Hey bud. I have not applied to any Murican schools yet, but the Canadian ones were the same with the future score box. It seems like a good plan to me. Nice to know there are others in the same boat as me!
I'm not really sure what you mean by columns. I've never seen sequencing games done that way. For grouping games, categories are typically organized into columns with slots for the items.
Yes, it’s included in the “items allowed on your desktop”. The proctors can be notoriously fickle and there’s a very slim chance one could say no. But per LSAC, it’s allowed.