Interesting. I wonder how many people on TLS are taking the december LSAT??? All I know is- I cannot wait for this bastard of a test to be over with.

i actually like studying for the lsat. restructuring the way i think. I'M LOVIN IT

sigh. that's a scary number.
time to get motivated! *dusts off books and makes coffee*

+1

And even if you don't enjoy it, a positive mindset sure helps.

Yes I know a positive mindset helps...In all honesty actually I gotta give myself a pat on the back for sticking with this and carrying through with it despite some setbacks and bad PT scores. Im not even kidding, 2 years ago, my GPA was in the tank, i was doing HORRIBLE in school and contemplating dropping out to go work. I was an english major and came to discover that literature classes in college completely butcher the topic and made me despise what I had loved my whole life-Reading. But, I finally stragihtened myself up, changed my major to something I had always HATED my whole life-political science- and subsequently saw my GPA go from a 1.5 to a 2.9 (who knew?) and developed a love for law/history/philosophy and made the decision to make an attempt for law school. So we will see, keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

Agreed the studying is fun, testing NOT fun....

DANG you finally caved

I don't mind practicing, except practicing RC (can any writing be more needlessly boring?)

Some of the passages are fascinating. I take it you don't read news publications for enjoyment?

The caption of this photo is "Tiger Woods is Back, Yo."



I think it's apropos.

Not about Native American artwork or African american writers.

I like the science passages just fine.

Most unfortunate.

Not really... I can usually muster up the interest for the LSAT, but damn does it get tiring to practice though.

You misunderstood. Most unfortunate in that you don't enjoy topics outside of your current interests.

+1

maybe I'm a giant nerd, but I find so many of the RC passages interesting because they're on topics I wouldn't normally seek out or have come across in my field of study/work.

I am so nervous/anxious/ready to be done with it.

I'm not sure if others agree with this, but there's a difference to me between outside interests (medicine, biology, music, etc) and pointless interests (african-american writers, white pride literature, Native American paintings, Clay pots from the Bronze age that were replicas of other clay pots we already know about).

It's like the difference in philosophy between reading John Locke and Hannah Arendt or El Che.
Arendt/Che actually make me stupider by reading it.

Well i got a 156 on Sept 09 Lsat

Time to take another one and do better. Does anyone have any hints of how i can pick apart my answers for LR and figure out what im doing wrong?

I smell a lot of win in this thread. Do well.

Panicpanicpanicpanic.

It is safe to assume that not everyone avoids subjects and authors with which they disagree.

Since you seem attached to Great Books:
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
-Aristotle

Same here. I got my average on all sections except RC (-14, if anyone can actually believe that). I would have hit my target of 160+ if it had not been for that stupid section. I had 2 RC's by the way....my ultimate nightmare.

Anyway, I don't know if you have used the LRB at all, but it helped me out quite a bit. That and reviewing problems over and over until I understood why I was getting them wrong and why the correct answers were correct.

Good luck on your retake. I'm still trying to decide what to do...

yeah the 40's are a very scary number.... i cant even think about a number less than that!

had my first dream with an LSAT theme the other night. I was taking the exam and all these other students kept talking non stop. it was horrible.

Good luck to all the fellow Decemberists!