The Official September 2017 Study Group Forum

[Anon-e-miss]

Just took my second PT (40, timed): 169

Awesome job! I'm at about the same place myself.

What were your section breakdowns? (ie LG -2, LR -4 etc)

[littlelibertine]

Just took my second PT (40, timed): 169

Awesome job! I'm at about the same place myself.

What were your section breakdowns? (ie LG -2, LR -4 etc)

LR -5, -2, LG -2, RC -3. I'm not unhappy with it seeing as I've only covered half the LG material and like 1/4 of the LR types.

[dj9i27]

BL needs to bite the bullet and go to 200 base especially for NYC. fuck after reading some threads it should be 220 for NYC.

[twiix]

BL needs to bite the bullet and go to 200 base especially for NYC. fuck after reading some threads it should be 220 for NYC.

I'd be okay with this. Hopefully it would put pressure on other markets so Chi ends up at the same place

[Mikey]

Just took my second PT (40, timed): 169

Awesome job! I'm at about the same place myself.

What were your section breakdowns? (ie LG -2, LR -4 etc)

LR -5, -2, LG -2, RC -3. I'm not unhappy with it seeing as I've only covered half the LG material and like 1/4 of the LR types.

was the -2LG from the airplane game?

[Mikey]

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SVU marathon and studying today..sorry..

[chewinggum]

BL needs to bite the bullet and go to 200 base especially for NYC. fuck after reading some threads it should be 220 for NYC.

I'd be ok with this.

[UHB]

Longtime lurker checking in; I just signed up to take the September LSAT at Ironmonger's Hall, London.

[twiix]

Longtime lurker checking in; I just signed up to take the September LSAT at Ironmonger's Hall, London.

Welcome to our sinking ship.

[chargers21]

If they up it to 200k, that invisible billable hours threshold will creep up even more.

But as a future lawyer, I hope they up it. 4 firms in my preferred city followed NYC to 180, and maybe they'll do it again. With low COL there, I'll be debt free and swimming in cash in no time

[CottonHarvest]

Why do I find the Transcript Request Form in CAS to be confusing?

[Mikey]

Why do I find the Transcript Request Form in CAS to be confusing?

depending on your school and the way they do things, it definitely can be confusing.

when I was on the phone with LSAC once having them answer some questions, they said that my school does the online submission only, but that I had to do some shit with additional paperwork by fax and other stuff online because my school uses a certain system. idk, it was stupid af.

[CottonHarvest]

Why do I find the Transcript Request Form in CAS to be confusing?

depending on your school and the way they do things, it definitely can be confusing.

when I was on the phone with LSAC once having them answer some questions, they said that my school does the online submission only, but that I had to do some shit with additional paperwork by fax and other stuff online because my school uses a certain system. idk, it was stupid af.

I actually have three schools that will have to send transcripts

[Mikey]

Why do I find the Transcript Request Form in CAS to be confusing?

depending on your school and the way they do things, it definitely can be confusing.

when I was on the phone with LSAC once having them answer some questions, they said that my school does the online submission only, but that I had to do some shit with additional paperwork by fax and other stuff online because my school uses a certain system. idk, it was stupid af.

I actually have three schools that will have to send transcripts

I feel you, I have 2 lol. My former school is easy, my current one is annoying

[ngogirl12]

Was the RC/LG on the same page (tablet version) as the questions? Or did you have to go back and forth with pages for the questions/game?

basically it was split into two screens. the left half the screen was the passage (which was scrollable) and the right side was the answer choices, which was also independently scrollable.

Thanks! Did you have the option to enlarge the screen with your fingers like you can with an iphone or an ipad?

I don't know why I'm so curious and invested in this, hopefully our test will be paper and pencil!

[Anon-e-miss]

Just took my second PT (40, timed): 169

Awesome job! I'm at about the same place myself.

What were your section breakdowns? (ie LG -2, LR -4 etc)

LR -5, -2, LG -2, RC -3. I'm not unhappy with it seeing as I've only covered half the LG material and like 1/4 of the LR types.

Yeah that is a strong score already. I assume you're aiming for 173+ but LR is easy to improve on (I found the PS Bible for helpful), and your performance in RC is as good or better than many 173+ scorers

[Alexandros]

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[dm1683]

If they up it to 200k, that invisible billable hours threshold will creep up even more.

But as a future lawyer, I hope they up it. 4 firms in my preferred city followed NYC to 180, and maybe they'll do it again. With low COL there, I'll be debt free and swimming in cash in no time

Yep, me too. 200k in CHI makes you a legit one percenter. In MFH you suckers can finally crack the upper middle class.

[chargers21]

If they up it to 200k, that invisible billable hours threshold will creep up even more.

But as a future lawyer, I hope they up it. 4 firms in my preferred city followed NYC to 180, and maybe they'll do it again. With low COL there, I'll be debt free and swimming in cash in no time

Is the billable hours expectation higher under 180k than it was under 160k?

What they publish isn't higher, but we won't really know if the real number has changed until a full year has passed under the new pay scale and people start complaining about getting axed for performance on here. I think hour expectations went up when they went to 160k

[chargers21]

If they up it to 200k, that invisible billable hours threshold will creep up even more.

But as a future lawyer, I hope they up it. 4 firms in my preferred city followed NYC to 180, and maybe they'll do it again. With low COL there, I'll be debt free and swimming in cash in no time

Yep, me too. 200k in CHI makes you a legit one percenter. In MFH you suckers can finally crack the upper middle class.

Charlotte is even more drastic, but I'll probably wind up in Chicago anyways

[Alexandros]

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[chargers21]

If they up it to 200k, that invisible billable hours threshold will creep up even more.

But as a future lawyer, I hope they up it. 4 firms in my preferred city followed NYC to 180, and maybe they'll do it again. With low COL there, I'll be debt free and swimming in cash in no time

Is the billable hours expectation higher under 180k than it was under 160k?

What they publish isn't higher, but we won't really know if the real number has changed until a full year has passed under the new pay scale and people start complaining about getting axed for performance on here. I think hour expectations went up when they went to 160k

Hmm, ok.

It was 160k for nine years, so I'm not gonna hold my breath for a jump to 200k, but one can hope.

Hell, I'd wager it'll be 200k by the time you go into law in 14 years

[Alexandros]

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[Mikey]

just got a hair cut.

came out slightly shorter than I wanted but it's completely fine, my shit grows back pretty fast anyways.

it went from reaching my elbow to a a tiny bit under my shoulders

[chewinggum]

Seems like everyone on here is getting their hair cut.

Me? Never more than a trim.

Also, it's already 2:45 on Sunday. Adulthood resumes tomorrow