February 2017 LSAT Thread
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Drilled all 67 Main Conclusion / Main Point questions from PT's 1-39.
Only missed one q--a rinky dinky level two.
Overall pretty successful though. My instincts are good and I know how to parse the wording in the answer choices to find wrong answers.
Also did some easy ordering LG games. Piece of cake.
All in all, a successful first day.
Only missed one q--a rinky dinky level two.
Overall pretty successful though. My instincts are good and I know how to parse the wording in the answer choices to find wrong answers.
Also did some easy ordering LG games. Piece of cake.
All in all, a successful first day.
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Going to start going through this a bit again. Just did my first RC passage in some time. Starting easy and working my way through the Cambridge Packets...
Curious to thoughts on explanation for #1... actually switched to wrong answer doing it. Not sure why but want to make sure the understanding is correct. The fuller detail is for something else I'm doing.
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Sidenote: selling something on eBay... guy gave me a ridiculous lowball, I went down $150...they went up $25. I went down another $100. They went up another $50. I raised the price back up another $75
Signed up for December, could possibly postpone... TBD...probably will if I can't change my test center.
Curious to thoughts on explanation for #1... actually switched to wrong answer doing it. Not sure why but want to make sure the understanding is correct. The fuller detail is for something else I'm doing.
PT 8 S3 P1
rDNA
Sidenote: selling something on eBay... guy gave me a ridiculous lowball, I went down $150...they went up $25. I went down another $100. They went up another $50. I raised the price back up another $75

Signed up for December, could possibly postpone... TBD...probably will if I can't change my test center.
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blackmamba8 wrote:Rigo wrote:O.J. wrote:Curious, are you guys taking in February to get a jump start for 2018 admissions, or a late start for 2017 admissions?
Jump start for 2018.
Same. This is my last shot at it so I'm hoping to do well and have all my application materials ready to go when apps open in September.
What are you guys' dream schools? Mine's Michigan with Cornell being a close second.
Northwestern for me. I used to be close to a person or two that went there. The people that I met there had a wide range of backgrounds, from middle/high school music teachers through former Peace Corps volunteers. I loved living in Chicago (about 10 years there), and would love to end up practicing there.
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O.J. wrote:My first day of study today too. Not focused but keep re-reading the same page over and over, and watching the same video over and over. It'll click soon I hope, lol.
Onward!
Curious, are you guys taking in February to get a jump start for 2018 admissions, or a late start for 2017 admissions?
Jump start for 2018. Gonna do my apps from March-June
blackmamba8 wrote:Rigo wrote:O.J. wrote:Curious, are you guys taking in February to get a jump start for 2018 admissions, or a late start for 2017 admissions?
Jump start for 2018.
Same. This is my last shot at it so I'm hoping to do well and have all my application materials ready to go when apps open in September.
What are you guys' dream schools? Mine's Michigan with Cornell being a close second.
Stanford/Virginia then Texas. I really don't care about any other school. Maybe Duke or Chicago, but not really.
Rigo wrote:Drilled all 67 Main Conclusion / Main Point questions from PT's 1-39.
Only missed one q--a rinky dinky level two.
Overall pretty successful though. My instincts are good and I know how to parse the wording in the answer choices to find wrong answers.
Also did some easy ordering LG games. Piece of cake.
All in all, a successful first day.
Wow, that's a lot of reading.
Side-note: Since most of my books have not arrived, I am running out of work to do. I don't want to continue using the more recent tests yet. I guess I'll re-read the LR bible for now.
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grandpapy360 wrote:Hey, does anybody know which forum I post in to find a study buddy?
Threads like this probably are a good place / with a respective test date.
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Hey, all! I'm writing in February as well, using 7sage at the moment; love it! 

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O.J. wrote:Curious, are you guys taking in February to get a jump start for 2018 admissions, or a late start for 2017 admissions?
Sorta late start for 2017 admissions. I have a viable score on record that I'm using to apply from Sept 2016. Going to sit for Feb in the hopes of getting more scholly offers. I don't plan to pay for law school

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RED&BLACK wrote:Hey, all! I'm writing in February as well, using 7sage at the moment; love it!
7Sage is the shit!
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grandpapy360 wrote:
If anybody is interested in setting up a weekly study group for Feb., or if you live in the Tulsa area, then send me a PM.
Speaking of this, if anybody is looking to form an online study group to BR/go over hard questions/PT together/get more motivated PM me. Currently in the high 160's/low 170's shooting for mid 170s come feb.
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Did nothing yesterday. Going to get out of the house today so I can actually focus.
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maybeman wrote:Speaking of this, if anybody is looking to form an online study group to BR/go over hard questions/PT together/get more motivated PM me. Currently in the high 160's/low 170's shooting for mid 170s come feb.
I'd be down potentially if we can link schedules somewhat.
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Drilled Flaws today.
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Got the books for PTs 7-38 today. Gonna do a logic game section and start breaking up the LR sections by question
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Using the online Blueprint program with videos, lessons and homework. It's been pretty stellar so far. Anyone else using it? Got through a few hour of LR today, feeling confident.
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Currently drilling on Must Be True/Most Strongly Supported questions. I'm really struggling with them. Done 16 and I've missed 9 so far. Any tips?
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Decided to start drilling 5 games a day from the Cambridge packets and then watch their 7sage videos. I was going to do 5 of the same type each day, but I think doing 5 different types a day will help me get get better at transitioning from one type to another. I've struggled with that at times on full sections so I'm hoping this approach will help me improve.
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Rigo wrote:maybeman wrote:Speaking of this, if anybody is looking to form an online study group to BR/go over hard questions/PT together/get more motivated PM me. Currently in the high 160's/low 170's shooting for mid 170s come feb.
I'd be down potentially if we can link schedules somewhat.
I PT weekly and am very flexible with what test I take. We could BR?
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O.J. wrote:Using the online Blueprint program with videos, lessons and homework. It's been pretty stellar so far. Anyone else using it? Got through a few hour of LR today, feeling confident.
Damn! What is it like? I never really got anyone's personal opinion on blueprint!?
I'm really happy to hear you are liking it so far though

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blackmamba8 wrote:Decided to start drilling 5 games a day from the Cambridge packets and then watch their 7sage videos. I was going to do 5 of the same type each day, but I think doing 5 different types a day will help me get get better at transitioning from one type to another. I've struggled with that at times on full sections so I'm hoping this approach will help me improve.
Nice! I did something similar which has helped me a lot!
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Barack O'Drama wrote:blackmamba8 wrote:Decided to start drilling 5 games a day from the Cambridge packets and then watch their 7sage videos. I was going to do 5 of the same type each day, but I think doing 5 different types a day will help me get get better at transitioning from one type to another. I've struggled with that at times on full sections so I'm hoping this approach will help me improve.
Nice! I did something similar which has helped me a lot!
Did you bundle the games together as sections and give yourself a certain amount of time or would you time each game individually and review before moving on to the next one?
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O.J. wrote:Using the online Blueprint program with videos, lessons and homework. It's been pretty stellar so far. Anyone else using it? Got through a few hour of LR today, feeling confident.
I'm not using their online program but I did buy their reading comprehension book and I'm really enjoying it so far
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blackmamba8 wrote:Barack O'Drama wrote:blackmamba8 wrote:Decided to start drilling 5 games a day from the Cambridge packets and then watch their 7sage videos. I was going to do 5 of the same type each day, but I think doing 5 different types a day will help me get get better at transitioning from one type to another. I've struggled with that at times on full sections so I'm hoping this approach will help me improve.
Nice! I did something similar which has helped me a lot!
Did you bundle the games together as sections and give yourself a certain amount of time or would you time each game individually and review before moving on to the next one?
I just am working through the packets in order.
However, I am doing each section from 1-35 times and fool proofing them.
It seems to be working pretty well even if most of the games are repeats. Also, I just make sure I do them in the recommended amount of time that is listed in 7sage.
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PrezRand wrote:Currently drilling on Must Be True/Most Strongly Supported questions. I'm really struggling with them. Done 16 and I've missed 9 so far. Any tips?
Well, for MBT, you are looking for the one answer that can be proven based on the given stimulus.
Similarly, TCR for a MSS question has to be reasonably inferred from the text. For example...
Julia will dye her hair this afternoon and plans to be Harley Quinn for Halloween.
What must be true?
That Julia is dying her hair blonde? No. Maybe she is already blonde.
She is going to a party? Not necessarily. Maybe she is 10 and likes trick-or-treating.
How about if she desires to dress up? Well, yeah. MBT questions should be the easiest since four choices are more clearly wrong than others.
Raymond was spotted in front of the murdered victim's house.
He was wearing a brown hoodie and black gloves, matching the killer's description.
What is supported?
From this tiny piece of information,
I can hastily jump to one possible conclusion that Raymond is a suspect.
He might not actually be the murderer, but the available info suggests he might be involved.
Again, it is not 100% certain/true that Raymond is the guy we're looking for, but it is supported,
so I guess you can think of MSS questions as CBT questions, but you still have to isolate the one that is most strongly supported.
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