The Official September 2016 Study Group - WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS Forum

[Mikey]

A bit baffled / amused that RC now seems to be my strong point. (I mean, not complaining, but what...)

Mark distribution for the last two PTs were extremely similar. Need to figure out how to not flip out during logic games.

If I go -0 on RC in September I'll go to church, even if my resulting score is shitty.

....or AC...?

Still on my way there, there was just a ridiculous amount of traffic in Staten Island. Decided to see what's up on here. If I go -0 on RC in September I would go to Vegas first and then church after to ask for forgiveness for the craziness that I have done those previous days.

LMAO! Have a ton of fun Mikey, you deserve it!

Thanks buddy! Every RC question that I have ever gotten wrong will each be turned into a shot. Who's laughing now RC?!?!??!!!??

[Barack O'Drama]

A bit baffled / amused that RC now seems to be my strong point. (I mean, not complaining, but what...)

Mark distribution for the last two PTs were extremely similar. Need to figure out how to not flip out during logic games.

If I go -0 on RC in September I'll go to church, even if my resulting score is shitty.

....or AC...?

Still on my way there, there was just a ridiculous amount of traffic in Staten Island. Decided to see what's up on here. If I go -0 on RC in September I would go to Vegas first and then church after to ask for forgiveness for the craziness that I have done those previous days.

LMAO! Have a ton of fun Mikey, you deserve it!

Thanks buddy! Every RC question that I have ever gotten wrong will each be turned into a shot. Who's laughing now RC?!?!??!!!??

HAHAHA! That is the spirit! speaking of gambling, I would bet once you come back from relaxing and blowing off some steam, you'll be killing it! I think you actually picked a great time to get out of town and chill.

[34iplaw]

I miss you, 34iplaw.

I miss you too, Barack O'Drama.

[Barack O'Drama]

I miss you, 34iplaw.

I miss you too, Barack O'Drama.

I do miss you, 34iplaw. I see you've been making excellent progress!
I've still been lurking most days so I'm always here in spirit, lol

[Alexandros]

A bit baffled / amused that RC now seems to be my strong point. (I mean, not complaining, but what...)

Mark distribution for the last two PTs were extremely similar. Need to figure out how to not flip out during logic games.

If I go -0 on RC in September I'll go to church, even if my resulting score is shitty.

....or AC...?

Still on my way there, there was just a ridiculous amount of traffic in Staten Island. Decided to see what's up on here. If I go -0 on RC in September I would go to Vegas first and then church after to ask for forgiveness for the craziness that I have done those previous days.

LMAO! Have a ton of fun Mikey, you deserve it!

Thanks buddy! Every RC question that I have ever gotten wrong will each be turned into a shot. Who's laughing now RC?!?!??!!!??

That's the spirit, Mikey!

Dunno about y'all, but I'm definitely gonna be drinking the curve's worth of vodka shots when they release our scores.

[SunDevil14]

Hit that 170!

[proteinshake]

Hit that 170!

congrats!

[Alexandros]

Hit that 170!

WOOT way to go!

[carasrook]

Hit that 170!

that's awesome, congrats!!!

[Rupert Pupkin]

A bit baffled / amused that RC now seems to be my strong point. (I mean, not complaining, but what...)

Mark distribution for the last two PTs were extremely similar. Need to figure out how to not flip out during logic games.

If I go -0 on RC in September I'll go to church, even if my resulting score is shitty.

....or AC...?

Still on my way there, there was just a ridiculous amount of traffic in Staten Island. Decided to see what's up on here. If I go -0 on RC in September I would go to Vegas first and then church after to ask for forgiveness for the craziness that I have done those previous days.

LMAO! Have a ton of fun Mikey, you deserve it!

Thanks buddy! Every RC question that I have ever gotten wrong will each be turned into a shot. Who's laughing now RC?!?!??!!!??

Haha have fun this weekend brotha! yeah traffic out of NY is always rough. Hopefully, I can say "See you In Vegas" In September when we all crush it

[ngogirl12]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

[34iplaw]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

You may also look into extended internships (paid, obv.) depending your circumstances. They may be more willing and understanding about the eight month tenure.

Personally, I am planning to try to intern at a law firm for the 8-10 months between the LSAT and law school (provided I do well enough.) I'll see if someone in NYC needs help (maybe an associate friend's firm (advantages of applying later? already have close friends at a good number of V25s) probably a RE focused firm/practice where the fact I understand valuation/real estate makes me mildly less useless), look for personal connections (few friends from high school's parents are judges in various capacities), or work for an old family friend. Alternatively, I may try to do some kind of volunteer work somewhere.

[ngogirl12]

I'm totally bombing Method of Reasoning questions, I think I got at least 7-8 questions wrong and I've done 45-50 questions. :/

I read the section in Trainer but didn't find it that helpful. I'm also beyond exhausted (couldn't sleep much) and haven't worked out all week. I've been substituting that hour of gym for an extra hour of sleep.

I think I'm going to spend the rest of today reading. I have 18 questions left but I want to save them for tomorrow when I don't feel so sad towards LR.

Does anyone have advice for me regarding this question type?

[34iplaw]

I'm totally bombing Method of Reasoning questions, I think I got at least 7-8 questions wrong and I've done 45-50 questions. :/

I read the section in Trainer but didn't find it that helpful. I'm also beyond exhausted (couldn't sleep much) and haven't worked out all week. I've been substituting that hour of gym for an extra hour of sleep.

I think I'm going to spend the rest of today reading. I have 18 questions left but I want to save them for tomorrow when I don't feel so sad towards LR.

Does anyone have advice for me regarding this question type?

I did pretty well on these. If you're out of it, don't waste the questions. Go to sleep.

Really focus on the reasoning.

Really focus on right/wrong answers...answer choices all indicate some method of reasoning or argumentation...a wrong answer for one question will be a right answer for another. Early on, try to understand what different choices are saying and what they mean.

especially if it is a flawed method of reasoning question, they re-use a few answers *a lot*... for flawed versions like almost every question has something that will reference equivocation and circular reasoning in some way. If it is ad hominem, ad populism, ad something, it will be smashed over your head. It will not likely be a subtle clue for one of these.

[Instrumental]

Hit that 170!

#inspiration

[Rupert Pupkin]

Hit that 170!

Awesome- Congrats!

[proteinshake]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

You may also look into extended internships (paid, obv.) depending your circumstances. They may be more willing and understanding about the eight month tenure.

Personally, I am planning to try to intern at a law firm for the 8-10 months between the LSAT and law school (provided I do well enough.) I'll see if someone in NYC needs help (maybe an associate friend's firm (advantages of applying later? already have close friends at a good number of V25s) probably a RE focused firm/practice where the fact I understand valuation/real estate makes me mildly less useless), look for personal connections (few friends from high school's parents are judges in various capacities), or work for an old family friend. Alternatively, I may try to do some kind of volunteer work somewhere.

I feel like you'd know the answer to this: if a job description says they require 1 year of customer service experience, can I not apply if I only have years of tutoring experience and working at a campus library? that's literally the only requirement I don't technically have and it's annoying lol.

[34iplaw]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

You may also look into extended internships (paid, obv.) depending your circumstances. They may be more willing and understanding about the eight month tenure.

Personally, I am planning to try to intern at a law firm for the 8-10 months between the LSAT and law school (provided I do well enough.) I'll see if someone in NYC needs help (maybe an associate friend's firm (advantages of applying later? already have close friends at a good number of V25s) probably a RE focused firm/practice where the fact I understand valuation/real estate makes me mildly less useless), look for personal connections (few friends from high school's parents are judges in various capacities), or work for an old family friend. Alternatively, I may try to do some kind of volunteer work somewhere.

I feel like you'd know the answer to this: if a job description says they require 1 year of customer service experience, can I not apply if I only have years of tutoring experience and working at a campus library? that's literally the only requirement I don't technically have and it's annoying lol.

I think you'd be fine. Just spin it into being customer service. I feel like that's easy enough - tutoring requires putting students first and retail is similar in regards to customers. 1YR experience doing anything reads to me like an extremely soft/unrigid requirement.

[proteinshake]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

You may also look into extended internships (paid, obv.) depending your circumstances. They may be more willing and understanding about the eight month tenure.

Personally, I am planning to try to intern at a law firm for the 8-10 months between the LSAT and law school (provided I do well enough.) I'll see if someone in NYC needs help (maybe an associate friend's firm (advantages of applying later? already have close friends at a good number of V25s) probably a RE focused firm/practice where the fact I understand valuation/real estate makes me mildly less useless), look for personal connections (few friends from high school's parents are judges in various capacities), or work for an old family friend. Alternatively, I may try to do some kind of volunteer work somewhere.

I feel like you'd know the answer to this: if a job description says they require 1 year of customer service experience, can I not apply if I only have years of tutoring experience and working at a campus library? that's literally the only requirement I don't technically have and it's annoying lol.

I think you'd be fine. Just spin it into being customer service. I feel like that's easy enough - tutoring requires putting students first and retail is similar in regards to customers. 1YR experience doing anything reads to me like an extremely soft/unrigid requirement.

agreed, it's an entry level job and they give you all the training you need so I don't really think they'd care. thanks!

edit: if everything fails, maybe i'll just be a tutor for Kaplan

[appind]

A bit baffled / amused that RC now seems to be my strong point. (I mean, not complaining, but what...)

Mark distribution for the last two PTs were extremely similar. Need to figure out how to not flip out during logic games.

If I go -0 on RC in September I'll go to church, even if my resulting score is shitty.

I somehow went -3 on RC in Dec 2015 when I usually went like -7 on PTs, truly was a miracle.

had a miracle with dec 15 also where i went -5 in rc after guessing on like one full passage. still haven't reviewed my answer sheet so don't know how it could have happened.

[appind]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for.

pretty much this. it's relevant that you think through about how you want to leverage this job's experience into your future plans. linkedin is also a useful resource.

[Rupert Pupkin]

anyone else job searching? currently on Monster.com while I read from BP RC (if there is a better website, please let me know!).

Depends on what type of a job your looking for. Indeed.com is a great starting point.

You may also look into extended internships (paid, obv.) depending your circumstances. They may be more willing and understanding about the eight month tenure.

Personally, I am planning to try to intern at a law firm for the 8-10 months between the LSAT and law school (provided I do well enough.) I'll see if someone in NYC needs help (maybe an associate friend's firm (advantages of applying later? already have close friends at a good number of V25s) probably a RE focused firm/practice where the fact I understand valuation/real estate makes me mildly less useless), look for personal connections (few friends from high school's parents are judges in various capacities), or work for an old family friend. Alternatively, I may try to do some kind of volunteer work somewhere.

I feel like you'd know the answer to this: if a job description says they require 1 year of customer service experience, can I not apply if I only have years of tutoring experience and working at a campus library? that's literally the only requirement I don't technically have and it's annoying lol.

I think you'd be fine. Just spin it into being customer service. I feel like that's easy enough - tutoring requires putting students first and retail is similar in regards to customers. 1YR experience doing anything reads to me like an extremely soft/unrigid requirement.

^ Absolutely. It's all in the way you pitch your story. They are just looking for someone who is friendly and has had experience helping and working with people...you obviously have. Tutoring is even more-personal than traditional "customer-service" jobs and I would say working in a library is customer-serving as well. You will be fine.

[Alexandros]

Protein, I think you were the one that mentioned that sleep cycle app like a month ago? Just tried it this morning. Actually worked really well.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Protein, I think you were the one that mentioned that sleep cycle app like a month ago? Just tried it this morning. Actually worked really well.

I wasn't the one who mentioned it, but I swore by this all Spring Semester. One of my friends told me about it and when you don't wake up in the middle of a REM cycle, I found that I had so much more energy.

[thatlawlkid]

Thinking PT69 today. See what i cant get done while i avoid this godawful heat wave. Warm up for the next hour and kick things off at 1.