#help Do we have a resource on effective shorthand diagramming? JY did a stellar job highlighting how all of these pieces link (I see it light as day now), but I dont think this exact approach is implementable under time constraints. Im holding as a general principle that I'll diagram the last 5-8 questions in a section, so want to make sure Im diagramming as succinctly and accurately as possible
I've gotten almost every SA question in this lesson wrong while being fairly strong at the remainder of the content we've covered so far. This is a clear outlier. What should I do to make ground on this?
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Interested - scoring high 160s with a few breaks over 170. Also targeting 175+ and serious about it
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I see! So for PT 1 to 89, the scoring system is counting both, so a more "realistic" score when taking PT 1 to 89 relative to how today operates would be either A. selecting the lower of the two LRs for safety, or B. flipping 50/50 between the two LRs. Thanks for clarifying!
When we take a 4-part test on 7SAGE and it calculates our score, does the platform automatically take the lower of the 2 LR scores, does it flip 50/50 between them, or does it already have one already programmed as the experimental?
Finding that my score falls a lot when I do poorly on one LR section but great on the other, which makes me think its automatically taking the lesser of the two LR sections.
Would love to have this clarified. Thanks!
LG is incredibly learnable. Dont assume it's something wrong with you - it's almost certainly your process. Take this upcoming test and don't sweat how you do. After taking it, immediately get back to studying and focus on:
Watching how JY solves a given game. Watch as many times as you need until you get it down
Emulating how he does it untimed and without re-referencing the video
Constraining yourself to the goal time and solve without re-referencing the video
Realistically, you're incredibly early in your LSAT journey (studying LG for around a month and already taking a real exam?), and you're probably so fixated on taking the test given how close it is that you're not really extracting as much insight from learning tools as you can. In my view, you made a massive mistake constraining your study schedule like this and should work to create as much psychological freedom in your next take as possible by giving yourself as many months as your personal circumstances require (e.g. minimum 3 months if studying full time; a much longer term game, maybe even 8+ months if working full time).
Definitely write the diversity statement. Dont just look at it through the lens of race. Did you grow up lower income? Did you go to community college? Were you a college athlete? Do you work in a field almost no one in law school works in? Did you grow up in a rural rather than urban area? Do your volunteer / professional experiences demonstrate a continued commitment to your faith group? Etc. Nailing your diversity statement literally just means writing about the one (or few) thing(s) that've meaningfully shaped you that very few people in your potential class are likely to be able to claim for themselves. Obviously some diversity qualities are weighted higher than others (for example, being a low income Native American probably provides one of the greatest boosts), but that shouldn't discourage you from highlighting what diverse view you'd bring to a law school campus. You're probably doing yourself a disservice by skipping it, which tells schools you're not willing to take an additional step to fill in optional parts of the application. Finally, be truly reflective about this. Everyone has something unique they bring. I agree with the other commenter that if you're not thinking through it well, you're can rub readers the wrong way / come off as ignorant. Do it, and do it well.