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Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:56 am
by PoCaha
Hey guys,

I just did my first cold diagnostic on PT 29, Oct 1999. I got 164 untimed. 161 timed. The break of the scores are as follows:

PT 29 Score Breakdown:
1. LR: 20/25 (-5)
2. RC: 19/27 (-8)
3. LG: 22/24 (-2)
4. LR: 20/25 (-5)

My Resources:
PT: 10 More series (7-38). Will be buying all the PT's up to the latest editions. I have decided not to buy the Cambridge sets, as I want to be able to switch quickly between the easy-to-hardest questions on the fly as expected on exam day. Should I buy the Cambridge Hardest Questions packets? Those seem appealing.

Study Material:
2009 Editions of Powerscore Bibles for LR, LG, RC. Critiques?
LSAT SuperPrep 1. Should I look into SuperPrep 2?

I have 4.5 months until the Oct. 03 2015 exam. I want to aim for perfect. How should I go about this from here? I have 6 days a week to commit to studying the LSAT. I have commitments to something on Mondays.

It seems clear that RC is my weakest section. I will look for some RC guides. Has anyone had experience improving in this section?

Re: Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 3:03 am
by Broncos15
Hmm....hard to say

An untimed diagnostic could be very different than doing a cold diag timed

Timing is what makes the LSAT so hard.....lots of people would be scoring in the 170's if this was an untimed exam

Very impressive though regardless

Re: Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 3:06 am
by PoCaha
Broncos15 wrote:Hmm....hard to say

An untimed diagnostic could be very different than doing a cold diag timed

Timing is what makes the LSAT so hard.....lots of people would be scoring in the 170's if this was an untimed exam

Very impressive though regardless
I should mention it was 161 timed. 164 from Blind Review. I will update the original post.

Re: Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 9:27 am
by FloridaCoastalorbust
Just read the pithypike thread and do lots of practice tests. You'll be fine. Don't stress out too much.

Re: Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 10:45 am
by RZ5646
You don't "need input."

Read the books.

Practice the tests.

TLS overanalyzes LSAT prep way too much.

Re: Just finished my first Cold Diagnostic Score. Need Input.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 12:52 am
by SD1992
PoCaha wrote:Hey guys,

I just did my first cold diagnostic on PT 29, Oct 1999. I got 164 untimed. 161 timed. The break of the scores are as follows:

PT 29 Score Breakdown:
1. LR: 20/25 (-5)
2. RC: 19/27 (-8)
3. LG: 22/24 (-2)
4. LR: 20/25 (-5)

My Resources:
PT: 10 More series (7-38). Will be buying all the PT's up to the latest editions. I have decided not to buy the Cambridge sets, as I want to be able to switch quickly between the easy-to-hardest questions on the fly as expected on exam day. Should I buy the Cambridge Hardest Questions packets? Those seem appealing.

Study Material:
2009 Editions of Powerscore Bibles for LR, LG, RC. Critiques?
LSAT SuperPrep 1. Should I look into SuperPrep 2?

I have 4.5 months until the Oct. 03 2015 exam. I want to aim for perfect. How should I go about this from here? I have 6 days a week to commit to studying the LSAT. I have commitments to something on Mondays.

It seems clear that RC is my weakest section. I will look for some RC guides. Has anyone had experience improving in this section?
What are your problems with RC?

I took my cold diagnostic recently and my only issue was timing. Did you get -8 from entering incorrect answers or did you run out of time?