessary assumption answer choices, I can only understand when the answer is wrong by negating it. How I understand why the answer i…
Necessary assumption questions used to be the ... Trainer's sections on LR and I think it's really ...LR Study tipsHey Everyone. So I've particularly been having trouble increasing my score for LR. I'm getting -10 to -13 and I feel really hopeless. Can someone per…
AC means Answer Choice, SA is Sufficient Assumption, and MBT is Must be True; NA is Necessary Assumption.Negation - Logical Opposite - fitting into LR QuestionsHello all! I understand how Negation is different from the Contrapositive, as with Negation we are denying the relationship / conditionality (I thin…
... helpful for must be false and especially necessary assumption question types. In NA ...PT75.S1.Q03 - rock music is musically bankruptThe question is as follows Rock music is musically bankrupt and socially destructive but at least album covers of rock LPs from the 1960s and 197…
... Rock music is musically bankrupt and socially destructive but at least ... ; The question was to find necessary assumption.
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> ... bringing in your own assumptions and real world thoughts on ... (A) and you'll see why this is necessary for our ...Preparing for LSAT round two begins today!I have learned so much already, however, I know my best is yet to come. Pros: 7Sage is truly amazing! The Casio watch J.Y. recommends rocks …
... or forgetting how to approach Necessary Assumption questions, then revisiting those fundamentals ... enough. I hated LG and it was my worst section ... your weak spots, go back and revisit them in CC, ... repeat.
Good luck! And while I commend you for ...PT83.S3.Q25 - Salesperson: If your vacuuming needs are limited to cleaning...First off, what type of question is this? I can't tell from the question stem. It seems like it's a cross between a SA and a MSS, but I'm not really …
Thanks @Sami ! That makes sense. Does that mean A is also a Necessary Assumption? If there were other types of floor surfaces that most consumers encounter besides carpet, wood and tile that would hurt the argument, correct?PT83.S3.Q25 - Salesperson: If your vacuuming needs are limited to cleaning...First off, what type of question is this? I can't tell from the question stem. It seems like it's a cross between a SA and a MSS, but I'm not really …
... be so prevalent like tile and wood. Had it just said ... " then the sufficient assumption would have to be a necessary assumption as well.How to go back to curriculumI recently watched the "Post CC Strategies" webinar and something that he had mentioned as apart of the first phase of taking PTs is that we should b…
... ’s a really great question, and I’m glad that you ... ’t fully grasp what a necessary assumption question is asking you for ... to return to the CC and review in greater depth. Otherwise ... drill I stole from her and she explains it better!Having problem conceptually with LawgicI can get through all the quizzes and exercises but I'm having a hard time knowing why or the meaning of things I'm doing. When I look at a SA quest…
... why its important if its necessary or sufficient.
... often do this with necessary assumption questions where they have ... a sufficient assumption as the answer choice ... Assumption question types and see what a necessary assumption would be and ...Method for translating "without" into lawgic seems to run into problems in some situationsWe all know that for "without" "unless" "except" and "until", we're supposed to negate one of the ideas and make that the sufficient. "I will not …
... a conditional relationship between "great lawyer" and "180", and in ... fact expresses the ABSENCE of a conditional ... where without introduces a necessary condition and we negate the other ... of "without" be a conditional use, which is distinct ...
