June 2011 RC Feedback Forum

[Ginj]

Chopin didn't bother me, but the sea floor...Jesus...

Me too. Didn't think Chopin was hard at all, but all that geology made me go "...huh?"

I lucked out in that I minored in Geology and just got out of a class about sedimentology. Never have I been so happy to know geology stuff.

...shut up.

[postn0bills]

effing grains. i still don't know.

[imbored25]

worst section

guessed on the last two passages

[postn0bills]

worst section

guessed on the last two passages

guessed on the last, not sure about the answers i got for any of the others. ugh.

[kalede]

I didn't have to make any blind guesses, but I was definitely rushing through this and didn't feel as confident as normal. :/

[Modus Ponens]

I had RC LG LR RC LR. I was ecstatic that the first RC was experimental... until I finished the second RC.

[postn0bills]

I had RC LG LR RC LR. I was ecstatic that the first RC was experimental... until I finished the second RC.

+1

i was praying to the LSAT gods during break that first RC was experimental. i was ecstatic that i got my wish. and then i wasn't.

[citykitty]

I had RC LG LR RC LR. I was ecstatic that the first RC was experimental... until I finished the second RC.

+1

i was praying to the LSAT gods during break that first RC was experimental. i was ecstatic that i got my wish. and then i wasn't.

This. LMAO. I was pacing and cursing during the break, hoping that the RC was exp. The exp section was BRUTAL. The real one wasn't all that much better.

[cindypopper]

Hated it. Did not have time to finish.

[minnbills]

Yeah that section was a doozie. I pillaged the LG and should come out fine on the LR but that RC was something else man. It was compounded by a headache I developed after the break too. Oh well, anticipating a bad score on one section isn't enough to cancel I think. I was able to answer all the questions, but a few of them were pretty sketchy. I wouldn't be too surprised if I went -8 or whatever.

[pandabear]

absolutely terrible . RC is always my best section but i didn't feel confident about any of the passages and didn't even have time for the last passage

ugh. i think i'm gonna cancel

[neeko]

Chopin didn't bother me, but the sea floor...Jesus...

+1

I hate the ocean. And magnets. WTF are grains?!?

Ha.

This just made me lmfao

[UnamSanctam]

I had RC LG LR RC LR. I was ecstatic that the first RC was experimental... until I finished the second RC.

Sounds like the worst.

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[Time Mage]

I thought the RC was brutal (it is my weakest section though). It was my last section and I was pretty comfortable with how I was doing. I guessed on about 2-3 questions in the first 4 sections and then I get to RC...and I didn't even finish The comparative one I heard was not too bad but that was my last and I had to guess on each Q. And the questions I did do for Chopin/Geology I'm not too comfortable with. I was hoping for 167/168 but now it looks like I'll be taking the test in October.

[mille295]

Chopin didn't bother me, but the sea floor...Jesus...

Me too. Didn't think Chopin was hard at all, but all that geology made me go "...huh?"

I lucked out in that I minored in Geology and just got out of a class about sedimentology. Never have I been so happy to know geology stuff.

This douchebag reminds me of the guy I overheard talking during the break about how he hadn't "missed a single question!"

Fuck off. Knowledge on a specific topic prior to a test doesn't help... The LSAT was designed in a way to test reasoning and analytical skills, not our knowledge of geology/kate chopin/red balls in boxes

[drobe24]

Kate Chopin can go back where she came from.

[neeko]

I thought the RC was brutal (it is my weakest section though). It was my last section and I was pretty comfortable with how I was doing. I guessed on about 2-3 questions in the first 4 sections and then I get to RC...and I didn't even finish The comparative one I heard was not too bad but that was my last and I had to guess on each Q. And the questions I did do for Chopin/Geology I'm not too comfortable with. I was hoping for 167/168 but now it looks like I'll be taking the test in October.

Same here. I registered for October asvsoon as I got home. There's just no way I can overcome that RC section, coupled with the balls game I know I bombed.

[UnamSanctam]

Chopin didn't bother me, but the sea floor...Jesus...

Me too. Didn't think Chopin was hard at all, but all that geology made me go "...huh?"

I lucked out in that I minored in Geology and just got out of a class about sedimentology. Never have I been so happy to know geology stuff.

This douchebag reminds me of the guy I overheard talking during the break about how he hadn't "missed a single question!"

Fuck off. Knowledge on a specific topic prior to a test doesn't help... The LSAT was designed in a way to test reasoning and analytical skills, not our knowledge of geology/kate chopin/red balls in boxes

It's easier to comprehend a passage when it doesn't make your eyes glaze over. If he knows geology terms, then he probably recognized enough things not to go when he was trying to answer questions. Give me a passage about law or history and I'll perform much better than I would on a math/science passage, 9 times out of 10.

[cardsfan04]

How do you know which one is experimental? I felt like I crushed the first one and totally bombed the second.

It went LR/LG/RC/LR/RC for me. I felt REALLY good about how I was doing until the 5th section. I was hoping for a 165 this time as something to build on for October, but felt I might have been closer to 170 UNTIL the 2nd RC. Couldn't keep my focus. It didn't help that two proctors were joking around (quietly, but audibly) at the start of the section and then shuffling our tickets around as the section progressed. Probably just tough luck on my part, but pissed me off.

[joemama628]

goddamn. as someone who usually gets -3 on RC at MOST, this section completely threw me for a loop. I had to almost entirely guess on one of the passages, and the questions that I DID answer, i'm not 100 percent on. shit.

[imbored25]

How do you know which one is experimental? I felt like I crushed the first one and totally bombed the second.

It went LR/LG/RC/LR/RC for me. I felt REALLY good about how I was doing until the 5th section. I was hoping for a 165 this time as something to build on for October, but felt I might have been closer to 170 UNTIL the 2nd RC. Couldn't keep my focus. It didn't help that two proctors were joking around (quietly, but audibly) at the start of the section and then shuffling our tickets around as the section progressed. Probably just tough luck on my part, but pissed me off.

i believe the exp section is usually amongst the first three sections

[echo]

How do you know which one is experimental? I felt like I crushed the first one and totally bombed the second.

It went LR/LG/RC/LR/RC for me. I felt REALLY good about how I was doing until the 5th section. I was hoping for a 165 this time as something to build on for October, but felt I might have been closer to 170 UNTIL the 2nd RC. Couldn't keep my focus. It didn't help that two proctors were joking around (quietly, but audibly) at the start of the section and then shuffling our tickets around as the section progressed. Probably just tough luck on my part, but pissed me off.

Unfortunately in your case the first RC would probably have been the experimental. Historically the experimental has always been in the first three sections, so unless LSAC is really messing with us...

[jayz4]

goddamn. as someone who usually gets -3 on RC at MOST, this section completely threw me for a loop. I had to almost entirely guess on one of the passages, and the questions that I DID answer, i'm not 100 percent on. shit.

AGREED! Anyone else think most the practice tests aren't indicative of how hard the RC has gotten the last two years? I remember taking my first few PTs (the ones in the mid to late '90s) and getting -1 -2 at the most. Then starting with the 2004s I dropped down to -3 -4s, and on one of the most recent ones with the Japanese sculptor/artist I bombed a -7. And on December '09 I got a -6. Pretty sure I got a -7+ on this goddamn section.

Definitely thinking about cancelling. Just sucks I have to go through this process again.

[tigerlaw7]

Yep, I agree with just about everything here.