I hate law school requirements

briceschrumpfbriceschrumpf Core Member
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I have been grinding the LSAT for so long. It has been two years of 3-5 month intervals of studying for the actual test. Currently, my highest score on the actual test has been a 160, which really angers me because I did great on the 1st section (LR), second section (RC), third section (LR), and then AWFUL on the fourth section (RC). Of course, the second section was experimental. This was in January of this year (I believe), I decided to apply to LSU (where I reside), and A&M (my dream school) with a 160 and 3.92 GPA. Of course I didn't get into A&M because the median is a 168, however I did get into LSU. I decided to not attend LSU after graduation though because I wanted one more chance at getting into A&M. So, since March I have been studying the LSAT once again. I was getting a 161-164 on PT but my issues resided in the Reading Sections. I would miss 0-3 questions on each LR but miss 9-12 on Reading. Because of this, I decided to GRIND and LEARN the Reading Section. After 2 months, I had made little progress, missing roughly 6-9 on each RC section. Finally, I decided to get a tutor, specifically for the Reading Section. It worked! Well kind of, his teachings were decent but the most important contribution he taught me was to STOP CARING. I hadn't been realizing before getting a tutor that I would try to add in extra details through outside knowledge / contribute to the text random things and assumptions so that the passage would make more sense, the passage would feel WHOLE. He made me stop this. He insisted that I stop caring about understanding the passage, and instead focused on the concrete words that they gave me. This helped me tremendously. My following PT (3 weeks ago), I scored a 168, missing four on the RC. Then last week, I scored a 167, missing four on the RC. Due to the increased attention on RC and diminished focus on LR, I have been missing 2-5 on LR. I have started to balance each category in the previous days to seek my upmost potential. The reason I am writing this is because today I am stressed out. I decided to look up the stats on A&M and I basically HAVE to reach a 170 now in order to be accepted. I am now very stressed because my test is in August and I plan on applying by October for the greatest chances. It makes me so angry knowing that I have to be a top 5% test taker in order to get into a top 30 law school. I understand that law schools are proportional in rankings with lsat medians, but like, WHY do they make it so hard. I am angry because I can blind review exams and make a 179 easily, also I can drill all day long and get 95% of the questions correct and then explain why an answer is correct and not correct. All of this forced studying that I have been doing for two years just to make it into my dream school and i'm scared that I won't get in, or worse, that I won't get a score that accurately reflects my knowledge of the LSAT. Sorry for being such a downer right now. I was using this forum as my own journal, I guess. Will probably make a copy of this for the therapist after test day. Good luck all!!!

Comments

  • ethanjack5ethanjack5 Live Member
    32 karma

    I am in the same boat. But it isn't about the result, it's about the process. Your mind is growing sharper. The one thing I have changed is that I now have broadened the path toward my goal. Instead of one school being essential to reaching it, I now have several that would be equally acceptable. Good luck, keep grinding.

  • gabbyshek1gabbyshek1 Core Member
    4 karma

    You certainly do not have to get a 170+ to be accepted to A&M. Their median LSAT is a 165. Their UGPA median is 3.74, which you are much above, so they would likely accept you with a slightly lower LSAT.

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