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Got my October score back, and it was more or less what I expected - 172. However, my average for the last 10 full, timed 5-section PTs was 176 and I hadn't score below 173 for at least 15 prior PTs. I slept very poorly the night before test day and was primarily caffeine-powered. I'm shooting for Stanford, and 172 puts me directly on the 50th percentile LSAT. My GPA is 4.03. My question is, if you were in my position would you re-take in December? I have both admissions and potential scholarships in mind. Thanks for the input.

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I took the LSAT in Oct for the first time. I had been PTing 156-160 and BR in the 172-173 range. However, I don't think the actual test went well. I am signed up to retake in December. I would really like to get a 166 (that's what I need to get a scholarship).

Here is my study plan for each day:

LG foolproof method

2 new games per day (do each at least twice, watch video between attempts)

Repeat yesterday's new game at least once to cement inferences

At least 2 Reading passages

Drill LR in specific categories identified as weaknesses by analytics

PT on Saturday

BR on Sunday

(Will increase number of PTs per week as we get closer to December)

What changes would you make, if any, to this schedule, to get me ready for a 166 in December?

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Last comment friday, oct 23 2015

Law School Deferrence

So I was admitted to a school in the US in Fall 2015 and I deferred it until Fall 2016. I just got my October LSAT score and it is 6 points higher than my June LSAT, which is usually the minimum threshold for having to explain the discrepancy in scores. Do you think the school I am already admitted to will request an addendum to my application explaining the 6 point jump? Just wondering if anyone else has ever gone through this. I am not worried about having to explain it as I already know I have a good reason for it. Thanks in advance.

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I saw a link to some video a while back, of this man talking about how he scored a 180, despite not a lot of PTs being available at the time. He just retook the same test over and over again - does anyone know what I'm talking about? If so, can you share? Google coughed up a lot of unsolicited advice from randos - thanks!

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Hi thanks in advance if anyone can help. How should I deal with conditional answer choices in strengthen and weaken questions. Does it matter if the sufficient condition is triggered in the stimulus or does it not matter? Sometimes I have trouble with these answer choices because I'm hesitant to choose them since the stimulus doesn't indicate that the sufficient condition has been met even though the necessary condition will either weaken or strengthen the argument depending on the question stem.

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If you're willing to trade personal or diversity statements with other 7Sagers, please comment below. Once we have some interested parties, we can PM each other and offer constructive comments. Good luck to everyone preparing applications for this cycle!

P.S. I'm interested in swapping. PM me your statements!

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Last comment friday, oct 23 2015

Thank you 7sage!

I improved 18 or 19 points from my first cold PT, primarily because of your services. Already saved me around $300 in application fees. Took the test twice and baaaaarely improved the second time but its enough to put me in the 75% for my dream school. Couldn't have done this without you!

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Last comment friday, oct 23 2015

SCORE

I have not gotten mine yet.

This is slow torture.

I feel bad for my family members who have had to listen to me for the past hour and a half.

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Last comment friday, oct 23 2015

How To Study for Retake

Hey guys! I apologize if there is a similar thread to this.

I just received my Oct. score and did worse than my first diagnostic test. I really want to commit to a schedule and focus on improving my score drastically (+15 points) by the February test. Do you have any recommendations?

Thank you so much!

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Last comment friday, oct 23 2015

I just got my score

Thanks guys for everything! It's finally over. I just barely missed my goal score but shooting for that stars got me in the clouds. I am satisfied. I couldn't have done it without 7sage.

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So just to give some background I started studying for the October LSAT end of June and was PT-ing around the early160's by the time I wrote the exam.

The thing is that I didn't do all the PT's from 30-75 as usually recommended since I was on a time crunch, so I skipped 51-61. But did the 30's, 40's, 60's and 70's.

Now I am studying for December and writing all the PT's that I missed. The bizarre thing is that in the 50's series so far I've been getting mid 150's! Should I be too concerned? Why has my score dropped so much for the older LSATS?

Thanks in advance!

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