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Your diagnostic before any studying is nothing more than a benchmark to be forgotten other than as a starting point and a motivator. People have gone from the 140s to the 170s and others have gone from the 150s to the 160s. Diagnostics have nothing …
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I always insert an answer for every single question I circled for BR, even if I keep the same answer. That way it highlights those questions as a low rather than very low priority so in the analytics so I can review it if I so choose. Also, it is i…
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If you're a URM it's definitely worth it regardless of any other information you could provide. If not, then it's really all a matter of what you really want. If you really want to go to any or all of those schools then of course it's worth it for t…
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I don't think a three point difference is that big really. But I guess it's all relative to your prep. Were most of your LR sections more consistent than plus or minus 3?
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People still use mice?
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First of all, while merit aid is to some extent a first come first served type of deal, that is a misleading way to think about it (for many reasons, another of which I'll discuss below) because a 155 in October with a 3.3 will likely get you next t…
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Logic games, when you master it you will know every answer you arrive at is correct. RC has a little too much room for interpretation to get 100% every single time.
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If you can max out LG you could get a good 8-9 wrong in every other section and hit a 160.
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@mpits001 said: I think you have a lot on your plate to be planning till October. If you're aiming for a 170 i'd highly suggest taking a lot more time. This also seems like you're going to burnout easily with the pressures of life and the exam. It'…
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Totally with you on that @alexandergreene93 and it looks like Decembers have been generally kind curvewise so that's not a bad sign for a backup test should October get a little crazy. And all the 101 tests have been -11 to -14 for a 170 so as long …
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Well on the one hand you can hopefully benefit from a 101 question test in October (fingers crossed) which have had historically better curves than the 100 question tests. If you can shore up your LG and maintain your LR and RC then you should be go…
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I didn't really take notes while going through the Trainer, but if you haven't checked it out before, there are several pretty good study guides floating around here: http://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/categories/study-guides Those seem to gener…
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That would work as well, good luck!
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You could mix it up between full test BR and just circled BR, but the most important thing is that it is blind. Don't ever check your answers prior since doing so will invariably prejudice you against actually learning and understanding the logic in…
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@"Dr. Yamata" said: Welp.. if previous tests are truly useless, then you should get 180 on each and every one, correct? So much this. For extra credit, translate to lawgic!
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You can all definitely get a lot out of reusing the materials that you've tested on before. Hopefully you have some sort of chronological representation of when you took each PT previously. I would save PT 72 (and any other untouched PTs you can fin…
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@jyang72 said: @Pacifico. This is wonderful. I will start drilling right away. But how do you drill RC usually? Identify main point, purpose, the purpose of each paragraph? I was -9 in RC on my diagnostic and by the time I got through the curricul…
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I guess it was too good and now it's become a classic... hence the raise in price perhaps?
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Don't get discouraged when JY says three months is not enough time! Just hit the books and let the chips fall where they may...
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Well said, I appreciate the candor, I'm sure it will be of great help to many who need that motivation following this past administration. Good luck with your apps!
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I would venture you can learn everything you need to know just from 7Sage and the Trainer alone. It's unclear how much time you have to prep since a senior would need to take the exam by December/February for admission in fall of 2016, in which case…
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This post may come off as a bit harsh, but I feel like I need to put it out there, so apologies in advance if this hurts a bit. This whole situation sounds insanely toxic, which may be hard to hear when it comes to your family, but it's the truth. N…
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While it sounds like you definitely need to change your mindset to get back to a healthier mental state, in terms of your actual prep I would definitely recommend the group BR calls. I did my first last night and it was awesome. It took me a long …
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I'd say just go ahead and retake the whole PT untimed since you weren't circling BR questions before, and for BR it doesn't matter that you've seen the questions before, just that you can work your way through the reasoning/argument structures... Ob…
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That might fall under the addenda he mentioned but I'm not sure. It's tough to know a lot of this stuff before the apps come out since there can be some changes from year to year.
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I would definitely take 2-3 more before addressing any specific areas... My first few PTs were only 5 points higher than my diagnostic on average but after a few more it jumped up another 5 points on average just from getting used to testing. Actual…
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You can use it for whatever you want, though it is best configured for full PTs. If you wanted to use it for drilling then it would probably help to use full sections so you get a good sense of your weak areas. Just ignore the overall low score for …
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As you said, it's a means to an end. For me, my GPA is so terrible that I need a 170+ for my target schools, and a 167+ for my safety school. I chose my safety because I'd be perfectly happy there (great weather/great faculty/new law school/family n…
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It happens, though you may have improved your skills, you haven't improved on your actually test taking abilities under pressure. If your BR was decent (at least 10 points higher), I'd say go ahead and take 2-3 more PTs and if you still aren't impro…
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Congrats! That's an awesome achievement! Good luck to you!