The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

m27 · Post by **m27** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:46 pm

Some of these LR questions have me like

leslieknope · Post by **leslieknope** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:51 pm

LSATing without enough sleep makes my brain fuzzy.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:02 pm

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:14 pm

So in a span of roughly 4 hours today, I did 3 timed sections from PT 45.

LR2: 22/25
LG: 22/22
RC: 20/27

Desperate to fix my RC before game day.

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:43 pm

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:45 pm

zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?

I think that makes more sense for LG. I mean as much reviewing as you're doing I can't really see that being that instructive?

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:50 pm

leslieknope · Post by **leslieknope** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:54 pm

zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?

I don't save the questions, but I do note the question types. So if I go -3 on a section and it's two PR and an a flaw in the reasoning question, then I note that and make sure I drill on those question types the next day. I think it's a little more productive than repeating the question, just because I know that I tend to remember much more about LR and RC than I do about LG.

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:29 pm

That moment when you realize you've been at the gym 3 1/2 hours by accident.

kang · Post by **kang** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:42 pm

wow gj zac!! I'm officially jealous of you. I've never hit 175

Just finished taking PT 70, in sections. Scored 171. Anyone else take this PT? S4 LR was extremely difficult and I ended up -5 on that section. I just want some reassurance that someone else found this section particularly difficult as well...

Like S4 Q12...wtf.

I'm pretty exhausted, but going to try and do some RC and LR drills before finishing for the night! How's everyone else doing?

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:44 pm

zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?

At some point I realized that I when I drilled questions twice (with a couple months in between) I would sometimes get the same question wrong, which is obviously not good. So, I actually started saving questions questions I got wrong during drilling to go over later to make sure I'm getting the concepts right. I wouldn't do anything special, I would quickly "make my own" drilling packets by screenshotting the questions I got wrong and pasting them into a word document with 3-4 questions on a page to print out. I only do this with LR. If a RC or LG gave me particular trouble I would just note the passage or game to reprint later.

kang · Post by **kang** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:46 pm

zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?

I would suggest that you save all these questions in one place. Since you start school maybe you can look through them during your classes.

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:47 pm

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:55 pm

zacboro wrote:Thank you JackelJ, this is what I'm looking to do. My only thing is that I don't have PDFs, so I'll literally have to just go through old PT books to find them. But its okay because I'm going to make a day of it. A day I would spend on break if I didn't do this.

Yeah, I have a lot of them in books too. I sort of abandoned this for the questions in prep books once I realized I could just screenshot the pdfs I have. However, before I abandoned it for the prep books I was going to pay my brother a couple bucks to go through my books and retype any questions I got wrong and circled so I could redo them as if they were "fresh" and not waste study time to retype them. I don't know if you were thinking of retyping them or just looking over them but thats just one idea I considered.

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:08 pm

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:10 pm

gotcha, good luck!

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:12 pm

Working my way through this Manhattan LR is taking a lot of time and longer than I'd hoped but I feel like this is far more useful than if k had just continued PTing and drilling wiyhout new methods. I may have to push back my next PT, but I really feel like this is worth it in the long run. I just wish I didn't have to work and go to school right now.

m27 · Post by **m27** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:07 pm

zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?

Because I have every PT in pdf format, I screenshot and crop any LR question that gives me trouble post-blind review in order to add it to a single Word document. Basically I'm making one big LR section of all the questions I've gotten wrong during full section drilling/PTs. I think this is going to be helpful when the last weeks rolls around when I want to really refine all my loose ends. As for passages and games that gave me trouble, I print out a copy of those and saving them for the last week as well. I'm probably not going to do the passages under 35 minute constraints but instead have an untimed "hell" RC section (Groupthink, Common law, inclusive fitness theory, etc.)

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:19 pm

m27 wrote:
zacboro wrote:So I'm trying to finalize a schedule for these last 3 weeks. And I was wondering, does anyone else save the questions that they get wrong even after BR? Like write them down somewhere? I have a lot of LR and RC questions that gave me particular trouble and I was wondering when exactly I should put implement these questions. I was thinking of reviewing all of the LR questions on Sunday the 25th, and the following Sunday to review all of my RC questions. (This would be the Sunday before game day). What does anyone think? Input?
Because I have every PT in pdf format, I screenshot and crop any LR question that gives me trouble post-blind review in order to add it to a single Word document. Basically I'm making one big LR section of all the questions I've gotten wrong during full section drilling/PTs. I think this is going to be helpful when the last weeks rolls around when I want to really refine all my loose ends. As for passages and games that gave me trouble, I print out a copy of those and saving them for the last week as well. I'm probably not going to do the passages under 35 minute constraints but instead have an untimed "hell" RC section (Groupthink, Common law, inclusive fitness theory, etc.)

this is so smart. Wtf is wrong with me and why cant i be innovative ONE TIME IN 3 FREAKIN TAKES OF THIS TEST

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:43 pm

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NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:49 pm

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:56 pm

I cut out the LR questions I miss and tape them to the wall above my desk. The shame motivates me to study more.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:08 am

Shakawkaw · Post by **Shakawkaw** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:21 am

Dirigo wrote:I tattoo all the questions I miss on my body.

Stick and pokes only, right?

m27 · Post by **m27** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:23 am

Dirigo wrote:I tattoo all the questions I miss on my body.

167 across your forehead