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Thursday, Mar 12, 2015

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Am I the only one that feels guilty whenever I take a day or 2 off during the week?

I feel as if I could be getting so much done but instead I'm not. lol

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I am looking for someone that I can study the LSAT with. I'm thinking of taking October or December lsat so it would be idealistic if my potential study buddy can share this similar time line. But it's still cool if you are thinking of taking June one since we can still motivate and help each other!

Please PM me or leave a comment if you are interested in being my study buddy!

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Hi all!

I am crunching through the logic game bundle, and wondering if it is worth mastering a few of the strange/old questions that JY mentions we will no longer find on the new LSAT? I understand that I can sit, and probably reason / learn my way to the right answer, but I figure I'd rather spend 20-30 minutes on trying to cover ground (deeply) and gather more experience on different inferences / game setups.

I am thinking that it is more worth my time to crunch through and master the ones that are representative of the logic games we will find on the new LSAT.

Thoughts?

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Hi,

I am having trouble with the vocabulary especially for the RC section where questions ask for how the author feels about something, author's tone etc. I find that the answer choices contain words that I am don't know so I am not able to eliminate a lot of the choices.

Do you know of a resource I could use or a list of such words somewhere that I can study from? Or if someone has made a list of these words and would be willing to share :)

Thanks!

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So, the rankings for 2015-2016 came out today. California schools seem to be doing much better probably given the improving employment prospects, a huge consideration for US News Ranking. Also, kudos to UC Irvine for ranking so high given that this was their first time being ranked. Here's how Cali schools ranked.

Stanford 2(tie (+1))

Berkeley 8(tie (+1)) - Applied

UCLA 16 (-)

USC 20(-) - Applied

Irvine 30 (NR) - Applied

Davis 31(+5)

Pepperdine 52 (+2) - Applied

Hastings 59 (-5) - Applied

Loyola 75 (+12) - Applied.

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Has anybody had an even harder time reading comments on the internet? Every time I read an article and scroll through the comments, I go through this mental process of picking apart the argument, identifying logical fallacies, facepalming really hard, and then thinking, "Omg what has the LSAT done to me?!"

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I read that some of you were looking for schools that offered prep courses/PTs and today I received an email from Faulkner Law. Not sure if anyone would be interested but it's on 3/21/15 at 9:30 AM.

"Maximize your test score by attending this free preparation course!

RSVP TODAY

If you can't attend this event in person, you can participate via webcast. Just RSVP accordingly.

Questions?

Call 334-386-7210"

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Sometimes I eliminate the wrong answer choice for the wrong reasons (I look at the Manhatten Explanations online and sometimes it's different reasons than why I eliminated)

Is that okay as long as I'm getting to the answer?

This is for logical reasoning.

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Hi everybody,

I recently found a few courses on Coursera that might be a good supplement to LSAT prep. If you're not familiar with it, Coursera offers online courses taught by university professors about a wide range of topics. The courses have video lectures and some accompanying assignments, and you can watch many of them for free.

I just found a course called "Think Again: How to Reason and Argue," which examines arguments and reasoning. I haven't taken any lessons yet, but the topics in the course description are very relevant to the LR section. There are also various classes on logic, which may help with the LR and LG sections.

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I'm looking for an accountability study partner who wants to study along with me! I hope this doesn't come off as completely obnoxious but bulleted lists help me more than one giant block of text so here goes:

About Me: I've been studying for the LSAT for about a year now. I took February and scored a 166, which was 5/6 points below my PT average of 171/172 (high of 177, low of 168) and well below my BR score of 175+.

My Major Weakness:

(1) Review: I think I have a fairly solid understanding of the fundamentals. I did not review as thoroughly as I should have and paid the price on test day.

(2) Beating the brain fog: Still trying to up my mental endurance so my "off" day is no lower than my average.

My Plan: I'm going to have a cycle of (1) PT (2) review (3) drill. I'm going to actually force myself to do a very thorough review where I write out my thought process for EVERY question along with explanations for why an answer is right or wrong. The review and write-up part is super time-consuming (sample/incomplete write-up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivGS3XS6FSydAmNLouyewDIO9f_LmPHVEbofnuHZHJw/edit?usp=sharing), especially because I try super hard not to let myself use the words "irrelevant" or "just completely wrong." This practice forces me to really think about WHY an answer is right/wrong.

Current Schedule: Starting all the way back at PT1 and trying to make my way towards PT74 by June. Finished PT1, scored 176 (RC: -2, LG: -1, LR: -4) and reviewing every single question. Going to take a 1/2 days to complete my review and drill some games, passages, and timed LR sections and then take PT2 on Thursday/Friday.

Where You Can Come In: What I think would be most helpful for me (and hopefully you if you're up for it) is to have somebody else also do a write-up so we can see the overlap between our analyses. Typically, when we take PTs and drill, we eliminate questions because certain "triggers" in the stimulus tip us off. However, once we see 1 trigger, we tend to move on and say, "Aha! That's the reason why this answer choice is wrong." The reality that I've come to realize is that the LSAT has multiple triggers in a given stimulus. Seeing what triggers other people to identifying the correct response would broaden our understanding of not just a specific question but question types and hone our logical reasoning as a whole.

So, any takers? :)

BONUS: If you're based in Orange County, it'd be so great to study in person! I'm looking at you @ddakjiking

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Hi everyone,

I'm taking somewhat of an LSAT hiatus for March (school, it happens) but I'm going to start a goal-setting/accountability thread here. Even if my goals will be pretty lean for the next three weeks, it'll be nice to have a solid motivation system in place for April, when I'm hoping to come back to LSAT with a VENGEANCE haha.

So the idea is that every week (let's say window from Sunday night to Tuesday morning), we post our tasks that we want to accomplish for the week -- and then the following week we check back and see if everyone managed to cross off the study items on their to-do list. :-) I'm hoping this will help us all stay motivated and accountable!

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Did you take an Adderall the day of the exam? If so, did you take your regular dose, less, or more of? I am most interested in those who the title applies to that didn't take it the day of the exam, and how it affected you, either beneficially or detrimentally.

I am taking the test in June and as you might of assumed have ADD. I have heard a variety of answers from friends/colleagues and was curious what other answer samples might conclude.

Also I was going to request accommodations for my LSAT, but time turned fragile and I ended up not going through with all of it due to the opportunity costs associated with getting re-diagnosed for LSAC standards. A part of me wishes I would of done everything required to get the accommodations, because hey more time is MORE TIME. Please share any experiences or input you have on the issue.

Good Luck in June!

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I know some people have stated that they PT in a library or in a coffee shop like Starbucks. I was wondering how many people here ACTUALLY do it. Is it only a few people. If you've taken more than one LSAT, and you took one while studying in silence and one after studying with ambient noise, did it help? I'm just curious. I finished the curriculum the second time around and going over all the old PTs I already did before jumping into new PTs. Soon I should be PT on fresh tests and was wondering what you guys might think/have done.

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Rather than falling under the category of comments, could 7Sage implement a highlighting system that colours what is a question comment from just a comment, or separate out questions from recent comments for people who need questions answered in the lessons? Comments fill the recent comment box resulting in questions receiving belated answers, unless someone actively looks for them after each lesson/question or happens to come across one while doing their lesson.

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