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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'…
... on this thread is rife with flawed reasoning! Anyway back ... Although I most often get Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Weaken and ... .
Those question types are actually related, and ... presents a weak* argument with a gap in logic for ... -
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 ... * YOU MUST READ THE QUESTION STEM BEFORE THE STIMULUS! ... to be reading it with purpose. You're on ... i'm looking for necessary assumption. This eliminates me from ... remind myself what kind of question it is.
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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 …
... arguments -- they're just arguments with no premises.
... questions which have arguments with fewer that two atomic ... kind of thing an LSAT question writer would do. If ... d probably show up in necessary assumption questions or something similar, ... -
Speed? BR?Hey guys! I just finished core curriculums and did some PTs. I know you all do blind reviews, but so far I haven't done them yet. As a non-native spe…
... . And I definitely agree with @BruiserWoods that if you ... can’t execute quickly. With an elementary grasp of ... anyone can work through a sufficient assumption question. The first step would ... the curriculum; second, PTing with a thorough and meticulous Blind ... -
Game of Thrones S06E07 - LSAT Lessons [Spoilers]Like many of you, I watch Game of Thrones. While watching the latest episode, I realized the characters make many arguments. So, I thought it would b…
... being the Dragon Queen armed with a Dothraki Army? Hypothetically, couldn ... the divided north team up with Dany to take on the ... to rest on a sufficient, but not necessary assumption? In any case.. #valarmorghulis ... -
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.
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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 ... ?" The answer to that question is the necessary assumption.
S1: ... expect fine arts to improve with government subsidies?)
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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 ... : Let's compare NA to Sufficient Assumption (SA). SA are usually very ... will wreck the argument in question.
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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 ... , for any LR question I have trouble with, I erase all my ... began seeing patterns within the question type, and correct and incorrect ... -
PT5.S1.Q12 - impact craters causedIf someone can help me understand this question, I would be most appreciative. I have been staring at it for the last 15 minutes, I looked at the Ma…
... conclusion, as it is a sufficient assumption question type. Let's look at ... . Still has nothing to do with why there are more craters ... -
PT54.S4.Q9 - the jacksons regularly receive wrong-number callshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-4-question-09/ I've spent about 2 hrs dissecting this question and I just DO NOT understand it. …
... day it's a Pseudo Sufficient Assumption question, so we have to treat ... way we'd deal with an SA, except with a less "airtight ... -
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 ... great at games? Are your necessary assumption skills not really up to ... the difficulties of answering your question I will say this. If ... through pretest C's games with a minute to spare and ... -
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?…
... true" method for Necessary Assumption questions is negating the ... context of this question... In the stimulus ... behavior "AS EFFECTIVELY" with pharmacological intervention (prescription drugs ... to treat psychological disorders with pharmacological intervention "AS ... -
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…
... is also a hard question to answer with a definite X number ... because I sucked at MBT, Necessary assumption, and parallel reasoning questions. The ... and then come back armed with more time (and confidence) ... , but the consistency came with lots and lots of practice ... -
Sufficient vs Necessary Assumption I was just wondering based upon the question stem, how can you tell if they want to to find the sufficient vs. the necessary assumption and vice ver…
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Typically, when the question stem is worded in a ... re asking you for a necessary assumption. When worded in a way ... to make the assumption, they're asking for a sufficient assumptions.
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PT76.S2.Q18 - an article claims that many medical patientsCan someone please explain in a real simple way I read the explanation but I just don't get it with these types of questions Thank you in advance …
... when I first reviewed this question.
So this is ... weird argument by analogy. The necessary assumption then needs to be one ... ) have glaring problems leaving me with (B), an answer choice I ... has the elements of the assumption I'm looking for. -
PT55.S1.Q12 - Example of NA answer choice that is also SufficientJon's conditional breakdown shows an example of how the answer choice has to be sufficient based on the argument... https://7sage.com/lsat_explanati…
... training.
A necessary and sufficient answer choice would be something ... a sufficient condition. For we know from our commonsense experience with linear ... going over 1-3 star necessary assumption questions to get a better ... -
PT76.S2.Q18 - an article claims that many medical patientsCan someone please explain in a real simple way I read the explanation but I just don't get it with these types of questions Thank you in advance …
... be nerves?
This question considers the idea of being ... important to remember that a necessary assumption has to be accepted exactly ... at A and toyed with replacing "soon" with "in the next ... more secure in that answer. With harder questions, I've ... -
Need Advice, a Miracle or maybe JesusHello All, I am one those people that when in a group chat, I just let everyone talk and occasionally respond with a "yes" or "no." Similarly, I h…
... to hear someone who started with a 140s diagnostic use ... said above me, go with 7Sage. I can't ... principles that are absolutely necessary conditions to doing well ... understand conditional logic and sufficient and necessary assumption indicators. After I went ... -
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…
... you large packets with 100+ questions for each question type and you ... is to basically do 100 necessary assumption questions then grade yourself without ... ask questions in class, but with 15-20 other people, if ... -
Anyone want to go through the September LSAT questions?Sorry if it's too soon and you're still drinking heavily! I am really really confused about Section 1 Logical Reasoning Q21, the one about Alzheimers…
... of the human brain is necessary for creating AI? I know ... 't that sort of a necessary assumption? I'm a little rusty ... off of studying, but bear* with me here. If the scientists ... that I had to read question 23 five times just now ... -
Tips for Quickly Eliminating Answer Choices (PR, Strengthen, Assumptions)Hey All, Over the past few months, since I began my LSAT journey, I've accumulated a few tips on how to quickly eliminate answer choices for Paral…
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Sufficient Assumption: do you guys see anything wrong with negating the ... to prephrase weaken questions with "Given that (premise) ... conclusion.
Necessary Assumption:
1. correct AC ... it will contain an assumption; thus not MBT. ... -
N.A Defender Type Answer Choices and Strengthen Eliminating the Weakness Answer ChoicesN.A Defender Type Answer Choices and Strengthen Eliminating the Weakness Answer Choices I somehow feel that those two answer choices are very simila…
Yeah, I'd agree with that. Any time you provide an unstated necessary assumption, you are strengthening the argument. This is a great example of how essentially interrelated the question types really are. -
PT63.S1.Q19 - anthropologist: it was formerly believed thatHi, So I'm not sure about the correct answer C... Why do we have to assume or compare the ancestors to Neanderthals? Why it's required? Even thoug…
... same time" is not a necessary assumption here.
The reverse ... same time) would be a sufficient assumption: as you said, they couldn ... />
To answer your last question, I'm not 100% sure ... -
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) …
... patterns. For example, my worse question type was MSS ones and ... /> I was deathly afraid of necessary assumption questions, but JY forces you ... them and trying to reason with myself why the wrong ... blind review began matching up with the experts, but other times ... -
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…
... "Negation 3 w/ Answers" Question 1 is instructive. It isn ... would probably take issue with the simplification of my ... ability to eliminate a necessary assumption answer choice on the ... . Remember our task on necessary assumption questions: find what needs ... -
Necessary and Sufficient FlawHello all, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the difference between a necessary and sufficient "switch" in a flaw question (i.e., a condit…
The difference between a sufficient and necessary assumption is incredibly subtle, and ... . Unlike a necessary assumption, if you take away a sufficient assumption, the argument ... skate to begin with? Like I said, necessary assumptions are incredibly ... -
PT47.S1.Q02 - despite increasing international effortshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-47-section-1-question-02/ I chose A for this and literally had to check the answer key three times becaus…
... rationale lay-out for this question:
Argument Summary:
with is already at risk. What ... the argument - not expose a necessary assumption). If it is true that ... but this doesn't help with weakening the support in the ... -
Do you guys draw in the margins during LR?Recently I have been having a lot of success during exercises for LR. This, to me, is a miracle since it was my weakness and what hampered me from br…
... . But with the use of conditionals, I can answer the question in ... 28 seconds. 39 seconds with a rigorous ... mind before I answer a necessary assumption.
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PT51.S3.Q18 - the flagellum, which bacteria use to swimHi All, Super confused by this question, mostly because I probably don't understand what the correct answer choice is actually saying. The argu…
> The question is asking for a sufficient assumption.
Right here is ... is not a sufficient assumption. It's a necessary assumption ("assumption on which the argument ... />
(C) is a classic necessary assumption wrong answer. It's too ...
