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Freaking Out with Later PTs!Hi All, With the October test fast approaching, I've been doing the PTs in the late 60s (think 65-69). Before that I had done every test from 35-5…
... of chapters dedicated to Assumption questions, so it clarified ... was consistently getting every question right in the packets, ... haven't missed a Necessary or Sufficient Assumption question in 3 PTs, ... common (the most common?) question type. Hopefully this is ... -
Making Progress in LR before December LSATHello everyone! I am desperately looking for advice on how to improve my LR score. I have been studying on and off for my LSAT over the past 2 yea…
Some question types are more foundational than ... have a feel for the assumption that the argument is making ... main point questions and sufficient/necessary assumption questions. The other questions use ... -
Study HabitsHey everyone! I am trying to find the best way to study and I was wondering if it is best to study one section (LG, LR, RC) at a time or is it okay…
... only if there are specific question types that you are missing ... difference between a sufficient and necessary assumption and could you quickly improve ... -
PT 20 / Section 1 / Question 9If AC "C" only said "children tend to have more acute tastes: therefore, they zero in on foods with the most distinctive tastes" I would have seen it…
... aversions to some foods. First question I immediately ask is: ... (the premise that answers that question). Answer choice (C) appears ... often is almost like a necessary assumption, because the argument would ... . Back to your original question, this is not a ... -
June Test Takers Group BR Schedule (updated)<img src="http://anticapitalists.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lets-get-organized-3.jpg" > </center> My fellow June Test-takers! Please take…
... or sessions with would be: Assumption questions, point of issue, strengthen ... question type I would love, love, LOVE to see are the necessary assumption ... types. I have not familiarized myself with the necessary assumption methodologies ... -
Flaw questions masked as NA questionsI was just wondering how I can automatically pick up on when a flaw question is really a necessary assumption question in disguise. Do arguments with…
hmmm the nature of your question is a bit confusing, but ... for granted" is a Flaw question, which are referred to as ... reach its conclusion.
Necessary Assumption questions ask "which of the ... not the same as a question looking for the flaw to ... -
Workshop on Necessary Assumption LR Questions with @"Quick Silver"We have a completely different workshop scheduled for tomorrow with a completely different time and a completely different tutor. <img src="http:/…
... @"Quick Silver" for reviewing the question type and making me do ... understand the process of the necessary assumption (which I have systematically struggled ... -
Doubt in necessary assumptionI was reading the Trainer and I came through a simple example "She does not consume too much caffeine because she only drinks one cup of coffee a da…
... are giving is a Sufficient Assumption. With the two premises, ... /> It's not a Necessary assumption because, while the negation ... answer for a weakening question) it doesn't destroy ... " limit.
A necessary assumption always destroys the argument when ... -
PT77.S4.Q20 - selena claims to have psychic powersHello 7sagers, does anyone have any idea how to get the correct answer of question 20 of the second section of logical reasoning from dec 15 lsat? Tr…
I got stuck on this question too! :( I've watched JY' ... guess that this is a necessary assumption? -
PT5.S1.Q12 - impact craters causedHey gang, I’ve been working through the Sufficient Assumption question bank, trying to turn my Level 3 and 2 questions into Level 1 questions (for…
Tough question, and I do think answer D is a necessary assumption due to ... of craters. Therefore, D is necessary because if you negate it ... attribute the difficulty of this question to the fact that it ... 's an old question, but that seems like a ... -
Advice on BR scoreHey guys, so I am having trouble with logical reasoning. On every section at this point I get at least minus -10, more like 11 or 12. However when I …
... the question is asking - if it's asking for a Necessary Assumption, one ... be a Sufficient (but not necessary) assumption.
Drilling some of the ... -
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…
... which I missed on this question, so good job there) ... this question is asking us to trigger the sufficient assumption ... conclude with the correctly corresponding necessary assumption. So to trigger the ... taking the time on this question to really understand it. ... -
Negating the Conditional Idea to Existential IdeaHello all, I was wondering what type of questions we’ll see that require us to pick an answer choice where we are negating the conditional idea or wh…
... excellent, and very big question.
... question, this is exactly what that means. Of course, denying a Necessary assumption ... to negate a stated Necessary Assumption. That would be ... hope this answers your question! Whatever your understanding of ... -
From 170 to 180For anyone who is trying to get to where I am, I'm happy to provide any insights. For anyone far beyond where I am, I'm reaching out for help. I'…
... . Although I most often get Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Weaken and Strengthen ... the stimulus is regardless of question type. Worst of all, even ... -
From 170 to 180For anyone who is trying to get to where I am, I'm happy to provide any insights. For anyone far beyond where I am, I'm reaching out for help. I'…
... . Although I most often get Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Weaken and Strengthen ... place.
Those question types are actually related, and ... -
Logical Reasoning "information/stimulus retention"..? HELPHello all, I need some advice on how to improve on "retaining" information; specifically for LR. What I'm finding is that with all LR questions…
... it helps to read the question first. This will guide what ... the assumption true), Strengthen (make the assumption true), Necessary assumption (identify the one assumption who ... the argument), Sufficient assumption (identify the one assumption that when true ... -
Advice/Tips for people with ADHDi was hoping if there are any 7sagers with ADHD (or ADD) or even without that could maybe give some tips or pointers for writing the actual lsat/stud…
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1. If a question is really just giving my ... IMPORTANT* YOU MUST READ THE QUESTION STEM BEFORE THE STIMULUS! If ... me i'm looking for necessary assumption. This eliminates me from having ... remind myself what kind of question it is.
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What is the negation of "not many"?How do you negate "not many"? To me, you can't just dropped the "not". Here's my thought process: "Not many" seems to be the same as "some not…
... /> In the case of the question mentioned (PT 62, S4, Q23 ... it's clearly not a necessary assumption. (Negating it would yield "some ... C is still not a necessary assumption. -
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 …
... kind of thing an LSAT question writer would do. If it ... 'd probably show up in necessary assumption questions or something similar, where ... -
PT8.S4.Q21 - so-called environmentalists have arguedThis is a sufficient assumption question but one of the forums I read to understand answer choice (A) explained that NEGATING (A) would demonstrate i…
... mislabeled as a Sufficient Assumption. It's a Necessary Assumption all day long ... ve only encountered one other question where they use both "must ... makes it by definition a "necessary" assumption - don't be tricked by ... confusing it with a sufficient assumption. -
Assumptions and a peculiar patternOkay let me just start from the start. My cold diagnostic was a 145 (June 2007). Since then I've studied for about a month and a half taking a PT sco…
... slightly irrelevant to your question, but I thought PrepTest ... look at assumption questions was:
Necessary Assumption: What must ... difference between sufficient and necessary assumption questions until I ... that each question type presents. -
PT64.S1.Q23 - ethicist: martial vows containThis question is about an ethicist who says love refers to a feeling therefore a marital vow saying to love until death do us part is a promise that …
This is a difficult sufficient assumption question:
Premise: A promise ... just needs to negate the necessary condition.
What am ... -
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…
Necessary assumption questions are one of my ... ?" The answer to that question is the necessary assumption.
S1: In ... (Otherwise, why would it be necessary?)
S3: I' ... is an argument with an assumption without it providing some reason ... -
NA totally wrecks meWhat is everyone doing to conquer NA? I have a really difficult time on these questions...I'm thinking maybe I need to go back to the curriculum, bu…
I think of Necessary Assumption as "subtle and weak missing ... 's compare NA to Sufficient Assumption (SA). SA are usually very ... will wreck the argument in question.
SA is the ... -
LR Question Justify the conclusionAn argument states that: Maria won this year's sailboat race by beating Sue, who has in each of the four last years. We can conclude from this that M…
... to make the conclusion a necessary assumption in a conditional and ... affirm the sufficient then the necessary must be true (Woah, ... and force out the necessary which is our conclusion.< ... “only if” introduces a necessary assumption. That’s why those two ... -
Should I Drill From Cambridge Packets while doing the Core Curriculum?I just realized that I don't know J.Y.'s/7Sage's philosophy on this... I have all the Cambridge Packets pdf. from tests 1-38 for LR, RC, and LG and …
... the curriculum so if a question is broken up in several ... . I noticed though that the Necessary Assumption lesson is only in one ... lesson. Also, for any LR question I have trouble with, I ... began seeing patterns within the question type, and correct and incorrect ... -
Does the June Lsat indicate the difficulty for the Sept Lsat?Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone has ever noticed a trend with june and september lsats being similar in difficulty? Or that the june lsat is…
... passage on RC, the substitution question on LG, but there is ... next way to answer your question is an appeal to what ... great at games? Are your necessary assumption skills not really up to ... the difficulties of answering your question I will say this. If ... -
Question About Sufficient AssumptionWhen you see a conditional statement in either the stimulus or the answer choice, do you always translate to the contrapositive to check if it matche…
... to add difficulty to a question.
For practical purposes ... both translations to get the question correct in a time efficient ... out a really hard sufficient assumption question really is necessary. -
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?…
... "tried and true" method for Necessary Assumption questions is negating the answer ... must be true. Remember a necessary assumption by nature must hold if ... in the context of this question... In the stimulus it says ... -
PT score range & consistencyHi all, first time poster here! I've done quite a few practice tests and while there is (happily) a general upward trend between all of them, my l…
... /> This is also a hard question to answer with a definite ... because I sucked at MBT, Necessary assumption, and parallel reasoning questions. The ...
