3.83 GPA, 166 LSAT ED Duke/UVA? Forum

[mukol]

Retake. It isn't hard to get another 6 or 7 questions right and be 170+.

[oidsedidy]

Not even close, but thanks for being a pretend therapist!I hope you don't talk this way in real life like you did to me or OP, its degrading and shameful. Good luck making allies in the legal world with that crap.

Arrogance floods these posts. "Got a 150? Don't bother applying until you get a 165." "Got a 165? 170 or bust." "170? Retake to get a few more points." "174? Get above 175!" This is horrible advice because no matter what anyone brings to the table people will tell them to retake, and you gobble it up. I post on here other perspectives. Sure, everyone and their mother can write 100x for them to retake the LSAT. They know this, and hearing it over and over again isn't helpful. It's not the only option and its up to the OP to discern which path is the best for them and their needs. If that's to retake, so be it. If it's not, god damn their life isn't over so drop the dramatization.

Take out your LSAT/application frustrations on someone else and give real advice instead of being suchhhhhhh a jackass to others who offer other perspectives. Drink a beer, do whatever it takes to relax and loosen that stick, bud.

God your name is so applicable.

It's not arrogant to provide OP with the advice he requested. If someone was interested in becoming the DA in a rural New Mexico district and I recommended "retake for 175", then sure...you'd have a point. But, when OP states he wants impact lit, I'm going to let him know exactly what he needs to do to get there (hopefully without 300K in debt to go along with it). Every ounce of advice you've smeared in here has been less than helpful.

And I frankly couldn't give two shits if some early-20-something with an entitlement mentality doesn't like my "tone". You're entitled to your opinions but you're not entitled to have them respected. Especially when they are patently absurd and objectively life ruining. Go brag about your outcomes and self-aggrandize elsewhere. This isn't the place.

My advice to not ED, to retake if they want to go to HYS or else apply to schools where they have a good chance at is less than helpful? L.O.L. whatever you say meerkat.

Not sure if it's possible to get a mod to look at this, but this is at least the second thread in which lolRCscrewyou has given groundless, potentially damaging advice to an OP. This forum is designed for 0Ls seeking advice from those who have relevant perspectives, not simply any old perspective. I do not ask someone who is single for advice about marriage, or in medical school about law school. I understand that it may be tempting to offer advice that is "cheerful" or "optimistic," but the value of this site comes from those who actually know what they're talking about giving advice to those who are specifically seeking it out.

You would do well to listen to some of the criticism being directed towards you lolRCscrewyou- if you carry your approach to this site over into law school then expect to get wrecked by 1L.

[lolRCscrewyou]

Not even close, but thanks for being a pretend therapist!I hope you don't talk this way in real life like you did to me or OP, its degrading and shameful. Good luck making allies in the legal world with that crap.

Arrogance floods these posts. "Got a 150? Don't bother applying until you get a 165." "Got a 165? 170 or bust." "170? Retake to get a few more points." "174? Get above 175!" This is horrible advice because no matter what anyone brings to the table people will tell them to retake, and you gobble it up. I post on here other perspectives. Sure, everyone and their mother can write 100x for them to retake the LSAT. They know this, and hearing it over and over again isn't helpful. It's not the only option and its up to the OP to discern which path is the best for them and their needs. If that's to retake, so be it. If it's not, god damn their life isn't over so drop the dramatization.

Take out your LSAT/application frustrations on someone else and give real advice instead of being suchhhhhhh a jackass to others who offer other perspectives. Drink a beer, do whatever it takes to relax and loosen that stick, bud.

God your name is so applicable.

It's not arrogant to provide OP with the advice he requested. If someone was interested in becoming the DA in a rural New Mexico district and I recommended "retake for 175", then sure...you'd have a point. But, when OP states he wants impact lit, I'm going to let him know exactly what he needs to do to get there (hopefully without 300K in debt to go along with it). Every ounce of advice you've smeared in here has been less than helpful.

And I frankly couldn't give two shits if some early-20-something with an entitlement mentality doesn't like my "tone". You're entitled to your opinions but you're not entitled to have them respected. Especially when they are patently absurd and objectively life ruining. Go brag about your outcomes and self-aggrandize elsewhere. This isn't the place.

My advice to not ED, to retake if they want to go to HYS or else apply to schools where they have a good chance at is less than helpful? L.O.L. whatever you say meerkat.

Not sure if it's possible to get a mod to look at this, but this is at least the second thread in which lolRCscrewyou has given groundless, potentially damaging advice to an OP. This forum is designed for 0Ls seeking advice from those who have relevant perspectives, not simply any old perspective. I do not ask someone who is single for advice about marriage, or in medical school about law school. I understand that it may be tempting to offer advice that is "cheerful" or "optimistic," but the value of this site comes from those who actually know what they're talking about giving advice to those who are specifically seeking it out.

You would do well to listen to some of the criticism being directed towards you lolRCscrewyou- if you carry your approach to this site over into law school then expect to get wrecked by 1L.

You can disagree all you want. I'm sorry you do not approve of my advice that a 166 isnt going ruin your life. I sincerely apologize that it doesn't match yours or the status quo of TLS, but that's not your problem. People can use thier own mind to to choose to take it or leave it, and that's the end of it. Period.

Thanks for your concern, but I'll do just fine. Bye now.

[cavalier1138]

You can disagree all you want. I'm sorry you do not approve of my advice that a 166 isnt going ruin your life. I sincerely apologize that it doesn't match yours or the status quo of TLS, but that's not your problem. People can use thier own mind to to choose to take it or leave it, and that's the end of it. Period.

Thanks for your concern, but I'll do just fine. Bye now.

Do you ever actually read what people type? Or do you just see the word "retake" and fly into an uncontrollable rage?

No one said that a 166 is going to ruin anyone's life. They said that going to school for sticker price when you could easily retake the LSAT and get a scholarship is ruining someone's life. They said that going to a school that won't let you meet your career goals when you could easily retake the LSAT and get into a school that will is ruining someone's life.

And most importantly, they've said that you are being ridiculous by comparing your results as a URM applicant to the hypothetical results of a non-URM applicant.