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A couple of week out from the June 2017 LSAT and FLAW type LR questions are still plaguing me. If you were to spend 2-3 days just handling FLAW with a series of focused drills, what would you do?
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jkhaled47
Sunday, Mar 19 2017
Hi @, I've skipped around a lot in PTs and gotten -3 (+/- 1) many times. I haven't touched the most recent exams (75+) as I'm saving them for the end. Are they known to have harder RC sections? The -9 was on PT62... and I had another -6 recently on another RC set from the 60s... I don't know if these are anomalous or I'm forming bad habits that are creating a problem.
When I took my diagnostic test, reading comp was my best section , -3. I am an avid reader and thought this part of the test would be the least difficult for me. For a few months, my RC score was consistently my best.
As my studying has intensified, my RC score has suddenly tanked. I recently PTed and got a -9(!!!) in RC. All my other areas have improved significantly, and my PTs are in the high 160s/low 170s. But somehow, my RC score keeps dropping.
It's true that my studying has focused primarily on other areas (formal logic, etc. from the CC, drilling games and LR) but I predicted that this would keep my RC score stagnant, not cause it to collapse.
Has anyone experienced this? What mistake could I be making that wrecks my RC score?
jkhaled47
Wednesday, Apr 05 2017
Hey,
I've been studying full time for a month now (studied part time after work for about 6 months prior to this) and can give some ideas about what has/hasn't been working for me. I PT twice a week and BR/review aggressively the following day for each test. Other days I drill sections and review CC, webinars, etc. I take one full day off per week no matter what, to clear my head and avoid burnout. At the beginning, I studied at home, which was strange after 4 years of an office routine. So I started treating the LSAT like a job. I wake up at 6, go to the gym or for a long walk outside (if anyone knows the Sweat With Kayla workout program, it matches perfectly with LSAT prep because it has short sessions 6 days a week - 1/2 are intense circuit training and 1/2 are cardio that help you clear your head). Then I shower, get dressed (no sweatpants) and hit the library 9-12 and 1-4. This is much more effective than studying at home, which is full of distractions. I've also started limiting myself to 1 coffee per day. The routine keeps me focused and the prescribed downtime helps me avoid guilt. I (like many people here, I'm sure) can get a little (lot) stressed with big goals/tests. So this method has helped me to manage full time study really nicely. I wish I had studied this way back when I was an undergraduate...
anyways good luck! Would love to hear more from people about how they handle stress while studying full time (i have tried meditation but I don't think it's for me)
@ this is a brilliant answer! I suspected that this was what was going on -- either I've freaked out about nothing, or my new abilities to scrutinize LR qs were undermining my normal "wing it" approach to RC. It's great to hear how you tackled it. Which webinars did you find most helpful?
Thanks!!!