If the end result of the sales pitch is a hefty scholarship despite my garbage GPA then I will fall headfirst lolMediocreAtBest wrote:She basically said they wanted to get a head start on this upcoming cycle and start talking to students right away. I guess it does make it seem a little more personal this way, or maybe I'm just falling prey to the sales pitch lol.DaydreamNation wrote: Thanks for the update! Apps open 9/1 I presume? So no read as to why they're so ahead of the game with us besides "for those who want to get started early" as stated in the follow up email?
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You can ask for a fee waiver. They sent an email about it before the LSAT. You just email them and say you're emailing about a fee waiver.MediocreAtBest wrote:We didn't talk about it! I better get one! haha.Ntp73821 wrote:
Did she give you a fee waiver??
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Sent out emails for my LORs, thought I'd be shit out of luck since I was a bad student and out of school for 3 years. Two professors emailed me back instantly, willing to help. Wow.
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So, I just set up a Slack team, http://juneretakers.slack.com, and sent an invite to juneretakers@gmail.com. If you all are down to use it, I can transfer ownership to the gmail account and we can send out invites to people who want to join.QueenBAYder wrote:Walliums wrote:
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Sounds great, thanks pupper! I can give you admin rights to the Gmail account too.pupper wrote:So, I just set up a Slack team, http://juneretakers.slack.com, and sent an invite to juneretakers@gmail.com. If you all are down to use it, I can transfer ownership to the gmail account and we can send out invites to people who want to join.QueenBAYder wrote:Walliums wrote:
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Hi! Thanks for doing this. I've used Slack before and think it'll be useful in this context so I'd love to join in.pupper wrote:So, I just set up a Slack team, http://juneretakers.slack.com, and sent an invite to juneretakers@gmail.com. If you all are down to use it, I can transfer ownership to the gmail account and we can send out invites to people who want to join.QueenBAYder wrote:Walliums wrote:
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Awesome, just email juneretakers@gmail.com and I'll send you an invitationsolidarity4ever wrote:Hi! Thanks for doing this. I've used Slack before and think it'll be useful in this context so I'd love to join in.pupper wrote:So, I just set up a Slack team, http://juneretakers.slack.com, and sent an invite to juneretakers@gmail.com. If you all are down to use it, I can transfer ownership to the gmail account and we can send out invites to people who want to join.QueenBAYder wrote:Walliums wrote:
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Kaplan wants 3 references, and they made it clear that they will be getting in touch with them. It's pretty standard protocol for jobs, but it's kinda annoying and I don't know how useful it is for employers. I mean, you're gonna contact 3 people that I select and expect to learn something about me? Unless one of them decides to go rogue and trash me for whatever reason, I don't see it being a particularly fruitful use of time or resources.
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Did my first two timed sections of my retake prep today:
PT30 LR1: -3
PT29 LG: -1 (dumb mistake)
Nice to know I haven't skipped a beat. Small sample size obviously.
PT30 LR1: -3
PT29 LG: -1 (dumb mistake)
Nice to know I haven't skipped a beat. Small sample size obviously.
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I missed this yesterday, that's awesome!MediocreAtBest wrote:Sent out emails for my LORs, thought I'd be shit out of luck since I was a bad student and out of school for 3 years. Two professors emailed me back instantly, willing to help. Wow.
I'm still not on the LOR wagon yet.
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Well if you want apps in early you better get on it girl!!!Walliums wrote:I missed this yesterday, that's awesome!MediocreAtBest wrote:Sent out emails for my LORs, thought I'd be shit out of luck since I was a bad student and out of school for 3 years. Two professors emailed me back instantly, willing to help. Wow.
I'm still not on the LOR wagon yet.
Profs are great with LORs. It's part of their job, remember?
Just emailed my second LOR request today.
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Took PT62 today. My last 2 takes I did my prep tests in a quiet study room. Took today's in a starbucks.
RC: -4
LR: -2
LG: -2
LR: -3
Score: 173
My highest score ever. Albeit I have seen these questions at one time or another, but still happy with this performance.
I will be blind reviewing my mistakes tomorrow evening. I plug my answer sheet into 7sage to see which ones I got wrong, then re-do them without looking at the answer. I found the original way of circling the difficult Q's didn't work for me as I was always over confident, and wouldn't circle the proper questions.
RC: -4
LR: -2
LG: -2
LR: -3
Score: 173
My highest score ever. Albeit I have seen these questions at one time or another, but still happy with this performance.
I will be blind reviewing my mistakes tomorrow evening. I plug my answer sheet into 7sage to see which ones I got wrong, then re-do them without looking at the answer. I found the original way of circling the difficult Q's didn't work for me as I was always over confident, and wouldn't circle the proper questions.
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This is how I did BR and it seemed to work pretty well for me.Saylor1720 wrote:Took PT62 today. My last 2 takes I did my prep tests in a quiet study room. Took today's in a starbucks.
RC: -4
LR: -2
LG: -2
LR: -3
Score: 173
My highest score ever. Albeit I have seen these questions at one time or another, but still happy with this performance.
I will be blind reviewing my mistakes tomorrow evening. I plug my answer sheet into 7sage to see which ones I got wrong, then re-do them without looking at the answer. I found the original way of circling the difficult Q's didn't work for me as I was always over confident, and wouldn't circle the proper questions.
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Wouldn't reviewing the questions after you know you got them wrong defeat the purpose of blind review? I may be wrong here, but I was always under the impression that you blind review a test after you take it and before you actually grade in order to objectively review every question, not just the ones you know you got wrong.Saylor1720 wrote:Took PT62 today. My last 2 takes I did my prep tests in a quiet study room. Took today's in a starbucks.
RC: -4
LR: -2
LG: -2
LR: -3
Score: 173
My highest score ever. Albeit I have seen these questions at one time or another, but still happy with this performance.
I will be blind reviewing my mistakes tomorrow evening. I plug my answer sheet into 7sage to see which ones I got wrong, then re-do them without looking at the answer. I found the original way of circling the difficult Q's didn't work for me as I was always over confident, and wouldn't circle the proper questions.
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For me, at least, I didn't find that traditional method of BR to be very effective. I'd grade the test then go back and review every question that wasn't super easy, whether I got it right or wrong. That worked better for me personally.MercW07 wrote:
Wouldn't reviewing the questions after you know you got them wrong defeat the purpose of blind review? I may be wrong here, but I was always under the impression that you blind review a test after you take it and before you actually grade in order to objectively review every question, not just the ones you know you got wrong.
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So after I do a LG section I've been trying to go back within an hour or so and watch the 7sage explanations to see why I missed what I missed, and any key inferences I didn't make. But my problem is that, even so soon after I took the section, I can't recreate my thought process--aka how I got to the answer I did. I'll stare at the problem and my work and just have no idea, so I don't know often whether I got a key inference or just got lucky.
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How many do you usually miss? If it's not too many, maybe doing the problem over could help. Sometimes it's definitely hard to recreate your thought process especially when you're flying through a timed section, but unless you're going -10, maybe diagram the questions over again.DaydreamNation wrote:So after I do a LG section I've been trying to go back within an hour or so and watch the 7sage explanations to see why I missed what I missed, and any key inferences I didn't make. But my problem is that, even so soon after I took the section, I can't recreate my thought process--aka how I got to the answer I did. I'll stare at the problem and my work and just have no idea, so I don't know often whether I got a key inference or just got lucky.
Any advice??
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Also, who here is going to the law school forum in DC on the 22nd? I know Jimmy is going, anyone else?
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I frequently have timing issues, but even when that happens I'm not going -10 or anything that bad. I'd have to go back and look but avg is probably around -5. I dunno. I think I just need to keep slogging through the sections.MediocreAtBest wrote:DaydreamNation wrote: How many do you usually miss? If it's not too many, maybe doing the problem over could help. Sometimes it's definitely hard to recreate your thought process especially when you're flying through a timed section, but unless you're going -10, maybe diagram the questions over again.
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I'm registered and planning to go.MediocreAtBest wrote:Also, who here is going to the law school forum in DC on the 22nd? I know Jimmy is going, anyone else?
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I got the Trainer in the mail at the beginning of the week and have been working through it. Yesterday I did Lesson 5 on flaws and thought the Matching Flaw/Double-Dip Drill at the end was pretty hard. Does anyone know which drill I'm talking about, and if you do, did you find it challenging? I'm usually pretty good at parallel flaw questions so this kind of threw me for a loop. I'm thinking this drill was harder than the average parallel flaw question since we were matching arguments with more tenuous similarities, but I'm not sure--maybe I'm not as proficient with parallel reasoning as I thought.
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I can elaborate. I go back and redo the question after I know it's wrong. I look at a few things: Did I get it right the second time through?MercW07 wrote:Saylor1720 wrote:
Wouldn't reviewing the questions after you know you got them wrong defeat the purpose of blind review? I may be wrong here, but I was always under the impression that you blind review a test after you take it and before you actually grade in order to objectively review every question, not just the ones you know you got wrong.
Why did I pick my answer the original time?
Why didn't I pick the correct answer?
What could've I done to get it right?
It has its pros and cons and isn't for everyone. I just prefer to do it this way so that I get the most out of my review time and don't waste time on questions I've gotten correct. I zero on on the mistakes.
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This is understandable and makes a lot of sense. One of my big concerns with BR is that Im going to waste many hours BRing questions that are extremely easy, and your method takes care of that problem.Saylor1720 wrote:I can elaborate. I go back and redo the question after I know it's wrong. I look at a few things: Did I get it right the second time through?MercW07 wrote:Saylor1720 wrote:
Wouldn't reviewing the questions after you know you got them wrong defeat the purpose of blind review? I may be wrong here, but I was always under the impression that you blind review a test after you take it and before you actually grade in order to objectively review every question, not just the ones you know you got wrong.
Why did I pick my answer the original time?
Why didn't I pick the correct answer?
What could've I done to get it right?
It has its pros and cons and isn't for everyone. I just prefer to do it this way so that I get the most out of my review time and don't waste time on questions I've gotten correct. I zero on on the mistakes.
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Has anyone else gotten PMs from users with 0 posts asking about details of the June test? It has happened to me twice and feels mad sketchy, but I'd also be surprised if LSAC was making fake TLS accounts to try to lure us into sharing info about the test.
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