real The Official December 2016 Waiters Group - Patience is a Virtue Forum

[dontsaywhatyoumean]

Did you guys find that on PT's one section is sometimes harder than another?

I find that if I do well on LR on a PT I've done basically the same on both sections. I know it sounds reasonable that one section might be harder than another (I'm not at all saying they aren't. I would think some likely are.), but for myself I think it might be more of my frame of mind that determines my performance.

[cherrygalore]

I found one LR section much more difficult than the other two. All three questions I remember having difficulty on were in the 26 question section I believe.

^This. I feel decent about every section except one LR. Too bad I don't remember any ACs...just the frustration that my prephrases weren't coming to me like they normally would. Oooof.

Well, I'm relieved we were all in the same boat then. I haven't done worse than like -3 on a LR in a while [typically -2 to -4 between both sections], so fingers crossed.

Same, typically -2 total. I'm sure we'll be fine. It's just because we have all this time to overthink and stress. Trying to keep busy so I don't stress myself to death.

[Pozzo]

I just realized that I missed question number 21 on 3 of the 4 sections in September. How's that for consistency?

[jdanz]

I'm normally -2 to -4 on LR but am expecting to be at a minimum -5 :/

[34iplaw]

Same, typically -2 total. I'm sure we'll be fine. It's just because we have all this time to overthink and stress. Trying to keep busy so I don't stress myself to death.

Ok - cool beans. Yeah - I'm not that stressed this time. I'm sure I will be as the time draws near. I just remembered going back to an unusual number of questions. That was all!

[#gobroncos]

Teen drivers was one of those questions where as soon as you realize what the right answer is you wanna shoot yourself for spending so long on it.

Excited for this to be me. The answer I picked made some small sense to me at the time. It doesn't anymore though. I've resigned myself to taking the minus on this one and having a good "Ohhhhh" moment in that first week of January.

Hopefully followed by a content shrug since I got a 179 (I can dream can't I?)

[Greenteachurro]

Did you guys find that on PT's one section is sometimes harder than another?

I find that if I do well on LR on a PT I've done basically the same on both sections. I know it sounds reasonable that one section might be harder than another (I'm not at all saying they aren't. I would think some likely are.), but for myself I think it might be more of my frame of mind that determines my performance.

Yeah they balance each other out I think, like I'm pretty consistent in my PT scores, but I'm not that consistent in my individual sections. Like RC can be between -2 to -5 for me, but the -5's are usually pretty evened out by better LR scores for that test.

[alpha kenny body]

Watching Christmas Vacation.

[CHyde]

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[Capt_Beatty]

Tempted to do LG to fill the 35 min hole in my heart. But currently watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDWjvPXz8MA
*'Trigger Warning* not intended for September Takers.

GTFO. Did you see the lack of separation between the interior function and structural form, oh my goodness. Got my britches all in a knot.

[CHyde]

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[dontsaywhatyoumean]

I just checked my calendar and noticed that I made a note to myself to bring a jacket for the LSAT, the note was for this Friday. I panicked for a second thinking I forgot to go to the LSAT last weekend because I thought it was this weekend.


Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd.

[Pozzo]

Watching a PBS doc about the future of water in the Western US. That's some scary shit.

[Instrumental]

Watching a PBS doc about the future of water in the Western US. That's some scary shit.

That's okay, we have Gatorade. It has electrolytes, what plants crave.

[Pozzo]

Watching a PBS doc about the future of water in the Western US. That's some scary shit.

That's okay, we have Gatorade. It has electrolytes, what plants crave.

[dontsaywhatyoumean]

What's your guys favourite RC passages?

Off the top of my head:

Glass melting myths
Off shore oil drilling methods
Art forgery
Digital storage vs traditional storage

[Tazewell]

I've been spending my post LSAT time playing Settlers of Catan, and it's one hell of a game. Also, had time to bowl more lately (a KINE class got me addicted) and bowled a personal best of 240 tonight, so post LSAT hasn't been miserable.

[bearedman8]

What's your guys favourite RC passages?

Off the top of my head:

Glass melting myths
Off shore oil drilling methods
Art forgery
Digital storage vs traditional storage

Ooh I have a lot of ones that I liked!

Burning forests
Neutrinos
Evolutionary game theory
Ultimatum game
Lichenometry
Online game currencies
The myth of liquid glass
Rawl's theory of justice
The Great Migration
Insider trading
fMRI scans and brain activity

[dontsaywhatyoumean]

What's your guys favourite RC passages?

Off the top of my head:

Glass melting myths
Off shore oil drilling methods
Art forgery
Digital storage vs traditional storage

Ooh I have a lot of ones that I liked!

Burning forests
Neutrinos
Evolutionary game theory
Ultimatum game
Lichenometry
Online game currencies
The myth of liquid glass
Rawl's theory of justice
The Great Migration
Insider trading
fMRI scans and brain activity

Haha, yeah those were all good ones. Forgot about Lichenometry and online game currencies.

Neutrinos was also tight.

[addie1412]

Glass melting myths

Ughhhhhh this one was the ABSOLUTE WORST. I'd literally always use this as an example of how boring RC is. Friend: "what are you doing tonight" Me: "Reading about the riveting chemical properties of glass"

[RPlatt85]

Glass melting myths

Ughhhhhh this one was the ABSOLUTE WORST. I'd literally always use this as an example of how boring RC is. Friend: "what are you doing tonight" Me: "Reading about the riveting chemical properties of glass"

I actually thought that RC passage was really interesting - I had thought glass was a liquid growing up, and I got to learn something while doing RC.

[VMars]

Glass melting myths

Ughhhhhh this one was the ABSOLUTE WORST. I'd literally always use this as an example of how boring RC is. Friend: "what are you doing tonight" Me: "Reading about the riveting chemical properties of glass"

legit my most hated RC ever lol

[Greenteachurro]

What's your guys favourite RC passages?

Off the top of my head:

Glass melting myths
Off shore oil drilling methods
Art forgery
Digital storage vs traditional storage

I actually liked
fMRI from this test
bodybuilding
Indian beads
Thurgood Marshall
Lum and Asian American writing
purple plainstrife and "people controlling wildlife"
Relict Behavior however is probably my all time favorite though

[Greenteachurro]

Glass melting myths

Ughhhhhh this one was the ABSOLUTE WORST. I'd literally always use this as an example of how boring RC is. Friend: "what are you doing tonight" Me: "Reading about the riveting chemical properties of glass"

I actually thought that RC passage was really interesting - I had thought glass was a liquid growing up, and I got to learn something while doing RC.

Lol me too, that was a legit interesting passage. I think most of the sciency ones are usually pretty interesting.

[Instrumental]

There was an RC passage about photography that I liked. You could tell the writers were trying to make it a difficult passage to follow because of the terminology used and dense employment of concepts, but since I like photography it was just like "Ha, screw you LSAC." I also liked the Miles Davis passage.


Least favorite passage by and far was a passage in PT57 regarding Russian literature which actually made me want to end my life. And not even after reading the whole thing. Like half way through, I was like, "This is it. This is how I die."