The Official October 2015 Study Group Forum

ltowns1 · Post by **ltowns1** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:50 pm

nlee10 wrote:Due to stupid studying habits early on in my LSAT study journey, I took PT 39 for 3rd (yes) time today. I don't have any fresh tests left besides the one in the latest SuperPrep.

Scored a 174 but not banking on much as far as having a reliable PT range.

I feel you, even though I did a few in the 50's early on I still have everyone from 55-71 to do fresh

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:14 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:44 pm

What are y'all reading for RC prep?

somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:50 pm

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Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:00 am

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SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:20 am

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:22 am

somethingelse55 wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:What are y'all reading for RC prep?
You mean other than timed sections, I assume?

I've just gotten started on The Critique of Pure Reason. I was a philosophy major though, so I'm probably better equipped to tackle it than many others.

Good luck with that. I had a class on it and it's totally doable if you force yourself through it and have notes or a teacher to explain the hardest parts, but the effort/reward isn't great. Kant really was a terrible writer; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:33 am

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Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:43 am

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Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:47 am

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:08 am

Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:
somethingelse55 wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:What are y'all reading for RC prep?
You mean other than timed sections, I assume?

I've just gotten started on The Critique of Pure Reason. I was a philosophy major though, so I'm probably better equipped to tackle it than many others.
Good luck with that. I had a class on it and it's totally doable if you force yourself through it and have notes or a teacher to explain the hardest parts, but the effort/reward isn't great. Kant really was a terrible writer; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Probably because English isn't his native language? My German profs went on for days about how you can't understand Kant unless you read it in German. Having read only a tiny bit I kinda see where they're coming from. In German it's totally acceptable (ok, kind of) to have sentence long paragraphs.

There's actually a joke that Germans read Kant in English because its easier.

My professor was both German and a world expert on Kant, and they agreed that Kant's writing is often unnecessarily difficult and that it even contains errors on occasion (unless you do some serious interpretive contortions). It's true that many of the people who can't understand Kant just aren't smart or diligent enough, but there are points in the book where even a genius would be confused, and I think we can blame the author in such cases.

Do you guys have the Cambridge book? That's what we used.

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:47 am

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Sera Numquam · Post by **Sera Numquam** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:53 am

Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:
Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:
somethingelse55 wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:What are y'all reading for RC prep?
You mean other than timed sections, I assume?

I've just gotten started on The Critique of Pure Reason. I was a philosophy major though, so I'm probably better equipped to tackle it than many others.
Good luck with that. I had a class on it and it's totally doable if you force yourself through it and have notes or a teacher to explain the hardest parts, but the effort/reward isn't great. Kant really was a terrible writer; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Probably because English isn't his native language? My German profs went on for days about how you can't understand Kant unless you read it in German. Having read only a tiny bit I kinda see where they're coming from. In German it's totally acceptable (ok, kind of) to have sentence long paragraphs.
There's actually a joke that Germans read Kant in English because its easier.

My professor was both German and a world expert on Kant, and they agreed that Kant's writing is often unnecessarily difficult and that it even contains errors on occasion (unless you do some serious interpretive contortions). It's true that many of the people who can't understand Kant just aren't smart or diligent enough, but there are points in the book where even a genius would be confused, and I think we can blame the author in such cases.

Do you guys have the Cambridge book? That's what we used.
No idea what version I had, it was a while ago.

My German profs also told that joke. I just remember reading it going "I feel like there's a part of this picture I'm missing out on". Not really confused, just parts weren't there. I was good enough at German one to try reading it... But I never actually tried. Kinda regret it.

I have the Cambridge packets for LG up to 38 and the workbooks for LG and LR for 51-70.

pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:57 pm

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Zel · Post by **Zel** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:39 pm

RZ5646 wrote:What are y'all reading for RC prep?

Luckily the course I'm in right now requires the reading of dense primary historical documents written by scientists, so it's pretty good prep. Will probably read the Economist and some political philosophy once that's over in Sept.

Side note: my significant other picked up my LSAT book today and scored -3, -4 on timed LR blind. Kinda annoyed that my blind scores seem mundane now (-2, -5)

lol. Just a good reminder to stay grounded I guess -- plenty of people just as smart or smarter than me!

PatriotP74 · Post by **PatriotP74** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:05 pm

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pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:15 pm

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somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:25 pm

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:28 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:37 pm

pittsburghpirates wrote:Did the other retakers know about TLS during their first take? I sure didn't when I took it 3 years ago. Having it this go around = complete game changer

Most of the prelaw people I know are completely clueless. Showing them TLS would be like Prometheus giving fire to man.

whacka · Post by **whacka** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:43 pm

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pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:57 pm

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