Advice on Sept v. Dec
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:16 pm
Just wanting to get some feedback on my plan.
(Note: I did post this in the Sept thread, but realised it was somewhat off-topic)
So I did my first PT yesterday. Had major timing issues, and that's going to be my main obstacle, I fear.
PT 28
LG: -1 (was a particularly easy LG section)
LR: -24 (15 of which were because I ran out of time)
RC: -12 (8 of which were because I ran out of time)
Score: 156
So completing the LR and RC sections after time, I went:
LG: -1
LR: -9
RC: -4
Score: 169
...
Did a (very) thorough blind review of every question -- which took upwards of 5x as long to do than to write the test itself.
I'm not married to the idea of taking Sept exam. I'm aware that I'm way behind schedule. It'd just be far more convenient, time-wise. I'll be dedicating 10-12 hr days for the next 10 days to see if I can make tangible improvements and then make my decision on writing in Sept, or going with Dec instead.
I've read through the PS Bibles.
On a day to day basis, I'd be looking at taking PTs every two days, doing very thorough blind reviews, then reviews using explanations on Manhattan forums/7sage videos, as well as hammering out some random sections/questions just to shore up weaknesses (feeling rough on NA questions in LR, for example).
Then if I were to delay to Dec, then I have access to Manhattan books and LSAT Trainer to go through. Ideally, though, I'd write in Sept. I feel my fundamentals are mostly there, it's just a question of drilling enough questions to get my timing up, and that putting in 10-12 hr days would enable me to overcome that timing issue.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
(Note: I did post this in the Sept thread, but realised it was somewhat off-topic)
So I did my first PT yesterday. Had major timing issues, and that's going to be my main obstacle, I fear.
PT 28
LG: -1 (was a particularly easy LG section)
LR: -24 (15 of which were because I ran out of time)
RC: -12 (8 of which were because I ran out of time)
Score: 156
So completing the LR and RC sections after time, I went:
LG: -1
LR: -9
RC: -4
Score: 169
...
Did a (very) thorough blind review of every question -- which took upwards of 5x as long to do than to write the test itself.
I'm not married to the idea of taking Sept exam. I'm aware that I'm way behind schedule. It'd just be far more convenient, time-wise. I'll be dedicating 10-12 hr days for the next 10 days to see if I can make tangible improvements and then make my decision on writing in Sept, or going with Dec instead.
I've read through the PS Bibles.
On a day to day basis, I'd be looking at taking PTs every two days, doing very thorough blind reviews, then reviews using explanations on Manhattan forums/7sage videos, as well as hammering out some random sections/questions just to shore up weaknesses (feeling rough on NA questions in LR, for example).
Then if I were to delay to Dec, then I have access to Manhattan books and LSAT Trainer to go through. Ideally, though, I'd write in Sept. I feel my fundamentals are mostly there, it's just a question of drilling enough questions to get my timing up, and that putting in 10-12 hr days would enable me to overcome that timing issue.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.