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If you try to improve a 163 (totally reasonable with LG mastery and solid timing in the other sections) you could be a candidate for serious scholarship $$ at almost every school. Great GPA, URM, strong resume and PS. Your score on record and GPA wi…
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Are you graduating in December or May? If you graduate in May and plan to take a year to work then you should try to reach your target score and apply as early in next year's cycle as possible. If you apply this cycle you would be applying for open …
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I get into little slumps too and every time I have to remind myself not to be so results oriented. Going into the test with an agenda of scoring higher than my previous test almost prevents me from getting in the zone. After blind review when I see …
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I'm not an admissions expert, so definitely seek some information from someone with more knowledge of the admissions process here in the 7sage community. However, I will be limiting my resume work experience to my previous 3 jobs (10 year span) beca…
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RIP Amazon pencil market lol
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A 4th attempt would only look bad if your score doesn't improve. I would identify the parts of the test you still need to understand better, go back through those parts in the CC again, and drill LG until it's perfect. Also, make sure you blind revi…
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@aholtzer said: Has anyone seen that now 23 schools are accepting the GRE in lieu of LSAT including many top T-20 law schools. I just took my first LSAT and got 171. I think instead of taking another LSAT test and risk my score going down, I…
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@FixedDice said: Do keep in mind that, usually, your application will be deemed complete and forwarded to admission committees only after you receive your final LSAT score. If you decide to retake the LSAT, there's no difference whether you ap…
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If your goal is public interest law you should do everything in your power to get that grant from Northwestern or get a scholarship from another target school. There are definitely some good schools that you will be competitive for scholarships with…
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Law school is a beast and your summer jobs will keep you extremely busy in between semesters. Next comes the bar exam... Why rush into that and put yourself at a significant disadvantage compared to your peers who you are competing with for grades a…
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Retaking and improving a 158 would leapfrog a huge percentile of test takers. A 160-163 would be a 6%-15% improvement over your best score on record. If you are able to target a specific area of the test and make it your mission to improve that one …
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@Bamboosprout said: I see. Well you have some great professional references that will be personal and should try to get an academic letter if it will be a supportive and positive one. I guess the only way to find out is to ask the professor the…
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I believe LORs should demonstrate an applicant's work ethic and academic ability. You want to come across as a potential all star student and someone who will be dedicated to your studies. I've had a professor ask me about my life and school experie…
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Love the optimism!!!
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Congrats on the score @"Rigid Designator" ! I just bought a new pack of Ticonderogas, but maybe I'll take the plunge for some Staedtlers before test day!!!
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@akistotle said: I don't think UCI Law has that kind of strategy. If this were the case, I think UCI Law would write that they consider all the LSAT scores like Michigan Law does ("We do, however, consider the average score as well"). B…
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Maybe UCI is trying to signal to prospective students that they care about the number of takes an applicant has in order to suppress any prospective students that are interested in attending UCI from taking the LSAT again and trying to improve their…
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@Bamboosprout said: I'll be 26. 3.5 years of work experience. On a side note, how are some of you guys under thirty but have 10+ years of work experience? @LSATcantwin said: @drbrown2 said: I've been working since I was 16.…
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29 13 years of work experience, and full time for the last 10 years.
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@Bamboosprout said: How important do you think it is to have the experience of understanding a bit about how judges think and consider cases? You will read tons of cases and in law school that help you learn how laws are interpreted and appl…
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Work as hard as you can to improve your LSAT score. In the long run, the time and effort to improve will be dwarfed by the time and effort you will put into law school, studying for the bar exam, and practicing law. Put in the work and go chase you…
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@Michaela.Pratt1 Yikes! So realistically on workdays you really only have time for 1 section, and not much left over for untimed blind review. You could still attempt to do a combination of logic games practice and timed individual sections on workd…
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I also work full time, and worked full time for my entire undergrad. It is tough to balance two enormous commitments, but it will be worth it when you earn major score improvements. When I was in school, I spent my free time studying and writing pap…
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It's hard to give advice about keeping/dropping your job without knowing your schedule, hours, leftover energy, etc. You have enough time to improve to your target score. 2+ months is a long enough time for you to implement a rigorous weekly study s…
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I've been thinking about this topic the past few days as well. It appears that Northwestern's ED application deadline requires a September score or earlier, but I believe other schools would allow a November score so long as the application material…