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kubicate700
Monday, Mar 09 2020

JY always says that LG is the section that people most improve on. For me that was the case as well. I was scoring -6 to -8 on each section, averaging an LSAT practice score of 154. My LSAT score improved to 159 on test day (September 2019 LSAT-- I just got admitted to my target school) just from drilling LG. Try that. Make sure you can do timed sections of LG within the time and score -0. It makes a big difference.

If you get a few questions in a game wrong, you need to redo the game until you start getting all of it right. Always do blind review for the games, and instead of watching JY's videos on how to complete it, try figuring it out where you went wrong first.

Chin up.

I found for LR, when I first started studying I was not paying enough attention to what I was reading. Focus on the actual content of the message more than looking for clues. Once you start paying close attention to what the passages are saying, the clues as to what question type it is will stick out to you. ALWAYS find the authors main point of the passage. Pretend every single question type is a main point question so you can QUICKLY identify it, and then adjust accordingly as to what question type it is.

Hope that helps!

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kubicate700
Monday, Mar 09 2020

Test day drops had me in a mental knot as well. I wrote the LSAT back in September (and just got offered admission to all three of my target schools!)

My target LSAT score was also 160, but one week before the test I was still averaging 155-156. The September LSAT was notoriously hard, not sure if you heard. I scored a 159. Test day drops are BS-- it is what you make it. A few days before the test I changed my mindset--I had no other choice. I started believing that the actual test day experience would enhance my mental processing because of the pressure. I have never been overly good with time pressure and testing, but it really is what you make it. If you go in expecting your performance to be worse, it just might be.

Chin up! You can do it.

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kubicate700
Monday, Mar 09 2020

I wrote the September 2019 LSAT and started studying for it in early August. Everyone is different with how much time they need-- I had a full course load and still managed to complete one practice LSAT every evening and would blind review the following morning before classes and maintained a high GPA. I had never felt more pressure in my life-- so I know what you are saying. But I am here to motivate you a bit-- or try to!

Now.. as for score. I also started around 150. One week before the LSAT test day I was averaging around 155... nowhere near my target of 160. It is really important that you are testing yourself under test-day conditions. During that last week, I started drilling logic games like crazy because that was my last hope at improving my score quickly... I did not do anymore practice tests. You can speed up the time limit on this program so that you can really push yourself to complete the games faster (it helped tremendously!). Just by doing about 20 games (with blind review) for six days before the LSAT was enough to get me a 159 on the actual LSAT-- and I was just offered admission at three Canadian law schools, one of them being my dream school!

Point of this is that it sounds like you know where your strengths are, so if you are looking for real improvement just start drilling the sections you are weakest on :) Drill hard. I found skipping a day or two without practicing ruined my progress. Consistent practice makes perfect.

Remember, don't compare your progress to that of others-- I was making the entire process more stressful than it had to be because I was aware other people had been studying for years whereas I only had a month and a half. Remember that other people have different LSAT score goals than you as well. Everyone is unique, and if you start pretending that the test is three days away, your studying could become a lot more focused! Fear is the best motivator!

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kubicate700
Monday, Mar 09 2020

What worked very well for me was selecting a specific highlighter color for a specific element in each paragraph. I wrote the LSAT back in September (and just got admitted to my target school!), but what I do remember is that I used pink for the main point in the argument, orange for another persons argument within the passage that was not the authors own, and yellow for a sentence that encompassed the main point of each paragraph. You don't have to highlight the entire sentence for each of these because you're right-- the tablets on test day are too fussy. Simply highlight two or three words so you can easily find the sentences once you're completing the questions.

Hope that helps!

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kubicate700
Monday, Mar 09 2020

Some Canadian law schools use a more holistic applicant review process, where they would take into consideration your life experiences. Windsor and TRU are two schools that are known for this!

Having that said, often times the admission demographic information for each law school is available online if you simply google "_________ law demographic information".

Here is the link to the one for U of A (my law school!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-u9luOkViBOYVM2bWFMcmJNcUpOZVBZY0lsTVpyOGRIaGFR/view

Good luck!

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