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Zdubbs
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- Jun 2025
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Admissions profile
LSAT
164
CAS GPA
3.35
1L START YEAR
2026
Applications
Chicago-Kent
Applied
Chicago-Kent
Applied
Fordham
Applied
Fordham
Applied
Illinois - Chicago
Accepted
Illinois - Chicago
Accepted
Illinois - Urbana
Rejected
Illinois - Urbana
Rejected
Indiana Bloomington
Waitlisted
Indiana Bloomington
Waitlisted
Loyola - Chicago
Applied
Loyola - Chicago
Applied
Notre Dame
In process
Notre Dame
In process
Ohio State
Applied
Ohio State
Applied
Southern Methodist
Applied
Southern Methodist
Applied
Texas A&M
Rejected
Texas A&M
Rejected
Wisconsin
Waitlisted
Wisconsin
Waitlisted
Discussions
Zdubbs
Sunday, May 17
I have been in your shoes and understand the struggle.
In the blind review, what helped me improve was not just reviewing the question I got wrong or flagged, but understanding what steps that I took during the test that made me gravitate towards one answer over another. I also identified which questions I took longer than the target time to answer and see where I missed opportunities to skip. Skipping was a game changer for me. Anytime I encountered a lengthy parallel reasoning question or a very diagram-heavy conditional reasoning stimulus, I skipped it and came back. Skipping in both RC and LR helped me bump up at least 3 points.
What helped me was that I did some untimed sections but forced myself to ID the question type, highlight the conclusion and make a rough anticipation for each question. Once I started to get into the habit of that, I did a timed section at 150% time and then lowered the time as my accuracy got better.