The Official June 2016 Study Group Forum

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:50 pm

ngogirl12 wrote:So I spent almost 2 hours reformatting my study schedule today. I am committing 5 hours a day during the week to my prep. I will start PTing the first week of February. As of today, I'm still on MSS questions, but tomorrow is another day and so on to new LR concepts in the 7Sage curriculum!

In the December thread I talked about how I was putting together a notebook with questions I got wrong, my own responses to each answer type etc. Sort of like a BR for a LR question. So this time around, I am separating it by LR category and will review the question types before going to bed and first thing in the morning. The last question I put in the notebook I was not entirely convinced on the reasoning, however, when I woke up the next morning I completely understood the reasoning and logic and believe I am not likely to repeat this mistake again.

Oh and come January I am committed to eating healthy and working out regularly, but for the rest of this month I just want to enjoy my junk food

Whats a "MSS" question?

Separating LR questions per their type is a good strategy. Have you checked out this thread? Its a list of LR questions categorized by their type; it only goes up till PT59.

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:58 pm

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:03 pm

ColonizeMars wrote:
ngogirl12 wrote:So I spent almost 2 hours reformatting my study schedule today. I am committing 5 hours a day during the week to my prep. I will start PTing the first week of February. As of today, I'm still on MSS questions, but tomorrow is another day and so on to new LR concepts in the 7Sage curriculum!

In the December thread I talked about how I was putting together a notebook with questions I got wrong, my own responses to each answer type etc. Sort of like a BR for a LR question. So this time around, I am separating it by LR category and will review the question types before going to bed and first thing in the morning. The last question I put in the notebook I was not entirely convinced on the reasoning, however, when I woke up the next morning I completely understood the reasoning and logic and believe I am not likely to repeat this mistake again.

Oh and come January I am committed to eating healthy and working out regularly, but for the rest of this month I just want to enjoy my junk food
Whats a "MSS" question?

Separating LR questions per their type is a good strategy. Have you checked out this thread? Its a list of LR questions categorized by their type; it only goes up till PT59.

MSS = most strongly supported, so the answer choice is not as strong as a must be true

I haven't seen that thread, but thanks for pointing it out to me (I'll take advantage of it when I start PTing). My plan is to go through PT's 39-77 when I complete the curriculum. For now, I am using the Cambridge LR (1-38) which is separated by type. So, when I complete a lesson such as MSS, I do the questions. So tonight I am going through #'s 81-124, and tomorrow I'll do 1-80.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:29 pm

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ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:56 pm

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:01 am

ngogirl12 wrote:Actually I'm actually not working, I just got my master's from Europe in June which explains my job hunt post last week. I actually envy you all who have jobs.. I'm still actively applying for jobs, including that in my daily schedule!

Will be job hunting as well. Honestly thinking I might just do PT food service or retail or something. Don't want to feel tied to something or exert too much mental energy if I'm going to be focusing on LSAT.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:04 am

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Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:06 am

Also don't want to spend an hour+ commuting to something more legit.

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:18 am

Rigo wrote:
ngogirl12 wrote:Actually I'm actually not working, I just got my master's from Europe in June which explains my job hunt post last week. I actually envy you all who have jobs.. I'm still actively applying for jobs, including that in my daily schedule!
Will be job hunting as well. Honestly thinking I might just do PT food service or retail or something. Don't want to feel tied to something or exert too much mental energy if I'm going to be focusing on LSAT.

Isn't service industry a lot more stressful? Man, I couldn't deal with people's bullshit. Are you job hunting for money or just things to include on resume and keep you away from getting too obsessed with studying?

ColonizeMars · Post by **ColonizeMars** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:22 am

ngogirl12 wrote: Haha thanks. Actually I'm actually not working, I just got my master's from Europe in June which explains my job hunt post last week. I actually envy you all who have jobs.. I'm still actively applying for jobs, including that in my daily schedule!

Which school did you go to and for what?

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:24 am

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:27 am

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:29 am

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:30 am

Yeah after taking last cycle off to explore other paths, I know I want to put all my eggs in the law school basket and definitely apply this fall so I'm not too concerned with finding a substantive fallback. Fine with just making enough to pay bills and tread water financially.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:35 am

ColonizeMars wrote: Isn't service industry a lot more stressful? Man, I couldn't deal with people's bullshit. Are you job hunting for money or just things to include on resume and keep you away from getting too obsessed with studying?

Just want $$$ to pay rent and buy food. Have some savings too so won't need to work too hard. Hoping just for a 25-30 hour gig with flex hours to make it to June and then--if I'm satisfied with score--reevaluate.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:39 am

I'm all in for June though. #1 priority. Let's do this!

WorthlessDegree · Post by **WorthlessDegree** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:46 am

So, I'm going to Europe for the first 3 weeks of May on a fellowship. Is this going to make taking the June test a bad idea? Or could it be a nice way to prevent burnout right before the exam?

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:46 pm

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ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:19 pm

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:25 pm

WorthlessDegree wrote:So, I'm going to Europe for the first 3 weeks of May on a fellowship. Is this going to make taking the June test a bad idea? Or could it be a nice way to prevent burnout right before the exam?

Personally, I think the first three weeks of May might be too close to the test date. I think the week before the test you should take it easy before going in for the kill. Also, there is the time difference and jetlag (depending on where in Europe you will be and where in the US you are traveling from, if it's the UK or a western European country coming from the East Coast might not be such a bad trek. If it was me, I would not take the chance (as in take the test in June) but others may disagree with me.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:29 pm

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ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:40 pm

Binghamton1018 · Post by **Binghamton1018** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:26 pm

ngogirl12 wrote:So I spent almost 2 hours reformatting my study schedule today. I am committing 5 hours a day during the week to my prep. I will start PTing the first week of February. As of today, I'm still on MSS questions, but tomorrow is another day and so on to new LR concepts in the 7Sage curriculum!

In the December thread I talked about how I was putting together a notebook with questions I got wrong, my own responses to each answer type etc. Sort of like a BR for a LR question. So this time around, I am separating it by LR category and will review the question types before going to bed and first thing in the morning. The last question I put in the notebook I was not entirely convinced on the reasoning, however, when I woke up the next morning I completely understood the reasoning and logic and believe I am not likely to repeat this mistake again.

Oh and come January I am committed to eating healthy and working out regularly, but for the rest of this month I just want to enjoy my junk food

Nice, I'm on to MSS next week. I wanted to ask, how is 7sage for the LR explanations? is each question answered thoroughly?

ngogirl12 · Post by **ngogirl12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:14 pm

Binghamton1018 wrote:
Nice, I'm on to MSS next week. I wanted to ask, how is 7sage for the LR explanations? is each question answered thoroughly?

I'm a huge fan of 7Sage so of course I am a little biased, but yeah JY does a great job explaining each answer choice. Before you even get to the LR question types though, he does a grammar breakdown and teaches you to look at/approach each question from a LSAT logic type of reasoning. He also has quizzes to drill in the concepts. If I don't understand a concept or quiz, I will redo it/rewatch the lesson until it is drilled into my head and I am 100% certain.

I also have the Trainer book, so before I do the question type I do the lesson on 7Sage, watch the LR videos he has (even if I am going to see the same questions in the Cambridge packet) that said before I watch the LR video I answer it in my mind and see if my reasoning matches up with his, read the corresponding Trainer chapter, and then hit the problem sets from Cambridge. I am not using Trainer for LG, or 7Sage for RC.

So for TLDR, yes he goes over the argument/stimulus first, and then in great detail goes over each answer choice why it is wrong or right. Another thing that is great is reading the comments after the question. If I am confused on a question I read through all the comments which are students/mentors explaining why they think the answer is right, what they find confusing, and what approaches to take. After reading through the comments, I am more than 100% clear.

chicharon · Post by **chicharon** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:02 pm

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