The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

prestont123 · Post by **prestont123** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:29 pm

That's not bad. What was your section breakdown? If you mostly missed LG questions you should break 170 pretty easily.[/quote]

Section 1: Logical Reasoning; missed 6
Section 2: reading Comprehension; missed 7
Section 3: Analytical Reasoning; missed 9
Section 4: Logical Reasoning; missed 4

it was prep test A of the super prep.

McJimJam · Post by **McJimJam** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:49 pm

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Ron (PowerScore) · Post by **Ron (PowerScore)** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:34 am

Hey Preston,

What is your timing like on RC? How long are you taking to read the passage, how are you marking it up, etc? There might be some clues there that can help improve your score.

Ron

prestont123 · Post by **prestont123** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:36 pm

Ron (PowerScore) wrote:Hey Preston,

What is your timing like on RC? How long are you taking to read the passage, how are you marking it up, etc? There might be some clues there that can help improve your score.

Ron

I did not mark up the reading section, although I did begin to read the power score rcb over christmas which began to show me how to do so. I am currently working through the trainer and then will be using the bibles throughout my 12 week prep schedule. Hopefully with enough prep I can achieve much better results on the rc part.

Ron (PowerScore) · Post by **Ron (PowerScore)** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:59 pm

Sounds good! I've put a post in the Professionals forum that might assist you further.

Good luck!

kdub1982 · Post by **kdub1982** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:56 pm

Hey folks, new poster here. I have a few questions I want to crowdsource.

I took the Dec. test and bombed (long story short it came down to a test-center disturbance that distracted me and caused me to misbubble). Leading up to the Dec. test I noticed a scary trend in my practice scores - while my overall score was improving (albeit slowely) my LR scores were gradually getting worse. Even after returning to the books for review and drilling LR relentlessly. Anyone else have this issue? Having searched around for answers I've found a mixed bag of 'LR is harder on newer tests' & 'LR is NOT harder on newer tests'.

Also, is the forum still in agreement that Manhattan and PowerScore Bible are the best prep materials for LR? Is there anything else out there someone would recommend for LR?

Thanks!!

McJimJam · Post by **McJimJam** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:35 pm

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JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:20 pm

kdub1982 wrote:Also, is the forum still in agreement that Manhattan and PowerScore Bible are the best prep materials for LR? Is there anything else out there someone would recommend for LR?

I'm going through the Trainer and I like it for LR

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:59 pm

JackelJ wrote:
kdub1982 wrote:Also, is the forum still in agreement that Manhattan and PowerScore Bible are the best prep materials for LR? Is there anything else out there someone would recommend for LR?
I'm going through the Trainer and I like it for LR

Powerscore for LG.
The Trainer followed by Manhattan for LR.
RC is all-around hard to teach and learn but I would go with Manhattan.

kdub1982 · Post by **kdub1982** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:09 pm

McJimJam wrote:
kdub1982 wrote:Hey folks, new poster here. I have a few questions I want to crowdsource.

I took the Dec. test and bombed (long story short it came down to a test-center disturbance that distracted me and caused me to misbubble). Leading up to the Dec. test I noticed a scary trend in my practice scores - while my overall score was improving (albeit slowely) my LR scores were gradually getting worse. Even after returning to the books for review and drilling LR relentlessly. Anyone else have this issue? Having searched around for answers I've found a mixed bag of 'LR is harder on newer tests' & 'LR is NOT harder on newer tests'.

Also, is the forum still in agreement that Manhattan and PowerScore Bible are the best prep materials for LR? Is there anything else out there someone would recommend for LR?

Thanks!!
Have you been noting the types of questions you're getting wrong? I know I personally started seeing a drop in my assumption questions, I went back to the books and realized I was mixing up my strats for sufficient (justify) and necessary assumption questions.

I track every question type but nothing really jumps out at me. The question types I miss seem to correlate with their overall frequency. Maybe I just have a degenerative brain disease and I'm slowly getting dumber and dumber.

followfolcosdaughter · Post by **followfolcosdaughter** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:47 pm

Ron (PowerScore) wrote:Sounds good! I've put a post in the Professionals forum that might assist you further.

Good luck!

Great strategy for working on pacing. You can do something similar with LR: 4 sections of 2 pages each. Has psychological benefits, too. Similar to "chunking"--breaking down large tasks into small ones--when struggling with anxiety. Breaks down one of the most difficult components of the test--timing, or pacing--into small, manageable chunks. Time-chunks that are easy to retain a strong sense of (at least in my opinion) while answering the questions. Also, easier to tinker with and change your approach to than a hunkin' 35 minutes--you can easily get lost in that.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:38 am

So what kind of watch is everyone using? I think I'll go with my everyday watch, my faithful Seiko auto diver. I have it on a zulu strap that can be fastened in such a way as to support the watch at angles between 30 and 60 degrees, offering an ideal desktop timekeeping experience.

EvergreenStateLady · Post by **EvergreenStateLady** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:40 am

RZ5646 wrote:So what kind of watch is everyone using? I think I'll go with my everyday watch, my faithful Seiko auto diver. I have it on a zulu strap that can be fastened in such a way as to support the watch at angles between 30 and 60 degrees, offering an ideal desktop timekeeping experience.

My husband if he decides or has to retake will be using his watch I bought him for Christmas. I bought it during one of the Amazon holiday sales. It was one of my big presents for him this year.

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F5BT7SU/

Beautiful watch, much better than the only review on there. It's a true Swiss and people on watch forums were saying that Zeno makes high quality, on the lower price end watches. It has a quartz movement, it's water resistant to 99 feet, and it has anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass.

Your watch sounds really nice, Seiko is a good watch brand. Also very practical for test taking with the adjustable zulu strap. I bet being able to tilt it to 30 or 60 degrees is really useful.

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:00 pm

Blueprint Ben · Post by **Blueprint Ben** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:56 pm

Hey June thread,

I'm starting an LSAT "tip of the day" thing in the BP thread. You guys should come check it out if you're interested. It might not actually be daily, but I'll aim to post general advice in there at least 4-5x/week.

Feel free to drop in if you have any questions about anything at all. (LSAT related or otherwise.) Happy to help!

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:02 pm

Wow so glad this thread is the new Classified ads.

Blueprint Ben · Post by **Blueprint Ben** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:12 pm

Dirigo wrote:Wow so glad this thread is the new Classified ads.

Just so we're all on the same page: The free help and advice from professionals in the "Free Help and Advice from Professionals" forum is free.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:16 pm

BP Ben wrote:
Dirigo wrote:Wow so glad this thread is the new Classified ads.
Just so we're all on the same page: The free help and advice from professionals in the "Free Help and Advice from Professionals" forum is free.

This is the "LSAT Prep and Discussion Forum."
The professionals forum was created for a reason.

Just made an observation, dude. Didn't mean to twist your panties.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:23 pm

Looks like our GPA poll is approaching a bimodal bell curve

kang · Post by **kang** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:17 pm

checking in. Took the Feb. test and most likely going to retake...

Contemplating on whether or not I should retake June or October... What's everyone here scoring?

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:23 pm

kang wrote:checking in. Took the Feb. test and most likely going to retake...

Contemplating on whether or not I should retake June or October... What's everyone here scoring?

My last completely fresh PT was a 174 but I think I got kinda lucky. I'm probably in the 168-172 range... haven't PTed in awhile so idk.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:26 pm

kang wrote:checking in. Took the Feb. test and most likely going to retake...
Contemplating on whether or not I should retake June or October... What's everyone here scoring?

I'm a retaker too.
Plan for June and have October as a backup.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:41 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:52 pm

theugg wrote:I should probably take a PT this weekend... but that sounds so unfun.

Are you named after a shoe?