A bunch of ppl on toplawschool just started to talk about keeping your mind LSAT-sharp just in case October score goes bad. But i know the gist is not to retake unless you actually see a solid improvement, right? But how do you gauge yourself? Based on PT? I've taken the LSAT twice already so I guess scores of most of my PTs for the second (October) LSAT doesn't count. I did have three fresh PTs including PT 69 done during September/October and scored 165-161-167(PT 69) so I'm kinda clueless about what kind score is my "normal“ range...
any thoughts?
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Also I think you can never control your mindset on the test day, you may be able to stay calm as you take multiple LSATs but again someone retaking it can still bomb an entire LG..
http://7sage.com/have-i-reached-my-lsat-potential/
all they write on TSL is score 175 or go get a job at Starbucks..oh wait if you got into law school even Starbucks won't hire you...
Lots of bottom tier law schools are able to exist because of a financial subsidy from the government. Here's what I mean. The US Dept. of Education (DoE) will lend you (US Citizen/Green Card holder) money no questions asked to go to law school. They don't care what law school or what your prospects are of paying back the loans (in other words your post graduation employment prospects). Insane, I know. What lender in their right mind would do that?
So anyway, these bottom tier law schools bill out "fulfill your dreams" "be a lawyer" "be rich" where in reality our legal economy has far fewer demand for new lawyers than supply. But hey, they don't give a shit. The DoE gives you money, you hand it over to the law school, they give you back a worthless diploma (after torturing you for 3 years), and they're done. Good bye. What about the $170k debt? Well, that's between you and Uncle Sam, who will NEVER let you declare bankruptcy on it. Because fuck you.
It's a shitty system that subsidies shit law schools and burns people. Well, some people, it makes others rich.
So understand that's how it works. When considering law schools, this principle operates on a sliding scale. As you move closer to #1, you don't have to worry about it as much. As you move closer to #200, you have to worry about it a lot.
T14 is a made up, arbitrary cutoff. It's convenient to talk about T14 because it's generally safe employment wise if you're in a T14 school. That does NOT mean if you're not in T14, you're screwed. Who really thinks the #15 ranked school is in any non-arbitrary non-US-News-and-Wolrd-Report sense different from the #14 ranked school?
and yes, the system is fucked up. that's part of the reason US government ends up borrowing trillions of dollars from China, Japan etc. They are not acting responsibly.
I guess non being able to get into T14 = try your best to final a regional school that places well in a certain state. I do know that beside T14 US News Ranking basically doesn't really mean much because schools are much more limited on a regional scale. Univ of Kentucky has a way much better employment prospect overall than W&L, despite being ranked like 60 positions lower.
I also wonder when they will release employment numbers for the class of 2013? I went to ABA they only have 2012 numbers. I guess schools don't report until 9 months after graduation?