The Official December 2014 Study Group Forum

[brendo17]

I'm working full-time, so my strategy has been to drill during the week after work, and then one PT on Saturday with review, followed by the same on Sunday. My biggest issue at this point is just a lack of consistency. RC is definitely my biggest issue, so that has been the bulk of my drilling over the last few weeks. Last week, I took PT 65 and scored a 173 (first time breaking 170), and followed that up with a 167 on PT 66 the next day.

This week's tests:

PT 67
RC: -1
LR1: -1
LG: -8 (just had a terrible section - usually average between -0 and -2)
LR2: -5
Scaled score: 166

PT 52
LR1: -2
LG: -3
LR2: -4
RC: -0 (first time that has ever happened)
Scaled score: 171

[mist4bison]

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[Smallville]

Hearsay

At least you've worked on it for three days. I've worked on German homework and midterm studying . I am literally the stupidest person for taking on 19 credits the semester I'm studying for LSATs.

eh it wouldn't be stupid if you were open with taking a year off

went over lr, some silly mistakes, and the -2 on LG made me wanna punch something lol probably could have hit 169/170 :/
LSAT is the worst... I just wanna be done and be accepted into a decent good/great(TLS standards) school on a full ride with no stips... is that too much to ask for?

[WorldsCollide]

Those are great scores, brendo17! Have you been able to drill your problem areas? Or drilling RC? That could help. (Even though it looks like you're scoring great on RC!)

mist4bison =,(.
How are you studying/When?

lol Jgoods... I'm taking December and applying this year. If I don't get into any T-14 with money, I'm taking a year off and retaking. And all that is definitely not too much to ask for! I think you can get it. Just keep on studying hard and putting me to shame with all your drilling/PTing!

[lawjag2015]

Hearsay

At least you've worked on it for three days. I've worked on German homework and midterm studying . I am literally the stupidest person for taking on 19 credits the semester I'm studying for LSATs.

eh it wouldn't be stupid if you were open with taking a year off

went over lr, some silly mistakes, and the -2 on LG made me wanna punch something lol probably could have hit 169/170 :/
LSAT is the worst... I just wanna be done and be accepted into a decent good/great(TLS standards) school on a full ride with no stips... is that too much to ask for?

Tired of it?? LOL. There are a few like me who are taking it 3rd time in a row. The last two days, my brain has been on strike. I am so sleepy that I cannot function, and no amount of sleep is proving to be enough. I think I have to start running every morning from tomorrow.

Did my first LG section since the September LSAT, and completed only 3 games. Now that's when you want to punch something.

[nlee10]

9:20am and I "slept in" today. Going to be a long day of intense reviewing!

[Smallville]

9:20am and I "slept in" today. Going to be a long day of intense reviewing!

lucky... today will be a lame day of work... all i did was finish my RC then get review (have 3 RC passages left to review) and have work in 30 min till 9 -_- this lack of ability to study all day makes me want to quit... lol

[lawjag2015]

9:20am and I "slept in" today. Going to be a long day of intense reviewing!

lucky... today will be a lame day of work... all i did was finish my RC then get review (have 3 RC passages left to review) and have work in 30 min till 9 -_- this lack of ability to study all day makes me want to quit... lol

Sunday work sucks. I had to be very clear at work that they have me for 40 hours a week, and that I am not going to take work home with me, no matter! I am no longer their favorite, but, that's not what I'm shooting for, I just do a good job and get out. LSAT needs time.

[mist4bison]

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[lawjag2015]

Those are great scores, brendo17! Have you been able to drill your problem areas? Or drilling RC? That could help. (Even though it looks like you're scoring great on RC!)

mist4bison =,(.
How are you studying/When?

Seconded. Good job, Brendo!

I count TM class as studying, so I get 4 hours M/W, then T/Th I attempt and usually fail at studying after work from 7-10 (I'm just too exhausted from the day before/working all day), then F I get in about 3 hours after work, and the bulk is done throughout Sat/Sun. The only issue is that I'm now going in early/working late/working weekends, so that cuts down even more/makes me even more exhausted. Today I'm going in at 2-7 to cite check a brief and this entire week I'm going in early/staying late/working through lunch in order to do doc review for discovery. I'm going to start studying through my lunch (assuming I don't have to work through it like I have been the last week)

In other words...I'm freaking exhausted constantly.

ETA: I have a case going to trial in Jan, so let's hope I don't have to retake in Feb. In Jan I'll be at 70ish hour weeks.

What are you on? Five hour energy?? 40 a week kills me!

[iguazu]

9:20am and I "slept in" today. Going to be a long day of intense reviewing!

lucky... today will be a lame day of work... all i did was finish my RC then get review (have 3 RC passages left to review) and have work in 30 min till 9 -_- this lack of ability to study all day makes me want to quit... lol

Sunday work sucks. I had to be very clear at work that they have me for 40 hours a week, and that I am not going to take work home with me, no matter! I am no longer their favorite, but, that's not what I'm shooting for, I just do a good job and get out. LSAT needs time.

AMEN TO THIS

[Rigo]

[mist4bison]

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[lawjag2015]

What are you on? Five hour energy?? 40 a week kills me!

Lots and lots of diet coke.

I have a case going to trial in Jan, so let's hope I don't have to retake in Feb. In Jan I'll be at 70ish hour weeks.

Damn. They should be paying you $160k too.

What's funny is the 1st year associates do the same exact shit I do and get paid that amount

At least you have a place to go as an intern if that's the case (I hope so!)

[WorldsCollide]

Those are great scores, brendo17! Have you been able to drill your problem areas? Or drilling RC? That could help. (Even though it looks like you're scoring great on RC!)

mist4bison =,(.
How are you studying/When?

Seconded. Good job, Brendo!

I count TM class as studying, so I get 4 hours M/W, then T/Th I attempt and usually fail at studying after work from 7-10 (I'm just too exhausted from the day before/working all day), then F I get in about 3 hours after work, and the bulk is done throughout Sat/Sun. The only issue is that I'm now going in early/working late/working weekends, so that cuts down even more/makes me even more exhausted. Today I'm going in at 2-7 to cite check a brief and this entire week I'm going in early/staying late/working through lunch in order to do doc review for discovery. I'm going to start studying through my lunch (assuming I don't have to work through it like I have been the last week)

In other words...I'm freaking exhausted constantly.

ETA: I have a case going to trial in Jan, so let's hope I don't have to retake in Feb. In Jan I'll be at 70ish hour weeks.

Wow! That sounds exhausting! Really gives me no right to complain.

Let me declare here that I am adding 9:00-10:45 PM to LSAT Prep (in addition to my current ~6:00AM-9:00AM). Please hold me accountable to this! I have no right to allow myself a movie as a reward if I'm not studying properly during the day.

[lawjag2015]

I'm working full-time, so my strategy has been to drill during the week after work, and then one PT on Saturday with review, followed by the same on Sunday. My biggest issue at this point is just a lack of consistency. RC is definitely my biggest issue, so that has been the bulk of my drilling over the last few weeks. Last week, I took PT 65 and scored a 173 (first time breaking 170), and followed that up with a 167 on PT 66 the next day.

This week's tests:

PT 67
RC: -1
LR1: -1
LG: -8 (just had a terrible section - usually average between -0 and -2)
LR2: -5
Scaled score: 166

PT 52
LR1: -2
LG: -3
LR2: -4
RC: -0 (first time that has ever happened)
Scaled score: 171

Congratulations! You are ahead of schedule!

As for RC, always have one clear answer! That is what works for me.

[lawjag2015]

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

[WorldsCollide]

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

Did you not have time to get to the fourth or were you completely lost and didn't know how to approach it?

Also, can you elaborate on what you mean by "always have one clear answer"? How do you get to that point?

[mist4bison]

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[lawjag2015]

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

Did you not have time to get to the fourth or were you completely lost and didn't know how to approach it?
I had no time, well one minute for the fourth game.
Also, can you elaborate on what you mean by "always have one clear answer"? How do you get to that point?
Well, assuming that you have read the passage, understood it, and have your takeaways, you read the question and then read each choice, re-read the relevant part of the passage if need be, eliminate choices as you go, then the crucial bit is to end up with one clear answer, if you have more than one, don't just go with your hunch, always have a good reason to pick one and always have a good reason to leave the other one. Not sure if that answered your question, but, that's what I meant.

[mist4bison]

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[lawjag2015]

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

What do you mean what are you doing wrong? If your thought process is exactly like 7sage, then obviously you're doing something right. Just work on timing.

Good thought process should lead to good timing, and its not. That's what I mean.

[Smallville]

9:20am and I "slept in" today. Going to be a long day of intense reviewing!

lucky... today will be a lame day of work... all i did was finish my RC then get review (have 3 RC passages left to review) and have work in 30 min till 9 -_- this lack of ability to study all day makes me want to quit... lol

Sunday work sucks. I had to be very clear at work that they have me for 40 hours a week, and that I am not going to take work home with me, no matter! I am no longer their favorite, but, that's not what I'm shooting for, I just do a good job and get out. LSAT needs time.

Well this is my second job so it's the only day I work bc of my other job so sat is my only day off... but bc I'm so tired after work on any day studying is a struggle so a full sat (which I don't even always get) and a full Sunday would be awesome help... but I hate quiting places plus I like my general manager so I'd feel bad having him be a man down
mist your crazy and a champ

[Smallville]

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

What do you mean what are you doing wrong? If your thought process is exactly like 7sage, then obviously you're doing something right. Just work on timing.

Good thought process should lead to good timing, and its not. That's what I mean.

The thoughts need to come quickly too lol but if that's not working give another lg video type a shot, I love odyssey but they only have a 2 week trial available (if it still is) or velocity, tho idk how well his free videos explain set ups and that

[WorldsCollide]

Wow! That sounds exhausting! Really gives me no right to complain.

Let me declare here that I am adding 9:00-10:45 PM to LSAT Prep (in addition to my current ~6:00AM-9:00AM). Please hold me accountable to this! I have no right to allow myself a movie as a reward if I'm not studying properly during the day.

You're definitely allowed to complain. Do you write out your daily schedule in a calendar? I just use my iphone calendar and it keeps me accountable (usually). I'm sure it'd be helpful since you have classes/hw to do also.

Also, how do you get up at 6am if you're in college!? I never got up before 9 in college lol

Does this answer your question?

Monday
6:00-7:00 LSAT Review
7:00-8:00 LSAT Review
8:00-9:00 LSAT Review
9:00-10:00 Class
10:00-11:00 Review German
11:00-12:00 Class
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 GVPT459C (pages 53-64)
14:00-15:00 Why Taiwan Matters (11 pages)
15:00-16:00 Class
16:00-17:00 Class
17:00-18:00 GVPT409M
18:00-19:00 GVPT409M
19:00-20:00 Around the World Film Festival
21:00-22:45 Laqueuer + Colin Shindler

And I'm just an early riser. I love mornings and am so unproductive at night.

BTW, I looked at the 7Sage videos for my first LG section since September. I could get only three games done (no mistakes), and here's the thing, For all three games, my thought process is exactly the same as the 7Sage's. What am I doing wrong??

What do you mean what are you doing wrong? If your thought process is exactly like 7sage, then obviously you're doing something right. Just work on timing.

Good thought process should lead to good timing, and its not. That's what I mean.

With review, you'd be able to make inferences much quicker. Good thought process should lead to good timing if you have done many LGs and everything is second-nature.