April LSAT is right around the corner and I am looking for a study buddy/accountability partner!!
I took the November LSAT and I am currently on several waitlists for school so I need a quick LSAT score increase. My PT last week was a 164 but I'm looking to get 166+ by April. If anyone is interested in meeting once/twice a week over zoom to talk through sections and keep each other accountable I would be super interested to work together :)
For those of you who are signed up for another LSAT in hopes to get off a school's waitlist, are you taking the April or June one?
I am registered for April but it seems so soon and I am worried I won't have a drastic enough of a score change. Would love to have some wisdom shed on this topic because I know some schools like Georgetown start reviewing waitlist students in the spring while many also do summer. Thanks in advance!
Hi! I was an applicant for this year's cycle and have also registered for the April 2021 LSAT. I applied from a range of T-20 to T-30 schools with a gpa that was above medians/75th percentiles and an LSAT that was usually right below the median. As a result, I have been put on countless waitlists, practically every school I applied to waitlisted me. My friends who all applied with scores between 160+ to low 170s have all been put on endless waitlists as well.
I truly think this year's application cycle was a reflection on the pandemic giving everyone the time to adequately prepare for the LSAT, as well as the LSAT Flex being a shorter exam that allows people to weigh certain skills heavier (like Logic Games now being worth more for a point). With that, there was a HUGE influx in top scores, so now the battle as an applicant was to now compete against many people with very similar numbers. As a waitlist applicant, it is a scary spot to be b/c many admissions committees have no idea how strong their yield protection will be this year, thus is why I signed up for another LSAT to be a stronger waitlist applicant. Hopefully that sheds a little bit of light onto your question!
Are these public informational sessions where anybody interested can attend? If so, then you are completely fine. They don't take attendance nor check to see who has come. I would not reach out to let them know you missed it because then you are highlighting a mistake that they probably didn't even take note of.
Trust me, I went to every session for a school I loved and still got waitlisted. It is not the make or break of your application.
Hey! I have actually already applied for this cycle as I took the November 2020 Flex, however I have been put on endless waitlists ever since. I am now looking to take another LSAT to either get off a waitlist and/or use towards a second gap year. It is definitely not ideal nor how I planned this cycle to go, but I am trying to tell myself this will give me a chance to do even more than I ever planned for myself to achieve.
On top of that, this cycle is BRUTAL. It is a skewed reflection on us as applicants so don't be hard on yourself. You have already achieved so much and I can assure you that what you are hoping to achieve is inspirational to many people around you :smile:
Does anybody know (or have a guess) if LSAC is planning to keep the FLEX throughout 2021 or after April Flex will actually go back to the 4 hour exam?
I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth practicing all four sections + an experimental
@ okay that's definitely what I was thinking too! Thanks so much!
I'm taking the Flex tomorrow, but when I sat for the July Flex my Proctor said I could use the restroom in those 60 second breaks. Has anyone else had a Proctor say this?
You get to bring in five pieces of printer paper!
How much energy do people recommend I spend on practicing/drilling Miscellaneous Games for my November LSAT?? Is it worth running through them all if the odds are likely that I won't get one that runs the same?
I would also recommend doing a little of each type of section (RC/LG/LR) a day, or just two types a day! I found that when I first started studying I only did LR for a week and then switched to LG the next and by that third week, my LR skills were depleting again because I stepped away from it too long. I truly believe this is an exam of habit, so if you keep the material fresh in your mind you will potentially see more growth!
Also, mixing it up with like Logic Games amidst LR or RC is a nice break for the brain sometimes so you don't get too burnt out looking at the same material for a week!
yeah I'll message you my email!
i am interested!
are you planning to take the test in November?
Interested!! Looking forward to this!
@ definitely spend a decent amount of time on your game board! I got my LG down to -1/-0 by spending at least 3+ minutes on each game board, playing around with rules and creating scenarios! If a game gives you a rule such as "you must include A or B but cannot include both." Draw a scenario for each, one with A and one with B. That way when you get to questions, you can plug directly into the accurate/applicable scenario!
Jumping straight into a game is really difficult if you haven't toyed around with the rules to understand the effects each rule has on the board! Lmk if this is at all helpful or if you have any questions!!
I would personally start with the core curriculum on Sequencing! Go through it several times if you have to. I truly believe that if you can drill the concept of sequencing down to -1 or -0, you can start to mentally picture the correct answer in Logic Games or even the type of question you will be asked before you even see it. Sequencing and learning logical conditions are truly the foundation to understanding LG.
Don't feel pressure to time yourself in the beginning. I know it's only a month away and there is so much stress about that, (I'm taking November too so I completely understand) but accuracy is the most important. If you can get through three games in the time slot with great accuracy, that is a very promising starting point.
Feel free to message me! I have struggled a lot throughout my LSAT journey, but have gotten my Logic Games down to -1.5 average with best -0.
I took about one a week and then followed it with days of heavily understanding all my wrong answers and then deeply studying certain concepts before my next PT! I don't recommend studying more than 6 hours a day though, you will potentially suffer burnout by June. I suffered major burnout when I gave myself only 7 weeks with 6 hours a day to test into the 160s. Instead maybe consider trying 3-4 hours in increments throughout each day :)