How does law school admissions calculate GPA? I went to a community college and transferred to a 4 year school. I was told the grades i took at community wouldn't matter, but is this true?

Long question! Thought it would be helpful to keep everything organized in one place to hear the thoughts of folks as the questions below all seem to have a common thread and could help the next person.

Not all works of art represent something, but some do, and their doing so is relevant to our aesthetic experience of them; representation is therefore an aesthetically relevant property. Whether a work of art possesses this property is dependent upon context. Yet there are no clear criteria for determining whether context-dependent properties are present in an object, so there cannot be any clear criteria for determining whether an object qualifies as art.

There is no genuinely altruistic behavior. Everyone needs to have sufficient amount of self-esteem, which crucially depends on believing oneself to be useful and needed. Behavior that appears to be altruistic can be understood as being motivated by the desire to reinforce that belief, a clearly self-interested motivation.

As a political system, democracy does not promote political freedom. There are historical examples of democracies that ultimately resulted in some of the most oppressive societies. Likewise, there have been enlightened despotisms and oligarchies that have provided a remarkable level of political freedom to their subjects.

Climate and geology determine where human industry can be established. Drastic shifts in climate always result in migrations, and migrations bring about the intermingling of ideas necessary for rapid advances in civilization.

I recently emailed back a forth with the admissions office at UofM, and I thought the correspondence might be useful for those of us retesting in December.

Tldr; Apply as soon as you can, if you improve your score they will reevaluate you for both admittance and scholarships.

Me:

My question is about the process of applying now and then potentially updating my application if I do in fact raise my LSAT score. I would like to apply as early as possible both for admission and to put myself in the best possible position for scholarships. Is there any disadvantage to applying and then updating vs simply waiting to submit any materials until my application is complete?

UofM:

Thanks for your e-mail and your interest in Michigan Law. I would encourage you to submit your application as soon as you can. If you submit your completed application before the December LSAT scores are released, because you have a score from a previous administration, we would consider your application to be complete and we would begin to process your application and place it into our queue for our reviewers. It's possible that our reviewers could be ready to consider your file before a December score became available. If our reviewers were inclined to admit you, then they would do so without waiting. If they were considering a negative decision, then they would know to wait for your December score before finalizing that decision.

Me:

I do have one follow-up question. When would scholarship allocation be decided? At the same time as admittance/denial, or later? Would this follow a similar system of being evaluated initially based on my score on record and then adjusted later if my December score becomes relevant?

UofM:

All our admitted students are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships, and yes, this does typically occur a bit after the admissions decision is made (scholarship decisions generally start rolling out in January while admissions decisions have typically started coming out earlier than that). We do also have a mechanism to consider any updated LSAT scores for scholarship decisions, even if we made a previous determination.

I am just finishing up the logic games section of the core curriculum. I have not taken a cold diagnostic yet and have tried a couple times, only to realize I know nothing about the vast majority of the stuff on the actual exam. I only know principles that were taught. Should I continue to go through the syllabus and finish so that it actually makes sense? I feel like I'm just guessing on my diagnostic and I don't know how much help that score will serve me. Thanks!

I took the Sept. LSAT and wasn't pleased with my score. I'm hoping to raise my score from a 158 to at least a 163. Is this even possible? My routine so far is to take a preptest, blind review, and then go over the questions with JY's video answers. It takes me about 2-3 days to do this but I don't want to burn myself out at the same time.

My scores range from:

LR: -7 in each section

RC: -7/-8

LG: -5/-7

I'm having trouble with Necessary Assumption questions so I've been reviewing the core curriculum as well.

Any advice on how to approach the next 4 weeks would be greatly appreciated!

I have started to consider taking the GRE after receiving my September LSAT score and consistently getting similar scores on practice tests I have recently taken. I have had difficulty improving on the logical reasoning portion of the test so it was no surprise that I scored a 145. Based on a high GRE practice test score, which I took before reviewing any material, I feel that I could score in a higher percentile than I would if I were to retake the LSAT. However, could the presence of a very low LSAT score on my application overshadow my potentially high GRE score and a 3.8 gpa?

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/hallstown-groceries-pf-question/?ss_completed_lesson=1143

while i agree AC b is incorrect...still seems to be a perfectly valid argument to me....anyone care to parse this one with me?

validity of answer choice B

Has anyone received accommodations for a specific date and then decided to postpone? I don't know if I will be approved yet, but I am strongly considering postponing until June. I just don't know if the accommodations will automatically cary over to the June test, or if I will have to apply again.

I understand that those who took the September LSAT got a copy of the exam while those who canceled their scores, despite taking the exam, do not get a copy. Is this a policy with LSAC that’s worth questioning or should I just not even bother?

Sorry for the curt title, not enough room for politely asking for advice :P

Anyways

I emailed her a month ago, and she only responded now. Furthermore, she said she could only write one after January.

I already got two LORs from other professors so I don't exactly need it. That being said, I'd still like to have it just in case. How should I respond?

How do I determine goal time per game during foolproofing? JY sometimes mentions them in his explanation videos, but when he doesn't should I just assume it's ~8.5?

Even better, does someone have a spreadsheet of these?

Just wanted to get your opinions on what PTs I should do.

So I took the September exam (cancelled). and to prepare for the September exam, I used PTs from 50s to 70s (I have a couple of PT in 70s that I haven't done, only a couple). Now I am taking December LSAT and have been doing PT's in 30s and 40s because these are the ones I haven't done when I was prepping for my September LSAT.

For the last month, should I just redo some PT's in 50-70s instead of going for older PTs that I haven't done yet?

I am finding older PTs to be pretty different from the recent ones, so I am thinking it would be better to redo the recent ones.

I am a senior at an "average" college, and I have a 3.99 GPA. I am a transfer student, so my combined GPA is a 3.8. I am aiming for a 170 on the LSAT, but I wouldn't be surprised if I wound up closer to a 165. Anyway, I am concerned that I won't get into schools that look for decently high LSAT scores unless I score well above the median score... like maybe I will need the 75th percentile score to get in without scholarship. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this issue or if anyone has any thoughts on it.

Hello 7 sage community & world,

The title is pretty self-explanatory-- unfortunately, I'm not ready for the December 2017 LSAT.

Currently, my life belongs, mostly,to my full-time job :) (can you tell this smiley is the most sarcasm-filled face ever?!)

I work about 40-45 hours a week, which I will say is quite moderate in comparison to others' hours I have seen on 7sage, but what this means for me is simply that I do not have the time to treat the LSAT as a full-time job, as my I whole-heartedly believe should be done if you have the time, because I still have other responsibilities in my life.

Here is my plan: Apply for the 2018-2019 cycle.

So, while I know this gives me a comfortable amount of time to study for June, I'm afraid changing my exam date won't be a good look for me, given that I was supposed to test in September, but ultimately decided not to. On top of that, if I were to make my desired score on the June 18 exam, I'd still be considered a super-splitter :(

Wise people, what do you all recommend? Take the exam on December 2017, to the best of my current abilities, or, take in June 2018 with better chances of being able to score a 170+ ?

I appreciate all of you !!! TIA

Hey Folks,

I made the classic mistake of not sticking to my schedule and fell behind my LSAT prep. At this point I’ve taken 3 PTs and have done progressively better but still have a ways to go before I reach my target score. I’ve covered the fundamentals of LR and LG. Any tips on how to finish strong over the next month?

Hey everyone, with a month left to go before the December LSAT, I just wanted to provide an update to show that the FP technique really is beneficial.

Before the September LSAT, I had only used the 7S games explanation videos and the Powerscore bibles to study. On a typical LG section, I would score around 18/23 was almost always pressed for time. Last night after completing all of my law school applications, I finished the games section of PT 61 in 26 minutes with only one mistake due to missing a word in one question.

If you're worried about LG like me, it's not too late to improve!

Hi everyone, so with the long LR drills from test 70-79. Do any of you time them? or do you just do these questions free form to further understand things.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I was wondering when you suggested asking for letters of rec from professors? I don't want to ask too early as I'm taking classes with both of them right now and am using it as an opportunity to try and impress but I also don't want to wait too long and have them take too long to write. I'm taking the LSAT in December and hoping to send my apps right after we get those scores back.

Thoughts?

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This may sound odd, but yesterday I took PT 60 and at the end of the test couldn't hear anything due to the ringing in my ears. I'm certain its from sitting for a long amount of time in absolute silence. I have some documented hearing loss from my time in the military but yesterday during and after the test was bad. During the test it got so bad that it felt like I had just gone to the range and shot for a while with no ear protection, and afterwards my ears range for the rest of the day. My question is have any of you ever gotten special accommodation for something like this, even just to bring a fan to the testing room, and if so how did you go about doing it?

Also, how long on average do you all spend BRing a full PT? Its taken me half the day to do 1 section of LR cookie cutter review. Im afraid that Im taking too long during BR and possibly overthinking things. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

The whole argument is about SSH mechanism.But I think there is a huge mistake.All the author wants to prove is that the SSH is an independent factor affecting bird's status.And he did it.The question is that if a juvenile male bird with higher SSH confronts an adult male bird with lower SSH,who will win?And according to author, this question cannot be answered,because these factors are independent.So how can the SSH mechanism achieves its goal that it can reduce the conflicts?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-2-passage-3-passage/

I am debating which course to take. I will be writing in Feb (3 months away) and considering the LSAT Premium or Ultimate. I know extension is possible. But wondering if the fee is for extension?

Heyyy 7sagers,

I have literally looked at 7sage, LSAT Trainer, and Kaplan's approach to necessary assumption questions and I just don't get it.

I have been drilling these questions down and I still have trouble with them. It takes me super long to get the answer if I somehow do even get them correct.

What has worked for y'all? I can use all the help I can get.

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/flaw-questions-problem-set-12/

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-1-question-10/

For this qs, while it fits well into the classic causation correlation flaw category with AC c as the correct answer, i am unable to get past AC e for its equitable validity as an answer choice as well....

can anyone help me get past this road block in my head please...

thanks heaps!

vini

Hey guys,

How long does it normally take for you guys to have your transcripts uploaded to LSAC? I had my school send my transcript on 10/17 and it's yet to hit LSAC. Help a stressed-food-posioned-yet-still-at-work girl out lol

Victoria