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Sunday, Jun 22 2014

daniellehaley791

How is J Y so good at drawing things in the videos?

Alright JY, this one is specifically for you.

I have now spent more that 24 hours watching these videos, and I'm still stumped.

Early in the videos, you said "through the miracle of Microsoft Paint" you were going to show us something.

How did you get so good at drawing accurately within paint?!?!??! Do you have one of those fancy drawing tablets? Are you not actually using paint?? Did you sell your soul for LSAT skills, and the devil threw in Paint skills as a freebee?

I keep watching these videos and trying to focus, but I'm constantly distracted by this errant thought of "How is JY doing that?"

So your answer would definitely be appreciated and help me do better while studying and on the LSAT.

General · Valid Argument Forms

daniellehaley791

Tuesday, Aug 18 2015

Flash cards are definitely the way to go if you're trying to memorise them. Having the valid and invalid forms on index cards, and drilling them together helped me, that way I had to actually think about it rather than just look at it.

General · Should I do all the problem sets in a unit before moving on?

daniellehaley791

Tuesday, Jun 17 2014

I don't have a specific score, personally. If I get only 2 or 3 wrong out of the 45 questions I work on understanding why I got those specific questions wrong, then move on. Usually it is something like "except" that tripped me up - basically, me being an idiot under time pressure. I would think it's an incredibly personal decision.

General · Should I do all the problem sets in a unit before moving on?

daniellehaley791

Tuesday, Jun 17 2014

I don't think so. I'd rather do about half of them, and see how I do. Then, if I do poorly, I can print out the rest immediately, but if I do well, I can go back and practice more. The later weeks have you doing almost exclusively prep tests, but I'd like to have a few new things to look at to work on specific skills.

LSAT · Starting at the end of the section?

daniellehaley791

Monday, Jul 14 2014

I've typically gotten to the harder portion of the section, typically 16-21, then jumped over to the easier ones at the very end of the section. I work backwards until I get back to where I started. This means I get the easy ones at the beginning and the easy ones at the end, too!

General · Actual Score v. Blind Review Score...Time Constraint?

daniellehaley791

Monday, Jul 14 2014

Just do every practice test you can, and blind review them. Do LSAT's until your hands fall off. Read everything like it's a reading comprehension passage. Look for logical flaws in your friends arguments. (Don't point them out, you'll just sound like a jerk.)

Using the LSAT analytics part is really helpful to figure out what, exactly, you're having trouble with. Then, re-doing those sections could be helpful in understanding. Also, don't neglect the logic games- those are mechanical, so you can likely work yourself to a perfect score if you re-do them and become familiar.

Really, the only advice possible is to start practicing. You've got an understanding - now you need to work on applying it. Good luck!

General · Is your video player not working/html5 error?

daniellehaley791

Wednesday, Sep 10 2014

Something is definitely up - I opened three or four tabs with different explanations, and they all buffered to random points then started playing. I had 4 JY's trying to explain things to me - it was terrifying!

I never got the "hmtl error" message, but clearing my cookies and cache seems to have fixed the problem.

General · How to get over the mid 160s hump?

daniellehaley791

Wednesday, Nov 05 2014

To the whole "freezing" issue:

Don't worry. Just skip it.

If there's a game, and it either looks difficult, or you can't recognize the category, or its a miscellaneous game, go do the other ones. Start with the easy games in a section to push your confidence up and get you in a "games" mindset.

You'll be able to think your way through the other ones while your subconscious percolates on that other game, and perhaps the other games will job your memory.

Don't be scared to do the games in order of your strengths.

Just remember to bubble it all in correctly.

General · Grading Before BR

daniellehaley791

Wednesday, Nov 05 2014

The thing about knowing your score is it ruins your ability to recognize confidence errors.

If you know the general area of how many you got wrong, you are going to look at all the test questions, looking for what you got wrong. You won't be going over JUST what you circled, which is what you thought you got wrong, as you took the test.

You say you've been circling fewer and fewer, but still not scoring perfectly every time. I always thought that the amount you circle should be equal to or greater than what you get wrong, since you're supposed to circle anything you're not 100% certain on.

If you have things you're getting wrong that you haven't circled, you're committing a confidence error and the LSAT tricked you.

If you know our score, then you're going to start looking to see how many you got wrong in general. Then, you're going to start rethinking questions as you go through, and blind reviewing ones you didn't circle.

So now, instead of seeing them as "confidence errors" when you plug the answers in after blind review, you'll probably just call them blind reviewed. So you're not recognizing that you fell into a trap and need to review the lessons for that question, and perhaps drill that question.

And as to the possible idea of not plugging them in as blind review, I don't think that will make a difference. The punch in the gut you feel when your LSAT score is lower than you thought it would be is a really good teacher, which won't be as effective if you know its going to happen.

I think blind review works because it gives us the opportunity to work on what we know we need to work on - though our circled questions. But it also lets us see what we didn't know we needed to work on, though the confidence errors. That's really the brilliance of the method, it tells you what "you didn't know you didn't know".

I wouldn't plug them in, you're robbing yourself of a learning opportunity.

General · My LSAT Watch Broke *sniff* Help me pick a new one?

daniellehaley791

Tuesday, Aug 04 2015

So, I've got a thought or two on this.

I would actually recommend getting a watch from Casio or some other company that has a rotating bezel, and I'll explain why.

With those kinds of watches, you spin the outer ring around the face to match the minute you start the section, and then can see 5 minute increments along that face until you hit 35 minutes.

You can also use it to time the 15 minute break, so you're ready to start at the end of the break. They're not always good about telling you when the break is going to end.

The reason I don't like the LSAT watches is because if you forget to reset the watch at the start of a section, you're screwed. There's no way to see how long you've been going. You've now got to guess how much time you have left and hope you've been working quickly enough.

However, with a regular watch, I know that I started at the 35 minute mark, and can swing the bezel to match so I can keep track, or just do the mental math for it.

Also, the bezels are easy to spin and won't wreck your nails. (Maybe get them done before the LSAT anyways just for the confidence boost though!)

Plus, after I take the LSAT, I now have a watch. With an LSAT watch, I have a 35 minute timer. I very rarely have to time 35 minutes, but I often need to know what time it is.

I know you said you were looking for specifically those timer watches, but I'd encourage you to look into watches such as this: http://www.amazon.com/Casio-MRW200H-1BV-Black-Resin-Watch/dp/B005JVP0LE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1438702030&sr=8-4&keywords=casio+watch.

I was served really well by these watches. Whatever you choose, good luck!

Lessons · NA - Strengthen - PSA - SA Questions

daniellehaley791

Thursday, Jul 03 2014

Necessary Assumption: Basically life support for a question.