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General · *5* weeks until Nov Exam, Nov takers: what's your study plan?

adimanm1445

Tuesday, Oct 06 2020

VerdantZephyr You make a very important point. Personally, I don't PT unless I am trying to replicate testing conditions, measure my progress, or get to analytics/data points to pin-point my weaknesses. It isn't that I think I'd get burnt out at 2 per week, but I honestly don't review my PTs effectively. I say I will, but then when the time comes for BR I don't follow through. It's especially hard now that I am about midway through the semester of my senior year of college. Great point and I think a lot of people need to take this advice. I have only taken 2-4 PTs per month over the last 3 and have jumped 10+ points. It isn't necessary.

General · *5* weeks until Nov Exam, Nov takers: what's your study plan?

adimanm1445

Tuesday, Oct 06 2020

@ Gotcha, that seems like a great approach because (obviously) by PTing you are covering all bases and studying every section in depth. That's great that it works for you. Personally I do very few PTs becuase it doesn't work so well for me in the middle of a college semester but I am still able to put the hours in and see relatively consistent improvement. If I had more time, I'd definitely do something similar because I believe PTing and the effective/in-depth review of those PTs are the best way to study.

I'd definitely be interested in keeping in touch!

General · Let's Have Fun... What do you think will be your Top 5 ABA classes based on what you know now

adimanm1445

Monday, Oct 05 2020

Criminal Law

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General · *5* weeks until Nov Exam, Nov takers: what's your study plan?

adimanm1445

Monday, Oct 05 2020

@ Of course, and hey it doesn't matter where you start it's all about where we finish. We both definitely got this! One bit of advice I'd give is maybe try taking one week off where instead of doing ANY PTs, you just heavily emphasize reviewing your most recent exams as well as past exams. I think this will set you up for a nice score leap come next PT. Let me know your thoughts!

Also, has PTing twice a week been effective for you? I am thinking about mixing in more PTs myself.

General · *5* weeks until Nov Exam, Nov takers: what's your study plan?

adimanm1445

Monday, Oct 05 2020

Overall hit 164 on my most recent back to back PTs, which is my highest score to date. My goal score by this Thursday for October is 162-166 but am wary that it can fluctuate lower on test day. As for studying, it took me super long to figure out what works for me but I'll write it out below.

For November: Trying to hit 170 - Starting to really pinpoint weaknesses and I have focused on more targeted studying than full PTs because I am not effective at reviewing them. I have the sense that I am on the verge of a score leap considering all studying I've done on my weaker areas...just need to get more consistent at studying all three sections every session now.

LG: Pretty much -2/-3

-Have been fool-proofing some of the hardest games of all time + every game section I do in a PT

-It's my strongest section so I often just do games untimed (and still end up doing them all correct within the goal time) to just maintain my LG skills, keeps studying fun as well

-Consistently get Rule-Substitution Questions wrong, so I have been drilling some games w/those

-Consistently make 1-2 stupid mistakes, trying to keep my work more organized. I now circle all solutions I diagram to refer back to for future questions and ALWAYS write the new rules for new-rule questions neatly.

LR: -3/-4 lately

-Have been returning a lot to old sections I've done, especially where I got a lot of questions wrong

-Re-do them untimed, and write out Premises/Conclusion + how each AC affects the argument/premise set then watch explanation videos if I am still confused

-Will do 10-15 questions from old PTs I haven't done, then BR, then return in a few days for a third review with explanations written out as I see fit

-Doing a bunch of harder questions from each set as well + PF, NA,SA,MSS,MBT and Point of Disagreement because for some reason I such at those under timed conditions

RC: -6 average, (Hit -3 once and -9 once, but mostly consistent at -6 - RC has the biggest room for improvement and thus is the easiest path to a higher score for me)

-Going back to fundamentals and trying them out untimed, i.e, refining my low resolution summaries and applying a better approach than I did on my last PT ( Went -9.. Ouch .. prevented me from hitting 164+ for the first time) - been using Manhattan Prep

-Emphasizing a review plan similar to LR/LG - Take an RC section and do 1-2 passage(s) at a time (started this untimed, but mixing in timed now), Blind Review, Do it again a few days later untimed

-Constantly returning to old passages I did poorly on - this has been the key to improvement for both LR and LG for me. Can definitely foolproof for RC as well.

Overall:

-Focusing on my weak areas has been the most helpful

-I stick to what works - I only do PTs to measure where I am at and to get new data points on where my weaknesses are/what to prioritize

-Have hit -3 or -2 on all sections in different PTs, just need to put this together in PTs and on the real LSAT. I am now studying all three sections consistently instead of one section at the expense of another now as test date approaches. Focusing on LG and LR so much took some points off for RC for me

-Going to take some timed more PTs under test day conditions just so I get over the nerves of getting a bad score before November. Sometimes I get too worried that if I do poorly, I'll ruin my confidence.

-My progression has been super positive, but not precisely linear.

Cold Diagnostic:151

152,158, 153 (after months off), 154, 153, 157, 153, 160, 160, 158, 164, 164

+11 up from early July, still much more room to grow! Wish I really studied more for RC, I just tend to put it off because it's so tedious. I will no doubt make sure I study the hell out of it before November.

Admissions · LSAC messed up my GPA

adimanm1445

Friday, Oct 02 2020

@ Their generic email, forget what it is. Someone on reddit said that it's the best way to reach them because over the phone they can't do anything.

Admissions · LSAC messed up my GPA

adimanm1445

Friday, Oct 02 2020

@ Yeah I am planning on it tomorrow. I've heard that they are not authorized to change anything over the phone and it's best to email them. I did email them and I hope that this can be resolved either by my own school or them.

Admissions · LSAC messed up my GPA

adimanm1445

Friday, Oct 02 2020

@ So far I emailed them with quotes from my school's website that refer to the course as non-credited and non-punitive. I even quoted and cited LSAC policy that says "Any non-credited course is not included in the GPA conversion unless the school finds it punitive."

I reached out to the school as well but good idea about a letter.

Admissions · LSAC messed up my GPA

adimanm1445

Friday, Oct 02 2020

@ it does seem that they made a mistake. LSAC guidelines say that any non-credited course is not considered in the GPA. My undergraduate does not consider it a factor in my GPA either. "U" or "unsatisfactory" grades are specifically given to non-credited courses at my school. I think it's a miscommunication, if my undergrad put it under "NC" or "Non-credited" then it would be a different story.

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Thursday, Oct 01 2020

adimanm1445

LSAC messed up my GPA

My undergrad institution and LSAC have the exact same grading scale. When manually going through how they got to the numbers on the report, it fits perfectly with the following:

I determined that LSAC considered four "U" grades, or unsatisfactory grades, to equal 8 total "semester hours" with a 0.00 grade. My undergraduate school does says these count for "0 attempted credits" and do NOT contribute to my GPA. It seems arbitrary that LSAC calculated these to be 8 course hours when my school counts them as none.

***This isn't a legitimate course. It's a ten-minute online training about taking books out from the library that is mandatory before graduation but kind of expected to be completed as a first year. Did not know it would be on my transcript. Instead of a 3.69 overall GPA, LSAC computed a 3.22 which decimates my overall GPA (I transferred with a 3.91 with equal course hours). I know I was lazy but wow, this seems extreme. Can I appeal this to LSAC?