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SA Q: how to know which premise to use, and which useless?Hey all, So for some SA Q that use logic and are formulaic, there are cases where there are 2 premises in the stimulus, and it turns out that you'…
... link the conclusion. Rather, view the conclusion as your destination and think of the premises as your ... business from premises that specify increasing and decreasing? Think of the contrapositives. ... sure that that analysis could be avoided with a rule of ... -
RC Question Types Webinar NotesSpecial shoutouts to @DumbHollywoodActor, @"Quick Silver", and @"Nicole Hopkins" for this amazing webinar because without them I never would have had…
... the elements of general organization to understand a bird’s eye view of a ... there will be a TRAP ANSWER CHOICE that gives the MP of the entire ... that you’re only wanting to support/attack the support between the premises not the premises/… -
PT79 The Virus GameI'd like to share my method I used for this game. I thought this game fell into the category of "sounds weird and looks weird, but is actually simple…
... computers, then I would think of the diagram as A connected to exactly 2 lines ... want to think about what could be the first __ that transfers a virus ... letter that transfers to both R and S, almost everything else will ... -
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…
... the Conditional in the Premises to the Sub Conclusion to get
Premises
- Maintaining a ... of back, but does the stimulus say that having a ... the Premises to be true and only question the support ... if we accept the Premises as true cant we ... -
Getting better at LR questionsHello, everyone! I have been spending a lot of my time really grinding and mastering the LG section. I felt this section needed the most improvem…
... confusing. Think of the ACs as a gaunlet (I hate cheesy illustrations, but this will have ... firm your grasp is of the argument (i.e. premises, conclusion, and perhaps most ... exceedingly tempting.
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Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... this will be a flaw in some of the more difficult questions. That looks like a ... given two premises. One of them is a fact about a phenomena. The other one ... don't think this would strengthen the argument. The conclusion is not that the Doctor is ... -
PT15.S3.Q23 - Asbestos is a silent killer (Still in need of second opinion!)Could a kind 7sager double-check my logic? After reading the argument, I thought it was well-supported. If it is in fact a poor argument, could someo…
... risks. I honestly don't think AC D weakens it, ... that the government would eventually have to disturb it regardless of the ... will cause a health risk if disturbed. If I accept your argument that the premises ... jeopardy as well since it might not cause a health ... -
difference between PSAr and PSAawhere can I find a lesson on the difference between these two question types?
... on a set of fact premises, and will be in need of a "rule" that strengthens the argument ... can also think of the "rule" as a "principle."
In the "find the application" (PSAa ... -
Mistake by LSAC? Pizzerias LR Sufficient Assumption Question.Explanation (2 mins): https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-40-section-1-question-21/ Question 21 on PrepTest 40 Section 1: Pizzerias are the …
... /> As a general matter, we often treat plural subjects as referring to all of the group - that ... /> I also don't think the "pizzeria" in the conclusion is meant only to ... it that we can see the examples above as biconditionals, but there other uses of "the ... -
Three Ways to Weaken?What are the three ways to weaken an argument again? I only remember alternative hypothesis. I swear there was a lesson that taught this but I don't …
... the conclusion. The implicit assumption is that these premises support the concluded conclusion, ... that if the sky is clear in the morning it will not change for the ... think of weakening questions as questions that ask you to weaken the relationship between the ... -
Need help making sense of the logic lessons - How useful and practical they are?Hi, there! I'm what some universities call a "mature student". I have a full time job, I have two small kids, a house to take care of. So my "free" t…
... two small kids, a house to take care of. So my " ... retake the tests a hundred times I would start to see all that ... when I try to highlight the conclusion, identify the premises, do some logic "board ... should skip to another part of the curriculum, or maybe just ... -
What do we think of these new rankings (2019)?What do you guys think of the new USNWR rankings? I was thrilled to see Berkeley jump up from #12 to #9 since it's one of my top choices. But I wo…
What do you guys think of the new USNWR rankings?
I ... #9 since it's one of my top choices. But I ... I also wonder how much the rankings will influence employment outcomes, if ... -
Conditional Logic, valid & invalid argumentsEven though conditional logic seemed easy when I went through the CC, it continues to trip me up on harder questions, so I'm reviewing some basics: …
... , the conclusion _must be true_. Basic valid argument examples include **affirming the sufficient** (A-> ... we can think of the range as up to 50 because more than that is ... -
Burnout (?) - Allow me to express my worries and ask for some adviceHello dear community, first of all, besides the high-quality content 7sage provides, I'd like to express my admiration for the positivity among th…
... burnout, I'm afraid that this break will be unnecessary and won ... as "fun" would not really fulfill the purpose of taking a break...
That ... do you think is the best way to get into the routine of a fixed ... -
Strategies for 20 points Improvement from 150s to 170s?Hi. Is there anyone who made such a drastic improvement? Would really appreciate if they can share their experience and strategies. Thanks a lot.
Siddharth, keep up the hard work. I got the same score as you on ... the RC sections. I think that there is a lot of dense material out there that will ... help a lot. One of the ... -
Nerves, Any Tips?Hey everyone! I just took Pt 72 this morning, and I was insanely nervous! I kept thinking that this this test "was it," and I ended up putting so muc…
... on TLS that mssmith85 posted.
"I also think a lot of people ... have will be at the exact same time as the real test will be, they will ... important to realize that most of the test day factors that will test your mentality ... -
LR: strengthen and weakenOk so am I the only pretty little law geek that finds these questions tough? Lol I'm not bad at LR overall but these questions trip me up quite often…
... , I especially like to think of the flaw as what the argument is failing to ... hard to anticipate what a weakening correct answer will look like because ... that something the argument failed to consider that might make the conclusion less likely ?”, the correct ... -
June 2016 vs September 2016I am trying to decide which LSAT to take, June 2016 or September 2016. I know these types of questions have been asked over and over again but respon…
... , but think of the LSAT as a simple precursor for Law School, where we will be ... that are not accounted for in the Ultimate schedule.
Using the ... prep.
A quick note, is that you can help make ... -
Difference between the terms premise and support?I just finished the Assumptions and Weakening lessons. I feel like I'm following the subject matter and doing well on the questions, but sometimes ge…
... to think of the premise as the explicitly stated sentence(s) in the argument. The "support" is how that ... the "support assumption" will be incredibly easy to make.
Example (with a ... -
PT45.S1.Q24 - in criminal proceedingsStill trying to tease out the stimulus on this one. I don't understand what the two different DNA tests are or how they are confused or what the assu…
... , there will be a gap, a lacuna if you will, between the premises and the conclusion. This ... **any number of people** at the scene of the crime. Think about what this ... in a very technical way. The premise provided simply does not support the conclusion ... -
Minimum Scores needed to get a 150 or 155Hello, I know this seems like a weird question, but I can't find much anywhere else. I'm planning on attending a local Law School, and their median s…
... a diagram when I first started. But think of the LG as free marks on the ... usually per section. Sometimes, the 19 will drop to 16. But I ... improving. The way you want to think of it as, don't think that you need ... -
Minimum Scores needed to get a 150 or 155Hello, I know this seems like a weird question, but I can't find much anywhere else. I'm planning on attending a local Law School, and their median s…
... a diagram when I first started. But think of the LG as free marks on the ... usually per section. Sometimes, the 19 will drop to 16. But I ... improving. The way you want to think of it as, don't think that you need ... -
Reading Comp after CC is doneI was wondering what the best way to approach RC is following completion of CC. I usually miss between 8 and 4 consistently, but that's too wide a ra…
... just review the hell out of the RC passages that come from the PTs you ... PTing, it will happen when you review and drill things that, in ... you know you need the improvement. Think of a practice test as getting an MRI ... -
PT6.S3.Q19 - Amy McConnell is considering runningHey guys, I'm doing some LR drills and I can't seem to wrap my head around the correct answer for this question. Here's my lawgic for the stimulus: …
... ---> Run
Think of the stimulus as an unnecessarily and unpleasantly convoluted ... no scandalous record. In that case, the only choice left to McConnell ... : If Lutz has a large campaign fund she will not run; even ... -
how often do you write out/visualize LR question?hey all, in many of JY's LR explanation videos, he often visualizes the LR stimulus - either by drawing something, or diagramming, or putting some…
I think JY is writing it down ... to be one of the few questions at the end that you circled and ... the stimulus it is very tough and to understand it you will ... miss on the complexity of the grammar as writing is simplifying it. A lot of the answer ... -
Do Schools Average Test Scores? (delay vs. not delay)Dear 7sage, I am, yes, still deciding whether to take the dang test tomorrow, and I'm trying to gauge the effects of taking it again to get a high…
... from the stand point of getting the best applicants. If you think of the LSAT as an ... think of it rather than as learnable which it is then students scores will ... the highest score because that determines their ranking. If a school has a median of a ... -
Why law?Hello, everyone! I hope the LSAT prep is going as intended. So, here's a question just out of curiosity. Why law? Why do we want to study law, and …
... at Emory, as well as UCI, for different opportunities outside of the classroom.
the world that are part of the community there. Those folks will know a lot better the ... true. Like I said, I think that question is better posed to ... -
Why law?Hello, everyone! I hope the LSAT prep is going as intended. So, here's a question just out of curiosity. Why law? Why do we want to study law, and …
... at Emory, as well as UCI, for different opportunities outside of the classroom.
the world that are part of the community there. Those folks will know a lot better the ... true. Like I said, I think that question is better posed to ... -
Value in Attending LSAC Law School ForumHey Team, Is there a competitive value in attending the LSAC Law School Forum? That is, does attending the forum and (electronically) engaging wit…
Think of the forum as informative. It's not going ... to know more about the application process in general and financing law ... school.
In the past ... me, that was a major benefit. I'm not sure how that will work ... -
NA questionsIs the answer choice of a NA question supposed to be a necessary assumption only between premises and conclusion or it can also be a necessary assump…
... premises and conclusion?
You can think of the NA as an assumption where, if the conclusion ... the conclusion is valid. In essence, the SA is basically a “hidden” premise that validates the conclusion. The ...
