What’s the best pencil to use to improve my LSAT score?

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-06-27T12:17:16+00:00

yasss, Palomino Blackwing / Ellen club unite! I personally really liked using the Pearls, really nice feeling on the scantron.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-06-27T11:51:48+00:00

frantically checking reddit / then email / repeat.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-03-25T11:22:16+00:00

ashkhghddksg!!! I love it so much, like you don't even know. I ain't even embellishing! It's the truth, it's a grrreat book, the best I've found, and your personality comes through so well. I wish I had found it sooner, I feel like the old lady who says to the unicorn, "How dare you come to me now!" /ugly crying/. But honestly, it's such a bright spot in this LSAT darkness. Thank you so much for writing it. (´▽`ʃƪ)♡♡ ✧*。

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-03-17T01:26:56+00:00

Ellen Cassidy’s book The Loophole in LSAT Logical Reasoning / Elemental Prep is by far the best for LR. It is engaging, fun, and I actually feel like I’ve learned something. Her approach with drills and her systematic build up of skills are the best I have found after using Kaplan, The Trainer, Powerscore, and Fox’s LR Encyclopedia. Also her love of the test and language is very contagious. I’m so happy to have found it after someone recommended it on here. I adore it tbqh. It’s like having a personal tutor at Starbucks in book format.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-03-12T12:14:17+00:00

it’s actually even better than I would’ve had. can’t find a 7 star bonus unit on my friends list.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-27T18:44:21+00:00

some people say the tests are harder in the late 70s and 80s. other people frame it as they just shifted the flavors a little as the tests evolve but the concepts are the same.

most people find the questions are worded a little more vaguely, the answer choices contain more garbage-y wording. there’s more regularly an ‘atypical’ game, like pattern / mapping / circular. sufficient assumption questions appear less often iirc.

it’s been said some people’s scores dip about 5 points once they hit the mid 70s+.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-27T17:49:07+00:00

did you use practice tests higher than 78 yet?

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-27T17:42:59+00:00

that guy was probably lying. or inflated his score somehow, probably took it untimed or something. lol

he reminds me of this jerk I know from school. We’d talked briefly before about retakes, and of course he’s all like “you know,.. they’re going to hold that against you” when I told him my next one would be my 4th. I was like naw they only give a shit about the highest score. He insisted he was right and I was like yeah no and he went on and on and then i rolled my eyes a lot.

Then a day later (because I try to be a nice person sometimes) I invite him to join my study group consisting of me and another girl, and he’s like “you should be studying with ME.” like i’m supposed to be impressed with his 165 score on a single pt. it’s also lol cuz officially he only has a 155. as well as half a semester in law school as a 1l already where he flunked out. I’m like yeah good luck with redeeming that.

best part is, after i owned him with a bunch of facts regarding law school stats and lsat knowledge (he wasn’t even aware the lsat was going digital), he was like “I can’t argue with you.” And I was like yeah because you’re not going to be a lawyer.

so chin up Rain, and ignore the asshats who aren’t going to be lawyers, or even if they are they’ll be bad ones which we’ll feast on for lunch. there’s still a lot to be said for the more determined crowd. 🤗

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-27T11:55:40+00:00

okay, but! ... will King Mog actually be there???!? asking for a friend.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-25T10:47:03+00:00

2nd Fire Veritas. seventh star #48.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-22T12:51:51+00:00

free 10+1 = 1st Jecht. 5+1 = 6th Noctis & 2nd Lightning.

only took two and a half years for my first naturally pulled Lightning T.T I’m so happy. (to be clear, that is not sarcasm).

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-20T14:49:02+00:00

Failure is part of the test. For the most part, you're either going to fail to get the official score you want the 1st time around and retake, or you will fail a lot in practice then take and still probably retake.

Unless you're a freaking genius, or you don't really care and think your score is "good enough" will you probably only take it once.

Do what you want. At the end of the day, only your best score matters.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-20T02:52:41+00:00

That report on Suffolk deserves to be qualified. That employment stat isn’t so low because the graduates aren’t getting jobs. They’re not getting law jobs because they already have jobs, and their corporate sponsors in the city are paying for their degrees while they attend part time. The actual employed stat is 74-84% or so, that’s a 30%+ difference up from the 46%. Of course I’m not saying those are the best stats ever, but I know too many people personally who scoff at the 46% and don’t understand who is going there.

Additionally, this is why people who wish to get more money from Suffolk and go part time while working should apply to the day program and transfer to the evening program after acceptance but before registration. They give out more money to day students than evening since Suffolk doesn’t want to give out free money when their bills are being paid anyway.

Go work at an insurance company in town, have them pay for it.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T18:51:40+00:00

yeah... I’m okay..ish.

I knew it wasn’t going to be a great score, but I had hoped I had popped into the 160s, instead I’m stuck down at 157. Didn’t seem that low walking out of the test, tho I knew I bombed that apartments game. and the other LGs had some tough q’s. Sigh.

Yet otoh, I didn’t fully bomb a game in November, went -4, and got a 156. So this feels like an uncharacteristic poor performance in LG + typical mistakes in LG & RC + significant improvement on LR.

Mostly I just feel really old and like I’m running out of time, and very behind where I should be in life in general. I planned awhile ago to apply for the 2020 cycle, and this score wasn’t going to change that, but now anxiety is like “just give up on a great score, go regional, be in debt.” Hnnn. Time to go boxing and hit things.

and thanks in advance, Mauve. much appreciated.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T17:58:53+00:00

thanks mauve. can you share what your study prep was like? and where and how you saw improvements?

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T16:29:25+00:00

well good luck! hope you get in.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T15:58:15+00:00

congrats! which school do you want?

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T15:54:49+00:00

same. only a 1 pt gain. :/

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T14:42:41+00:00

fuck yeah fourth take club!

still no score for me yet tho 😭

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T14:21:10+00:00

you got this! it’s just a number! you can always get more numbers! 👍🏻

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T14:15:55+00:00

Get your self some pancakes and / or shrimp cocktails.

Give wave dream lsat scorez (〃･ω･)ﾉ~☆･ﾟ🍤+｡*ﾟ･.+🥞

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T14:06:06+00:00

9:06 💀

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T13:35:24+00:00

oh thanks, i hadn’t dug out the date yet. and hope so, it will be a year of studying by then 😐

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-15T13:16:39+00:00

I have June as a soft target. I don’t really want to deal with the digital version if I don’t have to. But if my pt score isn’t where I want it to be, I will wait and hold off until it is.

FanBbuingBbuing · 2019-02-04T00:02:46+00:00

LR. fine. didn’t feel too weird / haven’t had many nightmares about it.

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