Wow, sad I missed this update!! Did you end up doing OCI?

I'm interested :)

I am interested!

Sent you a pm

Im interested! Cali also

@jd2081340 Nailed it. Its hard to truly emulate testing conditions but one potential key factor is bringing certain elements with you. Im sort of a weird hippie and crystals and religious ornaments tend to have a great impact on settling my nerves and anxiety. I like keeping small ones in my pocket in the same way I do when I study at home. I think essential oils and other ways to activate the olfactory- neuro connection is also underrated. I like studying while being immersed under certain scents and think it could help to bring them with you to help activate some of these connections you build. ( apply essential oils to your wrist or waft from a tissue)

@andrewkim9604612 :) When I am drilling logic games, I imagine Fletcher yelling at me Not quite my tempo. :(

@taschasp823 This is such a great explanation of the concept. One of the best I've seen :)

I stopped trying to score perfect in LR, mastered easy logic games and made sure to gun through RC questions after a thorough read.

Love the new change!

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Damn Lucas with the fire man. Thank you

Make sure to distinguish the flaw question stem, "vulnerable to criticism" , with weakening question stems. I got these two mixed up when I began studying.

If the conclusion is true, what must be true? Filter down to 2 and use negation technique if necessary.

Like @tahajay923 often says, the games are won during the set-up. Make sure you are fundamentally sound in this regard. If you are "choking" during the questions, it usually is a sign you aren't setting up the games in a way that works for you / representing the rules efficiently. Second, I would recommend having a consistent process. Everything from when and how you read the stimulus & rules to how and where you diagram things should be down to a science IMHO. This also includes how you approach the questions themselves. Everything from leaving room for diagrams, having your own marks to be able to see valid previous game boards and every other nuance that helps you solve questions should be consistent from game to game. It also includes the sequence of how you proceed from question to question to a priority list of thigns to do when you approach specific question types. Find out what works for you and do it consistently and in the same way. I think analyzing this step is critical because fool-proofing often masks a lot of your own deficiencies since you've seen the solution before. Inferences are important but how do you get to the point where you can make the inferences on your own when you've never seen the game? Memorization, repetition and familiarization helps but only to a certain degree. For example, early on in my prep I would watch the video and see how the game was set-up. In my FP process, since I was familiar with the game, I would find myself mindlessly replicating what I knew from previous experience without critically thinking about what I was reading. I was tripping over my own feet- jotting down game board pieces half way through reading the stimulus, not critically thinking about the hidden rules that signal the best way to approach the games, etc. Since I already knew what I was going to do, my mind often went on auto-pilot.These steps might be easy to overlook when fool-proofing but you often won't have this luxury when you are taking a test you've never seen before so make sure to think it through and practice building these skills into your process even if it seems redundant. Doing the game doesn't just mean being able to solve it but also extracting what was important to getting to that point if it was your ideal first take. My biggest advice would be to go back to the CC to make sure you are 100% solid on your foundational skills. The LSAT presents us LG games in English but often the key to simplifying them is to lean on visual representations to sort the mayhem. The CC will expose you to different ways this is done so think about why the Jedi Master.... I mean JY :) .... does things a certain way and why- Add these to your arsenal so you have a variety of methods to express the common ways the writers express things to us in ways that is easier for you to digest. My second major advice would be to read critically. You want to measure carefully and cut once. Sorry for the long answer but hope this will help shine light for you and anyone else reading. Happy studies fellow Jedi.

Necessary satisfied. Rule.... irrelevant :)

Another alternative to the alarm clock is just getting Phillip Hue color lights and using the Sleep Cycle app. They sync together and 30 minutes before the alarm goes off the lights slowly start to turn on. It emulates the rise of the sun in the same way and is a great way to spice up your sleeping / waking up routine. In general though, just sleep a little earlier everyday until you can adjust it as you need. Incremental change will make it more manageable.

Wow I'm so sad I missed this :(

What a ride Josh! Thank you for sharing the journey with us. Reading your journal has served as a huge motivator for me while studying for the LSAT as it reminds me what I'm working towards and what it takes at that level of academia and success. To me, if there's one commonality between your law school and LSAT journey so far, its just the sheer work ethic that's required and I use that as a reminder everyday. It almost felt as if you were frantically trying to keep your head above water the entire semester and its helped me develop a sense of urgency and adaptability in my life and LSAT preparation- I see it as just a taste of what will be required of me if I ever make it to that level.

With the importance of test taking strategy in doing well on exams, why does it fall more into the sufficient realm over necessary in regards to receiving high distinction? My takeaway after thinking about your insight was rather the opposite due to the severe restrictions of the exams. It seems like both knowledge and ,more importantly, strategy are necessary components to exam success. Can you elaborate more on that thought? Wishing you, your doggo & family a wonderful holiday season. I hope you will be able to take some time for yourself before the next semester. You are an inspiration sir! Thank you for all you do for the community. Cheering for you all the way in sunny California.

What does ⭐ mean? Is that premium? Also what do the bananas symbolize?

Lol! Lolo- Koch Curve messed me up silly XD