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Sunday, May 28 2017

Thank you so much, @!

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Sunday, May 28 2017

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?

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Sunday, May 28 2017

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Eliminating Answer Choices

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I'm currently working through the Core Curriculum, and for the harder problem sets in the Logical Reasoning modules (mostly Sufficient and Pseudo-Sufficient Assumption questions sets) I'm able to eliminate 3/5 answer choices without any problem. Of the remaining two answer choices (which is always the correct answer choice and one incorrect one) I end up eliminating the correct answer choice and choosing the incorrect one, even after carefully considering both options and writing down explanations for why I eliminated or chose each AC.

Has this ever happened to any of you, and what did you do to correct it?

Thank you for all your help ~ it has been invaluable in my study prep! =)

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Friday, Nov 25 2016

@.rizeq @ @, 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!

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Friday, Nov 25 2016

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Motivation for Core Curriculum!

As a second time test-taker, I'm experiencing a motivation slump with the core curriculum and can't get through it as efficiently as I'd like to. Everybody's who has successfully completed the CC, how'd you do it? =D

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Friday, Nov 25 2016

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? ;)

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Wednesday, May 24 2017

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

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Monday, Nov 21 2016

Please tag me in too! Thank you for this!

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Thursday, May 18 2017

@ 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 @.

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. =)

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Tuesday, May 16 2017

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

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Friday, Sep 15 2017

@ 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 :)

This. (3

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.

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Sunday, May 14 2017

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

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

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Sunday, Aug 14 2016

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Advice?

Y'all,

I have a 3.49 gpa at the end of my junior year due to a very rough sophomore year, and am thinking of applying to law schools in the fall. Will law schools wonder why I don't just sit out this admissions cycle and apply next year, since my grades show a nice upward trend? The real reason I am insistent on applying this cycle is because I am an international student and finding a job within the 90 days after graduation as stipulated by my F-1 visa will be hard with a mere Psych degree.

My question is: should I just apply to schools that are within my reach [T25 - T40] this cycle, or should I (to the great consternation of my quintessential South Asian parents) return home for a year and apply next year with a ~ 3.65?

I haven't taken the LSAT yet, but with the few practice tests I've done, I'm averaging a 167 and really want to bring it up to a 170.

Thank you!

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Monday, Feb 13 2017

OMG thank you so much for this, @.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)

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Wednesday, Sep 07 2016

@.rizeq @

Thank you so much! That is really encouraging!

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Wednesday, Sep 07 2016

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Will I succeed at Law School?

Y'all,

I'm being super-efficient at procrastinating right now, and am wondering if anyone had any thoughts regarding how successful introverted/quiet personality types would be at law school. I am an abysmal public speaker (working on it, but still really bad!), and have a mild stutter that always makes its unwelcome presence known whenever I'm stressed, angry or tired. Would I succeed at law school, or would every day be an uphill battle?

Thanks in advance, fam!

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