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Ok also what are opinions about applying w a future registration- I don’t want all my apps to be held ugh idk what to do
Hi all. For context, I have been out of school for 2 years (working in big law). Have a 3.5 UGPA :(. Got a 162 then a 164 then a 162 again. I think I’m going to apply to some schools where my numbers are around the medians now and retake the lsat in Jan. And hopefully get a better score and apply to the rest then. Is this a bad idea?
Hi all. Got a 162 in April. 164 in August and a 162 in October. I cannot cancel score. I have a 3.5 CAS GPA- do i retake in Jan. is that too late. How will schools look at my score drop? am i screwed lol?????
I feel like my P.S. and my Supplementals really mostly focus on my experiences post-grad. For context I am two years out of school, and I did have some relevant experience in undergrad, but my most meaningful experiences in terms of law school have been post grad. Is this something that the admissions officers might question?
Hi- Random question. In a lot of sample essays that I have read, the authors use contractions. I know that these essays allow room for storytelling and creativity- but contractions were a big NO in college and out of habit I don't write essays with contractions. Do contractions help give a more natural voice, especially in the age of AI?
Hi all! Does anyone have some resources with more samples PS. I have read thru the 7Sage bank.
Ok so, in college I started off pretty strong- here’s my GPA by semester my first two years. 3.7, 3.8, 4.0, 4.0 then my junior year my GPA dropped to below a 3.5- I got a 3.4 both semesters. My classes were not hard - I honestly just got too into partying and started losing motivation and didn’t really have any goals (whereas freshman and sophomore year I was excited and motivated). Then I only had one semester senior year (graduated early) where I got a 3.7. So my overall gpa is a 3.64. I’ve been out of school for almost two years and working in big law (and have matured a wholeeee lot). While I don’t think I should say “oh my gpa dropped bc I was partying :P” in my apps- it was a very transformative year for me personally and I changed a lot for the better (not sure if I would have seen that change had I not made and learned from all the mistakes of that year). I know this was a very long paragraph for maybe something that might not be so significant? I just wanted to know if I should write an addendum and if so how to frame it? Thanks!!!
I have been studying for a while. I think I have literally done almost every q on 7sage. I am trying to keep the PTs as fresh as possible (meaning I saw them the longest ago). What do I do in the interim so I'm not repeating the same content?
Took the August LSAT then took two weeks to travel and stopped studying ( Also was hoping I was done) got my score back and mmmm could do better I think but I feel like I had reached peak studying right before August test now have lost my momentum and idek how to get back into it for October test
Hi! I feel like it would be really beneficial if there was a cheaper subscription tier for after having taken the LSAT but still going through the admission process. I am currently considering canceling my subscription if I end up not needing to retake the LSAT (fingers crossed) but would like to still have access to the helpful admissions materials and discussions. Maybe this is already and option that I haven’t explored.
I have one school where my dad went and is an adjunct, this is a very big reason I feel drawn to the school. I feel like writing about this in the why this school essay could hurt me in a way, any opinions on this?
Does having three (good) vs two (good) letters of rec really change your chances of admission? I currently have one professor and one professional mentor. I don’t know that I will be able to get a second professor- does it really matter?
Also edit** I’ve been out of school and working full time for over a year and a half now
@AmandaDemiglioClarkson I can only speak for myself but since doing this I went from inconsistent scores- to consistent -2
I know everyone says WAJ- but WAJ. I do it on paper I think it's more effective. I breakdown the stimulus premise by premise + conclusion and I write out how the conclusion is supported or what its missing. I Identify the gap, alternative explanations and inferences I should have made before going to the ACs. Then I explain why the AC I picked was wrong, and not just "I misread" (even if I did), I actually write out why it does not work. Then I do the same for the correct AC. Spend a lot of time on it- it made me increase my score in like a month
When it clicks it clicks. Here are some things I wish I had implemented muchhhh earlier
At first I thought knowing the Q Types was not necessary, but once I learned them and placed them on the spectrum of support, ie. what does each Q Type need. For ex. SA can have a powerful answer (so can be more powerful in its language ie. most, all, always). whereas NA needs to be provable- so weaker (ie, some, sometimes) everything became more intuitive. This can you help you eliminate tempting ACs off the bat just by seeing one word.
Understanding Phenomenon-Hypothesis Stims. When you BR or WAJ, actually write out the phenomenon and hypothesis (or what it is asking you to hypothesize).
A lot of times I think we think the entire test is just conditional reasoning- not true! Give some love to causal reasoning (it is not as intuitive as you think) and really learn to see the chain of causal reasoning in the stimulus and flaws that often accompany it.
Always go to the ACs with a prediction, even if your prediction doesn't match any ACs, it has helped me find the gap in the stimulus almost always and identify the correct AC faster.
Just bc you can do conditional logic in your head, doesn't mean you should, pen to paper helps (and really will save you time), I don't diagram every Q but always the hard ones.
For weaken and strengthen questions, looking at the stim and asking yourself, wellll what could be an alternative explanation for this thing happening, always helps.
Idk if this is good advice, but I have started thinking of MSS as, I need to find a conclusion for this stimulus, what would the premises support? - this has led me to picking strongly supported ACs, vs getting confused.
Out of all of that, if I could pick out one general theme of advice, ALWAYS ANTICIPATE BEFORE LOOKING AT THE ACs. Untimed drills helped me with this. I would read the stim and the Q type, break it down premise by premise on paper, and write down 2-3 predictions and thennnn go to ACs. Speed comes with understanding of the concepts- so it's ok to just do untimed until you realllllyy get the concepts (esp. if you're not taking a test soon). I actually got faster (and more accurate) when I paused from timed drills and sections and just broke down every single Q type and stim type like this and learned to anticipate patterns.
I hope that helped!!!
I was so confused by the wording of this it makes it seem so hard. But this is the type of Q you can get right entirely by POE.
I am running out of fresh content, but I frequently get questions I've taken before wrong- regardless if I got it right or wrong before, and it's because I think oh I got it wrong last time bc of this blah blah even if I didn't. I have tried to tell myself don't think about the last time you took this question, when I familiar questions, but it doesn't help, does anyone have advice?
I find the live classes useful in getting some random tips and see how the instructors think. There's a lot of LR classes which ofc make more sense in an hour format class and are super important. I think it would be great if twice a week there could be RC classes later in the evening (I work and get home around 6:30) and have found it challenging to find RC classes that fit in w that schedule. Thanks!!!!!
@JacobBaska Thank you!!