February 2014 Waiters Forum

[PattyCake]

I didn't find the circle game to be that hard. I thought the test was reasonable.

It was more like "woah, hold up. ...OKAY, I got this." (Then I ran out of time.)

ya just had to take a second to figure out how to translate my diagram to a linear answer, if that makes sense.

I fortunately was able to get to all the problems in that section.

Agreed, that's how I did it.

[PattyCake]

Ok so here's something I'm freaking out about. I'm already accepted with a nice scholarship to a couple of schools I'll be very happy at, but haven't heard from my dream school. If by some horrible chance I do worse than my first test, can a school rescind my acceptance or scholarship offer? That's the only reason I could possibly have to cancel, but if there's a chance I'll lose either I want to cancel now.

[RobertGolddust]

IS there a chance they flipped the LR sections? I'm almost 100 percent sure the third section was experimental because I recall the theme of questions mentioned on this forum were the same ones I had for 1 and 5. Could just be disillusion though.

[hawkeye10]

Ok so here's something I'm freaking out about. I'm already accepted with a nice scholarship to a couple of schools I'll be very happy at, but haven't heard from my dream school. If by some horrible chance I do worse than my first test, can a school rescind my acceptance or scholarship offer? That's the only reason I could possibly have to cancel, but if there's a chance I'll lose either I want to cancel now.

they only count the highest, so no they won't

[haus]

Ok so here's something I'm freaking out about. I'm already accepted with a nice scholarship to a couple of schools I'll be very happy at, but haven't heard from my dream school. If by some horrible chance I do worse than my first test, can that school rescind my acceptance or scholarship offer? That's the only reason I could possibly have to cancel, but if there's a chance I'll lose either I want to cancel now.

Given the current drop in applicants most schools are facing, if you have already been accepted, I suspect you have litte to fear. It is not like the school would need to report a lower score for the USNWR ranking.

[bmv505]

I didn't find the circle game to be that hard. I diagrammed it and then I put a 1 next to the 8. Now, I did panic a little when I read it, and quickly turned to the last one. I got back to circles on pace, probably had 8ish minutes left.

Something that I noticed with some of the games is that the ones that I read through and panic are usually the ones I can beat. I finished LG with at least 1:30 left feeling confident. (note: I sometimes pick the hardest question on a logic game and I guess my letter of the day. I found that strategy to really make a difference with not only my scoring on games but my confidence and stress, especially early on in the sections. I guessed 1 on the second and fourth, answered all on the 1st and 3rd, probably saved 2-3 minutes)

[PattyCake]

Ok so here's something I'm freaking out about. I'm already accepted with a nice scholarship to a couple of schools I'll be very happy at, but haven't heard from my dream school. If by some horrible chance I do worse than my first test, can that school rescind my acceptance or scholarship offer? That's the only reason I could possibly have to cancel, but if there's a chance I'll lose either I want to cancel now.

Given the current drop in applicants most schools are facing, if you have already been accepted, I suspect you have litte to fear. It is not like the school would need to report a lower score for the USNWR ranking.

Awesome. I guess the die is cast.

[generalmead]

was this the games kind/order? (Sorry trying to distinguish between my two games sections in my memory.) :

1) schools going to concerts
2) gardening, housekeeping, etc.
3) cities and months
4) diplomats at table

[Baby_Got_Feuerbach]

was this the games kind/order? (Sorry trying to distinguish between my two games sections in my memory.) :

No but close.

[HanShotFirst]

I didn't find the circle game to be that hard. I diagrammed it and then I put a 1 next to the 8. Now, I did panic a little when I read it, and quickly turned to the last one. I got to circles on pace, probably had fish minutes left.

Something that I noticed with some of the games is that the ones that I read through and panic are usually the ones I can beat. I finished LG with at least 1:30 left feeling confident. (note: I sometimes pick the hardest question on a logic game and I guess my letter of the day. I found that strategy to really make a difference with not only my scoring on games but my confidence and stress, especially early on in the sections. I guessed 1 on the second and fourth, answered all on the 1st and 3rd, probably saved 2-3 minutes)

This. Once I figured out how to diagram it I was gravy. I could even tell on a few local questions that at least two of the responses were designed to trick you into misinterpreting the diagram.

[schoollaw]

I'm trying to figure out which section was experimental. To those with 2 LR, did you have a question about ivy?

[HanShotFirst]

I'm trying to figure out which section was experimental. To those with 2 LR, did you have a question about ivy?

The ones with teddy bears and shrimp farming were real. The first one was experimental.

[Geometricconfusion]

I felt that RC was by far the hardest, I am fine with my performance on the other 3. RC is what is worrying me

[Baby_Got_Feuerbach]

I felt that RC was by far the hardest, I am fine with my performance on the other 3. RC is what is worrying me

My RC was first and it took a good 10 minutes to shake off the nerves. Apart from being affected by that, RC wasn't too bad except the science passage. Maybe I'm in the minority with that view.

[HanShotFirst]

I felt that RC was by far the hardest, I am fine with my performance on the other 3. RC is what is worrying me

My RC was first and it took a good 10 minutes to shake off the nerves. Apart from being affected by that, RC wasn't too bad except the science passage. Maybe I'm in the minority with that view.

I felt the same way. I would always miss at least 2 on the science passages in prep tests.

[random number]

I felt that RC was by far the hardest, I am fine with my performance on the other 3. RC is what is worrying me

My RC was first and it took a good 10 minutes to shake off the nerves.

I definitely agree with the slow start (I didn't have RC first though). I took Friday off and it took me a couple seconds to remember how to approach an LSAT question.

[jphiggo]

Hopefully this isn't the case, but if I have to take the Hellsat again, I'm going to practice next time with 10 or 12 people hacking their lungs out, tapping their feet, and a test proctor ripping pages out of a notebook so that I can simulate, more appropriately, real testing conditions. These people... sheesh

[etshin]

RC LR RC LR LG

Was the 3rd RC experimental? someone please reply and help me out!! 3rd one had Beethoven

[xylocarp]

Hopefully this isn't the case, but if I have to take the Hellsat again, I'm going to practice next time with 10 or 12 people hacking their lungs out, tapping their feet, and a test proctor ripping pages out of a notebook so that I can simulate, more appropriately, real testing conditions. These people... sheesh

The 7Sage app actually has this feature

[bryanjbay12]

RC LR RC LR LG

Was the 3rd RC experimental? someone please reply and help me out!! 3rd one had Beethoven

Yes

[jphiggo]

Hopefully this isn't the case, but if I have to take the Hellsat again, I'm going to practice next time with 10 or 12 people hacking their lungs out, tapping their feet, and a test proctor ripping pages out of a notebook so that I can simulate, more appropriately, real testing conditions. These people... sheesh

The 7Sage app actually has this feature

Yeah, I used that app exclusively while PT'ing. I should have turned the distraction setting much higher! It actually wasn't too bad once I got used to each one, did kind of throw my start off a bit though. I'd say that this as a factor was very minimal, the test being ridiculous in certain areas is more likely the culprit to any issues I had.

[Nonconsecutive]

Best of luck everyone!

[Baby_Got_Feuerbach]

RC LR RC LR LG

Was the 3rd RC experimental? someone please reply and help me out!! 3rd one had Beethoven

Yes

I really really liked that passage; like I read that kinda stuff in my free time.

[orangemochafrapp]

The experimental RC was so strange it made it pretty obvious. I debated putting my head down for that section.

[ElliotNessquire]

I don't mean to ask a dumb question, but I thought I read that the lsat wasn't curved? I'm a first time test taker, so advanced apologies for being a noob on the subject!