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@thisissparta ditto to what LSATcantwin said regarding when to postpone. I will just add that unless you've taken lots of PTs prior to the CC (like I did from my previous prep), try not to be shocked if your score is the same or even lower. Its extr…
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After reading the QS, I bracket the Part in the QS, read the stimulus, then bracket the part in the stimulus. At this point, I am pretty good at identifying the parts of a stimulus intuitively so there is a good chance that after my first read, I al…
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The best way to reach this level of confidence is to write question analyses for as many questions as you can get your hands on. There is no shortcut to this knowledge (unless you naturally hold the intuition) unfortunately. Over time, cookie-cutter…
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my desk was extremely tiny. i couldn't fit my test booklet and answer sheet on it so i had to tuck my answer sheet behind and pull it out to bubble in. so we were allowed to put our watch on the desk, but there wasn't space for it.
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Yes consistency is important. And I think the reason my initial hut response was "past tense" is because most of what you write, even for your current position, should be what you've achieved and therefore in the past tense.
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@LSATiscoming "Organized, recruited for, and ran the 35th annual [Insert Conference] with a record-250 attendees" vs. "Organize daily phone banks and canvasses for teams of volunteers and fellows" Man I sound like such an arrogant shit in my…
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No need to include hours per week. If some superfluous feature (such as hours worked), distracts from the succinct bullets of responsibilities and accomplishments then you should cut that superfluidity. I would also advise you to use past-tense thr…
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Yes I generally interpret them as "most", but it will always depend on context. I ran into a really tricky use of the word "often" in a timed section today and I interpreted than as "some".
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Yea. I'm fed up with my loud ticker too. Just bought it. Seems like all of my money goes towards watches, printer paper, pencils, and erasers these days.
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lol
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No PTs have 5 sections. If it has 5 sections, then it is not a PT. Unless it is not a PT, it does not have 5 sections. Some things have 5 sections but PTs do not. If it is a PT, it does not have 5 sections. The actual test has 5 sections becaus…
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That being said, you also need to know RC question types. I think its not emphasized enough buts its really important. RC questions are very different from LR questions and add a lot of details and specificity about what they might be asking. @…
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@"David.Busis" Thank you very much for the information! No one likes debt and I'll take advantage of the strategies you laid out here. @uhinberg That is a very interesting suggestion. And I mean that sincerely. I thought about this question of unet…
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Repeating entire PTs is good for several reasons. For those that Mikey mentioned above, but also for practicing skipping strategies, building endurance, instilling a circling strategy for when you skip, enforcing tactile reading (circling/underlinin…
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Thanks for sharing -- what a great read! I love reading about the unconscious and am an absolute Dylan junky so this was right up my alley. My experience is right in line with this as well. I find that I am able to fall into my "rhythm" on on LR mu…
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@tringo335 reading again. Sounds like he is saying that USNWR could respond to unlimited takes by incorporating the average of a candidate's scores into their rankings. Doing so would have a major effect on for any retakers because admissions counci…
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@"Cant Get Right" I'd be really concerned with the potential to switch from high score to average. what do you mean by this?
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Well despite your gap to target, congrats on your current achievement. I think you've zeroed in on your issue: timing in LR. Missing 8-10 per test in LR provides the best opportunity for improvement especially if your BR is strong. You just don't s…
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haven't read the previous comments but i've started experimenting with warmups. on this last PT, i did 15 LR, a full LG section (which i was pretty familiar with), and 1 RC passage. it was my highest pt yet but i think i will still reduce the amount…
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i would venture to say that no, you have not hit your ceiling. but you may have hit the best score you are capable of by september. the game changer for me was time and exposure. i studied for 4 months last year and scored a 159 on test day. took a…
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i don't notate during PTs... VERY little at least. so in BR, i notate a lot. specifically i focus on separating pieces within paragraphs. for example, a given paragraph may be about countering a traditional theory, but within that paragraph the aut…
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ok cool. thanks for the info. it just caught me off guard.
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I think the diagnostic is a waste of time. Don't worry about it. Just get to work! I started at 148 and I'm scoring in upper 160s now. The diagnostic really means very little.
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@sayhey180 thanks! so it looks like i came to understand the issue correctly. would you say the explanation i used above matches yours?
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Don't mean to hijack thread but would you guys recommend jumping right into post 60 RC drills after completing the CC? I have LR and LG down pat and plan on writing in Sept but am just starting RC. if you are planning to write in september but …
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To recap... You were scoring in the high 160s in PTs 1-59. You took PT 65 and scored 171. lol i think you should be giving us advice.
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@gills123 great work! keep your nose to the grind stone and keep up the gains. My diagnostic was 148. I'm PTing in the mid to high 160s and BRing in the 170s now. Logic, time management, self-discipline, reading retention -- these things are all le…
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@"Heart Shaped Box" @"Alex Divine" gotcha, I think I just read too slow, especially on harder ones, and you are def a much better reader than me given your time slot and results. I think the difference between me and Josh is that when he spends …
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@"Connie Lingus" if you can get good at PR, this is one way to bank a lot of time. There is no better feeling than quickly eliminating ACs with wrong conclusions and answering confidently in 1 minute.