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gtabucan635
Wednesday, Nov 25 2015

Indigo has PT 75 available for download on ebook, however, I'm not sure if customers outside Canada can make purchases. Give it a try!

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-official-lsat-preptest-75/9780986086205-item.html?ikwid=lsat+preptest+76&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0

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gtabucan635
Sunday, Oct 25 2015

Just wanted to also say thank you @.hopkins for hosting the webinar. You rock!

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Monday, Oct 24 2016

@ It was difficult in the sense that I had less time to study than someone who was only working part-time or did not have a job at all, but my job isn't mentally draining so with the little time I did have after work, I was able to concentrate. Every Saturday was my PT day, and I only focused on around 7 questions each night during the week. This arrangement worked well for me.

Good luck!

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Monday, Oct 24 2016

What really helped me calm my nerves during the morning of the test was that I was listening to music while waiting in line so I could drown out the conversations other people were having. Luckily, I had my cousin drive me and wait with me so I surrendered it to him right before I went into the testing room.

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Friday, Oct 23 2015

^ @ I agree with you 100%!

I'm in the same boat as you my friend, with the accompanying self-doubts last night. I've been studying since May whereas my colleagues have only been studying for 2 months max and fared far better than I did. I scored 6 points below my average PT as well and now I'm considering whether I should push for December or take more time until my PTs are in the 170s so I have a safety net to fall back on just in case something unexpected happens on test day.

One of the most valuable words of wisdom I ever got was "law school is no rush". Your time will come. Your circumstances might be different from mine but my plan is to spend the next two weeks studying hardcore, take a practice test the first week of November, and if my score is nowhere near my target I'm pulling the plug, getting my refund, and taking the LSATs next year. I'd rather have two more chances than rush in to my next test still unprepared, and risk my last attempt producing the same result.

Who knows what kind of great things you can accomplish within the gap year. Your application might turn out to be a lot stronger the second time around!

Good luck!

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gtabucan635
Friday, Oct 23 2015

Not sure if this is going to help much but for me, the way I memorized the groups was through consistent application through questions, and repetitively phrasing it inside my head whenever I see a logical indicator on a question, e.g. when I see "the only" I would say to myself "the only = group 1, sufficient"

Alternatively, you could review the cheat cheat every night before going to bed. That helped me too!

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Friday, Oct 23 2015

@.gill.sanford I usually understand what I'm looking for when I read the question stem, but I think the real problem for me is that whenever I'm reading the stimulus, I'm unsure as to what questions I should be asking myself. For example, flaw questions are my weakness. Out of the flaw questions I still get wrong after BR, the videos highlight certain questions or considerations that I never even thought about. Any tips on how I can sharpen that deficiency?

For the past couple weeks now I have been doing timed LR sections and I noticed that I have been going too fast, completing all 25 questions within the 35 minutes, leading to a score always in the -9 - -11 range. The only recommendation I ever got into how to remedy this problem was from my Princeton Review instructor, who told me to "slow down" (obviously).

So for my last 3 timed LR sections I have been doing just that. I've been guessing on 5 - 6 questions, yet I still get the same -9 - -11 score. I don't have any problem with the BR process - I just feel like my brain doesn't want to cooperate under timed conditions.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can improve and break past this?

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gtabucan635
Thursday, Oct 20 2016

@ i agree with you 100%.

September was my second take after scoring well below my target score on the October 2015 test and one entire year does wonders for you.

While some of my friends went on to law school, and admittedly it was painful watching them start classes while I was still slogging through the LSAT material, I took the year to slowly absorb the LSAT leading to a 13 point jump on the September test. I think the fact that I also had a full time job helped me recalibrate my study habits.

I say you should still apply - give it a shot because your other factors might outweigh your LSAT score if UBC looks at your application holistically. Write the LSAT when you start to consistently score near your target. If that happens by February, great! If not, you will have ample time to increase your score by next June/September/December (whenever you decide to write for next cycle consideration).

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gtabucan635
Tuesday, Nov 17 2015

Problem sets are just a set of questions arranged by LR type (e.g. Flaw, necessary assumption, most strongly supported, etc.) and depending on the course you select, you have access to questions with varying levels of difficulty

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gtabucan635
Saturday, Nov 14 2015

@ In theory, it doesn't matter how you diagram as long as you understand what you are diagramming. But if I were to interpret the diagrams of @ it would appear to me that the elements are immediately beside each other, which is not what the rule is stating.

[Instructor edit: this is very correct.]

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gtabucan635
Saturday, Nov 14 2015

They're the same ideas, and should look like this:

1. F- -M- -L

OR

L- -M- -F

2. G- -L- -F

OR

F- -L- -G

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Sunday, Oct 11 2015

gtabucan635

Rusty or just burned out?

Howdy y'all.

So I took the October LSAT last week and decided to take this week to go back to drill certain arguments while working on RC and LG as I usually do. However, when I took a timed arguments section today I got -11 (yikes), and after BR I didn't do significantly better (-9) as I usually BR around -4. I haven't taken more than 3 days off of LSAT since I first started studying back in May, because I'm afraid that if I take the recommended week off and then come back with a fresh mind, I'd be in a worse position.

I think I have become too attached to the LSAT and it's hard for me to leave it aside for a little while...help.

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Tuesday, Dec 08 2015

gtabucan635

Flaw questions masked as NA questions

I was just wondering how I can automatically pick up on when a flaw question is really a necessary assumption question in disguise. Do arguments with the question stem "this argument is flawed because it takes for granted that" often contain a NA element? Help!

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gtabucan635
Wednesday, Oct 07 2015

A fellow Torontonian!

I initially took a fundamentals class with Princeton Review before enrolling in 7Sage, then upgraded to an ultimate class thinking that both companies could complement each other. In some respects it did as I could watch video explanations online from the daily homework I had to do for PR. In retrospect, however, PR was such a waste of time and money so I would advise against enrolling with them.

I've heard nothing but great things about this company called Harvard Ready that teaches near Downsview station. Their instructor is really invested in teaching the LSAT so I highly recommend you check out their classes.

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