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Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:07 pm
by handlesthetruth
Thoughts and feelings on the 170 curve.
Re: curve prediction
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:09 pm
by vissidarte27
I hate to say it, but I'm not feeling more than -10 on this one. LR was really easy, there was only one really hard LG (IMO), and one really hard RC passage. I was surprised by how quickly the whole thing flew by. (And watch, it probably fucked me in the ass.)
I said -9. Blech.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:12 pm
by baconpuffs
Once again, I thought on balance LR was about average, RC was moderately difficult, and LG was fairly easy. Taking the easy way out and going with -10.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:17 pm
by gggrra
baconpuffs wrote:Once again, I thought on balance LR was about average, RC was moderately difficult, and LG was fairly easy. Taking the easy way out and going with -10.
I would have said that LR was slightly on the easy side. And I have a bad feeling about how I did on the RC mostly b/c my mind lost focus at that moment (that and the brass musician warming up in the background...) bleh.
agreed. still hoping for a -11, though.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:25 pm
by gggrra
Just a thought: PT 57-62 have curves from -11 to -14 (if I'm not mistaken) and none of them were really that difficult (with the exception of mauve dinosaurs?). So I'm gonna guess it's probably not -9, and more likely to be -10 or -11.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:30 pm
by handlesthetruth
I would be shocked if it's -10 or less.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:35 pm
by mille295
I think it'll be about average. However, hoping 170 will be more than -10. Ugh.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:37 pm
by baconpuffs
prediction: two "not both" rules in LG would have confused previous test takers, since those rules are fairly new. this makes the LG section curved favorably.
discuss.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:47 pm
by gggrra
baconpuffs wrote:prediction: two "not both" rules in LG would have confused previous test takers, since those rules are fairly new. this makes the LG section curved favorably.
discuss.
eh. that one was difficult, but the fact the the first two were so easy could offset it? Also all this talk of balls makes me paranoid because I thought it was fairly easy... -_-
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:48 pm
by Deuce
10 spot
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:51 pm
by handlesthetruth
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Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:53 pm
by baconpuffs
handlesthetruth wrote:gggrra wrote:baconpuffs wrote:prediction: two "not both" rules in LG would have confused previous test takers, since those rules are fairly new. this makes the LG section curved favorably.
discuss.
eh. that one was difficult, but the fact the the first two were so easy could offset it? Also all this talk of balls makes me paranoid because I thought it was fairly easy... -_-
I thought balls was cake.
+1
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:57 pm
by omninode
I say -10, maybe -9. Seemed a little easier than October 2010 (-12).
LG was easier than expected but I got too relaxed, ran out of time and had to guess a few at the end.
RC was surprisingly hard, probably didn't help that it was section 5 and I was kinda burned out. Still, I finished it with time to spare and only 1 or 2 uncertain answers.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:09 pm
by cmckid
From what I can tell, people were uniformly freaked out by Logic Games and RC. I'm predicting. I went through some older tests that I took and found some ones around that level that seemed even easier than this one did.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:03 am
by plurilingue
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Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:14 am
by sunrat
Does LSAC have a goal for curve?
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:27 am
by Hawkeye Pierce
sunrat wrote:Does LSAC have a goal for curve?
I think it's to normalise the scores, so that a 170 in June 2011, e.g., is the same as a 170 from June 2010.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:31 am
by joebloe
gggrra wrote:baconpuffs wrote:prediction: two "not both" rules in LG would have confused previous test takers, since those rules are fairly new. this makes the LG section curved favorably.
discuss.
eh. that one was difficult, but the fact the the first two were so easy could offset it? Also all this talk of balls makes me paranoid because I thought it was fairly easy... -_-
Yeah; I skipped ahead to balls after that other one because I just couldn't wrap my mind around those odd rules at that point. By the time I finished balls though, I had enough time left to manage and at least get glimpses of the crucial deductions.
Re: Curve Prediction June 2011
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:35 am
by pkrtbx
handlesthetruth wrote:gggrra wrote:baconpuffs wrote:prediction: two "not both" rules in LG would have confused previous test takers, since those rules are fairly new. this makes the LG section curved favorably.
discuss.
eh. that one was difficult, but the fact the the first two were so easy could offset it? Also all this talk of balls makes me paranoid because I thought it was fairly easy... -_-
I thought balls was cake.
me too, and now I'm scared. LG has always been my weakness...did I miss something AHHH