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VerdantZephyr
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Having been to grad school, I want to say a few things. First, before deciding to get involved in academia, really think about if you want research to be your life, not just for the duration of the PhD program but the entire duration of your life i…
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Running out of clean PTs is a problem and I would really recommend against just taking more PTs with your time. I did two a week and that was challenging working 40+ hours a week, I am sure with less work and good discipline you could do 4 or so an…
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You can also register for Jan and then evaluate before the cancellation deadline and push it back if need be
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Two things to consider. You're applying late and what LSAT you need will vary with the school. A 167 is not going to impress Yale much even if your GPA is in median. It might do you just fine at Cornell. Check their LSAT and GPA medians. I would…
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It is interesting that you guys, coming from similar places as I did, both felt like it was one way or the other after. My feeling afterwards was that I probably received around my average. Like you @"blake.schapiro" my average was both very consis…
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Many things in RC are true since they come often come from actual publications. However, many scenarios in LR are completely false. My background is in linguistics, education, and international and comparetive cultural studies, so I can't speak fo…
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@"blake.schapiro" I had a similar high addrenaline autopilot feeling. I never have test anxiety but I was so keyed up just sitting at home waiting all day. I do not remember anything any the LR section except my addrenaline was too high and I blew…
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Whether or not this merits a cancel, given the criteria for cancellation mentioned by @Logician is going to be up to you. Other factors to consider would be are you determined to enter law school this cycle or might you want that additional take (I…
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As you are Hispanic, you can certainly claim URM status. You determine if you want to select that box and no one is going to dispute you on it. Schools will be happy to have another URM applicant rather than act as ethnicity police.
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Good news though, you can kind of do this. Go to the analytics page, select every PT you have ever done (or the subset of PTs you want), and click on question table at the top. That will bring up every question you have ever answered on a PT. Cli…
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@Logician is correct I believe. You are not a US citizen so you are international.
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Glad to hear that you are back on track with your average. Great job!
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@Logician yeah, I think that is what I will do. I am Hopeful my LSAT is high enough that I can get merit waivers from T14 on down. The extra 500-1000 dollars will have to come from somewhere though. I appreciate all the effort you put in to your …
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Good news and bad news. First, the bad news. With a 3.33 and a 169, unless you have significant other factors you are not likely to gain admission to NYU. I am not saying it is impossible, but it would likely require additional very impactful sof…
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After talking with them, despite the fact that the website claims 2 weeks, it may take 6-8 weeks to process fee waiver requests.
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Apologies for the poor grammar and sentence construction. Still tired after the LSAT yesterday and spent the day working in a foreign language, which tends to mess with my English spelling and word order.
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That would be fair, except my understanding is that you cannot apply anywhere while the fee waiver is pending. I did not plan to apply until Halloween or the first half of November, but I am also not sure how it might put processing transcripts and…
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I think something is also affecting average scores on the Study Buddy tool. I went to update my info there after my LSAT yesterday and it told me my average LSAT was a 158. That is 7 points lower than my cold diagnostic and the lowest I have ever …
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@franklinjake78 Yeah, they are not disclosing any of the flex tests. Take a few PTs on here, see where you are missing things. If you are missing points on the LG aka Analytical Reasoning section I think you could see substantial improvement in a …
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With those numbers you could certainly get a full ride somewhere. It really depends on where you want to do. Is that going to get you a full ride at Harvard? Probably not. Will it get you a full ride at Indiana, definitely. The point about wait…
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All of this advice is excellent. I would echo that timed PTs are not that important at this stage, but mastering fundamentals. Find a study buddy or possibly a tutor to walk through the logic with you. Drill the same 15 LGs over and over till you …
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I think there is substantial difference in how a 150 scorer and a 180 scorer should prepare. While everyone wants a 180 it is not a reasonable or even necessary goal for everyone. It's also a hard ask for 1 month. I would say we definitely need m…
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Was there supposed to be a proctor break or scan between sections? I read about that somewhere in here but didn't notice them if they happened.
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Agree with everyone else. We are terrible predictors of our own score. I was sure I bombed my last PT before today's test over the weekend and got a better than average score. I'll maintain it's the hardest PT I have ever done, but I did well on …
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With RC, each test should be approximately equal in difficulty as a general rule. I do not know much about the very early PTs, but as mentioned, averaging RC sections should be pretty accurate. Take a few more PTs from different eras and average t…
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I concur with @BigJay20 If you are at around a 150 there is plenty of room for improvement and also no need to burn through PTs. Fool proof logic games, I do not know where you are at with LG, but I presume you still have some room for improvement …
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Thanks a bunch!!! Going to try my best at both.
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It's hard to say because we have no additional background information to make inferences and assumptions from (sorry for the LSAT humor) but it could be you struggling to remain focused which is, I think, a little different than burnout. For me I w…
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@"Lej Not Leg" indeed! I've got the real thing in just over 24 hours and I devoutly hope I do. At the time I was glad international applicants got a few extra days but I have felt ready since Saturday and have had to try not to be distracted at wo…
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@willcj343 Excellent work on that score. Keep on grinding!