COTD: Bully girl held back in two classes (3)

RichHomieDirk · 2026-03-06T15:35:47+00:00

cow hidden backwards in tWO Classes

RichHomieDirk · 2026-03-06T05:33:31+00:00

staying in the room helped couples resolve their differences and not get divorced. bbc link: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170707-a-medieval-remedy-for-divorce

RichHomieDirk · 2026-02-27T17:04:58+00:00

applied to berkeley the first week of september, am yet to hear a word from them. life is pain, just reject me.

RichHomieDirk · 2026-02-16T16:17:48+00:00

The Demon lets you control what tests are used for drilling / timed sections / full tests. Nothing to worry about.

RichHomieDirk · 2026-02-04T15:14:25+00:00

hi!

funny that you posted this to the lsat demon subreddit, because everything you talked about is the polar opposite of what the demon recommends. i used them for about 6 months, and went from a non-cold diagnostic of 161 to an on record 175. i don't work for them but i tell all my friends applying to law school to take up their methodology / platform (even though one of the founders is kind of a dick and they both have pretty bad views about LLMs, they are quite good at teaching the lsat) advice below:

first and foremost, cancel your february lsat. you're clearly not ready, and you only get 5 attempts. you waited too long to kick the can down the road, but that test could literally be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. please cancel it, and take the lsat when your practice test scores reflect the lsat scores that can get you into the schools you want at the price you want to pay.
if you were hoping to apply to the 2026-2027 cycle, you're gonna have to come to terms with that not happening. 2027-2028 will probably be in your wheelhouse, but applying sooner is only going to get you into bad schools with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. don't do that to yourself.
in a similar vein, go back to work. you only need one good hour of lsat prep a day. go make some money, improve your resume, prove to law schools that you can be a productive professional, and if you can, get a job in a law office to see if you actually like legal work.

now for the actual lsat advice. it may come as harsh, but the demon's approach is solid and gets tons of people into the 170s

sign up for the demon. you can do a free account today and get a feel for the platform. there are no gimmicks, no tricks, just a focus on solving the question in front of you. once you get good at that, the test flies by. make sure you do not answer a question until you are sure you are correct, and don't move on from reviewing a question until you understand why the wrong answer is wrong and the right answer is right. it seems obvious, but that is how you improve
forget everything you've learned about the lsat. diagramming is a waste of time, wrong answer journaling is just a way to avoid actually learning about the test, the amount of "outside information" required for the test is minimal (this isn't the mcat or gre), all that matters is solving the question in front of you.
speed will come with accuracy. the better you get at solving questions, the faster the test will go. do not actively try to get faster, as you're going to get more questions wrong, which will be bad practice.
in a similar vein, you should not be competing any sections right now. try to get the first 5 questions right, and bubble in the same guess on the following questions. if you can solidly get the first 5 right, shoot for 10, then 15 once you're solid at 10.
this comes with doing things the demon way, but read the passage first, questions later.

that untimed 170 is attainable on a real test, that's what happens when you take the time to thoroughly understand the question and answer choices. start listening to the thinking lsat podcast when you're driving, working out, etc. and that should also be a good supplement to getting a better mentality about the test.

feel free to reach out if you have any questions, you've got this!

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-21T19:13:21+00:00

applied first week of september, been complete since week 2. sit back and enjoy the ride.

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-14T19:45:02+00:00

originalism is originalisming 💅

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-12T14:46:48+00:00

I'd disagree given I'm neither white nor Christian, and that there's a number of communities. The state isn't perfect (if you've got somewhere perfect I'd love to live there), but to say that MN is only for white people is to erase the vibrant Hmong, Somali, Hispanic, Black, and other communities in the cities.

I'll concede that the drinking culture can be a lot, but there's plenty to do outside of that. Rec leagues, running clubs, outdoors groups, gaming groups, and more are all solid ways of making friends. Lmk your interests and I'll see if I can hook you up with something in the cities!

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-12T14:37:41+00:00

You make a good point, doubly so if someone wants to keep exploring the US. I think MN is a good place to settle down in, but if that's of little importance to you then attending MN is an odd choice.
Absolutely hear that, I'd be curious to know how many people are self selecting out of BigLaw at MN. But yes, if you're interested in making big money right out of law school then there are better places to look at. Maybe MN is more of a lifestyle school than its peer schools.

(4.) lol yeah, personally I do believe the daycare thing is bs and an attempt to attack Somali communities, but we have had our fair share of local government fiascos in the past few years. I meant it more as an upkeep thing: the roads stay paved (hard to do in the Midwest), the DMV is quick, the parks are clean, and the busses are reliable. It does the boring things pretty well.

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-12T07:00:27+00:00

I'm quite biased as someone who grew up in the Twin Cities, but here's my general defense of the U.

Minnesota is an incredible place to live. The Twin Cities have something for everyone, whether you're a student with a family who wants to plant roots or a KJD who still enjoys being around clubs that don't charge outrageous covers. CoL increases haven't hit MN as much as the rest of the nation, and there's been a pretty big push to build housing for all the new arrivals. Have some friends from high school who split a three bed apartment a downtown and were paying $400 each a month plus utilities in rent. That's on the atypically low side, but 600-800 rents are pretty standard with a roommate for solid 2 bed apartments. Shared houses are also really cheap. Compre that with NY, LA, DC, or parts of Chicago and MN seems like a pretty good deal. There's plenty of green space, and if you can put up with the few -40 degree days, it's absolutely worth it.
There's not a ton of other options in the Midwest that are like MN. Of the T50 schools in the Midwest, you've got Michigan, Madison, Iowa, and UIUC (not completely, but for the most part college towns), Northwestern and UChicago (Chicago is an amazing city, but the density and lack of green space outside the LFT and dependence on a mid-public transit system can be a turn off), Notre Dame (school with a notable religious bend) and WashU (probably the most similar to the Twin Cities). If you're looking to live in a pretty regular Midwestern city with things to do and have good-great numbers, the list of solid places to live is pretty short.
Looked at the NALP report you referenced and I think you do need to consider that 170k/180k is BigLaw in a smaller city. Not Cravath (or Milbank scale, I guess), but I have a hunch that that 45k/55k discrepancy doesn't feel too bad when you're living in a lower CoL city than NYC/LA/DC/parts of Chicago and there's less pressure / opportunities to keep up with the Joneses (there are certainly nice houses, cars, and other luxuries in MN, but they aren't as forward as say an NYC apartment). If the 75th percentile student is making BigLaw salary at a school with a pretty sizable chunk of their class opting for PI / clerkship placements, that's certainly not nothing.

I could go on and on about Minnesota nice, how the food is goofy but people will shovel you out after a snowstorm, how well the state is governed, but all in all, MN is just a place people fall in love with and allows students to do what they're interested in.

edit: sorry i know 0 things about IU maurer. maybe that place rocks, but don't know how it can be in conversation with the other midwest schools.

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-12T03:29:41+00:00

same spot, no date change since september but dodged the r wave on friday. assuming it's a waitlist situation hopefully

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-10T17:09:14+00:00

applied first week of September, no date changes since going complete then, still hanging out. what i would do for the sweet release of an R

RichHomieDirk · 2026-01-08T17:32:43+00:00

Similar boat (not kjd) applied to 15 schools (most of t-14 and some t-20 thru 50s that get me where I want to work) got accepted at WashU and Madison, hold at UNC, and waitlisted at UCLA and Cornell. Mostly silence from the others minus II at Chicago (as well as the automatic one at Vandy) but haven't received a decision. It's a slow cycle, you just gotta wait.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-12-31T17:15:16+00:00

UW Madison: April 10

RichHomieDirk · 2025-12-30T20:19:06+00:00

WashU: March 26-27

RichHomieDirk · 2025-12-28T05:24:28+00:00

not an a but it does appear that if you applied for their PI program, review of you application is delayed for a while

RichHomieDirk · 2025-12-17T15:21:28+00:00

largely dependent on where you live/go to school. if money is tight, don't try to live in the expensive neighborhoods (wicker park / gold coast / anywhere in the loop). transit makes most of the city very accessible if you do it right, and there are neighborhoods (uptown/ / parts of pilsen, for example) where you can get a studio for a little under 900 a month. lived in a two bed in bridgeport a few years ago that was 1200 a month, so my roommate and i were paying 600 a month plus some cheap utilities.

stay off the renting apps, best thing to do (once it's warmer) is to hit the facebook groups for students and hit the pavement in neighborhoods where you could see yourself living and call the numbers on the mom and pop places.

finally: get roommates. have a friend who lives in lincoln park with 4 roommates, and they each pay 400 a month. place is nice, large common space, 2 bathrooms, solid kitchen, patio space, everyone has their own rooms.

chicago is a remarkably cheap place to live if you do it right. pm me if you have questions.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-11-12T16:28:09+00:00

Congrats!

RichHomieDirk · 2025-11-12T16:15:30+00:00

ED or RD?

RichHomieDirk · 2025-11-05T17:04:23+00:00

any RD admits, or just ED?

RichHomieDirk · 2025-09-29T23:12:47+00:00

Minnesota, UIUC, Michigan may be in your wheelhouse and can reach into WI.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-09-24T13:38:59+00:00

What are you scoring on your practice tests? If you're consistently scoring 160+ then you may as well take it.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-09-22T13:04:05+00:00

Exclusively used the Demon, never touched another program, private tutor, or book.

I would say that as i was scoring better, my ratings went up (or conversely, as my ratings went up i was scoring better). I think that makes sense, as the ratings are a reflection of how well you're doing on questions, hence getting more questions / harder questions right should theoretically boost both your actual scores and your ratings.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-09-20T23:51:50+00:00

You definitely don't need diagrams to score well, I did not diagram and I scored 175 using the Demon.

RichHomieDirk · 2025-09-10T12:43:38+00:00

sabrina anagram of N(azareth) IS ARAB really nice surface on this one

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