@pcainti665 said:

I came into college wanting to be a doctor. However, within my first year at university I was exposed to so many problems in the world that I personally had never been exposed to before - namely inequality (whether that be economic, social, etc.).

I decided I wanted to go into law because I want to get involved in government and public-policy work to see if I couldn't help remedy some of those inequities. Law school felt like the reasonable next step after undergrad towards that goal :)

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Except, it took me 2.5 years of school to realize that becoming a physician was not the most ideal way to reduce health and educational disparities within minority communities. Also, for everyone who said I was too mousy and timid to be a lawyer, watch me.(/p)

Edit: Some of these answers are making me tear up. Y'all are some high-quality folks.

Thank you so much, @928!

I interpreted answer choice D to mean that donors of money could not delegate the responsibility of allocating funds to other organizations similar to the organizations that they had fundraised for to the directors; they (the donors) had to permit the allocation of funds, and chose that as my correct answer.

For example: The charitable townspeople cannot delegate the responsibility of allocating funds to other animal shelters to the directors of Pinecrest Animal Shelter, they must provide their permission to allocate money to other similar Animal Shelters.

Where am I going wrong?

Can't wait - thank you, @melindasong22757 for initiating this! =)

@sharoc169 said:

Hi Paul1234,

I was in a similar position as you coming out of CC; in fact, I didn't take a diagnostic, but my first PT after CC was better than expected; but I hit a major plateau for like 6-7 PT's and stayed at that score. Here's what I've learned from a sage @jhaldy10325.

You're not even close to your potential/abilities PT'ing after CC. After CC, you've barely cemented your fundamentals nor have you learned any test-taking abilities. The latter will come with doing PT's and trying new strategies. For instance, during RC, I used to struggle and try and disprove every answer. No wonder I wasn't finishing the sections on time. I had to learn to be more confident and eliminate quickly. Things like that will improve with time, along with drilling to cement your fundamentals.

There are 3 stages to prep. You're in your first stage where your BR score is going to be so much higher than your actual score. Your BR score is your theoretical "ceiling" as of now. Taking time out of the equation, that's your maximum score. Your goal right now should be to push your BR score up to and/or close to +5 of your target score. Then, when you are satisfied with your BR score, you should try and close the gap between BR and PT, which is stage 2. This is where the test-taking abilities come in. Being more confident and moving on, skipping, splitting game boards, notation methods for RC, etc, etc. When you've bridged the gap between your BR and PT, then you go into stage 3, where you can cement all that you've learned and get a "graduate degree" in prep. This is working on your routine, cookie cutter structures, etc etc.

Your BR scores and the things that you mention (being anxious, skipping, etc) all indicate to me that you are on the right track and asking the right questions. I highly suggest meditating before PT's, exercising (aerobic) before PT's and keeping a routine. Please do not get too discouraged by your first PT. Some have said that their PT's didn't click until like their 15th or 20th PT. The PT's are a means to an end; not an end in itself. It's there to reveal what we need to work on and how we can improve.

Good luck, and don't hesitate to inbox me if you have any further questions or comments.

OMG - this inspiring piece of advice seriously made my day! (3(/p)

Thank you for this. =)

I would love to! Send it on over! =)

I'm really interested in this too -- please count me in! =)

Also, Sundays 7 pm EST would work perfectly for me!

OMG thank you so much for this, @476.rizeq. Starring this for all those days (and nights) when I cannot recall why I must drill thoroughly to actually understand a concept! (3 (3(/p)

@476.rizeq @tutordavidlevine115 @sharoc169, thank you so much for your fabulous advice, ye kind souls. This is one of the many reasons I love this forum, and this site!

Do y'all have any advice on whether I should continue to be in the study group if I haven't completed the Core Curriculum fully? I took the LSAT once in September, and so have gone over the 7Sage material once before, but did not do the BR process or the quiz questions well, so it wasn't as useful!

I really want to be part of the group (needy lol!) and was planning on using the remaining five days of the week to continue working through the CC. But if it would be wiser to just focus on finishing the 7Sage CC material first and then join (or re-join!) the BR Group, I'm willing to do that too!

What do you think? ;)

Please tag me in too! Thank you for this!

I did the same thing. This may be selfish on my part, but I'm glad I'm not the only one!

@476.rizeq @jclaridge202

Thank you so much! That is really encouraging!