Speaking from experience I HIGHLY recommend the gap year.
I too didn't want to take a gap year so I rushed into taking the exam when I was underprepared. I actually would argue it hindered my studying because I was forced to cut corners rather than…
@CSieck3507 thanks for this energy you're totally right, better to wait until I'm fully ready! Good thing I still have time to pull out of October. Best of luck to you!
@oychoi79 aw thanks for this, it really helped! I think you're definitely right. I'm gonna try to get the email out as soon as applications open and will maybe remind them that application numbers were up this year to make myself feel better lol. SO…
@lawschoolhopefully I see! First off, that's a very much average diagnostic, mine was a 142 and I remember convincing myself I was an idiot... only to join 7Sage and find out lots of people begin around there and below!
I would STRONGLY encourage y…
ME TOO, I literally got every question right on a four star and missed like 3 questions on a 1 star LMAO.
I'm not sure how you have been practicing but I had been practicing consistently with 4/5 star passages, thinking that it would help. It did h…
I will definitely give this a shot! So is this method more so focused on mapping the passage & getting a general understanding, so that you can more quickly revert back to it to backup and disprove answer choices?
Currently I spend about 4 minu…
I know it varies for everyone but I would recommend a year minimum to actually learn the skills required for the test. They will only continue to serve you and (in my experience!) anything under a year forces you to cut corners because the test come…
scored a 142 on my first Diag and currently practicing high 150s low 160s you can do it! feel free to message me if you have any Q's. It's been a long journey but worth it, I've learned so much more than I would have if I was scoring 160s off the b…
@"Burt Reynolds" I would definitely second this advice! I rushed to take the exam in the hopes that I would score my highest on test day - that kind of pressure can be incredibly anxiety inducing for no reason at all, it actually lead me to only rem…
I would strongly recommend beginning one passage at at time, stop focusing on sections and really hone in on how you are going to get through a single passage. I found watching the videos of JY reading passages to be very helpful because it taught m…
@alienman1000 there's a break between sections 2 & 3 which means less test taking stamina than the 3 section exam which requires enough stamina to finish all 3 sections back-to-back. There is also the aspect of the experimental section which I p…
Coming from experience, you're better off postponing it. There's really no rush!
If you're trying to take the last three section flex; don't. The four section exam arguably has benefits that the three section one doesn't have. It sounds like you m…
I say if your gut is telling you to reapply go for it!
You've already got a great score on record and there's even a chance you could get into more schools without rewriting; just given that this cycle was so crazy and with the obvious hope that ne…
This one is tricky but as I was reading it I immediately picked up on the % vs absolute number flaw. This is my rationale:
What we know from the stimulus:
1) Waste companies report that plastic makes up an ever-increasing percentage of the waste t…
turning off the clock helped me substantially - meaning clicking the timer - so that it doesn't show you the time. From there I was able to give my full focus to the test!
I am actually registered for June but am thinking of postponing to August because of the four section format.
It only requires enough stamina to do 2 sections back-to-back which is really appealing to me personally, rather than 3 sections straight …
I would take the week off personally, but not to cram! I think the week before I would want to get some good practice in & maybe one last PT. Definitely reserve your last two days to rest your mind. I think you would just be way too preoccupied …
Totally agree with everyone else! I would maybe keep your test if it's already scheduled but don't make it a hard deadline, if you realize you need extra time just push the exam to later!
In my experience anytime my BR goes down it's from a lack in confidence. What that usually tells me is that I'm overthinking in BR because I have more time to, since then I have tried to only do BR for the questions I know I was unsure about rather …
I think being quick also comes with confidence. Try a section out and force yourself to speed up/move on from answers that you are 90% sure of, just don't beat yourself up if you go -5 or even -10 or something. Practice makes progress!
I've found m…