Hello,
I was wondering what is the best way to use the Cambridge drilling packets and which prep tests should I use to drill? I'm leaning on not drilling the newer PT's so I can save them for full length tests but was wondering your thoughts on how to best use them
( I saw on Cambridge LSAT that they refer people to MLSAT so thats why I was wondering if you had any insight on their drilling packets)
Thanks!
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Re: Cambridge Drilling packets
Interesting question, mattm!
From what I understand, the Cambridge packets divvy up the first 38 or so PrepTests by question type, and simply have PTs 39 on as full length, 4 section PTs. I'll also note that our book of 10 Real LSATs Grouped By Question type does a similar organization for PTs 41-50.
My recommendations for anyone using these packets would be the same as for anyone using PTs from any other source:
1) The most modern exams are the ideal candidates for full length PT practice. Create a schedule of these PTs for yourself, working backwards from your exam date. I generally do not recommend more than 2 PTs a week, even in the final weeks of prep - most people simply do not have time to adequately review any more than that. Cramming in more PTs at the expense of thorough review is never a good trade off! Make sure these exams are at least 5 section exams (ideally, 6 sections) to give you a more accurate feel for the marathon that will be test day. (Create 5 and 6 section exams by pulling sections from other exams; use modern exams for this if you have enough left, but pulling from PTs 20-50 works if not.)
2) PTs 1-50 are where you want to do both hardcore question type drilling *and* single section practice. You might want to reserve certain PTs in this range for single section practice and keep them *out* of the drilling pool. Which exams you reserve for this is up to you, but generally speaking PTs 1-20 are non-optimal for this for LR - these tests are quite old, and while the vast majority of the questions are still extremely useful, the arc of the LR sections has a different feel than more modern exams.
3) Your study schedule should be front-loaded with substantial drilling - begin with small sets, do exhaustive review, and build yourself up to longer sets. Once you have a baseline confidence with each major question type/game type, your focus should shift to include single-sections. The purpose of single-sections is to master your control of the timing of a section, as well as to train you to switch gears from question type to question type. Full length exams should be interspersed throughout all of this, but your schedule should be back-loaded with the majority of your full-lengths, so that by that point you are perfecting your content analysis and timing control, and building up your stamina/endurance.
To repeat - every bit of this, at every stage, should be followed by exhaustive review of every question!
Let me know if this completely answers your question!
From what I understand, the Cambridge packets divvy up the first 38 or so PrepTests by question type, and simply have PTs 39 on as full length, 4 section PTs. I'll also note that our book of 10 Real LSATs Grouped By Question type does a similar organization for PTs 41-50.
My recommendations for anyone using these packets would be the same as for anyone using PTs from any other source:
1) The most modern exams are the ideal candidates for full length PT practice. Create a schedule of these PTs for yourself, working backwards from your exam date. I generally do not recommend more than 2 PTs a week, even in the final weeks of prep - most people simply do not have time to adequately review any more than that. Cramming in more PTs at the expense of thorough review is never a good trade off! Make sure these exams are at least 5 section exams (ideally, 6 sections) to give you a more accurate feel for the marathon that will be test day. (Create 5 and 6 section exams by pulling sections from other exams; use modern exams for this if you have enough left, but pulling from PTs 20-50 works if not.)
2) PTs 1-50 are where you want to do both hardcore question type drilling *and* single section practice. You might want to reserve certain PTs in this range for single section practice and keep them *out* of the drilling pool. Which exams you reserve for this is up to you, but generally speaking PTs 1-20 are non-optimal for this for LR - these tests are quite old, and while the vast majority of the questions are still extremely useful, the arc of the LR sections has a different feel than more modern exams.
3) Your study schedule should be front-loaded with substantial drilling - begin with small sets, do exhaustive review, and build yourself up to longer sets. Once you have a baseline confidence with each major question type/game type, your focus should shift to include single-sections. The purpose of single-sections is to master your control of the timing of a section, as well as to train you to switch gears from question type to question type. Full length exams should be interspersed throughout all of this, but your schedule should be back-loaded with the majority of your full-lengths, so that by that point you are perfecting your content analysis and timing control, and building up your stamina/endurance.
To repeat - every bit of this, at every stage, should be followed by exhaustive review of every question!
Let me know if this completely answers your question!
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