Has anyone found any good websites for law school scholarships? I've looked a few times and there's not much out there. Most of the stuff I find is either mislabeled or has extremely specific criteria.

So the date isn't changing, I think it's best we all do what we all can do... wait?? They said their statement, it's a weekend, so it's pointless to debate it.

Am I the only one who had no idea that Chunk from the Goonies is an attorney?!

I took a longer break than I should have after the December exam but I am now ready to get back into studying and giving it my all so that hopefully June is my last exam! I completed the Starter course and got a 160, but my goal is to score around 167-170 so I upgraded to the Ultimate. How should I get back into it after this hiatus? Should I redo the CC? I never actually foolproofed last time I prepped, though I did BR all of my PTs (took about 20). I work full-time but can use early mornings and sometimes evenings as well as weekends. Any advice is appreciated! :)

This is probably a dumb question but Ive been hearing from a lot of people that the best way to improve is just to take practice tests and I understand where those people are coming from but I also think the curriculum is useful and even though I havnt finished it yet (Im17.5% through to be exact) and I already completed my diagnostic, Ive been wondering if I should be taking practice tests in between or if this is a bad Idea but Im not sure. Im curious to hear anyones opinion on it. Should I wait until Ive completed the curriculum to do them or should I do a couple while still taking the curriculum?

Thanks everyone and best of luck studying.

Hello 7Sagers,

Oh how I have not missed you all! (only because it means LSAT is dominating every aspect of my life) I finally made the plunge and went ahead and purchased the Ultimate Course. I am taking the LSAT July 23rd, and this is my story...

In June of 2016 I paid $1000 for an in-person LSAT course. It was decent. It gave me access to a teacher who was incredibly accessible and his core-cirriculum helped me increase my LSAT score significantly. However, during his classes he went off on irrelevant tangents and personal stories that had no relation to the LSAT - I felt it was a significant waste of time. Additionally, kids from a certain school (BYU - the absolute worst) felt that sucking up to the teacher would somehow help them on their LSAT? Its beyond me. They were also a significant distraction from the course.

Come September 2016, I was able to increase my diagnostic (150) to Averaging 161 on my PTs. After my getting my score back I was simply devastated.... I scored a 153. So I wept, cried, binged, and then decided to buck tf up and get ready for December. Come then, I was averaging 162 and I was beyond thrilled to score a 161!! Seriously, I collapsed and wept tears of joy.

To say I had a rough application cycle is a complete understatement. I have some strong softs. I am former military (Enlisted JAG), worked 2 years as a paralegal at a prominent law firm, multiple publications, blah, blah, blah. I irresponsibly thought my softs would be enough to have schools look past my well below median LSAT score and mediocre GPA (3.6). To make a long story short, I got waitlisted at 7 schools and didnt get off of a single WL. I got into Utah, OSU, UF, UNC with some really geneours scholly offers. But being the prestige whore I am, I was not entirely satisfied.

I ended up reluctantly depositing at OSU but internally was looking for a way out. To fill some time during the summer I picked up an internship with a Congressman and come August I found my way out - I was offered a position as a full-time congressional staffer. I took the job, I love it (seriously I do, it is just fulfilling and engaging work) and I thought I was happy. A year into the job... I realize that I am still a prestige whore and that I still lack the prestige I so desperately crave from a prestigious law school (think T25). So one year and 3 months removed from my last LSAT administration, I knew something had to change. If I wanted a different result I had to do something different. Back during Round 1 of LSAT prep I simply didnt have the money for a $1000 AND $700 7Sage. I, like many of you, tradegically found 7Sage too late. So I lurked on discussion boards and commented here and there and looked for validation of my many irresponsible choices.

Finally here I am. Behold, a prodigal son has returned. And although the thought of LSAT study is excruciating to my mind, body and soul, I know this is what needs to happen. July 23rd will be my final day of reckoning - and I could not be more excited to share this journey with you poor souls.

I am about to switch to bubbling in groups. After each RC Passage, LG Game, and before I turn the page for LR. For some reason this scares me. For those who have switched, did you have this initial irrational (or maybe rational) fear? Was there an initial step backwards before you saw the gains? Did you see gains? And if so how much time do you think this saves? I will go into the laboratory (aka my desk) to see how it suits me, but I would love some thoughts too.

I work full time managing a law firm. Trying to decide how much time is a sufficient mental break before starting school. Is two weeks too short? I think the earliest I could stop working is early July. My office is great and fairly stress free, but I just want to be able to hit the ground running come August!

Hello 7sage!

I've bombed my Feb test, got over it, rested, and now I'm back on the grind..!!!!! Yay!!! Aiming to take the test June/Sept. In my PT's, I've been scoring mid to high 150s and getting around -8 on games. I realized if I am going to enter into 160s I need to address my games section.

So I am planning to devote March and maybe part of April to foolproofing 1-35 and perfecting the games. My concern is that when I focus on games for a month or two I might be getting worse in LR and RC. What are your thoughts on that? Should I be doing a little bit of LR and RC on the side to keep the momentum going? Even if it means like one passage a day, or 1 LR section a week? Or is it safe to focus on perfecting the games for a while?

I am not too concerned about RC getting worse, because I realized I haven’t really improved in RC to begin with. But for LR, I am worried that I might lose my momentum and have to start from scratch again after I come back from foolproofing games. Do you guys have any ideas about how I can continue to practice LR on the side while foolproofing 1-35?

Thanks in advance :)

So, don't flame me for living in my bubble of middle class economic privilege... I get it if cost is a legitimate barrier.

I saw this here today and it is a recurring theme in other LSAT / law school admission corners of the interwebs. For a segment of the law school applicants, the ability to live without a car is a meaningful input into a school decision. As a guy in his mid-40's, I can count on one hand the number of months I've lived since turning 16 in which I did not have a car. I also think that not owning a car puts serious impediments to life in one's way. Personally, I cannot imagine life without a car. I assume that some people legitimately cannot afford a car (and all the maintenance, insurance, other stuff that goes with ownership) and those living in large metropolises like New York with significant transportation infrastructure (and parking costs equal or more than mortgage payments) don't need one, but for everyone else that this applies to, why do you not own a car or plan to get one?

Is there no one up at 1am right now on a Wednesday? anxiety

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Hi,

I was interested in knowing what people think about the LSAT Trainer as a supplementary resource for logical reasoning questions. Would it be worth the investment?

Thanks!

Has anyone else been really discouraged by their inability to figure out this test?

Please give me some stories of what it was like when you weren’t so good and what changed and what it’s like now!

I had a really frustrating experience. I was working for probably 15+ minutes on a grouping games with chart problem set in the CC. I was really struggling, couldn’t figure it out, couldn’t make any inferences.

My roommate who has never seen an LSAT question in his life was interested in what I was doing and I gave him a copy of it and told him I was struggling. He figured it out in under 10 minutes.

This really hit me disproportionately hard.

Quote from LSAC email:

LSAT test takers who wish to cancel their LSAT score for any reason have had two options—cancel the score on their answer sheet at the time of the test, or cancel the score in their LSAC.org account within 6 days after the test. LSAC has reviewed data relating to these two options and has found that the majority of score cancellations are currently done online. Some of the cancellations done on the day of the test were unintended and had to be undone. To make sure that test takers fully intend to cancel their score, LSAC is simplifying the score-cancellation options. Starting with the June 2018 LSAT, test takers will have the single option of cancelling their score through their account in LSAC.org, starting the day after the test administration. Test takers will still have 6 calendar days to log in to their account to cancel their score.

Should I go complain about it on Samsung's forum, or?

Hey 7Sage!!

I received an email from Columbia expressing my status as "on hold". Apparently, it just means I have to wait a little longer for a decision. Has anyone ever dealt with this? Any tips on things I can do to tip the scale in my favor? They said I could send a LOCI (which I definitely will do), is there a format for this as well? I really hope I get in... Thanks in advance everyone!

Cheers,

Chris

If anyone knows of new schools that are now accepting GRE scores as well as LSAT scores, please comment and tell us which ones! Lets make one big list that is organized, and in one discussion! Thanks!

Can anybody give me insight on why these questions on this post lsat survey is? It felt invasive, and (for me) very unnecessary... is that just me? Do I have to answer these questions? My god, I thought the lsac would be a little less obvious with what they were asking.

Let me know, I was just very blindsided.

March 1st calls for my lsat score & bracketology. At least there is one thing to look forward to.

Hey guys, we're posting on behalf of a 7Sager. They're wondering the following:

I have finished the program and It time for me to take my first timed test (prep test 36). But I feel that I need more practice first. should I go to the question bank or should my practice just be done by taking timed test?

The test are really valuable and I don't want to waste them. I will be taking the June LSAT. Thank you guys.

Any advice?

Hey!

I am wondering whether folks have any advice on a strategy I am trying out, which I am hoping could be helpful/successful. I'm taking the June LSAT and have been studying since early January. I'm through all lr in CC and am slowly working through lg. I am doing a dual-prong approach of learning new lg material while focusing in on my weaknesses in lr (mainly N.A. and Flaw questions). So, my first question: is it an okay strategy to weak lr types while working through lg? For context, lg are my strongest section (even prior to doing any CC lessons on the section). My hope is that, by doing these both at the same time, I will give myself more time to let the drilling lessons learned from lr soak in, since lg comes quick to me.

My weekday studying generally looks like the following:

6-8 a.m. (focus on CC, lg at this point)

8:30-9:15 a.m. (while on commute to work, complete at least 4 lr problem sets)

9:15 a.m.-7:30p.m. (work, commute home, cook dinner and watch an episode of a 25 min TV show)

7:30-10:00 p.m. (drill 6 more lr problem sets if possible and then do any cc I can fit in that time)

Daily study time total: ~5.25

Daily study time for cc: ~2.5 (I watch videos on 2X+ speed and can follow, so the content moves faster than prescribed)

Daily study time for lr weaknesses: ~2.75

I do take off 1 or 2 days a week from studying given how many hours I put in each weekday + weekend.

Note that any questions I get wrong and/or br incorrectly in both the cc studying or the drilling, I cut out of the piece of paper and insert into a folder that says the date I am to go back and review the questions on (+7 days from the end of the current week). I currently hold Saturday's as my day to work through any questions I answered incorrectly from that weekend's labeled folder. I take as much time to do this and also re-watch cc lessons for any reoccurring issues. If I get a question wrong again, I move it into the following week's folder and keep doing so until I am understanding the question.

Once I am done the cc doing this method, I will go ahead and dedicate weekends to PTs and readjust my schedule from there.

Would really appreciate any feedback here! I'm not forgetting about rc, I'm just holding off on focusing on it until my lr gets a bit stronger as I already know my lr "room to improve" is what is holding me back from scoring consistently well in rc.

Is it worth putting myself on the lsat waiting list? Do people ever cancel? Or do I have to wait for July instead of June?

I recently received a call and email from a law professor at a school I applied to (the school I applied to already accepted me). The professor called to encourage me to attend the school and to take his class.

I’m wondering if this is common practice among law professors?

So I'm 26 and living on my own. My parents are divorced and don't financially support me anymore since I have a good job. I saw that some schools require parent info even if you are already 26. To top it off, FAFSA asks for information for only one parent. Anyone in a similar boat or know which parent to choose? I'm very confused

I had a well known law professor I worked with offer to write me a letter to my dream school... I have already submitted my app and used the max number of references. Is him writing a letter a good or a bad idea? I haven't had a response from the school yet. He's also taught at the school before. I know I should have asked him to be one of my LOR's, but I honestly didn't think he would.