@kostyaterekhov110 No offence was meant, so if any was taken, I apologize.

@jhaldy10325 said:

@blank20202021972 said:

Can I hope that they'll also take away the Bar exam one day :)

This has been under discussion a lot, actually. But because the bar associations administer it and have a more vested interest there, I don't look for it to actually happen any time soon.

I thought that they were memeing when I read that. . .

Education, unpaid experience, skills

Check the following link for relevant advice

https://law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/students/toolkit-student-job-seekers/resume-advice-samples

At the risk of getting undertow, let me jump in on this.

@kostyaterekhov110 I sympathize with, and find commendable, your "forget that you are ESL; study like anyone else" argument, but some of your points are invalidating and arrogant.

I was confused by your first point. You say:

@kostyaterekhov110 said:

I got hurt by advice based on the intuitive assumption that "challenged ESL students face that most native speakers do not." The assumption can be right, but what it entails is a huge problem. That's why this is important to me.

I do not understand how an ESL student can be hurt by learning that they may face challenges that most native speakers do not. In fact, this is not only intuitively correct--this is a reality for ESL speakers in the US. It is beyond contestation that ESL speakers face a whole battery of challenges that native born speakers do not. If needed, I will provide examples of these challenges.

Do you take issue with this because you think that admitting that ESL speakers face challenges that most native born speakers do not make them somehow less than native born speakers? I encourage you to see how accepting this challenge and overcoming it highlights the resiliency of ESL speakers. There is a strawman here, and I apologize for it, but I seek to understand your desire to combat this point.

Also, you never specify how you were hurt by this assumption.

@kostyaterekhov110 said:

2. What challenges can you elaborate on, please? But what about the advantages? I don't deny the challenges, but there are no consequences for how we should study as a group. Can you can make a separate class for native speakers and ESL; no, you can't.

Can you elaborate on what advantages you are speaking about here? I'm curious about what advantages there are to being an ESL speaker taking an examination that very finely tests your understanding of Standard Written English.

@kostyaterekhov110 said:

Can you can make a separate class for native speakers and ESL; no, you can't.

In the US, we have a separate class for native speakers and ESL.

Do you mean that we do not have a separate LSAT class for native speakers and ESL? Surely, not here on 7Sage, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were classes or tutors that specialize in getting ESL students prepared for the LSAT. Overall, a very confusing statement.

I will stop here because @jhaldy10325 does a better job than I can at addressing your later points.

In conclusion, as you said,

@kostyaterekhov110 said:

Forget that you are ESL; study like anyone else!

@matthewcsorrels859 No worries, that's what I thought you meant, but I wanted to make sure. With rankings going out of favor we may see a rise in need based over merit based scholarships overall. But favoring need over merit based scholarships is something the most expensive law schools already do

@jhaldy10325 I can't stop thinking about these two developments. This has the potential to radically alter the legal profession, and, as a result, the entire country. What will the future look like?

I feel like we need a name for this week. The Announcement/s? Black Friday?

@jhaldy10325 as always, thought provoking post--I haven't been able to stop thinking about this since I read it last night. I wonder if there is any connection between this announcement and the Court's anticipated affirmative action decision?

@matthewcsorrels859 my thoughts exactly. This adds a greater degree of uncertainty to any scholarship expectations we might have had, or, as you described it, blurriness

@matthewcsorrels859 said:

I wonder if merit scholarships will start being given out on a more holistic basis.

What did you mean by this?

LSAT better

@jhaldy10325 any input on this?

Bump

Congratulations!

SC heard the two cases on Monday. Justice Kavanaugh said it’s too late to do anything about affirmative action this cycle. Expect a decision a few months before the start of the next cycle

@ddcallahan12334 said:

Also as far as simulating the test, mentally tell yourself that waiting for the proctor to show up, at the start of the test and after the 10-minute intermission, can take 5 to 20 minutes just sitting there waiting just doing nothing.

Lmao

I’ll add to not take the extra section at the end of the exam. I would randomly decide when to take it but not at the end. Saving the unscored section for last means you’ll suffer from less test fatigue during the scored sections

Bump

If we don't have the option to exclude Prep Tests this will cause more harm than good. I’ve already made a thread about this regarding the auto drill feature and it’s gone without a response

Also, the Problem Sets were curated by JY. Why are you guys removing them and replacing them with a generic drill? Keep the Problem Sets and the drilling feature

@enddya2585 pain

Mods can you make this happen because as it is the auto build feature is not usable

@Raffi Piliero thank you for the response + looking out for that newsletter

What is power score crystal ball?

I don't think that it would be. It goes against everything JY teaches us here. If all questions are worth the same, why not do the easy questions first?

@Raffi Piliero can you elaborate on the wrong answer journal? Thanks!

I believe schools will know if you tested with accommodations either way

Thank you!

correction: it's pronounced Jenne, D is silent