As I understand it, one of the main reasons the advice is to rewrite is because admissions committees want to see your drive and your tenacity. Also to see how you've grown in a year.
Especially if your rewrite is another good one, they will be excited to reconsider you, right?
Good luck!
Are you planning to apply for 2023?
If so, another main consideration is time. Scholarships at this point will depend on submitting application materials ASAP.
Yeah, I don't think that's a thing, really.
The major updates to submit would be grades or Character and Fitness related.
I agree.
Or, you could reference it but not make of it a main thrust: "My passion for numbers/science/whatever originally pulled me toward a major in X but over time I couldn't shake the feeling that my skills/interests/natural giftedness would be better suited to the world of Y..."
It's just an algorithm.
One weird thing I've noticed is that I got a bunch after my June LSAT and then it petered out...and in the last month or so it picked up again.
I heard it may be a slow cycle this year? Maybe that's the reason?
Unless it's compellingly unique, I'd skip it. Same reason you mentioned: it has to be SO boring to adcoms by now...
This is not really helping me to diagnose weaknesses: I got 7/7 in one 4-star Law RC and missed 2 on a much easier Law RC on the same Pt.
AND: the harder one was the final section of the RC and the final section of the test so in theory I should have been more tired. So I can rule that out as a possible explanation.
Not really a question; it's just kind of mystifying!
I can do it, if you want to shoot me a PM.
I think you probably should. It's better than letting it sit there with no explanation. Admissions officers are likely to wonder why you didn't address it if you don't say anything at all.
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Amazing story, a very big inspiration! It's very uncommon for people to score better on the actual test than their PTs, did you get anywhere in the 160s before?
Right!? I once scored a 161 on a practice, but that's it.
As I have tried to pinpoint what "went right" on Test Day, I have a theory. The content and positioning of the experimental section in my test was so sneaky and so difficult that the test writers compensated with an easier LG section. I base this on what I gather about what others experienced in LG---sounds much harder than my test version.
And since LG mastery (speed, esp) was my only missing piece, this worked out for me very well.
That's my guess, anyway.
Lovevayner: Woohoo, way to be super gutsy. :smiley: Best of luck to you!!!
https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/enroll-hourly/
sharalyn and SLODHILL: I am so glad this is giving you a little boost. It's no joke to decide to tackle something new. Little by little and you'll get there!
sharalyn: I did 15 to 20 hours per week for almost 3 months. A few times I hit over 20 hours. Maybe three times total, ish? It took ALL my spare time and then some. I just put a bunch of other life stuff on hold and had piles of work to catch up on over the summer. I'm STILL not caught up, ha. Worth it!! :)
But: I'd say that if you've been staying sharp with other pursuits, you probably don't ever need to reach the 15 or 20hr mark. I needed this, but I can definitely imagine that for some others, less overall hours could work just as well. Good luck to you!!
I am applying right now for fall 2023 and want to highlight the review & feedback service that 7 sage offers at an hourly rate. I got two reviews of my Personal Statement (1st draft, and then a review of my rewrite) PLUS a proofread out of the deal.
It was huge in helping to put my mind at ease: first of all, it saved me a ton of time to hear that I was on the wrong track and needed to start over, and then I was relieved for the confirmation that my re-write was good. Also saved me plenty of work. The extra proofreading and spellcheck stuff was icing. :)
Thanks again to 7sage for providing such a range of helpful and quality service, you guys rock!
It depends on the school. Some are asking for as few as 500 words and for some 3 pages is appropriate. Be sure to check in the instructions on LSAC. According to David Busis' advice over in the Admissions Course materials, 600-800 words is usually about right.
With a 174, it seems obvious.
I'm not experienced, but that's what common sense is telling me, for whatever that's worth
Good luck!
Interesting question. Hmm...
I think the soft application components are the place to convey this best, actually.. A kind of, "I feel like I am just getting started and I'm becoming a better student all the time" kind of message.
Maybe?
I think my first section was experimental.
Don't know about likelihood or randomness but it is clearly possible.
I think the real story is, What's different now? What changed and how can you convince your adcom readers its a sincere and lasting change? Those details are more important than what happened in the past.
Have you checked out the samples over in the Admissions Course part of 7sage's website? (Scroll down for even more)
They helped me TONS.
Me too.
Read the fine script comment because it depends on the school. Most of them allow you to do this but some stipulate that if you deposit with them they consider that to be binding.
Wow, this is so helpful, thank you.
Glutton: I guess it's silly of me to say I didn't waste time when it took me 20 years to get here. 🙃
I worked as a paralegal after college but instead of law I opted for grad school and was pursuing a PhD though I ended up dropping it (family reasons, mostly).
Now I am back to thinking about law and hoping it will be a shorter degree to earn (10 years or more for that PhD) and more immediately useful than a career in academics.
Sick and tired of watching friends and strangers in my community get swindled by lazy and/or corrupt notaries and lawyers when all they need is a little help navigating the system.
I graduated college over 20 years ago and never considered law school as a serious option until this past January, and when I researched the nature of the LSAT, well...I almost gave up right then.
But a friend had turned me onto 7sage and after poking around only a tiny bit on Youtube and other sites, I very quickly determined that no one else was offering anything close to what 7sage was. So I never even tried another course because, why bother? J.Y.'s teaching manner and curriculum is inspired--and also encouraging and entertaining along the way, and it made the process of getting back into study habits actually bearable.
At the start, I was pretty sure that a diagnostic score would do more harm than good so I skipped it. My fragile ego didn't need to see such a low number, I knew, but besides that I didn't have the stamina for an hours-long, intense test. Even for studying, I had to start slow, working my way into studying for lengths longer than 30 minutes a day. Like I said, my college days are in a distant prehistoric past.
When I finally took my first PT I got a 157 and I hovered around that score over the few PTs, running out of time to do more than about 4 before the June test.
I went into the June test hoping that I wouldn't bomb it, panic and have a mental shutdown of some kind, or experience proctor interruptions (as others have complained about). Although I have 5 kids, I have been successful at shutting out interruptions my at-home practice drills and tests, and I did NOT want to deal with that during my first attempt at a real test.
I came out feeling pretty good but I was still surprised to see that 165 and I am still on a high about it.
My takeaways: I am not sure that I have very solid tips to pass along. A lot of what helped me came from situational or life experience. It was pretty easy for me to focus during my limited study times, and I studied HARD. Sometimes waking up very early (like before 5am), and putting in long hours during my husband's days off while he had time to attend to the kids. I didn't waste that time since it was limited, and hard-earned for us both.
I would say that in some ways, my years of not-studying were actually a perk. There was the novelty of being a student again, I had a goal to aim for that was tangible and measurable, and with the help of this online community I found here it was attainable. I appreciated what the community had to offer, and then I also didn't let myself get distracted by too much poking around on threads (here or elsewhere).
So that's the main thing: I didn't waste time. I didn't shop around, the 7sage CC is focused so I didn't get lost in the weeds, it was easy to speed through and then go back and re-visit areas of weakness, and the way the site is structured I could build drills that helped me hone in on what still seemed fuzzy to me. I took advantage of a couple of webinars and that was super useful, too. No regrets for any of it!
7sage really worked for me and I am certain I would not have gotten to the end of my LSAT journey so efficiently or so fast without it. Thanks to J.Y. and the whole team!
-CD
Congrats!!