The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:29 pm

Dirigo wrote:extracurricular reading.

Are you going to add this to your résumé?

newkid · Post by **newkid** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:29 pm

Are many of you taking in February also applying for this cycle and hoping to start in the Fall 2015 class?

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:36 pm

newkid wrote:Are many of you taking in February also applying for this cycle and hoping to start in the Fall 2015 class?

a majority are looking at next cycle, though I believe there are a few going this cycle

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:38 pm

newkid wrote:Are many of you taking in February also applying for this cycle and hoping to start in the Fall 2015 class?

I'm applying this cycle. Mainly taking February for scholarships.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:44 pm

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:52 pm

Dirigo wrote:
Shakawkaw wrote:
Dirigo wrote:extracurricular reading.
Are you going to add this to your résumé?
CEO of Leisure, Inc.

I'd like to apply to be VP of Non-scholarly Articles of Clothing.

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:54 pm

Well guys, I was in the middle of my 4th section (RC) when an adcomm called me from a school I applied to (I dont wanna out them just in case they're lurking) and I obviously can't focus on LSAT after news like that! Might actually have a celebratory cider or two tonight

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:54 pm

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:57 pm

ilikebaseball wrote:Well guys, I was in the middle of my 4th section (RC) when an adcomm called me from a school I applied to (I dont wanna out them just in case they're lurking) and I obviously can't focus on LSAT after news like that! Might actually have a celebratory cider or two tonight

Congrats!!

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:01 pm

RaiderRed wrote:
ilikebaseball wrote:Well guys, I was in the middle of my 4th section (RC) when an adcomm called me from a school I applied to (I dont wanna out them just in case they're lurking) and I obviously can't focus on LSAT after news like that! Might actually have a celebratory cider or two tonight
Congrats!!

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:17 pm

Thanks guys! 3 down...

lokikoala · Post by **lokikoala** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:21 pm

Smallville wrote:
newkid wrote:Are many of you taking in February also applying for this cycle and hoping to start in the Fall 2015 class?
a majority are looking at next cycle, though I believe there are a few going this cycle

Fall 2015 or bust. Hoping it will help for scholarships/waitlist. Not stopping adcomms from evaluating in meanwhile since December score is passable.

kang · Post by **kang** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:35 pm

Finally finished BR for PT66 that I took yesterday.
Score Breakdown:

RC: -4/-2
LR: -5/-1
LG: -1/-1
LR: -3/-2

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I'm noticing that most of my LR mistakes are aggregated towards the "easier" level of difficulty. I really don't know what to make of this. One theory is that maybe I'm just so used to the more difficult format of the LR stim, when I see a easy argument its so obvious that it throws me off? But this really doesn't help me on how I should approach these question types.. lol

Any opinions/advice?

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:44 pm

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brusselsprouts · Post by **brusselsprouts** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:45 pm

kang wrote:Finally finished BR for PT66 that I took yesterday.
Score Breakdown:

RC: -4/-2
LR: -5/-1
LG: -1/-1
LR: -3/-2

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I'm noticing that most of my LR mistakes are aggregated towards the "easier" level of difficulty. I really don't know what to make of this. One theory is that maybe I'm just so used to the more difficult format of the LR stim, when I see a easy argument its so obvious that it throws me off? But this really doesn't help me on how I should approach these question types.. lol

Any opinions/advice?

I make ridiculous LR mistakes far too often on easy questions. I think I'm usually flustered or intimidated going into LR, so I've been trying to warm up beforehand with a game to build up my confidence and get myself prepared. Not any real substantive advice but I totally feel you! That said I also make a number of mistakes with hard LR questions..but this week I've definitely noticed my mistakes are on easy-medium questions.

kang · Post by **kang** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:47 pm

zacboro wrote:Just finished today's prep. Scored a 168 scaled, 178 BR. I'm definitely going to start warming up LR more, with a PT I took earlier this week my first LR section was -4, while my second was -0, today my first LR section was -5, and my second was -0... I've just been putting an extra LG section at the beginning of my PTs and have been using that as a mental warmup but I think I'm going to put an extra LR section at the front for warmup instead... Also, in RC today I went -7 / -1 BR... This week my RC scores have ranged from -3 to -8... but all of my BR scores for RC for this week have been -1 / with one day being a -2. I know at least for LR BR shows potential, is this true for RC? Or is it not because most of the challenge for RC is the time limit...

IMO, I would have to say the challenge for each section is the time limit. To overcome this I had to learn the basics and master it, untimed. Afterwards I added the time pressure. We probably need to do this with the RC as well - I didn't do this first step for RC b/c I was being very arrogant and believed that I knew how to read. I know the real thing is so close and trying to practice without the time limit seems like a luxury you can't afford, but I think we're just burning through perfectly good passages without learning the basics of the RC.

This entire test is about figuring out the patterns, IMO. Despite my own post a while back, there ARE patterns in RC. It just takes a lot longer to figure out. I used your method with the whole highlighting thing and I think it helped me. I took it one step further though. I used a different color to highlight different types of questions and its respective answers. For example, all the "according to the passage" or "The passage contains..." would be one color, while the inference questions such as "it can be inferred..." or "The information most likely supports.." in a different color. It helps you see how the passage tends to be written.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:48 pm

kang · Post by **kang** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:49 pm

brusselsprouts wrote:
kang wrote:Finally finished BR for PT66 that I took yesterday.
Score Breakdown:

RC: -4/-2
LR: -5/-1
LG: -1/-1
LR: -3/-2

----
I'm noticing that most of my LR mistakes are aggregated towards the "easier" level of difficulty. I really don't know what to make of this. One theory is that maybe I'm just so used to the more difficult format of the LR stim, when I see a easy argument its so obvious that it throws me off? But this really doesn't help me on how I should approach these question types.. lol

Any opinions/advice?
I make ridiculous LR mistakes far too often on easy questions. I think I'm usually flustered or intimidated going into LR, so I've been trying to warm up beforehand with a game to build up my confidence and get myself prepared. Not any real substantive advice but I totally feel you! That said I also make a number of mistakes with hard LR questions..but this week I've definitely noticed my mistakes are on easy-medium questions.

Do you think the warm up has helped your LR score? I noticed that in my first LR section most of my mistakes were before #15. I could probably use the warmup... lol

newkid · Post by **newkid** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:50 pm

lokikoala wrote:
Smallville wrote:
newkid wrote:Are many of you taking in February also applying for this cycle and hoping to start in the Fall 2015 class?
a majority are looking at next cycle, though I believe there are a few going this cycle

Fall 2015 or bust. Hoping it will help for scholarships/waitlist. Not stopping adcomms from evaluating in meanwhile since December score is passable.

Is it plausible to get the applications in by the end of january and get accepted still? looking a bit lower tier schools, with average LSAT score, better than average GPA

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:50 pm

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ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:57 pm

Nlee respond to my email it's important!

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:58 pm

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ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:07 pm

Got another call! What a day haha. Good news comes in bunches!

Back to reality tomorrow though. I got about 125 LR questions waiting to be drilled

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:07 pm

Rigo you're beautiful.

And congrats again baseball! Would love to hear where at for both! Also I realized I don't even know your stats or what you're retaking for. Lol. I'm a noob

ETA: pretty sure my goals are laughable to everyone ITT

#teamindebtforlife

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:09 pm

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