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Saturday, Oct 28 2017

hibasheikh95490

Chicago Study Buddy

Hi everyone,

I live in the Chicago area, and I'm studying heavily for the December 2017 LSAT. I'm looking for someone who is scoring in the low 160's right now so that we can both learn together. I'd prefer someone who actually lives in the Chicago area so that we could ostensibly meet up once in a while, but I'm also fine with skype/google hangout/facebook/whatever.

As another poster put it, I'm "gunning for a 180," and I'd really love to collaborate with someone who is similarly motivated.

Study Groups · December LSAT Pep Rally | Thursday, November 30, 8pm EST

hibasheikh95490

Tuesday, Nov 28 2017

Only 4 more days! Then a day of relaxation before the dread of the awaiting score kicks in.

General · Pressure from other people to rush to take exam when you need longer to prepare

hibasheikh95490

Friday, Oct 27 2017

I have been struggling with the same thing. My family wants me to attend law school as soon as possible. For them, all the time I've spent studying and working part-time (at jobs that don't require me to have a college degree) is a waste. My family also feels the need to have their kid be better than their friends kids. What has helped me convince my family is the "lose the battle, win the war" mentality. Yes for a year or two I will be a post-grad bum. But eventually I'll be scoring at my desired range and get into a better law school. For me, it also helped when I updated them about how studying is going. They could see I wasn't just "wasting" my time but actually studying and working really hard.

LSAT · Questions/Clarification about FP

hibasheikh95490

Thursday, Nov 16 2017

I am still working on reaching the elusive -0 on LGs but here are some things that are working for me.

I got substantially better when I did games by type and I really focused on mastering that style of game. I stared with in-out games and printed out a bunch of copies of the same games.

My first step was to take the game with a 10 min timer. I picked 10 because It forces me to work quickly, but not so quickly that it's too stressful. Right after I do a game, I will re-do it without a timer. I always watched the video explanation next (even if i got all the questions right). I found it useful to see if there was another strategy to do the game. A lot of times the way I did the game was pretty inefficient and I was missing inferences that I should have pushed out in the setup. My next step is to print out another copy of the same game and put it at the bottom of my pile of that game type. For example, If i'm working on in-out games, I'll put the games I took that day and BR-ed at the bottom of my in-out pile. I'll usually redo it a day or two. I repeat the process if I'm still not making progress.

Something i struggled with too was feeling like I was "memorizing the answers". To combat this, I force myself to explain why that answer is correct and why the other 4 are incorrect when i'm re-taking the LG. I really struggled with a grouping game about jewelers. I went through so many copies of it. Obviously at that point, I knew all the right answers. But each time I re-did the game, I forced myself to show why that answer was correct. Practicing drawing out inferences is always good no matter how many times you've already done the game. Even if you're doing great, remember that with practice you can always get faster and thus have more time to spend on parts of the LG section you aren't super comfortable with.

Admissions · Letters of Rec

hibasheikh95490

Thursday, Nov 16 2017

Remember that writing letters of recommendation is part of the job of a professor. They get asked to write LORs all the time. You won't be the first student that has asked them without having a great personal connection, and you won't be the last. I agree with @ that you should suggest meeting with them. If you're nervous end your email by offering to give them more information. I've sent resumes to professors, old paper's i've written for their class, etc. That way you are offering to give the professor the appropriate tools to write you an awesome LOR. As long as you're polite and give the professors ample time, they should be willing to come through.

LSAT · Why does RC suck so bad!

hibasheikh95490

Tuesday, Nov 14 2017

I actually like the RC section! For me, the key is to pump yourself up about each passage. Go into it with the same mindset as you would reading an interesting article in a newspaper. Faking interest in the passages sounds dumb but it has helped me a lot. I also personalize the passage as much as I possibly can while reading. If the passage is making a theoretical claim about why recycling can be bad, it helps to think of concrete examples from your life.

General · Benefits of Blind Reviewing RC

hibasheikh95490

Tuesday, Nov 14 2017

I think there is a lot to be gained from blind reviewing RC. Rereading the passage helps you pick up on details you didn't see when you were taking it within timed constraints. This is helpful because it allows you to get a feel for what the LSAT is going to ask you. After BR-ing a bunch of RC sections, I developed the strategy of always circling adjectives that describe a key part of the essay. I am really bad at the questions that ask you for the authors tone or questions that ask you to describe a certain aspect of the essay. It's hard to explain when i'm writing about theoretical essays.

My point is that BR-ing RC is a great way to figure out what types of questions you are bad at and finding ways to resolve those issues. For example, if you struggled with questions that ask you to define a referential phrase in the passage, you can remember to cirlcle those phrases or even fill them in as you read.