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LSAT · How to improve from timed score to BR?

cheolychoi92158

Sunday, Dec 27 2020

For me the only way was to drill drill drill and know how to set up and answer every game. You are on the right track and keep in mind LG is the easiest to improve over a short time frame

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LSAT · Any tips for RC?

cheolychoi92158

Saturday, Dec 26 2020

What I started doing not from too long ago was to ignore what is on the books and skim the question stems and answers first (in less than a minute) THEN get into the passage doing the usual (summarize P in my head). I used to do -6~-8 and this seems to be a better method for me as I know what parts I need to concentrate on. I know reading articles and such would help more than this trick but I hate reading in general. Try it out and see how it goes

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General · 171 on one day, 159 on another, 172 the next day... what's going on??

cheolychoi92158

Friday, Dec 25 2020

@ @-1 Thank you!! I will do those

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General · 171 on one day, 159 on another, 172 the next day... what's going on??

cheolychoi92158

Friday, Dec 25 2020

@ sorry for TMI but it was based on a true story - I kept an empty jar under my desk but didn't want to lose my human dignity by pissing in front of a camera so yeah... lol

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LSAT · Easiest way to increase Logical Reasoning Score for Jan

cheolychoi92158

Thursday, Dec 24 2020

Happy holidays btw!! I never read that book although I heard it was good bc I was always on the crunch. For me, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I did get my score up by doing PT as a routine. Think of it as building your muscle; you won't get buff by knowing a trick but by doing routine on a continuous basis.

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LSAT · Easiest way to increase Logical Reasoning Score for Jan

cheolychoi92158

Thursday, Dec 24 2020

Parallel flaw: What I would suggest is while reading through them, to write down conditions and negations, as simple as ( A -> B; B/ ->A/; or more if you can write fast), memorizing what each letter stands for on the stimulus on the run, and testing / crossing out wrong answers using what you wrote down to see if they match up. This would most likely give you the right answer or leave you with 2 options. Then I would read through differences between the two carefully and find the right one.

Necessary assumption: Identify the conclusion, and identify the premises that support the conclusion. See if they match up or make sense. It would not. Think about what is the missing link and link them using the answer choices. You would be able to cross out at least 3 choices. Now you are left with 2. Negate the answer choices (ie. If you are studying for LSAT, you hate the LSAT -> if you don't hate the LSAT, you are not studying for one). See if that negated condition holds true, the conclusion falls apart. That one is the right answer as it is necessary for the argument to work.

Method reasoning - I go with my guts and always got it right using above two methods. Now, sufficient - necessary will be one of the answer choices. See if it holds. if not, you can cross it out

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Thursday, Dec 24 2020

cheolychoi92158

171 on one day, 159 on another, 172 the next day... what's going on??

Rant:

On my last flex my proctor did a room check for a solid hour and a half and didn't let me go to the bathroom before I start my exam. The one before was cool and let me do a quick run before so I expected that and chugged 3 Redbulls as usual - I literally did piss my pants and got a 160. It's not bad, but not good enough to cover for my GPA.

Back to the topic:

I got back to studying after a 2 month break in December and my scores fluctuate a lot - I only study for about 20~25 hours a week, play video games and rest well so I don't think it's an issue with my test taking conditions. The questions that I get wrong do not seem to have a certain pattern. LR and RC are the ones that fluctuate the most; I mainly pray for RC so LR is the one that I am most concerned with. Since I am taking my final one on January I was wondering if you, my friends, could give me an input that I could reference on; it would help me tremendously.

I hope you have a blessing holidays! :D

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LSAT · Overconfidence Errors Killing Me in LR Right Now

cheolychoi92158

Sunday, Aug 16 2020

what I do is I try to cross out all the wrong answers before I proceed. That way I know wrong answers are definitely wrong, and the only right answer is definitely right

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General · Scratch paper during LSAT Flex

cheolychoi92158

Thursday, Aug 13 2020

I asked my proctor on my previous flex and lined works. I used blank paper folded into 4 though

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LSAT · Kind of bad at Reading Comp. Any tips?

cheolychoi92158

Monday, Jan 11 2021

On the serious note - what I did was I ignored everything in the books and it helped. I read through the questions stems first THEN read the passage. I drilled through loads of PTs using this method as a practice, and by doing these I developed a sense of what types of questions LSAT would ask and what parts in the passage I need to focus.

After I got this skill set I can dig right into the passage and focus on the important parts guessing 3~4 questions that will come up (you can still read through the question stems for each passage if that works better for you; it takes less than 30 seconds). I got my RC from -8 to -3~4 by doing this. It's not perfect but it's an achievement for me since I always sucked at reading. Try it out and see if it helps.

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LSAT · Kind of bad at Reading Comp. Any tips?

cheolychoi92158

Monday, Jan 11 2021

I am on the same boat - I pray before my RC hoping Jesus will take the pencil

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General · 171 on one day, 159 on another, 172 the next day... what's going on??

cheolychoi92158

Saturday, Jan 09 2021

It gives you the wings !

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General · Seeking Advice on Choosing a Test Date

cheolychoi92158

Tuesday, Jan 05 2021

@ I took a 1 month break catching up on the housekeeping stuff. While on the break I did not even think about LSAT and did whatever I wanted to do on my free time until I got bored with it - the key here was doing something enjoyable that I knew I will eventually get bored with. I did not read science journals or Times articles as people here suggest but got drunk every day and I swear it helped as I am able to take my mind off of things that I craved.

I think the mindset is also important - my score seemed to improve after thinking of doing PTs as doing reps to build muscles. It's kinda fun to look for loopholes from what you learned for whatever your friends say and argue - the downside is that I got no friends now

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General · 171 on one day, 159 on another, 172 the next day... what's going on??

cheolychoi92158

Tuesday, Jan 05 2021

@-1 I am constantly doing at least 1 PT a day and closed the gap by a lot - for me I needed more practice. I still bend over for RC though

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General · Seeking Advice on Choosing a Test Date

cheolychoi92158

Monday, Jan 04 2021

Take a break and go for whatever you feel confident. If I was you I would go for April. I was rushed to take October and I decided to push it to Jan. Taking a break and getting back into it helped me a lot and got me averaging in my dream score range. Persistence is the key!

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