The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:18 pm

Big Red wrote:So I just learned that the June test is at 1230, which is amazing.

Do you live under a rock?

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:37 pm

Rigo wrote:
Big Red wrote:So I just learned that the June test is at 1230, which is amazing.
Do you live under a rock?

No. I feel like that would be uncomfortable?

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:40 pm

Big Red wrote:
Rigo wrote:
Big Red wrote:So I just learned that the June test is at 1230, which is amazing.
Do you live under a rock?
No. I feel like that would be uncomfortable?

...it's a figure of speech.

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:48 pm

Has scholarly shown back up yet?

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:51 pm

Big Red wrote:Has scholarly shown back up yet?

No.

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:54 pm

Rigo wrote:
Big Red wrote:Has scholarly shown back up yet?
No.

The good ones always go young.

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:55 pm

So where are people scoring?

biggestlawman · Post by **biggestlawman** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:14 pm

Big Red wrote:So where are people scoring?

On their tables.

biggestlawman · Post by **biggestlawman** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:14 pm

Unless you mean something else by "scoring".

jumbocolumbo · Post by **jumbocolumbo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:19 pm

biggestlawman wrote:Unless you mean something else by "scoring".

In which case the answer is still on their tables.

biggestlawman · Post by **biggestlawman** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:22 pm

jumbocolumbo wrote:
biggestlawman wrote:Unless you mean something else by "scoring".
In which case the answer is still on their tables.

biggestlawman · Post by **biggestlawman** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:22 pm

38-4 is such a ruinous game. Spoiled my mood.

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:35 pm

biggestlawman wrote:
jumbocolumbo wrote:
biggestlawman wrote:Unless you mean something else by "scoring".
In which case the answer is still on their tables.

161.

jumbocolumbo · Post by **jumbocolumbo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:50 pm

Big Red wrote:
biggestlawman wrote:
jumbocolumbo wrote:
biggestlawman wrote:Unless you mean something else by "scoring".
In which case the answer is still on their tables.

161.

AYOOO!

jumbocolumbo · Post by **jumbocolumbo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:22 pm

biggestlawman wrote:38-4 is such a ruinous game. Spoiled my mood.

Kind of reminds me of Game 4 on PT31 with a few twists.

Gluteus · Post by **Gluteus** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:29 pm

For the next 26 days I have no obligations whatsoever. Aiming for 150+ hours of LSAT prep during this time.

Checklist: (Next 10-14 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan LG (1.5 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan LR (2 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan RC (1 day)
Complete and blind review every single question from "10 Real LSATs Grouped by Question Type" (4-5 days)
Drill RC from early tests. Work heavily on developing an RC strategy. (2 days)
Take practice test to assess progress (+ blind review) (1 day)

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:52 pm

Gluteus wrote:For the next 26 days I have no obligations whatsoever. Aiming for 150+ hours of LSAT prep during this time.

Checklist: (Next 10-14 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan LG (1.5 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan LR (2 days)
Reread and complete all drills and practice questions from Manhattan RC (1 day)
Complete and blind review every single question from "10 Real LSATs Grouped by Question Type" (4-5 days)
Drill RC from early tests. Work heavily on developing an RC strategy. (2 days)
Take practice test to assess progress (+ blind review) (1 day)

Great plan to be devoting all of your time to the LOLSAT. I would suggest, instead of rereading and redoing the drills and practice questions in the respective Manhattan books that you just drill each question type in high volumes to really hammer down the concepts. Perhaps you can refresh your memory by doing a few questions from the MLSAT books (and maybe skimming over their end of chapter summaries), but I really would suggest doing the Cambridge drill packets. I don't know how far along you are in your prep, and if you're introduced drilling into your prep at of yet, but that's my advice.

I'm also not familiar with the 10 Real LSATs Grouped by Question Type material (obviously sounds pretty self explanatory), but do you have the Cambridge bundle? I am hesitant with the MLSAT book you're using since it contains PTs 41-50, and the conventional wisdom is to use those PTs for drilling sections to get timing and accuracy down after working through the drill packets (PTs 1-38) untimed.

Ihasthedumb · Post by **Ihasthedumb** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:29 pm

Can someone please help explain Pt 16, S3, q18? It is a weakening question about dinosaurs being warm blooded reptiles. I cannot for the life of me see how E doesn't weaken the argument?

Albus Dumbledore · Post by **Albus Dumbledore** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:43 pm

Ihasthedumb wrote:Can someone please help explain Pt 16, S3, q18? It is a weakening question about dinosaurs being warm blooded reptiles. I cannot for the life of me see how E doesn't weaken the argument?

I think the answer is (D) because it allows for the possibility that the dinosaurs did not have to deal with arctic winters because they were continually on the move. Maybe those dinosaurs were in the northern arctic region when the weather wasn't cold, which allows for the possibility that they were cold-blooded. (D) therefore weakens the argument that the dinosaurs had to have been warm-blooded.

(E) is wrong because it actually strengthens the argument. (E) denies the possibility that the region was warm during prehistoric times. What it is basically saying is that the temperature in the region during prehistoric times was as cold as it is today during winter. If the region was cold during prehistoric times, it strengthens the argument that the dinosaurs whose fossils were found in the region were warm-blooded because they would not have survived the frigid winters had they been cold-blooded.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:46 pm

A little less than 8 weeks left. Hows everyone feeling?

Albus Dumbledore · Post by **Albus Dumbledore** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:57 pm

nlee10 wrote:A little less than 8 weeks left. Hows everyone feeling?

I can't believe how much time has passed. I'm still not within my target range, and this makes me very scared. Either one passage or one game prevents me from reaching 170+.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:07 pm

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:08 pm

Albus Dumbledore wrote:
nlee10 wrote:A little less than 8 weeks left. Hows everyone feeling?
I can't believe how much time has passed. I'm still not within my target range, and this makes me very scared. Either one passage or one game prevents me from reaching 170+.

Same. It's usually RC for me. I've been drilling timed sections for the past 2 weeks and plan on doing so for 1.5 more weeks. That will leave me at least 6 weeks for full PT'ing 2-3x a week.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:15 pm

gamerish wrote: When logging PTs into LSATQA, should I put in a separate entry for both the initial take and BR or just BR?

Whatever you want, but I would keep your LSATQA pure and not input your BR score.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:17 pm

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