The Official December 2014 Study Group Forum

WorldsCollide · Post by **WorldsCollide** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:14 am

waterandparchedearth wrote:Checking in for my first day of morning PTs. Will be starting PT34 at 8:30 and finishing it untimed. We'll see how it goes. To be honest, I'm still kind of shocked that I managed to get out of bed before 8.

Good luck

Just throwing this out there: Point at Issue questions are awesome <3 .

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:01 am

waterandparchedearth wrote:Checking in for my first day of morning PTs. Will be starting PT34 at 8:30 and finishing it untimed. We'll see how it goes. To be honest, I'm still kind of shocked that I managed to get out of bed before 8.

lol I need to be heading for the door by 8 :/ was up at like 5:40 this morning... 40 min late but its a step towards getting up early everyday

pta · Post by **pta** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:34 am

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lawjag2015 · Post by **lawjag2015** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:40 am

WorldsCollide wrote:Redo games, lawjag! Especially games/types that give you trouble!

Speaking of games... checking in after being awake for an hour and forty... finished an LG section that literally kicked my butt. Things are not looking too great =,(.

You are absolutely right! And I am going to do it!

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:17 am

waterandparchedearth wrote:Checking in for my first day of morning PTs. Will be starting PT34 at 8:30 and finishing it untimed. We'll see how it goes. To be honest, I'm still kind of shocked that I managed to get out of bed before 8.

Good luck!!

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:18 am

Peta wrote:I want to hold off on registering for the December's LSAT until November 1st, as I want to make certain that I will improve my score before I commit myself. How likely is it that the LSAT will be overbooked by the time I try to register?

I'm sure you'll be able to register for it somewhere, but not necessarily the closest to you.

waterandparchedearth · Post by **waterandparchedearth** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:37 am

Thanks for all the encouragement guys! Unfortunately, today really really blew. I usually PT in the high 160s, low 170s, but I completely had no idea about 3 of the games at all and just got so frustrated I left them blank. I also got 5 wrong in each of the other sections, which is more than usual as well. Not sure what happened. Trying not to get discouraged and am going to watch explanation videos for those games (open to recommendations, by the way) as well as carefully go over those wrong questions. But still, sucky way to start off a new segment of my study plan

ETA: Ended up with a 157, realized I didn't include that. So at least a good ten points under my PT average.

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:41 am

Peta wrote:I want to hold off on registering for the December's LSAT until November 1st, as I want to make certain that I will improve my score before I commit myself. How likely is it that the LSAT will be overbooked by the time I try to register?

Depends on where you live. I found that for the September administration, a lot of people withdrew and seats became available. That said, a lot of these people withdrew to sit in on December. Considering that December is the last administration for the '15 cycle, there won't be as many seats available. If you're applying for the '15 cycle, I would register just to make sure you have a seat at a location that is more convenient, travel + location wise. You can always withdraw before the deadline and recoup some of your monetary loses. I also found that registering for the exam gave me the extra kick in the tush to study, knowing that I had a date to sit in on.

If this is your first time taking the LSAT, I would still sit in on December so that you have one under your belt, and can know what to expect.

waterandparchedearth wrote: I usually PT in the high 160s, low 170s, but I completely had no idea about 3 of the games at all and just got so frustrated I left them blank. I also got 5 wrong in each of the other sections, which is more than usual as well. Not sure what happened.

Aw - sorry water! Which PT was this?

ETA - nevermind! Saw it in the other page. For what it's worth, I always found the PTs before 40 to be different - even the games. Not sure what other tests you have, but I would try doing a PT with one in the 60s. Might have just been a fluke of the old LSAT

waterandparchedearth · Post by **waterandparchedearth** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:43 am

Shakawkaw wrote:
Aw - sorry water! Which PT was this?

PT34. I'm kind of thrown by this, to be honest.

ETA: Just saw your edit. Actually, I'd been doing the PTs 29-38 mostly as of late, so I'm really not sure. Thanks for the insights and empathy anyway

At this point, I'm just trying not to let it mess with my motivation/mindset.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:49 pm

waterandparchedearth wrote:
Shakawkaw wrote:
Aw - sorry water! Which PT was this?
PT34. I'm kind of thrown by this, to be honest.

ETA: Just saw your edit. Actually, I'd been doing the PTs 29-38 mostly as of late, so I'm really not sure. Thanks for the insights and empathy anyway At this point, I'm just trying not to let it mess with my motivation/mindset.

Just one of those random off days. You'll bounce back on the next PT!

ETA: It's sort of like working out. Sometimes you just have bad workout sessions. But what matters is the gains over a period of time.

msp8 · Post by **msp8** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:17 pm

waterandparchedearth wrote:
Shakawkaw wrote:
Aw - sorry water! Which PT was this?
PT34. I'm kind of thrown by this, to be honest.

ETA: Just saw your edit. Actually, I'd been doing the PTs 29-38 mostly as of late, so I'm really not sure. Thanks for the insights and empathy anyway At this point, I'm just trying not to let it mess with my motivation/mindset.

I've been doing PT 20 - 40 and was thrown by a few Games as well that were entirely confounding, when I had been going -0 to -1 on Games. It messed with me a bit. I spent a lot of time going through explanations and redoing the Games that threw me.

gatesome · Post by **gatesome** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:30 pm

Took PT 54 this morning, didn't do quite as well as I hoped. RC Hurt. Ended up -14 for 166

RC: -7
LR: -1
LG: -3
LR: -3

waterandparchedearth · Post by **waterandparchedearth** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:44 pm

gatesome wrote:Took PT 54 this morning, didn't do quite as well as I hoped. RC Hurt. Ended up -14 for 166

RC: -7
LR: -1
LG: -3
LR: -3

I'm sorry, I know that can be discouraging

Tomorrow's another day! And especially with RC, sometimes certain tests are just randomly difficult.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:03 pm

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Rhymes With Wolf · Post by **Rhymes With Wolf** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:05 pm

theugg wrote:Hopefully I can confirm that I'm not a complete idiot.

I can put your mind at ease right now if you don't feel like waiting.

alpha kenny body · Post by **alpha kenny body** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:08 pm

Finally received notice of my third letter of recommendation. A year after I asked my teacher to write the damn thing.

Rhymes With Wolf · Post by **Rhymes With Wolf** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:16 pm

MTH2 wrote:Finally received notice of my third letter of recommendation. A year after I asked my teacher to write the damn thing.

Damn, had you given up on it or were you still banking on the teacher to write it?

alpha kenny body · Post by **alpha kenny body** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:42 pm

Rhymes With Wolf wrote:
MTH2 wrote:Finally received notice of my third letter of recommendation. A year after I asked my teacher to write the damn thing.
Damn, had you given up on it or were you still banking on the teacher to write it?

I knew he would write it because we were very close and still in contact. He's writing another book and teaching simultaneously, so I don't blame him completely. However, he e-mailed a few months ago saying that he finished writing it, so he was procrastinating these last couple of months in submitting. Great guy though and one of my favorite teachers ever. I know that it will make a difference at one of the schools I want to attend as he received his doctorate from there and regularly donates to them.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:46 pm

This just happened to me today:

So.....I have been stuck around 390 pounds deadlifts for awhile. For once in a long time, I decided to buy pop tarts as my pre workout snack and just so happened to make a new PR @405 pounds. Initially, I was convinced that it was the pop tarts that caused my success, but LSAT mentality set in and noticed the flaw in my reasoning....

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:48 pm

nlee10 wrote:This just happened to me today:

So.....I have been stuck around 390 pounds deadlifts for awhile. For once in a long time, I decided to buy pop tarts as my pre workout snack and just so happened to finally make a new deadlift PR @405 pounds. Initially, I was convinced that it was the pop tarts that caused my success, but LSAT mentality set in and noticed the flaw in my reasoning....

LSAT reasoning is only applicable in the LSAT world. In da real world, da pop tarts rule.

msp8 · Post by **msp8** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:53 pm

nlee10 wrote:This just happened to me today:

So.....I have been stuck around 390 pounds deadlifts for awhile. For once in a long time, I decided to buy pop tarts as my pre workout snack and just so happened to make a new PR @405 pounds. Initially, I was convinced that it was the pop tarts that caused my success, but LSAT mentality set in and noticed the flaw in my reasoning....

Try pop tarts as your pre-PT snack. That'll help fill the gap.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:55 pm

msp8 wrote:
Try pop tarts as your pre-PT snack. That'll help fill the gap.

Instant 180.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:01 pm

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