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Thursday, Jun 27 2019

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NYU Law or Columbia Law

Hi I'm considering applying for early decision asap (so october or earliest possible). My numbers aren't spectacular: 166 LSAT with 3.78 GPA, but the LSAT predictor says ill have about a 50% chance at NYU Law and like 23% Columbia. Now, my dream school is Columbia Law, but I would be happy with NYU Law as well. Which one should I apply for? Any advice?

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PT114.S3.P4.Q24
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christori9799
Monday, Jun 25 2018

#help

For question 24 I chose E and am having a hard time agreeing with JY's explanation. It seems to me that the author is pushing for ethics courses that are more "narrative literature" oriented and, in contrast to the relatively poorly-designed current ethics training (hence the answer to Q27, "partial disapproval of the method"), the author would consider the narrative approach "a well-designed ethics education for medical students," to which (as JY mentions) the author espouses the values and virtues of.

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Tuesday, Sep 11 2018

I ended up guessing around 5 questions... but from what I read it seems like it's best for me to not send the complaint and if I do end up tanking I should write CAREFULLY an ammendum?

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Monday, Sep 10 2018

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Should I Sent this Complaint to the LSAC?

I would like to first note that I am not looking to cancel my score nor am I looking to getting anyone in trouble. I simply am looking to get proof for prospective law schools of the conditions I had to go through in taking this particular LSAT.

Before the exam started (so during the "bubble in your name" period) I raised my hand to ask if I could go to the restroom. I was not aware nor told of being unable to leave the room for the restroom during this time, but to be safe I asked a proctor of this. The proctor said that I can, led me out of the room and pointed me to the restroom. And so I went, obviously thinking that it must have been okay to do this.

But from returning to the test room (still during the "bubble in your name" period) a different proctor stopped me, told me that I wasn't allowed to leave the room during this time, and said that he would report me to LSAC. Expectedly I was shocked and confused, since another proctor had told me a minute ago otherwise.

Still in a confused, shocked, and frankly frightened state (as I had no idea what a report would do to my future) I had to take the first three sections of the LSAT. While it is hard to blame or prove that all of my anxiety came from this event, I most certainly couldn't concentrate as much as I wanted with thoughts about possibly not being able to be a lawyer ever lingered and hindered my logical reasoning.

During the break I went up to the proctor who said that he would report me. He told me that, as another proctor had told me that I could leave the room, that he would NOT report me. While this was good news, I'm sure you can understand my frustration from not doing as well on the first three sections as I hoped to do over what ultimately ended up to be nothing.

Once again, I am not looking to blame anyone or to have my LSAT score cancelled (or held for that matter). I would, however, like to have my struggle and condition in taking this LSAT realized and would like some sort of proof (a letter?) of this so that law schools can realize that this LSAT score may not be reflective of my abilities.

...is what I'm thinking of sending. Thoughts? (I'm sort of worried that maybe the LSAC would consider me leaving the room, despite a proctor clearly letting me do this, a reason to have my score cancelled)

Hi all, I'm considering applying early to Columbia Law School with the idea in mind that my chances are very low. Columbia Law is my dream school and, though my LSAT score of 165 does not make my chances too high, there were occasions where people in my range did get in, so I'm betting my chances on that.

Brief background, I'm thinking of retaking the LSAT next year and would really begin applying next year as well. I am not planning on applying to other law schools this year, and applying to Columbia Law early is somewhat of a whim, with the thoughts that if I get in, fantastic! If not, I'll just apply again next year.

I've read through several posts on whether re-applying hurts my admission chances and it seems as though the consensus falls in "depends on the school." My questions, so, are as follows:

  • Would re-applying to Columbia hurt my chances compared to first-time appliers?
  • Do you think my plan of applying early to Columbia (sort of a "make-or-next-year" sort of plan) is okay?
  • Thanks in advance!

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    christori9799
    Saturday, Sep 08 2018

    LR was definitely hard... anyone know if the one with "extremely sweet" was real?

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