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I've sat in on several admissions calls with law schools and all of them say unless your score is significantly lower than you were hoping (like 10 points or more), it's better to keep it. With only a 4 point difference, I would keep it because a cancelled score often looks much worse than 159.
I thought A sounded good except the word "approach". The topic of the passage is theories, not methods. I tend to think of theories as more conceptual knowledge and approaches as actual action plans/steps for something.
I chose D because it is a new theory that they suggest and paragraph 3 seems to talk about predictions, which indicates some research is inadequate to fully justify it.
@zunair oh that sounds like it would be very helpful, do you have a link to that?
I was in the same exact boat. I got a 161 on my June LSAT because I had to take it after a full day at work and couldn't focus for it.
I've found that taking full length practice tests on a Saturday mid morning after I've eaten, slept in, worked out, and showered has a massive difference. Taking care of yourself genuinely takes discipline but for me it's helped skyrocket my score and my last two PTs have been over 170.
The other comment said it too, but changing day to day habits like scrolling on social media, screens before bed, and really any short form content has been cut out for me. I've started reading books again and going on longer walks and working out more consistently instead.
For me, one of my main motivators for a legal career is intertwined with several personal religious beliefs. I do plan on applying to several schools with religious affiliations, but also to a few state/public schools as well. I know that part of being ABA accredited is not discriminating in admissions based on religion but would it hurt my application in any way to include this reasoning in my personal statement?
I can see how it would strengthen the application for a school with a religious affiliation, but not sure if it goes vice versa. I know I also probably shouldn't leave out some of my main reasons for wanting to pursue law, but I could potentially reframe it to be more universal for public universities if I needed.
@DulasiTennakoon This was great advice. The professor that I reached out to responded and wanted to connect and learn a bit more about what I'm up to now and my goals as well, so it gives me confidence that their letter will be more personal than just a generic professor recommendation.
@SeanStrauss nah fr 😭 first LR section in a long time where I ran out of time which is why I predicted a 162
Dawg I legit double fist pumped in the middle of the library. I just wanted to celebrate this because if I could get this score on my test in September, it would legitimately be life changing.
I graduated fairly recently (spring of 2024) and have been working since right after graduation. Most of my application is looking good but I'm having trouble with LORs from professors. I know my current boss will write an exceptional LOR, but I'm less confident about my academic LORs. I was a good student, but I never really went to office hours or did anything to build relationships with professors as others did. That being said, I would bet that many professors wouldn't even remember me.
I've seen a lot of people online saying just send a request to professors whose class you did well in, but I'm curious if that's good advice or not. It seems weird to base my acceptance into a law school based off of the recommendation of someone who wouldn't remember me if I hadn't reached out, but I've been told academic LORs are expected for someone who graduated as recently as I did.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
@adzballroom No joke, I have so many RC sections where I missed 7-10. Keep at it, review the lessons or even just the cheat sheets again. This is definitely my peak score, but progress will come with time and intentional studying
@BenjaminThomas I've seen so many other people say this but practicing with untimed passages has helped a ton. Also I had some bad habits with my low res, so fixing them to make them more focused on structure rather than content has helped a ton too
Y'all, I don't know how to express my excitement that I only missed one question in a timed reading comp section. My LR sections have been fine but I've been grinding reading comp for so long and have seen so little progress, but this felt incredible. I'm not expecting this to be the norm for now, but boy does it feel incredible to get over a overperform.
The number of tutor answers on this one really goes to show how much a pain in the butt this question was
@blueorbit2400 that's great advice. I've only ever read the full stimulus first while making my low res summary so this might be a game changed. My last RC section I missed like 4/5 "stated" questions bc I suck at finding them quickly
I get that practice and being selective with which questions to answer is key, but I seem to always end up in one of 2 boats.
I am worrying about time and miss questions in the first passages
I run out of time and have to really rush the last passage.
When I do blind review, I get significantly higher on my scores, but I just don't how to train/practice this better. The videos are good and all, but my issue isn't really with the logic of the questions most of the time, it's more so pacing.
My advice is to schedule your test as soon as humanly possible. I did way worse than my potential on my last LSAT because I scheduled it too late and had to take the test at 7:00PM after a full day of work and I was exhausted. If I could take the test on a Saturday in early afternoon, I would have so much more energy. It seems like a very practical way that I could have raised my score like 4-5 points but you just have to be really really quick with scheduling your test
Real photo of me trying to force myself to care about Eileen Gray's stupid Artwork
The question wasn't even that hard it just made me chuckle that I had to spend so much extra time counting sentences. Thank you for the changes LSAC
@steamboatwillie Half the battle of this question for me was not just finding the references. I flagged and came back to it but yeah the changes are stupid.
So I took the LSAT in June and didn't get the score I wanted. I can do consistently well on LR (missing maybe 1-3 each section), but then I absolutely goof every RC section (missing as many as 10-12 questions per section). I only joined 7sage a few weeks ago when I got my scores and I'm planning on retaking in September. Until now, I've studied completely on my own using Lawhub advantage.
So in y'all's experience, have you been able to see consistent improvement in your RC sections through 7sage?
Studying on my own, I think I actually declined in my RC scores which has got me feeling bummed, but I just need to know if there's hope for improvement.
No. A cancelled score often looks much worse or raises more questions. A 2 point difference is not worth cancelling