The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

[nlee10]

Is RC still haunting anyone even after 3+ months of prep....??

9+ months later and I went -8 on my last PT. Went -3 (albeit retake from 9 months ago) so blehhhh.

[179orBust]

When people say that the recent tests have gotten a lot more difficult in terms of RC, which practice tests are they referring to? 60+?

[appind]

When people say that the recent tests have gotten a lot more difficult in terms of RC, which practice tests are they referring to? 60+?

50+ but mainly in late 50s and 60s.

[fhdjks]

Has anyone tried 7sage video explanation for preptest LR sections?
Is it worth the money? I know we have plenty of resources for LR explanation (manhattan, Lsat hacks, etc)
but I want to decrease the current rate of time for reviewing. For those of you who use it, does the video review take
noticeably less time? It sure does for LG reviews. And are explanations thorough? Thanks

[nervousapplicant]

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[Pacman]

Has anyone tried 7sage video explanation for preptest LR sections?
Is it worth the money? I know we have plenty of resources for LR explanation (manhattan, Lsat hacks, etc)
but I want to decrease the current rate of time for reviewing. For those of you who use it, does the video review take
noticeably less time? It sure does for LG reviews. And are explanations thorough? Thanks

I bought 7Sage's Ultimate plan on my last deployment this past fall and went through a bit of the curriculum before I came home. Around the beginning of March I started rededicating myself to it and am now almost finished with the entire program and ready to start PTs. Their LR section has been great for me as it really gets at all the basic foundations of logic and how the questions are interrelated and it has really improved both my LR and RC skills just because of how it has rewired my brain to think more critically and logically when reading. I can't recommend it enough, even with the LSAC ban on PDFs because I think the real value is in the explanations. The other great thing is that as you probably know from the LG videos, you can speed up the videos to watch them as fast as you can handle. I've gotten really comfortable with the x1.7 speed and can go up to x2.0 and still catch everything. I never go slower than x1.4 so I have been able to burn through the videos really quickly. I go faster during the sample questions than during the logic lessons but you should still be able to handle those at x1.4 which will allow you to complete their videos almost 50% faster without much, if any, loss of comprehension. If you're still targeting June I'd say go for it since you could always keep it until the October test if need be, but it will at least focus your studies so that you can be as efficient as possible over the next month or so. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions about taking the leap.

[biggestlawman]

I know there is a lot of advice on everything including 'this' in this forum, but, in everyone's interest, someone please present a white paper on the latest and most complete known way of:
1. Drilling RC; and
2. Tackling RC in PTs and the real LSAT with -0 being the goal.

[msp8]

well, registered for June. Definitely taking this one. Exciting times.

[TheWalkingDebt]

PT 62 today.

leggggo

[Rigo]

Has anyone tried 7sage video explanation for preptest LR sections?
Is it worth the money? I know we have plenty of resources for LR explanation (manhattan, Lsat hacks, etc)
but I want to decrease the current rate of time for reviewing. For those of you who use it, does the video review take
noticeably less time? It sure does for LG reviews. And are explanations thorough? Thanks

I don't like 7Sage for LR. I prefer Velocity.

[RZ5646]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

[nlee10]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

I have but this was before I had any thoughts of attending law school. Decided not to do it.

[RZ5646]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

I have but this was before I had any thoughts of attending law school. Decided not to do it.

Can I ask why?

From what I understand, it's somewhat competitive if you didn't do college ROTC and have to do remedial training, and I'm sure being in the army isn't that much fun, but it would pay better than anything I could do as a liberal arts graduate, improve my law school app with aging and leadership experience, and make debt less of an issue.

At this point I'm not seriously considering it, but it's a interesting possibility.

[The Abyss]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

I have but this was before I had any thoughts of attending law school. Decided not to do it.

Can I ask why?

From what I understand, it's somewhat competitive if you didn't do college ROTC and have to do remedial training, and I'm sure being in the army isn't that much fun, but it would pay better than anything I could do as a liberal arts graduate, improve my law school app with aging and leadership experience, and make debt less of an issue.

At this point I'm not seriously considering it, but it's a interesting possibility.

I don't think the armed services are taking as many graduates for officer training these days. Current officers are being laid off which is unheard of from what I understand.

[nlee10]

Can I ask why?
From what I understand, it's somewhat competitive if you didn't do college ROTC and have to do remedial training, and I'm sure being in the army isn't that much fun, but it would pay better than anything I could do as a liberal arts graduate, improve my law school app with aging and leadership experience, and make debt less of an issue.

At this point I'm not seriously considering it, but it's a interesting possibility.

I never planned on doing it for any sort of "career" since money isn't an issue. I thought about doing it cuz I was legit obese for most of my high school/college days so I could get fit. Fortunately I ended up losing everything I wanted to my senior year haha.

[RZ5646]

I don't think the armed services are taking as many graduates for officer training these days. Current officers are being laid off which is unheard of from what I understand.

Doesn't surprise me I guess. Joining the army is something poor kids who can't afford college often do... now it's also for poor young adults who can't afford student loan payments.

[Rigo]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

I considered it. Navy though, not army.

[TheWalkingDebt]

I don't think the armed services are taking as many graduates for officer training these days. Current officers are being laid off which is unheard of from what I understand.

Doesn't surprise me I guess. Joining the army is something poor kids who can't afford college often do... now it's also for poor young adults who can't afford student loan payments.

[TheProdigal]

Has anyone considered joining the army after college instead of going to law school? Apparently you can start out as an officer, plus you'd get the GI Bill if you wanted to do law school afterwards.

Permanent Medical Disqualification for me. Sort of a shame, too, I have family and ties with high-rank retired officers with scholarships and buildings named after them (not army).

[Shakawkaw]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

[biggestlawman]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

Depressing!

[Shakawkaw]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

Depressing!

I hear PWs help with dat.

[biggestlawman]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

Depressing!

I hear PWs help with dat.

A Columbia law grad struggling is not a great advert!

[Shakawkaw]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

Depressing!

I hear PWs help with dat.

A Columbia law grad struggling is not a great advert!

NO ONE IS SAFE. Brooklyn Law School 4 lyfe.

[biggestlawman]

Or we can all go work for BP after we graduate with mountains of loans.

Like this fella.

I hear PWs help with dat.

A Columbia law grad struggling is not a great advert!

NO ONE IS SAFE. Brooklyn Law School 4 lyfe.

I should have gone to med school and become a surgeon. Too late for that!