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Yeah, reviewing couldnt hurt. You could try to do a drill or two from each section first and decide from there whether you need to redo/review that section.
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Do you meditate? I know a lot of 7sagers have used meditation to help with this. I actually think it's a good thing that you're experiencing anxiety now so that you can learn to work through it and will be less likely to be hit with surprise anxiety…
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CC = the core curriculum included in your course package (the lessons on the syllabus page). BR works in tandem with the CC and the work you do after, as mentioned by the previous commenter. Don't worry, I didn't know what "CC" meant when I first st…
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Would you have time to do both? I'd recommend taking the games you've already foolproofed and redoing them by section. At the same time you can foolproof the games in 19-35 individually. Make sure to foolproof/review right away. I used to do each se…
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If timing is your issue, I think going through the 40s and 50s could definitely help. Try doing an LR "bootcamp" for a week or 2 where you concentrate the bulk of your studying on doing timed LR sections (2 LR sections per day with full BR and expla…
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I agree with commenters above and I'd like to add that I was in a situation similar to yours when I first started taking pts. I think the best approach you can take depends on what your BR score is. If you consistently only miss a few in BR (i.e. no…
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I would definitely stick to focusing on timed drills at this point, but work in exploring new strategies as you see fit. Just make sure the bulk of what you are doing is always timed. I had this same issue and if it's LR that's holding you back, you…
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@KeepCalm yes my bad, insight timer, hope you find it helpful thanks @Kermit750
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Another free meditation app is inside timer. I tried calm and headspace but couldn't get into them and had a little more luck with inside timer after it was mentioned here on a different post. Meditation can really help with test day anxiety even if…
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Try the Trainer. RC is a beast to master and it's hard for a lot of people. If other methods haven't worked for you, some people recommend picking up the Trainer and working with that. It helped me with RC - I never finished a section on time but I …
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I did a ton of RC passages, dedicated a lot of time to practicing and reviewing them and frustratingly still got anywhere from -12 to -3 on a given timed section. I think RC success is very unique to the individual and does require a lot of practice…
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I agree with @Alex about finding the answer in the question before looking at the answer choices. I would advise developing a process that you can rely on no matter what the passage is during the section. Mine was 1) Read passage (no marking) - don…
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Congratulations!!
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I agree with @eRetaker but I also heard from the assistant dean of admissions at Berkeley that providing proof is always preferred (like an unofficial report/ screenshot from college board or something). The more you can document, the more credible …
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Thank you! Also shout out to my study group @Kermit750 and @JK_fish92 who I am extremely grateful for
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I think it depends if you have any difficulty with fatigue on full pts, but otherwise I would recommend so. I saw the most imrpovement when I would focus on timed sections as opposed to pts but sometimes it can be hard to translate progress to a ful…
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I agree with @"Beast Mode" i did all of the LG sections 60-83 before sept then redid them all before november and I remembered way less than I thought I would. Once you do so many games they start to blur (except the really weird ones) so I'd recomm…
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I'd recommend foolproofing whole timed sections of LG (try to do a new one and an old one every time you study LG as opposed to doing a whole section over and over until you move on. Check out the trainer for RC (but leave this for last) and do a se…
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@vichinsky My study hours varied widely. I was pregnant when I started studying and had intense morning sickness when I started so I took my time through the cc and just studied at work when I could. Went slow into pts as well but a few months late…
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If I can be helpful in any way that'd be the best reward, thank you all for your kind words!
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I've heard that Berkeley favors high GPA over a high lsat score and a 165 is really good, great job! This is a small sample size but I've met a few recent students at Berkeley with similar gpas and lower last scores than you, I think it sounds like …
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I agree with what @TheDeterminedC said. Having a process or a baseline to rely on reallys helps. But if you've been scoring well consistently try taking a long time off before the test (a week or two maybe, with only a few section drills here and th…
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Try emailing instead of calling. Not sure if this will work but I wasn't hearing back about my accommodation request so I sent LSAC an email and the next day I was all set up.
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I agree with @"Cant Get Right". Make sure the height between your desk and chair isn't making you hunch over more than you should (I have a longish torso and study in libraries so I always lower library desk chairs as low as possible and/or sit on h…
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Wow @cdaddario2 I think this advice is extremely helpful. And @tekken1225 haha I think both of your messages are similar though, this test shouldn't be seen as a do or die kind of thing despite it's importance. I've been thinking that I would just e…
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@tekken1225 @cdaddario2 I think your anxiety right before the test might actually benefit your prep a lot. I never felt anxiety during or before a test so I was in for a huge shock when I was extremely anxious before September and it was very detrim…
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I felt similarly when I first started experimenting with skipping (I realized I was skipping questions I shouldn't have and just freaking out that I skipped so many) so I adjusted my strategy a bit. I decided that if I skipped any question(s) on a p…
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I'd second foolproofing games, but would recommend doing it by section so you can get your timing down. Knock out a section or two a day with review right after while practicing a stable timing strategy for the other two sections. I'd say now wouldn…
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I eliminate the other answers first then circle the best contender left standing (after verifying it with the text). Since RC answer choices are so subtle, sometimes I can only gain certainty for my choice by eliminating the others. But one huge mis…
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I really like the blog post about whether going to a t14 is necessary and I think it'd be cool to see more posts centered around specific experiences of those who went to schools outside of t14 (from recent years) and how their careers were shaped a…