The Official February 2016 Waiter's Thread Forum

[MiamiHeat3]

Remember ya'll a three digit number won't define you. Regardless of the scores that we get, I am certain that we'll go on to have amazing law careers. Y'all are my people!

[Li'l Sebastian]

What's the first thing you guys do if you get your desired score ?

Y'all already know what I'm doing. Purchasing, Packing, & shipping Girl Scout cookies.

Too bad I'm on a diet
It depends on my score. If I'm unhappy with it, I'll just do what I do best.......pout in my room & binge-watch Netflix & not utter a word about my score. If I'm happy, I'll probably tell my parents and idk. Just be happy I guess!

Same.

[somethingElse]

What the fuck I definitely didn't vote samoas - did the pole automatically transfer whichever answer you put from the last one?

[Li'l Sebastian]

What the fuck I definitely didn't vote samoas - did the pole automatically transfer whichever answer you put from the last one?

It did. I don't know why it did this. That's why I changed it to let you guys change your old answers.

[Helioze]

What the fuck I definitely didn't vote samoas - did the pole automatically transfer whichever answer you put from the last one?

It did. I don't know why it did this. That's why I changed it to let you guys change your old answers.

POLL DONT LIE!

[Helioze]

Anyone discover time travel yet? I'd really like it to be Monday the 29th instead of the 22nd.

If i discovered time travel, i would not be using it to go to the LSAT score release date.


I'm thinking the first thing i do is go into the future, get as much financial/tech/science information as i can get and head back to the 80's/90's to ball out like a god.

[AbbeyS]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

[Li'l Sebastian]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

The best advice would be to make a list of everything you value, and everything you don't want to experience. Create a little survey, and then visit each school you're debating on. While you're visiting give the school a score on each metric.

Now you can empirically deduce the right school! Also you might just fall in love with one school while you're visiting so it will be a non-issue!

Don't believe anything on the school's page, use first hand experience to make your decision because there's so much that goes into this that will depend almost exclusively on how you feel about certain things.

[AbbeyS]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

The best advice would be to make a list of everything you value, and everything you don't want to experience. Create a little survey, and then visit each school you're debating on. While you're visiting give the school a score on each metric.

Now you can empirically deduce the right school! Also you might just fall in love with one school while you're visiting so it will be a non-issue!

Don't believe anything on the school's page, use first hand experience to make your decision because there's so much that goes into this that will depend almost exclusively on how you feel about certain things.

That's a good idea, but sometimes there's an ambiance you're looking for that you can't put into a category. I never had that, "Yes, this is the right one" experience in undergrad. I was just kinda like Ehhhh, ummm, I guess this will work. But idk.

What criteria are you using to pick your own school?

[Li'l Sebastian]

That's a good idea, but sometimes there's an ambiance you're looking for that you can't put into a category. I never had that, "Yes, this is the right one" experience in undergrad. I was just kinda like Ehhhh, ummm, I guess this will work. But idk.

What criteria are you using to pick your own school?

Scholarship money, Employment Rating, markets they place into. How many 1Ls live on campus, and architecture.

[lizzielemon]

That's a good idea, but sometimes there's an ambiance you're looking for that you can't put into a category. I never had that, "Yes, this is the right one" experience in undergrad. I was just kinda like Ehhhh, ummm, I guess this will work. But idk.

What criteria are you using to pick your own school?

Scholarship money, Employment Rating, markets they place into. How many 1Ls live on campus, and architecture.

+1 architecture. I can't go to an ugly school

[fishpaste1]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

Your undergraduate regrets sound eerily similar to mine, except that I didn't end up transferring. Coming out of high school I was so obsessed with rankings that when I got into a T10 school, I refused to consider anything else. Even after visiting this school and hating everyone and everything about it, I still ended up attending, because I was so obsessed with prestige. My experience ended up getting progressively better each year, but still, as a 22 year old, I regret what I missed out on freshman and sophomore year. Especially when I compare my experience to what my best friends in high school experienced.

So, going through this process a 2nd time, I've promised myself not to repeat the past. I fully recognize that prestige and employment prospects matter, but not at the cost of three years of suffering. My best advice would be to attend ASW if possible. There you can interact with future classmates and current students and get a feel for the culture/ environment of the school. I think that's the best way to gauge "fit". I know this time around if I hate the 1L's at a particular school, I'm going to cross it off my list without hesitation.

[hopeful168]

Totally been lurking this thread ever since the day of the exam. Felt like it was necessary to vent my thoughts on the exam before I lose my mind.

3rd time taking the test, so the pressure is mad real.. Cancelled the first score, hit a 157 on the December. Goal schools were T15-20, preferably USC or UCLA. After December, I realized a lot of anxiety was hitting me during lsat practice let alone the actual test. Started developing ways to counter act that and hit that 168 as I thoroughly knew the material at this point. Got into the Logic games early on in the feb test, and had a Logic game experimental as well. As a near perfect LG scorer I felt extremely confident finishing with time to spare this test. As I got to my first LR, all I remember doing is completing it on time and guessing for only one question, which was that physics/psych mindfreak of a question. Went on break feeling GREAT. Came back and hit a brick on the second LR. It wasn't the worst I had done, but I do remember rushing more to complete the section and guessing at least on 2-3 questions (My avg is about 5 wrong an LR section). Finally get to RC.. as I start to handle the first two passages with ease, the comparative throws me on a loop and I skip to the hedges. Unfortunately, the hedges wasn't a walk in the park for me, and ended up feeling unconfident with it, and to top it off I had no time and resorted to guessing on 5 questions in the comparative.

My mind has been thinking up scenarios left and right since the test. The bright side, is that I felt better overall compared to the December and had no anxiety this time around. LG in December was horrible, but on Feb felt cake. As long as everything else stays the same at least, I feel that my score will increase a bit. The goal score is basically hoping I didn't bomb the LR2 and RC.

TL;DR : Tripping hard.

Hope everyone in this thread is doing well, and may this test score be the highest you've all ever hit.

[RonnyDiniro]

That's a good idea, but sometimes there's an ambiance you're looking for that you can't put into a category. I never had that, "Yes, this is the right one" experience in undergrad. I was just kinda like Ehhhh, ummm, I guess this will work. But idk.

What criteria are you using to pick your own school?

Scholarship money, Employment Rating, markets they place into. How many 1Ls live on campus, and architecture.

+1 architecture. I can't go to an ugly school

I've already predetermined my top 10 schools in order(could vary based on $) that I'd like to attend and I haven't visited any. I'm only going off of the employment #'s/prestige/location/scholarlship$

Architecture is important though lol. Gotta love the look of your school !

[AbbeyS]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

Your undergraduate regrets sound eerily similar to mine, except that I didn't end up transferring. Coming out of high school I was so obsessed with rankings that when I got into a T10 school, I refused to consider anything else. Even after visiting this school and hating everyone and everything about it, I still ended up attending, because I was so obsessed with prestige. My experience ended up getting progressively better each year, but still, as a 22 year old, I regret what I missed out on freshman and sophomore year. Especially when I compare my experience to what my best friends in high school experienced.

So, going through this process a 2nd time, I've promised myself not to repeat the past. I fully recognize that prestige and employment prospects matter, but not at the cost of three years of suffering. My best advice would be to attend ASW if possible. There you can interact with future classmates and current students and get a feel for the culture/ environment of the school. I think that's the best way to gauge "fit". I know this time around if I hate the 1L's at a particular school, I'm going to cross it off my list without hesitation.

The only issue with using ASW's as a determinant of fit is that most of them fall right on or right after seat deposits are due. So I feel like I need to make a decision before that but idk. Thoughts, anyone?

[RonnyDiniro]

Totally been lurking this thread ever since the day of the exam. Felt like it was necessary to vent my thoughts on the exam before I lose my mind.

3rd time taking the test, so the pressure is mad real.. Cancelled the first score, hit a 157 on the December. Goal schools were T15-20, preferably USC or UCLA. After December, I realized a lot of anxiety was hitting me during lsat practice let alone the actual test. Started developing ways to counter act that and hit that 168 as I thoroughly knew the material at this point. Got into the Logic games early on in the feb test, and had a Logic game experimental as well. As a near perfect LG scorer I felt extremely confident finishing with time to spare this test. As I got to my first LR, all I remember doing is completing it on time and guessing for only one question, which was that physics/psych mindfreak of a question. Went on break feeling GREAT. Came back and hit a brick on the second LR. It wasn't the worst I had done, but I do remember rushing more to complete the section and guessing at least on 2-3 questions (My avg is about 5 wrong an LR section). Finally get to RC.. as I start to handle the first two passages with ease, the comparative throws me on a loop and I skip to the hedges. Unfortunately, the hedges wasn't a walk in the park for me, and ended up feeling unconfident with it, and to top it off I had no time and resorted to guessing on 5 questions in the comparative.

My mind has been thinking up scenarios left and right since the test. The bright side, is that I felt better overall compared to the December and had no anxiety this time around. LG in December was horrible, but on Feb felt cake. As long as everything else stays the same at least, I feel that my score will increase a bit. The goal score is basically hoping I didn't bomb the LR2 and RC.

TL;DR : Tripping hard.

Hope everyone in this thread is doing well, and may this test score be the highest you've all ever hit.

Welcome hopeful. UCLA is one of my top choices as well. I'm also hoping for at least a 168. I think my score will be completely determined by how I did on RC...I have no clue how I did. Could have went -5 or -15 lol.

Hopefully we both are at UCLA soon!

[RonnyDiniro]

There's one thing I'm even more worried about than my LSAT score and that's picking the right school for me...

Long story short, I felt I picked the wrong school in undergrad...tried transferring immediately to the school I ultimately ended up at but they were at capacity by then...so I transferred as a sophomore & felt like I didn't have a real freshman experience. Missed out on a lot & felt a year behind everyone else. To this day, at 23, I still wish I could go back. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I wanna pick the right school and feel good about my choice so I can have a fully enriched experience. Reputation & ranking matter but so does livability...like can I be happy in this place & look back with good memories?

So my question is...how do we know what school is right for us? I could use your advice, peeps!

Your undergraduate regrets sound eerily similar to mine, except that I didn't end up transferring. Coming out of high school I was so obsessed with rankings that when I got into a T10 school, I refused to consider anything else. Even after visiting this school and hating everyone and everything about it, I still ended up attending, because I was so obsessed with prestige. My experience ended up getting progressively better each year, but still, as a 22 year old, I regret what I missed out on freshman and sophomore year. Especially when I compare my experience to what my best friends in high school experienced.

So, going through this process a 2nd time, I've promised myself not to repeat the past. I fully recognize that prestige and employment prospects matter, but not at the cost of three years of suffering. My best advice would be to attend ASW if possible. There you can interact with future classmates and current students and get a feel for the culture/ environment of the school. I think that's the best way to gauge "fit". I know this time around if I hate the 1L's at a particular school, I'm going to cross it off my list without hesitation.

The only issue with using ASW's as a determinant of fit is that most of them fall right on or right after seat deposits are due. So I feel like I need to make a decision before that but idk. Thoughts, anyone?

What's an ASW?

[AbbeyS]

The only issue with using ASW's as a determinant of fit is that most of them fall right on or right after seat deposits are due. So I feel like I need to make a decision before that but idk. Thoughts, anyone?

What's an ASW?

Accepted Students Weekend

[hottytoddy1]

Just wanted to say I haven't really been active on here since the day of the test when I was frantically trying to gauge how I did, but after a few days of freaking out (read: several nights of nightmares of underperformance), reading through the past few pages of this thread makes me feel so much better. I can relate to so many of your anxieties and fears and it has really made me feel less alone. I laughed out loud at the post (can't remember whose, so sorry for the lack of credit) that said "I don't even want my score anymore" because that thought has absolutely crossed my mind a hundred times in the past few days. I feel the wait wasn't even this bad when I took it in October...maybe just because it seems that so much more is riding on this time (at least for this admissions cycle).

So that being said...how in the WORLD is everyone going to get through this last week?? Need any sage words of wisdom available. Hahha

[AbbeyS]

Just wanted to say I haven't really been active on here since the day of the test when I was frantically trying to gauge how I did, but after a few days of freaking out (read: several nights of nightmares of underperformance), reading through the past few pages of this thread makes me feel so much better. I can relate to so many of your anxieties and fears and it has really made me feel less alone. I laughed out loud at the post (can't remember whose, so sorry for the lack of credit) that said "I don't even want my score anymore" because that thought has absolutely crossed my mind a hundred times in the past few days. I feel the wait wasn't even this bad when I took it in October...maybe just because it seems that so much more is riding on this time (at least for this admissions cycle).

So that being said...how in the WORLD is everyone going to get through this last week?? Need any sage words of wisdom available. Hahha

Going hard in the gym ! Best distraction honestly

[hopeful168]

Totally been lurking this thread ever since the day of the exam. Felt like it was necessary to vent my thoughts on the exam before I lose my mind.

3rd time taking the test, so the pressure is mad real.. Cancelled the first score, hit a 157 on the December. Goal schools were T15-20, preferably USC or UCLA. After December, I realized a lot of anxiety was hitting me during lsat practice let alone the actual test. Started developing ways to counter act that and hit that 168 as I thoroughly knew the material at this point. Got into the Logic games early on in the feb test, and had a Logic game experimental as well. As a near perfect LG scorer I felt extremely confident finishing with time to spare this test. As I got to my first LR, all I remember doing is completing it on time and guessing for only one question, which was that physics/psych mindfreak of a question. Went on break feeling GREAT. Came back and hit a brick on the second LR. It wasn't the worst I had done, but I do remember rushing more to complete the section and guessing at least on 2-3 questions (My avg is about 5 wrong an LR section). Finally get to RC.. as I start to handle the first two passages with ease, the comparative throws me on a loop and I skip to the hedges. Unfortunately, the hedges wasn't a walk in the park for me, and ended up feeling unconfident with it, and to top it off I had no time and resorted to guessing on 5 questions in the comparative.

My mind has been thinking up scenarios left and right since the test. The bright side, is that I felt better overall compared to the December and had no anxiety this time around. LG in December was horrible, but on Feb felt cake. As long as everything else stays the same at least, I feel that my score will increase a bit. The goal score is basically hoping I didn't bomb the LR2 and RC.

TL;DR : Tripping hard.

Hope everyone in this thread is doing well, and may this test score be the highest you've all ever hit.

Welcome hopeful. UCLA is one of my top choices as well. I'm also hoping for at least a 168. I think my score will be completely determined by how I did on RC...I have no clue how I did. Could have went -5 or -15 lol.

Hopefully we both are at UCLA soon!

No joke Ronny, were on the same boat. Its like, I strongly feel that passage 1 and 2 I went -1 total. But as for hedges, I gave it my best and flat out guessed on passage 3. So unless what I actually did for hedges was on point and correctly guess at least 1 correct on passage 3, then Im looking at like -5 total. On the other hand, I could have bombed hedges, and guessed everything wrong for 3 and be at like -11, screw it add another 1 or 2 from the first two passages and I'm at 13.

How did you feel for LR? Im banking on like maybe 8-9 total? Which is why its all up to RC lol..

[AbbeyS]

I REALLY wish we could see at least the number of questions we missed per section. I don't even need to see the questions. Just the amount wrong.

[hopeful168]

I REALLY wish we could see at least the number of questions we missed per section. I don't even need to see the questions. Just the amount wrong.

At first, I thought it was lame that they don't tell us, but then I realized its my 3rd retake so what does it matter..

[RonnyDiniro]

Totally been lurking this thread ever since the day of the exam. Felt like it was necessary to vent my thoughts on the exam before I lose my mind.

3rd time taking the test, so the pressure is mad real.. Cancelled the first score, hit a 157 on the December. Goal schools were T15-20, preferably USC or UCLA. After December, I realized a lot of anxiety was hitting me during lsat practice let alone the actual test. Started developing ways to counter act that and hit that 168 as I thoroughly knew the material at this point. Got into the Logic games early on in the feb test, and had a Logic game experimental as well. As a near perfect LG scorer I felt extremely confident finishing with time to spare this test. As I got to my first LR, all I remember doing is completing it on time and guessing for only one question, which was that physics/psych mindfreak of a question. Went on break feeling GREAT. Came back and hit a brick on the second LR. It wasn't the worst I had done, but I do remember rushing more to complete the section and guessing at least on 2-3 questions (My avg is about 5 wrong an LR section). Finally get to RC.. as I start to handle the first two passages with ease, the comparative throws me on a loop and I skip to the hedges. Unfortunately, the hedges wasn't a walk in the park for me, and ended up feeling unconfident with it, and to top it off I had no time and resorted to guessing on 5 questions in the comparative.

My mind has been thinking up scenarios left and right since the test. The bright side, is that I felt better overall compared to the December and had no anxiety this time around. LG in December was horrible, but on Feb felt cake. As long as everything else stays the same at least, I feel that my score will increase a bit. The goal score is basically hoping I didn't bomb the LR2 and RC.

TL;DR : Tripping hard.

Hope everyone in this thread is doing well, and may this test score be the highest you've all ever hit.

Welcome hopeful. UCLA is one of my top choices as well. I'm also hoping for at least a 168. I think my score will be completely determined by how I did on RC...I have no clue how I did. Could have went -5 or -15 lol.

Hopefully we both are at UCLA soon!

No joke Ronny, were on the same boat. Its like, I strongly feel that passage 1 and 2 I went -1 total. But as for hedges, I gave it my best and flat out guessed on passage 3. So unless what I actually did for hedges was on point and correctly guess at least 1 correct on passage 3, then Im looking at like -5 total. On the other hand, I could have bombed hedges, and guessed everything wrong for 3 and be at like -11, screw it add another 1 or 2 from the first two passages and I'm at 13.

How did you feel for LR? Im banking on like maybe 8-9 total? Which is why its all up to RC lol..

I felt strong on one of the LR's. I figure I most likely missed 2, and 3 at absolute most. For the other LR, I think I most likely missed 2 or 3, 5 at most. These are my predictions though, and as I've said...history shows I can't predict for shit.

I thought Dec LR was tougher overall than Feb though

[amta]

Is it gray day yet?