The Official December 2014 Study Group Forum

[BillPackets]

Please share more of your RC tips as you learn them.

ETA - I kicked ass on the last 3 passages. got 3 or 4 more wrong I think. yea I know this sucks but it's an improvement ; 0

Best RC tip while answering choices: which answer is supported by the passage? Wrong answers often combine things you read in the text in an incorrect manner, or use language that is similar to the language used in the text. Don't be fooled. This can be subtle--such as a wrong answer mentioning something in the plural form when the passage only mentioned a singular instance.

HTH

[Smallville]

Please share more of your RC tips as you learn them.

ETA - I kicked ass on the last 3 passages. got 3 or 4 more wrong I think. yea I know this sucks but it's an improvement ; 0

Best RC tip while answering choices: which answer is supported by the passage? Wrong answers often combine things you read in the text in an incorrect manner, or use language that is similar to the language used in the text. Don't be fooled. This can be subtle--such as a wrong answer mentioning something in the plural form when the passage only mentioned a singular instance.

HTH

didnt recognize ya there Bill... threw me off with that 'tar

[mist4bison]

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[BillPackets]

Please share more of your RC tips as you learn them.

ETA - I kicked ass on the last 3 passages. got 3 or 4 more wrong I think. yea I know this sucks but it's an improvement ; 0

Best RC tip while answering choices: which answer is supported by the passage? Wrong answers often combine things you read in the text in an incorrect manner, or use language that is similar to the language used in the text. Don't be fooled. This can be subtle--such as a wrong answer mentioning something in the plural form when the passage only mentioned a singular instance.

HTH

didnt recognize ya there Bill... threw me off with that 'tar

Yeah it's lame

[Smallville]

Yeah it's lame

and yet you keep it

[jrdavila09]

rough morning.. Got called into work at 4 AM.. our new Q.C. building got robbed into and they stole the copper and lab equipment.. then i tried doing some LG and RC at work but I failed... HELP ME!!!! I NEED SOMETHING STRONGER THEN COFFEE!!!

[nlee10]

[nlee10]

[longhorn65]

For the which of the following could be true questions in LG how do you all approach them? do you test each answer choice or is there a faster way?

[Rigo]

[Smallville]

For the which of the following could be true questions in LG how do you all approach them? do you test each answer choice or is there a faster way?

depends on which question it is. If its the 3rd or 4th question of the game you may have a diagram from a previous question that already answers it without having to test it (could also refer to an inference you could make from the start so it may be testing if you got all the inferences at the start) but if none of the above give you the answer then yeah I would say youd have to test each answer (IMO)

[Smallville]

PT'ing in a bit. Hopefully this will get my mind back in the game for PT55 this weekend.

gotta remember to print this at work

[nlee10]

[nlee10]

[mist4bison]

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[nlee10]

[peppermint]

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[BillPackets]

Hey guys, how do you do the could/can be false LG questions? I like Must be False because it's pretty straightforward but Can Be False q's just confuse me

ETA- what I mean is, are the incorrect answer choices the ones that can be true, while the correct one is not necessarily true? I think I'm confusing myself further just by thinking about it

Must be trues are wrong

[longhorn65]

For the which of the following could be true questions in LG how do you all approach them? do you test each answer choice or is there a faster way?

I usually read through first and am able to eliminate a couple from previous scenarios or find the correct answer. If it's like question 2, I sometimes will leave it for last and use the boards from the previous questions. After that I try the one I think is right. I feel like usually there is a rule where you're like "that looks right" just after reading it. If I try and it isn't correct, then I roll through the rest.

ETA: I feel like the majority of the time, the other boards will help you determine the answer, which is why I leave these for last. You don't want to spend a couple minutes on a question and then in the next question create a board that gives you the answer to the CBT question you've already answered.

In this regard, I like conditional questions where you can kind of have to make a new miniboard. That then usually aids in with CBT/MBT.

Thanks all! I always for get to use my dang mini boards. Also are all of you sinked up on a testing schedule? It seems like many are pretty close on testing days and tests

[peppermint]

[nlee10]

[madz]

Hey guys, how do you do the could/can be false LG questions? I like Must be False because it's pretty straightforward but Can Be False q's just confuse me

As soon as I read the words "could be false" my inner LSAT bloodhound switches to Must Be True mode. I usually go down the AC's and check off MBT in my head (check marks, NOT cross out)...

If the sky is purple, the water is red. If the water is red, it's because there is blood in the water from the werewolf I killed.
The sky is purple.

Which of the following could be false?
a) There is blood in the water "...Must be true, check."
b) I killed a werewolf "...Must be true, check."
c) The water is red "...Must be true, check."
d) I was attacked by a werewolf "...Must be... wat? circle."
e) The sky is purple "obv"

[jrdavila09]

Been doing PT 54 through out the day(untimed). Then reviewing it at home after work! Lets see how this goes!

[Smallville]

Hey guys, how do you do the could/can be false LG questions? I like Must be False because it's pretty straightforward but Can Be False q's just confuse me

As soon as I read the words "could be false" my inner LSAT bloodhound switches to Must Be True mode. I usually go down the AC's and check off MBT in my head (check marks, NOT cross out)...

If the sky is purple, the water is red. If the water is red, it's because there is blood in the water from the werewolf I killed.
The sky is purple.

Which of the following could be false?
a) There is blood in the water "...Must be true, check."
b) I killed a werewolf "...Must be true, check."
c) The water is red "...Must be true, check."
d) I was attacked by a werewolf "...Must be... wat? circle."
e) The sky is purple "obv"

I lol @'d this... but nice example