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Hey guys! Hope you are safe and healthy.
I am waitlisted at a T3 school. I have scoured archived Reddit posts, Spivey’s site, 7Sage, and countless blogs. I am basically trying to get a sense from individuals who have been in a similar situation and come out successfully of what you did to better your odds.
I know the basics of sending a tailored, to-the-point LOCI. However, on other things like phone calls I am less clear. I know that with phone contact less is more, however given that visits are unavailable it seems making at least one phone call attempt may be a good idea (and this school seems okay with that, based on their available waitlist information).
I am also considering an additional letter of recommendation as well as an LSAT retake. I know there are numerous things one can do, but I just wanted a general sense of someone’s “playbook.”
Also, please let me know the nature of the correspondence, when you were waitlisted, and when you were finally accepted. Thanks!
I experienced something similar in my prep early on, the 80s PTs rocked me at first. I think the fluctuation is exposing that your fundamentals need improvement. You probably have more of a somewhat surface level understanding than is helpful. Echoing at least one other commenter, certain tricks characterize certain administration "eras" if you will, but the fundamental skills remain the same. Before I took January 2020 (we'd surmise its LR is more similar to the 80s than other eras), my last 5 fresh PTs were from the 1992 to 1996 era and I averaged 169. My January 2020 score? 169. I'm only one person, but I can say that consistency is not something I would have had earlier in my prep (about 12 months total).
Keep drilling the fundamentals, e.g. knowing the precise mission of each and every LR question type, foolproofing games, developing a mechanistic understanding of RC (reading for reasoning structure) and eventually they'll start to look at lot more similar across eras.