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Study Groups · [Ended]That'sSoRavenclaw | RC PT 69 |Tues. Aug 1st | 7pm EST

yandac70664

Monday, Jul 31 2017

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Admissions · Strategic Applications - The Jealousy Game

yandac70664

Wednesday, Aug 23 2017

@ I went through the application process/negotiation etc before so maybe my perspective will help a bit. Then, I decided to retake the LSAT and do it all over again just because I thought it was so much fun... sigh...

1- I got a lot of scholarship money when I fit the school's median LSAT (my GPA is international so I don't know how they take that into account). Not as much when I was above it (which I found odd). Definitely apply to the schools where you'd be a perfect fit number wise.

2- I was able to bump up my scholarships offer but not by much money. For this, applying to schools regionally helps for sure. But you can use the opposite reasoning as well. Let's say school X is in NYC and they're giving you $ money. You applied to school Y in a less sexy city and they're giving you $ as well. You can make school Y give you $$ by saying how NYC is great but you like their school better. If Y gives you more you can ask X for more money if both schools are in the same range.

Feel free to message me if you want more info/ school details etc..

Hope this made sense and helps! Good luck!

General · Higher score: good BR/Lower score: poor BR

yandac70664

Tuesday, Aug 22 2017

@ Good point! I will keep on working hard during BR and after during review. Thank you!

General · How to Become a Morning Person

yandac70664

Tuesday, Aug 22 2017

I wake up around 6:30 every morning no matter at what time I was able to fall asleep the night before (sometimes, I toss and turn for a while). I just think that the night before the test I might not be able to sleep that well, so I want be ready to test no matter what. As @ says, melatonin really does help to fall asleep. A 10 mins meditation session can help get rid of the day's anxiety and prep for a good sleep.

To wake my brain up in the morning, I start by washing my face with cold water. Then, I drink a large (ok, extra large) coffee and eat breakfast while doing some old LR questions (this really wakes me up lol). After, I usually go for a 5-10 mins walk in the neighborhood to get some fresh air and come back to start working on the LSAT.

I find that sticking to a routine will help your brain adjust and eventually be awake whenever you want it to be awake. Allow yourself a good hour and a half before starting PTesting/studying.

One last thing, don't check your phone too much. I check it once in the morning before studying to see if there's anything of importance. If not, I respond to messages/emails etc in the evening once I'm done with the studying. I just don't want to clutter my brain with a million things. I understand that this might not be possible for people who work/have kids etc though..

Good luck!

General · Higher score: good BR/Lower score: poor BR

yandac70664

Tuesday, Aug 22 2017

Thank you both for your comments!

@ I, too, get questions wrong that I didn't mark for BR. So I started consistently blind reviewing all questions I think are most likely to be tough (roughly 14 to 20 in LR sections and inference questions in the RC passages which are always a struggle for me). But still, it doesn't change.

@ I checked out the stats in more detail. There is no pattern. In the test when there is a hard section of LR and an easy one, I make approximately the same number of mistakes in both during my low PTs. In RC, it's the same: when the test is good, I make fewer mistakes and when I score lower I make more regardless of the difficulty. Maybe my mindset during the PT accounts for such differences, but I'm not convinced.

I think the issue lies in RC and LR for sure because I can BR the LG section easily and get the right answers no matter the difficulty (except perhaps on those really hard games about lizards and stuff... ugh..)

I will keep checking the analytics in more detail in the future to see if a pattern arises, thanks for pointing that out!

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Tuesday, Aug 22 2017

yandac70664

Higher score: good BR/Lower score: poor BR

Hey all!

I've started PTesting for about a month and a half now after going through the core curriculum. My average PT score is a 169 with lows at 166-167 and highs at 170-173.

After each test, I spend about 2h for BR and I noticed a pattern. Usually, when I score above 169, I am able to BR well and gain about 3-4 LSAT points after BR. However, when I score in my lower range I only am able to get an extra point during BR. I am mostly able to get 0 to -2 in LG so I'd say the BR is more about RC and LR.

I don't really know what to make of this... has anyone experienced the same thing? How were you able to increase your BR score and spot your mistakes?

Thanks so much!!

General · Why do you want to be a lawyer?

yandac70664

Monday, Feb 19 2018

Labor and employment law is what I'm super interested in as well. Eventually, I also want to do research in law and economics (of course related to labor regulations haha). Trying to find better policies, helping in the crafting of more efficient regulations is one of my dreams.