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flash21 · Post by **flash21** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:21 pm

texasrangersjb wrote:
SirArthurDayne wrote:
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nlee10 wrote:Was LG unusually easy for you guys?
No, but it should have been. Game 3 played with lots of our minds.
Game 3 man, game 3. I actually 2 two questions, skipped the game to so game 4, then came back to it. It ended up being a good idea, game 4 was a breeze.
Turning to game 4 was such a momentum changer during my test, it was a God-send

I'm not sure if I got the rule replacement Q though. The rest was SO easy though. I loved in and out games though..

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:26 pm

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admitmenowplzkthxbai · Post by **admitmenowplzkthxbai** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:27 pm

Yep, I am one of those people that mis-bubbled...on the SCORED LG

. Good thing I realized it a question into game two, but I wasted so much time going back to check my answers on game 1 that I was rushed on game 3 (consec/non-consec) that I totally misread the rule like everybody else. =[ Hoping that I got every other question right on the section lol.

texasrangersjb · Post by **texasrangersjb** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:29 pm

theugg wrote:
whacka wrote:Just wanted to drop this link here so you all can be neurotic about the application process with us in addition to being neurotic about LSAT scores:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=252258
Dude. Give us a few days!!!

Ya no kidding

oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:36 pm

gamerish wrote:What I don't get is how they curve the test before it's given. Isn't the whole point of the curve to preserve the percentiles of any given score? They can't know how many people are going to miss however many questions so how do they curve it before it's given?

I believe that's part of the purpose of the experimental sections. For example, a 175 scorer misses 1 question on the experimental, a 170 scorer misses 3 questions, then a 165 scorer misses 5, etc. (obviously the numbers aren't that nice in real life). Once they have those numbers, they can get an idea of how hard individual questions are, which ones a ___ scorer should be able to get right, and then compile a balanced, curved section based on those predictions.

I could be totally wrong but that was my understanding of how the process works.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:39 pm

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oldercoldervoice · Post by **oldercoldervoice** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:44 pm

gamerish wrote:
oldercoldervoice wrote:
gamerish wrote:What I don't get is how they curve the test before it's given. Isn't the whole point of the curve to preserve the percentiles of any given score? They can't know how many people are going to miss however many questions so how do they curve it before it's given?
I believe that's part of the purpose of the experimental sections. For example, a 175 scorer misses 1 question on the experimental, a 170 scorer misses 3 questions, then a 165 scorer misses 5, etc. (obviously the numbers aren't that nice in real life). Once they have those numbers, they can get an idea of how hard individual questions are, which ones a ___ scorer should be able to get right, and then compile a balanced, curved section based on those predictions.

I could be totally wrong but that was my understanding of how the process works.
I thought so too but then I second guessed that reasoning since, more than once, items have been removed from scoring on the test day when, presumably, they'd have already been screened as an experimental.

The first law of predictive statistics is that forecasts are never perfect. I imagine they stick to their predictions as much as possible, but every once in a while things get out of whack and questions prove more difficult than they had expected.

splittermcsplit88 · Post by **splittermcsplit88** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:45 pm

flash21 wrote:
texasrangersjb wrote:
SirArthurDayne wrote:
mornincounselor wrote:
nlee10 wrote:Was LG unusually easy for you guys?
No, but it should have been. Game 3 played with lots of our minds.
Game 3 man, game 3. I actually 2 two questions, skipped the game to so game 4, then came back to it. It ended up being a good idea, game 4 was a breeze.
Turning to game 4 was such a momentum changer during my test, it was a God-send
I'm not sure if I got the rule replacement Q though. The rest was SO easy though. I loved in and out games though..

I don't think there was a rule replacement q for the real LG. I remember there being a few in the experimental though.

SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:47 pm

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flash21 · Post by **flash21** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:48 pm

yes was the last Q, i remember vivdly. I only had one LG

PatriotP74 · Post by **PatriotP74** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:50 pm

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:55 pm

PatriotP74 wrote:
flash21 wrote:yes was the last Q, i remember vivdly. I only had one LG

+1

It was easy.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:02 pm

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SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:03 pm

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flash21 · Post by **flash21** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:04 pm

nlee10 wrote:
PatriotP74 wrote:
flash21 wrote:yes was the last Q, i remember vivdly. I only had one LG

+1
It was easy.

the rule replacement Q? I've never really been great at those, but took my best go at it.

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:07 pm

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texasrangersjb · Post by **texasrangersjb** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:15 pm

theugg wrote:Looks to me like the line between sufficient and necessary assumption questions has been very much blurred and like prep companies are going to need to find a way to deal with it. I don't think Powerscore divides between them at all, from what I recall from taking a class.

No they do, at least their books do

flash21 · Post by **flash21** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:18 pm

Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:I wrote a killer writing sample essay thingy too

it was hard for me to focus. I was thinking about the other sections too much. It was funny how much the logic learned from the LSAT actually helps on the writing section though. I think mine was okay

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:22 pm

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aaslaw2015 · Post by **aaslaw2015** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:34 pm

Does anyone remember a question similar to LG #3 on a previous practice test? Wanting to see if I could have done it without obvious pressure/time constraints of the test!

SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:34 pm

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Nagster5 · Post by **Nagster5** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:42 pm

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danit921 · Post by **danit921** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:54 pm

Hi! I was wondering if someone remembers the break down of the number of questions for each RC-- trying to make sure I didnt bubble incorrectly.