How do you study as you follow the program?

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• bstew2002 Alum Member

  May 2015 269 karma

  I recommend following the syllabus as it is scheduled, i.e. watch videos then drill.
• goalis180 Alum Member

  May 2015 531 karma

  Do you not think that it may be beneficial to learn the question type, then following drill that specific question type?
• inactive Alum Member

  May 2015 12637 karma

  That's what the Syllabus does!
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  goalis180 Alum Member

  May 2015 531 karma

  Yes, it does. But I do not think that just 10 questions is enough. I already bought all the specific question type drill packets, should I supplement with the drill packets everyday for the question types that I learned, or just wait until the end of the course, and then practice the question types then?
• nicole.hopkins Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 7965 karma

  @goalis180 Sure, I think that's a fine idea. Superb, even. Those packets are from the "safe" tests (the ones not reserved for PT's): I say, go right ahead and drill til your heart's content.
  
  Now, you don't need to do the whole packet (and why not save some for when you come back around/revisit course material?). Don't want you to burn out on the QT's that have so many appearances. But I guess in theory there's no major harm. Later in your prep (once you've learned all the material) it becomes important not to favor practice in one section over/at the expense of the others, but for now, I think it's good to get in as much practice as you can to set your habits up well and ground yourself in fundamentals.
  
  Just my 2¢—it sounds like you've got the right idea of implementing/practicing what you've learned right away, systematically and in an order that makes sense (I.e. The syllabus).
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  Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 8021 karma

  I went through lessons in the syllabus as prescribed. Especially for LR videos with questions, I started solving the questions and then watching the videos. For LG and RC I completed the individual games and passages within each section. If by the end of each section of lessons I didn't have a good feel for those question types then I would do the first problem set. If I did well on that I would move on. If not, I would do the next problem set. I took this approach to preserve the problem sets for drilling later in case any problems arose during PTs.
• goalis180 Alum Member

  May 2015 531 karma

  @nicole.hopkins I think I might do like 10 questions per question type I learn everyday. Do you think that is a good idea? People have been telling me to save the questions for the end, mix the question types together, and just do it like timed sections. @Pacifico I never feel good on any of the question types because as soon as I miss one question, I still feel like I do not understand something. For me personally, I do not feel like I did well until I get -0, which unfortunately has not happened yet, and therefore I constantly want to continue to drill.
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 edited May 2015 8021 karma

  For sections with more than five questions I usually feel comfortable moving on if I can get -1 or less and understand why I got the one wrong... If it really threw me enough to make me second guess my skills overall in that area then I hit the problem sets. If I'm getting around 7 out of 8 or better then I feel good enough to move on. It's definitely not a hard and fast rule and more an intuitive feeling it out type of thing. As Mike Kim talks about in the Trainer, I try to see the forest and the trees so in doing the curriculum I tried not to get too bogged down overfocusing on one question type on my first run through because I felt it took away from other areas.
• nicole.hopkins Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 edited May 2015 7965 karma

  @goalis180 said:
  I think I might do like 10 questions per question type I learn everyday. Do you think that is a good idea?
  

  Sure ; do this. Lots of people have opinions. You won't lose anything either way. Keep in mind that you can always get the books with tests 1-35 and take those timed sections for extra practice once you've drilled/learned all the QT's. That's a win/win/win.
  
  

  @goalis180 said:
  I do not feel like I did well until I get -0, which unfortunately has not happened yet, and therefore I constantly want to continue to drill.
  

  Make sure to blind review all of your drilling at this early stage (and every stage) and to write out your thought processes: WHY are the 4 answer choices wrong and WHY is this answer choice right? And be sure to keep all of your BR write ups ... not only will they eventually be a great reminder of how far you've come, but you can keep track of tricky concepts/hang-ups and address them as you discern a pattern.
  
  Keeping it to ~10 Q's should enable you to do some really quality BR, and that's where the learning takes root.
• goalis180 Alum Member

  May 2015 531 karma

  Thanks, I actually bought all of the prep tests out there lollol. I invested at least $1,000 into my Lsat prep. I have all the question specific drill packets, the trainer, all the PS bibles and workbooks, and the Manhattan prep Logical reasoning bible. I also blind review, however I usually just discuss why 4 answer choices are wrong, and one answer choice is right out loud, but I will start writing them down just so they stick to my memory.
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  Admiral Yummy Member

  June 2015 116 karma

  @nicole.hopkins: "Keeping it to ~10 Q's should enable you to do some really quality BR, and that's where the learning takes root." Excellent advice!