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In the same boat! T2 softs, 3.89 GPA (from a top undergrad school known for grade deflation) and a 167 LSAT. Trying to decide whether to ED (Georgetown or NYU) to help my chances. Any advice would be much appreciated!
I found it helpful to think of the diversity/perspective statement as less about a "diverse" aspect of your identity and more about any experiences or perspectives that make you unique. What ideas, values, or experiences are you going to bring to your law school community that other people may not share? Have the experiences from work informed how you see the world and who you are as a person? If so, I think you can write about them, just make sure they tie back to who you are.
Just flagging that in Georgia (where I live) traffic tickets are misdemeanors so you should check whether that's the case for your specific state!
@AnnaTidmore I’ve been told this was true in previous years but with so many people applying nowadays the best results are coming for people who submit before 10/31.
I’m not an admissions expert but my undergrad’s career advancement office is telling us to try and have everything in by October 1
@NatMan I think seeing tutors do RC sections would be especially helpful because I know there are widely varying approaches to passage reading time, highlighting, etc. across the tutors.
@Kevin_Lin I think seeing tutors take a test fresh would be most helpful but it could still be helpful to see them take older tests or at least explain how they would approach sections or questions under timed conditions. I think the problem with explanation videos a lot of the time is you don’t get to see how to approach a question with speed in mind.
I also struggle with testing anxiety! Here is some of the advice I've gotten that I feel like has been/will be helpful for me:
(1) Know what happens when you get nervous/anxious and what your triggers are. Do you start rushing through questions and missing key details? Do you re-read a passage 3 times without processing anything it said? Then, try and come up with a fall-back plan. For me, I get incredibly anxious when I feel like I don't understand a question at first or I'm stuck between two temping answer choices. When this happens, I tend to spend WAY to long on that question trying figure things out, then I get even MORE anxious because I'm running out of time. Recently, my policy has been if I'm not seeing an answer clearly after 2 read throughs of the stem/stim and after attempting to POE my way to an answer, I pick my best guess, flag the Q and move on. (In general, I've been trying to train my anxiety to brain, if nothing else, to focus on MOVING FORWARD and not getting stuck). I think having a plan for what to do when you feel anxiety come up can be really helpful!
(2) In a similar vein, write down all your anxious thoughts and worst case scenarios before you take the test, then dispel them or come up with a plan for what you will do if they arise. For me, this might look something like"
"You get a really hard physics RC passage and don't understand the concepts at all. --> Focus on passage structure, author opinion, and other people's perspective at the very least. Replace complex terms with letters or other terms. If you don't understand a paragraph after reading it twice, move on and go back if you need to when you get to the questions."
I hope this helps!
My school (UChicago) is also on a quarter (basically trimester) system so an option to input grades based on quarters would be great.
@iwillcrushthelsat In that case, I know it's cliche advice but just make sure you read every word of the stim and ACs! Like maybe hover your cursor over words as you read or mutter to yourself. It's way faster if you're reading everything and understanding it fully the first time then skimming/missing stuff because you're in a rush!
Are the questions you are getting wrong because you're missing something in the stem or are you getting fooled by trap answers? Are you spending a long time on them trying to figure them out then just not seeing the "trick" of the question or are you getting "got" by the questions? I think these distinctions could help me give more tailored advice...
For LR, the first 15 in 15 drill changed my life. That way you have time to spend on the harder questions!
I have been having the same issue, but something that has helped me is having someone watch me do an RC section or two (I get my sister to help) and yelling at me when I sit on a question for too long. It's forced me to get better (though still not perfect) and moving on from a Q once I have picked an answer and more confident in doing do. I usually spend 4:30 or so on passages but then try and spend 30 sec or so per question. Some people suggest doing first two passages in 15 minutes drills but this hasn't been too helpful for me, as sometimes I find the more difficult passages way easier than the "easy" ones. I hope this helps!
@alemo018 it’s full but please feel free to make a group with people who commented that I haven’t responded to. Sorry I just don’t want the number of people to get too overwhelming
NatMan
(UPDATE: FULL) This Week Only! Small June LSAT Review Session for People Aiming for 170+
Hi everyone. I'm taking the June LSAT and I was thinking it might be nice to virtually get together for an hour or two with a small group of 3-4 people aiming for 170+ on the June LSAT sometime this week (Monday or Tuesday around 7 or 8PM ET perhaps?) to have a last minute review session. We could go over level 4-5 questions and share how we would approach them in real time, talk about things we want to keep in mind going into the test, and overall just share positive pre-test vibes with one another. If you are interested, please comment, and I'll make a chat with the first 3-4 people who comment!
Semi-related but I was getting discussions from the wrong questions this weekend.
Get letters from your recommenders NOW and ask in person if you can (a lot of professors fall off the face of the earth over the summer, or appreciate having the summer to write your letters). Also work on your resume (getting it to two pages, mentioning everything you've done since high school, etc.). Hope this helps!
Is this episode out? I haven't been able to find it....