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Tuesday, Apr 26 2016

anyone else WUSTL bound?

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Tuesday, Apr 26 2016

i am down. an invite only dropbox to share docs?

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Friday, Apr 15 2016

@aidoe339 Yes, schools give out fee waivers based on LSAT score (but also for other reasons, too). You still need to pay the LSAC CAS fee, which is around $30 per school, although that can be waived based on financial criteria.

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Friday, Apr 15 2016

You can but they won't review it until you have a score. Also it might be better to wait since you might be able to get a fee waiver based on your score.

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Monday, Apr 11 2016

you can write to them and ask for an extension. i doubt there are any serious consequences other than losing your deposit, but i'd take a look at the terms and conditions to see if accepting the scholarship = binding decision to attend that school (i don't think this is common at all)

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Saturday, Apr 09 2016

Some of the posters here are assuming lackluster/ambivalent attitude towards law vs selecting between equally exciting/interesting/paying choices .I am absolutely excited at the prospect of law school and the legal world, I have a few great offers on the table at the moment but selecting law means missing out and something else, and selecting something else means missing out on law. maybe i will just role a dice to decide. I think @jhaldy10325 can relate to this feeling..

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Tuesday, Apr 05 2016

you might've seen this already but TLS has a few samples: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27169

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Thursday, Mar 31 2016

Looks good to me, as long as you are finished with the curriculum and basically working on fine tuning at this point its all good

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Thursday, Mar 03 2016

Are you done with the course already? if not I suggest finishing up the curriculum before doing anymore PTs. If you have finished the course, you can/should start drilling LGs from earlier exams (you have 40+ PTs, I think you can spare 10 for drilling purposes).

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Thursday, Mar 03 2016

congrats! hope you get into your dream school!

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Thursday, Feb 25 2016

I agree and I think once you get acclimated to the newer passages you can get back to the level you were at before, perhaps even better. I focused on elimination which helped immensely and read a ton of articles from NYT, NY'er, Atlantic etc which helped with speed, accuracy and mental endurance. A lot of questions also look like LRs in disguise so working on that also helped.

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Thursday, Feb 25 2016

I don't think the GRE is a good replacement. I (and I am sure others here) went to grad school which required the GRE and that exam measures memorization more than reasoning. Once you mastered the formulas (for the quant section) and vocabulary (for the verbal) you are pretty much all set (reading comp is easier than the RC on LSAT). LSAT isn't the ideal/perfect exam for law but it is probably the best one we have at the moment. The GMAT appears to be a more suitable replacement than the GRE..

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Thursday, Feb 18 2016

@sheridickson10526 anecdotal evidence, i got nice number of waivers but performed pretty much as you'd expect for someone with my numbers. did save some application money though..

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Proctors: Pretty good overall. Stuck to time, no errors with the alarm (had my own watch so it wasn't really an issue). Friendly and gave clear instructions. Had spare pencils as well.

Facilities: OK. Pretty old building and the layout is somewhat confusing. Could only find one bathroom (can fit maybe 7 people at the same time).

What kind of room: auditorium with those swivel desks.

How many in the room: 25ish or so.

Desks: swivel type, not that much space. leave the booklet on your lap.

Left-handed accommodation: didn't notice any.

Noise levels: none, dead quiet.

Parking: Unknown. Looks like there were some street level parking. I took public transit.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 15 minutes. Proctor wanted to wait a bit for people to show up, we had about 1/3 absentee.

Irregularities or mishaps: none

Other comments: This place ran slightly cold. This was summer so AC was probably on full-blast. Pack a light sweater if testing in June.

Would you take the test here again? Yes because its easy to get to.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: June 2015

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Thursday, Feb 18 2016

dzhai218191

[Test Center Review] CUNY Law, New York, NY

Proctors: Pretty good overall. Stuck to time, no errors with the alarm (had my own watch so it wasn't really an issue). Friendly and gave clear instructions. Had spare pencils as well.

Facilities: Excellent. This looks like a relatively new building and was very clean. Plenty of bathrooms/water fountains.

What kind of room: Classroom lecture style, seats 100+.

How many in the room: 40ish or so.

Desks: 5 or 6 feet long desks, plenty of space. Chairs are steel case office type chairs (these are around $750 retail) with a lot of options for adjustment.

Left-handed accommodation: Not applicable since these are desks.

Noise levels: none. Room appears to have some sort of noise dampening material, no windows in the room so I assume it wasn't facing street or anything.

Parking: Unknown. Looks like there were some street level parking. I took public transit.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 10 mins or so from advertised start time to actual start time (getting people seated, in the right place etc).

Irregularities or mishaps: none

Other comments: The room I took the test in was very bright; however it was slightly warm and I rather have it a bit colder since you can layer up.

Would you take the test here again? No -- because it is too far from where I live, nothing wrong with the place though.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Oct 2015

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Thursday, Feb 18 2016

@as5324392 they want to keep their acceptance % low, this may be a factor in the USNEWS ranking so obviously schools will do their best to rank as high as possible.

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Wednesday, Feb 10 2016

1 passage, 1 game, 10LRs or so before my actual exams

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Wednesday, Dec 30 2015

Thanks for everyone's input.

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Wednesday, Dec 30 2015

dzhai218191

debt minimization vs job placement stat

wondering what people think about this issue? would it be better to attend a school ranked from 16-20 with full/near-full scholarship vs a school ranked from 10-14 but with no scholarship? I thought I wanted biglaw but now I'd like to keep my options open, especially after talking to people that work in biglaw. obviously t14 with substantial scholarship is the best option but i don't think that is likely.

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Wednesday, Dec 16 2015

The June test starts about 4 hours later (close to noon, EST) so you can sleep in. I also felt that the test was easier; but since the scale is harsher I guess that balances things out. If you are in school the June test might give you more time to focus on studying right before the test, but the Oct test gives you the option of studying over summer without school work. June test, on average, have around 2/3 the number of Oct takers, I couldn't get into the location I wanted for Oct but June test was 20 min walk away from my residence and had fewer overall test takers.

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Thursday, Dec 10 2015

I performed better than I thought both times. Actual scores were less than 1 point different than respective average PTs leading up to the exams.

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Monday, Dec 07 2015

but this watch is 53% off compared to your 41%

http://www.amazon.com/Zenith-Tourbillon-Automatic-Chronograph-03-0529-4035/dp/B001N05S5S/ref=sr_1_3?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1449513077&sr=1-3&nodeID=7141123011&keywords=zenith+watch

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Thursday, Nov 26 2015

I do about 25 questions (1st LG, 1st RC, ~12 LRs) to get warmed up. As long as you find something that works for you its all good.

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Tuesday, Nov 24 2015

*inserts dirty joke*

EDIT: wow 3 year bump..?

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