I think my mistake was cramming. I'm not smart enough as many others and cramming made learning LR really hard. I couldn't keep focus and juggling work, LSAT, and family commitments was really tough. If I take it slow, and just focus on improving LR over a year or something, I think I can do much better. Another issue is I have OCD when I'm in a quiet environment. This makes it really tough to get through questions on time. I PT'd in the library so there was noise everywhere but I can deal with that. The silence in the testing room really unnerved me and I could not focus at all. Not sure how I can get past that...

I'm a little worried.

My format was LR-RC-LR-LG-LR.

The first LR was pretty straight forward. I was able to answer every question within time, and there were a couple of questions I wasn't too sure about. I think I got at most maybe 4 wrong.

The RC was all right. There was a question in there in the dance passage that drove me utter nuts. I eliminated all 5 answer choices... wat. Pretty sure I got that one wrong. Looking at maybe -1 to -2 on RC.

The 2nd LR was probably experimental but holy ****. It was so hard. I wanted to cry. I heard critical failure alarms go off in my brain. My vision started blurring... "time is up," said the proctor. WOW. Talk about losing all morale. I'm pretty sure I got half of those wrong hahaha.

Then after break came the LGs. 26 min in and I'm done. Sweet. Time to chill. I reviewed my answers. Pretty sure I got -0.

The next LR was also quite hard. I think there were 6 questions I was unsure about, and pretty much half of the last section was really tough...

When I was done with the test though... I really think I got maybe 10-12 LR wrong :/

I don't think I did too well to be honest. I'm probably going to get around 160-165 :/

Worst case scenario I end up retaking. Thanks to 7sage I became a beast at LG and RC. I just need to keep at it and get better at LR.

I'm going to study for my certifications (related to job), study for GMAT, study LR on the side, and retake the LSAT in June. I don't think 2-3 months was enough time for me to get really good at LR. I'm really burned out to study for December... and I would rather take more time to do better on LR next June. I'm a little disappointed in myself that I couldn't meet my target, but I just have to admit that I'm not one of those people who can learn something in one shot. I'm not giving up hope though. Giving up is too easy. I will admit though that it is quite depressing that I am 22 and probably won't be going to law school next year. I know it isn't the end or whatever but it was my personal goal and I blew it... another disappointment.

Unfortuneately I'm not in a position to get away with a score in the 160s due to my mediocre GPA (3.2). I need to do the best I can. I've been doing great in two of three sections. Just going to keep at it when I get a chance. I don't want to fear LR; LR should fear me!

Good luck to everyone else. Hope y'all killed it!

For retakers: I'll see you around :D We'll make it with JY's guidance :D

I'm in the same boat as you Shansang.

Tomorrow is my day to go HAM lol.

Yeah I thought so.

PT 60s were really hard and I struggled just to hit my target of 170 (but managed somehow).

I played the Battlefield 4 beta yesterday. Feels good to finally have some fun lol.

dude im so nervous

thanks James.

CJ do you think going over recent PTs is a good idea? I want to do 2 sections each of LR, RC, and LG before the test day.

Its a video game. Has a terribly toxic community though so unless you want to deal with horrible people I'd suggest staying away from it.

Battlefield 3 for 1 hr before I go to bed. 10:30-11:30

My reward for a day of study, work, etc.

thx avery i will fix my example. i was on my phone wasn't really paying attention to the logic i was just trying to give a general example.

glad u are able to see the difference daniel. GL.

can JY or a peer instructor clarify this? Thanks

nice man that was helpful :D

I love it when LSAC puts an easy question after a hard question. Its a free morale power up.

in argument part questions, you are asked to explain the purpose of a part of an argument.

for example:

hot surfaces are red. this surface is hot. thus, this surface is red.

what is the role played by 'this surface is hot'? Well, it is the conclusion!

in method of reasoning questions, you usually have to explain the way the argument works. How does the argument reach its conclusion?

for example:

when it is sunny, rob always walks to work. today it was not sunny, so rob probably drove to work.

What is the method of reasoning here? the correct answer choice could be something like "show that something is probable by ruling out an alternative"

Alan!

I noticed you added a little notification after we submit a comment :D

thanks!

FIRST OF ALL I APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING A MISTAKE IN THE GAME ABOVE.

FIXED IT.

SORRY FOR MISLEADING ANYONE!!!! REREAD IT!!!

man i suck at teaching other ppl im sorry. shasang i hope i didnt confuse u lol.. if you have a specific example i'll be glad to help u with that... if i make up my own i'll just mess it up hahaha

God #26.. wth LSAC. Why even ask that lol... I get why C is right after hearing your explanation but I thought it would be B.

thanks for the response!

as a side note, i would not be too concerened if you aren't 100% through in the percent bar.

it counts the included PT explanations as part of the completeness, and sometimes you don't go through all the questions because its kind of hard to get 100 questions wrong lol...

just make sure you complete all the lessons fully. the lessons are sooo good :D

for such games, your inference diagram is your best friend.

Here's a very simple example... let's say you have 6 variables: A B C D E F

after going through the givens, you come up with this inference:

/A -> B -> C ->/E

and B -> /F

D is a floater.

What's the maximum number who can be in?

well... you can have D in and you can have B and C in as well, which gives 3. But, if you run the contrapositive, you have E and A in, B and C out, and you don't know anything about F so you can add F in and then bring in the floater D. Now, you have 4 max.

BUT...

if you have F in, B is out and A is in. You can also have C in and E out, and D as well, so now you have 4 as well!

So, you can have most (4) in when either C, F or E in. I messed this example up, but the underlying concept should still be helpful...

EDIT: I MADE A FOOL OF MYSELF HERE LOL... FIXED IT ^^^^^^ If someone else can come up with a better game example please do so... i'm terrible at teaching others hahahaha

Remember, negating sufficient condition doesn't tell you anything about the necessary condition. If I don't have B for example, I can have F in or out. But if I have B in for sure, then of course F is out.

I "retook" PT 66 and did so much better. Yay! :D

CJ and others, how do you go over LR questions you got wrong? Is there some different strategy you guys use? I can remember the correct answer... but I try to convince myself the other 4 choices are wrong.

yes, but I don't think i've come across a question where i had to do that