The Official June 2016 Study Group Forum

[Rupert Pupkin]

OK...prep test 72. Holy fuckballs batman.

I just finished grading it with 7sage (so I could know my score but preserve some semblance of a blind review this evening). Got a 170, which, quite frankly, is way better than I thought I'd get. It felt like a best case 165er.

Between workpieces and medical equipoise, my rectum was violated by LSAC and I'd assume most my misses are clustered there. On the bright side though, my undergrad minor in Econ and my MBA are coming in handy. The flat tax passage everyone bitches about wasn't that bad for me. So, I'm hoping there are 3 esoteric econ/tax/finance passages next Monday. Sorry, not sorry.

Anyway, will edit with section-by-section breakdown after I do blind review this evening. Going to go regain my composure, binge watch some Arrested Development on Netflix, and start on Pretzel's recommended white-wine regimen so I can have a betchy blind review sesh this evening.

good to see that im not the only one preferring difficult econ/tax/finance passages! And for the white-whine regimen, try some pinot-grigio spritzers. They are crushing ;P

[longpig]

OK...prep test 72. Holy fuckballs batman.

I just finished grading it with 7sage (so I could know my score but preserve some semblance of a blind review this evening). Got a 170, which, quite frankly, is way better than I thought I'd get. It felt like a best case 165er.

Between workpieces and medical equipoise, my rectum was violated by LSAC and I'd assume most my misses are clustered there. On the bright side though, my undergrad minor in Econ and my MBA are coming in handy. The flat tax passage everyone bitches about wasn't that bad for me. So, I'm hoping there are 3 esoteric econ/tax/finance passages next Monday. Sorry, not sorry.

Anyway, will edit with section-by-section breakdown after I do blind review this evening. Going to go regain my composure, binge watch some Arrested Development on Netflix, and start on Pretzel's recommended white-wine regimen so I can have a betchy blind review sesh this evening.

I knew a couple people who took this test IRL and it really fucked them IRL. Let's pray next week's isn't like this.

[ponderingmeerkat]

And for the white-whine regimen, try some pinot-grigio spritzers. They are crushing ;P

PG you say???

[pretzeltime]

And for the white-whine regimen, try some pinot-grigio spritzers. They are crushing ;P

PG you say???

Endorse.

[Rupert Pupkin]

And for the white-whine regimen, try some pinot-grigio spritzers. They are crushing ;P

PG you say???

Endorse.

Ayy! Cheers!

[benjaye]

I can't wait for happy hour following test day.

[forum_user]

Good to know, thanks for the info Spivey!

[appind]

How do you guys feel about working backwards within the section, like last RC/LG to first? With my luck, I'll be blindsided by one of the weird(er) logic games as game four in section five. *Knocks on wood*

Nah dude. A few months ago, I used to try weird shit like this to see if it made a measurable difference. It never really did.

What I eventually figured out is if you're a top 5% or top 10% test taker, it's perfectly reasonable to expect to to finish each section within time and without gimmicky/confusing re-ordering. Have the confidence that, if you're scoring anywhere close to 165+, the whole test is written for people like you. This knowledge and confidence will allow you to relax, focus and try to get into a "flow" with the questions. Jumping around only slows you down and breaks your flow.

agree with ponderingmkat about the futility of working backwards or trying different orderings. such gimmicks really don't work with lsat.

the only point on which i will disagree with is about time not being an issue for 5-10% of lsat takers. even 5% is like 167 and timing remains an issue for plenty of takers much above that score range i think.

Skipping a particularly hard LG section or RC question once you gauge it as such can be good strategy. I can't see how it would be useful to just do every section backwards.

definitely skip if a hard game or question if it's taking too long. i guess doing things like questions in reverse order or q15-26 first and q1-14 at the end in lr isn't productive. some people for RC do have a predetermined order of doing passages or saving the one with the least questions for last, but i am really not sure how it ends up helping them as long as they do complete all the questions. i think if they really tried to do passages in the given order, they would actually end up scoring similar, but there is likely no way to test this.

[somethingElse]

I ended up doing RC backwards (4th passage then the 3rd, etc). Probably didn't make a huge difference, but my reasoning for it was:

1) RC is IMO the most mentally draining session, and so I was able to be at my very best for the tougher passages.

2) RC sometimes took me right down to the wire, timing wise. If it did, I was glad to be running out of time on an easier passage.

But really, I agree with what was said regarding timing not being an issue at a certain point. A vast majority of the time, I would finish RC with 5 minutes to go and so I could go back and check my work. Going backwards was more of a safeguard than anything else.

[ponderingmeerkat]

And to give a slightly different perspective from what SomethingElse said...the reason I don't do hard passages first is my mind is like a diesel engine. It needs a warm up. But once it gets going, I start to hit my stride or feeling a sense of flow and I start to churn through passages better. So, the fact passage 1 is (typically) easier is a good thing for me. Different minds work differently I guess.

[somethingElse]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

[pretzeltime]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

[somethingElse]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

OMG PRETZEL!! Too proud for words. I might as well just buy that gift card right now!

How many sodes in are you??

[pretzeltime]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

OMG PRETZEL!! Too proud for words. I might as well just buy that gift card right now!

How many sodes in are you??

Episode 2. Delightfully salacious and highly problematic. Pairs well with white wine. Two thumbs up

[somethingElse]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

OMG PRETZEL!! Too proud for words. I might as well just buy that gift card right now!

How many sodes in are you??

Episode 2. Delightfully salacious and highly problematic. Pairs well with white wine. Two thumbs up

You should totes start posting in the PLL thread in the lounge too!!

[SonicHell]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

What was your warm-up routine? I go for a short run and meditate a few hours before a test. But I know I should also be doing practice questions, which I'll do before doing pt77 tomorrow.

[pretzeltime]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

OMG PRETZEL!! Too proud for words. I might as well just buy that gift card right now!

How many sodes in are you??

Episode 2. Delightfully salacious and highly problematic. Pairs well with white wine. Two thumbs up

You should totes start posting in the PLL thread in the lounge too!!

Aren't there mad spoilers there?

[somethingElse]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

What was your warm-up routine? I go for a short run and meditate a few hours before a test. But I know I should also be doing practice questions, which I'll do before doing pt77 tomorrow.

Breakfast + Coffee
3 sudoku/similar-type puzzles
Read some of my denser-than-LSAT-shit book
Meditate
10-15 LR
2 RC passages
2 LGs

That would be for a 830 am test. For June I would just like sleep in way more and do all that shit plus probably shoot hoops for 30 min or so between the breakfast and coffee and all the other stuff.

[somethingElse]

Babe you're gonna be so proud of me

Watching PLL season 1 and eating a pretzel bun sharp cheddar grilled cheese

This is called my pre-lsat Memorial Day Turn Up

OMG PRETZEL!! Too proud for words. I might as well just buy that gift card right now!

How many sodes in are you??

Episode 2. Delightfully salacious and highly problematic. Pairs well with white wine. Two thumbs up

You should totes start posting in the PLL thread in the lounge too!!

Aren't there mad spoilers there?

Well definitely don't read through the whole thread, that's for sure. Lately though there haven't been because some others are just starting up so we haven't been spoiling. Just start reading the OP and find the intro quiz (it is like 3 questions) and then use that/introduce yourself!

[Rupert Pupkin]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

What was your warm-up routine? I go for a short run and meditate a few hours before a test. But I know I should also be doing practice questions, which I'll do before doing pt77 tomorrow.

Breakfast + Coffee
3 sudoku/similar-type puzzles
Read some of my denser-than-LSAT-shit book
Meditate
10-15 LR
2 RC passages
2 LGs

That would be for a 830 am test. For June I would just like sleep in way more and do all that shit plus probably shoot hoops for 30 min or so between the breakfast and coffee and all the other stuff.

What are some of your "denser-than-LSAT-shit book" you recommend?

[Mikey]

1 week to go!

[somethingElse]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

What was your warm-up routine? I go for a short run and meditate a few hours before a test. But I know I should also be doing practice questions, which I'll do before doing pt77 tomorrow.

Breakfast + Coffee
3 sudoku/similar-type puzzles
Read some of my denser-than-LSAT-shit book
Meditate
10-15 LR
2 RC passages
2 LGs

That would be for a 830 am test. For June I would just like sleep in way more and do all that shit plus probably shoot hoops for 30 min or so between the breakfast and coffee and all the other stuff.

What are some of your "denser-than-LSAT-shit book" you recommend?

I read Infinite Jest. Really good book actually and definitely denser than LSAT. You could also try reading Critique of Pure Reason by Kant, but that's translated into english and so while it is definitely very dense in its own right, part of that comes from being translated. There's also Gravity's Rainbow which is VERY dense - much denser than Infinite Jest. You could also just try Googling like "super dense books" or something like that and pick one that seems interesting to you. You can't really go wrong as long as it's significantly denser than RC passages.

[pretzeltime]

True, but I also warmed up pretty extensively before each LSAT (both directly doing questions/passages/games as well as other shit).

What was your warm-up routine? I go for a short run and meditate a few hours before a test. But I know I should also be doing practice questions, which I'll do before doing pt77 tomorrow.

Breakfast + Coffee
3 sudoku/similar-type puzzles
Read some of my denser-than-LSAT-shit book
Meditate
10-15 LR
2 RC passages
2 LGs

That would be for a 830 am test. For June I would just like sleep in way more and do all that shit plus probably shoot hoops for 30 min or so between the breakfast and coffee and all the other stuff.

What are some of your "denser-than-LSAT-shit book" you recommend?

I read Infinite Jest. Really good book actually and definitely denser than LSAT. You could also try reading Critique of Pure Reason by Kant, but that's translated into english and so while it is definitely very dense in its own right, part of that comes from being translated. There's also Gravity's Rainbow which is VERY dense - much denser than Infinite Jest. You could also just try Googling like "super dense books" or something like that and pick one that seems interesting to you. You can't really go wrong as long as it's significantly denser than RC passages.

lol that's a very unique LSAT warm up book, I dig

[ponderingmeerkat]

What are some of your "denser-than-LSAT-shit book" you recommend?

Capital by Piketty for Econ.

For novels: of course, Ulysses if you can stomach a little "stream of consciousness". Or Cloud Atlas (love that book)...seriously amazing novel. Most relevant is one subplot that uses a lot of "near-english" future-speak intended to simulate divergent linguistic evolution that's heavily phonetic and challenging. Good prep for !Kung-type passages, haha.

Another two modernist novels that prep for something unique would be Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad (the last couple chapters have equally inaccessible dialogue) and, for a real trip, House of Leaves by Danielewski.

I'm a huge book nerd.

[ayylmao]

Think I'll just do a section a day until test day, with some review afterward. I have PT 76 in reserve but I figure there isn't much to be gained from taking it and I'm better off saving it for a retake if needed. This way I can relax while keeping my brain in the test.