The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[Shakawkaw]

Also, I'd like to nominate Raider to OP waiters.

I nominate Zacbro.

[Smallville]

think I'm gunna try to sleep in 10 min and set my alarm for like 4:30... tho idk if Ill get up and if I do I feel like ill be in a dazee

atta boy

I will say though that I have been trying this (sleep at 10/11 and alarm at 5/6 and normally wake up and sleep till 7 -_- Today I got up a bit after 5, reviewed some of my PT and back to sleep... clearly the review wasn't very good (after grading BR

[JackelJ]

That said I don't think BP gets enough love and credit on TLS, but I'm biased.

I felt the same way after my BP classes ended. But then I entered the world of self-studying where I tried other materials and learned that blueprint is deficient in some ways. A lot of their explanations on the videos and homework are lacking a little. Like for a decent amount of the homework problems the explanations are just like "this is the right answer because it fits" and doesn't explain why the 4 others are all wrong. I also found other strategies that worked better for me. Like their RC notating is just way too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I thought the course was great and gave me a very solid foundation and I'm happy I took it when I was just learning the ropes. However, I'm benefiting from other material and lots of drilling.

[Dr. Nefario]

Also, I'd like to nominate Raider to OP waiters.

I nominate Zacbro.

I will fight whoever it takes to OP such a beautiful thread. #mylasthoorah

[nlee10]

That said I don't think BP gets enough love and credit on TLS, but I'm biased.

I felt the same way after my BP classes ended. But then I entered the world of self-studying where I tried other materials and learned that blueprint is deficient in some ways. A lot of their explanations on the videos and homework are lacking a little. Like for a decent amount of the homework problems the explanations are just like "this is the right answer because it fits" and doesn't explain why the 4 others are all wrong. I also found other strategies that worked better for me. Like their RC notating is just way too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I thought the course was great and gave me a very solid foundation and I'm happy I took it when I was just learning the ropes. However, I'm benefiting from other material and lots of drilling.

+1

[Big Red]

I've taken to ripping up any section that I do badly on, and I advise you all to do the same (after confirming what went wrong of course)

[ilikebaseball]

jesus fuck RC in 74 fucked me so hard. That last passage is a disgrace to mankind.

LG-2 (0)
LR-3 (1)
RC exp
LR-6 (3)
RC-9 (fuck this bitch)

165

Thank god I don't have to do that RC again. I missed 4 in a row on that last passage. I didn't miss freakin one until #15 then all hell broke loose.

I can see why medians are dropping. They can go to hell with a -12 curve with that RC section.

[Big Red]

I feel like the classes do a pretty good job of getting you most of the way there, but I do alwys when I hear about people taking 2 different classes

[Dr. Nefario]

I've taken to ripping up any section that I do badly on, and I advise you all to do the same (after confirming what went wrong of course)

Best advice I've heard all day!

[Rigo]

[MEAhrnsbrak]

I've taken to ripping up any section that I do badly on, and I advise you all to do the same (after confirming what went wrong of course)

Best advice I've heard all day!

I love this! Yup...definitely great advice!

[Big Red]

I can see why medians are dropping. They can go to hell with a -12 curve with that RC section.

These two things aren't related whatsoever.
Douse yourself in perfume art and relax. Did you improve from December (you took it right?) at least?

I'm retaking 73 in sections, thinking I would remember most of it so I shouldn't waste a full sit, and I'd say my recollection is somewhere between 3-4%.

[ilikebaseball]

Check that, I got a 166, I accidentally skipped 3 LR near the end...

Edit: Nope. Didn't get any better. Surprisingly I did fine in the perfume art. I must've misunderstood the entire point of the mexican american passage. Like, its a solid score if I understand that. I completely effed that whole passage up. Its going on the review list for damn sure.

[Rigo]

[ilikebaseball]

I didn't think it was even hard when I was doing it. It seemed like really straightforward to me. I must have COMPLETELY misconstrued the point of it. I literally missed 22 24 25 26 27. If I get that passage right, that's literally like a 169 maybe 170

[brusselsprouts]

That said I don't think BP gets enough love and credit on TLS, but I'm biased.

I felt the same way after my BP classes ended. But then I entered the world of self-studying where I tried other materials and learned that blueprint is deficient in some ways. A lot of their explanations on the videos and homework are lacking a little. Like for a decent amount of the homework problems the explanations are just like "this is the right answer because it fits" and doesn't explain why the 4 others are all wrong. I also found other strategies that worked better for me. Like their RC notating is just way too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I thought the course was great and gave me a very solid foundation and I'm happy I took it when I was just learning the ropes. However, I'm benefiting from other material and lots of drilling.

+1

Yeah...I feel like I've noticed this as I'm reading through Manhattan LR right now.. I need to be better about forcing myself to read through all the explanations for each possible AC. I do think BP does a great job of putting together homework assignments to really build skills, though, and since I started when I didn't know the test at all it was ideal.

I started drilling on my own at the beginning of the month in addition to finishing up the course so I hope the combined self-study at the end gives me a boost. And obviously I'm reading Manhattan to strengthen my LR, which has been beneficial but I wouldn't suggest to anyone that they start doing that while still learning new concepts through BP.

[NL2424]

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[Dr. Nefario]

All nighters baby party

[Shakawkaw]

You don't need Rigo, Zacbro. He's just a bitter, shriveled up has been. We can be BFFs.

[Rigo]

[NL2424]

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[gamerish]

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[Life2good893]

For whatever reason, I'm really afraid of running out of games for drilling so I wanted to make sure my drilling process was okay. It pretty much goes:

Do the game and all questions
Check my answers
If I got any wrong, see if I can figure out why I got it wrong and if I can arrive at TCR before watching the 7sage video
Watch the 7sage video
Move onto the next game and repeat

7sage is god! I wish I could see the man behind the voice

[JackelJ]

For whatever reason, I'm really afraid of running out of games for drilling so I wanted to make sure my drilling process was okay. It pretty much goes:

Do the game and all questions
Check my answers
If I got any wrong, see if I can figure out why I got it wrong and if I can arrive at TCR before watching the 7sage video
Watch the 7sage video
Move onto the next game and repeat

Sounds good. I've done some games 3 times already and each time still helps. So don't worry too much about running out.

[peppermint]

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