The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:07 am

179orBust wrote: Thanks, how much time would you say you take per question? I'm between 89 and 90% also, but there are times when I can spend 3 minutes on a question. That's what's concerning me. When I drill timed, my accuracy dips. Feel like everything is happening too fast.

As long as you're not spending 3 mins for a lot of questions you should be fine. For LR, you can't be too strict to give a single question a set time of 1:xx or whatever it is when you divide total time by # of q's. Some questions like Main Point or Argument Role/Part should take a lot less time than a challenging necessary assumption Q.

ETA: This is for timed full sections/full PT's. I never really timed myself while drilling LR though...

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:08 am

179orBust wrote: Thanks, how much time would you say you take per question? I'm between 89 and 90% also, but there are times when I can spend 3 minutes on a question. That's what's concerning me. When I drill timed, my accuracy dips. Feel like everything is happening too fast.

I honestly have no idea for the time per question when I drill. Sometimes I carry drill packets with me throughout the day and answer questions when I have a couple minutes here or there. When drilling, if you need 3 minutes for a question take it. It will help you understand that type of question better for when you do timed PTs because you'll be able to answer it faster after spending more time on it during drilling. At least thats how it works for me.

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:11 am

jumping WAY ahead here, but there's a really solid chance that we get our score by march!

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:13 am

ilikebaseball wrote:jumping WAY ahead here, but there's a really solid chance that we get our score by march!

Perhaps! Says score release is March 3rd which is a Tuesday. Maybe that preceding Friday? Or if LSAC is sneaky and upload during the weekend.

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:14 am

nlee10 wrote:
ilikebaseball wrote:jumping WAY ahead here, but there's a really solid chance that we get our score by march!
Perhaps! Says score release is March 3rd which is a Tuesday. Maybe that preceding Friday? Or if LSAC is sneaky and upload during the weekend.

I'm fully expecting a Thursday or Friday release. If its Thursday, I'm emailing alllll my schools with the updated score that night so they have it before the weekend.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:29 am

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NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:46 am

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:47 am

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Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:49 am

I've never heard of this Jenna who has lost her Marbles, but I've used all her excuses to leave LSAT studying in the past.

ETA: except kids. No kids here.

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:53 am

idk its kinda nice to study for me. Its nice to see where Im at from where I was

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:57 am

ilikebaseball wrote:idk its kinda nice to study for me. Its nice to see where Im at from where I was

I enjoy it now. But before I took my first lsat/discovered TLS, I tried to get out of studying with every excuse I could.

ETA: going to BU/BC/NE in 5 hours and I'm super stoked.

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:59 am

Dirigo wrote:
zacboro wrote:I just wanna stop in and say I love you all <3333333 maybe I'll postpone till June just to stay and chat.
My oh my this one has changed his tune.

Zac just take it in Feb

You still have 30 days to get ready and you'll be ready

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:12 am

pjanderson5 · Post by **pjanderson5** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:14 am

nlee10 wrote:
179orBust wrote:What percentage of LR questions did you guys typically get correct when you began drilling?
In beginning of my prep and just started drilling SA questions. Got 25/32 timed (went over limit though) and 29/32 after BR. Reason I'm drilling timed right now is because I've struggled with timing on standardized tests in the past. Taking LSAT in June.
About 6 weeks ago, I was getting -7 to -10 per section. Took 5 weeks off from PT'ing and started over the basics with 7Sage LR and drilled pretty much all the Level 1-3's on the Cambridge Packets. Since getting back into the groove of timed sections, I've been consistently getting -3 to -4 per section with obvious improvements in timing/confidence as well.

This is inspiring because -7 to -10 is me as well. I need to get on that 7sage starter kit. Do you use the Manhattan books and Trainer in conjunction?

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:14 am

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:18 am

zacboro wrote: I'm probably going to end up doing it. I don't know though, I'm VERY obsessive. And I know there's a 99th percentile score brewing in me. I just don't know if it'll show by feb. And that will bother me

Where are you now?

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:20 am

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:21 am

pjanderson5 wrote: This is inspiring because -7 to -10 is me as well. I need to get on that 7sage starter kit. Do you use the Manhattan books and Trainer in conjunction?

My diagnostic for LR was really bad as in getting more than half wrong...I used a combination of Manhattan LR and my Blueprint course to get me down to the -7 to -10 range.

But yes to 7Sage along with Cambridge Packets. This was the first time where I began to finally see the effects from the phrase "drill baby drill".

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:22 am

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:22 am

gamerish wrote:Wha do you mean by "levels 1-3" in the Cambridge packets? My questions are arranged by difficulty but I can't see anything like a breakdown of levels.

Did you buy the Pt 1-38 ones? All mine for LR/LG/RC have difficulty levels from 1-4...

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:24 am

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:26 am

zacboro wrote: LG: steady -0
LR: -2(ish) and improving
RC: -5 and no hope for improvement

The RC is what I'm nervous about. Today I went -9 in a section. That's unacceptable ... If that happens on test day I won't break 170.

I think you're overreacting from a single instance (-9). If you're truly getting -0 LG -2 LR (total) -5 RC over multiple PT's, you're pretty much ready.