The Official September 2017 Study Group Forum

[tofuspeedstar]

If it makes you guys feel better. I'm a splitter, and I took 3 years off after UG to work a preftigous jerb, left preftigious jerb to study FT for LSAT in September '16, did pretty well, and got another prefitigous jerb 2 months later.

[oopsu812]

Hello, friend.

Eta: If you mean applying then - why are you taking so early, out of curiosity?

Hey . Mainly to give myself more than enough time to defer/retake if necessary, and because I want to take it now while I'm still a student, and not wait until I have a full time job.

My one/two points of unsolicited advice would be to 1) look up how long scores are accepted for at certain LSs, and 2) Prioritize being certain that law is what you want to do with your life.

I say this as someone who took September of Junior year with extremely similar reasoning. If you perform well, the LSAT becomes a bit of a ticking time bomb, and may discourage you from getting WE or fully exploring other options post-UG if you decide you want to. That said, I have few things to complain about wrt LSAT - But those are a few things I definitely didn't really fully consider at the time.

Yeah this is very true. I suppose I was planning on the assumption that it was 5 years for every school...

[Alexandros]

Hello, friend.

Eta: If you mean applying then - why are you taking so early, out of curiosity?

Hey . Mainly to give myself more than enough time to defer/retake if necessary, and because I want to take it now while I'm still a student, and not wait until I have a full time job.

My one/two points of unsolicited advice would be to 1) look up how long scores are accepted for at certain LSs, and 2) Prioritize being certain that law is what you want to do with your life.

I say this as someone who took September of Junior year with extremely similar reasoning. If you perform well, the LSAT becomes a bit of a ticking time bomb, and may discourage you from getting WE or fully exploring other options post-UG if you decide you want to. That said, I have few things to complain about wrt LSAT - But those are a few things I definitely didn't really fully consider at the time.

Yeah this is very true. I suppose I was planning on the assumption that it was 5 years for every school...

I looked this up a couple of weeks ago and this is what I got:

Yale ?
H '5 years'
S oct 2011 for 2017 school start
Chi '5 years before date of application'
CLS June 2012 for 2017 school start
NYU Oct 2011 for 2017 school start
Mich June 2011 for 2017 school start
UVA ?
NU '5 years'
Berk '5 years'
Duke ?
Cornell June 2011 for fall 2017 start
Penn - June 2011 for fall 2017 start
Gtown June 2011 for fall 2017 start

So it's essentially five years but there's a bit of variation in what they consider to be five years (CLS for example).

[Alexandros]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

[oopsu812]

Hello, friend.

Eta: If you mean applying then - why are you taking so early, out of curiosity?

Hey . Mainly to give myself more than enough time to defer/retake if necessary, and because I want to take it now while I'm still a student, and not wait until I have a full time job.

My one/two points of unsolicited advice would be to 1) look up how long scores are accepted for at certain LSs, and 2) Prioritize being certain that law is what you want to do with your life.

I say this as someone who took September of Junior year with extremely similar reasoning. If you perform well, the LSAT becomes a bit of a ticking time bomb, and may discourage you from getting WE or fully exploring other options post-UG if you decide you want to. That said, I have few things to complain about wrt LSAT - But those are a few things I definitely didn't really fully consider at the time.

Yeah this is very true. I suppose I was planning on the assumption that it was 5 years for every school...

I looked this up a couple of weeks ago and this is what I got:

Yale ?
H '5 years'
S oct 2011 for 2017 school start
Chi '5 years before date of application'
CLS June 2012 for 2017 school start
NYU Oct 2011 for 2017 school start
Mich June 2011 for 2017 school start
UVA ?
NU '5 years'
Berk '5 years'
Duke ?
Cornell June 2011 for fall 2017 start
Penn - June 2011 for fall 2017 start
Gtown June 2011 for fall 2017 start

So it's essentially five years but there's a bit of variation in what they consider to be five years (CLS for example).

Interesting, that's great to know, so thank you. Looks like for most schools Sept 2017 will be good for fall 2023 start (2022 CLS). So even in the unlikely event that I don't need to retake, I think I'll be okay. I definitely won't hesitate to defer though if I don't feel confident.

[Alexandros]

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[ngogirl12]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

[Alexandros]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

LSAT preptests, logic games, obsessive analyses of score release dates, obsessive analyses of what's required to get t14 full-rides, random things like LSAT expiration dates (see above), etc, etc.

Gosh, that's embarrassing.

[tofuspeedstar]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

Ah! I was wondering where you went from our waiters thread. Hello!

[Alexandros]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

Ah! I was wondering where you went from our waiters thread. Hello!

Hullo! We're all retaking, and you should too.

[CottonHarvest]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

[proteinshake]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

[Mikey]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

I took one and didnt think it helped tbh lol

then again, I did half-ass my way through it so.. lol

[chargers21]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

Only if you can get an A

[lurksoh4rd]

coming out of hiding to join this thread

[Alexandros]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

I took one and didnt think it helped tbh lol

then again, I did half-ass my way through it so.. lol

formal logic had some overlap but also had the lowest average of any course I've taken in UG, so, y'know.

[oopsu812]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

I took one and didnt think it helped tbh lol

then again, I did half-ass my way through it so.. lol

formal logic had some overlap but also had the lowest average of any course I've taken in UG, so, y'know.

I'm a big proponent of language classes if you need an easy A+. The marking is objective and the content is brutally easy. I wouldn't touch anything requiring essays with a 100m pole.

[ngogirl12]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

LSAT preptests, logic games, obsessive analyses of score release dates, obsessive analyses of what's required to get t14 full-rides, random things like LSAT expiration dates (see above), etc, etc.

Gosh, that's embarrassing.

Thanks for sharing! No not embarrassing, just well prepared!

[ngogirl12]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

Ah! I was wondering where you went from our waiters thread. Hello!

Are you talking to me or Alex? If me, then hi, and yeah aiming at this test *fingers crossed*!!

[ngogirl12]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

Only if you can get an A

+1

Honestly, if I could go back and do UG just to prepare for the LSAT, I would have done a Math minor, and taken more Economics and Philosophy/Classics courses.

[tofuspeedstar]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

Ah! I was wondering where you went from our waiters thread. Hello!

Are you talking to me or Alex? If me, then hi, and yeah aiming at this test *fingers crossed*!!

Yes. You. Lol

[Pozzo]

If you are still in UG and have wiggle room in your schedule, take some introductory philosophy courses. I'm not even kidding this will help your LSAT score.

Only if you can get an A

+1

Honestly, if I could go back and do UG just to prepare for the LSAT, I would have done a Math minor, and taken more Economics and Philosophy/Classics courses.

If you can only take one phil course to benefit LSAT, try to find an intro to symbolic logic type course. Helps with both LG and understanding argument structure for LR.

[ngogirl12]

(side note, the amount of excel sheets that come up when I search "LSAT" on my desktop is absolutely horrifying.)

(Eta: also truly sorry for hijacking y'all's thread already gosh I should see myself out now.)

Noo, you can't leave!!

Also, re: excel spreadsheets is it just LSAT preptests or something else?

Ah! I was wondering where you went from our waiters thread. Hello!

Are you talking to me or Alex? If me, then hi, and yeah aiming at this test *fingers crossed*!!

Yes. You. Lol

Haha, yeah I kept postponing the test so I wasn't too active on the threads, but I feel prepared this time around so fingers crossed it works out!

Congrats on finishing the LSAT though! Have you decided on a school?

[littlewing67]

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[34iplaw]

Guyz you post too much for me to keep up

I haven't touched anything LSAT since Sept. I'm looking to start up in June. Do you think I have forgotten everything or it is like ingrained in my brain?

Also for Cambridge packets, I know they have PTs 1-40 by type. Do you think they're still relevant to newer RC sections? I feel like RC used to be more straight forward and now it has more to do with inferences you make. I already have the packets but wondering if they will be useful for someone who wants to make RC their bitch.

I think you'll be fine, and you will be surprised what you retain. I think you may find yourself doing a lot of it subconsciously.

Personally, I found doing passages by subject helpful.