Overheard at the LSAT Forum

Lawst · Post by **Lawst** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:25 am

KingFish wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:
RLowry23 wrote:"Where do you want to go to law school?"
"Oregon. It's a great school. It's there or bust."
"I want to go to Louis and Clarke, it has a great environmental program."
Lewis and Clark, c'mon man. Didn't you learn about them in history class at any point?

Outstanding. Can't stop giggling.

Brettanomyces · Post by **Brettanomyces** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:00 am

A dude brought his pencils and a small pencil sharpener in a gallon container. Not a gallon-sized ziploc. It looked like an old gallon of milk.

Has this ever happened before?

6lehderjets · Post by **6lehderjets** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:19 am

rinkrat19 wrote:
RLowry23 wrote:"Where do you want to go to law school?"
"Oregon. It's a great school. It's there or bust."
"I want to go to Louis and Clarke, it has a great environmental program."
Lewis and Clark, c'mon man. Didn't you learn about them in history class at any point?

I think that's the joke, man.

TripTrip · Post by **TripTrip** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:10 am

Brettanomyces wrote:A dude brought his pencils and a small pencil sharpener in a gallon container. Not a gallon-sized ziploc. It looked like an old gallon of milk.

That is FANTASTIC.

Did they let him bring it in?

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:15 am

6lehderjets wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:
RLowry23 wrote:"Where do you want to go to law school?"
"Oregon. It's a great school. It's there or bust."
"I want to go to Louis and Clarke, it has a great environmental program."
Lewis and Clark, c'mon man. Didn't you learn about them in history class at any point?
I think that's the joke, man.

Pretty sure you can't hear someone misspelling a school name out loud.

Danger Zone · Post by **Danger Zone** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:22 am

Except if they pronounced it like how Stewie says his mom's name in Family Guy.

LOIS! LOIS! LOIS! MA! MOMMY!

Chriz · Post by **Chriz** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:29 am

Danger Zone wrote:Except if they pronounced it like how Stewie says his mom's name in Family Guy.

LOIS! LOIS! LOIS! MA! MOMMY!

That would be lois not louis.

stillwater · Post by **stillwater** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:33 am

Chriz wrote:
Danger Zone wrote:Except if they pronounced it like how Stewie says his mom's name in Family Guy.

LOIS! LOIS! LOIS! MA! MOMMY!
That would be lois not louis.

...

Theopliske8711 · Post by **Theopliske8711** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:47 am

"Fordham has a great international law program."

RhymesLikeDimes · Post by **RhymesLikeDimes** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:49 am

It seemed like half the people at the Binghamton test center were trying to decide between St. John's and Hofstra.

Also, that school has more Asian kids than the University of Tokyo.

haus · Post by **haus** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:14 pm

Theopliske8711 wrote:"Fordham has a great international law program."

If by "International Law Program", they mean a law school where you can get decent takeout International food (e.g. Italian, Chinese, Thai, Ethiopian), they are likely better than most.

Mojosodope · Post by **Mojosodope** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:34 pm

haus wrote:
Theopliske8711 wrote:"Fordham has a great international law program."

If by "International Law Program", they mean a law school where you can get decent takeout International food (e.g. Italian, Chinese, Thai, Ethiopian), they are likely better than most.

great delivery options or no application from me

North · Post by **North** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:31 pm

There have to be more and better stories than this, 0Ls. Provide more lulz, please.

northwood · Post by **northwood** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:43 pm

North wrote:There have to be more and better stories than this, 0Ls. Provide more lulz, please.

So far, the October LSAT takers have not produced.... Perhaps this means a -6 curve?

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:02 pm

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wtrc · Post by **wtrc** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:59 pm

During break, people having a discussion about if the writing sample is 30 or 35 minutes. I say "guys... just write something down in 15 minutes it really doesn't matter much."

Kid corrects me and tells me "well, I don't know where you want to go, but I was at a UPenn informational panel and they said they read it and it's a big part of their decision!"

I looked around the room when there was like a minute left for the writing sample, the kid was still writing...

drawstring · Post by **drawstring** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:05 pm

A guy said that the questions on June tests are much more difficult because the testmakers assume that students won't be studying for Uni courses, and therefore will be studying more for the LSAT than they would be in October or December, when apparently the tests have much easier questions.

He was also retaking a 143.

Attax · Post by **Attax** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:22 pm

I heard a few good ones.

One question a kid asked was "Does guessing on questions penalize our score? Like, will we lose more points for guessing?"

I think my favorite one though was "I feel good. I study about 3 days for tests in my business classes, so I started about 1 and 1/2 weeks ago. I'm pretty sure I'll pull a 175 or above."

splitcity · Post by **splitcity** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:41 pm

I was pretty amazed at how so many LSAT takers couldn't even bother to find and follow the most basic rules like not signing their admissions ticket before entering the room and making sure their photo is glued/taped onto their ticket.

It kinda made me angry right before the test knowing how many of these people didn't belong in law school and would, if they somehow made it in, come out of it with some massive debt that they would never fully repay and become a burden on the economy. And for what? Because they watched a little too much tv and thought law school would turn them into a james bond type lawyer?

mephistopheles · Post by **mephistopheles** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:43 pm

splitcity wrote:Because they watched a little too much tv and thought law school would turn them into a ~~james bond~~harm rabb type lawyer?

Actingmeg1 · Post by **Actingmeg1** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:56 pm

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I had a girl ahead of me in line at check in at UCLA say "I originally thought there were two Logical Reasoning sections, but then I realized one is always experimental...that means it doesn't count." I had to convince three people in line who got very concerned that she was wrong.

She also said she knew "plenty of lawyers who make lots of money who told (her) the LSAT doesn't matter because you don't have to go to an ABA school to work in California." She said she currently attended UCLA for undergrad.

mephistopheles · Post by **mephistopheles** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:58 pm

Actingmeg1 wrote:Long time lurker, first time poster.

I had a girl ahead of me in line at check in at UCLA say "I originally thought there were two Logical Reasoning sections, but then I realized one is always experimental...that means it doesn't count." I had to convince three people in line who got very concerned that she was wrong.

She also said she knew "plenty of lawyers who make lots of money who told (her) the LSAT doesn't matter because you don't have to go to an ABA school to work in California." She said she currently attended UCLA for undergrad.

why'd you correct her?

JustHawkin · Post by **JustHawkin** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:58 pm

I LOLed when a girl tried to bring her backpack in the room, and continued to try to persuade the proctor to let her keep it with her...

Actingmeg1 · Post by **Actingmeg1** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:03 pm

mephistopheles wrote:
Actingmeg1 wrote:Long time lurker, first time poster.

I had a girl ahead of me in line at check in at UCLA say "I originally thought there were two Logical Reasoning sections, but then I realized one is always experimental...that means it doesn't count." I had to convince three people in line who got very concerned that she was wrong.

She also said she knew "plenty of lawyers who make lots of money who told (her) the LSAT doesn't matter because you don't have to go to an ABA school to work in California." She said she currently attended UCLA for undergrad.

why'd you correct her?

Didn't correct her, just the panicked people in line behind me. I thought I was a slacker only doing 15 PTs. Most of the people in line had only seen Oct 2007 because it was free.

ETA- My proctor also held at least 5 cell phones of people who "forgot". One even asked if he could use it at break.

mephistopheles · Post by **mephistopheles** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:04 pm

helping the competition is a risky strategy

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