The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

ilikebaseball · Post by **ilikebaseball** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:57 pm

nlee10 wrote:
ilikebaseball wrote:Taking old PT sections today. The older LGs were Sooo much harder. The older LR seem sooo much easier. The RC seems about the same maybe a tad easier
How old are we talking?

very old. PT 22. The LG seem sooo random. Idk if its just this PT or what. The RC was about the same though. I breezed through 3 passages and the 4th one (one about the science of math and language???) seemed so chaotic.

It also could be I'm timing myself at 32 minutes, slightly changing the speed at which I read stuff. Made a 168 on it though with a -12 curve so relatively pleased

edit: I decided to start from the beginning PTs because I've been reviewing Pt's 55 to present too much. I feel like I remember the questions too much to get an accurate score. So I'm taking some of the older ones I took ages ago just to make it more accurate

jw316 · Post by **jw316** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:01 pm

Some quick app questions for you guys pretty please! I'll post this somewhere else if it doesn't get any attention but I noticed all the people I love so dearly seem to be posting/lurking so why not. <3

1.) For the education section when it says lists academic awards/honors, the only thing I can think of is being invited to an academic fraternity and graduating with high honors (my undergrad doesn't do latin honors but I was 2nd in my major and recognized at graduation for it) No like named awards or scholarships or anything like that. How should I address that?

2.) For the employment section what would you guys consider a campus brand rep job I had during the school year? Similarly how do you categorize a 40-hr+ per week paid internship w/ overtime, had to keep track of billable hours, had to file taxes, etc. basically structured very much like a SA for the industry I was considering before law school.

3.) For those of you applying to Berkeley did you check the box "permission for student review"?

4.) For the schools that ask about high school, what did you guys put down for Major? If you don't know your high school GPA is it necessary to try to look it up/find it?

5.) How'd you answer the assistance question for the Yale app? Like I'm writing everything but obviously I'm posting on TLS for help just like you guys, asking people to proofread things, etc.

6.) Michigan asks for degree of language proficiency, is this only worth filling out if you're fluent? I speak two other languages conversationally (no I don't mean answering "hola" when someone says "hi") as a result of spending time with non-english speakers in a non-english speaking country.

nosocat · Post by **nosocat** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:05 pm

After waffling for the past week, I just signed up to retake in February. Argh!

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:07 pm

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:09 pm

ilikebaseball wrote: very old. PT 22. The LG seem sooo random. Idk if its just this PT or what. The RC was about the same though. I breezed through 3 passages and the 4th one (one about the science of math and language???) seemed so chaotic.

It also could be I'm timing myself at 32 minutes, slightly changing the speed at which I read stuff. Made a 168 on it though with a -12 curve so relatively pleased

edit: I decided to start from the beginning PTs because I've been reviewing Pt's 55 to present too much. I feel like I remember the questions too much to get an accurate score. So I'm taking some of the older ones I took ages ago just to make it more accurate

ah okay. I havent touched anything PT 52- in over a month have been solely focusing on the cambridge packets and working my way up into the PT 40's this week. As I enter the 50's/60's next week, I'm trying not to think about the subtle increase in difficulty as that might psyche me out.

I almost spontaneously was about to take a fresh PT today after the gym but decided that wouldn't be the smart choice as I still have some fresh RC passages/LG games from PT 1-38. I'm thinking 12 RC passages and 8 Grouping/Misc games minimum.

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:13 pm

nosocat wrote:After waffling for the past week, I just signed up to retake in February. Argh!

Welcome...but unfortunately I now cannot stop thinking about how delicious waffles sound right now.

jw316 · Post by **jw316** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:13 pm

Dirigo wrote:Yes, I'm lerkin, but unfortunately I cannot help you jw.

Aww

Aight posting it in the admissions forum. Promise I'm not off-topic, still thinking June but I'm mulling a retake in Feb. However I would rather get these out first and go from there.

I hope everyone's prep is going well today!

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:14 pm

NL2424 · Post by **NL2424** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:16 pm

Smallville · Post by **Smallville** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:16 pm

nlee10 wrote:
nosocat wrote:After waffling for the past week, I just signed up to retake in February. Argh!
Welcome...but unfortunately I now cannot stop thinking about how delicious waffles sound right now.

my breakfast this morning

nosocat · Post by **nosocat** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:38 pm

nlee10 wrote:
nosocat wrote:After waffling for the past week, I just signed up to retake in February. Argh!
Welcome...but unfortunately I now cannot stop thinking about how delicious waffles sound right now.

Haha, sorry about that! Just got back from lunch, so I must have had food on my mind.

nosocat · Post by **nosocat** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:43 pm

jw316 wrote:
Dirigo wrote:Yes, I'm lerkin, but unfortunately I cannot help you jw.
Aww Aight posting it in the admissions forum. Promise I'm not off-topic, still thinking June but I'm mulling a retake in Feb. However I would rather get these out first and go from there.

I hope everyone's prep is going well today!

On #5, pretty sure I read that they do want you to address it even if it's just having friends/family proofread. It's been a while since I looked at the app, but I think there may have been an open-ended space where you could specify if that's the only assistance you had.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:02 pm

nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:06 pm

Dirigo wrote:# of Dec. test takers interesting conversation:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0#p8293818

Good find. Not a huge jump from last Dec with only 2xx more people and doesn't offset the pretty big drops from June and Sept.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:10 pm

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:25 pm

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nlee10 · Post by **nlee10** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:31 pm

Dirigo wrote:
gamerish wrote:I need one more cycle of decreases... come on law school gods...
Same! PLZ JESUS PLZ.

Yayyyy. C/O of 2019??

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:33 pm

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Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:34 pm

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JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:39 pm

Sooo I didn't realize that the June LSATs are on Mondays. Like wtf why a Monday? (Okay I probably knew that when I registered the first time for Sept but was never planning on taking June so I forgot)

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:43 pm

PeanutsNJam · Post by **PeanutsNJam** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:59 pm

So Rigo if I transfer to whatever school you end up going to, I'll be a 2L and you'll be a 1L. Does this mean I get to make you my law school bitch.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:00 pm