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May 19, 2006 06:38

so i have a job now. i start monday, 12-4 monday thru thursday next week, then i have memorial day weekend off. so far things are shaping up quite nicely. my lsat class is just about half way over and my summer class also starts on monday, so i will be uber busy until june 23rd when that class ends, then i will just be busy as i continue to work ( Read more... )

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scottbaiowolf May 21 2006, 17:47:40 UTC

how's the lsat class going?

and where's the new job?

jessncc1701d May 21 2006, 18:00:53 UTC

lsat class is going pretty well, i have learned some helpful tips that i am toying around with on the prep tests to see which ones help me best and all that jazz. i have stayed around my 147 for each prep test, which is according to teh instructor good because most people, when figuring out how best to take the test, will drop like 5 points until they have all the tips and know which ones work best. the args had been giving me a lot of problems but i seem to be doing a bit better on those now but i would still like a 25% or so improvement, and so long as i don't get 2 uber difficult logic games i average about a 75-80% accuracy rate. teh reading comp while more time efficent this new way has messed with my accuracy so i need to work some more on that. but i will be tweaking my technique over the summer until the september test, so with anyluck teh 14 point increase i wanted will not be a problem. we will see. i can already get into one of the schools i am looking at with my current score so that is good ( ... )

scottbaiowolf May 22 2006, 04:02:48 UTC

cool, i need to take a class or get an lsat book or something. my gpa is a 3.93 so i'm not worried about that, just the lsat. i'm pretty sure i'll be taking the september one, i haven't gotten my act together enough to be prepared for the june.

and hey, retail kinda sucks, but it's perfect for working around a school schedule. i've never heard of boscovs (we don't have them down here), but i envy your appliance discount. have you decided on maryland for sure? and any tips on financing this stuff? i think we're both looking at like $100K for this whole law school thing. :0 i wonder how long it would take to pay that off, even at a lawyer's salary.

i am still working on my mom to try and get her to go to steph's wedding. i think it will happen though, so hopefully i will see you in a few months.

jessncc1701d May 22 2006, 12:46:58 UTC

pretty much maryland is where i plan to be, either UB or UM, my GPA i am not worried about either, i have 3 classes yet that will get an actual letter grade, each of which should be an A. the LSAT doesn't worry me as much right now, i have to start to get some more practice books for the summer months. as far as financing i know that loans are pretty much what you live on unless you can manage to find a scholarship or grant or something. but you should be able to get money from fafsa if your folks are going to help you pay for anything. i looked into that, then the regular fed loans that you can get for undergrad also apply, so maybe 70-80 K that you still need to look for.

i have been told that if you sell your soul for about 4 or 5 years and do corporate work you can pay all your debt off but i am loathe to sell my soul yet. and i know that the folks are serious if you want to come and need a place tp crash because no one else is coming let them know and you can stay with us and whatnot.

scottbaiowolf August 21 2006, 04:40:49 UTC

any tips on the arguments? i'm finding those to be the hardest too.

jessncc1701d August 21 2006, 12:01:36 UTC

practice really is the only advice i have for those. that is what i have done and am now getting about 18 right per section, which combined with my other section scores has gotten me to about a 159 on teh test. i am going to do some more cramming in the next month as i would really like to be at a 160 or better to apply to schools. what are you scoring? also i can't believe that in 3 months or so i will have graduated and be neeing to get and furnish an apartment. crazy. i just hope that people send me a lot of money for having graduated so i can afford to not sleep on cardboard boxes and have a couch made of boxes, as cool as it would look :) how are things with you? you going to come to the wedding?

scottbaiowolf August 25 2006, 18:07:18 UTC

this is going to sound like i'm totally unprepared (which I am), but I NEVER study for anything and I actually hadn't really planned on studying for the LSAT.....but I've only taken the test cold once. I got a 150, so I figured I needed to start studying. But I think if I cram for the next month I can do ok. Did you take the test cold before your class? If so, how much did your score improve with studying?

and it looks like my mom and i will be coming to the wedding. we just have to actually book our flight.

jessncc1701d August 25 2006, 18:11:32 UTC

first KICK ASS that you guys are going!

the first day of class was actually a test. i got a 147 on that with no practice before hand. by the time i took the last test we had for the class i was at a 156, now i get enough of the args right that with my other average scores i am around a 159. so the studying helps a lot from my experience.

i think it helps you to know be intimidated by the whole test and lets you see how they write teh questions so you know what to expect and look for in the answers. a 150 is average on the test, that is what our instructor said, and most people did not get that on the first test, i was second highest score and did not hit average. so i think that if you study like crazy you will be sitting pretty on september the 30th

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