The Official September 2016 Study Group - WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS Forum

[Mikey]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

RC drilling tomorrow for me! My LG timing is getting a bit better also, so that's good!

[Mikey]

Am I the only one that stares for a few minutes at the test masters LSAT score increase thing at the bottom and top of this forum?

[Barack O'Drama]

Am I the only one that stares for a few minutes at the test masters LSAT score increase thing at the bottom and top of this forum?

Haha! No, I do it at least twice a week. I just read it and watch it switch for a minute and just space out.

[20170322]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

RC drilling tomorrow for me! My LG timing is getting a bit better also, so that's good!

I've become a follower at the Church of Drilling. The more I drill, the more my score goes up. It's just that simple. So from now until September, I'm drilling and redrilling RC passages.

[PhiladelphiaCollins]

Just B.R'd my RC from PT5 managed to somehow go only -6 on the whole thing despite doing the last passage in 5 minutes (if you've done that bacteria passage you'll know why it took so long).

Definitely a proponent of drilling RC hard. I think I've gone from -10+ to between -5 and -7 in the month since I've done it.

[proteinshake]

just finished up PT 52 and feeling really good. gonna BR tonight. anyone else think modern LRs are easier than older ones?

[WWhitman]

Hola everyone,

Quick question for everyone: I've been going through LGB exclusively but just received a copy of Manhattan LG (latest edition). So I was wondering if I should read the two in combination or finish the LGB first and, then, go over Manhattan? Any input is appreciated, you masters of LSAT!

WW

[proteinshake]

Hola everyone,

Quick question for everyone: I've been going through LGB exclusively but just received a copy of Manhattan LG (latest edition). So I was wondering if I should read the two in combination or finish the LGB first and, then, go over Manhattan? Any input is appreciated, you masters of LSAT!

WW

If you already have a decent amount of the LGB done, just finish it and then read Manhattan.

[Mikey]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

[Mikey]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

RC drilling tomorrow for me! My LG timing is getting a bit better also, so that's good!

I've become a follower at the Church of Drilling. The more I drill, the more my score goes up. It's just that simple. So from now until September, I'm drilling and redrilling RC passages.

just out of curiosity, whenever you do actually miss questions in RC, are they random questions or are they like a certain question type?

[20170322]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

RC drilling tomorrow for me! My LG timing is getting a bit better also, so that's good!

I've become a follower at the Church of Drilling. The more I drill, the more my score goes up. It's just that simple. So from now until September, I'm drilling and redrilling RC passages.

just out of curiosity, whenever you do actually miss questions in RC, are they random questions or are they like a certain question type?

Typically it's an identify, time-suck question. Like, "Which one of the following is NOT cited as evidence?" Otherwise, it's typically a misread, or if I'm having a bad day, a misapplication of a concept.

[dietcoke1]

Just curious, what exactly does drilling entail?

How many sections of RC do you guys do when you drill?

[Alexandros]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

RC drilling tomorrow for me! My LG timing is getting a bit better also, so that's good!

I've become a follower at the Church of Drilling. The more I drill, the more my score goes up. It's just that simple. So from now until September, I'm drilling and redrilling RC passages.

just out of curiosity, whenever you do actually miss questions in RC, are they random questions or are they like a certain question type?

Typically it's an identify, time-suck question. Like, "Which one of the following is NOT cited as evidence?" Otherwise, it's typically a misread, or if I'm having a bad day, a misapplication of a concept.

Those "which is NOT [in the text]" questions are so fricking annoying ermrgod.

[Barack O'Drama]

Just curious, what exactly does drilling entail?

How many sections of RC do you guys do when you drill?

Drilling is basically just doing a bunch of LR, LG, or RC questions. I don't think there is any set amount of questions that constitutes "drilling" per say.

When I drill LR, I do ~25 of a question type. e.g, 25 necessary assumption questions.

For LG I drill 4 games.

I haven't drilled RC, but when I get there I'm going to drill 4 passages at a time out of the Cambridge packets. I think I'm going to do what SweetTort did and make my own packets by mixing difficulty levels. So, for instance, doing the hardest Humanities passage and the easiest Science passage. I might even add in 5 when I'm ready as SweetTort did to get faster!

Some people drill timed. I tend to only do LGs timed and only time myself during full sections and prep tests. I don't usually spend more than a minute or so on LR questions, if I feel myself taking too long then I know there's a problem, and I need to review that question type.

[Alexandros]

Plan for today, once I get back from work -
LR:
- finish up the Inference questions
- ch 12 Matching Questions ((scary music)) and a good chunk of by type drilling for Matching qs
- maybe a full set for mixed review if I'm feeling up to it?

LG and RC:
- all of the sets from PTs 29, 30 and 31. Possibly more. Possibly adding a 5th game for the LG sets for good measure.

Taking it a bit easy today because still in PTZ and I'd like to do a couple of non-LSAT things. I've vowed to stop abandoning important-ish irl things (ie health, living situation, buying a broom...) for the sake of the LSAT - it's causing things to pile up, adding stress, and is ultimately counterproductive.

Question for the kings and queens of repetitive drilling - Do you find repeating LR useful? I'm finding I definitely need to leave a large chunk of time before repeating questions, because I can remember stimuli and answers for LR far too well, more so than LG or RC.

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

[34iplaw]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I've never understood that expression. It seems quite difficult for one to kick themselves.

That said, any recommendations on Weakening / Strengthening [I have MLSAT LR, MK, & Powerscore LR]... I'm just not digging the Testmasters approach all that much. Weakening I am finishing now, but I will end up roughly 85-88/100. Strengthening I haven't started, but, based on what we did in class, I'm not all that confident.

[Mikey]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I found their "lawgic" stuff helpful even though I knew most of it tbh. The RC lessons are ok so far, I hate the section so I'm not too fond of the lessons themselves, haha. They're ok though, I only applied the "memory method" to 1 passage so far, and it took me forever to do because I guess my short term memory fucking blows lmao.

[YupSports]

Today is nothing but RC drilling. Then another PT tomorrow. Rinse, repeat.

How long does it take you to Blind Review? I'm very thorough, and I'm just wondering if I am being too thorough,

[PhiladelphiaCollins]

Just curious, what exactly does drilling entail?

How many sections of RC do you guys do when you drill?

I usually just pull up a previous section from one of the earlier tests (1-36) and do it as a timed section with the 7sage app. Then I B.R. it right after unless it's LG, which I then just keep till the next day.

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I found their "lawgic" stuff helpful even though I knew most of it tbh. The RC lessons are ok so far, I hate the section so I'm not too fond of the lessons themselves, haha. They're ok though, I only applied the "memory method" to 1 passage so far, and it took me forever to do because I guess my short term memory fucking blows lmao.

Thanks Mikey. Good to know it is not all in vain.

Also dreading RC. Ugh. I don't think my short term memory is that great either, tbh.

[Mikey]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I found their "lawgic" stuff helpful even though I knew most of it tbh. The RC lessons are ok so far, I hate the section so I'm not too fond of the lessons themselves, haha. They're ok though, I only applied the "memory method" to 1 passage so far, and it took me forever to do because I guess my short term memory fucking blows lmao.

Thanks Mikey. Good to know it is not all in vain.

Also dreading RC. Ugh. I don't think my short term memory is that great either, tbh.

Lmao, I think my mindset during RC will change things up for me. I find myself not "actively reading" most of the time and just saying like "Ugh idgaf about this, questions pleaseeeee!!!". I think once I get out of this mindset and apply this little memory thing more, I should see some improvement.

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I found their "lawgic" stuff helpful even though I knew most of it tbh. The RC lessons are ok so far, I hate the section so I'm not too fond of the lessons themselves, haha. They're ok though, I only applied the "memory method" to 1 passage so far, and it took me forever to do because I guess my short term memory fucking blows lmao.

Thanks Mikey. Good to know it is not all in vain.

Also dreading RC. Ugh. I don't think my short term memory is that great either, tbh.

Lmao, I think my mindset during RC will change things up for me. I find myself not "actively reading" most of the time and just saying like "Ugh idgaf about this, questions pleaseeeee!!!". I think once I get out of this mindset and apply this little memory thing more, I should see some improvement.

Exactly. I was thinking the same thing for myself. I think one commonality across all RC prep advice is to stay engaged and actively read. I think that might take some getting used to on my part. I guess I better start RC a little earlier than previously thought.

[34iplaw]

I'm really not looking forward to RC drilling tomorrow

Can't blame ya on that. How did you find 7Sage's RC lessons?

I'm still stuck doing boring conditional logic. I'm going to up the speed to 1.4 and try to get through this because I have a pretty good understanding of "lawgic"

So far the MP and MSS lessons have helped me a ton. Drilled like 25 of each and only missed 2 MSS. And they were harder ones, so I'm not kicking myself.

I found their "lawgic" stuff helpful even though I knew most of it tbh. The RC lessons are ok so far, I hate the section so I'm not too fond of the lessons themselves, haha. They're ok though, I only applied the "memory method" to 1 passage so far, and it took me forever to do because I guess my short term memory fucking blows lmao.

Thanks Mikey. Good to know it is not all in vain.

Also dreading RC. Ugh. I don't think my short term memory is that great either, tbh.

Lmao, I think my mindset during RC will change things up for me. I find myself not "actively reading" most of the time and just saying like "Ugh idgaf about this, questions pleaseeeee!!!". I think once I get out of this mindset and apply this little memory thing more, I should see some improvement.

Exactly. I was thinking the same thing for myself. I think one commonality across all RC prep advice is to stay engaged and actively read. I think that might take some getting used to on my part. I guess I better start RC a little earlier than previously thought.

Active reading is huge I think... Remember distinctions and any logical indicators. Anything that indicates tone or voice, and, also, when the author starts speaking is typically pretty important IMO. There are plenty of passages that the author doesn't actually speak until the like last few sentences...which usually makes any MP, authors view or attitude, etc. fairly straight forward.

[Mikey]

Exactly. I was thinking the same thing for myself. I think one commonality across all RC prep advice is to stay engaged and actively read. I think that might take some getting used to on my part. I guess I better start RC a little earlier than previously thought.

Yeah, I don't want to procrastinate with RC like I did for June.. Look how that turned out for me, lol.. I'm going to go ham with RC tomorrow, but first I need to review this LG section I did during my break today!