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Thursday, Oct 31 2019

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Canadian Law Schools

Hi all!

This might be a silly question, but the applications online aren't that clear and the admission offices haven't replied my emails. Does anyone know if we have to order transcripts (from our post-secondary schools) and have them mailed to the desired law schools directly? Or do we have to pick them up/have them mailed to us first, then mail it out to the schools ourselves?

These applications exclude the schools in Ontario. I'm aware they go through their own application system.

Thanks so much and any help is appreciated!

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Friday, May 31 2019

I am in the exact same boat. Getting two scores of mid high 140 on the past two LSAT and scoring average on the PTs I've done with a few outliers here and there. I've been going back and fourth on just skipping out on June and doing July etc. Let me tell you, you are not alone. Don't feel destroyed, don't feel like this isn't your path. LSAT is different from any other test you and I might've taken throughout our schooldays. no one said it'd be easy. But no one said it is impossible either. Just keep drilling, keep practicing. When you get that first 155 or more, you'll be real proud of yourself. If you give up now, you'll never get that feeling. That's what I tell myself and that is what keeps me going. That being said, take some breaks here and there because burnout is a big issue when studying and practicing LSAT. I'd say take the June one if you want to just give it a shot anyhow, but sign up for July so you have a safety net to fall to. Since they are giving the option to cancel after seeing the score in July AND a free retake, why not make use of it?

Since we are on the same boat, feel free to DM me! We can both do this.

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Friday, Oct 25 2019

Definitely focus on finishing the foolproof for LG, i find that to be the section with the most improvement over a short period of time. That way you can have some more wiggle room for wrong answers in the other sections.

RC is usually a hit/miss for me, not too much to do given then one month left (in my opinion ofc, I'm sure others can give you a more helpful advice on this)

LR: focus on tearing down exactly why you got each question wrong.

Using the BR method, you can try to understand your thought process for skipped/missed questions and see where LSAT gets you (either with tricky trap answer choices or confusing stimulus). If there are certain types of questions you just can't get right in a short time frame, skip those during your timed test, that gives you more time to analyze the questions you have a higher chance of getting right.

Hopefully this helps! I'm taking the November test as well so good luck to us!

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Thursday, Aug 22 2019

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October LSAT Vancouver

I just cancelled my July score and I was planning to retake in October, but there aren't any available in Vancouver. Spots in Surrey and Burnaby are also all full? Do you guys think there's a chance that more spots will open up, will they open a Vancouver testing center? or should I register for November?

Thanks!

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Friday, Nov 15 2019

Don't beat yourself up. LG has a huge learning curve because it is dramatically different from all the other stuff we are used to do. Break down where you get stuck, what kind of inferences do you usually miss or take a while to make? Make a little note every time you "get stuck", then combine it into a checklist (i.e did I take the contrapositives? did I make the positive inferences from the negative rules, can I split the board?) Then when you attack new games that are of that type, and you're stuck, quickly run that checklist in your mind. That usually gives me a decent direction to go on.

LG is known for the easiest section to improve only because there are alot of cookie cutter inferences to make. So once you get those down, you are good to go for a huge chunk of the games. But that doesn't mean it is the easiest to learn. Take your time foolproofing. Compare yourself to yourself in the past and you'll see improvements :) also don't sweat it for September games, I heard it screwed ALOT of people over.

Good Luck!!!

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Tuesday, Jul 09 2019

LR: they allow scratch paper and I've found it super helpful for any conditional relationships that's harder to keep in my mind. other than that, I use highlighter mainly for MC and a different colour for breaks or change of direction (i.e But, however etc).

RC: Same deal more or less, using highlighter to mark breaks, you can even just highlight the punctuation. on the paper I mark down low res. summaries with "slashes" (//) for breaks in paragraph.

For example:

1: old hypo //Au: no.

2: prem. help Au // critics .... so on

Hope this helps! I've found that my marks are generally higher with digital because I spend less time avoiding bubbling errors and much much easier to go back to flagged questions.

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Friday, Nov 01 2019

Thanks so much for all the responses!

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