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mcmahoncjordan276

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mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

@ Yeah flash cards are insanely useful. I carry mine with me everywhere haha. If I could bring them to work I totally would.

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

@ No kidding? I'll have to look into that! I've been using MindNode because it lets me use custom fonts and I'm a huge design nerd hahaha.

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

@ Perfect! Downloading the app right now! Thank you so much! :)

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

@ Just checked it out! This is awesome! It beats the thick hand-written stack I've been carrying around hahaha.

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

@ Take your time! Thank you so much! I'll be using them to flesh out the maps and I'll send them back your way! :)

LSAT · Second LSAT

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

I've struggled with this. My initial plans were to take last September, then December, then February, then June, and now I'm planning on October. It's a bit of a hit on your confidence because you feel as though you should be farther along. You want to be done with it. I get that completely, sometimes I have the same thoughts.

That said, everyone above is right. Take it when YOU'RE ready. If you friends and family don't understand why it's taking so long, that's fine; not many people understand the LSAT, but guess what? You've got a whole community of supportive, caring individuals right in 7Sage. If you're feeling down on yourself, I'm totally willing to talk to you and I'm sure plenty of other 7Sagers are as well.

You don't want to put the time and money into taking a test as grueling as the LSAT when you have the notion that you'll be sitting in that same room a few months down the road. Spend those hours honing in on your skills, figuring out where you need to improve, and coming up with a strategy. If it takes a little longer, so what? Law school will be there for you when you're ready, and you'll be in a better situation. Spend the money you'd put towards taking the test you think you'll end up retaking, get a massage, go see a movie, do something for yourself. Then get back to studying with a clear and relaxed mind.

Remember, we're here to help.

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

Everyone who's asked so far should have received their maps! I'm working on the next few but I'm trying to figure out the software I'm using to do it. They'll look good though don't worry!

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Apr 30 2015

No problem guys! I'm glad to help!

@ I have all your Study Guides bookmarked and I need to go through them but do if you have any Docs you could share I'd definitely appreciate it!

General · Gaining back confidence

mcmahoncjordan276

Monday, Mar 30 2015

@ It's totally worth it! That and Somm, which is an incredibly motivating documentary.

General · Gaining back confidence

mcmahoncjordan276

Monday, Mar 30 2015

Slightly off-topic, but something that has kept me motivated is the movie Whiplash. If you have a chance, check it out. Aside from being an excellent film, there's a lot there to relate to as far as pushing yourself as far as you can go.

General · Gaining back confidence

mcmahoncjordan276

Sunday, Mar 29 2015

Everyone here has given solid advice thus far, and I think there's a lot to take away from all of that. I wanted to share a bit of my personal experience, though, which has a bit of a different approach.

So I struggled with not getting to where I wanted to be, and I'm still not anywhere near where I want to be (diagnostic in low 150s, sitting at low 160s right now), but there are two things that have been monumental to my improvements thus far: confidence, and finding what works for me. To do well on the LSAT, in my opinion, you have to understand as much about yourself as you do about the test and the way it's written. You have to allow yourself to fail a bit. That's okay, you're human! Just have the motivation and the dedication to keep pushing through and fine-tune your performance and your studies.

When I do BR, I usually ask myself two questions when evaluating each question: How did they structure this question? and How did my thought process get me to pick this answer choice? There are a lot of sub-questions that can come into play when evaluating each question, and I usually let myself fall down that rabbit hole. It may take a long time to come to a solid conclusion, but you'll start to see the nuances in the wording of the questions and see the forest through the trees. You'll also start to see where your own brain tricks you, and what tricks your brain falls for. I mention that second part because that gives you an invaluable amount of insight. Once you identify your weaknesses, you can prepare for them and find ways to prevent yourself for falling for those traps in the first place.

Finally, like I said, remember that you're human. You'll make mistakes, and that's okay, we all do it, even the people who score 180s. The LSAT is a very learnable test, just be willing to make that journey. We're all in this together. Don't be afraid to ask for help!

Edit: Forgot to add that typing up questions you got wrong is invaluable in giving you insight into the patterns of the test. It has helped me see more of what each question is really asking, so that might be a concrete piece of advice that could help you. I saw a fellow 7Sager recommend it a while back, and if I remembered the thread I'd give them credit.

LSAT · No contrapositive for some.

mcmahoncjordan276

Monday, Jun 29 2015

I may be completely backwards in my thinking and if so I'm in trouble.

Anyways. I think it's tricky. The negation for "some" is "none," correct?

So if you had, for example:

LSATstudents some 7SageUsers

The contrapositive would be /7SageUsers none /LSATstudents or /7SageUsers some /LSATstudents, I'm not sure which given the interchangeable nature of "some."

So as @.hopkins the contrapositive of "some" gives you absolutely nothing at all unless you know it's 100 percent. At that point it would be "all," not "some," so we'd have more to work with.

What a wacky concept "some" turned out to be.

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Tuesday, Apr 28 2015

@ Yeah I'm always happy to have help! If you know of any mind maps you could make, or anything visual you can come up with, by all means share it here and we can make something digital to share! I'm more than happy to help out the community. :)

@ No problem! :)

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Monday, Apr 27 2015

The map has been sent to everyone who's asked! I'll be making more shortly, so as they get finished I'll fill everyone in and send them out! Let me know if you're still interested in getting the maps!

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Sunday, Apr 26 2015

Hey Guys! I just wanted to update everyone on where I'm at with these. For my own personal use, I'm hand-drawing the maps but I know a scanned image might not be ideal for everyone, especially because I'm including imagery in my personal copy. What I'm going to do is use MindNode to make a .pdf version to share with y'all that's a bit more basic so you guys can add onto it in the way that best suits your learning necessities. Hope this works for everyone!

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Wednesday, Apr 22 2015

@ @.hopkins I'll send them to y'all once they're finished!

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Tuesday, Apr 21 2015

@ What's your email address?

@ They're still hand-written so I'll be scanning them but I'm looking for a good mind-mapping program as well. If you're still interested let me know. :)

General

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Tuesday, Apr 21 2015

mcmahoncjordan276

Mind Maps

Hey everyone!

I have pretty severe ADHD, which has led me to change my study habits for the LSAT quite a bit. @nicole.hopkins, @amanda_kw and I have been working pretty hard on really nailing the fundamentals of logic to improve our scores over the past several weeks, and it's been helping immensely. That said, there's still a lot to be done and as Jonathan said a few weeks ago, knowing logic like the back of your hand is crucial to scoring highly on the LSAT.

I've been studying up on mind-maps to help stimulate my creative side and find something that'll really make all of the logic lessons click for me. I'm finishing up the full logic map tonight, and will be doing two more over the course of the week: one for valid/invalid argument types, and one for LR question types.

I wanted to reach out and see if anyone would have an interest in me uploading these to share with anyone who might be more of a visual learner such as myself, or even if any of y'all have made mind maps that have worked for you!

LSAT · Online Study Partner in New York for February LSAT

mcmahoncjordan276

Wednesday, Nov 19 2014

@ Diagnostic was 155, right now we're still churning through LR. Still have a ways to go on LG.

LSAT · Online Study Partner in New York for February LSAT

mcmahoncjordan276

Tuesday, Nov 18 2014

I'm not in NY either but I'm studying with someone else from 7Sage and we were looking to form an online study group if either of y'all are interested.

General · Finding a study partner on skype

mcmahoncjordan276

Monday, Nov 10 2014

I'm taking the Feb 2015 LSAT, and I'm looking for a study partner as well. I'd be interested in a group study as well, so @, @, @, if y'all are interested let me know!

General · Mind Maps

mcmahoncjordan276

Thursday, Jan 07 2016

Hi everyone! Apologies on the delay, life has been getting crazy. I've actually opted to take a different career path, so I won't be taking the LSAT. I DO still have my mind maps, and I'd love for the community to have them and be able to share them with current and future studiers! If you send me your emails I'll shoot them out to y'all, and then I hope y'all will continue to share them from there!

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General · Long shot .... But does anyone want to start studying for the June LSAT?

mcmahoncjordan276

Saturday, Dec 06 2014

Hi! I'm currently in the process of studying for the February LSAT, but it's likely that I'll end up taking the June test if you'd like to study together. :)

General · Online(Skype) Study Buddy for December Test - (AnyTimeFrame is welcome!)

mcmahoncjordan276

Tuesday, Nov 04 2014

Studying full time for February, I'd love to have a study buddy.

jordand00d on Skype.

LSAT · Second LSAT

mcmahoncjordan276

Saturday, May 02 2015

@ I'm glad you're taking the extra time! We'll get through this! And thank you so much, that means a lot! I think you've got this as well! :)