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ohnodoctor492
Tuesday, Jul 10 2018

Mine actually took it because of the date display. I think he was wrong, but I had no recourse at the time. I had to just use the clock on the wall.

The next time I took the test, I was sure to buy a watch without a rotating bezel or date display. This one, specifically:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GAYQU4/

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ohnodoctor492
Monday, Jul 09 2018

I had that Casio watch linked above, and my proctor confiscated it. I would recommend just buying a no-frills watch with no date display and no rotating bezel.

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ohnodoctor492
Thursday, Jun 07 2018

Yep, I'm here too. I'll be 30 when I start law school.

I've honestly never felt bad about being older than most prospective law school students. What's the rush? I mean, at a certain age maybe it's no longer worth it just in a purely financial sense, because you won't have time to pay off your law school loans before you retire, but 33 is not even close to that age.

I wouldn't give up any of the experiences that I've had over the last 10 years in order to get here sooner. If I had just gone K-JD, then I wouldn't have anything to write about in my application package!

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ohnodoctor492
Friday, Jul 06 2018

@ said:

Sweet! What's your dream school?

Somewhere warm, hopefully! Maybe Duke, UVA, Texas, Vanderbilt or UCLA. I moved up north for grad school, and I'm kind of finished with the cold.

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ohnodoctor492
Thursday, Sep 06 2018

You can definitely reuse old material. The only problem is that your scores will be slightly inflated, but that's not a problem if you're just trying to keep up to speed on the material.

For LG specifically, I've found that my scores aren't even appreciably inflated if I haven't seen the material for 3+ months.

I would spread the fresh tests out evenly between now and test day so that you can track your improvement, and then fill the gaps with used practice sections.

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ohnodoctor492
Thursday, Sep 06 2018

Yes, I read a lot when I was growing up, and I still read a lot. I read NYT, WSJ, Washington Post, fiction books and nonfiction books. RC is still a time crunch for me, but I can finish it and get -1/-2 usually.

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ohnodoctor492
Wednesday, Sep 05 2018

@ said:

My diagnostic was 155 and it took me about 7 months of studying part time while working full time to get to a 168 as well. I think a 170 by November is unrealistic. Mid 160s probably, upper 160s maybe. 170+ is unlikely.

This is similar to my experience. I hate to be a downer, but I would be surprised (and impressed!) if someone improved from 155 to the 170s by November. It took me a year to go from my June 2017 diagnostic of 163 to my June 2018 172. I seemed to improve about one point per month of study.

I would plan to prepare for at least a year if you're trying to score in the 170s. You can do it! It just might take some time.

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Thursday, Jul 05 2018

ohnodoctor492

Thanks 7sage! 163->172

Hi guys.

My subscription is expiring this week, so I just thought I'd say thanks before I go. Even though I didn't post much, this website and community were instrumental to my LSAT improvement over the last year. I went from a 163 diagnostic, to 168 in September, and finally to a 172 in June. With my 3.5ish GPA, even that four point improvement at the end was a huge boost to my admissions chances. I was actually only shooting for a 170 when I signed up for 7sage.

I improved so much in LG with the foolproofing method, and the analytics tool helped me pinpoint and address my other problem areas. 7sage works! Blind review and foolproofing work! I couldn't have done it without 7sage. Keep working and you'll get your target score.

Sometimes it didn't feel like I was improving much, but it's just a slow, slow process. Looking back, I think I improved about one point per month of study, but sometimes that improvement was masked by the +-3 pt fluctuations between practice tests. I definitely had periods where I was consistently scoring below where I should have been -- for example, in April I had a string of 168s, right after I had been consistently scoring in the low-mid 170s. Don't get discouraged by that stuff -- you know you're improving!

Also: I have to rag on Powerscore before I go. The Powerscore LG Bible overcomplicates logic games. I definitely prefer the way that JY teaches them. It is not helpful to spend hours and hours learning how to organize logic games into tiny, discrete categories. Actually doing timed logic games is what will help you get to -0.

Thanks guys! Peace out.

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ohnodoctor492
Sunday, Feb 04 2018

I too am really worried about the 12:30 time for the June test. I'm definitely a morning person. It's really difficult for me to do anything mentally demanding after maybe 3 or 4PM. I've actually considered putting my test off to September just because I feel like I'd do substantially better at 8:30 than at 12:30.

But ... I have four months to prepare. I can probably adjust to a later test time over four months. I hope.

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