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Post by washingtonorbust » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:30 am

Just bought it, super excited :D

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Post by mysojuli » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:26 am

I just purchased the Powerscore LSAT LG Grouped by Type....

Ughh studying is starting to feel so real. I just spent $65 on Pretest 1-40 grouped by type PDF :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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I've decided to buy...

Powerscore/Manhattan books....and drilling with past exams!

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Post by Smallville » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:50 am

So some advice for those just starting to look into buying materials and such.... Look into everything you may possibly end up getting throughout ur prep b4 you start buying... When I first started I ended up buying almost all of the 10 actual tests + trainer and bibles. Then a bit down the road I bought the Cambridge bundle and pretty much got more of stuff I already had. Also if your thinking of getting an online course think about that too... for instance if you buy the cambridge bundle (with drill packets + PT's) then decide to go with 7sage premuim, your repurchasing PT's you have. I have probably spent $2-300 on overlapping materials bc I blindly jumped into buying

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by RZ5646 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:34 pm

I have no motivation to study whatsoever. Especially logic games, which are boring as hell.

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Post by YHTLI » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:24 pm

Joining this study group because I need to score a 170+ and I am typically a ridiculous procrastinator. Started working my way through The LSAT Trainer 2 weeks ago.

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Post by washingtonorbust » Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:19 pm

What time do you guys find is easiest for you to study? I generally try to wake up earlier and do it in the morning, because right now it's 5:19 and I'm dying :x

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Post by RZ5646 » Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:32 pm

washingtonorbust wrote:What time do you guys find is easiest for you to study? I generally try to wake up earlier and do it in the morning, because right now it's 5:19 and I'm dying :x
After a long stretch of procrastinating when I finally start to feel my impending doom pressing down on me.

Generally in the afternoon or evening. I'm useless in the morning because my brain operates at 120 level until I'm forced awake by work, class, and/or coffee.

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Post by washingtonorbust » Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:12 am

I should probably just watch this every day to remind myself of my fate if I get a low score, no scholarship $$ and a terrible job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCocO5M4TiA

In other news my LSAT trainer came in today, gotta go get it from the post office. Impatient. :evil:

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Post by mysojuli » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:04 am

What prep books is everyone here using?~

(Side note: I tend to want to buy every prep-book...but if it results in a 175 who cares :lol: :lol: )

I will be reading prep-books from November-Mid January.

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Logic Game

Powerscore Logic Game Bible

Blueprint Logic Game Book


Logic Reading

Mike LSAT Trainer

Manhattan Logical Reading


Reading Comprehension

Manhattan Reading Comprehension

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by washingtonorbust » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:39 am

3 powerscore bibles and Mike's Trainer, although I don't know how I want them to compliment each other yet

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Post by RZ5646 » Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:56 pm

mysojuli wrote:What prep books is everyone here using?
I have the Trainer, LG Bible, LSAC Superprep, Manhattan LR, and ~90% of the preptests in pdf format.

I think working directly with the tests is much more valuable than reading prep books, unless you're very bad at a particular section (like I am with LG). A lot of early studiers like us overanalyze things, search for some complicated system to memorize, and end up using the books as an excuse to not practice.

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Post by mysojuli » Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:42 am

I disagree with your statement. I think prep books teach the foundation. If you jump into the PTs with no foundation, you will be wasting exams. The prep books teaches you foundation, and the PTs helps you apply your foundation. Both serve to compliment each other.

Regardless if you have a prep book let's be serious..you will still procrastinate. Like really zD do you want to be doing logic games Friday night??

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Post by RZ5646 » Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:46 pm

mysojuli wrote:I disagree with your statement. I think prep books teach the foundation. If you jump into the PTs with no foundation, you will be wasting exams. The prep books teaches you foundation, and the PTs helps you apply your foundation. Both serve to compliment each other.

Regardless if you have a prep book let's be serious..you will still procrastinate. Like really zD do you want to be doing logic games Friday night??
You're right... I guess it depends on the individual's starting point. If someone's diagnostic is low he'll probably need to learn the basics from books instead of doing sink or swim.

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Post by afnajjerh » Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:51 pm

Hey everyone. A retaker here....except I took my first one back in 2011, so it's like a new start! lol, hoping the best for everyone, lets kill it!!

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Post by Motivator9 » Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:40 pm

Guys, I just had a huge brain fart. Some help please.

Can you take the contrapositive of Some A is B (A <--s-->B)??

Would it be Some ~B are not ~A (~B<--s-->~S)

This is driving me crazy!!!

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by RZ5646 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:31 am

Motivator9 wrote:Guys, I just had a huge brain fart. Some help please.

Can you take the contrapositive of Some A is B (A <--s-->B)??

Would it be Some ~B are not ~A (~B<--s-->~S)

This is driving me crazy!!!
Is it even possible to do the contrapositive for "some" statements? I thought that was only for conditionals.

In symbolic logic, "all" statements translate to conditionals with universal quantifiers. For example, "all A are B" is ∀x(Ax --> Bx). On the other hand, "some" statements are conjunctions with existential qualifiers: "some A is B" is ∃x(Ax*Bx). With double negation and DeMorgan's law you can convert that conjunction to a conditional, but it will always be inside a negation.

If you do some scribbling you can infer a few things from " Some A is B" in this way, but they're all pretty trivial:
~ (~some A is B) ......... "it is not the case that no A is B"
~(~some B is A) .......... "it is not the case that no B is A"
~(all B are ~A) ............. "not every B is ~A"
~(all A are ~B) ............. "not every A is ~B"

Hopefully that's helpful. If you want, I can post the derivations in detail.

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by lawjag2015 » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:14 pm

Hey everyone,

Gearing up for my last take, June '15. Prep in full swing from right now!

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by lawjag2015 » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:15 pm

mist4bison wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:
mysojuli wrote:I disagree with your statement. I think prep books teach the foundation. If you jump into the PTs with no foundation, you will be wasting exams. The prep books teaches you foundation, and the PTs helps you apply your foundation. Both serve to compliment each other.

Regardless if you have a prep book let's be serious..you will still procrastinate. Like really zD do you want to be doing logic games Friday night??
You're right... I guess it depends on the individual's starting point. If someone's diagnostic is low he'll probably need to learn the basics from books instead of doing sink or swim.
I think even if a person's diag isn't low, they probably need to work on fundamentals. If oyu do BR after your diag and get a 180, then wow. Screw books. Just do PTs. If you don't get a 180 on BR, then at least some basic concepts are missing and you need to work on concepts, which makes books come in handy.

Also, someone above mentioned using 90% of the available PTs. I'd suggest not using those all for PTing, but instead for drilling, which is where you'll really learn the concepts and perfect your accuracy.
Mist, good seeing you here!

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by mist4bison » Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:03 pm

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by Motivator9 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:35 pm

RZ5646 wrote:
Motivator9 wrote:Guys, I just had a huge brain fart. Some help please.

Can you take the contrapositive of Some A is B (A <--s-->B)??

Would it be Some ~B are not ~A (~B<--s-->~S)

This is driving me crazy!!!
Is it even possible to do the contrapositive for "some" statements? I thought that was only for conditionals.

In symbolic logic, "all" statements translate to conditionals with universal quantifiers. For example, "all A are B" is ∀x(Ax --> Bx). On the other hand, "some" statements are conjunctions with existential qualifiers: "some A is B" is ∃x(Ax*Bx). With double negation and DeMorgan's law you can convert that conjunction to a conditional, but it will always be inside a negation.

If you do some scribbling you can infer a few things from " Some A is B" in this way, but they're all pretty trivial:
~ (~some A is B) ......... "it is not the case that no A is B"
~(~some B is A) .......... "it is not the case that no B is A"
~(all B are ~A) ............. "not every B is ~A"
~(all A are ~B) ............. "not every A is ~B"

Hopefully that's helpful. If you want, I can post the derivations in detail.
Thanks.

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by mud415 » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:03 am

Checking in -- any retakers here?

At least we can dull the pain of studying these next 6-7 months with the prospect of knocking this thing out at the earliest possible point in the cycle (before it begins)

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Also got myself registered so I can post. Totally ready to join the freakout study parties.

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by RZ5646 » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:55 pm

I want a 170 for Christmas.

Four weeks to study - time spent on finals = an ambitious but not unreasonable goal.

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Re: The Official June 2015 Study Group

Post by washingtonorbust » Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:46 am

RZ5646 wrote:I want a 170 for Christmas.

Four weeks to study - time spent on finals = an ambitious but not unreasonable goal.
What are you at now?
What are most of you guys studying right now and what are your next stepping stones?

Seriously? What are you waiting for?

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