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Post by amta » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:13 pm

appind wrote:=
is 62 lg the one with the bike game? It's one of the two most difficult games in 60s I think.
ive done the bike game twice in the last week. its a motherfucker. PT64S2G3

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Post by proteinshake » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:41 pm

last PT was Saturday so I guess I'll PT tomorrow. gonna take PT 71.

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Post by PhiladelphiaCollins » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:55 pm

amta wrote:
appind wrote:=
is 62 lg the one with the bike game? It's one of the two most difficult games in 60s I think.
ive done the bike game twice in the last week. its a motherfucker. PT64S2G3
Love that game.
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Do you guys not use the bikes as the base? The 7sage method seemed to use the days but that seemed way more complicated
Finished my first day working FT today. Tired as a MF but gonna power through some LG and RC for a few hours. Was going to take a PT today but I'm thinking I may tone it back a bit this week after some of my recent performances and focus on getting my section scores on point again.

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Post by Alexandros » Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:27 pm

When you convince yourself to turn off Netflix and do another set of games, only to pull out a set with two unfamiliar mapping games. Did not sign up for this. >_<
-1 (dumb mistake), 27 min.

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Post by PhiladelphiaCollins » Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:38 pm

Gonna start running through games for 60-70 weekly. They seem to follow similar sort of patterns, so I feel I'll be able to nail it down best this way. Just went -1 on PT 60 in about 34:00 . That stupid pure sequencing game got me.

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Post by carasrook » Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:23 pm

Didn't plan on doing a full PT tonight but wound up finishing and BRing all of PT 42 cause I felt like it (never thought I'd say that)

I finished bc I realized I think this was actually a fresh PT - I thought I had drilled it before but apparently not. Which kinda sucks because I would've saved it, but at least now I have an accurate gauge of my progress! I've scored 174, 174, and 175 on my 3 most recent PTs (all retakes)

I'm shocked at my immediate improvement in RC, and really bummed about my inability to go -0 on LG. When I BR, or take LG sections for a second time, I'll finish with 10 minutes to spare. I think the time spent figuring out the set-up is what's killing me, but I dunno...

Original score: 170
LG -3 (didn't finish...grr)
LR -3
RC -2
LR -3

BR score: 176
LG -0
LR -1
RC -2
LR -2

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Post by proteinshake » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:11 pm

have y'all seen Cornell's promo vid?? this thing is amazing: https://youtu.be/GuM8vTq0jd4

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Post by boatymcboatface09 » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:33 pm

I'm starting to notice that my performance while I'm practicing tends to get worse as the evening wears on.... That's how you know it's time, I think. :)

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Post by 34iplaw » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:36 pm

had class today and did a whole mess of LR. I changed up the memory method a little for me. I've noticed that while even reading very cautiously and purposefully slow that I finish almost every passage in around 2 minutes and maybe 2.5 minutes with briefly summarizing paragraphs in my head or convoluted sentences. What I did for two passages today (and will do for more)... I sometimes run over on the time for questions if there are eight for a passage.

3:00 to read; :30 to summarize; 3:30 to answer questions...

Oct 94 Passage 4 MM 7/7; BR 7/7
Dec 07 Passage 4 MM 7/8; BR 8/8 (45-60 over on questions)

after some of these, I'll just do 3:00 to summarize and read in my head while being mindful of whether I'm really get it or not. I need to switch up passage types though.

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Post by 34iplaw » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:45 pm

proteinshake wrote:have y'all seen Cornell's promo vid?? this thing is amazing: https://youtu.be/GuM8vTq0jd4
There are definitely worse places to end up.

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Post by Shemp » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:50 pm

Cornell would be a whole lot nicer if you could attend from March through October and go intern somewhere warm in the winter.

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Post by proteinshake » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:51 pm

34iplaw wrote:
proteinshake wrote:have y'all seen Cornell's promo vid?? this thing is amazing: https://youtu.be/GuM8vTq0jd4
There are definitely worse places to end up.
Cornell definitely has a nicer campus than most of the T14.

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Post by 34iplaw » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:55 pm

proteinshake wrote:
34iplaw wrote:
proteinshake wrote:have y'all seen Cornell's promo vid?? this thing is amazing: https://youtu.be/GuM8vTq0jd4
There are definitely worse places to end up.
Cornell definitely has a nicer campus than most of the T14.
Oh - for sure. Cornell probably has one of the nicest campuses of any universities in the country. It's large enough that the fact it is in the middle of nowhere isn't a big deal.
Shemp wrote:Cornell would be a whole lot nicer if you could attend from March through October and go intern somewhere warm in the winter.
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Post by ngogirl12 » Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:05 am

Shemp wrote:Cornell would be a whole lot nicer if you could attend from March through October and go intern somewhere warm in the winter.
+1

I'm not even applying to schools where it's winter almost year round, I just can't do it.

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Post by ngogirl12 » Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:07 am

So just finished doing the Argument Part questions. 38/38, I still want to review some of the questions I was not 100% sure on. I found identifying the conclusion and subsidiary conclusion often provided me a roadmap to the correct answer.

Plan for the rest of the evening, review/watch the videos on the questions I wasn't 100% on.

I would say today was a good day, LR and LG was awesome, Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, and Michael Phelps got his 21st gold medal!!

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Post by Alexandros » Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:20 am

34iplaw wrote:
proteinshake wrote:
34iplaw wrote:
proteinshake wrote:have y'all seen Cornell's promo vid?? this thing is amazing: https://youtu.be/GuM8vTq0jd4
There are definitely worse places to end up.
Cornell definitely has a nicer campus than most of the T14.
Oh - for sure. Cornell probably has one of the nicest campuses of any universities in the country. It's large enough that the fact it is in the middle of nowhere isn't a big deal.
Shemp wrote:Cornell would be a whole lot nicer if you could attend from March through October and go intern somewhere warm in the winter.
That's half the charm!
Upside of living somewhere absolutely fucking frigid is that everywhere seems warm in comparison.

Also, damn, that looks gorgeous.

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Post by 34iplaw » Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:25 am

ngogirl12 wrote:So just finished doing the Argument Part questions. 38/38, I still want to review some of the questions I was not 100% sure on. I found identifying the conclusion and subsidiary conclusion often provided me a roadmap to the correct answer.

Plan for the rest of the evening, review/watch the videos on the questions I wasn't 100% on.

I would say today was a good day, LR and LG was awesome, Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, and Michael Phelps got his 21st gold medal!!
Congrats!

There are a few tricks to those (IIRC - someone verify)... one such one is below.

If there is an answer choice that says something is a premise and the other states it is a subsidiary conclusion, the subsidiary conclusion cannot be the correct answer choice.

Decided to do one more MM passage before bed

Oct 01 Passage 3 MM 7/7 BR 7/7 (3:00/:30/3:30 with 30 seconds to spare)

EDIT: Woah! LSAC upped my UGPA by 0.02!

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Post by ngogirl12 » Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:09 am

34iplaw wrote:
ngogirl12 wrote:So just finished doing the Argument Part questions. 38/38, I still want to review some of the questions I was not 100% sure on. I found identifying the conclusion and subsidiary conclusion often provided me a roadmap to the correct answer.

Plan for the rest of the evening, review/watch the videos on the questions I wasn't 100% on.

I would say today was a good day, LR and LG was awesome, Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, and Michael Phelps got his 21st gold medal!!
Congrats!

There are a few tricks to those (IIRC - someone verify)... one such one is below.

If there is an answer choice that says something is a premise and the other states it is a subsidiary conclusion, the subsidiary conclusion cannot be the correct answer choice.

Decided to do one more MM passage before bed

Oct 01 Passage 3 MM 7/7 BR 7/7 (3:00/:30/3:30 with 30 seconds to spare)

EDIT: Woah! LSAC upped my UGPA by 0.02!
Thanks! Yeah, your absolutely right! I checked a couple pages and the ones where the subsidiary conclusion was the correct answer, premise was not offered as an answer choice. However, one answer choice (where the subsidiary conclusion was the correct answer) an answer choice stated D) a particular example illustrating a general claim and while an example is distinct from a premise, couldn't it be considered a premise since it is offering support to the conclusion? Or is it simply since it is illustrating a general claim that might not be the conclusion it would not be considered a premise? Maybe I made that situation a bit too convoluted lol

Good luck on your RC passage!

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Post by Pozzo » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:12 am

Pozzo wrote:
Pozzo wrote:Taking my 15 in the middle of PT62, just finished up LG. It absolutely wrecked me. I have no idea why. Not looking forward to scoring this one.
169. Gah.

RC: -6
LR: -2
LG: -6
LR: -2
Finished BR last night. Logics games went slow, but I was able to get to -0 going through them untimed. That RC performance was unacceptable. Most of the ones I missed were not difficult questions, and I just got sloppy. BR score:

RC: -1
LR: -0
LG: -0
LR: -2

Clearly the concepts are there, just need to work on timing and not being careless.

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Post by 34iplaw » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:40 am

ngogirl12 wrote:
34iplaw wrote:
ngogirl12 wrote:So just finished doing the Argument Part questions. 38/38, I still want to review some of the questions I was not 100% sure on. I found identifying the conclusion and subsidiary conclusion often provided me a roadmap to the correct answer.

Plan for the rest of the evening, review/watch the videos on the questions I wasn't 100% on.

I would say today was a good day, LR and LG was awesome, Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, and Michael Phelps got his 21st gold medal!!
Congrats!

There are a few tricks to those (IIRC - someone verify)... one such one is below.

If there is an answer choice that says something is a premise and the other states it is a subsidiary conclusion, the subsidiary conclusion cannot be the correct answer choice.

Decided to do one more MM passage before bed

Oct 01 Passage 3 MM 7/7 BR 7/7 (3:00/:30/3:30 with 30 seconds to spare)

EDIT: Woah! LSAC upped my UGPA by 0.02!
Thanks! Yeah, your absolutely right! I checked a couple pages and the ones where the subsidiary conclusion was the correct answer, premise was not offered as an answer choice. However, one answer choice (where the subsidiary conclusion was the correct answer) an answer choice stated D) a particular example illustrating a general claim and while an example is distinct from a premise, couldn't it be considered a premise since it is offering support to the conclusion? Or is it simply since it is illustrating a general claim that might not be the conclusion it would not be considered a premise? Maybe I made that situation a bit too convoluted lol

Good luck on your RC passage!
I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that it the item cited wasn't an illustration and that is why subsidiary conclusion was the right answer in either event. I'm not certain whether illustrations are considered premises or not.

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Post by YupSports » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:57 am

PT 69:

LR: -1
LG: -6
RC: -4
LR: -2

Score: 169

On LG, I did the same thing I did last time - flipped a rule on a game (a very easy one), had to redo it, and thus fly through the last game to not run out of time.

RC feels a bit lucky. I tried a new strategy of trying to read the passage in 2 minutes 30 seconds tops, thus giving me more time to reference back. We'll see how the strategy works on PT 70; I will drill it with some old passages if need be.

As far as an overall strategy, I just tried to go as quickly as possible without hurrying. This cut down on a lot of the second guessing and looks like it helped my score.

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Post by proteinshake » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:04 am

YupSports wrote:PT 69:

LR: -1
LG: -6
RC: -4
LR: -2

Score: 169

On LG, I did the same thing I did last time - flipped a rule on a game (a very easy one), had to redo it, and thus fly through the last game to not run out of time.

RC feels a bit lucky. I tried a new strategy of trying to read the passage in 2 minutes 30 seconds tops, thus giving me more time to reference back. We'll see how the strategy works on PT 70; I will drill it with some old passages if need be.

As far as an overall strategy, I just tried to go as quickly as possible without hurrying. This cut down on a lot of the second guessing and looks like it helped my score.
when I finish doing the setup for an LG, I go through the rules one more time (CAREFULLY) and make sure they match up to mine.

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Post by boatymcboatface09 » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:38 am

YupSports wrote:PT 69:
On LG, I did the same thing I did last time - flipped a rule on a game (a very easy one), had to redo it, and thus fly through the last game to not run out of time.
I've done this more than once! It drives me crazy!

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