The Official June 2017 Study Group Forum

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

How goes the Easter studying guys? Just killed a Guinness and some white wine, terrible pairing, and plan on doing some LG drills.

White wine is a plague



I did meh on a PT so crushing a litre at a beer garden

[Platopus]

How goes the Easter studying guys? Just killed a Guinness and some white wine, terrible pairing, and plan on doing some LG drills.

White wine is a plague



I did meh on a PT so crushing a litre at a beer garden

Also did meh on PT 57 yesterday (scored 168), so I am smoking a cigar and drinking some whiskey, trying to nurse my mistake of getting day drunk on bloody marys this morning. Clear liquor is the devil. Loathing work tomorrow, as I'm behind from having Friday off, so I'll be in early and staying late. Fuck.

[zkyggi]

Haven't reviewed or scored my PT from today. Had some horrible distractions, didn't get to 5 questions overall (just put in my answer choices of the day), and felt like a zombie for the first 3/4s of the test. Want to throw this PT in the fire. Hold me


I'm also getting nervous for June because the afternoon time is my normal mental slog and trying to figure out how to best alleviate that. Usually I drink a cup of tea before the test and a cup of tea during the break, obviously I can't do that on test day. I'm trying out caffeine pills instead but man, that half one I did today didn't do much.

Caffeine pills are terrible for me. They leave me jittery. It's essentially like slamming a hot coffee in one gulp.

[Platopus]

Haven't reviewed or scored my PT from today. Had some horrible distractions, didn't get to 5 questions overall (just put in my answer choices of the day), and felt like a zombie for the first 3/4s of the test. Want to throw this PT in the fire. Hold me


I'm also getting nervous for June because the afternoon time is my normal mental slog and trying to figure out how to best alleviate that. Usually I drink a cup of tea before the test and a cup of tea during the break, obviously I can't do that on test day. I'm trying out caffeine pills instead but man, that half one I did today didn't do much.

I also struggle with that mid-afternoon grogginess. Try messing with your sleep pattern a bit and seeing if going to bed earlier/later has any effect. Also, I would avoid caffeine pills, they seem too unpredictable for me. Try switching up your lunch time/what you eat. I've noticed a big correlation between what I eat before hand, and my performance on PT's and drills. Lastly, if you don't already, try exercising a bit later at night, I usually get really good sleep after a work out, and the next day I feel pretty good. However, don't sweat it too much, come test day let adrenaline do its thing

[MediocreAtBest]

I wear glasses and I'm nearsighted so I don't really have to wear them while I study (most of the time I don't), but I did two LR sections the other day, -5 without glasses, -2 with glasses. Glasses are staying on from now on. It's science.

[Barry grandpapy]

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[zkyggi]

How're you guys typically doing on BR scores? I'm getting frustrated because my blind review sometimes dramatically differs from my actual scores.

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

How're you guys typically doing on BR scores? I'm getting frustrated because my blind review sometimes dramatically differs from my actual scores.

(in the good way I hope) That's be mostly normal. I think the key is to make sure you're getting a solid grasp of what you're missing and that you're adding the concepts to your repertoire of things to look out for, not just saying "yeah got it".


I used to spend about 2 hours per PT bring

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Just finished PT C. This thing has one generous curve! Really hope the June curve isn't -9 with two 170 scores omitted.

Yeah iirc the ABCs are very hard tests. There's also a string of tests in the 34-38 that are all -15 curves

[Walliums]

Haven't reviewed or scored my PT from today. Had some horrible distractions, didn't get to 5 questions overall (just put in my answer choices of the day), and felt like a zombie for the first 3/4s of the test. Want to throw this PT in the fire. Hold me


I'm also getting nervous for June because the afternoon time is my normal mental slog and trying to figure out how to best alleviate that. Usually I drink a cup of tea before the test and a cup of tea during the break, obviously I can't do that on test day. I'm trying out caffeine pills instead but man, that half one I did today didn't do much.

I also struggle with that mid-afternoon grogginess. Try messing with your sleep pattern a bit and seeing if going to bed earlier/later has any effect. Also, I would avoid caffeine pills, they seem too unpredictable for me. Try switching up your lunch time/what you eat. I've noticed a big correlation between what I eat before hand, and my performance on PT's and drills. Lastly, if you don't already, try exercising a bit later at night, I usually get really good sleep after a work out, and the next day I feel pretty good. However, don't sweat it too much, come test day let adrenaline do its thing

Thanks for the tips! Can't do much about my sleep schedule due to work, but I'm gonna try working out tonight and see if that helps me sleep better/deeper.

What food seems to be working out for you to keep you alert during your PT?

[Walliums]

White wine is a plague

How dare you. More for me

[radon5]

Anybody finding that there is only the wait list available for test center signup? I got assigned a place really far from where I live. Is June just really popular?

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Took PT 64 yesterday and a weird thing happened with my RC.

So I'm normally around -2 and I do very minimal markup. I usually just tag things in my head and circle main concepts when I'm done with the paragraphs. But yesterday I was underling, using brackets, parentheses all kindsa stuff. Went -5 in both the RC sections.

Haven't been studying as much as I need to be so it makes sense.

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Anybody finding that there is only the wait list available for test center signup? I got assigned a place really far from where I live. Is June just really popular?

I think there's less TCs actually. Stay on the WL until you get assigned.

[Barry grandpapy]

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[radon5]

Anybody finding that there is only the wait list available for test center signup? I got assigned a place really far from where I live. Is June just really popular?

I think there's less TCs actually. Stay on the WL until you get assigned.

I got assigned, just to a place pretty far away from where I am. I was wondering if I should just accept it and not try to change and if other people were running into this problem

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Anybody finding that there is only the wait list available for test center signup? I got assigned a place really far from where I live. Is June just really popular?

I think there's less TCs actually. Stay on the WL until you get assigned.

I got assigned, just to a place pretty far away from where I am. I was wondering if I should just accept it and not try to change and if other people were running into this problem

I've had success calling to get relocated if that helps but I think it's for things roughly 100 miles away

Eta without paying

[MediocreAtBest]

Took PT 64 yesterday and a weird thing happened with my RC.

So I'm normally around -2 and I do very minimal markup. I usually just tag things in my head and circle main concepts when I'm done with the paragraphs. But yesterday I was underling, using brackets, parentheses all kindsa stuff. Went -5 in both the RC sections.

Haven't been studying as much as I need to be so it makes sense.

I don't mark at all, it sort of distracts me from reading it and focusing the way I normally would. I usually go -2 or less too. I just tag things in my head and try to ID viewpoints and stuff like that. I gave the underlining and marking stuff a shot since I figured that's what the best test takers to, but not touching it at all works much better for me.

[Walliums]

I messaged Nonny Mouse.

You hear back yet? I haven't. I'm so thirsty for that sweet, sweet first poll

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

I messaged Nonny Mouse.

You hear back yet? I haven't. I'm so thirsty for that sweet, sweet first poll

Post here
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... tart=12875

[dm1683]

Just did PT 51. Same score as last time.

LR1: -3
RC: -3
LR2: -3
LG: -0

172

LR felt harder here too. Barely finished the first section. It seems like LR and RC are a lot harder in the PTs than they were when I was drilling timed sections.

[StetsonU]

Are you guys all on the same prep course or is there a set of pt's you're all taking? What i mean is there a specific order you all are doing the pts, or is it just what you have access to?

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Are you guys all on the same prep course or is there a set of pt's you're all taking? What i mean is there a specific order you all are doing the pts, or is it just what you have access to?

im trying to get through all the PTs 62and higher but ill be using some just for section drilling

[StetsonU]

Are you guys all on the same prep course or is there a set of pt's you're all taking? What i mean is there a specific order you all are doing the pts, or is it just what you have access to?

im trying to get through all the PTs 62and higher but ill be using some just for section drilling

Ah ok cool. I have 62-71 i got in the lsac packet. However i'm getting 60 pts from a friend in a week or two, i'm assuming it's going to include most of them, so was wondering which numbers people were focusing on.

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

Are you guys all on the same prep course or is there a set of pt's you're all taking? What i mean is there a specific order you all are doing the pts, or is it just what you have access to?

im trying to get through all the PTs 62and higher but ill be using some just for section drilling

Ah ok cool. I have 62-71 i got in the lsac packet. However i'm getting 60 pts from a friend in a week or two, i'm assuming it's going to include most of them, so was wondering which numbers people were focusing on.

Depends on how much time you have to study closer to the test you want to prioritize new tests