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Leah M B
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Are you funding law school only with loans? Or do you have family support for cost of living or anything? To clarify, I don't think people are saying re-take because these aren't great schools, but because of not receiving scholarship money. Paying…
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@stevencamendola Since these are unofficial at the moment, there seems to be some confusion on a few schools, including Penn State and Rutgers. Spivey is clarifying things as information is available though, and the official rankings will be release…
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@akistotle said: @"Leah M B" said: It's really school by school on how they send those out. To my knowledge, UCI send emails for acceptance, but WL and dings are snail mail. Most schools do email for everything though, and keep an …
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Nope! Rest assured, no one can see that you changed a test date. The only thing that goes on your record is your test result, if you cancel your score after taking the test, or if you don't show up to take it (marked "absent"). If you change your da…
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@turbodog I'm no expert and guessing that Selene will respond, but LSAC gives you the option to waive your right to review the LORs or not (they don't mention FERPA, but it makes sense that this is waiving your rights under it specifically). From wh…
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It's really school by school on how they send those out. To my knowledge, UCI send emails for acceptance, but WL and dings are snail mail. Most schools do email for everything though, and keep an eye on spam folders. That said, this year is just goi…
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@KarateMaster said: @FixedDice said: an internal devil is telling me WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE?! Your odds are quite low at this point (unless you happen to have something like... I don't know, +3.9 GPA and +1…
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Honestly it has been a weird year and a very slow cycle. I doubt that you won’t receive any other offers. Additionally, most people (including admissions experts like Mike Spivey) think there will be a lot of WL movement this year. Last year there w…
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You are much more zen about checking them than I am.😂 I try to keep myself to checking them once about mid-morning or so. Usually just on weekdays since I’m on my computer at work already. Weekends I mostly stay away from it (there’s only rarely m…
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No. LSAC for many years was indicating which students had accommodations, but a few years ago were sued and lost hard. That is indeed a violation of the ADA. So no, no law school will know if you had accommodations. The tests are not scored any diff…
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Well you can count on COL being about $25k per year, could be less or more depending on what city you will be in. So if you don't want to take out loans for that, you should have $75k saved up. Since that is obviously a massive amount - the real an…
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I'm personally super debt averse, so I'd lean toward WashU. However, UVA is obviously a fantastic school that has better job prospects than WashU in what you are wanting to do. I just hesitate to think it's a good idea to pay sticker at any school, …
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Right about now is a good time to start negotiating, if you have things to negotiate with (which it sounds like you do). The point of negotiating is to help figure out where you're going, so you def should start that process before deciding! There s…
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@"Better every day" said: @thecmancan said: I just happen to take out the LG Bible from the library for a spin. They REALLY lost me when they started going on and on about making all of their "not laws". It is much more in…
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@PutABirdOnIt said: @"Leah M B" said: So far I'm 5 for 6 - in at Seattle U, U of Washington, UCI, WUSTL and (my big win) Cornell. Just got WL at USC. 😑 Those "safety schools" can sneak up on you haha. Still waiting to hear back fr…
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As mentioned above, they specifically request that you not share the questions with others, so I can’t give details. But I would say, for all interviews, you should be ready to answer some basics: why law, why that school, your strengths and weaknes…
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@BinghamtonDave said: Congrats @"Leah M B" ! Thank you! 😁 How is your cycle going?
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First, I don’t think you should worry about a score decrease. I did the exact opposite of you - I got a 168 and then re-took and got a 164 🤦🏼♀️. Wanted to attempt a third try but ran out of time. I’m re-applying now and it’s early but it seems as…
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@eRetaker said: I was told that I was not in consideration for BLOS two weeks ago, so I guess no news is good news lol Haha sorry to hear that! And yeah, I just pat myself on the back every time Berkeley sends out dings and I’m not one of th…
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Nah. I started with Powerscore and read the LG book. I ended up honestly more confused than where I started. I find 7sage to be significantly better. Many people also think the trainer and 7sage are complementary, so that's a good combination to hav…
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It's so great to hear updates! This cycle is certainly slow and painful lol. I didn't apply until mostly January though, so I've been waiting less time than a lot of people. But since the deposit dates are in April, I'm feeling a lot of stress about…
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That's just part of the learning curve! If you were nailing a bunch of them already, you wouldn't need 7sage haha. Practice makes perfect - that's what FPing is all about. I rarely if ever did them in the recommended time until I'd been studying for…
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Not sure, need to do some digging. I sent mine in right at the deadline in December and I've been ghosted since. 🤷🏼♀️ Have you been accepted or waiting on everything from them too?
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First, I'm really sorry you're disappointed with your cycle. That's not a good feeling. But kudos to you for making the decision that you can take some time to make put yourself in a better position and try again. I agree with the others on mixing …
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I'm definitely in agreement with @LSAT_Wrecker here. To put it bluntly, "my boyfriend lost his job" is not an awesome reason for a lower score. I totally get where that would affect you personally, but in the grand scheme of things I don't know that…
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It really varies by school. Some respond in a couple weeks, others take months. I would guess that you will likely hear around middle to end of March. I have yet to hear back from Berkeley and I applied there mid-December. I know someone that is sti…
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@juanmapm Holy crap, what an awesomely difficult decision you have to make! That's amazing, I hope you are taking a moment to set aside stress over the decision, and simply sit and soak up the feeling that so many amazing schools want you to be part…
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@juanmapm That is amazing news!!! Do you have any front runners so far?
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Absolutely! The board is free and open for everyone. Please do keep us posted on your decision! It's so fun to see how everyone's LSAT journey turns into admission offers.
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