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LSAT · Applying with low GPA, current 156 LSAT

zheng18552445

Thursday, Dec 26 2019

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General · 70 series and newer tests - not more difficult

zheng18552445

Thursday, Dec 26 2019

I am starting to sense the same trend now listed in the original post.

I started from PT1 and am now reaching high PT50

LR:

changed from [0 to -4] to [0 to -3]

I feel LR is getting slightly easier.

Swatowski0's words made me thinking: this issue is too complicated.

I am sure if someone averagely score below -2 on lR sections in early preptests he or she would be very minimally if at all impacted by the tricks Swatowski0 mentioned. Such a person's finding may be very unbelievable to other test takers.

It truly depends on persons.

RC:> @ said:

It's interesting to note that I did not actually anticipate that the modern tests were harder so you can only imagine my surprise when I got a 163 after getting 167-168 on my previous practice tests (taken from practice tests 55-62, can't recall the exact tests). It was only after that I started investigating my drop and doing more modern tests that I realized that my drop was related to the new ways the LSAT test makers configured the test.

You're lucky that the order of LR question difficulty does not affect your performance, and I assume, that there are others, like myself, that are not so lucky. In that case, its important for us to create a new strategy for completing LR - one where we do not panic when the third question we receive is extremely difficult and affects our confidence/focus.

I have also come a long way, studying 30+ hours a week this summer, improving substantially from my diagnostic of 148. I think this goes to show that we are all different - the way we study and internalize the LSAT. So for those that are affected negatively by the newer LSAT's, do not fret - we will make it through this together!

General · .

zheng18552445

Sunday, Dec 22 2019

I'd say the range is at most 10 points wide for certain people.

this translate into a modifier of +/- 5pts away from the median.

i am sure the modifier depends on which tier you are in.

Maybe 170+ takers are more stable in their performance than others, but some if not most of them don't wish to reveal their scores.

For instance, it could be some test takers consistently score 175+/-3 points.

LSAT · A Question about Domination and Skip Logical Reasoning in Test Preparation

zheng18552445

Sunday, Dec 22 2019

@ said:

I wouldn’t say LR is any harder today than it ever was. I would say it is constantly evolving though. If all you’ve seen is 1-40, you might find the sudden transition to the contemporary test a bit of a shock. I’d recommend doing recent tests with the remainder of your study time. Start at like PT 72 or wherever and work every third or fourth test on your normal schedule. That lets you see some recents while holding back the majority in case you need them to prepare for future takes.

Thank you.

The subtlety of threshold of skipping is very hard if not impossible for me to get exactly right, especially because I don't know the unknown, if you can forgive the expression.

I am skipping all the preptests with a difficulty of less than -10 for 170: if -10 lands a test taker with a score of 170 or above, i am skipping it. This will get me to preptest 75 roughly when I take the test.

Throughout my preparation, I have a nagging feeling that once one reaches -3/-4 on a section, any further improvement would be exceedingly hard, at least in comparison with early advances.

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Sunday, Dec 22 2019

zheng18552445

A Question about Domination and Skip Logical Reasoning in Test Preparation

Update:

My speculation was right after finishing preptest in Preptests 70s.

To people who score very similarly as I did, you likely are and would continue be dominating LR sections. All these complaints about new tricks, wordings, trends and shifts on new tests by other people who are relatively weaker on LR sections, don't apply to you.

There may be a few tricks you can pick up along the way to speed up and decrease very marginally your error rate per LR section. But these are marginal in their very nature: I estimate they would probably only give you an improvement of a couple of points. Your time likely would have much higher value elsewhere.

So I would suggest skipping easy LR sections if you feel you are dominating LR sections.

After finishing around 40 preptests, roughly from preptest 1 to preptest 43, I found I almost always dominate logical reasoning sections:

Averagely I finish a section in about 33 minutes with an error rate of minus 3 to 0 per section[average is below 2]. [I almost never use my extra 2 minutes left to go back and re-work on the questions I felt uncertain about, just to to put more pressure on myself]

I am thinking about skipping logical reasoning sections in Preptests due to time limitation and just do a couple of later tests' LR sections, such as LR sections of preptest 75. [I have less than a month before the test date.]

However, I worry my domination may be fake: maybe early preptests are too easy in comparison to later tests such as preptest 88; maybe to maintain the "feel", a certain amount of workload must be kept; maybe a domination is defined with even higher standard; etc.

If you have some experience and insight, can you please help me with my worry?

Admissions · Is it worth applying to a school 4th/5th time?

zheng18552445

Sunday, Nov 17 2019

The opportunity cost likely would be extremely small for you.

I'd say, go ahead.

But I respectfully disagree with you statement that "only worth if HYS accept" and would urge you to reconsider.

LSAT · PT3.S2.Q4 - A work of architecture, if it is to be both

zheng18552445

Tuesday, Nov 12 2019

1: I(inviting) and F( fuctionional) ----> U(unobtrusive)

2: U=taking 2nd place to the environment

3: SPTOW(strong personality taking over the work) -> not F

B ) is saying SPTOW-> U

1 can be negated as not U -> not I or not F

well, not F does not necessarily mean not U. that is an illegal negation.

Unless one makes certain assumptions, overstretching in my view, one cannot solve this questions by formal logic. Hence, so much heated discussion if not quarrels. For instance, an violation of a percept does not necessarily mean the percept is violated in the exact way of I and F --> not Unobtrusive.

I'd say, just go with POE and use your gut feelings.

LSAT · PT3.S2.Q4 - A work of architecture, if it is to be both

zheng18552445

Tuesday, Nov 12 2019

This questions is really odd. I solved this by POE and subjective sense of what is more likely to be wrong. I hazard formal logic cannot solve this issue without making too many assumptions