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@JaidaAnderson Office hours is great, by what will you do differently I mean what will you change in your life? For me, I deleted social media. cancelled netflix, cut piano lessons etc so I could spend all of the extra time studying and I got really serious about my wrong answer journal and took a lot of time going through everything I got wrong and why. Hopefully it helps me.
@JaidaAnderson I would recommend that you listen to the podcast they put out yesterday. Just search 7sage podcast, they talk about this. If you have another LSAT test pending, that will show up and most schools will not look at your application until that is filled because they don't want to look at it twice.
As far as much higher, that's kind of subjective, but even 5 points is a lot, in an ideal world yeah you would get 160+ but if you could get a 156 even that would look a lot better than a 151, Then you would go from the bottom half of scorers to the top half and that's not insigificant. Obviously getting to 160 would be amazing too.
A big question though is this, other than more time studying, what will you actually do differently to score better?
Hard to say for sure because I know very little about you. So Ill give you a few questions to think about while you make your choice.
Do you realistically think you can score much higher than a 151? If so, what will you be doing differently to do better this next go around?
By addendum do you mean GPA or LSAT? Because I probably wouldn't write one for the LSAT, but maybe you should for the GPA.
I don't think you have anything to lose by applying but if you want a stronger application you'll have to think about how you are going to do better next go around on the LSAT.
Today I got to speak to an admissions officer from one of the most competitive schools in the country. BYU LAW (Currently ranked 24th). I will say I was rather surprised by a few things that they said to me.
"We don't care that much about your LSAT / GPA we just want to know you are ready for the rigors of the program and will add value." I don't want to be misleading, it's not that they don't care at all LSAT and GPA. Those are the primary ways that you show you are ready for the rigors of the program, same with any school, but if you have an LSAC GPA of 2.5 and Masters with a 3.5 with a solid LSAT you have a real chance of getting in. BTW Their median GPA is 3.95 and their LSAT is 170 but they explicitly told me they admit people in the 3.0 range and below LSAT every year. People who have other things to make them think, yeah, this guy figured it out post Bachelors and they can handle this program no doubt.
"If your GPA is old, your LSAT is really what matters." Again going back to the idea of can you really handle the program? An LSAT of 170 that's fresh vs GPA that's 10 years old? Which is more likely to speak to your current capacity?
"US news and world report reduced GPA and LSAT and focus more on Outcomes." Which again comes back to their comment, can this person handle the program? Will they be hire able post graduation? will they pass the bar? So for some of you older students who maybe don't have an amazing GPA or LSAT but have shown you have a functional career and life with meaningful skills, that's tremendously valuable.
Strong LOR really do matter.
Extra Cirriculars (Espeically Military) matter a lot.
Your Essay on why be a lawyer needs to be just super genuine. They want to know something about you, who you are, not some formulaic template you found online. They want to know about your values, your goals, your experiences, WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU MATTER.
Write and addendum for your GPA if you need one, explain what went wrong, take ownership, and demonstrate how you have corrected the problem.
Transfers are rare, mostly because not that many people apply for it. They always save seats for it and almost never use them all. IF you do want to transfer you need to be in the top 3rd of your class wherever you are, assuming you are coming from a lesser school. Again this mostly comes back to the idea of can you handle the program? Will you add value?
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Honestly, no, not at all realistic tbh the level of improvement you are looking for will likely take several months. If I'm being completely honest, it may not even be obtainable for you, everyone has a cap and most people do not climb 45 points. I don't want to discourage you, it does happen, and you can do it, but that is a very steep mountain you are gearing up to climb.
I highly recommend cutting things in your life that encourage shorter attention span activity.
social media is a huge problem here, get off of that garbage, delete it from your phone and life. Tv can be the same.
I read a lot more now and I’ve seen my fatigue improve but it’s not amazing yet. You need to build it in all aspects of life not just the lsat
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