I'm wrapping up my Master's degree and I have some extra space in my schedule next semester. I've been planning to take an easy, intro-level course in a subject outside of my degree to get myself to the full-time hour requirement, but I'm not sure how that will look to law schools. Do y'all think they'll view it as me slacking in my last semester? Should I add another graduate level course instead?
scores come out a week from today and i can't stop stressing about it. i genuinely do not know what to expect which is a little scary because i'm also registered to take the october test and i don't know how much studying i should be doing before i know if i got a score that would be good enough to withdraw from october. how is everyone else feeling? what are you doing to calm nerves in the next week? is anyone else in the same boat with the october test?
I'm writing about a very niche topic, and I'm including a short background paragraph in my essay. Do I need to/should I include a citation for this information? My gut is saying no, but if it's information that didn't come directly from me I don't want to end up plagiarizing.
I'm taking the September LSAT, and at this point in my studying I'm just starting to feel a little paralyzed. I'm not sure where to focus my energy during the last couple of weeks, and I want to make sure I'm not burning myself out or trying to cram too much. Does anyone have advice on how they prepared in the direct leadup to their exams?
hi! i'm not from alabama but i currently attend UA for undergrad - i'm still debating on if i want to apply here for law school or not but i've toured the law school and it's phenomenal
@kevinlin124 said:
It takes you through 10 RC passages! So just a bit longer than what you had planned, I think. The old version had 7 passages.
awesome thank you!!
does anyone have an estimate for how many hours the new RC curriculum will take? i planned out my schedule thinking it would only be 8-10 hours but it's wayyyy longer now and i'm kind of freaking out about having enough time to get through it all
can someone explain the difference between sample-population and part-whole? i understand the experimental connotation of sample-population but they generally seem like almost identical concepts
i've been in the 160s since i started studying in early may! i think the things that helped me most were consistency and timing. i schedule a block of time to study every day, which has really helped me stay on top of everything. i also started ignoring the clock on drills (and on PTs as much as i can) to really focus on understanding questions and answer choices. JY always says that understanding why wrong answers are wrong is just as important as understanding why right answers are right, and i think there's a lot of truth to that. i also try to set aside a ton of time for blind review so i can fully think through each answer choice again. it's been more helpful to me to focus on questions that i got wrong and why i got them wrong than to keep drilling more
looking back at this, i can see how the second sentence expands on the first. but i honestly think that even if you removed the second sentence, the argument would do the same thing. so i guess the language of c being "based on" something that isn't integral to the argument gave me some pause - but you're definitely right about the second sentence being an expansion of the first!
I actually would argue that A is not fully descriptively accurate. While the stimulus does cite a report commissioned by a source that may be biased, it does not draw a conclusion about the actual healthfulness of foods - it just states that they will be reported to be healthful. No matter who it is that reports a food as healthful, and no matter how accurate their claim is, they're still reporting it. Thus, the stimulus does not rely on the truth of the claim, just that the claim exists.
My highest score so far has been a 169, and I just got a 176 on my most recent practice test. I'm not sure whether I should trust such a dramatic jump but I'm excited to see what happens from here! It feels like all of the work I've put in is finally starting to pay off!!
i'm confused - doesn't jennifer's argument relate directly to peter's because he states that insects don't like to feed on abundantly watered plants? i understand the difference between peter's toughness claim and jennifer's pesticide claim, but they don't seem "independent" to me
In my understanding, there are two problems with C.
First, the excerpt isn't a generalization. It is specific to the argument and does not present a general rule that would apply to a wide range of situations.
Second, the excerpt is not based on the observation that rainwater picks up oil and other pollutants. The first two sentences in the stimulus are both premises; one does not lend support to the other. Therefore, the first sentence is not based on or supported by the second.
I hope this helps!
i think i honestly just need to work on identifying what kind of question stem i'm seeing lol
i wish the PSAa questions came before PSAr in the curriculum - i feel like the lessons for PSAa have helped me understand the logic required for the question type so much more
i took my writing sample last friday (the 13th) and have not had it approved yet. i called lsac to make sure everything submitted correctly and they said it usually takes 1-2 weeks for processing!