The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[Smallville]

Happy December!

despite being so far away Feb feels around the corner

almost done reviewing my PT58 from yesterday, still have RC to do, wasnt my best PT but after days of doing nothing, staying up late and that I guess I shouldnt be too hard on it.

LR1 -6/-3
RC ?? (havent looked yet)
LG -1/-0
LR2 -4/-0

162/167(without RC BR)

I felt like I retained a lot more of the info from RC passages without really making any marks but still felt like I couldnt figure out the questions too well (which looking at my other sections I prob bombed this RC)

[sfoglia]

I really need to take a PT this weekend and to start studying daily. Lazy bones.

[penncon]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

[Big Red]

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[Smallville]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

maybe I am reading this wrong, but "MBT Except" would be "Could be false", not MBF which if you are looking for answers that MBF it would be difficult since TCR could be false or true instead of NEEDING to be false

and yes I think that would be silly and a waste of a take

[GreenTee]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

maybe I am reading this wrong, but "MBT Except" would be "Could be false", not MBF which if you are looking for answers that MBF it would be difficult since TCR could be false or true instead of NEEDING to be false

and yes I think that would be silly and a waste of a take

There's a Cannot Be True (=MBF) packet, which is likely what Penn was referring to. But yeah, in MBT Except questions, TCR is a could be false, not a must be false.

[penncon]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

maybe I am reading this wrong, but "MBT Except" would be "Could be false", not MBF which if you are looking for answers that MBF it would be difficult since TCR could be false or true instead of NEEDING to be false

and yes I think that would be silly and a waste of a take

There's a Cannot Be True (=MBF) packet, which is likely what Penn was referring to. But yeah, in MBT Except questions, TCR is a could be false, not a must be false.

Yes, you guys are correct! Sorry, my mistake. I suck at Cannot Be True/Must Be False questions.

And Penn is my top choice. The parents are in Philly = no rent/free food.

[Smallville]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

maybe I am reading this wrong, but "MBT Except" would be "Could be false", not MBF which if you are looking for answers that MBF it would be difficult since TCR could be false or true instead of NEEDING to be false

and yes I think that would be silly and a waste of a take

There's a Cannot Be True (=MBF) packet, which is likely what Penn was referring to. But yeah, in MBT Except questions, TCR is a could be false, not a must be false.

Yes, you guys are correct! Sorry, my mistake. I suck at Cannot Be True/Must Be False questions.

And Penn is my top choice. The parents are in Philly = no rent/free food.

gotcha

[penncon]

Has anyone checked out the 7Sage LSAT Proctor app for iPhone/iPad? Don't choose the Bruce voice. I thought it would be cool to have Batman proctor my exam until he yelled "Put your pencils down!" Almost fell out of my chair. Lol

[nlee10]

Has anyone checked out the 7Sage LSAT Proctor app for iPhone/iPad? Don't choose the Bruce voice. I thought it would be cool to have Batman proctor my exam until he yelled "Put your pencils down!" Almost fell out of my chair. Lol

LOL. I didn't even notice Bruce's voice, lmao. I think I would be startled as well.

[Webpolice]

Officially checking in for February! Postponing in order to break through the 170 ceiling (timed).

Anyone out there struggling with MBF (MBT Except) questions too? I tend to fail miserably on these. Any advice would be appreciated!

Btw why would anyone sit for the December test with the sole purpose to cancel? Sounds like a wasted opportunity to me. You only get three valuable chances in a two-year period to max out your score.

Are you in Philly?

[mist4bison]

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[j907]

How do you guys deal with RC? It's one section which is not letting me progress from the lower 160s and now that I have decided to take the February administration, I just want to give it as much time as possible because it's the most unpredictable section for me. There was a point in my prep where regular drilling led me to get -3 to -5 scores in timed section practice but my performance in preptests is very inconsistent. Are there any books out there which are useful? Thanks

[Big Red]

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[Big Red]

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[penncon]

Are you in Philly?

Yes. Fortunately? Unfortunately? That's up for discussion.

Do you guys like the 7sage proctor or Kaplan proctor more? I've only used Kaplan.

Yes, I would recommend the 7Sage Proctor app. It has the Grader and LG Videos built into it, which is convenient.

How do you guys deal with RC? It's one section which is not letting me progress from the lower 160s and now that I have decided to take the February administration, I just want to give it as much time as possible because it's the most unpredictable section for me. There was a point in my prep where regular drilling led me to get -3 to -5 scores in timed section practice but my performance in preptests is very inconsistent. Are there any books out there which are useful? Thanks

I've noticed that as I've gotten better at RC, I've started sniffing out questions from the passage based on what I know they usually ask. At this point I'm actively reading for questions as I go through a passage.

Manhattan RC is pretty good, but imo there's so substitute for drilling

Big Red is spot on with anticipating questions during RC. For example, it would be fairly safe to assume the first question following a passage will ask you to identify the main point of the passage. For me, I try to internalize a lot of what I've read by paraphrasing each paragraph in my head, in my own words, and relating it to the entire structure of the passage. I tend to circle pronouns which I think might pop up in identification questions (so I can easily refer to them back in the passage) and note the author's opinion and opposing views.

[Smallville]

Has anyone checked out the 7Sage LSAT Proctor app for iPhone/iPad? Don't choose the Bruce voice. I thought it would be cool to have Batman proctor my exam until he yelled "Put your pencils down!" Almost fell out of my chair. Lol

LOL. I didn't even notice Bruce's voice, lmao. I think I would be startled as well.

Do you guys like the 7sage proctor or Kaplan proctor more? I've only used Kaplan.

never tried Kaplan... prob bc its Kaplan... who knows

Finally, Everyone also needs to start using official TestMaster question types, no more of this Crimebridge garbage.

why is this?

How do you guys deal with RC? It's one section which is not letting me progress from the lower 160s and now that I have decided to take the February administration, I just want to give it as much time as possible because it's the most unpredictable section for me. There was a point in my prep where regular drilling led me to get -3 to -5 scores in timed section practice but my performance in preptests is very inconsistent. Are there any books out there which are useful? Thanks

well if you're at -3/5 ur in a better position than me but my most recent PT seems to be my best RC section (though didnt really get to 4th passage so prob got most of those wrong(only passage I havent gotten to review yet)) however I actually didnt underline anything which is abnormal for me but I think just following and not underlining or marking helped me pay better attention or something, was weird and something I need to look into

[nlee10]

Good morning folks. Hoping to get a lot of drilling in today.

[mist4bison]

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[Smallville]

Finally, Everyone also needs to start using official TestMaster question types, no more of this Crimebridge garbage.

Ew. No. I hate that TM capitalized on an arbitrary assignment of numbers to types. Why in the world should it be called Type 2 instead of Strengthen? And why is NA, SA, MSS, and Strengthen all bundled into one type--Type 2. I asked my instructor about a "Most Strongly Support" question and he replied "you mean a Strengthen question. MSS isn't a thing." Bvtch, please.

[peppermint]

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[nlee10]

Haven't done LG in a while so I just attempted to do a simple basic linear game - went -4, wtf?! My LG skills have gotten so rusty I think I'll do a few games everyday from now on b/c this is just sad.

ETA- oh, nvm, wrong answer key. I almost had a panic attack, but it's all good now, haha. I should still do a few LG a day though.

lol. I haven't really done LG in almost a week since starting 7Sage. Finally getting to it tomorrow.

[nlee10]

Haven't done LG in a while so I just attempted to do a simple basic linear game - went -4, wtf?! My LG skills have gotten so rusty I think I'll do a few games everyday from now on b/c this is just sad.

ETA- oh, nvm, wrong answer key. I almost had a panic attack, but it's all good now, haha. I should still do a few LG a day though.

lol. I did the first two LG games in the 7Sage Lesson. Ended up getting 5/5 and 6/6 on those simple sequencing game.

[peppermint]

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[nlee10]

So here's what I managed to get done today:

-20 MBT
-5 MBF
-3 easy sequencing games
-58 SA Cambridge Packet (going 53/58 and having seen some of these already. But 4/5 misses came from Level 4).

Calling it a day since I was never quite in the "zone" today.