The Official September 2016 Study Group - WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS Forum

[Mikey]

Also, Barack, don't leaveeeee usssss I get if you want to postpone until December, but you have to be ITT.

HAVE TO, it's not even a choice because like 34 said, you're one of us. Once a September threader(???) always a Sept. threader(er).

Eta:
"Thou shall not leaveith thou LSAT study group"
- Mikey

[Barack O'Drama]

I've been doing a lot better on the LSAT recently and have been feeling really hopeful about reaching the 170s! I really want to get into Yale/Harvard/Stanford and I have the GPA for it. So I decided that I am no longer planning on taking in September and signed up for the December LSAT.

I've been doing really great and believe it or not, that is what motivated me to wait until December to take. I think it will allow me the proper time to really go through the courses and study schedules properly and be confident that I am ready. I want to go in there ready to kill it! If for some reason I end up scoring in the 170s consistently before September, I will write the test then. But I really feel so much more positive that I have the extra time to devote to my studies. When I signed up for September I had no idea how hard it would be to go from a 151 to a 170. The good news is I have developed a great process that is working for me and I don't want to have to speed through what I am doing.

Besides, putting in 6-8 hours a day is sort of burning me out. So I am going to cut back to 4-5 for a bit and see how that works for me. Working and taking the LSAT sucks!

Is there a deadline that you can cancel a test-taking date? I'm pretty determined to take in September and think I can get to where I want to be by test day, but on registration day it's going to be harder to tell. I'll only have ~8 weeks of studying done by the registration deadline and am worried about misjudging my progress. I just really want to get this over with ASAP so I can focus on class. The December test is only a week before finals :\

I think you can cancel the date right up until the night before at 11:59pm. I think you'll have a pretty good gauge of where you'll be after 8 weeks, so I wouldn't worry too much. The thing for me is that the more I am getting the hang of the LSAT, the more my goal is going up. When I started my goal was like a 165 and now I'm not settling for less than a 170.

And it really sucks that the December test is a week before finals. Luckily I graduated this year and decided to study for the LSAT and get some work experience before law school. I feel for you guys taking in September with classes and whatnot.

[Barack O'Drama]

Also, Barack, don't leaveeeee usssss I get if you want to postpone until December, but you have to be ITT.

HAVE TO, it's not even a choice because like 34 said, you're one of us. Once a September threader(???) always a Sept. threader(er).

Eta:
"Thou shall not leaveith thou LSAT study group"
- Mikey

Thanks Mikey. Don't worry the thought never crossed my mind. You guys are great and have taught me so much through encouragement, advice, and camaraderie. We are in this fight together. Once a September thread(er) always a September thread(er) is right!

[mwells56]

I've been doing a lot better on the LSAT recently and have been feeling really hopeful about reaching the 170s! I really want to get into Yale/Harvard/Stanford and I have the GPA for it. So I decided that I am no longer planning on taking in September and signed up for the December LSAT.

I've been doing really great and believe it or not, that is what motivated me to wait until December to take. I think it will allow me the proper time to really go through the courses and study schedules properly and be confident that I am ready. I want to go in there ready to kill it! If for some reason I end up scoring in the 170s consistently before September, I will write the test then. But I really feel so much more positive that I have the extra time to devote to my studies. When I signed up for September I had no idea how hard it would be to go from a 151 to a 170. The good news is I have developed a great process that is working for me and I don't want to have to speed through what I am doing.

Besides, putting in 6-8 hours a day is sort of burning me out. So I am going to cut back to 4-5 for a bit and see how that works for me. Working and taking the LSAT sucks!

Is there a deadline that you can cancel a test-taking date? I'm pretty determined to take in September and think I can get to where I want to be by test day, but on registration day it's going to be harder to tell. I'll only have ~8 weeks of studying done by the registration deadline and am worried about misjudging my progress. I just really want to get this over with ASAP so I can focus on class. The December test is only a week before finals :\

I think you can cancel the date right up until the night before at 11:59pm. I think you'll have a pretty good gauge of where you'll be after 8 weeks, so I wouldn't worry too much. The thing for me is that the more I am getting the hang of the LSAT, the more my goal is going up. When I started my goal was like a 165 and now I'm not settling for less than a 170.

And it really sucks that the December test is a week before finals. Luckily I graduated this year and decided to study for the LSAT and get some work experience before law school. I feel for you guys taking in September with classes and whatnot.

Yeah, I'm trying to take in September because we start classes pretty late (day after Labor Day, falls on the 6th this year) so classes won't have really vamped up by test day. Then like I said December is right before finals, and then Feb is right in the middle of the semester as well, so I'd be tempted to hold off until June, which is like FOREVER from now.

edit: I also concur that you must stay ITT. You are one of us (if I've even put in enough yet to be considered "us"...either way you belong here)

[john1990]

Im going to be taking in september if i dont get into john marshall. My goal is a 160

[Barack O'Drama]

I've been doing a lot better on the LSAT recently and have been feeling really hopeful about reaching the 170s! I really want to get into Yale/Harvard/Stanford and I have the GPA for it. So I decided that I am no longer planning on taking in September and signed up for the December LSAT.

I've been doing really great and believe it or not, that is what motivated me to wait until December to take. I think it will allow me the proper time to really go through the courses and study schedules properly and be confident that I am ready. I want to go in there ready to kill it! If for some reason I end up scoring in the 170s consistently before September, I will write the test then. But I really feel so much more positive that I have the extra time to devote to my studies. When I signed up for September I had no idea how hard it would be to go from a 151 to a 170. The good news is I have developed a great process that is working for me and I don't want to have to speed through what I am doing.

Besides, putting in 6-8 hours a day is sort of burning me out. So I am going to cut back to 4-5 for a bit and see how that works for me. Working and taking the LSAT sucks!

Is there a deadline that you can cancel a test-taking date? I'm pretty determined to take in September and think I can get to where I want to be by test day, but on registration day it's going to be harder to tell. I'll only have ~8 weeks of studying done by the registration deadline and am worried about misjudging my progress. I just really want to get this over with ASAP so I can focus on class. The December test is only a week before finals :\

I think you can cancel the date right up until the night before at 11:59pm. I think you'll have a pretty good gauge of where you'll be after 8 weeks, so I wouldn't worry too much. The thing for me is that the more I am getting the hang of the LSAT, the more my goal is going up. When I started my goal was like a 165 and now I'm not settling for less than a 170.

And it really sucks that the December test is a week before finals. Luckily I graduated this year and decided to study for the LSAT and get some work experience before law school. I feel for you guys taking in September with classes and whatnot.

Yeah, I'm trying to take in September because we start classes pretty late (day after Labor Day, falls on the 6th this year) so classes won't have really vamped up by test day. Then like I said December is right before finals, and then Feb is right in the middle of the semester as well, so I'd be tempted to hold off until June, which is like FOREVER from now.

edit: I also concur that you must stay ITT. You are one of us (if I've even put in enough yet to be considered "us"...either way you belong here)

Yeah, September probably makes the most sense. You'll be ready if you believe in yourself and study hard! If you need to retake, there will always be opportunities.

Don't worry I will never leave the wonderful September thread! And you are one of us!

[Barack O'Drama]

Im going to be taking in september if i dont get into john marshall. My goal is a 160

What was your diagnostic? I think a 160 is a very doable goal by September!

[john1990]

Im going to be taking in september if i dont get into john marshall. My goal is a 160

What was your diagnostic? I think a 160 is a very doable goal by September!

i scored a 156 on my first preptest since 2012 but then scored a 152 in June

[34iplaw]

Im going to be taking in september if i dont get into john marshall. My goal is a 160

What was your diagnostic? I think a 160 is a very doable goal by September!

i scored a 156 on my first preptest since 2012 but then scored a 152 in June

Oh - you can certainly break 160. Just make sure you are preparing correctly and focus on most problematic areas.

[Barack O'Drama]

Im going to be taking in september if i dont get into john marshall. My goal is a 160

What was your diagnostic? I think a 160 is a very doable goal by September!

i scored a 156 on my first preptest since 2012 but then scored a 152 in June

Oh - you can certainly break 160. Just make sure you are preparing correctly and focus on most problematic areas.

Yeah, you will be just fine. I recommend doing just what iplaw said. Focus on your biggest problem areas and be consistent until test day and that 160 is yours. Focus on getting your logic games down to -0 and you'll probably already be hitting 160.

[Justice4Birdperson]

Took my 3rd PT. LR1: -1 LG: -4 (ouch) LR2: -3 RC: -3 (wat)
Scaled: 172

Surprised about LG because I rarely miss so much when drilling. Also 1 of the RC questions seemed like complete nonsense. I've never seen a stem or ACs similar to that one question. I'll review tomorrow to figure out what went wrong in LG.

[ngogirl12]

I'm officially going hardcore with prep as of today.. I reviewed a bunch of MBT questions..

I have a question for September takers, are people working on their personal statements? I kind of have an idea where I want to go with mine, but would love some guidance or know what other people are doing i.e. working on their personal statements or just focusing on the LSAT..

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm officially going hardcore with prep as of today.. I reviewed a bunch of MBT questions..

I have a question for September takers, are people working on their personal statements? I kind of have an idea where I want to go with mine, but would love some guidance or know what other people are doing i.e. working on their personal statements or just focusing on the LSAT..

I have a very rough draft that I am working on editing little by little. I think it provides a nice break from ongoing and mostly monotonous LSAT prep.
I think it is good to start early because although writing my first draft took about an hour I am seeing that the edits and changes I am making are going to take forever. It is really something you want to be perfect.

[mwells56]

I'm officially going hardcore with prep as of today.. I reviewed a bunch of MBT questions..

I have a question for September takers, are people working on their personal statements? I kind of have an idea where I want to go with mine, but would love some guidance or know what other people are doing i.e. working on their personal statements or just focusing on the LSAT..

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

[mwells56]

Doing some 7sage during my lunch break at work, JY has this in one of his lessons:

Let me illustrate. Did you watch Dragon Ball Z growing up? Remember Goku’s Kamehameha? If not, I'm sorry. For your childhood because you missed out on some good shit.

This guy gets it.

update: built a whole dope analogy off of it

[Mikey]

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

I took the June test and honestly, there's really no need to practice the writing sample. It's something that you can just walk in without having ever seen, and just do. I never looked at a writing sample until the day before the test, and when I was doing a practice one, I didn't even finish it because I didn't think it was necessary. Tbh, as long as you just correctly read the prompt and write something that makes even the slightest bit of sense, you're totally good to go.

[mwells56]

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

I took the June test and honestly, there's really no need to practice the writing sample. It's something that you can just walk in without having ever seen, and just do. I never looked at a writing sample until the day before the test, and when I was doing a practice one, I didn't even finish it because I didn't think it was necessary. Tbh, as long as you just correctly read the prompt and write something that makes even the slightest bit of sense, you're totally good to go.

Interesting that they even keep it around if it matters so little. Thanks for the info.

[notsolawful]

I'm getting ready to join this thread. Find out my Asia June score in the next couple days. Not feeling confident

[proteinshake]

not gonna lie, aside from going to the gym and running some errands, I'm most likely gonna spend the day playing video games. I need a temporary purge of my brain to refresh myself.

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

I took the June test and honestly, there's really no need to practice the writing sample. It's something that you can just walk in without having ever seen, and just do. I never looked at a writing sample until the day before the test, and when I was doing a practice one, I didn't even finish it because I didn't think it was necessary. Tbh, as long as you just correctly read the prompt and write something that makes even the slightest bit of sense, you're totally good to go.

Interesting that they even keep it around if it matters so little. Thanks for the info.

I think it more or less has become a formality. I think it is just to make sure you aren't a robot, like some antiquated captcha.

[mwells56]

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

I took the June test and honestly, there's really no need to practice the writing sample. It's something that you can just walk in without having ever seen, and just do. I never looked at a writing sample until the day before the test, and when I was doing a practice one, I didn't even finish it because I didn't think it was necessary. Tbh, as long as you just correctly read the prompt and write something that makes even the slightest bit of sense, you're totally good to go.

Interesting that they even keep it around if it matters so little. Thanks for the info.

I think it more or less has become a formality. I think it is just to make sure you aren't a robot, like some antiquated captcha.

There's a joke in here somewhere. I'm not sure what it is, but it's there.

[Deardevil]

not gonna lie, aside from going to the gym and running some errands, I'm most likely gonna spend the day playing video games. I need a temporary purge of my brain to refresh myself.

I practically do that every night. Well, work out every two days and game for a bit before bed.
Even if I don't burn out from studying, this summer heat is no joke.

O'Drama, which center did you choose for December?

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm a rising junior so I'm not even really thinking about applications beyond where I want to go/score I need to get there. But on a semi-related note what are people doing to prepare for the writing portion of the LSAT? I think I posed this question somewhere else but don't remember getting an answer.

It seems like something that's non-trivial to your application but nobody ever talks about it on these forums. Are people writing the essay when they PT? Are you just kinda looking at the prompt and thinking about what you would write? Are you not even bothering to think about the writing portion until a week or two before the test?

I mean if schools are going to look at the essay, shouldn't it be something that people care about instead of an afterthought?

I took the June test and honestly, there's really no need to practice the writing sample. It's something that you can just walk in without having ever seen, and just do. I never looked at a writing sample until the day before the test, and when I was doing a practice one, I didn't even finish it because I didn't think it was necessary. Tbh, as long as you just correctly read the prompt and write something that makes even the slightest bit of sense, you're totally good to go.

Interesting that they even keep it around if it matters so little. Thanks for the info.

I think it more or less has become a formality. I think it is just to make sure you aren't a robot, like some antiquated captcha.

There's a joke in here somewhere. I'm not sure what it is, but it's there.

HAHA! I felt that way while writing it and cannot put my finger on it.

[Hennessy]

Have note checked in in a while.

Rethinking September take. 167 is competitive for all the schools I want. Would it be better to go into the admissions game with my current score, and up it in December for more $$$, or take September test and risk lower score pre-applications?

[34iplaw]

Have note checked in in a while.

Rethinking September take. 167 is competitive for all the schools I want. Would it be better to go into the admissions game with my current score, and up it in December for more $$$, or take September test and risk lower score pre-applications?

If you think you can do better, I'd say to retake if you have any interest in some higher ranked schools or more money. Each point over that 167-168 margin seems to be really impactful on admissions and $$$.