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Hey! I am currently working on my personal statement and would love some feedback. I am also more than happy to take a look at yours too and do a little switcha-roo!
Am I the only one who from time to time wishes it could just be a research paper....lol
For those getting consistently - 0 in LG, how do you guys do in timing?
Do you usually have bunch of time left after doing all 4 games? or do you need full 34 min (excluding 1min for bubbling)?
I plan on going into public interest law and so the personal statement discusses my drive for social justice. I've written it and had a couple of people look at it, but now need to fine tune it.
Proctors: Older volunteers
Facilities: Tests are administered in classrooms at Suffolk Law. Bathrooms are accessible.
What kind of room: Classroom. No windows.
How many in the room: 25-35
Desks: We sat evenly spaced along long tables. It was a comfortable set up--room to spread
Left-handed accommodation: yes
Noise levels: Dead silent. The room had no windows so no ambient noise could seep in
Parking: Street parking and school lot
Time elapsed from arrival to test: No irregularities in time
Irregularities or mishaps: N/A
Other comments:
Would you take the test here again? yes
Date[s] of Exam[s]: 10/15
I can't be the only 40+ person here who is going to change careers? Chime in if you fall into that group - and if you want to create a skype type study group.
Dumb question....I know, but it eases my anxiety :D Will 7sage still be around in 3 years when I need to study for the LSAT??? This forum is so awesome and everyone says the prep course is so amazing so I just reallllllllly want to be able to use it when I study:)
Hi,
When you do LG do you always have complete, perfect diagram like JY's?
I found I often have diagrams that are incomplete...very similar to JY's but did not have enough inference or did not divide into sub game boards etc.
Does this happen to you or am I just not mature enough on LG yet?
Thanks
For this particular problem, I wasn't able to clearly articulate why answer choice C was incorrect. I interpreted the conclusion to be a causal one, specifically one that claims that the author's political party is responsible for the decrease in unemployment. I do see how the premises contradict the observation that unemployment decreased, but I'm not sure why answer choice C is incorrect. I saw answer choice C as providing an alternate cause and showed how the perceived changes in employment is not due to the author's party but rather seasonal fluctuations.
My cumulative GPA is blank - my degree summary GPA is 4.0 - any idea why that is?
Hello friends. I am eyeballs deep in 1L. I just wanted to pop in and say that:
1) Law school is insane but insanely beautiful
2) Enjoy your life before law school (see #1)
Law school is all consuming but I often think of you all with the warmest of feelings. This is helpful as an alternative heat source as it is getting cold in Chicago.
<3 to all
Hey guys! Since I know a lot of you just took the September LSAT, I wanted to hold a little contest of sorts. It's relatively simple, nothing flashy-- but the 3 people who post the most detailed, well-written review will get our Admissions Starter course for free. If you already have our Admissions Starter course, you'll get a +1 month extension.
Here's the details:
All you have to do to be eligible is post a review of any test center at which you took an officially administered LSAT (anyone is eligible for up to 3 entries).
Instructions:
Proctors:
Facilities:
What kind of room:
How many in the room:
Desks:
Left-handed accommodation:
Noise levels:
Parking:
Time elapsed from arrival to test:
Irregularities or mishaps:
Other comments:
Would you take the test here again?
Date[s] of Exam[s]:
Examples of some well-written test center reviews:
--https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/8859/test-center-review-cedarville-university
I'll be choosing 3 winners on Oct. 25, 2016.
Thanks!
Hey All,
So, I've been looking for some tough reading material to read in my spare time in order to better condition myself for RC sections. I know JY mentioned The Economist and New Yorker in one of the curriculum videos, but both of those publications require (not cheap) subscriptions. Any ideas where I can purchase maybe 4 or 5 old issues of either of these publications? Or does anyone have any other ideas of tough reading materials that do not require subscriptions?
Thanks!
Hi everyone,
I am wondering whether taking the LSAT a third time is going to be helpful. I took the September LSAT and I am 3-4 points away from my ideal score. The thing is, I used up almost all of the preptests (or if not all, definitely all the new ones). I am set on applying for this cycle and can only write in December.
How would I go about studying/practicing for December in the little time left and without any really fresh PT's?
Hi everyone,
My undergrad institution has a co-op program that most undergrads take part in. Starting in sophomore year you have the option to alternate between 6 months of full-time work and then a regular academic semester. So my undergrad career was 5 years, and for 3 of those years I was on co-op January-July then class as normal from Sept.-December.
These gaps are shown on my transcript and reflected on my resume. Will admissions understand this plainly? Or should I write an addendum explaining
Mine will be to get my M.A. in Economics and go down that path. Being from the Detroit area, I have some big 3 connections and I've had internships with GM and Lotus. My long time mentor ran Hummer for GM , between 1999-2004 and he's always said that there's a senior forecasting job with my name on it. Hedge fund managing would be fun as well.
Hi guys,
I have a question on upgrading to the Ultimate+. I have been using the Premium package for the last few months because at the time I was only able to afford the Premium package. I want to upgrade to the Ultimate+ and I remember on reading few months back people have done this and have been able to get the full access as if they first purchased the package.
Just wondering If I purchased the package today will I be able to get the full access rather then just the 2 month extension.
Thank you.
My personal statement is 3.5 pages long. Is that too long?
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How early is too early to get a REC letter. I got one assuming I would be applying early but I am retaking the the LSAT in February. I have a REC on file from late October. Should I get the Professor to resubmit so the time stamp is sooner or keep and use the ones on file. This is all assuming I apply for the Fall 2017 class. Obviously if I delay 1 year I will ask for resubmissions. On that note do new REC letters have to be different in anyway from ones that are on file.....as in can school see the old ones that I have on file with LSAC. Was just going to ask the teachers to resubmit the old ones they previously wrote to save time on both ends.
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Hello Sages,
I just joined the community quite recently and this is my first post. That being said, I had been PTing using the practice tests from the 40s to the 70s, with just a few more new ones available and with some of them done more than once. I found I have been very inconsistent in the scores I get. I can get low 170s and on the next one go down to low 160s, and when I get low 160s I often bomb different sections, sometimes RC and sometimes LG. Anyone had similar situations? What would be a good way to become more consistent. I registered for the December test, and I'm planning to apply next year. What should I do before the test at this stage. Any advice from you Sages would be greatly appreciated!
Were your PT scores representative of your test score?
I'm usually around -6 or -8 for timed sections. Just got a -10 and am beginning to get frustrated because i feel like I understand games pretty well, but then do terrible on the clock. I also basically never ever experience test anxiety (when studying or on test day) - so "pressure" doesn't seem, to me, to be the issue.
anyone else have similar experience? or would anyone have some advice?
thanks
I spend a couple of hours to figure out the structure/what's the author's position but I still do not understand it...
So he is disagreeing with Taruskin right?
What are exactly their arguments? What is the position of the "artists"? Do they intentionally misrepresent elites?
I'm especially confused with the last paragraph. At first I thought the author is agreeing with Taruskin...
Could anyone give me summary of each paragraph or just author's argument and Taruskin's argument are fine too.
Thank you in advance.
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-78-section-4-passage-2-passage/
I noticed that at the bottom of LG questions there are keywords... can we search for these keywords?
For example, I want to work on games that have the But not Both rule... and that is a keyword that is highlighted. Is it possible to search for that?
Proctors:
Awful. I had 4 proctors (although I think one was a son of another proctor and not a proctor himself). We sat around for at least 30 minutes before we started filling out the Scantron. The main proctor who was reading the directions was rushing us because we were clearly behind schedule. Then they gave us the wrong Test Center number and we had to wait until the figure out what the correct number is. Then the three other proctors were talking over the timekeeper as she was reading the last timing instructions (you will have 35 mins to complete the section, etc, etc). And then they would not shut up for 2 sections. (I left after section 2 because I lost my focus and bombed RC). They also kept walking around the front of the room and in and out of the room while the test was in progress. It was extremely distracting. I raised my hand to ask them to be quiet and they ignored me for several minutes after which point I gave up. It literally sounds crazy to retell this story (on what planet do test proctors talk for over an hour??), but I assure you that this is real life. They seemed to be disorganized and confused.
Facilities:
Old, shabby, public university. No distractions other than the proctors. No noise outside or in the hallway. Th bathroom seems to be close enough to the room, but i did not need to use it. They have vending machines in case you forget a snack.
What kind of room: Classroom with individual fold-over desks
How many in the room: I'd say around 40. Way too many for the size of the room. Although there were enough desks, we were packed too tight together. I could easily see the papers of the people in front and to the sides of me. it was also distracting to be seated so close to other people.
Desks:
Awful. They had these tiny fold-over school desks that are not big enough to fit an open test booklet. No room for scantron, extra pencils, eraser, ,watch etc. I had to hold my eraser and extra pencils in my lap. I kept worrying about my scantron falling from under my booklet.
Left-handed accommodation: Some lefty desks were available
Noise levels: Other than the proctors, I didn't experience any other distractions
Parking: Not sure, didn't drive
Time elapsed from arrival to test:
1-1.5 hours. We stood in line for about 20 minutes. But the check-in was excruciatingly slow. I would say at least 30 minutes just to check in and seat my room. Then we sat in the room for a while while they figured out the test center number, distributed the booklets, etc.
Irregularities or mishaps: none, other than the proctors talking and not knowing the correct test center number.
Other comments: Avoid this test center at all costs. All the warning signs were there, but I didn't bother to read the reviews.
Would you take the test here again? Absolutely not.
Date[s] of Exam[s]: September 2016
