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Well that's $70 down the drain
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"digital watches, alarm watches, beeping watches, calculator watches, chronograph watches (digital or nondigital)"
Perhaps I'm just a dumb millennial, but what type of watch is allowed under this rule? An old school wrist watch with no functions at all?
Perhaps I'm just a dumb millennial, but what type of watch is allowed under this rule? An old school wrist watch with no functions at all?
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For anyone who has the Cambridge LG packets: how do these packets classify the games? Is it exactly similar to PowerScore's method of classification? (i.e., Basic Linear, Grouping Defined Fixed Balanced, Pure Sequencing, etc.) Or do they also classify some games as In/Out? Also do they sort games by difficulty?
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LSAC is so annoying, jfc.
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Just to be clear; I blew $70 on a fancy paperweight?
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No kidding :/ i just bought one Monday. Well, at least it'll get some use between now and the test and I'll have to get a regular watch for the test.Anon-e-miss wrote:Well that's $70 down the drain
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Cambridge LG consists of 8 PDFs titled:Csupo wrote:For anyone who has the Cambridge LG packets: how do these packets classify the games? Is it exactly similar to PowerScore's method of classification? (i.e., Basic Linear, Grouping Defined Fixed Balanced, Pure Sequencing, etc.) Or do they also classify some games as In/Out? Also do they sort games by difficulty?
Complex Ordering
Grouping (Distribution)
Simple Ordering
Determined Assignment
In/Out Grouping
Miscellaneous
Undetermined Assignment
Relative Ordering
And yes they are arranged by difficulty.
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Thank you!!!Gluteus wrote:Cambridge LG consists of 8 PDFs titled:Csupo wrote:For anyone who has the Cambridge LG packets: how do these packets classify the games? Is it exactly similar to PowerScore's method of classification? (i.e., Basic Linear, Grouping Defined Fixed Balanced, Pure Sequencing, etc.) Or do they also classify some games as In/Out? Also do they sort games by difficulty?
Complex Ordering
Grouping (Distribution)
Simple Ordering
Determined Assignment
In/Out Grouping
Miscellaneous
Undetermined Assignment
Relative Ordering
And yes they are arranged by difficulty.
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I'm almost reluctant to even use it now that I know it is banned for the test. I just had my highest PT yesterday on my first time using it (correlation, hopefully) so I'm sad to hear it is banned nowclueless801 wrote:No kidding :/ i just bought one Monday. Well, at least it'll get some use between now and the test and I'll have to get a regular watch for the test.Anon-e-miss wrote:Well that's $70 down the drain
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This is very encouraging. I've been out for a long time too. I've been dreading reaching out to a few professors.saf18hornet wrote:Being 8 years out of school, I was nervous about getting an academic LOR. I reached out to an undergraduate professor yesterday who said he would be happy to write me an LOR. Super pumped because now I can use his LOR and one from my previous employer, and not have to get one from my current manager. I assume that my current job would become pretty hostile for the next year if I needed an LOR from my current boss. This takes a lot of my application stress away. Now to just get my score up a few points here in September!
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Man LSAC is Chaotic Stupid. Why ban these watches? It's like they feed off our hatred.
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I'd recommend getting used to a regular watch far in advance of the real test. It's a big change if you're used to the easy to read 180/MM face.clueless801 wrote:No kidding :/ i just bought one Monday. Well, at least it'll get some use between now and the test and I'll have to get a regular watch for the test.Anon-e-miss wrote:Well that's $70 down the drain
I'd also recommend something like this watch : https://www.amazon.com/Casio-MRW200H-7E ... ting+bezel
It's cheap, and the bezel easily rotates. Just put the marker on the bezel when your time starts, and it's easy enough to track 35 minutes. You could likely even use a sharpie and make colors on the bezel to show your 10/5/0 minute marks.
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Bezel is too loud on my normal watch. I'm just going to be resetting it to 12 every section. You force my hand LSAC! And ofc in the end their change in policy accomplishes nothing but aggravating people who spent money on the LSAT watches.
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Did anyone in June use the MM?
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Yeah, it is a bit goofy that they are SO restrictive of what watches can be used for a test that is supposed to be heavily constrained by time...Impressionist wrote:Bezel is too loud on my normal watch. I'm just going to be resetting it to 12 every section. You force my hand LSAC! And ofc in the end their change in policy accomplishes nothing but aggravating people who spent money on the LSAT watches.
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Yeah, that looks really promising. Do you use it?twiix wrote:
I'd recommend getting used to a regular watch far in advance of the real test. It's a big change if you're used to the easy to read 180/MM face.
I'd also recommend something like this watch : https://www.amazon.com/Casio-MRW200H-7E ... ting+bezel
It's cheap, and the bezel easily rotates. Just put the marker on the bezel when your time starts, and it's easy enough to track 35 minutes. You could likely even use a sharpie and make colors on the bezel to show your 10/5/0 minute marks.
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Anyone know the return policy for the MM watch? Slash does anyone not care about the policy and would be interested in my so brand new that it's not arriving til my house til Friday MM?
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I kinda feel really bad for the MM watch guys - they put a really awesome quality watch on the market only for LSAC to lower its value. Hopefully they'll let me return it!! I'll keep everyone updated.chewinggum wrote:I believe Mastermind's primary sell is that it's "lsat approved" so you should be able to return it. Esp if you don't open itclueless801 wrote:Anyone know the return policy for the MM watch? Slash does anyone not care about the policy and would be interested in my so brand new that it's not arriving til my house til Friday MM?
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I use it and used it during June. It's easy to use and I haven't had any issues with it at all. The bezel sticks at first but quickly loosens up. I'm actually on my second one because I promised to give the first one to my kid after the June test.clueless801 wrote:Yeah, that looks really promising. Do you use it?twiix wrote:
I'd recommend getting used to a regular watch far in advance of the real test. It's a big change if you're used to the easy to read 180/MM face.
I'd also recommend something like this watch : https://www.amazon.com/Casio-MRW200H-7E ... ting+bezel
It's cheap, and the bezel easily rotates. Just put the marker on the bezel when your time starts, and it's easy enough to track 35 minutes. You could likely even use a sharpie and make colors on the bezel to show your 10/5/0 minute marks.
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Can't tell if sarcasm or not. Fact of the matter is that if the goal of this change is fairness or adding artificial difficulty to the test then it still is a big failure because we can still bring watches and accomplish the same thing as before with only slightly more work. Until they ban all watches, a change like this makes no sense.Anon-e-miss wrote:Yeah, it is a bit goofy that they are SO restrictive of what watches can be used for a test that is supposed to be heavily constrained by time...Impressionist wrote:Bezel is too loud on my normal watch. I'm just going to be resetting it to 12 every section. You force my hand LSAC! And ofc in the end their change in policy accomplishes nothing but aggravating people who spent money on the LSAT watches.
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It really doesn't make any sense. I'd love to see an explanation as to why they banned them, because at the moment, it makes 0 sense and just makes them look dumb because of what you mentioned.Impressionist wrote:
Can't tell if sarcasm or not. Fact of the matter is that if the goal of this change is fairness or adding artificial difficulty to the test then it still is a big failure because we can still bring watches and accomplish the same thing as before with only slightly more work. Until they ban all watches, a change like this makes no sense.
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Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but Jon Denning posted this in r/LSAT:
specifically the bolded part. Maybe we are reacting too quick?
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Not sarcasm, mostly bewilderment. I genuinely don't understand why, if time is a huge factor for the vast majority of test takers, the rules for watches make it difficult to efficiently track time during the test. I agree with you, of course. I just don't understand why making test takers use outdated watches determines who is more prepared for success in law school.Impressionist wrote:Can't tell if sarcasm or not. Fact of the matter is that if the goal of this change is fairness or adding artificial difficulty to the test then it still is a big failure because we can still bring watches and accomplish the same thing as before with only slightly more work. Until they ban all watches, a change like this makes no sense.Anon-e-miss wrote:Yeah, it is a bit goofy that they are SO restrictive of what watches can be used for a test that is supposed to be heavily constrained by time...Impressionist wrote:Bezel is too loud on my normal watch. I'm just going to be resetting it to 12 every section. You force my hand LSAC! And ofc in the end their change in policy accomplishes nothing but aggravating people who spent money on the LSAT watches.
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Link to this thread/post?Ira Hayes wrote:Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but Jon Denning posted this in r/LSAT: specifically the bolded part. Maybe we are reacting too quick?
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