Hey @! I am unsure if I have the ethos and credentials law school wise to help you. However, I am a college professor who has been teaching graduate writing and rhetoric for over five years, so if I could be of any services, please feel free to get in contact with me (I just left a women's college, and I was the head of their writing department). I am not sure how private messaging works on here, but if you do, feel free to DM/PM me.

Hey Drew! I hope you are well. Two things: a) do the whole course. It is a process, it is sometimes hard to justify all that time, but do the whole course. My score went up nine points doing as such b)If you can afford it, get a tutor. It will really help you, and there are some great resources on here as well as trying on Wyzant. Having that one on one really helps. Other than that? Umm...say goodbye to everyone you know, and tell them you will be back post-LSATs. Best of luck!

Thanks @ and @ ! I shall do both.

I cannot believe I am just seeing this! May I please be added to this study group? TIA!

I have consistently been under time, and gotten no more than -1 per every two readings in the intro to reading comprehension, but this one, killed me. I was pretty confident about my answers, and considering this was the 22nd reading in a row, I wasn't terribly concerned. I got a -4 . Back to the drawing board!

Thanks, @"David.Busis! Hope everything is going well with the new lil one!

@, will you please help us and let us know when the essay is due? I think we asked too late and @ is already enjoying his little bundle of joy. Also, sorry, I didn't know who else to ask for help, and you are like my go to guy, which I imagine you are for most of us, which is probably so stressful and I am so sorry, but we appreciate you so.

I am going to be 29 when I begin law school, almost 30, and they are studies that show it is becoming more and more common for the median age of a law school student to be higher now than it was in previous years. I think a lot of people are working for a wee bit, and then coming back to start law degrees. Also, as a college professor, I have had countless students who are older than my parents starting school over. You will be fine, promise :smile: .

This is so helpful-thank you so much, dervy!

I just CTRL+ A the "My notes" section, and then C+V it on to a Word document. :smile:

I also scored 8 points below my average test score: I want to tell myself it was Hurricane Irma, having no power the whole week of the test, not finding out we were taking the test until the Friday before, but I am still so fucking disappointed in myself. I want to say that for most of us, it relates to @ was saying, and so much of it is pressure. I think there is only a small percentage of people who got the score they wanted, and I believe that the best thing to do is to try again. According to the LSACs, they are only really going to care about your top score. Best of luck love.

Groundhogs Day.

Thank you so much @ and @ ; I try to do the tests exactly as it is time wise and what have you for the test. I think the only thing that maybe different is how many distractions there are. I currently live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and whether I am at work or home, there is construction everywhere, noisy coworkers, etc. When it comes to BR scores, I am trying to become accustomed to grading this way. I keep the questions I struggle with in my pocket to review,and this appears to be helping. I am hoping to get a 170+, but I suppose only time will tell. It is just this test is so different from others: I got a 33 on my ACT with a perfect in writing, a 165 in verbal and a 158 in quantitative on the GRE, a perfect score on my comps for grad school, but this test man. It isn't like anything I have ever prepared for. Thank you both again for your help. I will tighten up on Blind Reviewing.

Do you have any different routine related differences or external sources of stress? Extremely different test versions? Are you in the same environment every time? There could be some factors to take into account that maybe adding to a lower score. I tend to do much better on the newer tests. And when I take a PT at Starbucks, I almost always score 2-3 points lower than usual. Not that correlation is causation, but there maybe a reason things are not adding up as high as they usually do.

This how I got better:

Rewatched the lesson, took a break, and watched it one more time. I tried to do it with extreme examples in my everyday life.

I think the biggest problem with NA questions is we try to answer beyond the necessary, and we want to answer it as though it is a MSS. The LSAT writers know that, and they take advantage (not advantage, but you know), so they almost always put in something that is beyond what is needed.

Hi @! So, I am an English professor [rhetoric, specifically], and I think the most helpful piece advice for one to follow in a situation like this is to fill your life with similar readings and practices. Read articles about things you enjoy, whether that is science or sports or what have you, and analyze them and summarize them as if you were doing it for the LSAT. I think it is helpful to also do this with podcasts, and ask yourself similar questions as well. Why is the author/speaker telling me this? Why should I give a shit? Why do they want me to care, and why do they? What is their attitude/tone? What is the big idea? If we get in the practice of doing this with everyday readings, or even just youtube videos on different types of lip gloss, it can help us apply the skill to our other reading needs.

I live in Tampa, and was wondering about all this. I just told my roommate recently that I am finally starting to feel prepared for this test, and then this fucking hurricane shows up.

I love it! It is economical to do even just so you have the tests at hand. Those books are like $20 a pop, and the Ultimate plus comes with fifty plus.

Hi Kewlaidd! I think you should just do you. You know you, and you know your body. If something helps you, then use it. Of course, talk to your doctor, but it isn't as if you are taking this drug leisurely (not that I would judge if you were). ADD is a relevant disorder, and if you had type 1 diabetes, or another form of physical ailment, taking your medicine or not wouldn't even be something up for debate. If something helps you, and doesn't harm yourself or others, I say, why a not?

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I know I maybe a total knob, but what the hell is undisclosed vs. disclosed mean?

Undisclosed means you wont be able to look at the test after you take it, it wont be published. So, if you didnt do as well as you would have liked you wont know why.

Thanks, @! That doesn't seem so bad.

Maybe hang out on the discussion board and help other people out. As someone who has taught for over a decade, I have learned that the only way to really know whether I really know something is if I can explain it to others in their learning style. Also, naps are always a viable choice!

I know I maybe a total knob, but what the hell is undisclosed vs. disclosed mean?