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camilapreuss745
Friday, Apr 29 2016

@, any tips on how the mature student here (aka me) can keep up with all the fresh students that don't need to worry even with their next meal, whereas I need to worry not only with my meal, but also with my children's meal, my job, my house and so on? I used to be a very good student (grades wise), but I just think I won't be able to make it now that I have a completely new reality. Funny thing is. I am a lawyer, back where I am from. I've been to Law School (5 years back there!), passed the "Bar" exam and all. Starting everything again is hard enough, but the LSAT might just be too much. :/

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camilapreuss745
Friday, Apr 29 2016

From what I've learned, mature students are first selected against the whole bunch of applications. If not accepted as "regular", then they are considered in the special category (mature, in this case). They don't say how many spots they have for mature students each, it depends on how many applications will convince them, I guess. So, if this is correct, you should apply as mature, as you will be considered for both. It's what I'm going to do...

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camilapreuss745
Friday, May 20 2016

Great to know that, Nicole! Thanks for sharing!

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camilapreuss745
Friday, May 20 2016

Thank you for all the responses! I really appreciate your support :-) I'll follow your advices and focus on the curriculum until I'm done with it. I want to apply early as chances are better, but if I totally fail the September test... then I will have to reconsider things. Or I will have to reconsider before taking the test. Let's see how the next months go. I don't know how much longer I can keep up with this routine. About the video at 1.7x... English is my second language. :-D Yep, there is that too. My mantra is don't think, just do it. Oh, wait. Maybe that is Nike's mantra... not sure of anything anymore. lol

Hi, there! I'm what some universities call a "mature student". I have a full time job, I have two small kids, a house to take care of. So my "free" time, even before deciding to take the LSAT, is close to nothing. Main point is: I need to make sure the time I actually have to study is used very effectively.

I've been watching all the lessons, but, at this point, I'm questioning if all the logic lessons are worthy it. I like them (in what now feels like a previous time, I briefly went to "Math School", so I really like numbers, logic and all that), I understand them and I even see how I can apply them to solve LR questions IF I don't have the time limitation imposed by the LSAT. Maybe if I were able to take and retake the tests a hundred times I would start to see all that "structure" coming naturally, but I don't. I barely have one hour a day to study, including the weekends.

Adding to my doubts, I took a LR session this week in a more relaxed, go with my guts way. Results were not great (they never are for me at this point), but they were much better than when I try to highlight the conclusion, identify the premises, do some logic "board" and so on.

Conclusion: I'm not sure if I should keep investing my time in watching the logic lessons or if I should skip to another part of the curriculum, or maybe just take test after test.

I would love to "hear" your opinion. I guess my other, more direct question is: if you had just one hour a day until your test (I'm taking the September one), how would you use your time?

Thank you in advance! :-)

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camilapreuss745
Friday, May 13 2016

Any where I can get the test in time for Sunday? Besides paying the expensive cover price at a physical bookstore...

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camilapreuss745
Friday, May 13 2016

WOW! That's great! Who cares about the score?! You got in! You did well enough. As an ESL, mature student myself, I'm kinda considering giving up. I'm mean, my English skills aren't too bad, but it's just too much, in very little time. It's overwhelming. It's very inspiring to read your story. Osgoode and UofT are my only options, as I can't relocate. Let's see if I can do as well as you did. Congratulations! :-)

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camilapreuss745
Tuesday, May 10 2016

@ Can you point out that video of a high scorer working on LR questions? I can't find it!

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