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@PhoebeHopp All of this is great stuff. I'm gonna follow your practice test method to a T.
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I'm excluding 145-159 from the drilling pool right now. I don't think I've ever heard of setting short term goals for scores like stair steps. I've always subconsciously assumed people just shoot for the moon and hope their score gradually goes up. How did you do this? My gut tells me that I'd risk overcompensating for variations in my score week to week, i.e., after a fluke PT with a great RC score I'm inclined to emphasize it less until I get whiplash from a bad score on the next PT.
Also thank you for vindicating me with regards to the Loophole. I cannot describe my frustration at that book. I feel like I naturally have a good instinct for the logic of this test which was completely scrambled by the time I finished it, and it read like it was written by a tiktok influencer still in the 9th grade.
I appreciate the advice.
Entertain this hypothetical for me.
You are scheduled to take the LSAT in exactly 3 months. Assume you, at your current practice score and place in your lesson/practice plan, have 90 days to study full time. You aren't made of money, but you have enough to cover your expenses and get access to a reasonable amount of resources (for example, you can't afford to hire a personal tutor to coach you every day but you can subscribe to the 7sage Live program). 90 days to lock in and become an expert in the LSAT.
What would this look like for you? What kind of advice would you give to someone who has this opportunity? How would you structure your study plan? How often would you take a practice test? How would you adapt your study plan as you go to adjust for new problems/progress? Regardless, I'd like to hear what this would look like for you, not me. I want to gain some more perspective.
Me personally? I've taken 4 practice tests before subscribing to 7sage two days ago. My scores in order are 155, 161, 156, 165. My studying for the past few months has been on the back burner. I don't feel the need to complete lessons, but I can be convinced otherwise. I feel like when I read The Loophole and did lessons my score suffered in the short term from 'reinventing the wheel,' so to speak.
My priority is locking my time management down, especially on RC. I'd probably spend 6 hours practicing per day, 3 hours of drilling and 3 hours of untimed practice + review alteration, followed by two hours of wrong answer journaling, blind review, and reviewing and taking notes for certain question types I struggled with that day. Or maybe switch those up, do blind review for the day before and follow it up with practice. I think I'd alternate RC and LR daily, but I don't have a reason it just feels right.
Before you ask I was laid off yesterday. Please don't pity me because I hated that job and I didn't need it.
@gc2005 I got this question correct because I ruled out every other AC, but I'll still give my input. The key word is "generally," because the implication in the rest of the passage is that she deviated from the scientific consensus. In addition, the only case mentioned in the passage of personal investment actually increasing scientific rigor is this one, so it does not support "generally."
My instinct when debating ruling this out was to point to "recognized as unrealistic" as a reason why C is correct, but when you realize that it simply points out that it's unrealistic, not stating personal investment actually has a relationship with scientific rigor. It simply notes that it's impossible to conduct research without bias, which can be true without necessarily increasing scientific vigor.