The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:35 pm

Gonna do an LG section in the morning. Wish me luck

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:54 pm

RZ5646 wrote:Gonna do an LG section in the morning. Wish me luck

Break a leg.

McJimJam · Post by **McJimJam** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:55 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:58 pm

I have a stack of ~20 LG sections so the plan is to do one per day while also doing type drilling and just see what happens. If I can't improve on LG after doing 100+ games, I'm probably too stupid for law.

TheWalkingDebt · Post by **TheWalkingDebt** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:33 pm

McJimJam wrote:Ummm Catch-22 was pretty damn great so that I guess.

Shemp · Post by **Shemp** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:04 am

I totally giggle when I see Yossarian the tour guide in the LG on PT 25. Maybe not as much as when I see Kanye, but still.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:17 am

Shemp wrote:I totally giggle when I see Yossarian the tour guide in the LG on PT 25. Maybe not as much as when I see Kanye, but still.

I laugh at LSAC's early-90s descriptions of computers and other technology

TheWalkingDebt · Post by **TheWalkingDebt** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:17 am

Shemp wrote:I totally giggle when I see Yossarian the tour guide in the LG on PT 25. Maybe not as much as when I see Kanye, but still.

Yeah the LSAT has some funny ones.

Sidebar: Took my 4th consecutive day off today. Doing the rest of Undetermined Assignment games tomorrow and another PT the day after.

santoki · Post by **santoki** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:18 am

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:29 am

If for some reason Yale rejects me I'm going to launch my LSAT tutoring career with a book of tragicomic short stories based on LSAT stimuli. Prominent themes will include the alienation of modern man (think about the deliveryman or factory inspector hemmed in by all these arbitrary rules!), the dangers of groupthink, the sublimation of primal drives as manifested in contemporary social movements, and existential anguish. No I am not joking.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:31 am

Ain't nobody gonna want to hire a LG dunce as a tutor.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:48 am

Most people would overlook that for a New York Times bestselling author.

And besides, I could just outsource LG to JY Ping. The free 7sage videos explain everything an LG tutor could.

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:27 am

RZ5646 wrote:Most people would overlook that for a New York Times bestselling author.

And besides, I could just outsource LG to JY Ping. The free 7sage videos explain everything an LG tutor could.

umm ya don't think that would work... Appealing to some inappropriate authority right there

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:42 am

RZ5646 wrote:I have a stack of ~20 LG sections so the plan is to do one per day while also doing type drilling and just see what happens. If I can't improve on LG after doing 100+ games, I'm probably too stupid for law.

If you wanna improve on LG you need to do more than 1 section a day. There was legitimately a point in my studying when I did 25 games in a day in order to get timing down. 4 games a day is fine for refreshers or for practice, but timing is all about repetition and over-practicing. The more you do, the better off you'll be. I'd say take a break from type drilling for a week and do nothing but LG. 5 sections a day for four or five days straight and you should have timing down if you are true already able to get -0 untimed. I may not have done so hot on LR or RC but my LG was flawless because I knew it was the one section I was in complete control over.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:21 am

Dr. Nefario wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:I have a stack of ~20 LG sections so the plan is to do one per day while also doing type drilling and just see what happens. If I can't improve on LG after doing 100+ games, I'm probably too stupid for law.
If you wanna improve on LG you need to do more than 1 section a day. There was legitimately a point in my studying when I did 25 games in a day in order to get timing down. 4 games a day is fine for refreshers or for practice, but timing is all about repetition and over-practicing. The more you do, the better off you'll be. I'd say take a break from type drilling for a week and do nothing but LG. 5 sections a day for four or five days straight and you should have timing down if you are true already able to get -0 untimed. I may not have done so hot on LR or RC but my LG was flawless because I knew it was the one section I was in complete control over.

I don't have any schoolwork to do today so when I get home I'll do as many sections as possible and see what happens

ms9 · Post by **ms9** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:26 am

RZ5646 wrote:Everybody list your favorite book.

I found one of the most meaningful for me was The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

For many people the book is seen as an ideological message of self-interest. For me it had nothing to do with politics, indeed my political views are likely far from that of Rand, but how we conduct ourselves as individuals. I read it in 1999 or 2000 ( my first year in admissions, it killed a lot of plane time) and saw it as a book about being true to yourself and not being a poser. I think there is a phoniness to life today that many embrace. To me this is about raging against that phoniness. I think that is a really meaningful message.

RZNumbers · Post by **RZNumbers** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:50 am

BP Ben wrote:I mean really, how am I the only monarchist ITT?

You can be my monarch any day of the week, BP Ben.

santoki · Post by **santoki** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:55 am

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Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:05 am

MikeSpivey wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:Everybody list your favorite book.

I found one of the most meaningful for me was The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

For many people the book is seen as an ideological message of self-interest. For me it had nothing to do with politics, indeed my political views are likely far from that of Rand, but how we conduct ourselves as individuals. I read it in 1999 or 2000 ( my first year in admissions, it killed a lot of plane time) and saw it as a book about being true to yourself and not being a poser. I think there is a phoniness to life today that many embrace. To me this is about raging against that phoniness. I think that is a really meaningful message.

Spivey, this just made me like you a lot more (not that I didn't already).

I think TKAM was most influential to me - I've read it a few times since middle school. I also really enjoyed the Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:06 am

RZ5646 wrote:I have a stack of ~20 LG sections so the plan is to do one per day while also doing type drilling and just see what happens. If I can't improve on LG after doing 100+ games, I'm probably too stupid for law.

OP - you should be drilling by type before you transition to timed sections of mixed types. Doing it the other way around is counterproductive.

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:07 am

BP Ben wrote:I mean really, how am I the only monarchist ITT?

180.

Blueprint Ben · Post by **Blueprint Ben** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:14 am

MikeSpivey wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:Everybody list your favorite book.

I found one of the most meaningful for me was The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

For many people the book is seen as an ideological message of self-interest. For me it had nothing to do with politics, indeed my political views are likely far from that of Rand, but how we conduct ourselves as individuals. I read it in 1999 or 2000 ( my first year in admissions, it killed a lot of plane time) and saw it as a book about being true to yourself and not being a poser. I think there is a phoniness to life today that many embrace. To me this is about raging against that phoniness. I think that is a really meaningful message.

I'm as liberal as they come, and I'm a huge fan of Ayn Rand. Her personal philosophy is beautiful--and widely misunderstood. It celebrates the joy of work, individualism, and the height of human potentiality. I think from a human rights perspective, the spirit of her thinking supports liberal democratic values. I just think she happens to be dead wrong about political economy and the welfare state.

eta: I agree with shak -- you're a good man, Spivey.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:44 pm

On my lunch break all alone & this thread is letting me down.

ms9 · Post by **ms9** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:58 pm

Rigo wrote:On my lunch break all alone & this thread is letting me down.

I feel loved by the thread. Which is nice balance to the hate email I get.

Thanks for the love, people!

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:59 pm

Ayn Rand fans ITT? Ew. (Not surprised at all about Shak though, she even looks like Ayn Rand (no offense).)

The Fountainhead sucks. A crazy rightwing English teacher tried to make me read that pretentious, masturbatory bullshit in high school and it was utter trash. Terrible writing and even worse message (and it has no literary value—it's just a vehicle for that execrable message).

Same teacher hated me for disputing her claim that the Constitution proves that the United States should be a Christian country. Rural public school was fun.