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Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Reading the stimulus first or the question stem in LR sections?**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!]** Hi guys - would you recommen…
... guys - would you recommend reading the stimulus first or the question stem (question ... -
Would reading questions first be helpful at all to grasp what the passage would be about?Edit&additional questions: Let me change the title and ask a bit different question since it seems we can only post 2 threads per day... for RC, …
... RC, do you think reading questions first would help me to ... I know ppl recommend not reading questions first, but I'm terribly ... Which makes you comprehend the reading better, read it faster or ... s the same) But sometimes reading slower works better...
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Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole StrategiesFor those of you who've read Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole -- I know that she strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before r…
the whole point of reading the stimulus first and coming up with a ... CLIR/Loophole (before reading the question ... . The more you CLIR by reading stimulus first, the better and faster you ... -
How do you typically approach an LR question?I'm really curious to know some of y'all's process. Mike Kim talks about prioritizing the right information, not necessarily ALL of the information i…
@firstgenlaw-1 I agree 100% with everything you said. I went back and forth and was doing the Q stem first for almost a year and then realized I'm the other type of person who would do better with reading stimulus first. -
Stimulus or Question Type First?hi all! Happy Friday!! Ellen Cassidy (EC) from Loophole is a strong proponent of the former but some disagree. I have been studying for about …
... most top scorers read the stimulus first, idk what credibility that has ... regardless I did better when reading stimulus first. At the end of the ... are reading for the gap in the reasoning and evaluating the stimulus ... -
Argument Part - Identify the "part" before reading "stimulus"For this question type, a part of the stimulus is in the question stem verbatim. Do you, after reading the question stem, find/identify the accom…
... type, a part of the stimulus is in the question stem ... reading the question stem, find/identify the accompanying part in the stimulus ... PRIOR to reading the stimulus from start to ... -
Got too many wrongs in LR, feeling hopeless.For some reasons, I spent most of my time on practicing LR and it is so far my worst section. Just took Pt47 today and got 22 wrong in LR. The breakd…
... backward). My LR strategy is reading the stimulus, question stem and pick ... hard question. I tried reading stem first but i got distracted so ... my second pt after the first exam. Did anyone have this ... -
Question stem misleads about type of question? [Throws up hands, gives up]Near the start of <a href=https://7sage.com/lesson/ringtail-opossums-causation-question/>this video lesson</a> in the Causation and Phenomenon-Hypoth…
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What do you guys read first?I was wondering whether you guys read the question stimulus or question stem first? Powerscore says stimulus first, but the Trainer says the stem fir…
I was wondering whether you guys read the question stimulus or question stem first? Powerscore says stimulus first, but the Trainer says the stem first, and I'm trying to figure out which would be better to improve my LR score -
Insights on performing well on the LSAT under stress/nervousnessHi, I haven't taken the exam yet, (my first time will be December), so please take this post with a grain of salt. I know that many of the Septem…
... because as I am reading the stimulus, I can quickly identify ... ) slow down reading the first sentence of every LR stimulus. The beginning ... through the stimulus as well, which results in reading the stimulus and ... help me to manage the stimulus. I am not trying ... -
Which is the best way? To read the stimulus or the question stem.I have studied with power score in the past and have taken blueprint as well. Powerscore LR says to read stimulus first and then the question but blu…
I have studied with power score in the past and have taken blueprint as well. Powerscore LR says to read stimulus first and then the question but blueprint is the other way around ( read question then stimulus). What is your take/suggestion? -
High-scorer opinions on ThinkingLSAT's advice?The ThinkingLSAT podcast takes a strong stance on several issues that seem directly counter to 7sage forum advice. In particular, they say that p…
... have strong opinions on is stimulus first. They assert that understanding the ... stimulus is the most important part of LR and that reading stem first ... can interfere with how one reads the stimulus and ... -
Warm up strategies - 20+ gap between PT/BR scoreSo I took PT 52 this past weekend and I knew during the time that I was taking it that things were not good I felt anxious, felt myself getting caugh…
... on questions and instead of reading the stimulus first like I have always ... try and read the question first. I was taking it in ... -
Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole StrategiesFor those of you who've read Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole -- I know that she strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before r…
... strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before reading the ... first, as I tend to overanalyze/overlook parts of the stimulus ... of a sentence in the stimulus.
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My Guide to Reading Comprehension Part 1 (Long-ish Post)Hi 7sagers! Given that several people expressed interest in my RC methodology, here is the basic outline of my approach for the Reading Comprehen…
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1. **Good Reading Habits**
When I ... taking a quick moment after reading the first paragraph to see if ... , a combination of good reading habits and decent time was ... a decent understanding that good reading habits will give you. ... -
Loophole in LR Book - Worth buying? / General LR advice ?LR still doesn't seem to be clicking for me. My goal is to be -1/0 in this section and I have heard a lot of positive things about Ellen Cassidy's Lo…
... Bible. I already read the stimulus first and aim to understand it ... first before I even read the ... have a conceptual misunderstanding when reading the stimulus too. Recently, I've ... -
How to tell if it's a real principle questionWhat are the other types of question types that have the word "principle" in their stems but are not really principle questions? I know "pseudo suffi…
... will need to. Finish reading the stimulus first and then make the decision ... -
LR reading strategyHas anyone heard of/use a reading strategy where you don't read the question stems in LR and simply figure out the question type via stimulus? If so,…
... which you read the stimulus first before reading the question stem, but ... the question stem by reading the stimulus. In many of the ... think the method of reading the stimulus to determine the question ... or detrimental to read the stimulus first, figure out if it' ... -
LR reading strategyHas anyone heard of/use a reading strategy where you don't read the question stems in LR and simply figure out the question type via stimulus? If so,…
... hard in favor of ALWAYS reading stimulus before question stem. They come ... but shoddy evidence) against reading stem first and give paltry evidence in ... -
LR reading strategyHas anyone heard of/use a reading strategy where you don't read the question stems in LR and simply figure out the question type via stimulus? If so,…
... % of the people may find reading the stimulus first easier and vice versa ... approach the stimulus before even reading it can be advantageous. Reading the stimulus before ... -
Re-reading Game RulesI read an article on LSAT HACKS making the case to re-read the rules 4 times as per the below guidelines: 1] To understand the game. 2] To draw. …
... /> Mike Kim talks about reading everything first to get a feel for ... approach shifts based on the stimulus which I find helpful as ... -
Ye ole "Bible"So, despite my confident suspicion that 7sage pwns PowerScore, I still bought the LR Bible cuz it was "only" $40 bucks. But, after having read the fi…
I'm actually thinking about testing out the read the stimulus first strategy to parse out the argument/reasoning (if any) in order to develop a deeper understanding rather than reading the question stem first to color my perspective. -
Ye ole "Bible"So, despite my confident suspicion that 7sage pwns PowerScore, I still bought the LR Bible cuz it was "only" $40 bucks. But, after having read the fi…
I personally read the stimulus first. I don't think ... that I find myself reading the stimulus up until the conclusion ... that I believe always reading the stem first is the wrong ... that reading the stem first influences the way you evaluate the stimulus. -
Studying for the LSATHi, What is the best way to study for the October LSAT and how many hours a day? I purchased all 3 bibles from Powerscore and all the exams. …
... first started studying. If I remember correctly, I think they advocate reading ... the stimulus first instead of the question stem ... -
Do you read the question stem before the argument?I've heard arguments for both. I'm naturally inclined to read the argument before the question stem but I wrote the 12/5 LSAT today and probably got …
... generally though. I read the stimulus first because that works a lot ... 's curriculum I began reading the question stem first and my LR ... . When I went back to reading the stimulus first, my LR scores immediately ... -
Do you read the question stem before the argument?I've heard arguments for both. I'm naturally inclined to read the argument before the question stem but I wrote the 12/5 LSAT today and probably got …
... explain why I read the stimulus first. First, most of the time after ... by question stems. So reading the stem first doesn't give me ... critically when I approach the stimulus first because I'm not preoccupied ... -
Consistent average score, but varied sections...?Anyone else's section performance analytics look like this? Kind of all over the place? I consistently get around my average score, but what I miss i…
... was for a few reasons. First, my grasp of LG wasn ... was reading the questions first. I do better when I read the stimulus first ... . When I read the question first, I randomly ... -
What to do with an LR question stem that has a lot of contextual information?JY is recommending reading the LR question stem first and figure out what question type it is before moving on the the stimulus, which I fully agree …
... go right back to the stimulus, trying to understand the argument ... .
The habit of reading the stem first to know what to ... people who swear that reading the stem first for ANY question throws ... if they always read the stimulus first - we are not all the ... -
Sufficient Assumption QuestionsSo overall, I either suck terribly at the SA questions during the PT process where I spend too much time on mapping out the lawgic or when I go over …
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I have found ... understanding the reasoning in the stimulus first---know (or be able to ... not actively engaged during my stimulus break down process and that ... fact conditional logic in the stimulus. This (all my blathering ... -
Do you read the Stimulus or Question Stem first?Hello fellow 7sagers, There is no right or wrong answer to the question at hand. I know 7Sage's method is to read the question stem first. However, …
... both and I feel that reading the question stem is generally ... stimulus first. It takes some getting used to, but reading the question stem first ...
