A lot of LSAT prep companies are totally wrong about "Assumption" questions.
It makes me sooooo angry when when students come to me confused about why they're having trouble with these questions....
when their problem stems from the fact that most of what they've been taught about these questions is WRONG!
First off, there's no such thing as an "Assumption" question. Formulas like:
[Evidence] + [Assumption] = [Conclusion]
WON'T
HELP
YOU
At least, not if you're looking to increase your score above the 150s.
There are two types -
Necessary Assumption questions
and....
Sufficient Assumption questions
And they ask you to do COMPLETELY different things!!!!
and
If you confuse one for the other....
YOU'RE (PROBABLY) GONNA GET IT WRONG.
Because a lot of times, LSAC makes the tempting wrong answer to a necessary assumption question a sufficient assumption (and vice-versa)...
And they put it before the correct answer (so most people never get to it).
They've been doing this for decades.
My favorite example is PrepTest 30, Section 2, Q22 (one of the hardest LSAT questions of all time for this very reason).
As I think more about it, one of the reasons this issue pisses me off so much is because all this confusion around "Assumption" questions gave me a lot of trouble back when I was prepping.
And I don't want you to go through the same trouble I did.
Next time, I'll be sharing with you some of the biggest mistakes I made while I was studying for the LSAT.
Stay logical,
Steve
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