The biggest thing for me is really going into this tech calm in August. I've been studying like as you previously talked about for about three years now. So I've been on an office like my different jobs. And I've realized that I spent most of my time on logical reasoning.
And I have a pretty great grasp of that. But it's not under time conditions as much. And I'm trying to also manage the idea of like learning logic games within the next couple of months, but starting from kind of ground zero there. So I know like a lot of the foundational knowledge, but I'm just learning how to break down while I'm studying.
I'm trying to break down each step. So if I'm like, practicing logic games, I won't even look at the questions that I'm making sure that I am making all the inferences within the actual setup. And for me, that's helping a lot. But I just want to make sure that I'm going about this the right way, because I can't like not take the test this time.
So let me ask you this then. What is one area where you're not sure about your current approach? Are you speaking like logical reasoning for sure? But are you talking about which section?
Well, any particular section more specifically any strategy, because what I heard was you want to be confident you're going about it the right way. And so overall, you're in my course, you're using my study plan. That's my recommendation. So if you're following that by definition, you're doing what I think is a good idea.
But is there anything in your approach overall, either in what I'm suggesting or in what you're doing outside of that, that you're not sure is the right thing to be doing or the right way to be going about it? Yes. So I am looking at all the things you again for all the materials, because it's so straightforward. And it answered all the questions I had before.
I even asked them in both the wrong. I feel like the way that I'm studying on time right now. I'm not sure if that's the right way to go about it. Right now I'm dividing it into sections with logical reasoning, and as well as logic games.
So right now, just like I said, I just want to be sequencing games and just switching out must be true questions and doing the event time. I did a five-fold conversation as well. So I think I'm going to have a little more time to get through it. But it's just doing this on the time pressure.
And with my short time, I'm not sure if I should, I'm practicing some tests like 20 to 40 right now. Nice. Nice. That's great.
So you're doing the older exams by doing questions by types specifically on time. That's awesome. That's a good way to build familiarity. You're not burning through recent exams.
So I like that overall. I think that works well. And when are you taking the else out what you're going to do with it? I guess.
OK, I'll get. So August is pretty soon speaking out towards the end of June. That's about two months away. So one thing you might consider is you want to make sure that you're not doing the older exams at the expense of the newer ones.
So let's say you did the exams from 20 to 40, and then you did timed exams set in the 70s and 80s. That might mean that you never even touched the ones from 40 to 65 or 40 to 70. So I would consider it maybe instead of doing 20 to 40 on timed, do exams in the 50s and 60s on timed, and then you'll have 70s and 80s for full length practice and time sections. OK, perfect.
Thank you. I want to change it up today for sure. And as far as the sequencing or me just dividing it up by type, I'm a little nervous that I kind of know how to do sequencing games for the most part. Now I can just figure them out.
But I think it's the grouping games and like hybrid games. They kind of have no experience with it. But I also want to give myself a chance to recognize those patterns. And I'm going to wait through that.
I've been hearing through repetition. So I'm not sure if I should like, so for example, I've been every other day doing like I do a lot of games on Monday, a lot of freezing on Tuesday, and I'll keep switching off. It would be recommended doing it that way. I'm trying to make sure that like it takes me about an hour, at least to get through setting up and reviewing a game.
So that's what's making me so nervous that I've got to take it so long. Yeah, it does take a while, especially on a game type that you're having trouble with. So I get that obviously in time conditions, it should be much less. But you've also got to give yourself a chance to learn the material.
So it's untime to now dissecting it now, breaking it down, understanding the process, and getting the inner workings of the game and the flow through which you do a game, the setup, the rules, the inferences, the questions, we're using previous work, getting a sense of how to solve them efficiently. And that takes a lot of time. But it won't take that long forever, especially on games I give you trouble. And watching a video about it and reading an explanation of it, that all takes quite a bit of time, but it's worth it.
OK, I do have a question. So I worked for a time. But I worked at some home now because of COVID. But I'm trying to find a balance where I'm pushing myself, but I'm also allowed myself to learn.
So what do you think would be like a good benchmark to go that I should fit for each week? Like should I do certain amounts of games, or different types of games each day? Because I'm trying to push myself out. I want to burn myself out.
Yeah, hear that. Well, the study plan already gives you plenty of work to do. And so that's breaking it down day by day. That's my general day by day recommendation.
But if you've got more time, then of course, you can increase that a bit and mix in additional practice problems of each type or mix in more variety. Like let's say it's a week that's focused on logical reasoning. I'll mix in a little bit of games as well. But you can add out another section of games.
Or you could spend more time reviewing problems too. And any of it's really good. Just but don't burn out. Don't do too much.
Limit yourself. Five, six hours a day of focus studying is really plenty. And I wouldn't ever want to go beyond that. OK, I'm sorry about my question.
I guess I'm just like the bigger question is I am following the study guy. I'm just nervous that it won't be enough. For me to learn. I don't know.
So basically what I'm saying is with past experiences with other students that have taken the three months study guy, they feel like it was enough for them. They were coming from unlearning different types. I've been through a lot of programs. The person of you, different types of classes that did not help my selective approach.
I guess I'm just wondering if other students felt that it was enough for them to focus only on those games. Some people go beyond. I mean, it's everyone's at a different point. And everyone has a different amount of time to devote to this.
So if you want to do more practice problems of a given type, by all means, feel free. I just don't want you to do too much. And some of my schedules are actually fairly intense, assuming you have any other applications at all, like work and school and family. And if you get sick and you fall behind or pre-COVID people went on vacation, that could get in the way.
So I do try to keep it manageable and realistic. And some people, I get requests on both sides to either give suggestions for more and give suggestions for what to take away. So obviously, there's no one size. It's all you've got to adjust.
So I gave a couple of ideas to add on more if you want to. And depending on your goals and the amount you have, you could do more. OK, perfect. And I also want to ask you for that.
I also want to ask you about the class schedule. So I noticed that when I came in, you actually went boss, and that was so great. Should I recommend me going about it? Are the classes, should I prioritize them over the study guide or try to do a conjunction?
Or like? That's a good question. So everybody's at different points. Some people are taking the LSAT like yourself.
They're taking it August. Others are doing July. Others are doing November or even January. So because everyone's at different points, they're not always going to get the exact same spot in the study plan.
So for that reason, it's not going to match your schedule precisely, but just show up when you can. Show up if you're able to make it. I would definitely suggest attending. And then there's a unique power and value in being there live and being able to ask your personal questions.
And to also get the support from that community of like-minded students going through the same thing. And the group coaching, especially even more so, you really get a community feel there. So I would definitely attend that whenever possible. The class is focused on flaws.
Let's say you were a master of flaws, and you knew them all super well. Yeah, of course, there's not a need to attend that one in particular. But especially if you're working on logical reasoning in the moment, that's a great place to show up and get a deeper understanding of flaws. If not, though, if you find it more valuable that day to do a time section or do some untimed practice, do that.
And then you can watch the recording within a couple of days. I typically put it up. OK, perfect. Thank you so much for that.
I definitely will. I enjoyed the boss class. It was actually cool to have it when they actually go with them. I guess my next question would be, I'm going to stop the question in a second.
But I want to know, because you had such a huge jump in your journey when you first started out, as you were getting better with the patterns in drilling, did you ever feel exhausted after completing a game or a question or that you had to break you down into pieces? And did your stamina increase? And what did you do if you built this exhaustion? What did you do to increase that?
Yeah, I definitely felt exhausted as soon as you said did you have your feelings. I was like, yes. Whatever follows the answers, yes. So I did.
And then we're doing specific work of any kind that gave me trouble. Yeah, I mean, for me, reading comp action came a little bit more naturally in games was tougher for me. And so it took a while to get that. And it was also just discouraging to not understand something.
And so if I would get fatigued or overwhelmed, yeah, I would take a break and I might put it away and come back the next day. And if you can put it away and come back later that day or within a couple of hours or so, that's even better, keep going. But I mean, the solution overall, just to overcome discouragement and also just to increase stamina is simply to do more. And whatever carrots and sticks you can use to push yourself to do more than use those.
I mean, I used to do a chapter of a book and then watch an episode of Chipotle. That was my thing. I would just do that. I would alternate to say, OK, if I get to this chapter, I get to watch something funny and that kept me moving.
That was what motivated me. And people will use all sorts of motivations, but it's whatever is personal to you on that. Perfect. Thank you.
And I'll have one more question. It was about, I'm prioritizing my degree in logical reasoning, but I'm not sure. I haven't touched reading comp yet. So I wanted to know, what do you think I should start implementing?
I was thinking about maybe once a week on the weekend or something like that, because maybe people say that reading comp is kind of like you can get that down with logical reading, but I'm not really sure. So I mean, reading comp and logical reasoning definitely have some overlap there. They both involve, instead of stimulus, it's an entire passage on reading comp. And they're both focused on argumentative structure rather than the details or the facts presented there.
So you'll see a lot of overlap. It's kind of like logical reasoning in certain ways in between games and reading comp in terms of its structure, as a logical reasoning, has some formal logic involved. But with reading comp, I think the biggest difference is that the passage is much longer. And it can be tougher in certain ways, too, and things are more varied because it's bigger.
And so there's a bit more hunting around to do there. Thank you so much. That makes me feel a lot better. And so I'll just follow this up, and I'll make sure that I implement it exactly when they get submitted.
You go back to it better about it. Way better now. Yeah, what you're doing now will help. And you'll get there when you get there.
And if you're curious about it, of course, you could do a passage or two or a section or two in the short term just to get a taste of what it's like. But obviously, the schedule will have you get there, too. OK. Perfect.
Perfect. Thank you. Oh, thank you again. I look at the schedule.
I did a deep dive in it. You put so many great breaks in there. Like, days off that I already accounted for. Thank you so much for that.
Because I was like, no one does it. And people just say, thank you to keep going and figuring out of your stuff. I thought that was just so simple. And it kind of gave me a sense of like, get certain things done, like, I defeated them.
Awesome. I'm glad to hear that. Yeah, days off is definitely important. I think you don't want to burn out.
And it's reasonable to take a day off here there, for sure. Cool. All right, Josh. Go ahead.
Before we sign off, what would you say is the biggest insight you got from our call today? I think just I feel more eddy than trust in the process and really understanding that it's about qualities, about quantities about quality. Like, so really focusing on the game from like, no it prepses and actually drilling on time with those and just making sure that I am thorough with it. And just trusting as I feel like I really learned it.
I feel like I'm going to be with it. Awesome. Well, it was great to connect with you today. And I'll see you in class soon.
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