Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Law School Spam
I had no idea so many law schools waived their application fees for high LSAT candidates. It was fun at first, but I'm getting a little sick of the fee waiver emails. I wish they'd all send their fee waiver notification on the same day so I can just sort them all into a folder for when I'm ready for them. So far I've received fee waiver emails from: Columbia (#5), Saint Thomas (Tier 3), U Virginia (#10), U Richmond (#77), and William & Mary (#31).
Monday, October 22, 2007
LSAT Scores are in!
171. 98th percentile. I can't decide if I should mark this as a success or a failure. This should guarantee admission to my first-choice school and should also win some scholarship money at my second-choice school, but I was hoping for the 99th percentile (or a score of 173). I wonder if a phenomenal personal statement can make up the lost ground here, or if scholarship money from my first-choice school is a lost cause.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Big Brother Update
My big brother just found out he passed the bar. He'll get sworn in in Virginia next week. I get my results on October 22--just a few short days away! Brother asked me when I'm throwing my "180 Party," but promised to buy me a celebratory bottle of 151 to be on the conservative side and prevent jinxing me.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
What's Next?
I've felt like I'm just playing the waiting game while I sit around wondering how I did on the LSAT, so here is a to-do list for me to systematically tackle the next time I am feeling antsy:
- LSAT (check)
- Request letters of reference from boss (check) and professor (incomplete)
- Update name with LSAT (incomplete)
- Register for LSDAS (incomplete)
- Order transcripts from three universities (incomplete)
- Write personal statement (incomplete)
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
LSAT Report
This past Saturday morning was the big LSAT day.
I went to bed around 9:45 the night before and set my alarm bright and early so I would have time to wake up before the exam. I had only done one practice test the day before and didn't score phenomenally on it (just a 169), but I chalked this up to stress and hormones.
I wore my favorite new shoes (known in my inner circle as "the ugliest shoes ever"), oatmeal legwarmers, my favorite old Seven jeans, and an old frat sweatshirt. I put my hair in a high ponytail, pulled my bangs back with bobby pins, and brought an arsenal of additional bobby pins to secure any renegade hairs.
I had a Naked juice en route and arrived comfortably early, as is my M.O. I was seated in the back right corner of the room and had plenty of time to arrange my four No. 2 pencils from sharpest to dullest and balance my watch perfectly on the edge of the desk.
When the tests were distributed, I was delighted to discover that Analytical Reasoning (my weakness) was the first section of my test booklet. As I dug in, I found that two of the four Analytical Reasoning sections were variations on Sequencing, the single type that I am a rockstar at. Whereas my original battle plan for the Analytical Reasoning was to complete as many as I could and guess "D" for the remaining questions, I was able to complete the section. Pressed for time at the end, I had to guess on two remaining questions; however, I was first able to reduce them down to two possible answers so I have a 50% chance instead of a 20% chance at those two answers being accurate.
The experimental section was one of two Reading Comprehension sections. Because the first section more closely fit the mold of the practice tests I had done, I believe the second section was the experimental section. Regardless, I'm confident I did well on both.
One of the two logical reasoning sections was tricky for me. There were four questions that I was not completely certain of the answers. I do think that I selected good answers, but I won't know if they were the best answers until I get my scores back in three weeks.
Naturally, as I worked through the test, I made note of how many I was confident I had answered correctly, and how many could possibly be wrong. Comparing this score to the past ten years' tests, I believe I scored approximately 173. I will be humiliated, but not devastated, if my results show otherwise. If my scores are particularly good, I may scratch a few of my lower choice schools and instead apply at a few of the dream schools that felt out of reach when I first began this endeavor.
I went to bed around 9:45 the night before and set my alarm bright and early so I would have time to wake up before the exam. I had only done one practice test the day before and didn't score phenomenally on it (just a 169), but I chalked this up to stress and hormones.
I wore my favorite new shoes (known in my inner circle as "the ugliest shoes ever"), oatmeal legwarmers, my favorite old Seven jeans, and an old frat sweatshirt. I put my hair in a high ponytail, pulled my bangs back with bobby pins, and brought an arsenal of additional bobby pins to secure any renegade hairs.
I had a Naked juice en route and arrived comfortably early, as is my M.O. I was seated in the back right corner of the room and had plenty of time to arrange my four No. 2 pencils from sharpest to dullest and balance my watch perfectly on the edge of the desk.
When the tests were distributed, I was delighted to discover that Analytical Reasoning (my weakness) was the first section of my test booklet. As I dug in, I found that two of the four Analytical Reasoning sections were variations on Sequencing, the single type that I am a rockstar at. Whereas my original battle plan for the Analytical Reasoning was to complete as many as I could and guess "D" for the remaining questions, I was able to complete the section. Pressed for time at the end, I had to guess on two remaining questions; however, I was first able to reduce them down to two possible answers so I have a 50% chance instead of a 20% chance at those two answers being accurate.
The experimental section was one of two Reading Comprehension sections. Because the first section more closely fit the mold of the practice tests I had done, I believe the second section was the experimental section. Regardless, I'm confident I did well on both.
One of the two logical reasoning sections was tricky for me. There were four questions that I was not completely certain of the answers. I do think that I selected good answers, but I won't know if they were the best answers until I get my scores back in three weeks.
Naturally, as I worked through the test, I made note of how many I was confident I had answered correctly, and how many could possibly be wrong. Comparing this score to the past ten years' tests, I believe I scored approximately 173. I will be humiliated, but not devastated, if my results show otherwise. If my scores are particularly good, I may scratch a few of my lower choice schools and instead apply at a few of the dream schools that felt out of reach when I first began this endeavor.
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