The Official December 2015 Study Group Forum

[YupSports]

Put in a solid 8 hours of studying this weekend.

Finally nailed down the base of conditional logic, and now moving towards weakening argument questions.

With that being said, I plan on drilling conditional logic terms every other day until I can recite their classifications from memory.

Still behind a bit on the 7Sage syllabus, so I will be working from bed tonight and doing what I can to help the wonderful people of this thread .

[WMcGregs]

Put in a solid 8 hours of studying this weekend.

Finally nailed down the base of conditional logic, and now moving towards weakening argument questions.

With that being said, I plan on drilling conditional logic terms until every other day I can recite their classifications from memory.

Still behind a bit on the 7Sage syllabus, so I will be working from bed tonight and doing what I can to help the wonderful people of this thread .

What did you use to study conditional logic? I would like to go over it so I get a better idea of it.

[FSUHopeful]

Put in a solid 8 hours of studying this weekend.

Finally nailed down the base of conditional logic, and now moving towards weakening argument questions.

With that being said, I plan on drilling conditional logic terms until every other day I can recite their classifications from memory.

Still behind a bit on the 7Sage syllabus, so I will be working from bed tonight and doing what I can to help the wonderful people of this thread .

What did you use to study conditional logic? I would like to go over it so I get a better idea of it.

Im not Yup, but i used LawSchoolI's posts. Worked well for me. I also used some of the LSAT Trainer.

[YupSports]

I used the 7Sage course - he has a video/question/quiz series that takes about 3-4 hours.

[FSUHopeful]

I used the 7Sage course - he has a video/question/quiz series that takes about 3-4 hours.

Love his Logic Game explanations.

[YupSports]

I used the 7Sage course - he has a video/question/quiz series that takes about 3-4 hours.

Love his Logic Game explanations.

I have only watched a few, but they were good.

As far as LR - I have to watch them at 1.7X because he rambles a bit.

Does any one have suggestions for alternative LR videos?

[FSUHopeful]

I used the 7Sage course - he has a video/question/quiz series that takes about 3-4 hours.

Love his Logic Game explanations.

I have only watched a few, but they were good.

As far as LR - I have to watch them at 1.7X because he rambles a bit.

Does any one have suggestions for alternative LR videos?

Does he have free LR ones too?

[FSUHopeful]

Did about 4 hours.. calling it a night. Would anyone want to set up a Skype schedule and review a PT or 2 a week? I did that for the previous test and worked well.

[YupSports]

Did about 4 hours.. calling it a night. Would anyone want to set up a Skype schedule and review a PT or 2 a week? I did that for the previous test and worked well.

I'm totally down for this, although it will be about a month before I PT on a regular basis.

[YupSports]

I used the 7Sage course - he has a video/question/quiz series that takes about 3-4 hours.

Love his Logic Game explanations.

I have only watched a few, but they were good.

As far as LR - I have to watch them at 1.7X because he rambles a bit.

Does any one have suggestions for alternative LR videos?

Does he have free LR ones too?

He has them, but I am not sure if they are free.

[1234yunjunf]

What is the main difference between "Most Strongly Supported" and "Must Be True" questions? Should we attack them with totally different strategies?

Basically the same, but note that MBTs consider the stimulus to be absolutely unquestionable and you are choosing the one that "must be true" according to the information in the stimulus. MSSs are the same, but the right answer may not be as crisp clear as MBT answers.
Drill these two question types and you will get what I mean

[appind]

What is the main difference between "Most Strongly Supported" and "Must Be True" questions? Should we attack them with totally different strategies?

the stimulus is assumed to be true in both types of questions. the only difference between these two types is that MSS may require a minor, but very plausible, assumption in order for the credited choice to be true. but the credited choice in the MBT question should not need any assumption whatsoever to be true and can be proven true solely based on the stimulus.

[FSUHopeful]

What is the main difference between "Most Strongly Supported" and "Must Be True" questions? Should we attack them with totally different strategies?

Basically the same, but note that MBTs consider the stimulus to be absolutely unquestionable and you are choosing the one that "must be true" according to the information in the stimulus. MSSs are the same, but the right answer may not be as crisp clear as MBT answers.
Drill these two question types and you will get what I mean

I've finished both Cambridge packets on them. I see.. thanks for helping!

[FSUHopeful]

What is the main difference between "Most Strongly Supported" and "Must Be True" questions? Should we attack them with totally different strategies?

the stimulus is assumed to be true in both types of questions. the only difference between these two types is that MSS may require a minor, but very plausible, assumption in order for the credited choice to be true. but the credited choice in the MBT question should not need any assumption whatsoever to be true and can be proven true solely based on the stimulus.

Thank you!

[Aquila]

Just bought Manhattan LR and RC.

Considering the trainer as well? any thoughts
retaker looking for a 160 to 170+ jump!

For LG i was going to stick with free resources on 7Sage unless someone else has experience with something else

[FSUHopeful]

Just bought Manhattan LR and RC.

Considering the trainer as well? any thoughts
retaker looking for a 160 to 170+ jump!

For LG i was going to stick with free resources on 7Sage unless someone else has experience with something else

Trainer was a must for me, IMO.

[Aquila]

Just bought Manhattan LR and RC.

Considering the trainer as well? any thoughts
retaker looking for a 160 to 170+ jump!

For LG i was going to stick with free resources on 7Sage unless someone else has experience with something else

Trainer was a must for me, IMO.

Rationale?

[YupSports]

Just wrapped up Most Strongly Supported questions. I have a much more solid base now than I did over the weekend.

Also drilled my conditional logic terms because I suck at them. Does anyone have anything that could help here?

I want to remind everyone of the importance of sleep. I got a good nights sleep for the first time in a while and noticed a reduction in dumb mistakes as well as an increase in learning speed. IMO sacrificing too much sleep to study is very very counter-productive, especially when considering how far out we are.

[josh9308]

Taking this in Dec. as well.


Does anyone have any concerns about the timing of taking the LSAT in December? Specifically, in terms of scholarship money available and the date being later than the other test dates? It'll be my first time taking the LSAT so I'm not sure if I'll have to wait another year.

[Aquila]

Taking this in Dec. as well.


Does anyone have any concerns about the timing of taking the LSAT in December? Specifically, in terms of scholarship money available and the date being later than the other test dates? It'll be my first time taking the LSAT so I'm not sure if I'll have to wait another year.

applying early is much better for scholarship money, realistically taking the dec LSAT for your first real LSAT probably makes the best decision to apply for the year after not the following sept. that also allows time for retake.

[WMcGregs]

Taking this in Dec. as well.


Does anyone have any concerns about the timing of taking the LSAT in December? Specifically, in terms of scholarship money available and the date being later than the other test dates? It'll be my first time taking the LSAT so I'm not sure if I'll have to wait another year.

applying early is much better for scholarship money, realistically taking the dec LSAT for your first real LSAT probably makes the best decision to apply for the year after not the following sept. that also allows time for retake.

I agree with this even though I'm applying this upcoming cycle. It's definitely best to apply early for scholarship money and rolling tuitions. But as long as you get your apps in before the new year you are still in a decent spot.

[devilsman]

Anyone else taking the test in October and feeling like they're running out of time? I jumped to a 162 but I work full time so have limited time to study.

[DoYouEvenTLS]

Anyone else taking the test in October and feeling like they're running out of time? I jumped to a 162 but I work full time so have limited time to study.

Right here.... Signed up for October but I'm having second thoughts; think I may postpone for the December test. Past few months FLEW, I swear

[FSUHopeful]

Taking this in Dec. as well.


Does anyone have any concerns about the timing of taking the LSAT in December? Specifically, in terms of scholarship money available and the date being later than the other test dates? It'll be my first time taking the LSAT so I'm not sure if I'll have to wait another year.

applying early is much better for scholarship money, realistically taking the dec LSAT for your first real LSAT probably makes the best decision to apply for the year after not the following sept. that also allows time for retake.

I agree with this even though I'm applying this upcoming cycle. It's definitely best to apply early for scholarship money and rolling tuitions. But as long as you get your apps in before the new year you are still in a decent spot.

Does anyone know if you have all your stuff uploaded to LSAC when you applied for the last cycle, if its still acceptable for this cycle..(like letters of rec. etc).

[YupSports]

Got through about half of the causation unit. They seem incredibly easy compared to the Most Strongly Supported questions.