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What do you use to keep track of time? Special "LSAT Watches"?Hey everyone, hope everyone is studying hard! I saw a recent post here about the LSAT 180 Watch, can't seem to find it anymore so I'm thinking it …
@blah170blah said:
LSAT max was having a sale so I bought a watch for like $15-20.
I looked it up and that seems like a decent watch, it's at $29 which is USD, so going to be a bit higher for me, but I'll keep an eye on it ... -
Best Lawgeek Movies/ShowsJust started binge-watching The Good Wife. What are your go-to "I want to go to there" lawgeek movies/shows? <iframe width="560" height="315" …
@nicole.hopkins said:
There is no such thing as gif overuse @brna0714 ... Unless it crashes 7aage. In that case @"Dillon A. Wright" would have to rescue us.
@blah170blah said:
Orange is the New Black< ... -
in need of helpHello everyone, hope all is well; I am writing this post after taking a PT, (my 8th total), and i am literally heart broken. After spending the la…
Okay, this thread got out of hand really quick.
@tom.kinan.311 said:
"sorry but had to give it to you rough" is not a disclaimer for being completely out of line
I think YOU are the person who needs to take it ... -
Breaks / Pomodoro / Combating "Zombie" BrainI was just curious about everyone's study techniques. My work schedule has recently changed (I'm currently a teacher and we're out of school here) an…
@brna0714 said:
Worst case scenario... bacon.
More like BEST case scenario. -
Breaks / Pomodoro / Combating "Zombie" BrainI was just curious about everyone's study techniques. My work schedule has recently changed (I'm currently a teacher and we're out of school here) an…
@nicole.hopkins said:
I believe that is AMERICAN bacon ... #treason
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What do you use to keep track of time? Special "LSAT Watches"?Hey everyone, hope everyone is studying hard! I saw a recent post here about the LSAT 180 Watch, can't seem to find it anymore so I'm thinking it …
@danielznelson said:
More importantly, I'm so jealous I didn't think to use Phoenix Wright as my pic.
OBJECTION!! I was waiting for someone to get the reference!
@nicole.hopkins said:
The 35minutes.com ... -
What do you use to keep track of time? Special "LSAT Watches"?Hey everyone, hope everyone is studying hard! I saw a recent post here about the LSAT 180 Watch, can't seem to find it anymore so I'm thinking it …
@nicole.hopkins said:
well there could be said to be certain advantages in distracting your competition :)
Hahaha indeed!
Speaking of distractions, last year when some students were writing the LSAT at my ... -
Huge Drop in ScoreI have been trending well in testing. However, I recently scored a 166 on a practice lsat and followed it up with a 151 on my next practice. Has anyb…
@blah170blah i really don't think they're any harder. Different? Sure. That's a good reason to PT/retake up to 70 or so while saving the 5 or so most recent tests for the month leading up to the exam. If you only took tests 65-69 once that final month you ... -
Huge Drop in ScoreI have been trending well in testing. However, I recently scored a 166 on a practice lsat and followed it up with a 151 on my next practice. Has anyb…
@7sagelsatstudent180 said:
I am taking 62-74 in order now.
Save PT71—74 for the very very end (leaving time for full rigorous BR) just in case you decide to cancel and take in October! Just my 2¢ ... -
L-O-R Purpose/Goal ?I just asked probably the best boss in the world if they would write me a LOR; after agreeing to do so, he asked what sorts of things are the law sch…
@Pacifico said:
As a very broad and general rule, law schools favor LORs from professors while business schools favor LORs from bosses/managers/supervisors that you have had at a job. ... Now if you have been out of school for 5-10 or more years ... -
What list of questions do you ask when going through RC?Hey guys! So, I find myself going through a list of questions whenever I approach an RC passage that has proven to be helpful and was wondering if yo…
@"amanda_kw" said:
As for RC - I don't know how much is applicable.
I marked and quickly diagrammed indicators at points where they stood out to me today (in passages) and I'll say it was a big help! -
doing poorly when thinking the test went well but much better when thinking the test didn't go well.Does anyone else experience this? Most of my high scores came from tests that I thought I did very poorly but the tests that I thought were easy usua…
@brna0714 said:
I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to be able to predict my performance.
Pretty much summarizes it! I usually knew when I did poor but later on my prep I realized that I knew what I was doing with LR ... -
I keep missing a very specific question typeI keep missing two types of questions, "Which would the author most likely agree with" and "what is the author's attitude towards X". Other than that…
Thanks for your comment, I'll look up that thread. I usually go -3/-4 in RC, but those last two types of questions burn my @$$. -
What do you use to keep track of time? Special "LSAT Watches"?Hey everyone, hope everyone is studying hard! I saw a recent post here about the LSAT 180 Watch, can't seem to find it anymore so I'm thinking it …
@mmurray9 said:
@bSM45LSAT I too saw that the test timer watches are sold out except for the $55 ones. I found this comparable watch though for half the price http://toptiertimer.com/products/toptiertimer-custom-watch-for-lsat-exam
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What do you do when you don't understand a passage?Do you guys have a strategy for what to do during a PT or a test when you just don't understand a passage after repeatedly reading it and are startin…
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No test center all year in the 10th largest US city!! All closed! South Bay takers?There is no test center anymore anywhere in San Jose or in the whole SF South Bay region for ANY test administration!! There used to a few in San …
@ddakjiking said:
btw, you can highlight over what someone said to quote.
:D
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Breaks / Pomodoro / Combating "Zombie" BrainI was just curious about everyone's study techniques. My work schedule has recently changed (I'm currently a teacher and we're out of school here) an…
@brna0714 said:
@nicole.hopkins - You'll be happy to know that my preptest pre-game ritual now includes bacon...
I am exceedingly happy to hear this. Ugh that reminds me ... I'm out of bacon! And I gotta PT ... -
★ List of BR (Blind Review) groups<h1>Please note that as of July 6th, I am not updating this thread as much. There are far too many BR groups for me to keep track of. The newest BR g…
@blah170blah said:
Hey @pseudonymous, where's the updated calendar?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNxrEU0-YfiID5upvTUlAOo8J-MvXfM2K7mvUkcD1xc/edit -
Shift in LR questions PT 65 and above?I just hit PT 65 and 66 and something definitely feels different with LR. Different enough that I have seen a few point dip in my score. The ques…
It can be very useful analytics to diagnose key issues (Callout 7sage) IMO.
These 3 could be very useful:
1. Analytics for Oversall Section Difficulty
2. progressive difficulty within a section
3. difficulty trends ... -
Getting discouraged =(Hi all! I've been studying for a while now, and over the past two or three weeks my scores have been dipping to the high 150s-low 160s, when I used…
@kitkatbar said:
Is there still hope for me to get in the mid/high 160s from now til the 8th? I'm definitely starting to panic and feel like poop.
So, you've got 13 days until June 8th. How has the advice in this thread ... -
I keep missing a very specific question typeI keep missing two types of questions, "Which would the author most likely agree with" and "what is the author's attitude towards X". Other than that…
@Pacifico said:
These questions should be freebies because they tend to have at least two or three outlandish ACs that are way off the mark and you can eliminate immediately. Often there will be two that at first glance appear to be almost the same ... -
3 more weeks, 3 more weeks!What are YOU doing in these next 3 weeks to maximize that score? As for me, I'm going to be taking PT 63-74 and really nailing LR & RC. Both have …
@mpits001 said:
when will you be BRing 64? I'd love to join in :)
Saturday 7pm EST ! Do I have your Skype handle? PM me so I can make sure to add you to the group :) -
How "Ready" Did You Feel When You Started PTing?This might be a strange question; hoping I can explain myself properly...! I plan to start PTing soon for the October test. I've been through the …
@harrismegan said:
I would say dive into prep tests!
Agreed—you will only uncover what you still need to learn by going through timed full tests at this point (provided you have learned all of the concepts through at least ... -
Any LSAT prep companies that offer JUST proctored exams?I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of NYC-based LSAT prep services (i.e., Blueprint, Powerscore, etc) offering to let you pay to participate in…
@nicole.hopkins said:
@catDemedici said:
I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of NYC-based LSAT prep services (i.e., Blueprint, Powerscore, etc) offering to let you pay to participate in just the proctored LSAT exams?
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"Please Put Your Pencils Down"Hi 7sagers, I have a question about test taking. At the end of the section the test proctor says "please put your pencils down." While the proc…
@"Jonathan Wang" said:
Do things the right way, not just a way that you can get away with.
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Logic Game IntuitionDo you guys have any advice on deciding when to map out all possible game boards after reading the conditions (for sequencing games) and when to tack…
@fifthending said:
I've found that my intuition is awful with this - I never know when to map everything out or when I should just go straight to the questions.
The intuition will come with time and practice—trial and error, ... -
Improved Study Schedule - Please like or comment if you agreeNot sure who would have to be the architect for this, and I'm sure it wouldn't be done before I take the LSAT in October, but I was thinking for futu…
@Pacifico said:
I think it would be great if we could pick what we wanted to be on our schedule and then generate based on those chosen tasks whether it was specific lessons or whole subsections of the curriculum.
Right—like ... -
Weaken, SA, and NA questions.Hey guys, I am struggling with weakening questions, SA questions, and NA questions. I bought JY's starter package, and I am currently on the weakeni…
@mpits001 said:
Flawed and Weakening questions were the hardest questions for me. Eventually, though, I started to get the hang of the questions by noticing the patterns in the weakening/flawed questions. Now these are my best question types ( ... -
Any LSAT prep companies that offer JUST proctored exams?I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of NYC-based LSAT prep services (i.e., Blueprint, Powerscore, etc) offering to let you pay to participate in…
@brna0714 said:
I actually did this and it worked out well. I'd say it's definitely a viable option.
Really?! Fabulous—you're the first person I've heard who's actually done this (taken your own PT in a Kaplan/PR environment) ... -
Four or Five section testSo I just completed the course and took my first time LSAT, PT36. It had four multiple choice sections and then the written. So, basically, no expe…
@ddakjiking said:
Have you tried putting your "experimental" section as your 2nd or 3rd section?
True that—I have, and I've been thinking about switching the order up again and simulating "real" warm up activities, like ...
