The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[Shakawkaw]

soda is bad, keep away from that shiz... a cup of coffee isn't bad for you, just drink it black if you need it... its when creamers and sugar and crap come into play that it really hinders you... caffeine in ur diet is actually good and helps with fat burning

+1
beer is good though. for after the test of course

From December:

I was gunna bring a case of beer with me and leave it outside to hand out to people for some post-LSAT imbibing.

I didn't do this then, but I am definitely doing this for the June exam. It'll be 5pm by the time we're out of there anyway.

ETA: Also the day when GT leaves me and civilization to go to the mud huts in Africa. So I'll need to be plenty buzzed for that occasion.

sounds depressing

Dearest Clark,

TCR: Take in June and keep me company at my TC and have a post-LSAT extravaganza with me. tyia.

xoxo,
Lana

[leslieknope]

Thanks guys! and nlee I'm planning on 72 for Saturday or Monday... I'm kind of scared to do it, since it's the only recent one I have left.

[ilikebaseball]

As Pt 74 prints out I give it the death stare for putting me through two more months of torment

[Dr. Nefario]

One day I wanna be the FMOTUS. Who's tryna be my POTUS?

[Smallville]

sounds depressing

Dearest Clark,

TCR: Take in June and keep me company at my TC and have a post-LSAT extravaganza with me. tyia.

xoxo,
Lana

eh Ive heard good things about my TC so even if a June take is in my future it wouldn't be there... sorry, but a quick train ride can get me there afterwards

also planning on taking a 70+ PT saturday... kinda scared

[NL2424]

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[JackelJ]

good luck on everyone's PTs tomorrow!

[ilikebaseball]

Doing PT 74 with RC as exp (cuz yolo) and 32 min sections. So pray for me.

[PeanutsNJam]

Sounds like somebody's peanut butter and jealous

[NL2424]

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[Shakawkaw]

I know I got so sassy with Shak earlier about me not wanting to do a 5 section PT. But I'm going to because in the end I agree with her. I'm just going to have to wake up just a little bit earlier and be more deliberate with my morning routine. ANYWAYS. So, my schedule for the next few weeks has me using the last of the most recent LSATs fully. So I don't have anything recent to supplement as an experimental section. What does everyone think about me using a section from PT 11 as experimental? I've been focusing on only PT 52+ for the past week or so and I don't wanna go back to older stuff but I don't have enough unused newer material. PS sorry Shak you were right.

Zacbro - no ill will intended on my end. I just know I was where you were and if someone was a hardass with me, I definitely would have probably done better in September. That's why these forums are great. Infinite guilt trips from strangers. Using old sections as your experimental is fine. Just treat it like a real section.

Good luck to everyone PTing tomorrow! Think of it as a trip to PoundTown. Kill it bbz.

Also Clark - we should definitely meet up IRL at some point. If one TLSer was cool af, others must be too (ignore the egregious sample size flaw). This is a public call out. You cannot back down.

[NL2424]

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[m27]

TLS bar night in NYC post-February LSAT #lituation

[m27]

It would be amazing if our upcoming test had an LG section as easy as the one from PT 58

[Shakawkaw]

TLS bar night in NYC post-February LSAT #lituation

I forget you're in NY too! DOWN.

[msp8]

So question here, and I'm not sure if there are any suggestions for this, but...

I've recently broken through a plateau on LR. I'm now pretty comfortable with 0 to -1 on LR, occasionally -2. I still make the odd additional mistake, but a lightbulb went off and I'm going through it faster, more accurately, etc.

But, inexplicably, RC has gotten worse. Where I was consistently -3 to -5 (still not ideal), and really pressed for time (some of those -s were due to time), now I'm consistently taking longer than 35mins. My reading is slower. Everything is slower. I decided to do 4 sections of RC today as a PT, just to get a larger sample size and, sure enough, on all 4 sections I ran out of time -- all taking 36 to 37 minutes.

To compound that, one section I took a few days ago was awful and I scored a -12 (!!!) -- roughly in line with where I started in my studying.


I'm at the point that I feel I can take Feb, for LG & LR, but RC is definitely holding me back. My thinking is that I'll focus on RC now exclusively to get it up to par. So tomorrow I'll do BR on those sections written today, then take some time to review some notes, books, and general theory on RC. See if anything strikes a chord. Then drill a few more RC sections. BR them. Then theory. Then drill. BR. Theory. etc. until it sinks. Until I can finally feel at ease with RC, and feel like I've mastered it in the way that I feel comfortable with the other two sections.

Does that sound reasonable? The idea is to immerse myself in RC, really attack it, get to feel the language, the flow, the way to anticipate potential questions, etc etc. I'm somewhat concerned about developing bad habits, or just hitting my head against the wall by repeatedly scoring poorly on time and getting frustrated with that, but I can't think of another approach to this.

Would appreciate any thoughts.

[Big Red]

I wouldn't just totally neglect LR on the homestretch (people have posted in the past about how that can backfire), but honestly I think you might be best served by taking a couple of days OFF of RC to let yourself reset. I think there's some overthinking going on that's causing the slow down, and I really don't think any more theory is going to help that.

Do you feel yourself second guessing yourself as you read a passage, like you're questioning the way that you're reading as you read? Does that make sense?

[ilikebaseball]

dont ever neglect ANY section. I'm a big fan of at least doing a little bit of each every day. Like, I'll have days where I take 125 LR questions, but I'll also do 2 in/out games and 2 humanities passages. I was killed in December on LG because I was like "I got this down" but i did not have that down.

[m27]

dont ever neglect ANY section. I'm a big fan of at least doing a little bit of each every day. Like, I'll have days where I take 125 LR questions, but I'll also do 2 in/out games and 2 humanities passages. I was killed in December on LG because I was like "I got this down" but i did not have that down.

Story of my life

Did 3 individual LR sections, 3 RC, and 1 LG today plus BR errthang. Checking out for the night

[msp8]

I wouldn't just totally neglect LR on the homestretch (people have posted in the past about how that can backfire), but honestly I think you might be best served by taking a couple of days OFF of RC to let yourself reset. I think there's some overthinking going on that's causing the slow down, and I really don't think any more theory is going to help that.

Do you feel yourself second guessing yourself as you read a passage, like you're questioning the way that you're reading as you read? Does that make sense?

Yeah, I just meant over the next few days -- not the entirety of the week even. But, basically, push RC hard and emphasise it some majority of my LSAT time (~80%) until it's comfortable. I guess I don't see any way to improve it but for such emphasis. I don't think I'm burnt out at all (I'm recently back to study mode after close to 2 months away from LSATs, then read MH LR a couple of weeks ago, then started PTing again last Monday...)

And, not sure about the second guessing. I do get incredibly distracted by mundane thoughts, so focus is an issue. I think I also need to calm down -- I'm pretty anxious/intimidated at this stage.

Thanks for your suggestions/thoughts.

dont ever neglect ANY section. I'm a big fan of at least doing a little bit of each every day. Like, I'll have days where I take 125 LR questions, but I'll also do 2 in/out games and 2 humanities passages. I was killed in December on LG because I was like "I got this down" but i did not have that down.

Salient point. Will follow. Thank you.

Did 3 individual LR sections, 3 RC, and 1 LG today plus BR errthang. Checking out for the night

You must BR suuuuper fast. Cuz there's no way I'd have time to BR all that in a day. Avg LR section takes around 1.5 hrs for me to BR.

[ilikebaseball]

it takes you 1.5 hours to BR one section? Damn, you are THOROUGH lol

[msp8]

Yeah... I guess so. I thought that was normal. How long is normal, then?

Basically, I go through each Q, run through the logic of each AC, run through the MH forum on it, but then I also have my spreadsheets to track the time I took per Q, and any Q that I took more than 1m15s on, I write out an explanation as to why... then the breakdown on Q type, so I can track strengths/weaknesses easier (I know there's a few sites that do this for you, but whatever, I set up my own system before I knew about those sites). Inputting the info isn't all that laborious, but making sure I really get the language of the Q is a process. Not sure what normal BR is if it's not roughly this. (It could be precisely this and I'm just really slow!)

[ilikebaseball]

Yeah... I guess so. I thought that was normal. How long is normal, then?

Basically, I go through each Q, run through the logic of each AC, run through the MH forum on it, but then I also have my spreadsheets to track the time I took per Q, and any Q that I took more than 1m15s on, I write out an explanation as to why... then the breakdown on Q type, so I can track strengths/weaknesses easier (I know there's a few sites that do this for you, but whatever, I set up my own system before I knew about those sites). Inputting the info isn't all that laborious, but making sure I really get the language of the Q is a process. Not sure what normal BR is if it's not roughly this. (It could be precisely this and I'm just really slow!)

When I'm PTing I don't really keep track of how long I spend on individual questions, but then again you're the one missing 2-3 combined which I would kill for, so more power to ya

[msp8]

What's your BR process?

[ilikebaseball]

What's your BR process?

I'm already somewhat familiar with the material because its stuff I've done just hours before, so idk. I guess it just doesn't take that long. I probably circle around 7-10 questions, so the rest I'm fairly certain about. Because of my confidence in the other answers, it probably takes me 30 minutes a section