The Official September 2017 Study Group Forum

[Mikey]

Smart, smart. Ok I'm going to switch things up and report back.

I saw you in my school today




jk I don't fuck with that place anymore

[AvatarMeelo]

Smart, smart. Ok I'm going to switch things up and report back.

I saw you in my school today




jk I don't fuck with that place anymore

Spotted: lilwing67 being studious for a notoriously difficult exam. Will she get the results she wants? xoxo gg.

[Anon-e-miss]

Has anyone found success by switching away from LR orthodoxy (stimulus then question stem) and tried reading the stem before the stimulus? Thoughts for or against it?

A LOT of people read the stem first. I do and it works great. I don't really think one is considered the LR orthodoxy.

Thanks for the input, and thanks to everyone else who shared their thoughts on this topic!

I used to read the stem first when I took my diagnostic and prior to the PS Bible's insistence that I read the stim first. Given the overwhelmingly favorable response that the stem-first camp provided, I might try that out and see if it can take me from the -1-4 per section to -0-2 (where I aspire to be)

[creed]

A few days ago, I took a beating while drilling Weaken Game type (-14 on 83 questions) and decided that (1) I needed a quality break and (2) at the one month mark, it was a fine time to do so, given that I had just finished linear drilling.

Came back today and drilled 40 strengthen questions, went -1 at an average of 1 minute a question. Feeling *much* better, and I could tell the difference in focus and stamina when reading the questions.

Back to full time LSAT grinding. Grouping games, here I come.

[littlewing67]

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[Csupo]

I'm currently fool proofing LG from PTs 1-35. I'm currently on PT 11, but so far it seems like each new game is somewhat unique. At what point (or PT) do the games start seeming like ones I've done before? This is getting a bit frustrating LOL.

[augustyyy]

Am I the only one who thinks 2 months is a lot of time? There is still so much you can learn in that frame.

In two months I went from 169/170 to both of my last two PTs being 179

wow this is amazing progress!! do u mind to share whats ur pace? how often a PT and how much drill a day?

After my 170 I did all of the 19-28 book as sections then I started taking PTs every 3-4 days. They have been 176, 173, 179, 179. I don't do anything on the days in between except maybe some games.

Thanks!

[AvatarMeelo]

Improvements in speed in RC coupled w/ reduction of accuracy in answering questions. Shoot me now.

[presidentspivey]

I've spent the last two days doing laser-focused drilling on In/Out Games and the improvements are obvious. Even I/O games I haven't seen before really fly by. Plan is to do the same with grouping games and some of the more advanced sequencing games for the remainder of the week. At risk of sounding trite, make sure you're using a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

[Csupo]

I've spent the last two days doing laser-focused drilling on In/Out Games and the improvements are obvious. Even I/O games I haven't seen before really fly by. Plan is to do the same with grouping games and some of the more advanced sequencing games for the remainder of the week. At risk of sounding trite, make sure you're using a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

Nice, I feel like I should start drilling specific game types too. What book/packet do you use to drill?

[tapenade]

PT 23: 84 raw, 170 scaled. I'm not ready to be timed just yet, although I did finish RC with a few minutes to spare.

Feels like progress!
Edit: here's the breakdown

LG: -5
LR: -4
LR: -4
RC: -4

Last PT was 171, hope the trend continues when I do timed drills and full tests next month!

[caramelizedgod]

For those studying full time, whats ur sleep schedule? Does it matter much at this point? Im trying to fix mine but shit keeps happening in life that makes it screwy.

[caramelizedgod]

I've spent the last two days doing laser-focused drilling on In/Out Games and the improvements are obvious. Even I/O games I haven't seen before really fly by. Plan is to do the same with grouping games and some of the more advanced sequencing games for the remainder of the week. At risk of sounding trite, make sure you're using a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

Ive done the same recently with a couple different lr questions and drilling in this way does really help a lot.

[chewinggum]

PT 23: 84 raw, 170 scaled. I'm not ready to be timed just yet, although I did finish RC with a few minutes to spare.

Feels like progress!
Edit: here's the breakdown

LG: -5
LR: -4
LR: -4
RC: -4

Last PT was 171, hope the trend continues when I do timed drills and full tests next month!

Are you going through the sections untimed or are you timing to see how long it takes you to get through?

[tapenade]

PT 23: 84 raw, 170 scaled. I'm not ready to be timed just yet, although I did finish RC with a few minutes to spare.

Feels like progress!
Edit: here's the breakdown

LG: -5
LR: -4
LR: -4
RC: -4

Last PT was 171, hope the trend continues when I do timed drills and full tests next month!

Are you going through the sections untimed or are you timing to see how long it takes you to get through?

A bit of both. Sometimes I'll have to finish a section in between teaching classes, other times I'll run a stopwatch without looking at the timer. I'm hoping to start timing each drill/full test starting next month.

[HesusChrist]

For those who have written an administration - What is the physical form of the test? Similar to the single PT books you can buy on amazon? I don't want to show up and be thrown off because I was accustomed printed PTs.

[Mikey]

For those who have written an administration - What is the physical form of the test? Similar to the single PT books you can buy on amazon? I don't want to show up and be thrown off because I was accustomed printed PTs.

Yeah, just like the PTs you buy from them.

Front and back pages, logic games have the large space with 2 pages per game (both pages visible at the same time, not front and back), RC is 2 pages per passage (not front and back, both pages visible just to be clear). That's about it I think.

[littlewing67]

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[Rupert Pupkin]

For those who have written an administration - What is the physical form of the test? Similar to the single PT books you can buy on amazon? I don't want to show up and be thrown off because I was accustomed printed PTs.

Yeah, just like the PTs you buy from them.

Front and back pages, logic games have the large space with 2 pages per game (both pages visible at the same time, not front and back), RC is 2 pages per passage (not front and back, both pages visible just to be clear). That's about it I think.

yeah its a surprisingly better setup than printed PTs

[augustyyy]

Retakers, any of you experiencing a hard time to re-focus after a long break? I find myself not as pumped up as I used to, like not even started but burnt out already

[DowsingForAJD]

For those who have written an administration - What is the physical form of the test? Similar to the single PT books you can buy on amazon? I don't want to show up and be thrown off because I was accustomed printed PTs.

Yeah, just like the PTs you buy from them.

Front and back pages, logic games have the large space with 2 pages per game (both pages visible at the same time, not front and back), RC is 2 pages per passage (not front and back, both pages visible just to be clear). That's about it I think.

They also pass out the answer sheet separately from the book, which was a relief to me because I had a hell of a time pulling out those non-perforated scantrons from the individual PTs. Probably not a big deal to anyone else but it was huge to me lol.

[chargers21]

For those who have written an administration - What is the physical form of the test? Similar to the single PT books you can buy on amazon? I don't want to show up and be thrown off because I was accustomed printed PTs.

Yeah, just like the PTs you buy from them.

Front and back pages, logic games have the large space with 2 pages per game (both pages visible at the same time, not front and back), RC is 2 pages per passage (not front and back, both pages visible just to be clear). That's about it I think.

They also pass out the answer sheet separately from the book, which was a relief to me because I had a hell of a time pulling out those non-perforated scantrons from the individual PTs. Probably not a big deal to anyone else but it was huge to me lol.

Tearing the little sticker that holds the booklet closed is still nerveracking af

[Mikey]

Tearing the little sticker that holds the booklet closed is still nerveracking af

it really is, haha.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Tearing the little sticker that holds the booklet closed is still nerveracking af

it really is, haha.

Haha never thought of that, but it is true

[CottonHarvest]

PT 62:
RC -2
LR1 -0
LG -2
LR2 -1
-5 178

I can't believe I went -2 on LG. It's always -0 and kept me from my first 180.