Spend all of friday alone. You're going to be alone when you take the test and no matter how many "good lucks" you receive it's not going to do anything for you. Stay away from the people who have high hopes for you. Don't allow that pressure to do well alter your testing habits. You have to do what you've been doing. Don't go on youtube and watch some motivational video. That's not what you need. Meditate. Don't get hyped up for this test. We're not going to a rock concert. Saturday morning, dress professionally, look good, test well.

The trick to RC is to comprehend and not worry about time. Had one my best sections today. Got everything right up until Q18. Then hit the 4th passage freaked about timing issues and missed another 4 questions. I finished just in time, but my comprehension of the passage was lacking. I missed the Main Point Q and some of other easy stuff.

This test is all about comprehension. Im right with you on like -5 to -6 on LR. Always stupid mistakes though. Picking answers I don't even understand. Take the extra 30 seconds and make sure you understand whats going on. Eliminate the wrong answers, the ones you know are wrong and then nitpick between what you got left. Never speed up to make up time. Understand it and move on. Thats the fastest way! Sufficient Assumption Q's are a great way to make up time! Find the conclusion. and single out the idea and put it in the necessary of the answer choice or on the right side. Easy! If there is two ideas in the sufficient that match the right necessary or what you took from the conclusion, you just have to pick the better one the obvious one. Q25 in PT 61 LR section 4 is what I'm talking about.

Never panic! Panicking is to fail.

With games don't worry about time either. Any tester who has practiced and practiced can finish three games perfectly going slowly and if you run out of time and have failed to answer 2 to 3 questions in the 4th game oh well. You know you did perfect in everything else. I'd rather have -2 then -8 because I was rushing to get to a "June 2014 game 4" game.

When I take this test on Saturday I am not going to panic and I am not going to bring a watch with me. I am going to understand everything and read everything before I move on to anything. I've never had timing issues. The only issue I've had is worrying about time and losing my concentration, my focus, and my comprehension.

I can score high on this test and so can you.

I had been been practicing in the low 160s and today hit 166. I still made stupid mistakes! I could have done better! When you really know this test backwards and forwards the only thing that is keeping you from a high score is yourself.

I'm putting on a suit.

I wouldn't take it just to take it.

With three days left there isn't much you can do. Games are a form of muscle memory.

Maybe a general overview of each type of game would help. For instance, it would probably be useful to know how an In and Out game works and how to operate a big chain easily.

You don't want to focus entirely on games though. It's roughly 23 questions. Don't neglect LR and certainly don't neglect RC.

Or maybe I meant to say A must be in 1 and B must be in 4 or B must be in 1 and A must be in 4.

That kind of rule gives you a clear reason to have two separate diagrams.

Are you getting at the contrapositive? I didn't really put too much thought into it. Hopefully the theory of what I was getting at got across.

But I think it's important to learn how to master a game. I've chosen not to use it only upon first learning it.

I think the real question you should be asking is when to Master a game and when not to master a game. Splitting a game board is just a way of making your life easier. When the opportunity arises you have to just know to do it.

The only reason I would split a game board s if a rule said something like A in 1 then B in 4. So I'd make that diagram _ _ _ _ with A in 1 and B in 4.

Then I'd have another game board _ _ _ _ with A in 3 and B in 2 because that was the other option.

So I'd have two general game boards. Not highly diagrammed. and I would determine which world I'd be in and make the correct inferences upon what the question was asking. And I've found that a lot of the games that are the "masterable games" straight up give you a local rule within the question like "If C is in 4 what must be true."

I'm not a big fan of mastering. I feel like I'm prone to errors when writing out all the possibilities. I'd rather just work with each question at a time. I do like to have a general sense of what possibilities are available though. I may not completely master a game, but I may have different sets of diagrams, and I'll be consciously aware of the floaters that go with that particular diagram. It's usually the floaters or the out groups where many of the correct answer choices come from.

I think it's important to realize that what you are reading is factual information. I'd assume everyone knows this, but are they really aware of it, you know. Miles Davis and bebop music are real. Nisa, the Story of a Kung Woman has a wikipedia page. You just have to find a way to get interested. Go find a passage that you really had trouble with and go do some research on it. I think it will give you a piece of mind to really see that it's not something so obscure that clever little LSAC employees are writing up behind locked doors somewhere in Area 51.

I'd buy one for sure. Some heavy diagramming would be cool on the back.

The 7sage logo on the front. Maybe have a pocket too.

I wonder if LSAC would have a problem with someone wearing a shirt that had all sorts of rules written on it while they were taking the exam. hahah

You need to focus on how clearly you are reading. I believe you can score high.

Dont do it. I scored a 153 on the June exam. I've been consistently scoring 160+ now

I would do anything not to be the idiot who scored a 153

something about knowing the person sitting next to me is scoring a lot higher than me- almost forces me to score higher

any concepts in particular? do you think you'd benefit from in-class instruction? one key thing that I have liked about test masters is that I have completed a ridiculous amount of homework in a relatively short amount of time. I already knew all concepts walking into the course, but having them tell me to do this question then this question then that game and this passage was very useful to me. 7sage is all you technically need, but the human interaction with the course I'm in has showed its benefits. I have met like minded individuals who just like me want to take PT's every weekend and want to review afterwards. the 6 proctored exams I've been through has also helped.

I do believe 7sage has better methodology, but it has its limitations in being an online course.

I'd spend five minutes looking back at the more difficult questions and two minutes meditating in anticipation of the next section.

Just some general advice for your last week of prep.

Work on reading comp! It is very much a section you want to be prepared for.

Just keep calm. I stressed way too much while I was preparing for June 2014. Just do your best. That's all you can do. Just do your very best and don't dwell on it too much.

"How is a horse similar to the milky way galaxy." this made me lol

Meditate.

It is not professional to use contractions either. You should have said, "Do not assume that just because..."

You meant to say "throughout the lessons."

Doing a kick flip on a skateboard isn't terribly difficult once you've learned how to kick flip. But you can't be happy, or sad, or disappointed with anything until you've actually mastered the kick flip. Once you do have it mastered, then, maybe, can you be disappointed by the fact that you screwed up the kick flip when everyone was watching.

And stop with this idea of I need this score or that score... or three weeks ago I scored this score. Instead say to yourself, I got this question wrong, what can I learn from it? Why didn't I understand this RC passage. What made this game difficult. It's not the scores that matter right now. It's whether you're learning from your mistakes. Would you feel better if you scored a 180 and had gotten amazingly lucky christmas treeing your scantron? I don't think a reasonable person would. You need to understand the material. Be grateful you are getting questions wrong because they provide feedback. They are hinting at what you do and do not know.

I don't want to be rude... but if you're able to score a 147 with actually being serious about the test- you are nowhere near ready and the material hasn't sunken in yet for you. You need to drill more. Or you need caffeine to help your mind stay relatively focused on whats going on. You have to understand what you're reading. I think this may be your problem. In fact, I think thats the problem for most people taking this test... they are not processing the information with the perspective they need to analyze all this information.

A 147 is just bonkers assuming you've actually been studying, which I have reason to believe is suspect.

I have one. It's not entirely necessary if you've been practicing long enough. You should never have timing issues with any section. You have to know when its time to move on. Time spent looking at the clock will only lead to wasted time and possible panic. Sometimes I forget to reset it during the test. My focus is on the test. All of my focus. Not 99% on the test and 1% on the clock. All on the test. I'd be willing to bet more top scorers are scoring 170's without ever looking at a watch.