(Another) Question about BR'ing PT's

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  Harrison_Pav Alum Member

  July 2017 218 karma

  For the games, after you've finished the test, I would go through and and do them untimed (BR them) and then once you do that, watch the videos unless you're just so confident you don't need to watch, and then the following day do them again and then a week later look at some that gave you a lot of trouble. for RC @"Alex Divine" has a pretty stellar method (it's long but if you have the time it's worth doing), and then for just BR in general, I would say take the test in the AM and then in the after noon BR one of the LR's and do another section (RC/LG) and then do the second LR section and other RC/LG the following day. At first it should take you about 10 hours to BR an entire test, so doing two test a week is very doable. I would say you'll probably be circling nearly half the test at first but as you progress you'll notice it takes less and less time to BR because you'll have less questions you've circled, and the ones you have circled you'll know the fundamentals well enough to catch any mistake.

  Also that flight game was huge pain in the ass and I haven't seen any like it in a while. Those awkward misc. games seem to stop showing up as often come PT 45 or so.
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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  July 2017 27900 karma

  @Harrison_Pav said:
  Those awkward misc. games seem to stop showing up as often come PT 45 or so.

  They come back with a vengeance in the 70's though.

  I think that's pretty good advice about managing BR and time expectations. Make sure once you're done though that you don't just move on. Analyze your mistakes and search for patterns. You need to address those weaknesses through returning to the core curriculum and a variety of drills and exercises. If you don't address your weaknesses, you can't really expect to see much improvement on the next PT. And if you can't expect to see much improvement, you've got more important work to be doing before taking another PT.
• jack.igoe Member

  July 2017 544 karma

  Thanks so much @Harrison_Pav and @"Cant Get Right"! For some reason, I am oddly good at some of those weirder games. I've settled on the process of trying the games once more untimed before watching the explanation video (if I feel that I need it after spending as much time as needed). After that, I'll try it again a week later. It seems that I can figure out some of these weirder games if I can fight through the original panic and take my time.

  As for post-br analysis, do you have any tips for that? I am keeping a spreadsheet of the types of LR questions that I get wrong but it's sort of hard to diagnose a pattern seeing as though I've only taken two full PT's.

  Thanks!
• spitzy11 Alum Member

  July 2017 772 karma

  @jackigoe said:
  Thanks so much @Harrison_Pav and @"Cant Get Right"! For some reason, I am oddly good at some of those weirder games. I've settled on the process of trying the games once more untimed before watching the explanation video (if I feel that I need it after spending as much time as needed). After that, I'll try it again a week later. It seems that I can figure out some of these weirder games if I can fight through the original panic and take my time.

  As for post-br analysis, do you have any tips for that? I am keeping a spreadsheet of the types of LR questions that I get wrong but it's sort of hard to diagnose a pattern seeing as though I've only taken two full PT's.

  Thanks!

  Do you use the 7sage LSAT Analytics? It's super helpful in realizing what you need to drill the most! Of course, the more PTs you take, the more information will be provided to further diagnose what the weakest areas are.
• Harrison_Pav Alum Member

  July 2017 218 karma

  Yeah the analytics feature on here is really helpful on what you need to focus on. also the more PT you take the better. There are only so many ways the LSAT can tell you A before B