The Official June 2016 Study Group Forum

[etramak]

I'd hope to get reading comp out of the way first or second. My biggest fear is having an experimental RC and agonizing over which one was real....especially if I fail to finish one of them.

My impression of reading comp is that the more recent ones are way denser. Do you guys think it is worth prepping with PT 50s and 60s RCs so close to the real thing?

[appind]

just finished doing first 3 section of pt-26.

lg felt ok and i was able to finish with 1-2 min remaining

lr1: this was my 1st lr question in the last 1 month. i had marked 2 questions to come back to for review, but i bubbled the last q as the time was being called. so likely i got -3 or worse in this section.

lr2: there were a couple of tough ones toward the end that i didn't feel confident about. finished right when the time was being called. feel that i could have gone perfect in this section.

will spend the rest of the day doing BR.

Edit:
scored the sections
lg -0
lr1 -3 (likely the ones i needed more time on)
lr2 -0
skipping rc for now

[appind]

I'd hope to get reading comp out of the way first or second. My biggest fear is having an experimental RC and agonizing over which one was real....especially if I fail to finish one of them.

My impression of reading comp is that the more recent ones are way denser. Do you guys think it is worth prepping with PT 50s and 60s RCs so close to the real thing?

not sure if that impression is true. 60s RC is just as tough as current one. and some of the late 50s rc is just as hard.

[ayylmao]

PT 60: -4, -5, - 7, -5 for a scaled 163.

I'm so discouraged y'all. My last three PT's have all been low 160's, but everything a couple weeks ago was > 167.

And we're only two weeks away.

My significant other keeps saying that it's awesome that I'm scoring better than like 90% of people taking the LSAT - i don't think they get that it's STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

FUCK YOU

Jesus dude.

[somethingElse]

PT 60: -4, -5, - 7, -5 for a scaled 163.

I'm so discouraged y'all. My last three PT's have all been low 160's, but everything a couple weeks ago was > 167.

And we're only two weeks away.

My significant other keeps saying that it's awesome that I'm scoring better than like 90% of people taking the LSAT - i don't think they get that it's STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

FUCK YOU

Jesus dude.

Sup?

[somethingElse]

PT 70 (with one section from 69 as a fifth section):

LR -1, LG -0, RC -1 (180)

Almost ran out of time on the LG section. Tried to brute force my way through a couple of questions. I think I'm going to take 3 PT's a week up until the 6th. Trying to decide whether to take that last weekend off.

fuck u

[dvc5240]

So here we are two weeks out...

Here's where I'm at:

Averaging 164 (with no more than 2 lucky guesses) and I have done almost every PT.
LR: -4 to -5 (each section)
RC: -6 to -7 (kicking my ass)
LG: -2 to -4

I have 76 and 77 saved for this/next week, but other than that I've done PTs 40+. My question is: retake recent tests or dip into older ones? I'm not worried about 'building my confidence' just want to get the best practice and still have an opportunity to increase my score.

Current plan is to spend the next two days drilling RC and getting to the point where I can be more confident with finishing all the questions and getting down to -4 on average, before taking another PT. I would love any advice/tips for improvement two weeks out.

Before the December test, I remember getting a bit flustered and my last two weeks weren't as productive as they could've been, so I want to be sure to keep progressing up until I just relax a couple days before the test.

Hope everyone is feeling better than me right now lol

[StopLawying]

Retakers: anything you wish you would have done differently leading up to the test? Or any mistakes you made on test-day that you wish you didn't make? Although I enjoy studying for this test, I really would like to take this test once. I'll probably have to retake, as most ppl need several takes to reach/surpass their goal score, but boy would I love a free summer. I haven't had one of those in a really long time.

[proteinshake]

Retakers: anything you wish you would have done differently leading up to the test? Or any mistakes you made on test-day that you wish you didn't make? Although I enjoy studying for this test, I really would like to take this test once. I'll probably have to retake, as most ppl need several takes to reach/surpass their goal score, but boy would I love a free summer. I haven't had one of those in a really long time.

wake up at 5AM on the day before the test so I can fall asleep early.

[forum_user]

Retakers: anything you wish you would have done differently leading up to the test? Or any mistakes you made on test-day that you wish you didn't make? Although I enjoy studying for this test, I really would like to take this test once. I'll probably have to retake, as most ppl need several takes to reach/surpass their goal score, but boy would I love a free summer. I haven't had one of those in a really long time.

wake up at 5AM on the day before the test so I can fall asleep early.

Not sure if you mean this sarcastically, but this is terrible advice--it's more apt to make you groggy if you screw up your sleep schedule so close to the test.

Just take it easy. I kind of came to terms with retaking about two weeks before Dec 15. Helped take the pressure off on the day of the test, because I knew the worst thing that could happen was something I was already planning for. I actually ended up performing relatively well, and I think a lot of that had to do with being just hopped up on adrenaline enough to really focus, but not too much so nervous as to completely freeze.

[dvc5240]

Retakers: anything you wish you would have done differently leading up to the test? Or any mistakes you made on test-day that you wish you didn't make? Although I enjoy studying for this test, I really would like to take this test once. I'll probably have to retake, as most ppl need several takes to reach/surpass their goal score, but boy would I love a free summer. I haven't had one of those in a really long time.

I woke up early, walked my dog, and did my warm up problems about 2 hours before my test. Then, (hour before being at test center) I met my boyfriend for coffee and a small breakfast right before the test and within walking distance to test center (so I wasn't worrying about time). I thought that talking to someone after my warm up helped me relax a bit and not think about the problems I was just doing, since they didn't matter at that point. Right before my test, I did read over a single RC passage in my car (did not do any questions) just for a last minute brain wake up. Listened to a couple pump up songs and went in.

Overall I felt super relaxed and ready for the test (obviously I'm retaking because I did not get a score I wanted), but overall I felt that I performed pretty well and how I expected I would.

[proteinshake]

Retakers: anything you wish you would have done differently leading up to the test? Or any mistakes you made on test-day that you wish you didn't make? Although I enjoy studying for this test, I really would like to take this test once. I'll probably have to retake, as most ppl need several takes to reach/surpass their goal score, but boy would I love a free summer. I haven't had one of those in a really long time.

wake up at 5AM on the day before the test so I can fall asleep early.

Not sure if you mean this sarcastically, but this is terrible advice--it's more apt to make you groggy if you screw up your sleep schedule so close to the test.

Just take it easy. I kind of came to terms with retaking about two weeks before Dec 15. Helped take the pressure off on the day of the test, because I knew the worst thing that could happen was something I was already planning for. I actually ended up performing relatively well, and I think a lot of that had to do with being just hopped up on adrenaline enough to really focus, but not too much so nervous as to completely freeze.

let me rephrase: gradually alter your sleep schedule by waking up a little bit earlier each day so you can comfortably wake up at 5AM the day before (and the the day of?) the test.*

but oh crap I completely forgot the June test is at 12 so maybe change the time to whatever works best for you (I'm a September taker)

my point is that you should be waking up everyday at the time you plan on waking up on test day. I guess it's not as big a deal since it's not at 8.

[appind]

drilled more lg today.

44 lg -0 (33 min)
32 lg -0 (34:50 min)

hoping this is a trend

[nerdylsat]

PT 70 (with one section from 69 as a fifth section):

LR -1, LG -0, RC -1 (180)

Almost ran out of time on the LG section. Tried to brute force my way through a couple of questions. I think I'm going to take 3 PT's a week up until the 6th. Trying to decide whether to take that last weekend off.

That's admirable.

I just took PT70 as well and went:

LR1: -2
RC: -6
LG: -1
LR2: -6

Overall -15 for a 167. Didn't really feel that I bombed RC and LR2 for a -12 total which I hadn't done in a long time. Still came around my average score of 167.

Anyways, you're a beast and I don't know how the hell you did that.

[forum_user]

let me rephrase: gradually alter your sleep schedule by waking up a little bit earlier each day so you can comfortably wake up at 5AM the day before (and the the day of?) the test.*

but oh crap I completely forgot the June test is at 12 so maybe change the time to whatever works best for you (I'm a September taker)

my point is that you should be waking up everyday at the time you plan on waking up on test day. I guess it's not as big a deal since it's not at 8.

Ah, okay, yeah this makes much more sense--it's actually exactly what I did for December. I got into the habit of going to bed early and waking up at like 5/6am every day so by the actual day of the test it was no big deal. For June though this is much less relevant.

[pretzeltime]

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[forum_user]

TWO WEEKS

[Mikey]

Just destroyed my 2nd to last final, 1 more to go

[somethingElse]

Took June 2014/PT74 yesterday. 177, pretty dern happy about that.

LR: -3
LG: -1
RC: -1

Relieved to do well on a more recent test, I've been worrying that I was mostly getting high scores in just the 50s and 60s.

Onward!

I'd say you've earned yourself a:

[pretzeltime]

Took June 2014/PT74 yesterday. 177, pretty dern happy about that.

LR: -3
LG: -1
RC: -1

Relieved to do well on a more recent test, I've been worrying that I was mostly getting high scores in just the 50s and 60s.

Onward!

I'd say you've earned yourself a:

I just had some Shake Shack, so I'm def treatin' mahself!

No pretzels in proximity to my office. What's that all about.

[Hennessy]

Took June 2014/PT74 yesterday. 177, pretty dern happy about that.

LR: -3
LG: -1
RC: -1

Relieved to do well on a more recent test, I've been worrying that I was mostly getting high scores in just the 50s and 60s.

Onward!

I'd say you've earned yourself a:

I just had some Shake Shack, so I'm def treatin' mahself!

No pretzels in proximity to my office. What's that all about.

where is your office? i can literally see a preztal vendor from my window

[pretzeltime]

Took June 2014/PT74 yesterday. 177, pretty dern happy about that.

LR: -3
LG: -1
RC: -1

Relieved to do well on a more recent test, I've been worrying that I was mostly getting high scores in just the 50s and 60s.

Onward!

I'd say you've earned yourself a:

I just had some Shake Shack, so I'm def treatin' mahself!

No pretzels in proximity to my office. What's that all about.

where is your office? i can literally see a preztal vendor from my window

[Hennessy]

Took June 2014/PT74 yesterday. 177, pretty dern happy about that.

LR: -3
LG: -1
RC: -1

Relieved to do well on a more recent test, I've been worrying that I was mostly getting high scores in just the 50s and 60s.

Onward!

I'd say you've earned yourself a:

I just had some Shake Shack, so I'm def treatin' mahself!

No pretzels in proximity to my office. What's that all about.

where is your office? i can literally see a preztal vendor from my window

Boston. We don't have street carts round these parts.

DA BIG APPLE here, but originally from the south.

Boston is my favorite part of the Northeast tho.

[pretzeltime]

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[Hennessy]

Oh dang. Yep, NY does have its street pretzels. They're pretty shitty IMO. Suburban mall pretzels have them beat.

You don't hear too many people choose Boston over NY. Well, at least people living in New York. Boston ain't half bad though, especially in the summer.

Fuck NY.

I had an ex-bf who lived in Boston, so I visited him about 6 times a year for two years, and I loved it. Very pretty.