Wait, I am in Israel and right now it is Oct 30 (6.45pm). When can I expect results????
I'll just add my two cents here. I have a close family member who was an extremely successful lawyer at a small firm. After practicing for about 20 years, being a huge sports fan, he decided to get certified as an NFL agent so he went through the whole process and got it but then realized that making the necessary connections to actually be useful to NFL-hopefuls takes lots of time if you are starting from near scratch (he had a friend who played in the League previously and he lived in Southern California but had never played football at a high level/coached/worked for a law firm that worked in this area). I have another close family member who played in the NFL and his agent went to a small law school in Southern California but had a ton of contacts because he used to coach at a D-1 football program. This guy had NFL coaches on speed dial and he was enormously successful, not because of the university on his JD, but because of his connections.
I’m taking it Oct 8th in the Middle East. I was at a 168-171 plateau about a month ago. There is a document floating around one of the lsat forums (not sure if it is TLS or reddit) that someone put together of posts from people who scored 178-180.
They all talked about how long they studied for, diagnostics, what materials they used, tips, etc. one thing that almost all of them did was a MASS amount of PTs. Some of them were doing 1 PT/day and a few did 2 PTs/day to increase stamina. Desperate to break through my plateau I started doing 2 PTs/day for about a week and a half. I quickly burned out, took a few days off, came back and scored 173, 174, and 175 on PTs 81, 82, and 84 (full test conditions, 5th section , etc)
I do think that review in the low 170s is a lot different than review in the high150s/low 160s. BRing took me maybe an hour or two. Not sure if I would recommend my approach, maybe I would have still gotten the gains if I hadn’t done like 20 practice tests in 10 days.
https://law.yale.edu/admissions/profiles-statistics/entering-class-profile
Not me... but I would love to meet this person: both because they must be exceptional to have a 154 and get into Yale, AND because they had the self-confidence to have a 154 and apply to Yale.
Anyone know other examples of super low LSAT scorers hitting above their weight in terms of admission?
Went -0 on a LG games section yesterday for the first time!!
As I'm figuring out which schools to apply to and checking LSN I figured I should find out if I am considered a URM? If not, it might soften the sting of a HYS rejection :) btw.. I'm Tongan (born in America but spoke the language growing up, involved in the Tongan community in California, visit family in Tonga regularly, etc)
I would love to be included as well!
I would like to retire around 40.
Barring crazy circumstances --inheriting money from a long-lost uncle, inventing the next FB, etc-- what would that look like with a law degree? I am 22 right now, plan to start law school in '19 and be finished by '22, at 26. Would you go Big Law for 14 years and try to make partner really early? Try to find a niche and start your own law firm? Consult? Work internationally? I live a very modest life, have no undergrad debt, and can't see myself living "big" even if I had the money. Would love to hear your advice or anecdotal stories of people with law degrees who were able to retire a lot earlier than 65 (and who actually used their law degree to do so).
Thanks!
Does anyone know how admissions are affected if you have a truly unique hook/atypical applicant? Rhodes Scholar, olympic experience, military hero, celebrity, NFL/NBA star, etc? I was on the US Paralympic team for a winter sport and was curious what kind of advantage that might give me. 3.7 GPA, diagnostic was 161, 77% done with CC.
Thanks for your service. It depends on your other application parts. If you are an URM, probably save it for personal statement and reserve diversity statement for your ethnicity. Don’t worry about “using it too heavily” though as that is important for them to know about and the impact it had on you.
What role does memorizing play in law school? I have heard it isn't sufficient, not even close, for getting good grades but it is necessary to even begin to issue spot. How much of it is there? What kinds of stuff? I have always had a "good" memory (competed in memory competitions etc) and am trying to figure out how to leverage this strength as much as people in law school. I got into Michigan and it is probably where I end up (pending scholarship negotiations). Thanks so much for doing this!!! Go blue