Have you looked at the 7sage predictor? I have heard that this will give you an advantage. Research has shown that your chances of getting into a school increases by 7ish % if you are URM. I do not know if this is true, but I have heard a lot of articles speaking about this the past years.

"As you can see in Table 1a, law schools typically give a 7% boost to URM applicants. In other words, a URM applicant who is exactly equal to a non-URM candidate, including all other factors we control for, is 7% more likely to be admitted to any law school than a non-URM equivalent. This number is a whopping 498% in the Top 14, 126% in the Top 25, and 52% in the Top 50 law schools." - From a Powerscore blog

https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/do-underrepresented-minority-urm-applicants-have-a-law-school-admissions-advantage/

If you get a perfect score on LG and miss every other one (not likely... sending good vibes haha) you'll score around 133-136 depending on the curve

I saw that it "highly recommended" me to say yes waive, so I just waived it

It sounds like they might be ranked the same according to your information. I would go with the full scholarship. You'll thank yourself once you're done

Stay focused! Happens to the best of us. This is why LSAC will eliminate your first score from universities from seeing because many first time takers get very nervous.

As someone that use to do this with textbooks, I did it because it would help me remember examples of context clues, helped with spelling, and syntax. I did this in middle school and it was very helpful for vocabulary development because you're using motor skills (he might learn better this way) it helps you remember words you didn't know and their structure used in a sentence better. Writing them down can help a lot. I don't think I would do this for RC though because the vocab is unpredictable on the LSAT.

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Thank you for taking the time to do this, and for sharing it with everyone. I printed it and will use it as I go through an LR problem set this morning.

You are so welcome! :D

I agree with banana

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lmao i totally did. thanks for the headsup

HAHA no problem :)

This is what I am doing the last three weeks: I am studying full time the next 3 weeks

Everyday before I begin studying, I am going to go over my charts. This can take 20-45 minutes (depending how well you know these rules/indicators) Even if I know them from top to bottom, on the LSAT it is SO easy to mess up under pressure. So, knowing something 110% is great. We can't risk missing a question because we were doubting if A --> B haha. If you know them already, 10 minutes won't hurt you going over them everyday anyways.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjJX7betNQV1e1ZK4sjY6Atfmdu87-IcH50feYFCRPQ/edit

Then I will be trading off days: One day will be focused on a PT then going over it as a whole. What I did right and what I did wrong (about 4 hours) Then, ill take the lowest scored section and drill questions to focus on my weakness. I left 75+ for the last three weeks because they are more modern.

I will trade off the next day to: Not doing PT. Instead, I'll focus on splitting my time into thirds. 3 hours on LG, 3 hours on RC, and 3 hours on LR. I do this so I won't forget the flow of a sections. I will probably drill questions, go over questions that I've gotten correct or wrong, etc. This is just going to give me the opportunity to add to my knowledge and wrap my head around ALL sections. Using 60-74 to drill questions

Then 1-2 days before the test, I am just going over my charts and a reflection dairy I made for myself since starting day 1. Don't want to be sleepy or overwhelmed right before exam.

It's a lot. The way I see it, I'll rest after the exam.

Hi :)

This is just my advice because I know everyone is different and no one can really tell you if “you have enough time” or “not”. So don’t let anyone intimidate you out of attempting this cycle! Three questions to ask yourself

How fast do I retain information?

How many hours per week can I study? 25+ would be good if you’re trying to do this cycle. Leaves you around 300 hours of studying for January. Research shows if you study between 240-300 hours over a few month period you’ll be good.

(If you work full-time, it’s extremely hard BUT NOT POSSIBLE)

JY study plan has a lot of hours because of the sets. At times, a sections can have like 11 sets and that takes 11 hours/12 hour section. I’ve seen in the comments that people don’t do all of them because they feel as if they are ready to move on.

Do I have the time to study for the LSAT, get my resume together, letters of recommendation, personal statements/other statements, transcripts (they can take up to two weeks, DO ASAP) and such? Yes it’s possible. I want to say I was able to do these in a few weeks.

My advice is be realistic with yourself. Before I began studying for the LSAT, I googled this question too and some people were a little negative that I HAD to study for like 6 months+ but in reality many people study for 2-3 months straight and do great.

I am very happy that this is helping some of you out (3(/p)

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Thank you! You did a great job at putting this together

HAHA you do not have to at all, I truly shared this to help others (3(/p)

@-hirth

The only reason why I got this question correct is because of my past experience looking for jobs, so I anticipated the answer. Yeah maybe there's a job that pays $2,000 more but horrible benefits Vs. one that pays me less with great benefits because benefits can be the thing that break your bank account lol

What PT test did you start with? I've seen many people have this problem. They start with PT 30-50's and they see a decrease by they time they get to 70+ because 70's + are more modern and are a little different. I've seen this happen A LOT

I just wanted to let everyone know, the "it was super hard" comments you'll see those at EVERY LSAT EXAM. Don't let it scare you.

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Yes on Sunday, Please send your prayers. I desperately need them.

Just prayed for you. Best of luck!

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Is control F still allowed?

I believe so

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Thank you! Taking Sunday too. I've been following your posts for awhile and very much appreciate all the charts and motivation you've been sharing. Best of luck to you. I'm sure you're gonna dominate this test!

I am glad you liked the charts ☺️ woohooo

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omg me, i am soooo nervous! we got this girl! WE CAN DO THIS :-)

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Taking the LSAT on Sunday! I needed this! Thank you and good luck :)

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Thank you! Taking Sunday too. I've been following your posts for awhile and very much appreciate all the charts and motivation you've been sharing. Best of luck to you. I'm sure you're gonna dominate this test!

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL 🙂

Lay down on the floor, clear your mind (think about something that you look forward of doing with your law degree), and listen to this song before taking LSAT. On your LSAT day say and think to yourself, "I am unstoppable today. I'm so powerful, I don't need batteries today" HYPE YOURSELF UP!!

YOU GOT THIS!!!!! STAY FOCUSED.

So, I am not sure if this is 100% right but I will say that I went from getting 0 correct (LIKE SERIOUSLY 0 CORRECT LOL) to all NA correct.

The approach that I did is read the stimulus, found the conclusion, and then started going through the answer choices. What was I looking for in the AC? I was looking for a AC that will support the conclusion.

For example: BECAUSE THIS AC HAPPENED, then this conclusion was able to happen. Due to the argument depending on this AC for the conclusion to be valid.

Also what helped me figure this out is work backgrounds on NA. After I got them ALL wrong, I would see the correct answer and see how that would fit the stimulus. That is how I learned how to approach them.

best of luck to everyone (3 I don't take mine until next month, but good luck(/p)

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I'm a teacher also!

Thank you for sharing, I know these babies take time.

MANY blessings)

GO TEACHERS!

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I agree with @ that I leave the comparative until the end, but I would add that with the comparative, control-F will often be your friend if you're running out of time. Often the comparative passage will have questions that only deal with something in A or B and if you ctrl-F words in the answers, you will see they actually belong to the other passage and not the one the question refers to so you can quickly get rid of incorrect choices. Or the opposite, if a question is referring to something that should appear in both A and B, you can eliminate choices that only appear in one of the two.

I struggle hard with RC, but have found that often I get overwhelmed by trying to fit all 4 in so giving myself more time on 3 has definitely helped.

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!