EPTOn March 02 2010 11:43 SOB_Maj_Brian wrote:
Out of curiosity, where are you going to school and what year are you Hot_Bid?
Out of curiosity, where are you going to school and what year are you Hot_Bid?
I'm a 3L at the University of Michigan.
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I've done it in two ways: 1) Read the passage first, circling names and boxing those words that indicate a change in direction. Results: -1 to -5, it's all over the place. 2) Reading the questions first and taking note of the phrases and sentences they ask about, focusing more on those parts when I get to reading the whole passage. Results are fairly similar, and most of the time, only two or three questions ask about specific instances in the text, while most of them I need to pick out from the passage as a whole. I've heard that I should read NYT or WSJ or The Economist, but I feel like my time is better spent actually doing practice tests and going over all my wrong and hard answers. Is there any other tricks you LSAT takers can give me on RC? Thanks. | ||
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I really had trouble on logic reasoning, I have a hard time grasping some of the stuff T_T Logic games were okay, I just need to work on timing . What I do on RC is I read the passage (dont bother highlighting or anything), then run through the question, I try as hard as I can not to refer back to the passage... when I read it , I go through as quickly as I can, but I make sure to read each line twice in my head before, so it engrains itself. I've found that helps. I'd suggest just doing LOTS of practices, and practice reading dense stuff (I.E. get a scientific american and read science articles) rapidly then try to summarize it. | ||
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So took the LSAT this morning. Seriously, FML to the extreme. I got the LR, LG, RC, LR, LG test, and I had to go to the bathroom for the first LR section. That was not the way I wanted my LSAT to start off. I finished LR in time, but I felt so rushed, and I know when I'm rushed I make dumb ass mistakes. I blazed through the games because that's my best section, although I realized too late for the last LG section, the non-experimental one, that I misread one of the rules, so I know I got at least 1 wrong. It's usually -0 for me on LG, ugh. My RC is a shitfest. I can't get a good reading on what my score is, because it goes from -2 to -5 every PT. I could only hope that it was the former. One ray of hope is that on PT 59 + experimental, I got a 173, and I felt sort of the same coming out of that as I did today, maybe a little worse. I can pass that off as test day jitters I guess, as apparently most people think they did shit when they get done. Anyways, my months of studying are over, I can finally play SC2 without feeling guilty. Although if my score comes back bad, I am definitely retaking. I KNOW I HAVE IT IN ME. BLARGHASDFKLJAG;LKASJDF. Sorry for that, needed to blow off some steam. I'm gonna take it easy for a while, maybe play with my kitten now, woooo. Oh, if you guys want more kitten pictures, I has them. | ||
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On October 10 2010 13:39 GrayArea wrote: What is the minimum score you need to be considered competitive? Also, what is the average LSAT score of those who matriculate into law school? What percentile were you scoring in on your practice tests? It feels really good when u finally can stop studying. I'll consider anything above 170 to be competitive, anything less and I'm retaking. I think I heard from somewhere that LSAC makes it so the average LSAT score is always around a 150 or so, as the range is from 120 to 180. I started at 160, and my final PT was a 173, so I jumped from around the 90th percentile to the 97-98th percentile I believe. It was so freaking hard to improve just 1 damned point, ugh. I'm still having doubts on my actual test though. I think I can improve a lot more in the next two months for the December test, because my greatest jump in score, from like 168 max to constantly lower 170s was in my last two weeks of studying. | ||
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On October 15 2010 15:36 TOloseGT wrote: I'll consider anything above 170 to be competitive, anything less and I'm retaking. I think I heard from somewhere that LSAC makes it so the average LSAT score is always around a 150 or so, as the range is from 120 to 180. I started at 160, and my final PT was a 173, so I jumped from around the 90th percentile to the 97-98th percentile I believe. It was so freaking hard to improve just 1 damned point, ugh. I'm still having doubts on my actual test though. I think I can improve a lot more in the next two months for the December test, because my greatest jump in score, from like 168 max to constantly lower 170s was in my last two weeks of studying. I was getting >170 on all my PTs, timed and everything, and I ended up with a 165 (92nd percentile) on the LSAT :/ Fortunately in Canada all law schools are pretty much the same, there isn't a tier system like in the U.S., and 165 is plenty good with a decent GPA. Also, different law schools apply different equations to determine your application value. For instance, one school I applied to weighted it: 30% LSAT, 70% GPA over 4 years of undergrad. another weighted it 50% LSAT, 50% GPA over last 2 years of undergrad minus your 2 worst classes. How important a high LSAT mark is changes depending on these equations. Schools also give your application value a boost depending on certain extracurricular and work experiences you have had. "Holistic" schools, as some like to call them, give a greater value to graduate degrees, PHDs and work experience than non-holistic schools. My law class (University of Calgary) is like, 5% medical PHDs and 50% graduate degrees, average age around 25-26 for first years. At a holistic law school LSAT is less important - I had a friend with a higher GPA and much higher LSAT than me (172) but U of Calgary rejected her application while accepting mine, presumably because she had no work or volunteer experience at all. However, she got into a slew of other schools which based their admittances primarily on LSAT and GPA. So how "competitive" your LSAT marks are depends on a LOT of things; if you have great other additions to your application, an LSAT mark of 160 may be competitive to get into the schools you want. | ||
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On October 30 2010 13:51 TOloseGT wrote: Got my score, 165. It's definitely better than I expected, because I just felt terrible coming out of the test. It's a disappointing score though, judging from my PTs. Going for the retake, and hopefully in December I won't have to use the restroom during a section, fuck that threw me off. What's your GPA? You can get into law schools with a 165 supposedly, with a good GPA like 3.8-4.0, just not the best schools. I'm planning to write the LSAT this summer, probably June. How long do you guys typically study for it? What is the best method, I know getting a bunch of old official practice tests is good but for someone with a science background, should I be reading anything else to prepare for the type of thinking and writing on the LSAT? How difficult is the writing sample compared to the multiple choice? How do you practice the writing sample? | ||
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