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Paul Caint
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@"liza.bennett" When I was writing/revising my personal statement I sent it to professors that I knew and trusted, and whose work I had read before (aka - whose writing I really enjoyed). I'm sure some of your professors from undergrad would be wi…
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I wrote about being a singer, but tied those experiences into "why law?" I think you can write about anything, but the farther something is removed from the field of law the more you should try to make an explicit link between the two. I would be …
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I agree with @lsatplaylist - use this downtime to focus on perfecting your apps!
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@fambam24 Yeah, and if you're registered to vote it's easy to find your exact address as well thanks to online voter files.
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@westcoastbestcoast I got one a few months ago also. LSAT is at their 75th, GPA is well above their 75th.
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@"Leah M B" Yeah..it's sort of annoying. A lot of other less difficult schools have A+'s also that can inflate people's GPAs. For example, I know people from Stanford who load up on easy courses their senior years - like arts or PE courses - to ju…
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Dang if I was you I would have taken every class pass/fail except for 1 class, and then gotten an A in that class. ez pz 4.0 lol. But I'm not sure how the LSAC will read a 0.00 GPA... @"Leah M B" Stanford also has A+'s, so you can get a GPA as hi…
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I didn't and I was a bit salty about it lol. But I sent in an app and have an interview with them now. I think GT doesn't give out a lot as a form of yield protection - the only want those who are seriously considering GT to apply. Those who are se…
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"those in the Accommodated/Extra Time subgroup scoring higher than those in the Nonaccommodated group in 18 of the 20 administrations." Feels like a lot of people are using the accommodation leniency to skirt the system If the policy was really j…
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Yep I got it for December but not September
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@"Adam Hawks" I just set my stuff to private. I think if you look me up on Facebook and you're not my friend you can only find 3 pictures of me and they're all wholesome ones from work or Christmas parties . I've also taken a lot of care to not hav…
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I got one with a 167 LSAT as well, but my GPA is pretty high. I wouldn't read too much into fee waivers though.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is huge. Seriously good job I'm also curious to see how this aid-negotiation process works. Is Duke priority binding? If so, I would imagine it makes it harder to negotiate merit-b…
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@"Seeking Perfection" I think it's most likely yield protection imo. I don't think I demonstrated at all that Georgetown was a top pick for me (which it actually is lol, it's in my top 3). They're probably worried I was just someone who threw an ap…
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@"Alex Divine" Thanks! Yeah, I hope so. I couldn't see myself getting denied on numbers alone, but I also can't see myself being accepted on numbers alone either. I think because I didn't write any of the optional essays, and because I'm a young …
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No I don't think you do. I don't think working during the school year is expected from any law schools. You're technically a "full-time student."
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Flashcarding ....? https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/a2a/a4/blondlady-1.jpg I personally never flashcarded for the LSAT, but if I did I would probably use them to drill question stems or some conditional logic drills.
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@acsimon I was thinking that too - perhaps "soft" factors will count more. But at the same time, I think law schools will just gobble up as many of these high LSATers as they can, without a real eye towards softs.
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@TheMikey Yeah that's what I've heard too. I'm at their median LSAT and well above their 75th percentile GPA though. I think also because I'm a straight-out-of-undergrad applicant that they want to check my maturity.
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Also like, what do I wear ?
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@goingfor99th 2 weeks ago
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@"Seeking Perfection" @uhinberg @lsatplaylist I think we should also recognize though that these large percent increases are all relative increases. For example, the number of individuals scoring 176 is already small, so a 262% increase could just …
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Ugh I freakin' love that word... But other people probably think it's weird
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@"Seeking Perfection" @BinghamtonDave Checkout this data. Notice especially the 262% increase in test takers who score >175: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/comment/95249 @acsimon Haha I was thinking particularly for my situat…
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So before the exam last Saturday I went to the bathroom and dry-heaved over a toilet for about 5 minutes. I was so nervous. Heart bumping out of my chest and whatnot. But as soon as I started the exam, all the nerves went away. It felt like routine…
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@AllezAllez21 @"Alex Divine" So what strategic implications does this have for splitters of both types? Reverse Splitters (High GPA low LSAT) should apply to uChicago Normal Splitters (High LSAT low GPA) should apply to Columbia ?
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Holy crapoli... Looks like this cycle is gonna be competitive... Not gonna lie, as someone with a high GPA but only a meh LSAT score right now, I'm kind of excited to see a higher number of higher scorers...maybe schools need someone like me to bu…
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Yeah...the actual writing process is really difficult. I used this rough framework when writing my personal statement, my personal statement had "4 Acts": a) Hook -> fun anecdote to bring in the reader b) Why that hook was important to you c) …
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TRAITOR! (but good luck if you decide to do it)
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Burnout: Have you considered the possibility that you're burnt out? That may be a factor here hurting your progress. Take a week off. Time: it took me ~5-6 months to really start consistently PTing in the 170s. At 2-3 months I was probably in the s…