Top Law Schools

Daily_Double wrote:Cambridge drilling and an RC section:

RC: PT 12, first two passages untimed, second two timed, using my watch, I got curious after the second passage, (about 17 minutes for passages 3 and 4), -3, #9, 16, 17. Number 16 was a stupid mistake, one I can't believe I let myself do. RC I'm coming at you hard.

Games: Undetermined Assignment, level 3
p20, (7:05), -0
p21, (8:18), -0
p22, (6:18), -0
p23, (7:38), -0

Check out p21, it gave me some time trouble, PT 32, S3, G1

Flaw: 75 questions, levels 1, 2, and 3, -3, #101, #176, #185, (85:58)

Daily_Double wrote: You misunderstood me, it would appear that you interpreted that to mean that I had read/finished all of the flaw questions, multiple times. This is my fourth time drilling flaws from Cambridge but I have not repeated any problems yet. Your strategy sounds really good though, good luck.

weathercoins wrote:Just finished Manhattan LG. timing is still an issue but starting to improve. Would y'all recommend drilling now or doing the Powerscore Bible? Also starting the LRB now.

crazyrobin wrote:

Daily_Double wrote: You misunderstood me, it would appear that you interpreted that to mean that I had read/finished all of the flaw questions, multiple times. This is my fourth time drilling flaws from Cambridge but I have not repeated any problems yet. Your strategy sounds really good though, good luck.

I feel like DD is going to kick some ass in the coming June.
Man, I'll try my best to catch up.

Striderite3 wrote:I'm getting the feeling that a non-trivial amount of people are tackling one section (LG/LR/RC) at a time. I had just came to accept that it was most beneficial to tackle each of them 1/3,1/3,1/3. I am pretty weak in all of the areas so I think the best approach would still be to stick to a pithypike-esque study plan and slowly build on all three sections. Do you guys agree? Honestly the idea of tackling one section at a time appeals to me more, but I want to use my prep time efficiently. Thanks!

crazyrobin wrote:

Daily_Double wrote: So after doing a little bit more digging, I have found this reply, which both criticizes TLS members for creating new threads for RC tips and offers RC tips for TLS members. As you can tell, my copy and pasting abilities, due to laziness mostly, are not up to par for this website, so in the spirit of full disclosure, the above was posted by Kurst. Thanks Kurst and CardozoLaw09, I'm going to focus on RC for the next three days, then review everything, and hopefully start timed PTs the first week of January. Good luck guys

Hi Daily_Double,

As a ETS taker (GRE) I found LSAT RC to be extremely challenging, let alone English is not my first language. But I found Manhattan RC guide to be extremely helpful by breaking down every paragraphs. I took PT 1 RC two months ago and got -10..... Now I can consistently gouge -5 or -4 on PTs ( 1-20 mostly, not the 50-60). I know I still have a lot to go, but for me RC is more like a balance between real understanding and timing. Voyager's note taking is superb, with his/her approach, I managed to save a lot of time when I have to go back to the passage to look for details.

I also found one piece of advice on Manhattan LSAT forum to be extremely helpful. It's about reading slowly and carefully, which I think is paramount importance for me to digest the passage, it may take a bit longer, but when you pick up your pace, you should be able to attack questions within the time constraint.

This is posted by one of Manhattan LSAT instructors Patrick, http://www.manhattanlsat.com/forums/rc- ... 01c09eb275

Yes, when reviewing (or when practicing an RC passage untimed), I think you should try to find line references to support your chosen answer and you should try to identify the words in each incorrect answer choice that break it (pick as few words as possible ... almost half the time, there's just one word breaking an answer choice).

In terms of better retention, there's no easy fix for that. That's what makes some people "better readers" than others (and why LSAC chooses to test us on this). I'm not saying we're innately a certain kind of reader, but through good/bad habits over many years, we are definitely not all on a level playing field when it comes to reading/retention ability.

I think you'll find that you can improve a lot at your retention if you really start with an enthusiastic blank slate and read slowly enough that you give your brain time to understand every sentence.

Some sentences are awkward and confusing: re-read them.

Sometimes you lose your focus and don't know what you just read: re-read it.

Sometimes you're unclear about how the current sentence relates to stuff you just: go back and re-read the stuff before the current sentence to make sure you understand it.

Many people reading this will probably say, "Hey, won't that take too much time?"

Yes? No? It depends.

For me, reading slowly enough to fully comprehend the material means that I will be able to get through questions much more quickly.

For others, it could be that reading this slowly take more time and barely increases their retention, in which case the extra time wasn't worth it.

You'll have to experiment with your reading habits to see whether it would behoove you to read something more closely.

As a (fun?) experiment for yourself, try reading an RC passage TWICE, yes - twice! - before you go to the questions.

Theoretically, reading it twice should give you pretty good comprehension. (And on the second read, you'll probably skim the sentences you remember well, but dig into the sentences you didn't really get the first time -- or suddenly understand their relevance to the big picture)

If you find that answering the questions is easier and more accurate after having this augmented understanding, then you'll see the payoff of better retention and maybe be able to try to make your first read more like a 1st/2nd read put together (i.e. only re-reading the parts you need to for optimal comprehension).

Good luck!

crazyrobin wrote:Quick question, do you guys verify answer choices when doing game?
E.g when doing could be true questions, do you just shoot and go or you eliminate the must be false one?

kendradh wrote:Okay, dumb question time: what are you all using for drills? Everyone mentions Cambridge bundles, but when I look them up on Amazon or whatnot, I'm not sure exactly what people are using. Is it the "All XX number of analytical reasoning questions from preptests X-XX," etc.? I plan on taking 30 PTs, but I obviously want to avoid repeat questions, at least as much as I can, and it seems people are drilling from resources other than PTs.

Again, please excuse the dumb question. I feel like I've spent half the time so far prepping for LSAT just deciphering acronyms and figuring out study group shorthand.

TheMostDangerousLG wrote:
http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/

crazyrobin wrote:

TheMostDangerousLG wrote:
http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/

Is RC by type worth investment? Or I guess my underlying question is will attack different types ( humanity, law, science etc ) of RC passages help me to improve on RC?

TheMostDangerousLG wrote:http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/

A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:

TheMostDangerousLG wrote:http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/

I never noticed the writing sample prompts. That's pretty hardcore.

TheMostDangerousLG wrote:

kendradh wrote:Okay, dumb question time: what are you all using for drills? Everyone mentions Cambridge bundles, but when I look them up on Amazon or whatnot, I'm not sure exactly what people are using. Is it the "All XX number of analytical reasoning questions from preptests X-XX," etc.? I plan on taking 30 PTs, but I obviously want to avoid repeat questions, at least as much as I can, and it seems people are drilling from resources other than PTs.

Again, please excuse the dumb question. I feel like I've spent half the time so far prepping for LSAT just deciphering acronyms and figuring out study group shorthand.

http://www.cambridgelsat.com/problem-sets/