I would use one professional and one academic on the schools that limit them. Most schools require at least one academic LOR. And if you are out for more than two or three years, you need at least one professional LOR. Doing one of each would cover …
@nathanieljschwartz said:
Unless the school is Yale or possibly Stanford I doubt they will average your scores.
This is correct. I personally spoke with the admissions deans of SLS and YLS and they seemed to indicate that they will take all…
I agree with @loosekanen. If you have all of your application materials ready for the moment scores release, you should be good. Don't worry about not taking September either. You have plenty of time, as long as you apply before Christmas.
I would take time and do individual questions in order to better understand your habits and strategies. Then once you know what you are doing wrong under time and what is causing the large score discrepancy, you can reevaluate and fix it.
Improving your habits; knowing when to move on and when to stick with something; and a lot of practice. Speed comes from knowing what you are doing and having solid habits spent from a lot of practice. Accuracy should happen simultaneously. For now,…
Two things that really helped me were double BR and drills.
Double BR is when you take a test and score it but you don't look at the answers; you only see which questions you got wrong and then redo them. If you don't feel like you understood it or…
Remember though that just because it’s lifted doesn’t mean you should take the test unlimited times. Schools still draw inferences based on the number of takes.
@"frausto.12" said:
I was charged with "drinking in public" in California and got it dismissed. I was not arrested or convicted. Will it hurt my chanced getting into a good law school?
Probably not. In fact I doubt you’ll even have to write …
I would advise you take one PT and drill the rest. Break PTs that you have already taken as individual sections. Don’t utilize fresh materials too quickly. When you do use them, make sure you thoroughly understand what is going on in the questions y…
I don’t think an addendum would hurt. As long as you don’t have any other glaring issues with your application you should be good. But the last thing you want to do is to have them question any part of your application and if you think they will que…
Definitely take a break. That’s where I would start. Then I would redo a PT that you did a while ago and don’t remember anything from. After that you should have a better idea of your strengths, weaknesses, and habits. In the meantime, think strongl…
I thought about this a lot and I think it is way too risky. Regardless of how much 1L prep you do, it is just too difficult to predict your measure of success in law school, which ultimately depends on where you can transfer too. Especially where ev…
I also think you should cancel. I rarely recommend this but if you are confident that you did significantly worse, and you should know given your score range, then cancel. It’s your decision. But the test was still very recent and I think you should…
I think they are easier too, particularly in the 40s and 50s. I also noticed a shift in the 70s and even more so in the 80s. They may not be harder, per se, but they are definitely different.
I think that large score fluctuations are great! It shows that you still have so much to learn. It also demonstrates that you aren't ready for the test which is perfectly fine. This gives you an opportunity to identify your weaknesses and what habit…
I agree with everyone else. The one thing that I would add is that these questions differ in strategy: the information flows down from the stiumulus as opposed to up from the answer choices. In other words, you use the stimulus to push out an answer…
You certainly should write an addendum but also keep working at it. I started with a 135 and am now attending HLS. Don’t ever give up. Seriously. Buckle down, get to know the test, and increase your score. Not saying you need a median LSAT score wit…
It never goes away. However one thing that has helped me come to terms with my imposter syndrome is recognizing that I’m just as smart as everyone else here and deserve to be here just as much as they do. You have to turn your apprehension into conf…