LSAT Cramming...
I've basically been cramming - or at least the equivalent of it for a standardized test - for the past few days now. I feel like I understand the Logical Reasoning Section a lot better. I think I'll not do too badly on it now.
However, the Logic Games/Analytical Reasoning Section...I'm really struggling with. This is the part of the test that I spent the largest span (and amount) of time studying...and felt like I wouldn't do too badly...but I didn't continue practicing, and just focused on logical reasoning because I did horribly in that, and then I get only 3 out of 20 questions right on a timed test. :/ Apparently, if I focus solely on one section, get comfortable with it, and then ignore it to focus on another section, then when I return to the first section, I find I've lost most of my progress. :(
I thought it was to do with not knowing where to begin with the diagrams...but...I feel like the newer the test, the more difficult the problems are. What really sucks is that all those prep companies like to only give you tests from between 1991 and 2004 in their prep books...and, well, things have changed a LOT since then. 2004 was 7 years ago. -_- Every year, more people take the test, and they make things more difficult.
I'm especially concerned because I can't even fly through a logic games section that I've already done, just 2 days ago. Granted, the following things could all be causal factors: (1) there are audible distractions around me (I'm in my bedroom, people will occasionally knock on my door and try to ask me things, and I hear people talking to one another); (2) I'm not sitting in a chair at a desk, I'm on my bed, and I keep having to shift myself to avoid distracting discomfort; (3) the test is on my computer screen, while I'm trying to do the work and solve the problems on sheets of loose-leaf. As a result, I lose time physically moving my eyes between the computer screen and the paper, and the time lost is greatly increased because I'll quickly lose track of what answer choices I've already eliminated, what the question is, etc.; (4) I've been doing fucking logic games all day. Like, nearly 11 hours straight. So, my brain is pretty worn out; (5) to add insult to injury (or in this case, fatigue to exhaustion, kind of), I haven't really been taking care of myself the past several days. That is to say, I've basically been alternating between southwestern wraps (nothing in them, just the bread itself) and peanutbutter and banana sandwiches...And I haven't really been eating more than 1 sandwich and/or a wrap or 2 per day, for the past, what, 3 or 4 days at least? Also, all of last week I would have lunch at work, but then eat just the pb&b sandwich for dinner, and that was it. And as always, I'm dehydrated (nothing new there). Oh, and the fact that I've been practicing with problems from no less than 7 years ago, which are pretty easy compared to one from June 2009. I feel like I've been spending time studying something that isn't a good equivalent to what I'll actually be tested on. :(
The library is better than my house as a testing environment, but even THAT's not the greatest, especially after school lets out... :/ I wanted to spend tomorrow relaxing and allowing myself to recuperate before the test day, but...I also really need to work on timing and not fucking up on the logic games section. ._.
I was going to hang out with people tonight, but I stayed home because I really do feel I want/need to study more... I wanted to get through a full 4 timed sections, but I haven't even started...I was just trying to do the logic games section I did Thursday, the one I only got 3/23 problems right on, over again, and make sure I can do it within the time constraints...It should've been doable simply because I've already done the problems, but I'm not fast enough...also, having to pause what I'm doing adds to time lost trying to return to my train of thought :/ Ugh.
I really need a 165...but at this rate, I feel like I won't even get a 160. I feel like I'm going to bomb the logic games section. :(
I don't even want to eat anything...I had my mom get me Nathans fries...but now I don't want to eat them anymore... ._.
...granted, whenever I'm stressed/studying a lot for something, I tend to eat the same thing over and over again, and not even eat that much of it; not have an appetite; actually want to not eat, as opposed to just not want to eat (be indifferent)...sigh.
I feel like eating the fries now will make me feel sick :/
I wish I had a better study environment. :(
However, the Logic Games/Analytical Reasoning Section...I'm really struggling with. This is the part of the test that I spent the largest span (and amount) of time studying...and felt like I wouldn't do too badly...but I didn't continue practicing, and just focused on logical reasoning because I did horribly in that, and then I get only 3 out of 20 questions right on a timed test. :/ Apparently, if I focus solely on one section, get comfortable with it, and then ignore it to focus on another section, then when I return to the first section, I find I've lost most of my progress. :(
I thought it was to do with not knowing where to begin with the diagrams...but...I feel like the newer the test, the more difficult the problems are. What really sucks is that all those prep companies like to only give you tests from between 1991 and 2004 in their prep books...and, well, things have changed a LOT since then. 2004 was 7 years ago. -_- Every year, more people take the test, and they make things more difficult.
I'm especially concerned because I can't even fly through a logic games section that I've already done, just 2 days ago. Granted, the following things could all be causal factors: (1) there are audible distractions around me (I'm in my bedroom, people will occasionally knock on my door and try to ask me things, and I hear people talking to one another); (2) I'm not sitting in a chair at a desk, I'm on my bed, and I keep having to shift myself to avoid distracting discomfort; (3) the test is on my computer screen, while I'm trying to do the work and solve the problems on sheets of loose-leaf. As a result, I lose time physically moving my eyes between the computer screen and the paper, and the time lost is greatly increased because I'll quickly lose track of what answer choices I've already eliminated, what the question is, etc.; (4) I've been doing fucking logic games all day. Like, nearly 11 hours straight. So, my brain is pretty worn out; (5) to add insult to injury (or in this case, fatigue to exhaustion, kind of), I haven't really been taking care of myself the past several days. That is to say, I've basically been alternating between southwestern wraps (nothing in them, just the bread itself) and peanutbutter and banana sandwiches...And I haven't really been eating more than 1 sandwich and/or a wrap or 2 per day, for the past, what, 3 or 4 days at least? Also, all of last week I would have lunch at work, but then eat just the pb&b sandwich for dinner, and that was it. And as always, I'm dehydrated (nothing new there). Oh, and the fact that I've been practicing with problems from no less than 7 years ago, which are pretty easy compared to one from June 2009. I feel like I've been spending time studying something that isn't a good equivalent to what I'll actually be tested on. :(
The library is better than my house as a testing environment, but even THAT's not the greatest, especially after school lets out... :/ I wanted to spend tomorrow relaxing and allowing myself to recuperate before the test day, but...I also really need to work on timing and not fucking up on the logic games section. ._.
I was going to hang out with people tonight, but I stayed home because I really do feel I want/need to study more... I wanted to get through a full 4 timed sections, but I haven't even started...I was just trying to do the logic games section I did Thursday, the one I only got 3/23 problems right on, over again, and make sure I can do it within the time constraints...It should've been doable simply because I've already done the problems, but I'm not fast enough...also, having to pause what I'm doing adds to time lost trying to return to my train of thought :/ Ugh.
I really need a 165...but at this rate, I feel like I won't even get a 160. I feel like I'm going to bomb the logic games section. :(
I don't even want to eat anything...I had my mom get me Nathans fries...but now I don't want to eat them anymore... ._.
...granted, whenever I'm stressed/studying a lot for something, I tend to eat the same thing over and over again, and not even eat that much of it; not have an appetite; actually want to not eat, as opposed to just not want to eat (be indifferent)...sigh.
I feel like eating the fries now will make me feel sick :/
I wish I had a better study environment. :(