The Official June 2016 Study Group Forum

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:44 pm

You guys hit the gym or do anything physical to sharpen yourself?

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:48 pm

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TexAg95 · Post by **TexAg95** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:03 pm

ColonizeMars wrote: Welcome to the club! Yeap, same here, just haven't got into intense drilling part yet. I have the Bibles, Trainer, Powerscore, and 1-72 Pts (along with some Kaplan explanations), most of these passed on by a friend. Currently studying ~3 hours a day, will step it up starting next week.

Awesome, glad to be in the boat with ya. Since you have all PT's, will you still by Cambridge packs for drilling by type? I'm wondering if this is a worthwhile investment. From the research I have done thus far, everyone usually responds with a resounding "yes", but I am interested to hear your opinion.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:08 am

chicharon wrote:
ColonizeMars wrote:You guys hit the gym or do anything physical to sharpen yourself?
Srsly, Watney, you're such a gunner.

But yes, I had a gym routine going while prepping for October and it helped a lot. Just cardio in the mornings before heading to work. I'll get back on it before the week is out.

Yeah, cardio is my way to get high too. Whats a Watney? I don't get that reference.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:20 am

TexAg95 wrote:
ColonizeMars wrote: Welcome to the club! Yeap, same here, just haven't got into intense drilling part yet. I have the Bibles, Trainer, Powerscore, and 1-72 Pts (along with some Kaplan explanations), most of these passed on by a friend. Currently studying ~3 hours a day, will step it up starting next week.
Awesome, glad to be in the boat with ya. Since you have all PT's, will you still by Cambridge packs for drilling by type? I'm wondering if this is a worthwhile investment. From the research I have done thus far, everyone usually responds with a resounding "yes", but I am interested to hear your opinion.

Having too much materials can be counter productive, so I wouldn't buy everything people recommend here. We all have different ways we learn from. But as far as PTs go, I think its worth going through all the PTs to see how they evolved. So, if you can get your hands on them, then yes. I am not sure how significantly unique the Cambridge packs are though.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:22 am

PLUsdfg wrote:Awesome casesam.co.uk. But prepping for LSAT ourcase.co.uk might be so early.

Is this some sort of click bait tactic for those sites??

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 8:20 am

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ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:25 pm

I take it you've never read/seen The Martian.

[+] Spoiler
In The Martian, Mark Watney gets stranded on Mars and has to figure out how to survive until he can get rescued. You remind me of him because he "colonized" Mars.

Mark Watney: "They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So, technically, I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong!"

I haven't read it. I've just been following Musk like I have some sort of boner for SpaceX, but now I will read The Martian.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:03 pm

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ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:05 am

chicharon wrote:
ColonizeMars wrote:I haven't read it. I've just been following Musk like I have some sort of boner for SpaceX, but now I will read The Martian.
Elon Musk?

Dude it's 10pm and I'm still at work.

Yeah, he is a made man from what I read about him.

Why are you working that late?

kylemolodets · Post by **kylemolodets** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:36 am

Best of luck from a December taker. I hope to be sitting in the sun enjoying my last carefree summer while you are locked in your testing center slaving away

But really, good luck!

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:17 am

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chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:31 am

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ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:24 pm

kylemolodets wrote:Best of luck from a December taker. I hope to be sitting in the sun enjoying my last carefree summer while you are locked in your testing center slaving away

But really, good luck!

Yeah, yeah...

Won't you have to worry about your application process?

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:29 pm

chicharon wrote:I'm a paralegal. We had a deal closing

Paralegal? I have a thing for Paralegals...just saying.

chicharon wrote:BTW, ColonizeMars, I get dibs on being OP if you ever decide you want to spend less time on here And if not, I get dibs on OP-ing Waiters' thread

You got it. You can be OP here right now if you want, I only try to get on here once or twice a day.

kylemolodets · Post by **kylemolodets** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:54 am

ColonizeMars wrote:
kylemolodets wrote:Best of luck from a December taker. I hope to be sitting in the sun enjoying my last carefree summer while you are locked in your testing center slaving away

But really, good luck!
Yeah, yeah... Won't you have to worry about your application process?

Yeah... but that pain should be over by late December and then I go into a state of apathy as I wait tirelessly to hear back from law schools.

and yes, you can never be sure about how your scores will work out.....

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chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:37 am

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20170322 · Post by **20170322** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:50 am

Checking in.

Studied last year, got up to a 175, then quit. Starting again, but this time I'm gonna register/pay for the June test in January, so I can't back out.

Planning on doing an hour per day M-F from January to April, then cranking it up a notch as we get closer. Really just need to get my LG to -0.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:56 am

chicharon wrote: LOL not happening. This particular paralegal has a boyfriend.

Yeah, like that's going to deter us.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:57 am

SweetTort wrote:Checking in.

Studied last year, got up to a 175, then quit. Starting again, but this time I'm gonna register/pay for the June test in January, so I can't back out.

Planning on doing an hour per day M-F from January to April, then cranking it up a notch as we get closer. Really just need to get my LG to -0.

Hey SweetTort, welcome to the club. Yeah, just do it, LSAT is fun anyways.

cheesy143 · Post by **cheesy143** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:33 am

Yall crazy

I'm starting studying in like march

20170322 · Post by **20170322** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:29 pm

Are y'all worried about burnout?

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:31 pm

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smilesmilesmile · Post by **smilesmilesmile** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:13 pm

chicharon wrote:
cheesy143 wrote:Yall crazy

I'm starting studying in like march
I started studying yesterday (read through a couple chapters in the LSAT Trainer) and continued today (did an LR section from an old PT, -4, but I've probably done a bunch of those items as drills so not reading too much into it). Caveat is that I'm kind of pushing for February with June as a back-up.

Same here! Really hope i'll do well in Feb but most likely retake during June

Binghamton1018 · Post by **Binghamton1018** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:49 pm

Checking in! I was originally going to take the February 2016 test, but need the time between Feb and June to really fine-tune my approach. I'm at the stage now where a majority of the LR questions I can recognize patterns or formulate an answer, but routinely get caught up in the convoluted/dense language LSAC uses to disguise the CR. For instance, I spent the last 3 weeks going over the ins and outs of "flaw" questions and practicing from the Cambridge targeted drilling book (PT 21-40) only to go about 40% on the flaw questions on PT 62 today

Very discouraging, but a learning experience. I can recognize what the flaw is, what is going on even in complicated stimuli, but the translation from that to the CR is often ridiculously hard. Staying positive!