The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:06 pm

The Abyss wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:Proposal: We start a group PT schedule at a rate of 2 PTs per week. The first ones would be Superprep A and B. They are "due" next Sunday, and discussion of any specific questions should be left until after that date (no spoilers!). After those we will work our way up from PT 40 (I think Cambridge packets cover all PTs older than that). Participants don't have to post their scores or anything if they don't want to, but it would be helpful if they at least noted that they were participating to pull other people along by making them feel guilty if they don't follow through.

Thoughts?
This works for me. That comes out to ~30 PTs before June 8th.

Alright let's do it. Hopefully a bunch of other people will join as well, and it will help keep us on track.

McJimJam · Post by **McJimJam** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:26 pm

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The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:46 pm

peppermint wrote:Woke up super early this morning & took a PT, think it went well. Gonna eat lunch now & then BR it, let's see what happens

How'd the PT end up going? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm doing Superprep A tomorrow.

peppermint · Post by **peppermint** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:49 pm

The Abyss wrote:
peppermint wrote:Woke up super early this morning & took a PT, think it went well. Gonna eat lunch now & then BR it, let's see what happens
How'd the PT end up going? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm doing Superprep A tomorrow.

170/174 BR, so I'm pretty happy. Finally managed to get off my 168 plateau (scored 3 of them in a row the last few times I PT'd in late Jan)

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:57 pm

peppermint wrote:
The Abyss wrote:
peppermint wrote:Woke up super early this morning & took a PT, think it went well. Gonna eat lunch now & then BR it, let's see what happens
How'd the PT end up going? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm doing Superprep A tomorrow.
170/174 BR, so I'm pretty happy. Finally managed to get off my 168 plateau (scored 3 of them in a row the last few times I PT'd in late Jan)

Well done! Breaking plateaus is always encouraging.

I certainly won't be hitting the 170 mark tomorrow, but I hope to in the future.

peppermint · Post by **peppermint** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:01 pm

The Abyss wrote:
peppermint wrote:
The Abyss wrote:
peppermint wrote:Woke up super early this morning & took a PT, think it went well. Gonna eat lunch now & then BR it, let's see what happens
How'd the PT end up going? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm doing Superprep A tomorrow.
170/174 BR, so I'm pretty happy. Finally managed to get off my 168 plateau (scored 3 of them in a row the last few times I PT'd in late Jan)
Well done! Breaking plateaus is always encouraging.

I certainly won't be hitting the 170 mark tomorrow, but I hope to in the future.

Good luck tomorrow! Keep working hard & that 170 will happen sometime soon.

betterLawyerUP · Post by **betterLawyerUP** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:27 pm

peppermint wrote:
The Abyss wrote:
peppermint wrote:Woke up super early this morning & took a PT, think it went well. Gonna eat lunch now & then BR it, let's see what happens
How'd the PT end up going? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm doing Superprep A tomorrow.
170/174 BR, so I'm pretty happy. Finally managed to get off my 168 plateau (scored 3 of them in a row the last few times I PT'd in late Jan)

Nice, how many PT's u take so far before hitting 170? I just did RC from prep test 7 and it kicked my ass my head was boiling lol

Gluteus · Post by **Gluteus** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:34 pm

Only managed 3 hours towards the LSAT today (100 Pages of Manhattan LR). Had to devote 3 hours to regular university work

. Aiming for 4 hours towards each tomorrow.

I took a quick glance at June 07's LR section again. I seem to have no trouble at all figuring out question types and I have a noticeably different way of looking at the questions. Whether this translates into a higher score I do not know.

Gluteus · Post by **Gluteus** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:44 am

First time I got a question wrong because I didn't notice one of the answer choices
Read:
A
B
C
E

Apparently my eyes didn't even notice D existed.

Movin' on up.

Webpolice · Post by **Webpolice** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:25 pm

BP Ben wrote:
betterLawyerUP wrote: work is killing me cause I get home so tired, but this weekend I think all im doing is LGB and mix some Manhattan RC in there. My focus is understanding as of now so I can PT later. Although, all I want to do is PT to see if I made progress.
Just a note: Make sure you're drilling pretty heavily to supplement and solidify the methods you're learning in the bookwork. It's good to focus on "understanding" for the initial phase of your prep, but bear in mind that reading the books alone won't enable you to make very much progress with your skill set. You should aim to start developing your muscle memory as soon as you learn the methods. So it's really important to drill by question type immediately after each corresponding chapter that you read.

It's the implementation of methods, rather than the methods themselves, that make high scorers.

ahhhhhh, thanks for this~~~~~I've been reading LGB, Trainer for like half a year and never put my hand on the actual test....maybe I should get started on drilling as well?.....along with cambridge packets?

NonTradLawHopeful · Post by **NonTradLawHopeful** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:32 pm

Webpolice wrote:
BP Ben wrote:
betterLawyerUP wrote: work is killing me cause I get home so tired, but this weekend I think all im doing is LGB and mix some Manhattan RC in there. My focus is understanding as of now so I can PT later. Although, all I want to do is PT to see if I made progress.
Just a note: Make sure you're drilling pretty heavily to supplement and solidify the methods you're learning in the bookwork. It's good to focus on "understanding" for the initial phase of your prep, but bear in mind that reading the books alone won't enable you to make very much progress with your skill set. You should aim to start developing your muscle memory as soon as you learn the methods. So it's really important to drill by question type immediately after each corresponding chapter that you read.

It's the implementation of methods, rather than the methods themselves, that make high scorers.

ahhhhhh, thanks for this~~~~~I've been reading LGB, Trainer for like half a year and never put my hand on the actual test....maybe I should get started on drilling ~~as well?.....along~~ with cambridge packets?

Yes. The cambridge packets are great for developing the muscle memory of each type of question.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 2:17 pm

New poll is up. This one is about retakes.

Previous results:

Iagreetotheseterms · Post by **Iagreetotheseterms** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:03 pm

This would be my 3rd try at the LSAT, got a 169 in December. Hoping to score in the mid 170s this time and apply as early as possible.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:13 pm

I was thinking about pushing back to October but as long as my practice average is 170+ I'm going to do June and just retake if I don't meet my goal. Best case scenario is I do well and can forget about the LSAT, worst case is I retake like everyone else seems to do.

20170322 · Post by **20170322** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:23 pm

So, after taking a week off from any logic games, I just sat down and went -0 on a packet.

Super pumped. Think I'm ready to take a full PT again...

Gluteus · Post by **Gluteus** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:03 pm

Anyone know if Manhattan's LR book utilizes a typical distribution of easy/medium/difficult questions in their drilling sections?

I don't want to make inaccurate assumptions about my abilities on a given question type if the book tends to use easier examples.

betterLawyerUP · Post by **betterLawyerUP** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:26 pm

SweetTort wrote:So, after taking a week off from any logic games, I just sat down and went -0 on a packet.

Super pumped. Think I'm ready to take a full PT again...

When you guys refer to packet work, are the set of games u got -0 new games or ones you have seen in the past?

Also, I think I made the mistake of getting the LRB powerscore rather than Manhattan. Anyone have experience with LRB and is it beneficial? thanks

kevgogators · Post by **kevgogators** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:50 pm

Has anyone else gotten completely rekt by the CD game on PT 31 yet?

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:49 pm

SweetTort wrote:So, after taking a week off from any logic games, I just sat down and went -0 on a packet.

Super pumped. Think I'm ready to take a full PT again...

I haven't touched LG in like 2 weeks so this makes me happy. Earlier today I was wondering if my laziness had taken me back to square one.

pianoman4 · Post by **pianoman4** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:52 pm

kevgogators wrote:Has anyone else gotten completely rekt by the CD game on PT 31 yet?

Yup

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:55 pm

Took Superprep A today and I'm disappointed in my performance, but I know what I need to work on this week. I think I'll be drilling ~ 50 LR questions, 7-10 games, and 3-4 passages everyday this week. This next Saturday I'll take Superprep B.

McJimJam · Post by **McJimJam** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:14 pm

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a_parm · Post by **a_parm** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:18 pm

Did not study at all this weekend. FAIL

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:38 pm

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Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:38 pm

gamerish wrote:PT 38, Game 4.
Literally, what the fuck.

I would look it up, but lazy.