Is "Kellye Testy" the real name of LSAC's "new president"????

Check out this Post-LSAT forum, it might have some helpful words for you, @-1: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/comment/103645

Here's my favorite advice:

@ wrote: "I found it helped to throw myself into applications. Take that study drive mentality and redirect it toward personal statement drafts! #wereallnerds "

In my case, I'm turning to scholarship essays during the wait! Also visiting a bunch of law school campuses!

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I can't wait three weeks to get my score. How to cope?

I have used a MacBook with 7Sage for six months, and early on learned that Chrome works much better than Safari. Even with Chrome on Mac, I did have one experience like you described. I think it fixed itself after quitting the browser, and it hasn't happened to me again. Definitely not a "universal Mac problem" for me.

I also use the 7Sage app with iPad and iPhone and have never had any problems like you described.

YES! So hard. I got addicted to LSAT studying, and this is my withdrawal period. After the test I forced myself to veg watching Winter Olympics. I relaxed a little, but not very well (I am usually an expert at relaxing). It was all I could do to NOT start studying for Logic Games again: instead I made spreadsheets with the curriculum breakdown for each of my top choice schools and color-coded it by course requirement. :open_mouth:

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I did not like Georgetown's law campus much at all either. Although it is just minutes walk from the capitol, it is completely separate from the main campus and small. It's surrounded by business buildings so it feels very industrial and cold. Living near the campus would be ridiculously expensive, so commuting is a must unless you can live on campus (FYI they don't allow married couples to live on campus unless both are attending law school).

I was also disappointed at first that Georgetown Law Center was not at the iconic main campus overlooking the Potomac River. But once I visited GLC, I realized its location as a separate law campus is much better situated for what law students need: walking distance from the seats of power (whereas the main campus is isolated by DC standards, way too far from Capitol Hill). As for size, I thought it was huge for just a law school-- none of the facilities are shared with any other student body. It has its own fitness center and pool, just for law students! I think the architecture is regal and inspiring, not industrial nor cold. (note: I have no other T14 schools to compare it to.) So much is subjective!

Georgetown housing: there are lots of pockets of (relatively) affordable housing near the DC metro. Of course if it's "student housing" you're after, the university is likely to steer you toward top of the line luxury apartments aimed at "rich Georgetown" students. That said, I can see how it would appear there are no affordable choices to a newcomer, especially if the school doesn't help with that angle. DC is still exploding with gentrification. So you may have to expand your viewing area beyond Capitol Hill to find a decently priced apartment-- and yes, that means commuting, but I highly suggest not commuting by car if you can avoid it. So live near transit.

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I visited Georgetown during an admitted students open house with it being maybe #5 on my list. But gosh darnit they wined and dined and sold the hell out of me. It's honestly like #2 on my list now; I loved it so much. I especially loved the people I met. DC is amazing too.

I am also partial to DC and Georgetown! If money were no object, it would be my #1.

@ Could you share more? What was it that you disliked about Georgetown and Penn? I have visited Georgetown a few times (and applied-- I live near DC already, so I'm curious if it was the school itself or the city you didn't like, and why), but haven't visited Penn. Based on map view, Penn looks pretty urban too. Does the urban setting bother you?

I'm also curious what you liked, specifically, about your visit to UVA?

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I visited the entire T14 about a year ago. Just going off the campus and interactions with people, my favorites were UVA (by a long shot; who ever is in charge of marketing that law school to visitors deserves a raise), Yale, Duke, and Harvard.

Least favorite visits were Penn and Georgetown (very much disliked both visits; I didn't reapply go Georgetown and I debated not reapplying to Penn), Northwestern, maybe Stanford (the campus is pretty ugly in my opinion and you'd never think the building is home to a T3 law school. It's kind of a dump).

Everyone else was meshed together and fine overall. Michigan's law library is gorgeous, though.

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I had 3 LRs LR LG LR LR RC

I thought the test was overall pretty easy. Does anyone with only two LRs remember a question with UFOs and the movie ET? It was my last LR and was a pretty easy section, so I’m hoping it’s real ?

ET Question was real.

https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=16485

I love this question and this thread! I'm in the midst of hemming and hawing myself. I've got 4 local offers of admission (2 with half-tuition scholarship), 1 far away offer with 80% scholarship. That's a relief, but I'm aiming higher! While waiting to hear from 2 higher ranked local schools and 2 solid far away schools, and waiting for February LSAT scores, I foresee myself obsessing on this topic!

Bar passage & employment outcomes have guided my search on where to apply, but unlike others here, they may not figure in my final decision of where to enroll. Why not?

I'm in my 30's, married, and have a mortgage-- my house is already where I want to live, between two major cities (and 9 local law schools) with a big personal network, so at this point I'm disregarding job outcomes because my existing legal network will surely employ me. Between us, my husband and I already have six figures in student loans, so I'm not willing to double that just for my extra degree (though that could change if his income went up by a lot).

My major factors in deciding where to enroll:

Economics is my #1. Location is #2.

The only thing that would make me accept a far away offer and convince my husband to move away with me (and rent out our house) is a 100% scholarship. The cost of the entire degree would have to be less than studying locally. I do plan to use the 80% scholarship as leverage with the good local schools to negotiate a better discount.

But what's the tie breaking factor, if I need one?

I get anxious just imagining a situation where I have to choose between 2 schools with equally low costs, and I have to pick based on some other factor... I will come back to this post and let you know if that happens!

I do know this: I am seeking the advice of the female attorney-employers I know locally when it comes to deciding among the local schools. I won't enroll anywhere without first visiting and speaking with professors and current JD students (I've done this for 3 schools already). I'll attend the Open Houses (on my calendar) and attend Dinner with the Dean (need to RSVP to that).

Others here may say "don't go with your gut." I disagree. I need to have a good feeling about the place where I'm going to spend 3+ years, my gut is super important. (but: only after considering all of the above.)

(If I get offers from either of my top-rated dream schools, they will have to BUY ME (unlikely). Honestly, I the reason I even applied to 2 top schools was just for the chance to have bragging rights about being accepted, which isn't even yet a certainty. If they throw $ at me, I'll let you know!)

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Can someone tell me which of the following LR is experimental? I had LR Lg Lr lr RC. The first LR had (ivy and building construction), maybe (foreshock and earthquake). Second had (blame malice moral wrong) , maybe (possum dietary). Third one i don’t remember for sure, it might have (deep ethical issues). Thanks a bunch!!

I had only 2 LR sections. Ivy/construction and earthquake foreshocks are real. Deep ethical issues question is real.

I don't recall any questions about possum diet nor blame malice.

Check here for a concise list of real v. experimental questions: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=16485

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Was yoga real or not real for lg section. My brain is mush

Yoga was experimental. Check here for best solid updates: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=16485

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Here's to hoping that your LR sections brought you up! I'm sure you made more of an improvement than you're feeling like you did now. Oftentimes, it's easy to be pessimistic over the uncertainty that one or two tricky questions in a section can cause.

Just remember that the huge majority of questions that we're NOT dwelling on immediately post-test are the ones that will make the positive difference in our scores.

Yes, true! Thanks. Good reminder, @ !

The fact that I didn't bomb any section today should theoretically require a better result! (I totally bombed the Dec. LG, like 50% pure guessing. On the Feb. real RC, my worst part today, I'm sure I hit at least 75%) ... I feel I had a "stronger LSAT performance" today, I'm just trying not to guess a number (I really don't understand how people can do that). I've already been accepted to several schools with my Dec. score (relief!), and am hoping to get scholarship leverage and/or admission to my reach school with this one.

I do hope the LSAT scorers send results early again like they did in December! At least the 2018 PYEONGCHANG WINTER OLYMPICS will provide a fun distraction while waiting for scores! I'll start checking for scores after the Olympics end on Feb. 25th, and if they don't release until March 8th?-- THAT is going to be hard. :persevere:

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LG with east west north south, is it real? It was the Section 3. The second LG for me.

I had only one LG and didn't have a game like that.

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Actually felt like I made a major improvement over my last score on this LSAT! February wasn't half as scary as I thought it would be haha.

I got LG LR RC(fake) RC(real) LR. Felt like LG was a breeze, LR was kind of weird but manageable, and RC was very tough—I was pissed to see that beetles was the real section.

I would not be entirely surprised if my score breakdown was the reverse of my December performance (with LG being best and RC being worst this time, vs RC best LG worst in December). Anyone else feel this way?

@ You're not alone!

I had the same sections as you in the same order today, and also took the December LSAT, scored like you then, and feel exactly the same in every respect!

I'm guessing my Feb. score will be identical to December too, because of these trade-offs... unless I did much better on the LR sections, which I can't really say. I'm tempering my hopes of a higher score.

Check with Emory's online status checker and admissions website for relevance of this, as I'm not an Emory applicant:

Most of my schools say to simply email the admissions office (or even call) if I have anything to add to my application or any questions about the review process-- and they said this by email when confirming receipt of my application.

Best of luck!

There is definitely an element of creepy spying to it, like when LuckyVitamin emails me that I haven't checked out and there are still 12 items sitting in my cart... or when my iPhone tells me I won't be getting notifications while driving and I haven't even turned the ignition yet. THAT creeps me out. But we put up with these things! What Privacy?

Hey Leah, I've been communicating with a few admissions offices as well.

Note: I work as a paralegal and this etiquette comes from my job.

I always err on the formal side for the first communication.

Dear Mr./Ms. Lastname (or Dear Admissions Officer -- but only if I don't have a name yet.)

If they sign their reply with their first name AND address me by my first name, then I lower the formality in my next reply, and use their first name. If both conditions are not met, then I continue the formal address. But that's just me.

My logic: Applying to law school is a formality, so a casual first address isn't appropriate.

Good luck!

Giving this awesome post a good bump.

Great read after the Advanced Logic section of the core curriculum, which I'm about to go do over again now!

I had the same concern... Here is what happened in my case.

I stressed and stressed about this, and I'll just say: DON'T STRESS. IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

My Study Abroad semester was completely in my second language, and I got all B's, that my college did not include in my 3.75 gpa. I felt lucky when LSAC did NOT include those grades in my LSAC GPA calculation... Then I read the LSAC guidelines more thoroughly and came to the belief that I needed to get an "official transcript" of that semester from the study abroad agency that sponsored it (not my college). I spent some time and money and got that sent in to LSAC, thinking I'd be penalized for lacking a transcript without it. Then I get a notice that since it's less than a full academic year, they won't calculate it into my LSAC GPA after all!

Whew! All that stress for no good reason. Don't worry about it.

I got one of those as well! It's nice in my opinion because it alerted me to a "priority deadline" date that I hadn't been paying attention to.

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Is the actual test also posted too? I haven’t looked at my score yet.

Yes, the actual test and actual answer sheet and actual writing sample are all available to download as PDFs once your score is posted.

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Got mine already. No email warning as well. I'm in Texas if that helps.

What email "warning"? Are you referring to an email with your score?

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Only reason I checked lsac.org was because of this thread. My score was there already. I didn't receive any email from LSAC telling me my score has posted. I'm in Maryland, in case that matters.

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My score just appeard on lsac.org... no email warning! Whew, I'm pleasantly surprised.

Where does your actual score show up in the account? I’m keeping an eye on that and email! Nothing yet, ugh.

@ my score appeared in the gray box.

My score just appeard on lsac.org... no email warning! Whew, I'm pleasantly surprised.