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nicole.brooklyn
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Assuming you are a typical applicant, you’ll pay for 2 LSATs, CAS, and 10 apps. That totals $1020 paid to LSAC. I wonder if they’ll see a drop in registrations for upcoming test dates. $190 seems prohibitively expensive... Then again, with unlimite…
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I think a lot of the “T-14 or bust” mentality comes from an overall decline in the legal market since the generation before ours. When my parents went to school, going to law school—any law school—was considered a golden ticket to the middle class. …
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Anecdotally, I’ve heard of GPA addendums coming up in interviews. If you submit a GPA addendum and claim that your grades will be better in law school, be prepared to defend that assertion with some concrete reasons or, if applicable, actions you’ve…
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Agree 100% with @BagelBiter. I tuned in for the one earlier this week, and all you missed was a powerpoint slide show. Q&A was helpful since I had a specific question about the app.
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News is written in a different format than your typical RC passage. The structure of a news article is typically (at the top of the article) what’s new/most interesting -> (at the bottom of the article) what’s least interesting. RC passages on th…
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FWIW - After I took the June LSAT last year, I got a ton of emails telling me that “there were still spots left” for the fall starting class and that I should get in touch if interested. Even at some high ranking schools, like UCLA. I’m sure a lot o…
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If you look at 509 reports, there are some students' GPAs that are not factored into a school's GPA medians. Take a look at Harvard's 509 -- http://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/2016/12/2016-Standard-509-Information-Report.pdf -- last year, there …
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IMO, If the PS is limited to 2 pages, it’d be a bad move to give them 2 pages plus a link to a 4 page article. The writing should stand alone. You could mention there being a NYT article and leave it up to them to google it, but I don’t think it’s w…
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The problem with anecdotal answers like “Kamala Harris went to Hastings” is that sure, we all can name one person who went to Hastings. Maybe some people can name 2 or 3. But Hasting’s IL class size is 348. What happened to the other 347? I’m sure …
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For LG, no. Once you see the right answer, you don’t need to read the rest. For example, “Which of the following could be true?” means that only one AC could be true. Once you find an AC that could be true, pick it and don’t read the rest. There’s o…
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It’s true that you have to report your parents’ information, but when you look at HYS’s need-based aid, there’s some sort of rebalancing that goes on if you’re 25-29... you yourself become responsible for an increasing percentage of tuition, fin-aid…
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This sounds like it could make for a good PS. Why are you hesitant?
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I took the GRE about 6 years ago, and here’s my thoughts re: difficulty, pros/cons. The GRE is similar to but more difficult than the SAT, but only because the GRE is digital and recalculates based on how well you do on your first sections. If you …
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What’s something that has surprised you about your 1L year so far?
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Schools accepting the GRE worry me because I feel like they won’t go through the trouble of accepting GRE scores and then not accept any of these new applicants.... which makes the total number of seats available for LSAT takers smaller, assuming th…
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I think that your being homeschooled contributes to a school’s diversity (so long as the prompt doesn’t specifically ask for socio-economic disadvantage). Fair game for a diversity statement. However, the question I would ask is this: does this ane…
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I don’t know if this is entirely accurate. I concede that to some extent, it’s a numbers game. However, if you’re on the bubble, they absolutely will look at an MIT engineering GPA differently from a community college basketweaving GPA. You have to …
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Here’s one tip for test day anxiety that helped me: You know that moment at the beginning of each section where the proctor says, “Begin,” and everyone frantically flips the page? You start holding your breath, trying to read faster, trying not to …
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It’s worth noting that these numbers are for the Class of 2019... Reddit is compiling numbers for the Class of 2020 as they’re published https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/6u4ceb/class_of_2020_medians/
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One little spoken of resource that’s really helped me is the Thinking LSAT podcast. It’s two LSAT private tutors talking about the test and their students’ problems, as well as answering listeners’ questions. Their perspective is a bit different tha…
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@LSATcantwin, where do you think you went wrong on the Sept test? Was it test day nerves? Anything atypical during the exam? Bubbling mistake? Skipping more questions than usual? If you can find anywhere that you’ve left obvious points on the table,…
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@AllezAllez21 Congratulations!!! You deserve it You were a great asset on our BR calls. @BillGreenpoint Heya, fellow Greenpointer! PM me if you want to get coffee (Sweetleaf?) or talk about the test! I just retook in Sept and am much happier with …
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I think unemployment as a topic could go either way. Did you face true adversity during your time unemployed? Or did you face a series of inconveniences? If it’s the latter case, the adcom might see the essay as immature or lacking perspective. If y…
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I think “quiet” personal statements can be just as successful as really “flashy” stories about rescue diving in a hurricane, offering humanitarian aid in a war-torn country, etc. The most important thing is that your PS must be well written. Quiet s…
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It was listed after the June scores came out. It wasn't listed at first.
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Only had 4 minutes to do the last passage, but managed to read it and answer all the questions. Feeling a bit like Michael Phelps rn, tbh.
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@BillGreenpoint said: CUNY - LIC, New York. I could just about walk there from my apartment. Under 2 miles. LIC was full when I signed up! I'm at the Hilton Midtown. Nice to see a fellow Greenpointer here
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I would need a lot more context to weigh in here. Like, were you an undercover reporter during the World Series of Poker and afterward you penned a best-selling memoir of the experience? Did you used to play poker with your grandfather's friends whe…
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Can't make it today, but I'll be back next week!
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See y'all soon!