The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[Big Red]

Checking in. Bummed about my December score. It was my second LSAT attempt, but it was better than my first. I absolutely know I can do better so I'm not going to settle and take it again in February. Slightly concerned about my dwindling amount of study materials but I think I came up with a plan/schedule that will work:

Wishing all re-takers and first timers the best of luck in their prep!

are you applying this cycle, out of curiosity?

if so, how helpful do you think a Feb score might be?

(Asking for a friend...)

Can we know a little bit more about your friends situation? Like career ambitions, schools applying to, LSAT/GPA, etc?

[NL2424]

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[uorbulldog]

No particular order: Irvine LA and San Diego

Haha, I spent 4 years in Irvine as a teenager.. couldn't wait to get the F out!

ETA = BTW if you're not putting a size limit on it, I could name probably 50 cities in CA that are better than LA and Irvine. Newport, Laguna, San Clemente, Carlsbad, Fullerton, Encinitas, La Jolla.

Although, the San Fernando Valley is so beautiful this time of year.

haha. Not gonna lie. I'm a hardcore suburb guy and despise city living. Currently chilling in Fullerton.
Grew up in the suburbs and being able to actually drive up to the place where I'm going (i.e restaurant, shopping center, etc)

I actually just moved from Fullerton, which is definitely an awesome city. I lived 2 blocks from Commonwealth and Harbor Bl

[stray]

Got wrecked pretty badly in RC today. Motivation was high coming out of that Dec thread, but morale is not in a good state right now lol

Bad RC days happen - usually best to just shrug it off and move on.

You and I stray, we will become friends through doing poorly RC today

[nlee10]

I actually just moved from Fullerton, which is definitely an awesome city. I lived 2 blocks from Commonwealth and Harbor Bl

oh snap. haha. I'm a few mins from Brookhurst/Orangethorpe.

[lokikoala]

Checking in. Bummed about my December score. It was my second LSAT attempt, but it was better than my first. I absolutely know I can do better so I'm not going to settle and take it again in February. Slightly concerned about my dwindling amount of study materials but I think I came up with a plan/schedule that will work:

Wishing all re-takers and first timers the best of luck in their prep!

are you applying this cycle, out of curiosity?

if so, how helpful do you think a Feb score might be?

(Asking for a friend...)

Can we know a little bit more about your friends situation? Like career ambitions, schools applying to, LSAT/GPA, etc?

Wondering if it's worth it to go for Feb (PTs consistently @ 175) if only to get off wait list. And yes, applying to T14 and locals with realization T14 is out of reach.

Finally, sitting out a cycle is out of the question

[uorbulldog]

I actually just moved from Fullerton, which is definitely an awesome city. I lived 2 blocks from Commonwealth and Harbor Bl

oh snap. haha. I'm a few mins from Brookhurst/Orangethorpe.

Well I could probably guess where you go/went [to school] then.. I'm down in Huntington Beach now

[Rigo]

[Big Red]

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Retake is a good idea if you're ok with the quick turnaround, but I don't think you'd be shut out of the T14 with those numbers anyway.

[stray]

I would def retake in February for waitlist movement and scholarship negotiations. You have nothing to lose by retaking.

Definite co-sign on the retake. Absolutely no reason not to.

[nlee10]

Well I could probably guess where you go/went [to school] then.. I'm down in Huntington Beach now

Actually brand new to the area so didn't go to school around here, lol. Got some buddies and family around here so OC living has been treating me well.

BTW. Is there some sort of thing with USC and OC? I see a lot of USC clothes around here all the time. That and UCI (of course).

[Rigo]

[nlee10]

USC is the spoiled rich kids' school with a lot of school pride. That's why.

I'm hurt. That's one of my top schools. </3

[Rigo]

[uorbulldog]

Well I could probably guess where you go/went [to school] then.. I'm down in Huntington Beach now

Actually brand new to the area so didn't go to school around here, lol. Got some buddies and family around here so OC living has been treating me well.

BTW. Is there some sort of thing with USC and OC? I see a lot of USC clothes around here all the time. That and UCI (of course).

USC is the spoiled rich kids' school with a lot of school pride. That's why.

Yeah, the further South in OC you go the more fiscally conservative it is politically speaking (think Newport, Laguna, most of Irvine, Coto de Caza, etc..) which lines up ideologically with USC; a lot of USC alums end up in south OC, and they send their kids to USC. I had a lot of spoiled rich kid friends that went there; most of them had parents that were CEO/CFO/COO types

[m27]

Checking in. Bummed about my December score. It was my second LSAT attempt, but it was better than my first. I absolutely know I can do better so I'm not going to settle and take it again in February. Slightly concerned about my dwindling amount of study materials but I think I came up with a plan/schedule that will work:

Wishing all re-takers and first timers the best of luck in their prep!

are you applying this cycle, out of curiosity?

if so, how helpful do you think a Feb score might be?

(Asking for a friend...)

Yes I'm planning to apply this cycle. I took a fifth year at my university to complete a second major instead of taking a year off. In retrospect, I wish I did take the year off and dedicate all of my time to LSAT prep. The February score is going to be extremely helpful since my previous two aren't even close to the numbers that I was PTing. This time is different since I won't be juggling the LSAT, 15 credits of 300-level classes, and an honors thesis at the same time

[uorbulldog]

USC is the spoiled rich kids' school with a lot of school pride. That's why.

I'm hurt. That's one of my top schools. </3

No reason to be hurt. You asked the question and I answered.
Fairly affluent area ---> Fairly affluent families ---> Can afford USC ----> Wears USC shirts.

Haha yeah, that sounded objective to me, there could be worse things.

Plus USC is in such a beautiful neighborhood so it has that going for it.

[NL2424]

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[stray]

Anyone use Velocity videos before??

http://www.velocitylsat.com/free-lsat-prep-videos

I don't need help with LG, and I know watching videos for LR or RC seems weird but at this point I'll try anything to get me over this damn hump!! And yeah, I have not looked at schools enough yet to really think about where I wanna go but USC is my second choice so far. But take that with a grain of salt.

just took a quick look. The free video explanation is buns to be honest. 75% of the process in doing an LR question and reviewing LR questions is eliminating wrong answer choices and being able to know why they are wrong. This is something not done in the videos.

edit: To clarify, I'm not saying they are completely useless. It def serves a purpose in that it explains why the correct AC is correct. But it is far from complete.

[NL2424]

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[gamerish]

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[Smallville]

Anyone use Velocity videos before??

http://www.velocitylsat.com/free-lsat-prep-videos

I don't need help with LG, and I know watching videos for LR or RC seems weird but at this point I'll try anything to get me over this damn hump!! And yeah, I have not looked at schools enough yet to really think about where I wanna go but USC is my second choice so far. But take that with a grain of salt.

just took a quick look. The free video explanation is buns to be honest. 75% of the process in doing an LR question and reviewing LR questions is eliminating wrong answer choices and being able to know why they are wrong. This is something not done in the videos.

edit: To clarify, I'm not saying they are completely useless. It def serves a purpose in that it explains why the correct AC is correct. But it is far from complete.

duh, thats why its there, to leave you wanting more so you buy the course and get access to that missing shiz
Ive heard good things... I feel like 7sage and Velocity are very similar and have slight differences in a few things, 1 main being personality of JY v Dave (idk how the courses/paid access stuff differs so ya)

[stray]

nah, i get it. I was strictly talking about the free explanations. I dont think zac was talking about buying the course but im not positive.

[peppermint]

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[uorbulldog]

Just finished off a box of chocolates I got for Xmas. So much for my new clean-eating diet- it lasted all of one and a half days oh well, hope springs eternal!

On the bright side, I did the LR sections from PT 43 & went -1 on both, so yay.

Good job Forrest. Guessing it wasn't dark chocolate?