Agree with the sentiment from the others above, start familiarizing yourself with tests from 70s asap... although the mechanics necessary to answer questions remain the same , there are some nuances to the new LR stimuli and RC that are imperative to be acclimated with prior to test day.

@ My first question whilst reading was: what are you cooking for breakfast---how long does it take to cook and eat it?

Great recommendations for breakfast! Gonna implement them next week to see how I fare. As of now it just takes way too long to cook my normal breakfast consisting of Eggs, breakfast meat, fruit, toast with jam and peanut butter. I need to have a decent sized meal to get me through a PT, especially seeing as I have low energy issues in the morning. I will also check out the Power Yoga video on youtube you shared, that could be the ticket!

@ One reason it was so difficult for me to get my morning routine down is that I'm a major dilly dallier. If I'm not careful, I can spend an hour just on coffee. So the way I got around this was by determining how long each thing should take and then setting alarms for them.

Wow this is a fantastic idea because this literally happens all too frequently with me. The ADD is real, and there are days where I've blown an hour+ just cooking/eating breakfast and making coffee. I forgot to also mention I have to shower in the morning, duh, which also eats up way more time than it should. All these things combined just puts me in less than ideal frame of mind leading up to the warm-up for a PT -- which at times I'm forced to rush through just to emulate the timing with respects to a real LSAT administration.

@ OP, have you tried working out at night instead?

I've tried and it definitely works! Unfortunately I'm just too inconsistent when I plan to exercise in the evening and simply don't end up doing it half the time due to general exhaustion from the day.

Thanks again everyone! @ couldn't make it to last weeks BR due to a work conflict but ill be at the next one. And that is the TRUTH, @

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@

congratulations! What's the "fancy subject paintings" dissection? It sounds intriguing.

It was a thorough examination of the second passage from PT 73 -- an EXCELLENT passage to study that truly showcases all the nuances of the "new rc" from the 70s. After dissecting it with @ I viewed RC the way Neo saw the matrix have he realized he was "the one"

http://i.giphy.com/nsw2LikYmVoTS.gif

Thank you all so much, the community love is REAL. The journey isn't over, but my goodness i've come a long way since my sub 150 diag. Special shout out to @ , the "fancy subject paintings" dissection was such a game changer

Amazing list! Thank you all. @ @ @ I noticed most people comments didn't mention the games from 1-20. I have a LG packet of "miscellaneous" games and they include

PT1-S2-G1

PT2-S3-G3

PT4-S3-G4

PT6-S4-G3

PT6-S4-G4

PT8-S2-G2

PT9-S3-G4

PT10-S2-G3

PT11-S1-G4

PT12-S2-G4

PT13-S1-G4

PT15-S4-G2

PT16-S1-G4

PT18-S1-G3

PT18-S1-G4

PT20-S3-G3

PT21-S1-G2

PT30-S1-G1

Should I focus on the more recent "weird" games posted above or distribute my team as best as I can to master ALL of the weird games?

Thanks team, this is huge. Gonna try and full proofs these mafks prior to Feb!

@ Come to BR groups :)

https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/9732/new-february-test-study-group-weekdays-12pm-est

I'll be there next weds!

@ Have you done any repeat sections on RC? My most productive work in RC came on doing sections I'd previously done a month or two before. I'd remember just enough about the passage content that I could free up a little mental energy to really see the underlying structure and mechanics.

This. Funny you should bring that up, I've notice a trend in passages I've seen before and an easier time identifying structure. Hopefully that pattern continues and builds more confidence going into test 81.

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For RC - I agree that you do not want to drastically change your approach - but more exposure to sections could help you to identify the more cookie cutter argument methods. Also recommending a more thorough BR for RC questions to understand more about the traps that LSAC is throwing at us:)

Thanks for the advice, definitely implementing this!

@ It doesn't cause as much suffering as Jeff Fisher being your head coach. Thank goodness that's finally over. :)

Are you reading my mind, bro? Cuz that is TRUTHHHH

@

said:

How did the hosts get from mechanical parts to this conscious and free? By suffering, they continually learned to understand their enemy.

Dr. Ford: It was Arnold's key insight, the thing that led the hosts to their awakening... suffering.

Thanks. For. That. About to hammer 50 parallel flaw questions now.

via GIPHY

Westworld > GoT

@ You'd think, right? Is there any way you guys can get the waiver before the September LSAT? I don't know the process for it, sorry.

Nope, deadline was Aug. 10th. How convenient for them...

@ I am also copying the Department of Justice on this email as I feel like they should know about my concern, which I am sure will be the concern of many.

What is their e-mail address, I'd like to CC them on the e-mail I sent out as well.

@.brinn Until recently, certain administrations of the test used a four-section format, rather than a five section format. This was not an accommodation granted to test takers. It was a practice related to the annotation of scores earned with additional test time.

They're so dirty... They purposely don't use the word "accommodation" there. But herein lies a paradox.. if you can now receive a "waiver" to be exempt from the non-scored section, doesn't that constitute what an accommodation is supposed to do? And if that's the case, and we've been afforded that "waiver" in the past, aren't we supposed to be entitled to the same accommodations, or waivers, we've received in the past? I know a potential term shift fallacy is screaming , but I just don't see how you differentiate "waivers" and "accommodations".. #justsayin'

@ I'd assume that unless LSAC sent out a mass email before the LSAT, people would be walking in to take their accommodations and get slapped in the face with the experimental section. That's more than likely still going to happen to some people since we can't widespread this thread to everyone taking accomms, which really,

really

grinds my gears. People who need accommodations (myself included) are already treated so poorly by society when trying to get into the workforce and this is just another subtle form of "disabled people shouldn't work because we don't see them as people". When people like LSAC throw these jabs at us, other people will see it and follow suite.

@ preach on brother. I couldn't have articulated it any better.

It would be somewhat understandable if they announced this right after the june administration.. , but the fact that the deadline to alter your accommodations request was two weeks ago combined with the fact that every accommodated test taker has been preparing months, if not years, for four sections is outright despicable. I cant believe how patently unfair this is?! ONE MONTH BEFORE? I'm SHOCKED that they did this.. I dont know what to say.

@.lopez im telling you. just email accom@.org and ask them if it is true that as of the september lsat that accomodated students will not be writing the experimental section

I smell a troll... because that is true.

@ I guess this COULD be true. But it's highly highly unlikely. I also got no such email stating accommodated testers are taking an experimental section now.

That's the huge implication that makes me believe this isn't the case. After just getting their asses handed to them by the ADA, I doubt the LSAC is in the mood for another war... and rest assured if it's true, they're gonna get one. We've been preparing and building our stamina for an LSAT without an experimental, this would be patently unfair to blindside us with this. Preach on, Bruis.

Fuck. I doubt this is the case, but it's plausible. I don't know how much credence to put in this, but going back through my accommodation letters that "all sections" phrase was never used before... This could be devastating. Everyone needs to bombard the hell out of them with calls/emails first thing tomorrow morning.