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Is anyone else taking the February LSAT?
Sailormercury
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I originally signed up for October, but that's just not happening anymore. So I decided to sit out this cycle and study hard throughout the winter. Anyone else considering the February LSAT? Just created a schedule up until the end of January, and would love to connect with others to keep each other accountable.
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I've been out of undergrad for 4 years now, and have a masters degree, BUT this test is the only thing holding me back from my goal of applying this year (i also had a goal of applying last year but my job as a paralegal was soul-sucking and time-sucking). I have all my rec letters in, etc. and even moved from NYC back to my parents house in Texas 2.5 months ago, so that my job could be to solely study! Living in NY was a huge reason for why I wasn't able to commit 100% while trying to financially stay afloat (aka have a job) Haha. I am so envious of my brother at times because he is one of these unicorn people who took 5 practice tests, went to take the lsat and scored 172. For us non-unicorns, but still exemplary people who are not natural test-takers but have other amazing characteristics... let's just keep each other feeling positive! Hard work pays off and we are getting our shit done! i am down to study and/or talk about all of this with yall. It's nice to air this out here and not have to listen to my parents tell me my clock is ticking.. both my lsat clock and my fertility clock... lol. im not kidding. my mom is deeply concerned about when/if her grandchildren are coming someday. happy studying!
Here is how I am reasoning it -- (in response to you @eddySH84 as well), right now my priority is not only taking the LSAT and receiving a high score, but also to get into a top law school. If I get a high score in December, but do not get into the schools I would generally like to this cycle, then I am going to reapply next fall with all my application materials completed and ready to go. If I have to push back the December LSAT and invariably miss a lot of crucial law school deadlines, I'd rather take the February LSAT because 1 it is closer, and the sooner I take it the sooner I can go back to working and 2 I am gradually running out of LSAT materials and I can't imagine postponing it to June and still having things to study/prep with, without needing to space things out so much that I forget/lower my score 3 I would definitely be ready by then. So, there is a strategy behind taking the sooner date, even though June would give me more time to prep.
I'm currently also applying to Fulbright, and would pursue the opportunity if accepted. However, my ideal situation would be to get accepted (sans wait-list so that I can defer if Fulbright is an opportunity that I am accepted into), and just forget about this whole thing, go back to working etc. But like @slizzard, I'm going to take a practice test at the end of the month and then go from there. I have the cambridge drill packets that I've been using (which eat up tests 1-38) and then all the PTs with explanations for tests 1-75, so I'll just be using tests 39-75 to prep after I finish my drill packets/strategy books. Good luck everyone!
Here's what I told her, it might help you too --
be careful about settling. What you're feeling now is only temporary. You're frustrated, tired, you want to move on with your life, and quite frankly you've grown sick of the test, which is entirely understandable. However, the score you get on this test affects which schools you can get into, and the school you go to can have permanent career and financial consequences. The LSAT is hard, but as 7sage and many other companies have told us, law school is harder. If you're struggling with maintaining endurance to merely study for the LSAT now, then maybe law school isn't for you.
Or, maybe it is. Maybe you're just bogged down with the frustrations of being overworked. But I want to remind you to keep your eye on the prize. Just keep studying. Take the June LSAT, I think it would be better for you. That way, you can study for about 6 hours-10 hours a week, and be ready for the test by June. That way, if you need to retake, you have the October 2016 exam, and you have that entire summer to work on your applications.
Don't take the exam assuming you'll retake. Take the exam with the idea in mind that you only want to take it once, and you want to do well enough that you get it over with.
And that's pretty much why I pushed my LSAT date back to February and am sitting out this cycle. @slizzard I've also been out of school for four years now/already have a masters so we're kind of in the same situation! But honestly, I think its worth it to take more time off (if needed) to get as best the best score possible. Good luck everyone!
how far in the curriculum are you? Very interested though.
EDIT: I should also add that I'm aiming to take the December LSAT, but will push back to February if my score is not where I need it to be by the end of October. Would rather take the December exam more than anything though.
As of Sunday, I started trying to take 2-3 PTs a week M/W/F and then doing Pacifico's logic games attack strategy T/TH/ST, which leaves me extra time to blind review the day of and day after each timed test I take. This also leaves Sunday for me to review anything that I need to again from the previous week, look over weaknesses, and retake the Logic Games PTs from Saturday for the 2nd time as Pacifico's attack strategy mentions.
I am down to BR anytime for tests after I take them or to BR for logic games for those of you who are also drilling LGs. I just want to add that even if I've already taken a PT and BRed it, I would enjoy sitting on a Skype call to review it again for those of you who take it later bc I know the importance of talking things out, so I am free to float.
Also, I think it's really helpful for everyone if we exclude talking about our test scores when we BR and just focus on going deep into analysis of the stimuluses, questions, and answer choices. I took a Stratus Prep intensive course in NY a couple summers ago (what a joke) and once (literally once), I agreed to attend a test review and ended up feeling worse when I left than I did when I entered. It was mainly because others were more interested in comparing scores and proving each other wrong than actually just working together to review the "why" in what questions were missed. Since then, I've been a bit apprehensive to work with others mainly because I don't need anything else fucking w my head haha this test has given me enough anxiety to last a lifetime. So, if you agree and want to start hitting the BRing, let me know what you're doing and we can try to coordinate either in this discussion forum or in my inbox.
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Don't rush it ... Unicorns (165+ diagnostic) are a bit of a different story ...