I originally wanted to sit for the sept lsat but my brother died and I just couldnt get back to studying. I have been studying consistently since november. I purchased the 7sage starter pack around the second week in december. My plan was to take the Feb Lsat. The holiday break set me back a week. I havent taken a practice test since nov and I am concerned that If I register for the exam and won't begin taking pt until next week that I won't be ready to tests. I am not working so I have been studying about 6- 8 hours a day. I have a family and I have been using this time to study but I will eventully have to get a job to begin to pay for all the lsat apps and etc. My family and friends say I should just take the exam being that I currently have the time and free schedule to do it, beacuse once I get a job I will have to juggle family, work, and lsat study time. Im just confused beacuse I dont want to waste an exam and limit myself. I really wanted to start law school in the fall as well. I dont have the money in my budget to pay additional fees. I would appreciate as much advice as possible.
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That aside, don't worry about specific schools just yet. As you might know, the LSAT is a HUGE component of admissions, even more so than GPA + softs.
Once my prep course ended, I took an entire month off from timed PT'ing and did the entire 7Sage curriculum along with most of the Cambridge drilling packets. Just started doing timed sections/PT's this past week and am now easily scoring in the 164-169 range. I actually made it a priority to join a new Church/meet with friends more often during this past month and believe that also contributed to this improvement.
http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/
The higher the LST score, the more likely a graduate of that school will find a job with a JD-required position. There are some mediocre schools out there where only 33% of their graduates secure legit lawyer jobs and that's scary when you have to pay $$$$ for tuition.
@legalE. Check out lawschooltransparency.com. If you click on "School Reports" just below the big map on the home page, you go to a page where you can search schools by name. When you click on a school, a bunch of info comes up. You can see costs, scores over time (which can tell you a lot if they're dropping/not getting better), and even job prospects upon graduation.
Rule of thumb, if their jobs score isn't over 50%, you should not give them your money. I would probably say 65% is minimum, but that's just me. Check out the cost of attending a school and ask yourself if you can pay that loan back if you don't get a job paying 6 figures.
Compare schools to the best of the best. For example, compare No Name School of Law to Harvard, just to get a baseline comparison. Then move down to say a top 20 school, then top 50 school and so on. You'll see just how quick the drop off is in terms of likelihood of getting a job at any particular school.