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LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

@lizabennett745 said:

@ivettechow129 said:

Anyone have a LR question about increasing rain and less hot days.

I don't remember that one. I only had two LR's

There was a question comparing two cities and their temperatures. I believe it was a resolve question in what was for me the first 26-question LR of a test that had two 26-question sections and three LR dections, the first one being real and on 25

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

Anybody remember if the fish fingers question was in the same section as the curry question?

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

@lizabennett745 said:

@doyera854 said:

Was the LR section with the whistleblower question real or experimental? The one about punishing those who reveal politicians

I only had 2 LR and I don't remember that one. Do you remember any more?

I believe that was on my second LR of three-- a section with 26 questions. I cannot remember if the Indian spice question was on that one or not, but the Indian spice question is apparently real.

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

@tylerdschreur10199 said:

Can anybody confirm the that the experimental LR was 26Qs?

I'm assuming so because otherwise my test was 102 questions total.

Yes, the experimental had 26 questions. I had three LR and my order went: LR25 (real), RC, LR26 (not sure if real or fake, I believe it ended with a weaken question), BREAK, LR26 (not sure if real or fake), LG

LSAT · Official December LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Dec 02 2017

Real RC: Chinese-American "dialect", comedians vs chefs and their responses to idea theft, Darwinism in social change (emphasis on feminism), can't remember the other passage-- should be enough info.

Real LG: four destinations out of six; at least one station being shut down; [removed], the fourth game escapes me, but this should be enough info.

LSAT · The Effectiveness of Fool Proofing

rebeccacakong676

Tuesday, Nov 07 2017

@lc829103 said:

How are you all fool proofing? Are you doing individual games at a time or are you doing it by section?

For example, last night I did PT 82 in timed conditions. When I was done, I scored LG, did each game that I got mistakes in again and timed, corrected those mistakes in the second run, then did the whole thing again for pacing and being sure I understood what I was doing right this time versus last time.

I find that I don't need to "get 10 or 20 copies" like JY says. Usually after three times, I'm solid with a game. Sometimes I am just on the second try of it, but then I redo it the next day anyways.

LSAT · The Effectiveness of Fool Proofing

rebeccacakong676

Tuesday, Nov 07 2017

@manchandajesse94 said:

Do you reccomend reading the Powerscore bible? I have done the CC and am struggling with LG and was planning on going straight to fool proofing

What I'd say is figure out based on practice tests you've done or speeding through the CC LG videos to remind yourself what your worst game sections are and start FPing those ones first. I personally think that the PS LG Bible is a lot more convoluted than it needs to be and while it definitely helped me have a solid base before I started the CC, doing CC then reading the Bible may just confuse you.

I think you maybe should have foolproofed at the time you were making mistakes or not catching things while going through the LG sections of the CC. That's what I did-- I acted fast on the FPing when I'd get even just one question wrong in the practice videos or question sets.

For the practice game videos, I wouldn't do each question with JY-- I'd pause the video so I could see the stimulus, do the gameboard setup myself, start the video to see how he set his gameboard up and the questions, do them myself, then start the video to watch if we both got the same answers. For the problem sets, I'd go to the video explanation of each game, see how long JY recommends you take to complete it, set my timer and go. After that, I would see if I was okay with that time constraint and if I was getting 100%. If I was getting 100% but took a minute longer, I would FP until I was under time. If I wasn't getting 100%, I would immediately watch the video explanation while the setup and questions were still fresh. After watching it and following along, I would take an hour to do other studying, come back and FP to see if I corrected mistakes from the first time. If I didn't, I'd figure out why. Sometimes I would misread a word and give an opposite answer, so I would rewrite the whole thing again until it was under time and all correct.

LSAT · The Effectiveness of Fool Proofing

rebeccacakong676

Tuesday, Nov 07 2017

@lc829103 said:

Hi there! I'm about to finish the CC and do a month full of PTs before the Dec. exam. I realize I don't have much time, should I not start fool proofing now or do you think I could still benefit from it?

Thanks!

You 100% have time to FP. What do you consider a full month of PTs? Because I cycled through like, 14 in a month and it was simply too much. Try to think about how much each PT could help you if you have adequate time to go over it thoroughly and really understand your mistakes. That's what helps the most, generally-- allowing yourself the time for things to sink in.

And I think it depends on where you are with your skills. Where you are with conditional reasoning, with recognising trickier question types, with having a plan of attack for each section that you've already developed. If you haven't done that yet, you should definitely make it a priority over FPing unless LG is your weakest section. The reason for this is that your ability to sit tests of this length and magnitude will really be put to the test that day. That being said, starting FPing now could never be a waste of time or too late, since the points you make back up on it could be enough to offset other mistakes on other sections.

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Wednesday, Nov 01 2017

rebeccacakong676

The Effectiveness of Fool Proofing

Hey everyone, with a month left to go before the December LSAT, I just wanted to provide an update to show that the FP technique really is beneficial.

Before the September LSAT, I had only used the 7S games explanation videos and the Powerscore bibles to study. On a typical LG section, I would score around 18/23 was almost always pressed for time. Last night after completing all of my law school applications, I finished the games section of PT 61 in 26 minutes with only one mistake due to missing a word in one question.

If you're worried about LG like me, it's not too late to improve!

General · Jumped from 161 to 170!

rebeccacakong676

Wednesday, Oct 04 2017

Congrats on the jump!

I have been studying for a few months already and have done around 25 PTs so far. My RC score is pretty inconsistent in that I'll go from 23 to like, 19 without feeling like I really approached the section differently from a mental standpoint.

One thing that helped was a bit of a refresher from ILoveLSAT. Search "It's Hammer Time ILoveLSAT" and you'll find an online lesson that may help the way you mark your passages. Her method is pretty simple and I prefer it to the Powerscore method, which I find way more time-consuming. She also shifts your focus from what you think you need to know/be looking for to score high to aspects that are more concrete to focus on.

General · Not to be dramatic but

rebeccacakong676

Sunday, Oct 01 2017

If it's super stressful to you right now, it is essential that you pinpoint exactly why. While I was confident enough going into the September test, I realised after it was over that I simply did not have the right timing or sharpness under pressure despite scoring well into the 160s during PTs.

This is coming from someone who, despite having general anxiety, was not super nervous months before or weeks before the test. You can slay PTs all day, but unless you have a really routine way of taking the test in terms of how you answer questions methodically and in which order and are super strict about always using bubble sheets, never checking your phone between sections or during the 'break', etc. it will be very hard for you to do your best on the day of.

Think about how much time you have set aside for studying, simulating and strategising. Reflect on whether it is realistic for you to write your best in December, once things like work and a social life (if you still have one, which I do not!! Haha) are factored in. Some people need social interaction to survive and yes, it is good to be balanced, but you determine what balanced is for you to stay sane.

Think about what you need to feel content on a day to day basis. Then think about the manners in which the LSAT has taken away from those things or made happiness harder to maintain. It may boil down to the fact that you're neglecting another important aspect of your life and if you are, I recommend that you draw your studying out a little longer so you are better able to balance everything.

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@jcylin93287 said:

Had LR-LG-LR-LR-RC. Any idea what the question distribution for LR was? Remember it being 25-26-26 for some reason.

It was 25, 25, 26 with the general consensus that the section with a vandalism question was the real 25.

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

So basically we need to see if the beads question was on the test for someone who didn't do 3 LR sections... cause if it was, then your girl is cancelling and retesting in december :/

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@68451 said:

Three LRs, one moose and deer, second one can't remember third one Beads and gold. LG is not that hard, RC about judges hard like Hell.

I had beads and gold in the LR with 26 questions (which was also third for me) I am almost certain

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@amnarashid221221 said:

I'm glad no one knows about the jogger and dress code questions that LR was insanely hard still hoping it was experimental.

I can't recall these and that leads me to believe they are ones I blind guessed in the 26-question LR section... but I think opera was also in this section and opera in the official experimental thread was listed as experimental, yet some people are saying the 26-q LR was real

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@8166 said:

@mikeylopez87296 said:

The [removed] in the experimental RC was literally the hardest I've ever seen. So glad that wasn't real

So was the judges RC section experimental?

The judges RC was absolutely real. I had an experimental LR (3 LR total) and my RC contained the judges passage.

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@rebeccacakong676 said:

@amnarashid221221 said:

Does anyone remember the homophones and grammar question from the LR? Was that real?

I remember the question, but would need another question to link it to a particular section. I had three LR and it was not in the section with the light and perimeter.

For me, the grammar question was in the third set and contained 26 questions, IIRC

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@amnarashid221221 said:

Does anyone remember the homophones and grammar question from the LR? Was that real?

I remember the question, but would need another question to link it to a particular section. I had three LR and it was not in the section with the light and perimeter.

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

The LR with 26 questions had me dead

LSAT · Official September 2017 LSAT Discussion Thread

rebeccacakong676

Saturday, Sep 16 2017

@vanessadfisher628 said:

I see that perimeter lights and cost of energy between towns is listed as experimental. I recognize those from my two LR sections, so I think they're legit.

I got *[three LRs:] a section with *perimeter lights,

The second section is a little hazy but I think it involved wearing back braces in a workplace and the third involved opera