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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…
... - would you recommend reading the stimulus first or the question stem (question ... -
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 -
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 ... 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…
... and instead of reading the stimulus first like I have always done ... try and read the question first. I was taking it in ... -
Question for the SagesFor LR, do you read the stimulus first, or the question stem first? Please explain why. There seems to be disagreement on this topic across reput…
For LR, do you read the stimulus first, or the question stem first? Please explain why.
There seems to be disagreement on this topic across reputable LSAT test prep companies.
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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…
... she strongly recommends reading the stimulus and designing the CLIR before ... stem first, as I tend to overanalyze/overlook parts of the stimulus ... of a sentence in the stimulus.
Do you ... her advice of reading the stimulus first, or is it okay to ... -
Preferred TechniqueCurious whether people on here tend to read the stimulus first and then the the question stem or the scan the question stem for type of question, the…
... here tend to read the stimulus first and then the the question ... of question, then read the stimulus. The people I've studied ... -
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 ... conceptual misunderstanding when reading the stimulus too. Recently, I've been ... -
Any help for Sufficient Assumption?For the SA and PSA questions, I'm getting absolutely destroyed on the tougher ones. I think it is because I am not identifying the stimulus fast enou…
... I am not identifying the stimulus fast enough and missing the ... how to piece together the stimulus first and take my time to ... -
Jan 2022 study group (aiming for 170+)Hi guys, Looking for some study buddies to BR tests together before our Jan test in a few weeks. I was in an old group but everybody was either do…
... an inference or super long stimulus para question, we generally do ... English without looking at the stimulus) first. For question types that would ... -
145 ->171, DONE with the LSAT**1 Year and 30 PTs Later** I'm EXHAUSTED and am so happy it's over. Thank you 7Sage and this community! January 2021 Diagnostic: 145 June 202…
... my October LSAT:**
-Read stimulus first!
-Take a break. I ... RC as a giant LR stimulus i.e. find the conclusion ... -
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…
... need to. Finish reading the stimulus first and then make the decision. -
Step:0I know this curriculum identifies the first step as reading the question stem and then the stim, however I know that this is also somewhat controvers…
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If I read the stimulus first, there is the guarantee that ... -read the stimulus. If I read the question stem first, I most ... -
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,…
... in which you read the stimulus first before reading the question stem ... read the question stem first and then the stimulus or vice versa ... stem first because it instructs us how to read the stimulus ... or detrimental to read the stimulus first, figure out if it's ... -
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,…
... people may find reading the stimulus first easier and vice versa. Personal ... or how to approach the stimulus before even reading it can ... be advantageous. Reading the stimulus before the questions comes naturally ... -
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 ... right away when a stimulus is just a set ... find myself reading the stimulus up until the conclusion ... always reading the stem first is the wrong approach, ... the stem first influences the way you evaluate the stimulus. -
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…
... think if I read the stimulus first, it wouldn’t be nearly ... -
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. …
... more than anything when I first started studying. If I remember ... 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 …
... focus as I read the stimulus. I read MBT questions slightly ... most high scorers read the stimulus first but I do much better ... -
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 ... began reading the question stem first and my LR scores got ... went back to reading the stimulus first, my LR scores immediately improved ... -
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 ... critically when I approach the stimulus first because I'm not ... m looking at the entire stimulus with a very critical ... stem first I cannot absorb the information in the stimulus as ... -
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 …
... exactly why I read the stimulus first. If I read the stem ... first, I get tunnel vision when I read the stimulus after ... -
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 ... better when I read the stimulus first. When I read the question ... first, I randomly misread/couldn't ... -
Using blank scrap paperI'm doing games from preptests that were released before LSAC changed the format of the games to allow for much more space over two pages. Is it ok t…
... like this:
Page 1: Stimulus + first question (about 1/2 - 3 ... -
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 ... habit of reading the stem first to know what to look ... swear that reading the stem first for ANY question throws their ... 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 …
... confusing the reasoning in the stimulus). I found that parsing ... understanding the reasoning in the stimulus first---know (or be able ... actively engaged during my stimulus break down process and ... 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, …
... time, I did read the stimulus first. It takes some getting used ... , but reading the question stem first is to me by far ... -
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, …
... prepping I read the stimulus first, it was really hard to ... to reading the question stem first. However, once I made the ...
