Chicago C/O 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

[cdotson2]

speaking of that 100$ the 30 dollar LSAC fee didnt that use to be 15 like 2 years ago?

I think it was $25 2 years ago when I applied

How poor must I be for an LSAC waiver?

I have one, It takes care of all of the school fees but it only pays 4 of the LSAC fees.

[terrier27]

How poor must I be for an LSAC waiver?

very poor

[Dcc617]

So I just submitted my application to Chicago. Eeeek...

[cdotson2]

So I just submitted my application to Chicago. Eeeek...

good luck!!

[Dcc617]

So I just submitted my application to Chicago. Eeeek...

good luck!!

Thanks, it's my first submission of the cycle, obviously. I can't believe it's already this time of the year.

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Checking in! Praying to Jayzus that I'll be able to scrape by with a 25th percentile score on the October LSAT (for Chicago). Hoping to ED

[benwyatt]

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[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Checking in! Praying to Jayzus that I'll be able to scrape by with a 25th percentile score on the October LSAT (for Chicago). Hoping to ED

Best of luck!
What's your GPA like?

Thank you, you too! GPA is 3.984 (LSAC: 3.99), which I think is my only saving grace. And some relevant work experience at an LGBT impact litigation non-profit. Counting on (hopefully) a strong academic and work reference.

[urbanist11]

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[cdotson2]

Let's get a new poll up in here

suggestions?

[benwyatt]

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[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Checking in! Praying to Jayzus that I'll be able to scrape by with a 25th percentile score on the October LSAT (for Chicago). Hoping to ED

Best of luck!
What's your GPA like?

Thank you, you too! GPA is 3.984 (LSAC: 3.99), which I think is my only saving grace. And some relevant work experience at an LGBT impact litigation non-profit. Counting on (hopefully) a strong academic and work reference.

I think if you can hit the 25th then you have a fighting chance, but shoot for the median and you're golden!

Appreciate your confidence . Good luck fellow applicants!

[terrier27]

Checking in! Praying to Jayzus that I'll be able to scrape by with a 25th percentile score on the October LSAT (for Chicago). Hoping to ED

May I ask why you want to ED? Granted a high enough LSAT I really think you'd be ok in regular admission with the chance of a lot of money. Do you have an LSAT score already that's worrying you?

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Checking in! Praying to Jayzus that I'll be able to scrape by with a 25th percentile score on the October LSAT (for Chicago). Hoping to ED

May I ask why you want to ED? Granted a high enough LSAT I really think you'd be ok in regular admission with the chance of a lot of money. Do you have an LSAT score already that's worrying you?

You have the right idea. I don't have an LSAT score yet (Oct. will be the first one I take), but so far the highest score I've gotten on an LSAT that doesn't have questions I seen before (through prepping) is a 166. While I've done well enough in disparate sections to get a 170+, it still hasn't all come together for me yet. So I'm hoping ED will give me a slight boost to make up for a likely (?) lower-end score.

[urbanist11]

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[terrier27]

Just focus for now on scoring as high as you can on the LSAT. It sounds like you are in good shape, so just keep studying and polishing your skills. Then you won't have to worry about Early Decision (and the huge debt load that accompanies it, generally).

+1 And you still have a little over a month to study so keep pushing and figure out exactly what it is you're having trouble with. There's usually something very specific you're missing at the 165-170 hump. But even with a 166 I wouldn't advise ED anywhere but Northwestern. Not trying to scare you or anything, sticker is just a lot to take on.

ETA - 3.9/high 160s isn't that big of a splitter either!

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Just focus for now on scoring as high as you can on the LSAT. It sounds like you are in good shape, so just keep studying and polishing your skills. Then you won't have to worry about Early Decision (and the huge debt load that accompanies it, generally).

+1 And you still have a little over a month to study so keep pushing and figure out exactly what it is you're having trouble with. There's usually something very specific you're missing at the 165-170 hump. But even with a 166 I wouldn't advise ED anywhere but Northwestern. Not trying to scare you or anything, sticker is just a lot to take on.

ETA - 3.9/high 160s isn't that big of a splitter either!

Thanks y'all for the helpful words and advice. TBH, LR is what's killing me. Sometimes I'll miss as little as 2 per section, but other times I can miss as many as 6+. Guess it's time to put the pedal to the metal!

[jetsfan1]

Just focus for now on scoring as high as you can on the LSAT. It sounds like you are in good shape, so just keep studying and polishing your skills. Then you won't have to worry about Early Decision (and the huge debt load that accompanies it, generally).

+1 And you still have a little over a month to study so keep pushing and figure out exactly what it is you're having trouble with. There's usually something very specific you're missing at the 165-170 hump. But even with a 166 I wouldn't advise ED anywhere but Northwestern. Not trying to scare you or anything, sticker is just a lot to take on.

ETA - 3.9/high 160s isn't that big of a splitter either!

Thanks y'all for the helpful words and advice. TBH, LR is what's killing me. Sometimes I'll miss as little as 2 per section, but other times I can miss as many as 6+. Guess it's time to put the pedal to the metal!

Have you read Manhattan LR? Worked wonders for me.

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Just focus for now on scoring as high as you can on the LSAT. It sounds like you are in good shape, so just keep studying and polishing your skills. Then you won't have to worry about Early Decision (and the huge debt load that accompanies it, generally).

+1 And you still have a little over a month to study so keep pushing and figure out exactly what it is you're having trouble with. There's usually something very specific you're missing at the 165-170 hump. But even with a 166 I wouldn't advise ED anywhere but Northwestern. Not trying to scare you or anything, sticker is just a lot to take on.

ETA - 3.9/high 160s isn't that big of a splitter either!

Thanks y'all for the helpful words and advice. TBH, LR is what's killing me. Sometimes I'll miss as little as 2 per section, but other times I can miss as many as 6+. Guess it's time to put the pedal to the metal!

Have you read Manhattan LR? Worked wonders for me.

Yeah I think the fact that I can miss as little as 2 per section tells me I have the fundamentals down at least decently well (no reason to stop drilling, of course). But I think I also have a tendency to get flustered with timing and tend to rush as a result, making things I read get all fuzzy and not clear.. So working on mindset and pacing is going to be a continuing priority for meh.

ETA: Plus when I go back to review LR questions that I missed during a PT, I usually get them right. So merp.

[terrier27]

Yeah I think the fact that I can miss as little as 2 per section tells me I have the fundamentals down at least decently well (no reason to stop drilling, of course). But I think I also have a tendency to get flustered with timing and tend to rush as a result, making things I read get all fuzzy and not clear.. So working on mindset and pacing is going to be a continuing priority for meh.

ETA: Plus when I go back to review LR questions that I missed during a PT, I usually get them right. So merp.

Have you tried setting timing goals for yourself? Like by 10 minutes be at question 10. By 20 minutes be at question 18/19. And so on?

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Yeah I think the fact that I can miss as little as 2 per section tells me I have the fundamentals down at least decently well (no reason to stop drilling, of course). But I think I also have a tendency to get flustered with timing and tend to rush as a result, making things I read get all fuzzy and not clear.. So working on mindset and pacing is going to be a continuing priority for meh.

ETA: Plus when I go back to review LR questions that I missed during a PT, I usually get them right. So merp.

Have you tried setting timing goals for yourself? Like by 10 minutes be at question 10. By 20 minutes be at question 18/19. And so on?

Yup! Well I do the 10 minute/10 question thing--I less closely monitor my pacing after that. I guess I should start doing that as well haha. And sorry to make this devolve to an LSAT thread, everyone Needless to say, UChicago is my dream school..so here's to hoping we all get in .

[Dcc617]

Yeah I think the fact that I can miss as little as 2 per section tells me I have the fundamentals down at least decently well (no reason to stop drilling, of course). But I think I also have a tendency to get flustered with timing and tend to rush as a result, making things I read get all fuzzy and not clear.. So working on mindset and pacing is going to be a continuing priority for meh.

ETA: Plus when I go back to review LR questions that I missed during a PT, I usually get them right. So merp.

Have you tried setting timing goals for yourself? Like by 10 minutes be at question 10. By 20 minutes be at question 18/19. And so on?

Yup! Well I do the 10 minute/10 question thing--I less closely monitor my pacing after that. I guess I should start doing that as well haha. And sorry to make this devolve to an LSAT thread, everyone Needless to say, UChicago is my dream school..so here's to hoping we all get in .

One technique for timing I used was if I got stuck on a question, I would take my best guess on it, then circle it to come back. I could normally finish my sections 5-10 minutes early, so I would use the time at the end to revisit the questions that I circled. A lot of times after you've come back to a question the key thing you were missing pops out at you, and it's a lot easier to answer. I would never just sit on a single question for that long.

[admitmenowplzkthxbai]

Yeah I think the fact that I can miss as little as 2 per section tells me I have the fundamentals down at least decently well (no reason to stop drilling, of course). But I think I also have a tendency to get flustered with timing and tend to rush as a result, making things I read get all fuzzy and not clear.. So working on mindset and pacing is going to be a continuing priority for meh.

ETA: Plus when I go back to review LR questions that I missed during a PT, I usually get them right. So merp.

Have you tried setting timing goals for yourself? Like by 10 minutes be at question 10. By 20 minutes be at question 18/19. And so on?

Yup! Well I do the 10 minute/10 question thing--I less closely monitor my pacing after that. I guess I should start doing that as well haha. And sorry to make this devolve to an LSAT thread, everyone Needless to say, UChicago is my dream school..so here's to hoping we all get in .

One technique for timing I used was if I got stuck on a question, I would take my best guess on it, then circle it to come back. I could normally finish my sections 5-10 minutes early, so I would use the time at the end to revisit the questions that I circled. A lot of times after you've come back to a question the key thing you were missing pops out at you, and it's a lot easier to answer. I would never just sit on a single question for that long.

Thanks for this--it's helpful. I have found that sometimes there are questions in the first set of 10 that I'll be unsure about and spend too much time on, worrying that even if I circle it I won't have time to come back to it in the end because there will only be harder questions from there on out. But if I do end up spending too much time up front, I inevitably feel the need to rush towards the end of the section as well haha. I have to work on resisting that temptation as well .

[Dcc617]

So I submitted my application last Thursday, and my LSAC account is showing that the application has been transmitted. However, it keeps showing an alert stating that the reports have not yet been requested by the school.

Did I miss something, or is there just a lag before Chicago accepts my app? Does anybody have any similar experiences to share?

[Procyon]

Same here. It's kind of confusing since it says we need to take further action. I think it was established earlier in the thread that Chicago won't start review until September. I guess that means they won't even request our early applications until then.