#feedback I think an introductory video for the beginning of each section describing answer choice tendencies or typical approaches, similar to those from the cheat sheet, would be very helpful. This would give a more overarching view of the question types and what to look out for. The individual videos for individual questions are good, but of course, each question is different from the last, which may use different techniques.
#feedback I love that there is lots of relevant practice, and I love when, on occasion, there are questions from past units thrown in to keep us fresh on them and on our toes. I just wish those questions were thrown in more frequently. Also would be very helpful to have at least one "lesson" that is not just a glorified practice question but dives deeper into best practices, common patterns, etc. Sometimes it feels like since I finished the fundamentals unit, I haven't really been "learning" but just "practicing"...
Definitely turning into J.Y. when I rubber-duck/blind review my answers lol. But the videos for many of the sections, especially the PSA section, are way too long and my attention span starts to wander. I do not need a 20 minute explanation on a question that is relatively straightforward and simple. Some of J.Y.'s hypotheticals and analyses are unnecessarily intricate, but I don't want to skip forward because sometimes he nests some really important points in all of that confusion. Each video should be 5-10 minutes long for practice questions, with maybe an extended video for lessons. You can still extract the same truths in a much more condensed version.
Definitely agree. With working full time, I am struggling to get through the curriculum in the timeframe allotted in the study schedule because a video explanation can take up what feels like almost half an hour. Some days I only have 90 minutes to study.
Same. I work full time as well and I only have like 2hrs of study time. It's hell when I have to be sitting through 20 min videos that can be shortened, but at the same time I don't want to skip any relevant tips/points.
Speaking to you from the future here. Not sure when your test is, but try and make as much time as you can in your schedule to adequately cover the curriculum. You shouldn't rush it if you can afford not to. The good news is that once you do finish the curriculum your schedule will become a lot more flexible.
Once you finish the curriculum there is not much else to do other than simply drill and take PTs. That process is so much smoother if you have a solid foundation on the question types. Otherwise, you will likely just end up going back to the curriculum later.
@tlpalmer98138 Thank you for this insight. This is what I keep telling myself--Trust the process going through the curriculum. There will be plenty of time afterwards to practice and then circle back to specific areas as needed.
Sometimes wrong answers are glossed over as just wrong without much explanation as to why or how the potential reasoning that might guide you there is wrong. This would be helpful in correcting what we might be doing wrong in Logic strategy or any rules we might have missed. I miss a lot of answers by getting confused with the contrapositive but then those possible confusions are never addressed. The video instructors simply say something along the lines of "this answer is obviously wrong," but to us starting out it does not feel so obvious as to why.
When going through an individual question review, I don't like that the order of answers is inconsistent. Sometimes, it's right answer and then a-e in the pursuant order, sometimes it's right then e-a, and other times, it's all over. Streamline it for productivity reasons. Liking the curriculum but I think a lot of these sections can be smushed into a few longer drills instead of 40 independent questions.
This lesson made me realize I make small mistakes in my reading that affect the answer I give. I need to read more carefully before selecting the correct answer.
This might be just a me thing but I usually do like 1-2 concepts a day so sometimes I don't remember the acronyms for previous concepts right off the bat and it's kind of annoying to google MSS, MBT, and PAI every time. It'd be helpful to link them to the lessons when they come up #feedback
The curriculum is challenging, especially as you go further down the "You Try," questions. This is good as it keeps you constantly thinking and wanting to improve.
PSA was surprisingly easier for me to grasp compared to the weakening questions in the prior lesson. The aspect of doing multiple "try this" made it easier to understand the concepts and find my areas that I was lacking in.
The only complaint I have is that with the drills integrated into the syllabus, I almost always do the first and press finish like I do with the "You Try" sections. Then I cannot go back and do the rest of the drill questions. Very annoying. There should be an "Are you sure?" button if you have not completed 1 or more questions.
@GibsonD I did this once, if you go to analytics and scroll down to your practice history, there's an option to delete a drill. If you do that it lets you take it again.
I am nailing the low priority questions. I don't miss a single one. However, my high priority questions I rarely, if it all, answer correctly. I've improved on my own end in the sense of narrowing it down to usually just two answer choices but often pick the wrong one. How can I improve on high priority questions? And this is for all categories not just PSA.
I felt much better about this chapter than the others. It somewhat felt a little too easy answering the questions and blind reviewing to see my answer be correct.
#feedback I like how the curriculum is kinda like building blocks on one another, but weirdly enough I find myself understanding older lessons better when I get farther and see their practical application in lessons that require more. For example, I initially struggled at finding the conclusion in those lessons, but now after getting all the way here I feel as though the conclusions jump out at me when that isn't the only thing I'm focusing on. Not sure why but just an observation I had.
@amarc444 Yes! Trust the process and keep moving forward because the concepts totally build on each other. I am noticing the same thing, and it is encouraging.
#feedback It feels like some of the LR and Core Curriculum should swap places. I remember struggling way more with the end of the CC than this middle-ish section of the LR content. I feel like I wasted some time trying to understand the end of the CC when I would have been better able to understand it with more practice with simpler LR principles. But overall, I am learning rapidly and increasing my score steadily. Happy to say that I PT'd a 176 last week and am still confident I can shoot for a 180 in August!
PSA kicked my butt but I had to start all over the PSA lesson to really grasp the concept. It helps to watch the videos and read the description of the lesson. Reading the description of the lesson is tough especially when your mentality tired but we all need to get used to it because law school has A LOT of reading (chuckles) I'm in danger.
Seeing typical trend of wrong A.C's has helped me out a lot with PSA.
o Sufficient conditions either fail to trigger on the facts of the case or their necessary conditions deliver the wrong results.
o Either the bridge failed to start at the right location, or the bridge was built to the wrong destination. Or both.
Thanks JY!
Those reading this and felt discourage at some point, don't be! I was there too and I bet a few others as well. We have to keep swimming and kick the LSAT @$$.
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i wish we had rewards like confetti or happy music
#feedback I think an introductory video for the beginning of each section describing answer choice tendencies or typical approaches, similar to those from the cheat sheet, would be very helpful. This would give a more overarching view of the question types and what to look out for. The individual videos for individual questions are good, but of course, each question is different from the last, which may use different techniques.
#feedback I love that there is lots of relevant practice, and I love when, on occasion, there are questions from past units thrown in to keep us fresh on them and on our toes. I just wish those questions were thrown in more frequently. Also would be very helpful to have at least one "lesson" that is not just a glorified practice question but dives deeper into best practices, common patterns, etc. Sometimes it feels like since I finished the fundamentals unit, I haven't really been "learning" but just "practicing"...
Definitely turning into J.Y. when I rubber-duck/blind review my answers lol. But the videos for many of the sections, especially the PSA section, are way too long and my attention span starts to wander. I do not need a 20 minute explanation on a question that is relatively straightforward and simple. Some of J.Y.'s hypotheticals and analyses are unnecessarily intricate, but I don't want to skip forward because sometimes he nests some really important points in all of that confusion. Each video should be 5-10 minutes long for practice questions, with maybe an extended video for lessons. You can still extract the same truths in a much more condensed version.
Definitely agree. With working full time, I am struggling to get through the curriculum in the timeframe allotted in the study schedule because a video explanation can take up what feels like almost half an hour. Some days I only have 90 minutes to study.
I agree with your freedback!
Same. I work full time as well and I only have like 2hrs of study time. It's hell when I have to be sitting through 20 min videos that can be shortened, but at the same time I don't want to skip any relevant tips/points.
Speaking to you from the future here. Not sure when your test is, but try and make as much time as you can in your schedule to adequately cover the curriculum. You shouldn't rush it if you can afford not to. The good news is that once you do finish the curriculum your schedule will become a lot more flexible.
Once you finish the curriculum there is not much else to do other than simply drill and take PTs. That process is so much smoother if you have a solid foundation on the question types. Otherwise, you will likely just end up going back to the curriculum later.
@tlpalmer98138 Thank you for this insight. This is what I keep telling myself--Trust the process going through the curriculum. There will be plenty of time afterwards to practice and then circle back to specific areas as needed.
Sometimes wrong answers are glossed over as just wrong without much explanation as to why or how the potential reasoning that might guide you there is wrong. This would be helpful in correcting what we might be doing wrong in Logic strategy or any rules we might have missed. I miss a lot of answers by getting confused with the contrapositive but then those possible confusions are never addressed. The video instructors simply say something along the lines of "this answer is obviously wrong," but to us starting out it does not feel so obvious as to why.
As I go on I feel myself getting better and better
When going through an individual question review, I don't like that the order of answers is inconsistent. Sometimes, it's right answer and then a-e in the pursuant order, sometimes it's right then e-a, and other times, it's all over. Streamline it for productivity reasons. Liking the curriculum but I think a lot of these sections can be smushed into a few longer drills instead of 40 independent questions.
i want more motivation videos - I appreciate the segment because it helps me relax and take a break
I did pretty well at the you try for the PSA but the drill is not looking good. Any suggestion!!
This lesson made me realize I make small mistakes in my reading that affect the answer I give. I need to read more carefully before selecting the correct answer.
@ricardogonzalezwork-1 Same! But hey better to know now then make more mistakes in the future....you got this!
PSA questions are hard.
Getting better every day
was feeling great until i did the PSA questions
This might be just a me thing but I usually do like 1-2 concepts a day so sometimes I don't remember the acronyms for previous concepts right off the bat and it's kind of annoying to google MSS, MBT, and PAI every time. It'd be helpful to link them to the lessons when they come up #feedback
The curriculum is challenging, especially as you go further down the "You Try," questions. This is good as it keeps you constantly thinking and wanting to improve.
PSA was surprisingly easier for me to grasp compared to the weakening questions in the prior lesson. The aspect of doing multiple "try this" made it easier to understand the concepts and find my areas that I was lacking in.
The only complaint I have is that with the drills integrated into the syllabus, I almost always do the first and press finish like I do with the "You Try" sections. Then I cannot go back and do the rest of the drill questions. Very annoying. There should be an "Are you sure?" button if you have not completed 1 or more questions.
@GibsonD I did this once, if you go to analytics and scroll down to your practice history, there's an option to delete a drill. If you do that it lets you take it again.
I am nailing the low priority questions. I don't miss a single one. However, my high priority questions I rarely, if it all, answer correctly. I've improved on my own end in the sense of narrowing it down to usually just two answer choices but often pick the wrong one. How can I improve on high priority questions? And this is for all categories not just PSA.
I believe it only marks questions "high priority" WHEN you answer them incorrectly. So, you got it just keep practicing!
I felt much better about this chapter than the others. It somewhat felt a little too easy answering the questions and blind reviewing to see my answer be correct.
#feedback I like how the curriculum is kinda like building blocks on one another, but weirdly enough I find myself understanding older lessons better when I get farther and see their practical application in lessons that require more. For example, I initially struggled at finding the conclusion in those lessons, but now after getting all the way here I feel as though the conclusions jump out at me when that isn't the only thing I'm focusing on. Not sure why but just an observation I had.
@amarc444 Yes! Trust the process and keep moving forward because the concepts totally build on each other. I am noticing the same thing, and it is encouraging.
#feedback It feels like some of the LR and Core Curriculum should swap places. I remember struggling way more with the end of the CC than this middle-ish section of the LR content. I feel like I wasted some time trying to understand the end of the CC when I would have been better able to understand it with more practice with simpler LR principles. But overall, I am learning rapidly and increasing my score steadily. Happy to say that I PT'd a 176 last week and am still confident I can shoot for a 180 in August!
PSA kicked my butt but I had to start all over the PSA lesson to really grasp the concept. It helps to watch the videos and read the description of the lesson. Reading the description of the lesson is tough especially when your mentality tired but we all need to get used to it because law school has A LOT of reading (chuckles) I'm in danger.
Seeing typical trend of wrong A.C's has helped me out a lot with PSA.
o Sufficient conditions either fail to trigger on the facts of the case or their necessary conditions deliver the wrong results.
o Either the bridge failed to start at the right location, or the bridge was built to the wrong destination. Or both.
Thanks JY!
Those reading this and felt discourage at some point, don't be! I was there too and I bet a few others as well. We have to keep swimming and kick the LSAT @$$.
feeling good especially with PSA questions
#feedback When completing the survey it should either bring you back to this lesson or mark it complete and move you to the next lesson
Very happy with the curriculum so far and a big part of that is the great explanations in the video and emphasis on fundamentals.