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Assumptions in Strengthening QuestionsI am having some difficulty on strengthening questions that do not use causal reasoning. I am getting nearly all the weakening questions right becaus…
Stating an assumption is a common correct answer for strengthen questions. Because the ... may not be true (the assumption) and making it true. -
PT50.S2.Q12 - one can never tell whetherhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-50-section-2-question-12/ Hey 7Sagers, I just did this question and did almost everything right, but ultima…
... , and the correct answer will plug it.
For a pseudo sufficient assumption ... gap between a sub-conclusion and a final conclusion. If you ... a football, rain pouring through, and one the size of a ... penny, some water dripping in, and of your five kids one ... -
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 ... be between the sub-conclusion and the main conclusion. But that ... only possible answers are (D) and (E). But (E) adds a ... the gap in the reasoning and allows the argument to be ... -
Some and Most relationships.Which question types is the some and most relationships lessons important for?
The short answer? All of them. Modality is super important to eliminating wrong answer choices for a lot of questions, but especially true in MBT/assumption questions and RC questions. -
PT21.S2.Q20 - ann will either take a leave of absenseFor this particular question, could someone run me through the process of why whether or not the Ann was offered the fellowship is irrelevant? …
Hey @westcoastbestcoast , your sufficient assumption is actually not valid given ... .
Also, I think sufficient assumption questions usually require mapping of conditional ... -
PT21.S2.Q20 - ann will either take a leave of absenseFor this particular question, could someone run me through the process of why whether or not the Ann was offered the fellowship is irrelevant? …
... this is fine as a sufficient assumption. This, together with the stimulus ... also correct and that there are other potential sufficient assumptions for ... assuming (P → (P → Q)). And so would assuming (P → (P ... → (P → Q))). And so would assuming (P → (P ... -
PT46.S3.Q24 - editorialist: despite the importancehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-46-section-3-question-24/ This sufficient assumption question really has me thrown. I've read the Manhattan…
... ; fluctuations (i.e. money disappears and comes back)
From ... exist.
So the sufficient assumption the stem requests is:
and (Not A --> B), thus ... -
Postponing - How much damage did I do?Long story short, I started studying May 16th for the September LSAT. I went through the core curriculum (probably a little to fast) and have taken 1…
... question types were the Sufficient Assumption Intensive and the Weaken and Strengthen webinars.
and what strategies they used. Nicole ... know you're not alone and they went through the same ... -
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 ... in front of the conclusion and see if it leads to ... , if they were scattered evenly, and these craters were disrupted by ... -
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…
... distinction between a conditional statement and its contrapositive is arbitrary. ... mean the same thing, and determining which one is the ... "original" statement and which one is the " ... out a really hard sufficient assumption question really is necessary. -
Cracking principle and application Qs.I'm having hard time to solve substitution Qs like PT61,S4,Q19, PT63,S1,Q18 or PT63,S3,Q22. I've seen these kinds of Qs after PT60. Whenever I enco…
... to return to the CC and review the lessons on those ... />
An effective tactic for principle questions in general is to really ... this in mind when eliminating and choosing the credited response. -
PT61.S4.Q19 - principle: when none of the fullyI did not like any choices in this question at first...am I only the one who feel PT 61's LR is kind of different/harder?? Anyway, In the principle…
... /> Conclusion ACorp should hire Delacruz and not Krall
Predict Delacruz ... /> What am I looking for? Sufficient Assumption (if assumed the conclusion can ... -
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…
... sucked at MBT, Necessary assumption, and parallel reasoning questions. The ones where I ... challenging. By learning when and how to skip questions, I gave myself ... sections to come back and get those questions right. Whereas before, I ... -
... is this a bad idea?I am postponing. I have been consistently scoring about 3-5 points under my target score and I know that I can get there by December. BUT... since I …
... on the original issue (and everything that followed obviously, ... the legitimacy and value of his opinion and I sincerely ... and to choose for yourselves what advice you want to follow. Sufficient ... related to logic and LSAT questions, of course!), and that's ... -
... is this a bad idea?I am postponing. I have been consistently scoring about 3-5 points under my target score and I know that I can get there by December. BUT... since I …
... and to choose for yourselves what advice you want to follow. Sufficient ... best counter argument you can and let OP arrive at ... conclusion. That is the best and only way that this works ... issues related to logic and LSAT questions, of course!), and that's really ... -
Questions (prepping for December 3rd LSAT)A few thoughts and questions on my LSAT process so far (started studying in July): 1) Reasoning - I've been doing a lot more of this recently and …
... had similar problems with MBT and Parallel questions. I didn't really ... them!
For assumption family questions in LR you need to ... essentially correct. Keep on pushing.... and know your conditional logic like ... -
Are the tests getting harder??So, for some background. I took the June test and did well but not the score I was looking for. I was planning on taking the test yesterday and the r…
... , complete the passage, and pseudo-sufficient assumptions, whereas older tests ... more on sufficient assumptions, and must be true questions, both of ... them, given their heavy and neat conditional logic.
... though eventually tangible ways. And by the way, I ... -
sufficient assumption questionsHey I am having a tough time with sufficient assumptions for some reason. Did anyone else have a harder time with them and find a resource that reall…
hey @DEC_LSAT sufficient assumption questions usually rely heavily on conditional ... mastery command over these principles, sufficient assumptions questions should generally become "gimme ... -
Identifying AssumptionsMost LR questions have a missing assumption and I think that is where I am having trouble. Sometimes the assumptions are very fuzzy to me...it's like…
... verbiage in the stimulus and identify the argument core ... first then the reasoning and figure out why the ... to just practice doing assumption family type questions untimed at first. ... Really get good at finding the conclusion and ... -
Falling behind my study schedule - How do you get back on track?Hey guys! Hope studying is going well! Recently, since starting 7sage a month ago, I've been making pretty solid progress in terms of going through t…
... sometimes legitimately impede studying and it is from my experience ... drilling LG while my groomsmen and I were getting ready. ... do to get something productive and related to the LSAT ... with review or 15 sufficient assumption problems) and push back your test ... -
PT72.S2.Q12 - humans' emotional tendenciesOk so I'm doing my blind review, and when I initially did the test I chose the correct answer even though I wasn't happy with it because it seemed mo…
... the moment and it looks like another necessary assumption with ... />
Read the stimulus and saw the gap immediately between ... this is not necessary and when negated it actually ... br /> E: this is a sufficient assumption answer choice:
premise ... -
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…
... sufficient assumption is to bridge the gap between the premises and the conclusion and ... -
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…
... huge time blank (40,000yers and thousands of yrs) isn' ... ...)
Neanderthals and people (Homo sapiens) did coexist ... time" is not a necessary assumption here.
... same time) would be a sufficient assumption: as you said, they ... -
Struggling with Flaws--How Do I get BetterThis is my weakest Question Type, and although I have practiced memorizing all 20 flaws I have trouble recognizing them on the LSAT because I am ofte…
... improved my accuracy on flaw questions significantly after drilling around 60 ... I would BR them thoroughly and then watch J.Y. explanation ... in my score very shortly, and this helped me to see ... is necessary but not sufficient to master flaw questions, you got to ... -
RC: Infer questionHi, I found I miss points especially on this question. Sometimes we have to find info from sentences located in different place in passages...and…
... guessing what information would be sufficient to entail each answer choice ... more like identifying the missing assumption and then verifying that "oh, that ... kind of an attitude thing and, yes, there it is in ... -
Faster timing on Weakening Q's?Hey everyone! I just wanted some suggestions or techniques for approaching weakening q's. I'm finding that while timing myself, I take a longer time …
... to find all the assumption which the argument makes ... For some other weakening questions especially the more difficult ... for answering such harder weakening questions.
... her personal approach to weaken and strengthen questions
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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…
... types of questions. For example , Inference questions usually require ... many conditionals are present and which ones are proving ... attention to the silent assumption... sometimes its very silent ... that points to this assumption and how the author automatically ... -
Big Discrepancy between Blind Review scores and Timed scoresSo I'm taking the December LSAT and I'm stressing super hard because I still can't get the timing aspect of the test down. I have the concepts down e…
... I was getting stuck on questions and over-investing time. You're ... time consuming (Parallel Flaw/Reasoning and Principle Application). So when I ... a passage with 8 questions and leave the one with ... the ones with the most questions and the subject matters/game ... -
How to fall in love with something you detestHey everyone, I think we all face during our LSAT prep a particular dislike for a certain question type or a section. For me it was Necessary…
... when I drank coffee and I put extra marshamllows ... the experience even better, and yes I like marshmallows ... positive for me -coffee and marshamallows- with Neccessary Assumption questions.
and NA questions are on better terms ... -
How to fall in love with something you detestHey everyone, I think we all face during our LSAT prep a particular dislike for a certain question type or a section. For me it was Necessary…
@dennisgerrard said:
I would say Principle question is my weakness.
Keep working and I am confident one day you will not have Principle questions as your weaknesses. You will do great. Good Luck
