I applied to Duke via the priority track invite and just found out that I'm now on their priority reserve. Is this any different than their waitlist? Feeling pretty crappy right now....

I wrote a Why Duke essay, too.

Anyone else on Duke PR with PT application?

Hello everyone,

Hope you guys are enjoying your weekend! I wanted to get your thoughts on using religion/atheism on my PS.

Basically, my PS's main theme is about me overcoming my fears and how they've influenced my character and confidence, which eventually enabled me to realize my purpose to become an attorney.

One of the things I wanted to briefly write about was how denouncing my faith publicly was a big step for me, since I was being true to myself and unafraid of what my family and friends thoughts were about this.

What have you guys heard, or what are your thoughts on writing about faith/religion on PS's? Thanks in advance!

..."but not both" sequencing games. I've been practicing these after the Dec LSAT. I thought I had a good handle on them but I took way too long to diagram my possible worlds game 2 (I realized I made a mistake halfway through the question set and had to redo them).

I'm currently doing drills in Powescore's LG workbook.

I discovered that I made an error on my PS essay. Has anyone ever tried sending in a revised essay? How do schools take those kinds of requests?

Does the connection need to be VERY strong between "the experience" and "why law school"? My road to wanting to be a lawyer is long and boring/somewhat cliche. My experience living and working in San Francisco for a year and some of the things that I dealt with during that time is so much more interesting and is personal in the way that I think it should be. I have a deep connection to my PS, I cried while I was writing it, my sister cried when I read it to her, my mom cried. My goal isn't for it to be sad, they had a deeper connection with it than an admissions person would, so I don't think it's sappy. It says what I want them to know about me and describes an important time in my life, but the connection to law isn't incredibly obvious. Suggestions?

One app specifically says that they already know I want to be a lawyer, and that I really shouldn't try to convince them how serious I am about that. Others seem to want a "why law school" PS. Anybody want to read it and let me know if you can see the "why law school" connection?

Tell me if I am translating them into lawgic properly:

No x is y = x ---->/y

X is not y = x ------>/y

Are they the same or are they different?

Help! Very much appreciate.

So I’m kind of in the dark about when/how they’re supposed to send out the field test refunds for the December exam. Anyone have an idea?

Did anyone else get this email, inviting them to apply for the scholarship? My numbers arent above the 50 percentile so I was presuming that this was a mass email.

Does anyone know if LSAC is still offering the refund for February if you signed up for December/feb together like they offered? Thanks!

I was wondering is it mandatory to update my transcript on lsac. I sent in my original transcript at the beginning of the semester. Do I need to send in another one after the semester ends and all the grades are in as well? My main concern is timing, because I want to send my apps in as soon as I get my December score. There’s no significant change in my GPA. maybe by like .01 points.

My PS already touches upon most of my diversity factors (immigrant, minority, first-generation college graduate) so I'm a bit lost on what to write for my diversity statement so that I don't sound repetitive. I have two ideas but not sure if they really work well:

My Catholic upbringing/faith and studying at Jesuit university and how this has shaped my values/outlook

Being raised by a single mother and having to work throughout all of high school and college to help support myself and how this taught me to be independent

Thoughts on whether these topics could make good diversity statements? Thank you!

Hi,

So I made a typo in my PS. I know it's completely my fault and it is stupid.

I already submitted my apps to my top choices ( about 6). Should I email them edited version?! HELP!!

Does it matter what pt is use to foolproof and timed full test and sections ? I did pt36 as my first set of games to foolproof and I got 3 games out of 4 down after repeating each 3x. But wen I went to fool proof one of the game that was super hard JP mention if I haven’t done a lot of games I should skip it..

I applied ED to University of Texas, and I received notice today that my application is being held for consideration with the regular decision pool. Not sure what this means for my prospects overall. Is there anything I can do at this stage to increase my chance of admission? LOCI are recommended for those waitlisted; are they appropriate for this situation? If so, should I wait until February or March when they are whittling applicants down?

For background, I am in-state, non-traditional age, LSAT 163, and GPA 3.59 (not great but from a top liberal arts undergrad - now completely regretting the multiple semesters of Mandarin I insisted on taking in spite of the fact it was shredding my GPA!).

Thanks for any insights!

I've taken two LSAT practice tests, and both times I've scored in the upper 150s. I'm hoping to get at least 170 in February 2018. My issue is that once I know a question is wrong, I can get the right answer without any kind of explanation (i.e. I see that my answer is red on 7Sage's score/review so I go back to the question without seeing the green, correct choice). It seems like most of my mistakes are from carelessness (perhaps reading too quickly or feeling short on time). I haven't actually run out of time on either practice test, though, so I'm wondering if I should slow down and focus on accuracy before timing myself?

LR is my weakest subject, but I can't pinpoint an exact question type that I need to drill more. I tried drilling specific question types for improvement (mainly flaw, NA, and SA) using 7Sage videos, but I typically get over 90% correct when it's only practicing one kind of question. Since I also only have two months left for improvement, it feels tedious reviewing every LR question type.

Does anyone have suggestions for improving my score? My LG is nearly perfect, RC is iffy (-5 and -7), and LR is the worst. I'm tempted to just do 3-4 practice tests every week to better pace and familiarize myself with seeing a bunch of different LR questions at once. I know most people recommend 2 practice tests max per week, though, with drilling in between, so I'm not sure what to do.

Any advice is much appreciated!

I am working on applying in the first week of January. I have done some work on my resume but I was wondering if the 7sage community knew of the best resources to help? Best of luck to you all!

Don’t know too much about them— how much of an admit guarantee does the priority track invite portend?

hello 7sagers,

Is the logical negation of "imperfect", "not imperfect" or "perfect"?

I'm unsure what the middle ground between "imperfect" and "perfect" may be

thanks!

Hello everyone. I have finished the trial portion of 7Sage. However, I am still confused on how to do Blind Review. Here is my understanding of how to do it:

First off, are we taking the test twice (once time and then untimed)? When I input my answers into the grader after blind review, do I only enter answers that I am 100% sure about? If so, then some answers would be blank. Or should there be no unanswered questions after you do blind review? Should we circle questions we are unsure about when we do the test timed?

Let me know your thoughts.

-Amanda

Does anyone know any current students or alumni at Duke or Berkeley? As the all-wise David Busis once said, I should "leverage my virtual network" and asking 7Sagers! Thank you all.

So I did a program called running start in high school and took some college level classes, starting in Fall of 2004. I started with just one class that quarter. I graduated HS in spring 06 with 55 college credits completed. I proceeded to take a few more classes including some lower level math classes I needed, but then took some time off Winter 07 to get my pilot's license. I returned to school in Fall 08 working full time and going to school part time and finally graduated in Spring 09. So what this means is I have to list my Comm College years of attendance as 04 - 09. On paper it looks like it took me 5 years to get a 2 year degree! In a way, it did, but it wasn't as if I graduated high school and went to school immediately after. It was a long winding path including a break to get my pilot's license which was a career I thought I might want to get in to at the time. I didn't have the slightest inkling back then of wanting to go to graduate school...now I'm realizing it is making my resume look really bad.

So I guess my question is, does anyone have any thoughts on how I can make it look less terrible on my resume? They're going to get a transcript so leaving it off completely seems like I'm trying to be deceptive. Will the adcom think this is super unusual? Any guidance is appreciated.

How should I include part-time and volunteer work that took place in between the time I was employed full-time. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

June'18 Study Group | Blind Review PT 42 | Tuesday, Dec 19th | 7:30 pm EST

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So, I am close to being done drilling LRs from 1-20 (21-30 going to save), then going to start doing LR sections individually timed from 30-50 (not all going to save some for drilling and full PT).

At the same time I am fool-proofing Games 1-35 (6-10 games; 1-3 sections), as well as 1-2 un-timed RC sections a day.

I am studying FT until the Feb exam, my concern is on the new LSATs I have read there are some differences, such as rule substitution on games, and with RC i have not yet ran into comparison passages.

Essentially, if anyone could suggest when these changes occur and what PTs i should have as "must-do" to study at least a few weeks before the exam, so i can start to get a feel for them.

my goal is 2 PTs a week for January combined with drilling, fool-proofing, BR.

update: i just found some information on this in the CC buried between PTs. Any advice would still be welcomed.

Hi All,

Now that finals are over for me and the LSAT is out of the way for good, I am finalizing my material for my applications.

I am stuck on the addenda and diversity statement. My first three semesters were a little weak as I had things going on in my life and was adjusting to the college transition/life, but now I am at four straight semesters/two straight years of 4.0s. I am getting As on everything without extra credit for the most part. Assuming I also greatly improve on my LSAT, how would I write this all into an addenda? Does anyone have an example they could share?

For the diversity statement, how do I go about doing that?