@astorialovescake Thank you so much! I took a little break to be honest. Then I started doing only those questions that I got wrong and those that I flagged. I looked at my actual answer and then tried to understand why is it wrong. I also read one of the RC passages again, because it was difficult to understand. I think doing BR immediately after PT is the best approach, because you have the same mindset as when you chose those answers. But I did it after few hours. I also, very quickly, looked at each question in the sections just to be sure that I know why I chose the answers that I did
congratulations! I also see that you went from 159 to 177 within a month in March. May I ask what you've done differently that resulted in the huge increase in such a short span of time? Thank you!!
@pipan Thank you!! I started studying more consistently. I used 7Sage study plan (still do) and it helped me to be consistent and do as much as I can. I used full-time, Mon-Fri, Saturday for PT, and Sunday a rest day or doing the ones that are left. I also started doing mainly practice and not just watching videos or reading. If you have any questions I will be glad to answer!! fih
@Mail_Jabrayilov Thanks for your insights! I totally forgot about my profile picture I really gotta change that *crying emoji*. I was also wondering how you go about tackling the RC section for both studying and reviewing wrong answers. Right now I've been noticing that most of the questions I get wrong are due to not reading the passage carefully enough, so blind reviewing doesn't feel like it's helping much since I am not addressing the root of the cause. Is drilling the only way to get better at RC or did you find a particular method or lesson on 7Sage helpful. Thanks again for your help!
@pipan Actually, I did not finish the RC lessons here, which I am still worried about. But what helped me was doing both sections untimed. Also, doing 2 passages with time but seeing answers at the end of each passage. This helps to understand which choice was correct and where is the support for it. I noticed that when I do BR at the end of section I sometimes need to read the passages again, which is a good thing but I get too tired from it. So instead, I do one passage at a time and sometimes do passages untimed just to read it very carefully and see how much I can understand and remember. One of the best things to do it RC (of course if there is time) is to look for the exact paragraph that the question is referring to. A lot of times it is just additional 10 seconds just to read that particular 2-3 sentences and then look at the question again. This helped me a lot because even if question is straightforward, the answer choices in RC are so difficult, at least for me. Once you do them untimed, you will get a lot faster at reading the passages and recognizing the particular question types
@Mail_Jabrayilov wow I wouldn't have thought that you didn't take the RC lesson on 7sage. How do you find toggling between the different platforms you are using? Is it worth the time and money or is it optional in your opinion? Also, I know this is up to personal preference, but do you do a low res summary like the tutors suggests on 7sage? I find writing how a sentence or even a couple words messes up my flow and takes significantly longer although I could certainly build the habit now if it is going to improve my RC session over all.
@pipan I do not use any other platform, just 7Sage. But when I started I firstly read PowerScore Bibles and they were very good for basics. I also did complete 2 workbooks for practice. But then I did LR lessons here and they were great, but I couldn't complete RC lessons. Maybe because of not having enough time or it was just too long. I think if you have money for lsat preparation, you should do it because it is an investment in yourself. I am an international student so I did not have a lot of options, but if there were, I would do as much as I could to raise my score. About low res summary, I actually don't know. I mean yes I do think about what each paragraph is about and try to memorize where to look when question asks for something, but I don't write anything. I did one-two times few months ago, but as you said, it takes too long and I felt that I was memorizing it better by reading everything in once and not stopping. It is probably good to learn how to summarize each paragraph in your head. But before starting lsat studying I have read a lot of political books and novels, so I was familiar with memorizing exact location of the required information. Do you feel like you don't remember the paragraphs from passage or doing summary in your head (or writing it) distracts you?
@Mail_Jabrayilov Thanks for sharing! I will definitely check other platforms out like you've suggested. To answer your question, yes I feel like I don't remember where to find the information I need when a question asks for it, especially when the context in a purpose in context question is embedded in a longer paragraph. This usually results in me reading the whole passage from head to toe which takes a minute or two before I could start eliminating answers. But what bother me more are questions about purpose of paragraph. The answer choices for those questions often includes "this paragraph builds off/related/continues to argue... from the first paragraph..." When there are answer choices that suggests a relation between 2 paragraph, I often have a hard time eliminating them since I have no idea where to even start. How do you usually go about tackling purpose in context/paragraph questions?
@pipan Those questions are very difficult but you can practice them by doing untimed test and reading the passage very slowly. You will understand it better this way and the speed will improve as you practice more. I usually go back to that paragraph and reread the first and last sentence, then I try to remember what that paragraph is about and look for an answer which at least describes it a little bit. When I had problem with memorizing the content I started to visualize what I read, just like when you read novels, etc. It helps to fully engage with the passage. Also, it kind of makes some of the passages more interesting and you start to focus on it more
@Mail_Jabrayilov thank you so much!! I really appreciate you going in great depth answering my question voluntarily. I will employ the methods you mentioned for the next couple weeks and see if it suits me! -Kyle
@Mail_Jabrayilov your scores are still super impressive... I have a June test coming up but I'm not anywhere near your score, admittedly though, I'm not trying to get into the same schools as you. Good Luck to you, I'm sure you'll do great and get accepted to the RIGHT school!
@Klim1384 Thank you!!!! We still have some time before June exam. Do as much as you can and I am sure you will get a great score. Also, we can still retake it, so do not worry too much about it
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@DamiOye Thank you!!!!
awesome news! congrats !
@bobbcee Thank you!!!
This is so impressive and inspiring! How was your review process after you completed PTs?
@astorialovescake Thank you so much! I took a little break to be honest. Then I started doing only those questions that I got wrong and those that I flagged. I looked at my actual answer and then tried to understand why is it wrong. I also read one of the RC passages again, because it was difficult to understand. I think doing BR immediately after PT is the best approach, because you have the same mindset as when you chose those answers. But I did it after few hours. I also, very quickly, looked at each question in the sections just to be sure that I know why I chose the answers that I did
@Mail_Jabrayilov thanks so much :)!! this is so helpful. <3
@astorialovescake You are welcome!! :)
congratulations! I also see that you went from 159 to 177 within a month in March. May I ask what you've done differently that resulted in the huge increase in such a short span of time? Thank you!!
@pipan Thank you!! I started studying more consistently. I used 7Sage study plan (still do) and it helped me to be consistent and do as much as I can. I used full-time, Mon-Fri, Saturday for PT, and Sunday a rest day or doing the ones that are left. I also started doing mainly practice and not just watching videos or reading. If you have any questions I will be glad to answer!! fih
@Mail_Jabrayilov Thanks for your insights! I totally forgot about my profile picture I really gotta change that *crying emoji*. I was also wondering how you go about tackling the RC section for both studying and reviewing wrong answers. Right now I've been noticing that most of the questions I get wrong are due to not reading the passage carefully enough, so blind reviewing doesn't feel like it's helping much since I am not addressing the root of the cause. Is drilling the only way to get better at RC or did you find a particular method or lesson on 7Sage helpful. Thanks again for your help!
@pipan Actually, I did not finish the RC lessons here, which I am still worried about. But what helped me was doing both sections untimed. Also, doing 2 passages with time but seeing answers at the end of each passage. This helps to understand which choice was correct and where is the support for it. I noticed that when I do BR at the end of section I sometimes need to read the passages again, which is a good thing but I get too tired from it. So instead, I do one passage at a time and sometimes do passages untimed just to read it very carefully and see how much I can understand and remember. One of the best things to do it RC (of course if there is time) is to look for the exact paragraph that the question is referring to. A lot of times it is just additional 10 seconds just to read that particular 2-3 sentences and then look at the question again. This helped me a lot because even if question is straightforward, the answer choices in RC are so difficult, at least for me. Once you do them untimed, you will get a lot faster at reading the passages and recognizing the particular question types
@Mail_Jabrayilov wow I wouldn't have thought that you didn't take the RC lesson on 7sage. How do you find toggling between the different platforms you are using? Is it worth the time and money or is it optional in your opinion? Also, I know this is up to personal preference, but do you do a low res summary like the tutors suggests on 7sage? I find writing how a sentence or even a couple words messes up my flow and takes significantly longer although I could certainly build the habit now if it is going to improve my RC session over all.
@pipan I do not use any other platform, just 7Sage. But when I started I firstly read PowerScore Bibles and they were very good for basics. I also did complete 2 workbooks for practice. But then I did LR lessons here and they were great, but I couldn't complete RC lessons. Maybe because of not having enough time or it was just too long. I think if you have money for lsat preparation, you should do it because it is an investment in yourself. I am an international student so I did not have a lot of options, but if there were, I would do as much as I could to raise my score. About low res summary, I actually don't know. I mean yes I do think about what each paragraph is about and try to memorize where to look when question asks for something, but I don't write anything. I did one-two times few months ago, but as you said, it takes too long and I felt that I was memorizing it better by reading everything in once and not stopping. It is probably good to learn how to summarize each paragraph in your head. But before starting lsat studying I have read a lot of political books and novels, so I was familiar with memorizing exact location of the required information. Do you feel like you don't remember the paragraphs from passage or doing summary in your head (or writing it) distracts you?
@Mail_Jabrayilov Thanks for sharing! I will definitely check other platforms out like you've suggested. To answer your question, yes I feel like I don't remember where to find the information I need when a question asks for it, especially when the context in a purpose in context question is embedded in a longer paragraph. This usually results in me reading the whole passage from head to toe which takes a minute or two before I could start eliminating answers. But what bother me more are questions about purpose of paragraph. The answer choices for those questions often includes "this paragraph builds off/related/continues to argue... from the first paragraph..." When there are answer choices that suggests a relation between 2 paragraph, I often have a hard time eliminating them since I have no idea where to even start. How do you usually go about tackling purpose in context/paragraph questions?
@pipan Those questions are very difficult but you can practice them by doing untimed test and reading the passage very slowly. You will understand it better this way and the speed will improve as you practice more. I usually go back to that paragraph and reread the first and last sentence, then I try to remember what that paragraph is about and look for an answer which at least describes it a little bit. When I had problem with memorizing the content I started to visualize what I read, just like when you read novels, etc. It helps to fully engage with the passage. Also, it kind of makes some of the passages more interesting and you start to focus on it more
@Mail_Jabrayilov thank you so much!! I really appreciate you going in great depth answering my question voluntarily. I will employ the methods you mentioned for the next couple weeks and see if it suits me! -Kyle
@pipan Of course!! I hope my answers will be useful to you. Good luck in your studies!!!
That's amazing! How long you been studying?
@Klim1384 Thank you! For over a year now. But I have been very inconsistent in my studies
@Mail_Jabrayilov your scores are still super impressive... I have a June test coming up but I'm not anywhere near your score, admittedly though, I'm not trying to get into the same schools as you. Good Luck to you, I'm sure you'll do great and get accepted to the RIGHT school!
@Klim1384 Thank you!!!! We still have some time before June exam. Do as much as you can and I am sure you will get a great score. Also, we can still retake it, so do not worry too much about it
Congrats bro
@victorsplitter27 Thank you!!
@Mail_Jabrayilov NP! Here I am just trying to break into the 150s! LOL taking the LSAT June 6th! Wish me luck!
@victorsplitter27 We still have time, practice as much as you can! Good luck in your studies!!!
Amazing! Also, this is a "strong 175" as you were kind of unlucky here. If S2 and S3 were flipped you would have gotten a 179!
@Simon Thank you!! Yes, I found S3 easier than the previous one, but I think it is also because of 10 minute break that helped me rest a little