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@allison.gill.sanford thanks for weighing in. It's great to get some advice from people who've been in my position before. I think if I keep hitting my target through the 70s I'll leave some tests in the 60s undone. Like you said, at a certain point…
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@runiggyrun thanks for your advice. I was wary of burning the most sacred PTs at the wrong time but I'm inclined to agree that it's better to smooth out any rough areas ASAP. I've already hit my target score several times on PTs from the late 50s an…
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@"Cant Get Right" Can't change the past? Why of course you can!
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@"Cant Get Right" Huh interesting, so you just don't worry much about your individual game splits when drilling sections? I suppose it ultimately doesn't matter if you exceed JY's target time for one game while beating it for another, assuming you g…
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@"Cant Get Right" Yes I use a timer and re-do games on which I either got something wrong, did not hit JY's target time with a little room to spare, and/or didn't feel comfortable. After I'm fine with the foregoing, I'll return to the game in a day …
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I fucking love coffee. I drink that shit black. Tastes good (usually) and gives you a nice boost that borders on a buzz, depending on the strength. I'm with Cant on this one.
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@"Cant Get Right" I'm still using the Noricas, mainly because I have a ton of them and they do the job well enough. I agree that they don't break very easily; even when I don't get a good tip and the lead is a little loose the pencil is still usable…
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@"Cant Get Right" Idk man, I got some Noricas recently and I'm unimpressed with the lead and their hand feel. Maybe my sharpener just sucks, but the get dull extremely quickly and feel a little slippery in the hand.
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@"Nicole Hopkins" I'm sorry to say I'm not a huge fan of the noricas. They're smooth to the point of being slippery in the hand, and like the above poster said they lose their sharpness very quickly. they do sharpen very well and they don't break, b…
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lmao @"Nicole Hopkins" that's pretty much it. As soon as I'm done, I close the 7sage video proctor, sigh, and heartily enjoy doing literally anything else. Depending on how I think I did, I'll either eat my feelings or treat myself to what I would'v…
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@danielznelson I agree that you might want to take a break. I'll tell you what I did and what happened. In late December, I was struggling to do logic games and I was prepping for the Feb test. I had the ridiculous plan to take a PT a day for about …
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@"Can’t Get Right" yup it's all about fooling your brain and body so you minimize stress on test day. amazing the lengths we go to to prepare our entire selves for this 4 hour test.
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@nantesorkestar I think that's good; it means you fundamentally grasp the concepts, but due to time pressure or tunnel vision or a misreading of the question or some combination of those three you're not producing the goods when you take the test. T…
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@"Can’t Get Right" thank god I'm taking the test in June, so I don't have to worry about getting my mind in gear at 8:30 am. That's inhumane. @Chris127 I agree, I find I reason much more clearly and more detachedly from my original process when I t…
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@"J.Y. Ping" First of all, it feels like I'm talking to a celebrity, so thanks for responding. Second, I've seen some old videos in which you guys used the reformatted LGs, and I'm so bummed that LSAC stopped you from distributing them. Yet another …
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As someone who's averaging in the low to mid-170s now, I appreciate all your advice. I'm really trying to understand, for every question that I got right and wrong, why each wrong answer is wrong, why each right answer is right, and what the writers…
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I had taken about 20 PTs when I took a 5 week break in Jan and Feb. My LR score actually got better, and my RC score dipped initially but became better than ever when I shook off the rust. So I agree with @MrSamIam that it's harder than you think to…
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LOL I'd totally buy the boxers and onesies. What the hell is a left handed pencil though? @nye8870
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@runiggyrun @MrSamIam Thank you again. I do think my issue is the more difficult games. Speed is my issue with easier games (although I'll miss the odd question because I was rushing or I misinterpreted a rule), and the one really hard game per sect…
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@Pacifico @runiggyrun @MrSamIam thank you all! I'm going to actively look for patterns; I think hybrid sequencing/grouping games are a recurring problem but I'll look more closely into that. It's tough for me to really introspect and tap into my men…
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@runiggyrun I lose time on easier games because I can't "see" what's going on in my mind and often have to draw boards. My mind just moves too slowly. Yeah I do panic, and sometimes my -5 will turn into -0 on BR, which I know will signal to you that…
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Unless, of course, you turn to not-so-legal avenues...
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@MrSamIam yeah I am, which is what I meant by doing all the games with explanations. I still feel like I'm completely caught off guard by anything new.