tmo

tmo's Bane

Preparing for the LSAT is my closest understanding to doing battle with a Balrog. In proper LOTR fashion I fear I have fallen into a bottomless pit of Logical Reasoning and Analytic Torture, the phrase "You shall not pass!" echoing as I fall. I feel certain that I will emerge from my test slightly dazed, wearing white, and claiming "I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten."

I've been a real pain in the ass, too. Molly and I spoke in some detail on Friday night. We were both feeling the pressure of this endeavor. I must devote myself to studying and accomplishing some degree of preparation. I've made a commitment and I intend to succeed. This is difficult as I am also committed to Molly and our relationship is more important that any test (standardized or otherwise). She has been great throughout all of this, really supportive.

Molly, you are fantastic. Your support is seeing me through this. Thank you.

I must appologize to my housemates, Peet and Dave. If I'm not studying, I am with Molly. If I am not with Molly or studying, I am eating or sleeping. Either way, I am saying very little and contributing little to the living arrangment. Sorry guys. Hang in there.

The good news is I am easing into the notion of "Process over Performance." After a poor practice test and a weak timed practice session, I have found that my timing is ok (~84 seconds/question on average) for the LR sections of the test. It's my approach to the question types that sucked. I was getting caught up in the details. Imagine that--me caught up in details ;-)

So I reviewed what I was missing. The moderate to very difficult assumption and inference questions were knocking my scores down. I was only getting about 50% correct on the LR practice tests (under timed conditions). After some sold work to round out the weekend, I am pleased to see that I am getting better at these question types. I still have some problems with the Assumption questions, but I nailed the Inference practice questions (only 3 wrong out of 52!)

I'm pleased. I'm tired. I'm blogging instead of sleeping.

Gettin' There...