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Burt Reynolds
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Awesome work - congrats
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@"Glutton for the LSAT" said: Although I will say that as a philosophy major, I'd challenge the idea that philosophy is economically useless beyond LSAT preparation. Haha I didn't say it! you have to take it up with the big man himself Gla…
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Hey @DontPay4LawSchool - for me, personally, my test day penalty was driven by a sense of panic. I'd have this thought like "it's the actual test, holy cow" but something more explicit than "holy cow". I did have a test day penalty on my last take,…
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Thanks for having me!
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Couldn't agree more with @"Glutton for the LSAT" - so many great callouts in this episode. Awesome stuff @Logician !!
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I was wondering the same thing @practiceinordertopractice -- I really wish we could actually see the bell curves for FLEX vs Non-flex. It would be interesting to compare the right tails, specifically. To think they could have avoided all of this by …
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Way to stick with it - congrats on an awesome score
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Congrats!!!
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There's a ton of good advice on this post. Bumping!
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Awesome - congrats!
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Remember: - it's just one test - it's a test you can take multiple times - theoretically, your highest score matters most to law schools - This score doesn't define you
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@canihazJD said: Like many if not most (all?) of you, I heard many times about how the LSAT isn't really useful in law school, just a rough predictor of 1L grades, you just have to do it to get in, etc. That is a fucking lie. Good call …
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@"Hal Incandenza" said: I would recommend delaying your test and covering the entire CC. It covers some very important information. Loophole is helpful not so much because of its information but because of the drills and mindset. Nowhere …
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@"Jack." said: I understand as "most likely" in the LSAT, so yeah >50%. Yes! Another way to think about it: probably = probable and for something to be probable, it has to be 50%+
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@Confidence123 - no problem! I always used warm-up. Usually one basic logic game and then 5-6 LR questions.
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thanks @MattLaP323 and @lethal_bacon ! I didn't work on full sections of RC between PTs @Confidence123 -- instead I would take individual passages timed from PTs 1-35. I personally found RC the most difficult to improve on (i.e. decrease volatility…
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@Confidence123 - I did the passages in order. I used to skip to the comparative passage first, but after looking at my PT data I found that I was spending too much time on it. I would rarely skip a question on RC unless I was completely lost after l…
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@teechj117 - glad to hear it. I think having a strong ability to translate conditional rules helps in LR specifically. There's some in/out games in PTs 1-35 that definitely help on MSS, MBT, SA, etc. Also, this was my strategy for RC: + I would hi…
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@BigStickDiplomacy - for LR, my strategy was all about skipping. I had some triggers that let me automatically skip. For example, any argument-based question (Str/Wkn/Flaw/Eval/PF/SA/NA) that I couldn't reasonably predict the correct AC for, I'd ski…
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@jmarin5 @rsridgley @lukaxu - glad you guys found it helpful! @Logician - thanks! Best of luck with your upcoming cycle. Excited to see where you land
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First of all CONGRATS on the 171! Your comments were so valuable to me while studying! @Logician said: Throughout my studies I had various people, friends and family members, hit me with the “YOU’RE STILL STUDYING??” or the “JUST TAKE IT AND …
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all great points by @Tennysoj - and I agree that your schedule might be a bit tight for a 6 point increase. I think your schedule should depend on (1) how you're already scoring (2) where you want to score. For example, it's much harder to go from …
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hey @wadduppeeeeeps glad to hear it! I foolproofed roughly half of 1-35 over the course of a summer. I would carve out an hour of my day before work to focus on LG alone. As far as my method, I followed the video JY made almost exactly: https://7s…
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I'm in the same boat as @jmarin5 - it definitely got me to -0. I really struggled with LG at the beginning of my studies - after seeing how much it dragged down my PTs I decided to foolproof 1-35. It really, really helped (not only my scores, but my…
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I think @noonawoon is spot on. A large gap between your actual score and BR score is usually driven by a timing issue. There's infinite ways time can become an issue on this test (for example, not reading a passage carefully enough, not reading a LR…
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This is an excellent post - thanks for sharing!
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If you like computers and economics, I'd recommend The Man Who Solved the Market. Also When Genius Failed is another good one -- it's about a hedge fund but reads like a thriller.
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@DontPay4LawSchool - thanks! That definitely happened during my studies; the LSAT can feel like whack-a-mole. Often when we focus on our weaknesses, we forget about maintaining our strengths!
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I went through a similar period. Here's how I would assess if it's burnout or a digression: If your BR score is staying where it was prior to this PT stretch, then you're still understanding the material. Either (A) you're burnt out or (B) your str…
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@"J.Y. Ping" said: @"Burt Reynolds" you’re my hero too! this is more validating than any score could ever be