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LR timing Strats: when to skip and whyI'm currently scoring in the low 160s, aiming for a 170. I want to know what you guys do for skipping questions and when you skip questions in LR. Do…
@"J.H. Song" im gonna try that out, was thinking I should be doing something closer to that, I think I am too used to re reading the stimulus over and over.. But I had a feeling I shouldn't -
PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a wordhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-59-section-3-question-19/ Can anyone explain this question and how the correct answer logically follows?
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1. Reading the stimulus, I noticed the "But clearly..." but still ... Therefore, moved on to the answers hoping to infer ... being asked and so diagrammed stimulus argument:
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PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a wordhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-59-section-3-question-19/ Can anyone explain this question and how the correct answer logically follows?
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Reading the stimulus, I noticed the "But clearly..." but still ... 't move on from the stimulus until I had a ... on. This goes beyond the scope of the stimulus, with its talk ... but only after I understood the stimulus, which I had to reread ... -
Stuck (largely) in the low-170s over long period of time - focus on PTs and BR-ing or drills?I've been steadily and consistently studying for about two years for the LSAT, and I've managed to score in the low 170s a total of about ten times (…
... fixed it for me was reading the stimulus (not the question) first. BRing was ... -
PT54.S2.Q17 - ethicist: the penalties for drunk drivinghttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-2-question-17 Can someone help me to understand answer choice (B)? I understood it to mean th…
... (B) says that the criteria for moral responsibility ... t presume this from reading the stimulus. We don't know ... with intentions/the criteria for moral responsibility. The stimulus doesn't ... rule out, for example, the possibility ... -
Skipping QuestionsWhen you skip questions do you still circle an answer choice and come back to it, or leave it blank untill you come back to it at the end? And ar…
... for skipping. If I read the stimulus and ACs, and I ... "skipped."
If after reading the stimulus the only thing that comes to ... were drunk while reading it" i'll skip the question entirely - ... above + I skip the question with the intention of coming back ... -
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 …
@"Cant Get Right" Yeah, I understand that. But sometimes the question stem can be overwhelmingly confusing without reading the stimulus, like this one: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-21-section-3-question-09. What would you suggest? -
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 …
... stem when doing the quiz for identifying the question stems, it ... reads like:"if the statements in the passage are true, which ... thing after I go through the stimulus. Do you have any ... 1 position" etc etc when reading the stimulus will be helpful and save ... -
Which Boards to Use During Logic GamesHey 7Sagers, thanks for taking the time to read this and answer my conundrum. My issue is LGs; specifically - which boards to use and what the setup …
... set up while you're reading the stimulus. When it comes to LG ... -
Which Boards to Use During Logic GamesHey 7Sagers, thanks for taking the time to read this and answer my conundrum. My issue is LGs; specifically - which boards to use and what the setup …
... a board when you are reading the stimulus. If you read "there ... become automatic!
The other broad category of games ... : 1.Read the stimulus and the rules like for the next few minutes ... careful reading can go a long way to mitigate the difficulty ... -
Next Steps?I took the June LSAT and scored a 162, which is significantly worse than I performed on most of my PTs, and certainly not the score I need for my app…
... answers after each section before the test was over or before ... be successful during PTs on the real test.
Either ... you have. Maybe it's reading the stimulus or answer choices too fast ... into bad practices. Those are the habits that you'll rely ... -
Relative Support: An Observation/Potential New TrendProps to the BR Group on this, I really kinda just stole this observation from those guys! So there are two questions in PT 78 where it really fee…
... start getting into what is the "most parallel" and then give ... "parallel" that opens the door on some places the LSAT really doesn ... skip them automatically without even reading the stimulus. As you get better though ... -
Why do people say Asian students are good at LG?Is it because of math? How is math related to LG? :(
... talking himself thru it while reading the stimulus/rules, and then he figured ... /> But he did suck at reading. I showed him a passage ... you are a history major, reading comp "may be" your thing ... extra hard to compensate for the shortage of those natural talents ... -
valid arguements and indicators ..how does this appy?Hello 7Sagers, I am in the process of completing the core curriculum and i had a question about the LR portion of the circular. I am memorizing un…
... if they're there, while reading the stimulus because they make an impact ... t understand it intuitively. The things mentioned above are sort ... secondary when you start answering the different types of LR ... to an invalid argument or the wrong conditional, etc. Each ... -
Why does it take time to see improvement?Hi So I think I know the fundamentals of LR but I still miss questions on the ones that I should not have missed... I do choose very carefully wh…
... especially in LG. Knowing the fundamentals is necessary for improvement ... able to anticipate the right answer choice while reading the stimulus are also required ... .
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What does "Piece together the information" mean?The subject step is mentioned once in <a href=https://7sage.com/lesson/logical-reasoning-general-approach/>Logical Reasoning General Approach</a> as …
... strategies for MSS?
The same as inference, I’m ... on process of elimination because the connections usually require an assumption ... method while I’m reading the stimulus since they’re so similar ... -
switching question type LRI have noticed that when I try and switch question types a bunch..i.e. take a practice test, that I do much worse than if i can do 2 or three of the …
... there is a difference between reading each question and marking ... to read the question stem to answer the question, but the "act ...
But if you mark the entire section up and then ... your markup and then start reading the stimulus). That brings a total ... -
Simple Blind Review WorksheetJust a simple BR worksheet you can print out double sided and use if you find it helpful and you're not already tired of printing. https://docs.googl…
... you do in the space between reading the stimulus, then going into the ACs? My ... 'm justifying ACs, when my stimulus re-phrase/pre-phrase/anticipation ... what it SHOULD mean in the LSAT's torture chamber. -
Simple Blind Review WorksheetJust a simple BR worksheet you can print out double sided and use if you find it helpful and you're not already tired of printing. https://docs.googl…
... do in the space between reading the stimulus, then going into the ACs? ... ACs, when my stimulus re-phrase/pre-phrase ... Weaken--I spend the time between stimulus and answer choices ... solidifying my understanding of the argument ... -
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, …
definitely read the question stem first. Then you can read the stimulus and know what you're looking for, rather than reading the stimulus with no specific goal in mind and then having to re-read it once you know what the question stem is asking for. -
Memory Method/How to approach questionsSo I am currently working on incorporating the memory method into RC and have had mixed results. I'm losing a lot of time on the questions portion. W…
... settled on reading all of the ACs.
In the beginning phase ... I was not regularly reading all of the ACs. There were ... I need to re-read the stimulus?
5. Does ... a prediction I had while reading the stimulus?
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CorrelationI know how to strengthen and weaken correlation within a stimulus. However, my problem is that while under timed conditions, I somehow miss the corre…
... have all the time in the world to do so. The problem with ... is what I do: Start reading the stimulus like you should any other ... -
Should I label the argument structure for every question in LR?I always see J.Y. breaking down argument structures in the video explanations, but I was wondering if it is a recommended process to do during the ti…
Over time, the argument structures start to ... with in the stimulus during the process of reading or right after reading the stimulus has helped ... s show that the effect can appear without the cause or ... maybe it mistakes the cause for the effect." Hope that ... -
LSAT Trainer vs. 7SageHey guys! Hope everyone had an amazing holiday weekend! I've decided to go back over some of the very beginning core stuff to make sure I have…
... how to approach the answer choices. I think reading the question stem first ... the right gear while reading the stimulus but there are some that say read the stimulus ... before the question ... -
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... based on how difficult the argument in the stimulus feels to you but ... Most if not all of the stimulus you encounter in LR are ... me to skip. Hopefully just reading the stimulus only took me 30 sec ... do you move on without reading the rest of answer choices once ... -
Weaken and Strengthen QuestionsWeaken and Strengthen questions are my weakest section types and take me much longer to do than any other questions. I'm not able to prephase what t…
... brought in... Let's say the stimulus says A is correlated with ... is, information not found in the stimulus - is needed. Unfortunately, we do ... . Instead, take the few seconds after reading the stimulus to 1) know the conclusion and ... -
When will the "old" tests not be *AS* worth doing?I've often contemplated and discussed this with many on this forum and others like it. We now are going to have over 85 PTs available to prep fro…
... diagnostic score is at. The lower the diagnostic, I find, that ... used to the format of the test, such as simply reading the stimulus, requires ... untimed, perhaps. This was the case for me...before beginning ... 'throw aways' at the beginning of the PT phase, or to ... -
When will the "old" tests not be *AS* worth doing?I've often contemplated and discussed this with many on this forum and others like it. We now are going to have over 85 PTs available to prep fro…
... diagnostic score is at. The lower the diagnostic, I find, that ... used to the format of the test, such as simply reading the stimulus, requires ... untimed, perhaps. This was the case for me...before beginning ... 'throw aways' at the beginning of the PT phase, or to ... -
How to stop careless reading mistakes in LR + reading stimuli in the same way as in RC?One of the biggest issues I have is not reading the sentences in the stimuli carefully... Do you have any suggestions to prevent such mistakes besid…
... what worked for me was reading the stimulus slightly slower. If there are ... NA and SA questions is the two ideas I know I ... , which I typically circle like the main word of each idea ... -
Actual practice test score 154, blind reviewing at 167Hey so I'm a little frustrated because I feel i'm missing out on some pretty basic questions because of the time pressure and then when i go back and…
... would spend too much time reading the whole stimulus to get a good ... sense of the argument. A better ... this sentence, then ruthlessly scan the answer choices for a paraphrase ... then, as I'm reading the stimulus, be on the look out for a ...
