The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[Shakawkaw]

Shak: Are you talking about the battery pack? Honestly, it was a bit annoying in beginning but then I got used to it. Don't mind it anymore. That's really the only flaw. Sound quality is amazing, they're super comfortable, and the noise cancellation is unreal for an in-ear headphone. Read the reviews on Amazon, there were very few people who were unhappy with them.

Yes! Talking about the battery pack. I was also skeptical to go full noise cancellation because I like to hear my surroundings when I'm out. Cuz #NYCLivin'. And petite female.

Maybe if I get my goal score, I'll treat myself to them. Maybe they'll come out with a better, sleeker model by the time July rolls around

[PeanutsNJam]

Lol @ scholarly. I really hope he doesn't get 170 or higher on the actual test.

[NL2424]

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[msp8]

I'm up now too. Starting w/ some BR, then gonna head into a PT...

[NL2424]

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[Smallville]

Lol @ scholarly. I really hope he doesn't get 170 or higher on the actual test.

what'd he do now? nvm lol

eta: wireless for working out, cords suck.. no need for noise cancelation, got some nice SOL over the ear if I wanna really get rid of outside noise, I don't needa cancel everything out while working out, and no lag on jaybirds

[NL2424]

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[msp8]

Good luck on the PT, which one you taking today? Experimental? Doing the writing sample?

58 for me today.

You?

Corrected 3 recent RC sections:

RC 1: -8 (awful; 2 due to time; 2 due to rushing on time; after BR, it was -2)
RC 2: -4 (2 due to time; on BR, it was -1)
RC 3: -4 (1 due to time; on BR, -2)

Really still need improvement on RC. Will see how I do later today.

[msp8]

Wow... So I have 66 of the most troublesome questions I've encountered in the past month. And so far I've gotten four done in about twenty minutes. It's gonna be a longer day than I thought.

That's really not bad. I've spent upwards of 20 minutes on a single Q in BR before.

[NL2424]

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[msp8]

Me too!

Good luck. If you want to flesh out any LR Qs, let me know!

[NL2424]

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[msp8]

That's not awful. These are the toughest, after all. Do you see why you got them wrong?

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[msp8]

I generally work on questions, writing out the logic of each AC until it makes almost intuitive sense to me. Not sure if that'll help you, but I feel that process allows me to move on with the comfort that I'd be able to tackle a similar Q with ease in the future.

[Smallville]

BRing my PT from yesterday... sooo many stupid mistakes -_-

[PeanutsNJam]

Yeah, I'm checking Manhattan. They are just so complicated for me.

One helpful way to tackle a problem is to break it down and explain it to a 5 year old. Point out a question that is giving you trouble, I can demonstrate. I have all the PT's except for 73+.

[I<3ScholarlySweets!]

LOL! O-JUST-FUCKEN-LOL at there being any "stupid mistakes" at this period in time. Either you got it down now or not.

See you febbers on February 7th. Lates.

[Smallville]

LOL! O-JUST-FUCKEN-LOL at there being any "stupid mistakes" at this period in time. Either you got it down now or not.

See you febbers on February 7th. Lates.

I'm guessing you've been going -0 on ur PT's right? since you got it down so great?

[I<3ScholarlySweets!]

holy fuck since when did the absence of "stupid mistakes" imply "going zero on PTs"? If you miss questions NOW, don't say it was due to a "stupid mistake." No. Questions missed NOW are a result of incomplete mastery. I'm missing a total of 2-4 on the last 10 PTs and no, they aren't a result of "stupid mistakes." It's because I haven't mastered certain concepts, or I misunderstood the question stem, or I rushed. Those aren't "stupid mistakes." They are imperfection on my part; lack of mastery.

[PeanutsNJam]

I feel like Scholarly is one of those people who is gonna get ding'd on account of a shit PS despite high numbers. Hey, Seoulless got a 180, why can't Scholarly?

Since when was misunderstanding the stem or rushing not a stupid mistake?

[Smallville]

I feel like Scholarly is one of those people who is gonna get ding'd on account of a shit PS despite high numbers. Hey, Seoulless got a 180, why can't Scholarly?

Since when was misunderstanding the stem or rushing not a stupid mistake?

+1

I have my doubts that he's even taking this test/hasn't already taken it and is just a very dedicated troll

[msp8]

holy fuck since when did the absence of "stupid mistakes" imply "going zero on PTs"? If you miss questions NOW, don't say it was due to a "stupid mistake." No. Questions missed NOW are a result of incomplete mastery. I'm missing a total of 2-4 on the last 10 PTs and no, they aren't a result of "stupid mistakes." It's because I haven't mastered certain concepts, or I misunderstood the question stem, or I rushed. Those aren't "stupid mistakes." They are imperfection on my part; lack of mastery.

Semantics.

'Mistakes' implies 'misunderstood Q stem, rushing' and a variety of other reasons for missing a Q that one otherwise wouldn't have missed. It's a catch-all term. So instead of enumerating the ways in which one misses a question, they use the catch-all term as a more efficient means of communicating.

Your inability to understand this is peculiar.

[Big Red]

I'm thinking today will involve a heavy dose of LR chased with some RC drilling

[msp8]

What do you do for RC drilling? Just take out some sections/passages timed?