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@btownsquee Congrats! That is very strong progress.
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@theLSATdreamer Tues, Thurs: Drill some games and a reading passage. Then take a PT when I get home at 6PM. Mon, Weds, Fri: Blind review PT for 2 hours. I drill LR by question types after that. Sat, Sun: Take a PT/BR same day and/or drill more…
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@sx23 thanks, but I would rather have your GPA/LSAT combo though lol
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@sx23 Apparently some people are mentioning a soft GPA cutoff at 3.5 for PT invite. Stats are 3.7+/178. @NotMyName here's hoping we get in!
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Starbucks allows you to stay inside without purchasing anything now if that matters at all.
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Update: Just received Duke Priority Track email
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Well based on your post, there are several issues that you can work on and you will most likely need to carve out another 3-4 months of studying on top of everything you done since Nov 2017 to study more effectively. 1. You aren't studying enough. …
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@NotMyName You have to start the 2019 Duke application to see it and it will display as "waived" if you got the fee waiver.
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Duke gave me a fee waiver (seen on LSAC application page) but did not send an email to me about it. Other unsolicited fee waivers: UCLA, Notre Dame, Michigan, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, Emory Apparently Georgetown sent out fee waivers as well to some peo…
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Are you able to delay a cycle and apply the following year? Cause you would have significantly better chances getting the GPA above 3.0, studying more for the LSAT, and applying early for Fall 2020 instead. Also depends what your diversity factors a…
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@"L.Etranger" said: @eRetaker interesting, I have never heard (or really even gave a thought) to the link between the GMAT writing sample and non-native English speakers. Wish me luck as I'm tutoring Egyptian students in the LSAT during a long…
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Yeah I heard something similar to what @Bamboosprout said for other tests such as the GMAT which has significantly more international test takers. It served as a means of comparing the writing styles in international students' writing samples vs. pe…
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I agree with all the other posters above. I think if anything you should just spend the time up-front to answer the questions correctly the first time. For reference I take almost all 35 minutes for LR sections and average -0/-1. Speed comes from ac…
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From what I read about certain firm culture, it can definitely get pretty bad at places like Kirkland and Ellis but firms like OMM seems to do much better with work life balance. Also agree that I read about boutiques having longer hours than even b…
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Congrats! Hope Chicago treats you well!
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Are your diagrams similar to the ones in J.Y.'s explanation videos? If not, I think you might be brute-forcing the correct answers which leads to high accuracy but low volume. Brute-forcing will only hurt in the long term so make sure you cannibaliz…
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Took two months to fool-proof until I got to consistent -0 on LGs.
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@jdmccar95 Yeah I had a huge score jump coming into the 80s. I think that was mainly due to me finally adjusting to the new LR and RC language in the 70s. I will reiterate that though I scored a lot lower in 72-78 versus 67-71, I was definitely gett…
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@sx23 Likewise! Good luck on the app process as well!
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I thought PT 72+ was when the LR and RC both changed into "most strongly supported" types of questions which made things very difficult. Every section went terribly for me on that PT, sooo I personally thought it deserved at least a -15 curve lol.
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@AshleighK PT 72 was a ridiculously tough exam. Here is a relevant thread where the rest of us were complaining about it lol. https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/17293/give-me-your-toughest-pts
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@sx23 You bring up some very good points. I definitely agree with you that med schools are more of a black box (softs matter way more), but in the same way that Yale and Stanford law's softs matter way more than other schools. It is also true that p…
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If you're planning to practice in NYC then Fordham gives you a really good shot at BL already. The other thing to consider with reapplying is the extra year of lost salary, though it sounds like you're leaning towards reapplying.
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Hi @niki2018, I had the exact same issue come up during the June 2018 LSAT and luckily caught my mistake before finishing the section. I originally had it as a necessary condition but it is indeed a sufficient condition. Check out question 19 on PT8…
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I also print out only one copy and do them over and over again in my notebook.
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@"Chipster Study" pretty much lol. Getting into a single medical school is already such a tall order and you definitely do not see the type of scholarship negotiations that go on in law schools.
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@sx23 I was also pre-med for a bit before deciding to pursue patent law. The issue is that it is significantly more difficult to get into the average med school than it is to get in a T14. With only 41.9% of all applicants being accepted to a singl…
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@"samantha.ashley92" is right. There is a reason all science Ph.Ds are fully funded. The government sees value in investing in science and medicine and there is a cap in medical school seats. Law school on the other hand gets little to no government…
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A 3.4/166 puts you beneath median at every T14 which an early app does not fix. Definitely retake in November.
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That's great news for med students but there are very significant financial differences between med and law schools that will make it very unlikely nyu law follows their lead. NYU med also jumped 12 spots to #3 on usnews so this is more likely a pow…