I don't even know how to react to this... my score has decreased 13 points from my pt average. I have timed myself every time and took about 30 timed pt. I took a pt one day and spent 8-10 hours on reviewing the next day. Has this ever happened to any of you? Also, please give me some advice on what is the best road to take.

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Hi everyone,

Would any of you mind giving advice for an LSAT score addendum? I would like to complete it asap, and I have no idea what to do. I got a 13 point increase, and although I am not happy with my score there are some conditional acceptance programs that I may be eligible for. I am prepared to resume studying for the LSAT again as soon as Christmas is over in the event that I am rejected from the program.

I got an email say that "Your LSAT answer sheet or registration form was not signed. Until you sign and return the “No Signature” notification letter(s) sent to you by LSAC, your file may be on hold." What does this mean?

When should I start actually cracking down and studying for the LSAT? I'm a freshman in college so I know I'm suuuuper early, but many of my friends are pre-med and they're discussing doing MCAT study sessions starting this upcoming summer.

While I know pre-meds are typically pretty psycho (lol) it got me a little nervous. When is a good general time that I should start creating a study plan?

Hi everyone! I have a few questions regarding BR:

How long does it generally take you to BR one LR section? Is it more beneficial to BR every question or just the questions you circled?

The reason I am asking is because I’ve noticed that BRing an entire LR section and THEN checking the answers and properly understanding them is taking me quite a while! Thank you!!!

I'm hoping to submit apps in the next week or so. Just got my December score and am relatively pleased. Has anyone here reached out for a fee waiver? Is it too late to do so now?

If not, do I simply make a polite request with my LSAT score and GPA? I'm thinking of requesting at a few T14s where I'm above the 75th on both GPA and LSAT

Hi! Haha was definitely not expecting scores so soon but...163. (-3 RC, -6 LR, -8 LR, -6 LG). I was planning on applying to some top 20 schools, such as Cornell, USC, UCLA, etc...however, my LSAT score is at their 25th, with a 3.8 GPA. Non-URM. I checked, and these schools seem to accept the February LSAT.

So, I'm not really sure how this works, but I'm planning on retaking the LSAT in February. I want to submit applications to these schools - do I tell them to wait for the February LSAT? And if so, can they see what I got in December? Can I get admitted based on my December stats? :/ Is there such a thing as getting rejected based on December score, but then being reconsidered after February?

Timeline wise, I would prefer to start school this year, but if I did well in February, I would consider waiting for next cycle.

Thank you!!

So I just received my Dec score. I was scored one point lower than my June & Sept score ( which were exactly the same). How do you think adcomms will look at it? the score is in the 150's. Do you think I should write an addendum?

So I got my email from LSAC and was informed that my score is 155. Which was surprising because I was comfortably PT'ing in the mid 160's. So I looked at my bubble sheet and realized that RC for Question 3 was left blank. And all of the responses afterward are mis-aligned by one space. After adjusting for the mis-alignment, I would have had 15 more correct responses, which

would translate to a164 based off their scale.

I just got off the phone with LSAC and they said that my only options are to write an addendum or take the LSAT again. Has anyone been in this situation before? Any suggestions? Thank you.

Hey everyone,

I need advice. I was planning on using the next two weeks to write the optional essays for the schools I'm applying to, thinking that the December exam scores wouldn't come out until ~January 3rd. But now that the scores are coming out tomorrow, I'm debating whether or not I should write the optional essays or not. For example, the ones for UPenn, UMich, etc. I know there's a benefit to submitting early, but also a benefit to writing the optionals, but only if the optionals are good.

https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/bid/153416/should-i-write-the-optional-essay

I read through this article that essentially said, "If you feel like your optional essays will be forced, then don't write them."

If I'm being honest, I feel like they will be forced, but then again I haven't 100% committed myself to the writing process - I just haven't had enough time.

Thoughts? Advice?

Hi, so I don't really ever post publicly about my worries but I feel super disappointed with my December score. I got a 160 in September with minimal studying and then studied my butt off for the December one and scored a 160 again. I found it significantly harder than the Sept. one so I'm trying not to be so hard on myself. I have a 3.49 GPA and I have a pretty unique, compelling personal statement as well as strong LORs on the way. I'm also Mexican. Because of my relatively weak GPA, I was really banking on scoring higher in December's test (like 163-164) but I don't want to take another year off. My top choices are UC Davis, UC Hastings, USD and UC Irvine. With these numbers, I'm very nervous about applying and either facing rejection/zero scholarships. I guess I just need some reassurance and advice from you guys. Thank you and happy holidays

P.S. I'm still working on my applications

I've heard form multiple sources that reccommend that I only buy books that use real LSAT questions (unlike Kaplan, Barro's, etc)

I have over a year to study for the LSAT, and am fairly new to the thought process of the LSAT. I'm also a broke college student, so I'd prefer not to buy test prep books right away.

My plan is to get myself familiar with information/examples from free resources (online, library, etc) and then eventually buy the books with real LSAT questions. I've been cycling around libraries in my area and most of them seem to have recent copies of test prep books without real LSAT questions, so I figured I'd start there. (Also, some of the libraries have books with real LSAT questions... my wallet thanks me)

Would you suggest using test prep books with made up LSAT questions/no real LSAT questions to start as an introduction to the types of questions/sections? Or is it a big no-no?

Additionally, I was looking at targeted books for improving certain sections. Not so much LSAT use, but in general-- for example, my library has a lot of books that seem to be more education based, like "Reading Comprehension for College Students." I figured I'd also look at those for potential strategies to combat the Reading Comprehension section.

Shout out to @ryansoscia for the heads up!

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Hi sorry this might be a stupid question, but how do I send my transcript and lsat score to the law school I'm applying to? When I checked out there was an additional $35 fee. Is it done automatically after i check out or do I need to do anything else? LSAC already processed my transcript from my university.

Just wanted to share this because it makes me laugh and think about how we can feel when we read LSAT question sometimes. I hope it puts a smile on your face too.

Hey everyone,

Earlier today I received an email from UT Austin requesting a video interview. In terms of likelihood of admission, is anyone familiar with the implications of a school offering an interview? My LSAT is slightly above their 75th percentile and GPA is right at the 50th. Apart from that I'd say avg softs. Thanks!

Hey all!

The law schools applications have a section on education. I put in the high school and college info..but do I need to include my rankings and gpa for high school? I haven't been putting that in for some apps I've submitted b/c I honestly don't remember..I was my high school's salutatorian but beyond that I don't remember my gpa or anything.

I am on the starter pack which expires after I take the February LSAT. Extending it for six months is 74.99 which would end Aug 15 or so for me. Then I looked at upgrading but that only seemed to extend my access one month from when the original access expires on Feb 15? Please explain how the options work.

Probably, and most definitely may be just me on here, or in general who is not worried about this score. If anyone else is not as freaked out or anxious as I am, we're not alone? This LSAT for me was the 'testing of waters', studying with 7Sage for the past 6 months allowed for me to get the question stems, and the main "guts" of the LSAT. By this statement I mean that I took this test willingly knowing my score may come out as worst as possible, however I came out of the exam KNOWING the main criteria... what the LR questions were, how to approach them, how JY taught me to quickly determine what kind of stem they were using. Therefore, I successfully got my main worry/concern of whether or not I should really bother continuously study for the February LSAT or not. Due to my understanding the actual test itself, even after the PT's, nothing is close to the real thing, and sitting there in the room. 7Sage gave me the confidence to persist on for the next LSAT with more ease than ever imagined. Now I am going over each part of the test and units in the curriculum with a fine toothed comb, and will be even more relaxed and actually excited for my score to come in. As for the December 2017 test goes, I had about 7-10 minutes left each section, which is great because that's how I knew JY took these tests, circling the ones we are not completely sure on, realizing when spending too much time on a question means MOVE ON, and finally... being able to go over those questions for even more than just twice.

I was confident with the time, that was a big worry; checked off the box.

I was nervous about not answering each questions/stalling and in a time-sink; that too was checked off the box.

I was fine with knowing what the question stems were; BIGGEST check off the box.

Finally, I was okay with whatever score is coming my way that "my real" test was in February. That will be my time to freak.

I may be the only one to feel these things, and to understand how it may look on my apps but mostly, it is better to be realistic and know when it is indeed your time to thrive on this damn test.

Good luck to those from this (Dec) test, and for those with a little more of a ways to go...

I have two pending publications. I've spent over two years of research to complete them. I would really like to include them on my resume, but don't know if that's appropriate, or how to include them. Please help!

Hey guys so im not sure if I am suppose to put a title on my personal statement, need some help here.

I just read a post that says if you are choosing between going to Loyola and UC Hastings, you just shouldnt go to law school at all, because you won't get a job.

I've worked at two mid-size law firms. One of which worked on celebrity cases and filed suits against major corporation, another works with almost every big hospital in California and many out of state and even out of the country.

At the firmwhich worked for celebrities, the incoming young attorneys started off as unpaid interns. I'm dead serious they were "attorney interns," I posted the job ads. One of the interns went to USC Law. A USC student was desperate enough to take that "job".

At the firm which works for hospitals, one law clerk from a top 50 UC was not hired on as an attorney after passing the bar, and one law clerk was hired on as an attorney coming from a bottom ranked school (like 150). She now has a nice office and she moved into the really bougie super expensive nearby apartment complex.

At both firms, the partners and attorneys who make 100k+ most all went to bottom tier schools.

My point is that, it doesnt seem like going to a good school = you get an amazing job...obviously its the best bet to try to get into a T15, but not everyone has that option.

I've already sent out my apps and I likely will get into a top 60 school, which to me seems pretty good. Not stellar, but good. I wasnt intending on retaking the LSAT and waiting another year because I will go nuts continuing to work f/t at my current job and continuing to live w my parents.

Based on TLS posts, I shouldn't even be applying to law school.

My question isnt specific to my situation, I'm just wondering if its really not worth it to go to law school if you dont get into a top school?

Financially I cannot right now, but if I upgrade from Starter in, say, March, to the Ultimate, and I purchased Starter the first week of December, will that extend me 3 months to June?

I have been having doubts because I GPA and LSAT score are hugely correlated. I am having doubts about whether I will be able to push my LSAT score past where it is now (162) and I want to know what other people's thoughts are. In particular, splitters, I want to know how your experience was studying for the LSAT and getting a 170+ score. I want to get there by June. How realistic is that? Should I just take what I get in June.

So I'm taking my first LSAT in February, and I do work a full time job but plan on taking the Friday before the lsat off in order to have one last day of study. Now I usually study 3-4 hours Mon-Thurs and 12-16hrs on the weekend. But I want to get some advice on what I should be doing the day before the lsat. I was thinking about practice tests but I don't want to be burnt out either. So what should I study or do in order to give me a better chance for the lsat the next day.