The Official October 2015 Study Group Forum

Butter · Post by **Butter** » Tue May 05, 2015 11:49 pm

chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155

With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.

TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Wed May 06, 2015 12:04 am

Butter wrote:
chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155
With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.

And there are people who can't crack 170 with a 160+ diagnostic.

The LSAT is very learnable, and (depending on the person) starting with a lower diagnostic helps by making it clear there's learning to be done. Higher diagnostics can leave you skimming through guides you should be reading because "I know this, don't worry," is running through your head. Its the score you get, maybe on your third take, that matters. A diagnostic is just that, and nothing more.

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Wed May 06, 2015 1:07 am

chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155

No. First of all, think about the population this site attracts. Second of all, I'd be willing to bet more people with higher diagnostics are willing to share than the amount of people with average to above average due to the mentality of this forum. Diagnostics are meaningless except to gauge your current areas of growth/weakness. Your score doesn't count until you're in that room.

Signed,
Slightly obnoxious poster with high diagnostic who loves standardized tests in any form

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Wed May 06, 2015 1:08 am

TheProdigal wrote:
Butter wrote:
chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155
With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.
And there are people who can't crack 170 with a 160+ diagnostic.

The LSAT is very learnable, and (depending on the person) starting with a lower diagnostic helps by making it clear there's learning to be done. Higher diagnostics can leave you skimming through guides you should be reading because "I know this, don't worry," is running through your head. Its the score you get, maybe on your third take, that matters. A diagnostic is just that, and nothing more.

+1

BlindGuyMcSqueezy · Post by **BlindGuyMcSqueezy** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:57 am

Not all these people took it cold. Read the posts, at least some of them studied before the diagnostic.

TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Wed May 06, 2015 12:35 pm

bgoldgrab wrote:Not all these people took it cold. Read the posts, at least some of them studied before the diagnostic.

This as well. My favorite are those who only mention later they forgot to include they took their diagnostic untimed.

179orBust · Post by **179orBust** » Wed May 06, 2015 12:40 pm

Have drilled like 40 LG so far and most of the time I'm still not able to hit the suggested time on 7sage on my first try. So if he recommends that a game should take me 5 min, it usually takes me 6-7. Do any of you have this problem, or did you all just get the hang of games pretty quickly?

TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Wed May 06, 2015 1:11 pm

LG games don't exist in a vacuum; the time it takes you should be considered in relation to the entire section. For example, you might take an extra couple of minutes on the "easy" five minute game, but be able to finish most nine minute "hard" games in less. I'd mostly recommend drilling from the Difficult Games packet aiming for 8-9 minutes, but once you're technically proficient at games, use some older complete LG sections to judge timing.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed May 06, 2015 1:42 pm

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179orBust · Post by **179orBust** » Wed May 06, 2015 2:17 pm

Thanks guys.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Wed May 06, 2015 2:20 pm

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Joseph · Post by **Joseph** » Wed May 06, 2015 3:24 pm

Any retakers want to form a study group/need a study buddy? I wrote in December and I'm starting to study for an October rewrite.

appind · Post by **appind** » Wed May 06, 2015 9:36 pm

TheProdigal wrote:
Butter wrote:
chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155
With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.
And there are people who can't crack 170 with a 160+ diagnostic.

The LSAT is very learnable, and (depending on the person) starting with a lower diagnostic helps by making it clear there's learning to be done. Higher diagnostics can leave you skimming through guides you should be reading because "I know this, don't worry," is running through your head. Its the score you get, maybe on your third take, that matters. A diagnostic is just that, and nothing more.

high diag can help imo. iirc your test day score was below diag. was it nerves or other reason?

TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Wed May 06, 2015 10:35 pm

appind wrote:
TheProdigal wrote:
Butter wrote:
chicharon wrote:Can't believe so many of you are taking it cold and getting 160+. Am I the only ninny or what? My diagnostic was 155
With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.
And there are people who can't crack 170 with a 160+ diagnostic.

The LSAT is very learnable, and (depending on the person) starting with a lower diagnostic helps by making it clear there's learning to be done. Higher diagnostics can leave you skimming through guides you should be reading because "I know this, don't worry," is running through your head. Its the score you get, maybe on your third take, that matters. A diagnostic is just that, and nothing more.
high diag can help imo. iirc your test day score was below diag. was it nerves or other reason?

I don't know if you misquoted here, but if you're asking me: no.

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Wed May 06, 2015 11:12 pm

TheProdigal wrote:
appind wrote:
TheProdigal wrote:
Butter wrote:
With hard work you can still get a 170. I know of people who did.
And there are people who can't crack 170 with a 160+ diagnostic.

The LSAT is very learnable, and (depending on the person) starting with a lower diagnostic helps by making it clear there's learning to be done. Higher diagnostics can leave you skimming through guides you should be reading because "I know this, don't worry," is running through your head. Its the score you get, maybe on your third take, that matters. A diagnostic is just that, and nothing more.
high diag can help imo. iirc your test day score was below diag. was it nerves or other reason?
I don't know if you misquoted here, but if you're asking me: no.

Did you mean me? Diag 171 score 168. No, it wasn't nerves but a likely combination of not nearly enough studying, recovering from an illness, and a very unusual logic game that threw me for a loop and almost certainly where I lost several points. I knew when I walked out I scored between 166 and 168. I'm not concerned about October since the first and most influential factor is one very completely in my control.

but....

On reflection, I don't really know if the recovery affected my performance and if I had studied more I would have been better prepared for the LG. So, I guess it really came down to study time.

appind · Post by **appind** » Wed May 06, 2015 11:35 pm

TheProdigal wrote:
appind wrote: high diag can help imo. iirc your test day score was below diag. was it nerves or other reason?
I don't know if you misquoted here, but if you're asking me: no.

oops, quoted the wrong post. meant to quote this

No. First of all, think about the population this site attracts. Second of all, I'd be willing to bet more people with higher diagnostics are willing to share than the amount of people with average to above average due to the mentality of this forum. Diagnostics are meaningless except to gauge your current areas of growth/weakness. Your score doesn't count until you're in that room.

Signed,
Slightly obnoxious poster with high diagnostic who loves standardized tests in any form

passwordisdoge · Post by **passwordisdoge** » Thu May 07, 2015 12:24 am

Checking in

Long time lurker. 169. Aiming for a 175+

Woo

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Fri May 08, 2015 10:29 am

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georgie2006 · Post by **georgie2006** » Fri May 08, 2015 10:32 am

checking in:) here we goooooooo

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sun May 10, 2015 2:56 pm

Drilling Paradox questions today, and I might do some Matching questions too. 146 days remaining!

a_parm · Post by **a_parm** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:00 pm

Checking in. Postponed exam from June to October.

georgie2006 · Post by **georgie2006** » Sun May 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Just out of curiosity, has everyone here finished college?

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:11 pm

georgie2006 wrote:Just out of curiosity, has everyone here finished college?

I'm 3 years removed from school.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:15 pm

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georgie2006 · Post by **georgie2006** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:20 pm

Oh wow! I'm barely 1 year out from college; I will be 2 years out once I (hopefully) enter law school next Fall.