The Official December 2014 Study Group Forum

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:28 pm

nlee10 wrote:Finished PT 39 RC untimed.

Over the past two days, my PT 39 untimed sections:

LG: 21/23
LR1: 21/24
RC: 20/28 ( )
LR2: 23/26
85/101

A cool 168 untimed. I seem to be drop 8-11 points due on timed conditions. Is the best way to drill timed now? My target score range is ~~164-166.~~180

there ya go

I would say drill timed and be sure to properly review. BR isnt meant only for full PT's.
this way you keep working on getting more comfortable with timing(limitations, stress, yada yada) then before grading go back over the section again untimed.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:37 pm

Jgoods wrote:
nlee10 wrote:
A cool 168 untimed. I seem to be drop 8-11 points due on timed conditions. Is the best way to drill timed now? My target score range is ~~164-166.~~180
there ya go I would say drill timed and be sure to properly review. BR isnt meant only for full PT's.
this way you keep working on getting more comfortable with timing(limitations, stress, yada yada) then before grading go back over the section again untimed.

haha, thanks for the edit.

I just found out my family got me a subscription of The Economist for a couple months. More reading practice for me yay...

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:52 pm

First PT since September, I forgot how exhausting these were. Currently on break. Noticing that my timing is off, hopefully that'll fix itself with more practice.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:58 pm

GreenTee · Post by **GreenTee** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:01 pm

Colonel_funkadunk · Post by **Colonel_funkadunk** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:02 pm

GreenTee wrote:
Dirigo wrote:All the 180 talk is making me kinda c horny tbh.

eta: im quoting this for rigos original quote not GT's erotic interpretation

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:03 pm

GreenTee wrote:
Dirigo wrote:All the 180 talk is making me kinda c horny tbh.

handjobs

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:04 pm

Shakawkaw wrote:
GreenTee wrote:
Dirigo wrote:All the 180 talk is making me kinda c horny tbh.
handjobs

I think you may have some obsession

Colonel_funkadunk · Post by **Colonel_funkadunk** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:06 pm

hey nlee, def drill timed. Being able to do questions well without timed conditions is not what the lsat is testing. clearly your accuracy is pretty good, but it doesnt mean much without replicating it under timed conditions.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:13 pm

Colonel_funkadunk wrote:hey nlee, def drill timed. Being able to do questions well without timed conditions is not what the lsat is testing. clearly your accuracy is pretty good, but it doesnt mean much without replicating it under timed conditions.

Thanks Colonel. At this point, I'm just happy that I've improved so much since my diagnostic over the summer. Working on timing will be a whole another beast.

Colonel_funkadunk · Post by **Colonel_funkadunk** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:17 pm

nlee10 wrote:
Colonel_funkadunk wrote:hey nlee, def drill timed. Being able to do questions well without timed conditions is not what the lsat is testing. clearly your accuracy is pretty good, but it doesnt mean much without replicating it under timed conditions.
Thanks Colonel. At this point, I'm just happy that I've improved so much since my diagnostic over the summer. Working on timing will be a whole another beast.

No your progress is definitely awesome. I didnt mean for that to take anything away, im just saying to really perform 100% its a combination of timing and accuracy.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:19 pm

Colonel_funkadunk wrote: No your progress is definitely awesome. I didnt mean for that to take anything away, im just saying to really perform 100% its a combination of timing and accuracy.

Agreed. 33 more days!

mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:45 pm

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Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:47 pm

nlee10 wrote:
Colonel_funkadunk wrote: No your progress is definitely awesome. I didnt mean for that to take anything away, im just saying to really perform 100% its a combination of timing and accuracy.
Agreed. 33 more days!

33 days is plenty of time. Done with PT. Excited for the kick in the ass to work harder!

Late lunching and then BR. PUMPED.

MC - when you're drilling RC, do you do them by passage type, or is just a free for all?

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:53 pm

Jgoods wrote:
Shakawkaw wrote:
GreenTee wrote:
Dirigo wrote:All the 180 talk is making me kinda c horny tbh.
handjobs
I think you may have some obsession

ETA: "Limp penis gif" was the risky google search of today. Sorry to the person sitting next to me. Oops. (I promise I won't abuse the gifs.)

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:54 pm

Shakawkaw wrote:
nlee10 wrote:
Colonel_funkadunk wrote: No your progress is definitely awesome. I didnt mean for that to take anything away, im just saying to really perform 100% its a combination of timing and accuracy.
Agreed. 33 more days!
33 days is plenty of time. Done with PT. Excited for the kick in the ass to work harder!

Late lunching and then BR. PUMPED.

MC - when you're drilling RC, do you do them by passage type, or is just a free for all?

MC- I'd like to add to the question. If you are also timing the RC's, do you allot time by the difficulty of the test or is it the same per passage? Any factors such as Cambridge Difficulty Level or # of Question's?

mist4bison · Post by **mist4bison** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:57 pm

mist4bison · Post by **mist4bison** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:58 pm

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:59 pm

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:01 pm

mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:01 pm

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portmanteaux · Post by **portmanteaux** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:02 pm

mornincounselor wrote:My upper level for true solid comprehension on RC is about 10 passages. I did 12 today but I misread an obvious choice and missed a question on the 11th and had to fight my way through a passage I didn't truly get on 12.

I think 10 is sufficient because the most I will see on test day is (possibly) 8 consecutive plus a writing sample. I'd still prefer to make it where I'm confident in my endurance on 3 sections, but I'm fairly happy with where I'm at, especially compared to on September 27th.

I think the take away though, is that it really is about prepping in a way so that one is prepared for something significantly more difficult then they will face on test day. Whether that manifests itself in 32 minutes sections, or 6 section tests, or 7sage distractions above and beyond what one is likely to face.

This is a really great idea! I didn't think to practice doing 8-10 RC passages in a row, but that it my weakest section, and I need to work on building up my endurance for reading passages as well.

So far I have just been building up endurance by doing 6-8 PT sections in a row, and I definitely notice a difference!

GreenTee · Post by **GreenTee** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:03 pm

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:04 pm

mist4bison wrote:
GreenTee wrote:
Dirigo wrote:All the 180 talk is making me kinda c horny tbh.
So I definitely saw this quote first and legit thought Dirigo was getting really horny over the thought of getting a 180.

mornincounselor wrote:My upper level for true solid comprehension on RC is about 10 passages. I did 12 today but I misread an obvious choice and missed a question on the 11th and had to fight my way through a passage I didn't truly get on 12.

I think 10 is sufficient because the most I will see on test day is (possibly) 8 consecutive plus a writing sample. I'd still prefer to make it where I'm confident in my endurance on 3 sections, but I'm fairly happy with where I'm at, especially compared to on September 27th.

I think the take away though, is that it really is about prepping in a way so that one is prepared for something significantly more difficult then they will face on test day. Whether that manifests itself in 32 minutes sections, or 6 section tests, or 7sage distractions above and beyond what one is likely to face.

I'm going to start moving down in timing when I take pts, that plus moving to new areas to test at. These are things I didn't do for September, regretably.

your posts are so inspirational MC

GreenTee · Post by **GreenTee** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:06 pm

Stacking RC sections builds character.