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It will depend on the person but I recommend giving yourself time to review each PT. Doing them all in November will be a rush and you won't absorb what you need to. I did 3 PT's a week leading up to my September test and that was a good pace for me.
How were your PTs prior to writing last Saturday? If they were high then you may be over thinking how poorly you did. I was PTing in the high 160's and I left the LSAT feeling like shit. Despite that, I don't think I could have screwed enough to warrant cancelling my score.
Parallel method of reasoning, parallel flaw method of reasoning, must be true, must be false. That's what I can remember off the top of my head.
I was scoring at 158 for a little while and suddenly made massive jumps up to nearly 170. I'm sure you can do it, just focus on where you need to improve and absolutely master the LG section.
@unrealsimon39 you don't get to know your score if you cancel.
@chrijani7193 I was using WTF in a similar sense; I knew what I was doing (I think) but the entire time I was in a sort of "high" where thinking back it all sort of blends together. After the section I didn't really know what to think about what I just had done!
If I rewrite I definitely know where to improve too, with that being execution as well. And most strongly supported questions, they seemed to make my head hurt yesterday haha
You perfectly summed up my LR experience yesterday. "Words can't describe the feeling, I am just telling you from my takeaway I actually have NO IDEA how well it went (could've bombed it for all I know). It was a weird feeling and all I know is that if my process was similar to what it was while I was practicing then I should be okay. "
I got through RC feeling ok then hit LR, which I usually do well on, and left that section thinking WTF just happened. Only time will tell.
Great write up.
Took PT 70 today, wasn't prepared for the nightmare that is section 4. That was a bit of a letdown as my last PT before the big day; scored a few points lower than my recent average. Oh well, tomorrow I'll do some light games and nothing else and Saturday it'll just be PT 73.
I'm not sure if retaking would be as beneficial as focusing on weak areas. If I had already completed the PT and did sufficiently well on it then I'd not retake it and instead focus on some question types you had difficulty with. Exercising your Logic Game muscles would be a good idea too (in my opinion).
I'm doing PT 70 tomorrow as well. Reviewing it tomorrow night then Friday I'm going to relax, and maybe do a few games.
Not sure where you are in the curriculum but for the recent LSATs all Logic Games are spread over two pages. This gives you at least 1/2 a page on each page to write your boards. For myself, I've really mastered rewriting gameboards for games where my "master" doesn't help; I'm sure it's faster than erasing and risking making a mess.
Zephyr airlines is tough, I also found the 4th game in PT 38 really weird and the 2nd game from the same PT.
You might be able to find some RC questions around the web, but they are the property of LSAC so you will more than likely have to purchase them. If you sign up with 7sage (full course) you get access to many different PTs each having unique RC sections.
Going to do two more preptests this week: PT 58 which i failed at miserably the first time I wrote it (wrote it while being constantly interrupted and want to do it again) and then PT 70. I've been scoring around my target consistently so I will be focusing on drilling some more games (circular sequencing, strange groups etc) and doing harder RC sections constantly throughout the week. Thursday will be my last major day of studying with Friday being extremely light with some basic games to keep the brain sharp. Saturday morning I'll be doing the games from PT 59 (found them well rounded and easy) as a warm up.
I'd focus on doing exactly what you said; weaknesses if you have any major ones, and I think timing is an important aspect that you should keep in mind.
On another note, I'm making sure I have EVERYTHING packed on Thursday night so the morning of test day, or the day before, I have nothing to worry about.
Best of luck!
Having a bit of a mental hiccup. Does earlier mean 376 or 374?
Drill for sure. I struggled on LG for a long time and dedicated a few days to just drilling games. I'd do a game, and if I got any wrong or finished it too slowly I would print of 5 more copies and do it again as the week went on. LG is like a muscle that can be trained and the more you train it the stronger it becomes.
Taking PTs is good for getting used to actually writing the LSAT, but if you struggle mainly on LG then I would focus strictly on them.
Double slash is part of if but only if if I remember correctly. A (-)B is equivalent to /A (-) /B.
Here is the lesson http://classic.7sage.com/lesson/advanced-bi-conditionals/
I believe the PDFs are exactly how the LSAT is formatted. Starting sometime in 2012 all Logic games are spread out over 2 pages with plenty of space on each page for diagrams.
Drill RC. I had problems before with getting all my RC passages done. I spent a few days reading, doing RC sections from old PT's and I also started trusting my gut more. I'm now scoring much lower than before. Getting that last section completed is a crucial part of getting that 160.
Are they the same question types you are consistently getting wrong? Are you Blind Reviewing each passage? If not, then definitely do those. Also, what types of passages are you struggling on, if any? Try to find some literature on those subjects.
I thought this was the weirdest question.
I second what Chrijani7 said, and in my experience it has taken me 4 months to get to where I am now.
From what I've heard from schools here in Ontario, they weigh them all equally. I'm not sure if that translates to schools in the states but I wouldn't think the major drastically changes their perception of your grades.