Does anyone have any advice for the morning of the test on how to get your brain awake? I know there have been plenty of posts about a good breakfast, caffeine, etc., but I was wondering about brain exercises in particular. I was thinking of watching about 30 minutes of the training videos (basically the indroductory video of each type of LR question) and quickly reviewing the four logical indicator groups the morning of the test in order to get my brain into 'LSAT Mode'. Does anyone like, dislike, or have any suggestions about this idea?
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Thanks everyone! I was probably overthinking this, but needed some advice to ease my anxiety.
Love the advice, thanks everyone! I think i'll re-consider watching videos and just do some actual questions. I like the ideas to write your target score down and not checking answers to keep confidence strong. 165 and a Tier 3 scholarship or bust lol!
I believe I have a strange situation regarding my LSAC GPA calculation. In high school I took dual-credit courses with the local junior college that partnered with my HS. We could take these courses that would give us college credit but would not count towards our college GPA; instead, the grade we received counted towards our HS GPA. The JC represented these courses on the transcript as a 'B' that was not calculated in the GPA and my University did the same with the added detail that it was a transfer credit from the JC. However, LSAC included these B's in my cumulative GPA. The coincidental part is that my cumulative GPA is the same whether or not those grades are included in the calculation since my cumlative GPA is a 3.03. The only difference if these grades are included is that some semesters they decrease my cumulative and other semesters they increase my cumulative. If I had actually studied in college and had a 4.0 I would be pissed that these B's were included in my cumulative when I actually earned A's as far as my HS is concerned, but since it's the same either way I don't know what I should do. Should I contact LSAC or the JC to say that these grades should not be included in the cumulative calculation? I would think it would look better to Law Schools if these courses were just listed as credits instead of B's even though the ending cumulative GPA calculation is the same no matter what.
Anyone have any thoughts on this confusing situation? Thanks!
I purchased the starter package at the beginning of September, but didn't follow the study plan. I just watched a few lessons here and there to figure out how I wanted to study. After that I decided to follow the plan 7Sage generated for me and my plan, from October 1 to December 5, averages 25 hours per week. That should help you judge which course to get. I would only consider upgrading if you have more time than that per week or plan on taking the test in February.
Don't worry too much about the logic games as they are the easiest section to improve. My first PT (with absolutely no studying and first time seeing the test) I only got through 5 questions before I ran out of time. Now, after only 1 month and still having unwatched lessons, I can consistently get through the logic games while only missing 5-6 and feeling confident with more practice I can improve more. The video explanations are fantastic and really teach you how to think through the problems quickly and effectively.
Unless I'm mistaken, the starter course includes all the lessons but does not have as many problem sets as the upgraded courses. With only 2 or 4 months I would start with the starter and give it a few weeks, I believe the deadline for the December test is October 31, to see where you are at. From there you can decide to upgrade and test in February or feel confident enough to test in December.
Does anyone know what time of day LSAC starts releasing scores? I know they do it in batches, but I'm just planning when I need to be around my computer pointlessly refreshing my LSAC account (as if I haven't been doing that already lol)