The Official December 2017 Study Group Forum

[littlewing67]

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[PrezRand]

Back on the roll

[GnarMarBinx]

Update: So excited! I'm drilling the sections from PT 65 today throughout the day and I just got my first perfect LR section from a section I have never seen before! I finished with approximately 4 mins on the clock, went back to one question I was unsure about and looked at it for a couple minutes and changed it from a wrong answer to a right one with about 2 mins left at that point. Hope this means I'm making good progress on full tests as well (sometimes the stress of full tests steals a bit of my focus I think). Anyway, good luck to all of you with your PTs and drills today and I hope you all kill it!

[Mikey]

wanted to do a double PT today [PT -- 15 min break -- PT] but I'm not sure which PTs to use. Thinking of maybe using 79 first (retake that I want to do again before dec.) and then 2nd test being a completely fresh one BUT I want to join in on 7sage's PT 82 sessions starting Monday so idk if I should throw in 82 which isn't totally fresh since I took the sept test but I don't know any of the answers.

edit: just thought about it, don't really want to waste half of my Friday doing an 8 section PT LOLOLOL never mind that sounds terrible when I think about it, esp on a Friday. nvm, just 1 PT then

[Rupert Pupkin]

And, If you are buying a new watch, i def recommend the PErfect Score watch.

I test under RA which doesn't work with that watch. Regular watch with a twist dial is just as good, cheaper, and faster to reset than popping the knob out and twisting the dial. Granted you could forget to twist the dial like you forget to reset the watch, but I just put a check at the top of the first page of each section confirming I did twist the dial.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005J ... UTF8&psc=1

Ah Okay, gotcha. You did say that earlier to me.. I forgot. Yeah that watch should be fine then! no worries

[Rupert Pupkin]

What’s y’all’s favorite section?

Currently, LG is mine. It’s the one I have the most “fun” with.

The writing sample

LMAO this is the correct answer

Hahaha Mikey. I honestly do love it. Despite poor performances in the past, when i get to the writing section im like fuck ya just crushed the LSAT now i get to write an awesome essay lmao. HILLTOP ROAD for the OGs

But yeah, i love LG too. I wouldnt be opposed to keep up with it after the exam just because they are fun to do time to time.

[PhiladelphiaCollins]

wanted to do a double PT today [PT -- 15 min break -- PT] but I'm not sure which PTs to use. Thinking of maybe using 79 first (retake that I want to do again before dec.) and then 2nd test being a completely fresh one BUT I want to join in on 7sage's PT 82 sessions starting Monday so idk if I should throw in 82 which isn't totally fresh since I took the sept test but I don't know any of the answers.

edit: just thought about it, don't really want to waste half of my Friday doing an 8 section PT LOLOLOL never mind that sounds terrible when I think about it, esp on a Friday. nvm, just 1 PT then

I've thought about doing that, but honestly, 5+ hours of PT seems like some sort of torture that I couldn't endure

[MercW07]

Went -9 on an LR section today....brb checking when the next GRE will be administered.

[etramak]

PT82 early tomorrow morning. Will know by the afternoon if I'm actually taking the December LSAT

[MercW07]

PT82 early tomorrow morning. Will know by the afternoon if I'm actually taking the December LSAT

Good luck!! This thread needs as many members as possible

[littlewing67]

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[MercW07]

HELLO PEOPLE
JUST TOOK FEBRUARY 1997
THIS IS A BRAND NEW TEST IVE NEVER SEEN
HARD ASS PATTERN GAME

ENDED UP SCORING A 173!!!!!!!!!

Highest I've scored on a brand new never before seen test that I've done in these past few months!!!!!!!

Thought I bombed because I had to leave one LG question blank due to time and LR had some tricky questions. RC felt so much easier I think I'm making strides with RC

It also is an older test so might not be as applicable but it's still new material!!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

THERE YA GO!!!

[barcafan202]

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[notharveyspecter]

Hey everyone! This is my second go at the test, I took it September 2017 and it's taken me a little while to get motivated to study for December... I scored a 163 in September and was scoring consistently 167/168 on pts, so a bit disappointing but still hopeful I can boost my score this go around. When looking at my sept LSAT score sheet I realized that about 75% of my mistakes came in the last 5 questions- aka I need to get faster to mitigate guessing at the end of the sections. Does anyone have any study tips or exercises to improve your speed without sacrificing accuracy (especially considering the short amount of time until Dec 2)? I'm hoping I can bump up my score a bit if I can at least give each answer a fair try.

(side note: I apologize if this type of question has already been answered, I haven't been lurking as much on this thread as the sept one)

[Rupert Pupkin]

Hey everyone! This is my second go at the test, I took it September 2017 and it's taken me a little while to get motivated to study for December... I scored a 163 in September and was scoring consistently 167/168 on pts, so a bit disappointing but still hopeful I can boost my score this go around. When looking at my sept LSAT score sheet I realized that about 75% of my mistakes came in the last 5 questions- aka I need to get faster to mitigate guessing at the end of the sections. Does anyone have any study tips or exercises to improve your speed without sacrificing accuracy (especially considering the short amount of time until Dec 2)? I'm hoping I can bump up my score a bit if I can at least give each answer a fair try.

(side note: I apologize if this type of question has already been answered, I haven't been lurking as much on this thread as the sept one)

Drill LR sections and set guideposts for yourself. Like first 12 in 10 or 10 in 10 or 15 in 15 (whatever your goal is). And first few times itll def feel rushed, but eventually youll adapt. The more practice you do the faster you will be able to apply the fundamentals.

[Rupert Pupkin]

HELLO PEOPLE
JUST TOOK FEBRUARY 1997
THIS IS A BRAND NEW TEST IVE NEVER SEEN
HARD ASS PATTERN GAME

ENDED UP SCORING A 173!!!!!!!!!

Highest I've scored on a brand new never before seen test that I've done in these past few months!!!!!!!

Thought I bombed because I had to leave one LG question blank due to time and LR had some tricky questions. RC felt so much easier I think I'm making strides with RC

It also is an older test so might not be as applicable but it's still new material!!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

THERE YA GO!!!

Thats awesome!! Great work!

[lemon_lyman]

Does anyone have any tips to improve RC with about three weeks left?

[MercW07]

Does anyone have any tips to improve RC with about three weeks left?

Pretty much everyone in this thread hates RC. A search may be your best bet if you're looking for RC help.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Does anyone have any tips to improve RC with about three weeks left?

Pretty much everyone in this thread hates RC. A search may be your best bet if you're looking for RC help.

Haha touche Merc touche ;

I heard this from a 7sage podcast from a 177 scorer and I think its helping, but you basically do a passage untimed and in a word doc write out a summary of each paragraph, the structure of the passage, the main point, the purpose, the authors opinion and tone.

This takes a while and gets annoying, but I feel like if you do one of those every day when you are doing a section you automatically are used to thinking about each of those areas which is like pre-phasing all of the answers to questions for you. I am not suggesting that you do that upfront on all passages, but it just is the "long-way" and thus doing it this way helps train your brain to think a certain way. I am slowly getting more consistent in RC scoring sub-5.

Also, dont underestimate how much reading denser-than-LSAT material helps you. I start and end everyday reading the economist and/or a book. This also helps indirectly with comprehension in LR especially stamina wise.

[somethingElse]

yeah read shit that is significantly more dense than the LSAT, also make sure you are crossing off every wrong answer on every question for a legit reason "oh that one is wrong because the passage doesn't say shit about chai lattes" "that is wrong because the passage literally says that pretty little liars is amazing"

i love the king of comedy

[Rupert Pupkin]

yeah read shit that is significantly more dense than the LSAT, also make sure you are crossing off every wrong answer on every question for a legit reason "oh that one is wrong because the passage doesn't say shit about chai lattes" "that is wrong because the passage literally says that pretty little liars is amazing"

i love the king of comedy

Exactly

It is great! The actual motivator behind my name change (this is jagerbom btw) was Entourage though!

[kiklavan]

Does anyone have any tips to improve RC with about three weeks left?

Pretty much everyone in this thread hates RC. A search may be your best bet if you're looking for RC help.

I went from missing about 5-8 to missing 1-4. The only advice I can give you is keep doing them. Make them your experimentals, literally do a section or two every day and then review like you've never reviewed before. It's torture, yes, but it works. Stop listening to people who say you can't improve RC. Those are usually the people who lack the stamina to keep doing these miserable ass RC sections. Also, don't give yourself more than 8:45 for each passage. If the time is up, bubble in & move on to the next passage. Let it go. Worked for me.

[Experiment626]

Does anyone have any tips to improve RC with about three weeks left?

How do you currently approach it?

[Experiment626]

Alright Study Buddies.

About to attack PT78 today... GL to anyone else doing full PTs and stuff this morning to simulate test day time and stuff...

[littlewing67]

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