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Benefit of retaking PTs?About a month ago, a user posted that they had scored in the high 170s on a fresh PT. Their method of studying was to take and retake a group of mode…
... you. A perfect example of this is the unicorn/centaur question on ... times when I do retakes and think to myself, "Oh I sort of ... remember this question about the ... as soon as a start reading the stimulus I know about where in ... -
there is no way the dinosaur game is one of the hardestthat game is cake compared to games with the super random, sneaky rules (like the television program one with 0.5 slots and whole slots, and you had …
And the Dinosaur game isn't too hard when you get your board and everything set up. I think what's most difficult about it is the shock of reading the stimulus and going wtf? -
Pacing Issues with LR. How do you find your groove?For the past couple weeks now I have been doing timed LR sections and I noticed that I have been going too fast, completing all 25 questions within t…
... looking for when I read the question stem, but I think the real ... problem for me is that whenever I'm reading the stimulus ... are my weakness. Out of the flaw questions I still get ... wrong after BR, the videos highlight certain questions or ... -
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 ...
What do you mean when you say you didn't ... asked? Why do you think you didn't understand it ... goes beyond the scope of the stimulus, with its talk of any other word ... -
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…
... PTing that high, a couple of things could have happened:
the question wrong or do you always think that you ... read a particular type of question wrong when it ... you have. Maybe it's reading the stimulus or answer choices too fast ... -
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…
... longer time on the other hand when someone master the concepts she develops ... choice while reading the stimulus are also required.
I think mastering the fundamentals ... to see improvements and most of it occurred after I went ... -
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…
... on reading all of the ACs.
In the beginning phase of my ... you.
I think LR strategy is different for ... a prediction I had while reading the stimulus?
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... type like the paradox Q's you mentioned, I think you should ... .
> But the problem is when I do skip those ... better. 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 ... -
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…
... used to the format of the test, such as simply reading the stimulus, requires some ... 'throw aways' at the beginning of the PT phase, or to ... and such. I just think 30 PTs from 52- ... with a panacea for when it comes to this ... it in 10 years, when we are just going to ... -
How to approach a really long MBT/MSS stimulihi guys, so when you have a SUPER long inference Q, how do you approach such questions? I know that for argument type questions, we MUST understa…
... we are doing. In the case of long stimulus for MBT and MSS ... more simple than you think. In many cases the correct AC falls ... . This leaves a lot of the stimulus as fluff. The hard part is identifying ... like trying to do when I'm reading the stimulus is to see if ... -
Timed vs untimed practice testsI seem to be paralyzed when it comes to timed tests and am wondering if changing my approach might help. I have now taken 4 practice tests and scored…
... thoughts after reading the stimulus or passage before attacking the answer choices. ... strong of an understanding of the fundamentals as maybe you think. I ... also comes from recognizing when a question is beyond ... describe that as recognizing when a question is too ... -
Confusing Bi-Conditional vs. Not Both in LGHi all, I saw a 7sager already posted a similar question (see https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/13716), but I'm less confused about what h…
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I think it's because representing is ... confusing. When you first start reading the stimulus of PT23.S1.Game 3, you think this ... there are two teams within the In Group (selected group). ... 2 with three people, and the Out group with one person ... -
PT63.S3.Q18 - the probability of avoiding heart diseaseCan someone explain to me how A is right. I understood the argument to be a generalization because it goes from talking about lowering dairy food int…
So your way of thinking about the stimulus is correct. Heart ... a subset of what we take into account when we calculate ... reading the stimulus.
This is not to say that do not think ... the exact flaw in the stimulus, because avoiding dairy lowers risk of ... -
Consensus on this LG method?In the "Logic Games Habits for Speed and Accuracy" section J.Y. lays out a particular approach. > As you start a new LG, always put your pencil d…
... practice (FP)? It seems that reading the stimulus/rules twice would really be ... a chance to visualize the board and think about how you want ... /> When you go into the diagramming already having an idea of what the game ... -
Strategies for the last 10 or so LR questions?Hello, So I'm finding that I'm doing fairly well on the LR section until I get to Q's18-26 and then for some reason, I can't get a hold of the rem…
... of the whole to the parts and vice versa ;P
I think the ... the reading in the stimulus to be pretty much the same difficulty for the entirety of LR. The ... even when you know what the correct answer choice is... and when you ... -
Step 0: Reading the Question Stem First7Sage recommends reading the question stem first. I will start to play with this. However, in the Powerscore books they say DON"T read the question…
... - or herself and the rest when making a recommendation to the latter. Like ... do raise a number of reasonable points for reading the stimulus first; it does ... quite a number of people too. I just think that for people ... -
Mostly Strongly SupportedI am still in the process of going through these lessons so I might be ahead of myself but is there a formula for tackling most strongly support ques…
... an inference of the conclusion but I find myself re-reading the stimulus over and ... over again then staring at the screen.
When ... just be another premise. I think the problem with that idea is ... -
Narrowing Down to Two Answer Choices then Choosing the Wrong Answer. Help!I took my first preptest yesterday and I was disappointed with my score. For all of the questions that I got wrong I was able to eliminate all of the…
... the trap AC. Working on reading the stimulus and AC closer and understanding the parameters of ... that talks about all cars when the stimulus talks about German cars and ... weakeners.
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High 160s Plateau..My most recent fresh preptest was PT80 during which I scored a 167. My score seems to hover in that region. Any advice on piercing that veil? Gene…
... helped me significantly is abandoning the reading the stimulus first beforehand, and getting ... will say that when I approach the LR section and ... . I think I just read the passages for the gist of them. I ... those things. When I search for the main point I ... -
BR score 10 points greater than timed PT score-How to close the gap?I am scoring in the 165-170 range and my BR score shot up by +10 points. Granted, I did my BR across 2 days, 2 sections each. I was plateauing fo…
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> I think the bigger question to ask is ... not moving on from the first couple of questions when they give your ... spent this extra time reading the stimulus and instead of attacking it, I am ... -
Having trouble with MSSHi everyone! I am in the beginning stages of my LSAT prep but am having issues with MSS questions. Any suggestions on how to improve? I have yet t…
... is made when the sentences are combined. For example, If the Stimulus reads: All ... inferences after you have finished reading the stimulus, you will be much faster ... restatement of a particular sentence in the stimulus.
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Is it common to not finish maybe 2 or 3 questions on the LR on time?I always take too much time on the first half of the section and rush to the second time. I've taken 10 preptests so far, and 7 of which I have at le…
... through it once just reading the stimulus and doing a prephrase ... through the section again answering the questions using just the information ... /> Finally, I run through the section again. If I get ...
The best analogy I can think of is when a car racer ... -
Trouble with SA and PSA Questions, help!Hi all, I've been studying for a little over 7 months but I've always had trouble with Sufficient Assumption and Pseudo Sufficient Assumption ques…
... aspects of the stimulus.
> I don't think JYs ... the principles of lawgic but I have a lot of trouble when the ... doing it at the end after reading the stimulus and therefore it ... understanding and therefore when you read the conclusion you should ... -
LR not improving anymoreI started studying for the LSAT in May with about 7 wrong on per LR section, and 10 wrong on RC, and 7 for LG. My scores became consistent in the low…
... of intuitive sense is developed going forward when I see the same type of ... again because the wrong answers ... go slower on reading the stimulus and think of flaws to the argument, before reading the ACs. (Flaw ... -
LR not improving anymoreI started studying for the LSAT in May with about 7 wrong on per LR section, and 10 wrong on RC, and 7 for LG. My scores became consistent in the low…
... of intuitive sense is developed going forward when I see the same type of ... again because the wrong answers ... go slower on reading the stimulus and think of flaws to the argument, before reading the ACs. (Flaw ... -
How to properly analyze the relationship between the Premises and Conclusions w. Conditionals?!LR Question Referring To: PT#J07 S#3 Q#17 (Exercising muscles in one back...) Hey all! Hope all is well, I just have a question about how to prop…
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> So upon reading @Sami wonderful explanation here (https ... -june-2007-s3-q17-when-excercising-the-muscles) I saw that ... As far as the analysis goes, I again think this is not ... and proper alignment of back, but does the stimulus say that having ... -
Bombing Logic Games QuestionsHi everyone – I've been studying for a few months and am using all the study materials I can (I'll test in August or September). I am not, however…
... a priority list of thigns to do when you approach specific ... half way through reading the stimulus, not critically thinking about the hidden rules that ... before so make sure to think it through and practice ... this is done so think about why the Jedi Master.... I ... -
The Assumption FamilySo I did a little experiment and did 3 questions from each Logical Reasoning stem and found that no matter how hard I try I keep getting Strengthenin…
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Once you are done reading the stimulus, don't look at it ... in to the stimulus. Here you want to work on active reading, and ... other examples of this stimulus in other tests. It may not be the same ... all you have to think about in the answer choices is your ... -
PT71.S3.Q23-- medical school professor (this question was HARD)Hi, So the correct answer here was E. I can see why all the wrong answers are wrong, but I had a really hard time accepting that E is right becau…
When I was reading this stimulus I felt like it was ... think of it such way. The missing link is that the rudeness and lack of ... -
"Is" group 2 indicator?Can "is" be a group 2 indicator like "must"? E.g. X is Y = X->Y JY seems to treat it as such in 60.1.17
... **. Must, on the other hand, if in a stimulus, would consistently refer ... used as a translation tool when no indicators are present.
think of counter-examples in my head, everything I think of is in ...
