The Official February 2015 Study Group Forum

[m27]

After some game drilling, I'm off to the library for PT 45 + exp LR. Bai

[Big Red]

But in all honesty, 167 sucks because it's in a weird middle ground. It's way too good for tier 1's but too low for t13's if you want good money.
So I get your nightmare. I'm just playing.

I'm actually happy with it as a first score, because it kind of necessitates a retake but also takes a lot of the pressure off it. If I'd scored 2 points higher, I wouldn't have retaken - which I think would have been a mistake, but we shall see.

To clarify, 167 is only way too good for T1 if you're bringing a 3.9x with it

[nlee10]

lolll so somewhere between 53-59 (since zac saw one). Need to go do some searching...
How was your PT btw?

Shak said it started on PT 57.

Not too bad! I've been strictly practicing on older PT's pre-52 and scored 168's on both PT 53 and PT 65.

[Dr. Nefario]

I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.

[Shakawkaw]

I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.

Hello, Bart Simpson.

[GreenTee]

I decided that I won't settle for anything less than a Cornell full-ride.
167/3.9x only gets you a half-ride

Oddly specific goal.

Keep in mind that scholarship decisions don't follow the strict & predictable metrics that admissions decisions do. LSN provides a rough idea of what you might expect in terms of scholarship money, but those are just averages from a potentially unrepresentative sample.

Also Cornell is kind of weird with scholarships, right? They have all of these different kinds of alumni/dean's scholarships that come in widely disparate values.

How is that an oddly specific goal? If I don't get near a Cornell fully, I'm not going to law school. That's my bare minimum to matriculate.

And I don't solely use mylsn for scholly info. I look at last cycle's threads and 3.9/169 was pulling a fully & they were pretty generous last year (probably explains why they raised their 75% two points)

Thanks for chiming in.

It's oddly specific because your goal is a particular dollar amount at a particular school, or otherwise you're not going to law school. I've never heard anyone go into their cycle with that kind of ultimatum.

Neither TLS nor LSN, nor any other information available, can give you a solid enough data set to be confident that you'll receive a specific scholarship from a specific school. If you have numbers that have gotten people full rides at Cornell in the past, you'll likely have comparable (and great!) options. Why create that kind of ultimatum before you have any decisions in hand? I'm just curious.

[kang]

I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.
I will not let LR cause me to take out large sums of loans.

LOL. Amen.

[kang]

lolll so somewhere between 53-59 (since zac saw one). Need to go do some searching...
How was your PT btw?

Shak said it started on PT 57.

Not too bad! I've been strictly practicing on older PT's pre-52 and scored 168's on both PT 53 and PT 65.

ooo good job!! We got this! I think I'm in the same range as you. 23 more days!!

[Rigo]

[GreenTee]

It's not an ultimatum.
I said I wouldn't settle for "ANYTHING LESS."
Meaning, I won't settle and go to WUSTL or Cardozo or Cooley.
I don't know how to spell it out more for you.
Obviously I would settle for "SOMETHING MORE," but that wouldn't be settling.

Ah, ok! I see what you're saying now.

The reason that was confusing is that a Cornell full ride is arguably one of the best options an applicant could have, with the exception of a full ride at an upper T14. Without knowing how heavily $$ will weigh in your decision making process, it would be hard to judge how Cornell w/ a full ride compares, say, to a Chicago acceptance with something in the 50-70k range.

tl;dr -

[lokikoala]

Do you guys have any opinions as to if there are any PTs that are unhelpful to use for study (e.g. the 30s or something)? I have taken from 39 upwards and wondering if it's better to re-take older ones (which I plan to do anyway, since they're the most like the modern test) or take fresh ones that are 39 and below.

Thanks

[nlee10]

Do you guys have any opinions as to if there are any PTs that are unhelpful to use for study (e.g. the 30s or something)? I have taken from 39 upwards and wondering if it's better to re-take older ones (which I plan to do anyway, since they're the most like the modern test) or take fresh ones that are 39 and below.

Thanks

It sounds like you have already taken 52-?

[Big Red]

Do you guys have any opinions as to if there are any PTs that are unhelpful to use for study (e.g. the 30s or something)? I have taken from 39 upwards and wondering if it's better to re-take older ones (which I plan to do anyway, since they're the most like the modern test) or take fresh ones that are 39 and below.

Thanks

I'd say fresh is always better. But I'm probably going to retake the most recent 3/4 tests

[lokikoala]

Do you guys have any opinions as to if there are any PTs that are unhelpful to use for study (e.g. the 30s or something)? I have taken from 39 upwards and wondering if it's better to re-take older ones (which I plan to do anyway, since they're the most like the modern test) or take fresh ones that are 39 and below.

Thanks

It sounds like you have already taken 52-?

Yes, have taken 52 - dreaded December with the lame ass LG #3 with the CRUCIAL info in the set up that I missed and had to guess on the last 6 questions. That one.

[NL2424]

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[Dr. Nefario]

Ramblings of George Mason causing inadequate feelings.

[gamerish]

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[Smallville]

Omg I just got handed a flyer for a law school forum my school is hosting and one of the headliner schools is literally Cooley... Dying

get tht fee waiver man! COOLEY 4 LYFE

[leslieknope]

Do you guys have any opinions as to if there are any PTs that are unhelpful to use for study (e.g. the 30s or something)? I have taken from 39 upwards and wondering if it's better to re-take older ones (which I plan to do anyway, since they're the most like the modern test) or take fresh ones that are 39 and below.

Thanks

I'm in a similar situation- I only have the ones in the 40s fresh. I've taken or drilled 20-38 and 50+. What I'm doing is taking like two a week from the 40s, retaking random ones from the 60s and 70s once a week (ones I haven't seen in awhile), and drilling sections from the 60s that I won't retake and 1-19 that I haven't seen yet in the mean time.

[NL2424]

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[Rigo]

[ilikebaseball]

there should be some sort of castration punishment for people who go to the library and have conversations

[NL2424]

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[Rigo]

[leslieknope]

PT 18 game 3 is the weirdest goddamn game I've ever seen and the skillset I used to solve it was developed trying to figure out how to get from A to C when none of the subway signs are are in English while backpacking through eastern Europe, not while studying for the LSAT.