The Official October 2015 Study Group Forum

kbrizz · Post by **kbrizz** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:22 pm

Has anyone ever been personally offended by a LR question? Shocked to say it happened today haha.

Zel · Post by **Zel** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:28 pm

ltowns1 wrote:
bnssweeney wrote:Anyone feel like they just make the most idiotic mistakes under timed conditions? Drilling RC today and I missed an AC that was LITERALLY stated in the passage.

All the time lol

YUP. Did a PT today, and AGAIN got -7 on games because I misread a rule, otherwise having a perfect set up except for that one little thing (costing me 2 points on that game and only having time to answer 1 in the final game because I was so perplexed). It's pretty disheartening. I know I have a small sample size but for the 4 tests I've done, I've scored (excluding diag) 166, 167, 168, 167...all because of a stupid -7 on games...been drilling for a month with 0 gain woot!

The day I break 170 will be awesome, but today is not that day.

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:52 pm

I think Northwestern will probably end up being my best option. They seem generous to splitters.

pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:45 am

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Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:40 am

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MrBalloons · Post by **MrBalloons** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:46 am

Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:
pittsburghpirates wrote:It's pretty interesting to see the difference of opinion regarding certain GPAs between top law schools and real life. My 3.5x was looked very favorably upon when I was applying to jobs in my current field in UG, yet I'm below the 25% for the vast majority of the T14. Lol oh well
Heh, sort of same dea for mel. A lot of people considered my 3.3 decent for being an athlete. Now no one cares, and I have a bad GPA lol. Half thinking of writing an addendum, I had one semester where I got a concussion (evidently getting kneed in the head hurts) and missed most of the semester for travel. I would be closer to a 3.4 if I had even a slightly better semester. But I don't know if it would actually make a difference.

That's tempting to write an addendum there, yeah. But I don't know that I'd want to introduce the idea that I may have brain damage which affects my performance in my app, ha.

I'll likely be addendum-ing too, though. I was the primary caretaker for my terminally ill mom for the first 5 semesters of college. And I didn't go to college at home. So I was driving home 3 or 4 times a week to change her and cook her lunches, etc. Brought my GPA down hard.

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:51 am

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pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:01 am

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pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:02 am

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Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:22 am

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SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:27 am

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:37 pm

What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?

PoopNpants · Post by **PoopNpants** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:41 pm

RZ5646 wrote:What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?

A strange mixture of both TBH, I just feel like if I don't improve by atleast 3-4 points I will be working at burger king for the next 40 years. It is pretty improbable but nonetheless very motivating

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:42 pm

RZ5646 wrote:What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?

Oct being my last retake.

TheProdigal · Post by **TheProdigal** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:45 pm

nlee10 wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?
Oct being my last retake.

Pride. That last retake bit. My kid's future education expenses/school districts.

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:47 pm

Potential scholarship money, that it's my last retake, and my son's future all motivate me.

pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:50 pm

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ltowns1 · Post by **ltowns1** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:26 pm

SirArthurDayne wrote:Guys I'm so bored at work today! I'm actually looking forward to studying later because it's more interesting than what I'm working on now Plus today will be a LG day!

It's what I was meant to do. My dad was lawyer, he always said I would be a lawyer..and I'm just good and understanding complicated pieces of information. (When I have a lot of time lol) Really knew my dad was right when this gorgeous girl in my Con. Law class said I was the smartest dude in class..lol...I think that sealed it tbh. Lol

The only thing I love just as much is politics.

Dexter97 · Post by **Dexter97** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:29 pm

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southerntexan · Post by **southerntexan** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:44 pm

RZ5646 wrote:What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?

Models and bottles

But in reality, it's about putting in the work because nothing worthwhile has ever been handed out. Law is the career path that I've chosen and this is the first step in achieving success.

Cochran · Post by **Cochran** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:40 pm

RZ5646 wrote:What motivates you to study? The promise of reward (fame and fortune, models and bottles) or the fear of failure (dying poor and alone after a life solitary, nasty, brutish, and short)?

The thought of cross examining the pants off people for a living.

MrBalloons · Post by **MrBalloons** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:23 pm

I think one my biggest motivations is proving to myself that I can do it. I think of myself as a pretty smart guy who can do this sort of thing well and I want to do my best.

Also the whole "3+ more points could literally mean a million dollar difference in career earnings" thing. The 167-170+ jump is huge.

SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:32 pm

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