Cornell!!

@aaronkeegan92975 said:

The Notre Dame jump over Boston University is what I wanted to personally emphasize. I would never choose a school solely on rankings! BU and Notre Dame offered me scholarships. Comparing both schools has me weighing a lot of factors. For example, does it make sense for me to pack up and move to Indiana when I live 4 hours from Boston and have lived there already? I've always had the philosophy you go to the best school that gives you the most money. Although I really like Notre Dame, I had trouble rationalizing a huge move. Especially when technically BU was considered to be a better school, especially in the Northeast. The slight shift in rankings cast a different light on how I had been favoring BU over Notre Dame, mostly because of rankings. It had me questioning which was the better school and the better school for me. It just helped me see both schools in a different light and intensified my decision-making process.

I don't mean to be argumentative, but the two bolded statements seem to be in direct contradiction to each other. If ND had not moved over BU, would you still have an issue? What is different about ND and BU today (besides the numbers on an internet page / magazine) as opposed to two weeks ago? Shouldn't every other part of your analysis about location and moving stay the same? If it does, why are you doubting your previous leanings?

So given the two options 135k to ND and full ride to BU. When BU was a full ride, close to home, and the higher ranked school it made it hard to discuss people who do not know a lot about law school admissions would have trouble understanding why I like ND. It kind of felt ineffable at the time because I couldn't utter a good concrete reason beyond a "feeling". Later I understood that those feelings were motivated by interest in their faculty, collegiality, class size, and student organizations. So once I was able to describe my feelings and when there was this slight shift in rankings, my intuition towards ND felt validated. I reached out to this community to discuss whether or not this shifted anyone's feelings as well. I know that caring about all of those factors beyond rankings and finances are important, but I felt more comfortable using it as a reason to make it a stronger contender. Even before the rankings, I knew I was going to go visit the school to see if I could envision myself there. So essentially I posted because I felt this way before the rankings, but it helped me make a better case to family and friends about why I was so interested in ND. I wanted to know if anyone else cared or had similar stories. In the most practical sense, many people mostly care about numbers: money, distance, and rankings.People do not consider how you "feel." I applied all over, and I would not mind moving away. However, moving further away includes additional stress, cost, and logistics. So when the rankings scale tipped in ND's favor, it helped me validate those pesky human emotions I felt. Does that make more sense?

Totally manageable if you dedicate the time to it. It is pretty easy to pick up logic games just keep on practicing. I'd dedicate the majority of your time to crushing LR. Believe in the blind review method!

@anniegilligan17915 said:

@anniegilligan17915 said:

I thought I knew where I was going to deposit, but now I am not so sure.

There are a lot of changes in the schools ranked 25-15

The 2019 ranking---> 2020 ranking

University of Texas 15-->16

UCLA 16-->15

Vanderbilt 17 --> 18

Boston University 22--> 23

George Washington 24--> 22

Notre Dame 24 --> 21

Is anyone factoring in the new rankings into their decision?

I’m aware rankings change all the time.I just think ranking trends are interesting and want to know how much they impact a decision making process.

Just out of curiosity what about the changes you listed are making you reconsider your deposit. There doesn’t seem to be anything of particular relevance besides maybe ND jumping 3 spots, but that still is certainly not a major change.

The Notre Dame jump over Boston University is what I wanted to personally emphasize. I would never choose a school solely on rankings! BU and Notre Dame offered me scholarships. Comparing both schools has me weighing a lot of factors. For example, does it make sense for me to pack up and move to Indiana when I live 4 hours from Boston and have lived there already? I've always had the philosophy you go to the best school that gives you the most money. Although I really like Notre Dame, I had trouble rationalizing a huge move. Especially when technically BU was considered to be a better school, especially in the Northeast. The slight shift in rankings cast a different light on how I had been favoring BU over Notre Dame, mostly because of rankings. It had me questioning which was the better school and the better school for me. It just helped me see both schools in a different light and intensified my decision-making process.

I would absolutely take more modern tests. I scored a 155 in September and scored a 167 in January. The jump is manageable if you study the most effective way-- blind review and foolproof logic games. I have found that on every real test I did better on RC than anticipated. So concern yourself less with RC and more with LR and LG. I would even consider putting the LSAT off until June. If you don't feel more prepared than you did in September, then you probably are not ready. I faced the same issue with the November test, and almost wish I didn't take it in November, because my score increased by so little.

@leahbeuk911 said:

Nah. I started with Powerscore and read the LG book. I ended up honestly more confused than where I started. I find 7sage to be significantly better. Many people also think the trainer and 7sage are complementary, so that's a good combination to have. You really don't need anything beyond 7age IMO, but some materials sometimes click better with people than others. But if you like the trainer and already have 7sage, I wouldn't add anything else.

Agreed!I spent three months trying to use Powerscore before I started 7sage. I can easily say that the resources 7sage offers, especially for games, is unparalleled. Using Ultimate+ is all you will need.

@jkatz1488955 said:

Speed is a function of ability. Are you familiar with cookie cutter review?

Yes, it is in the RC core curriculum. I would say that for flaw questions I can easily identify the cookie cutter flaw right away. For other question types, it does not come as naturally. I am specifically having trouble with sufficient assumption and weakening questions. I find them more challenging to read.