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Here’s a previous post entitled “I have my June LSAT Score: Now What?” that might be helpful to many of you today.
There is no shame in re-taking the LSAT. Two guidelines about studying for September:
1. If you did much better (consistently) on practice exams than on the real thing, you don’t need to sit through another prep course – just maintain the skills you already have and check out Knewton and TestSherpa and other inexpensive tutorial methods. Also, get working on your application materials – don’t wait for the new score to start your personal statement, resume, LORs, etc.
2. If you weren’t hitting practice exam scores much higher than your actual score, you need a new and improved way to prep for the September exam: Try a different prep course, or if you didn’t take a prep course, trying one (even an online/inexpensive version) or a private tutor might make all the difference for you.
No matter what you decide, don’t let this first score haunt you. It doesn’t preclude you from enjoying a successful career – it’s just part of how you determine your strategy going forward.
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I meet the most interesting and helpful people on twitter, and if you’re not networking on twitter you might be missing something. It’s not just a place to bitch about LSAT prep.
Here’s a great example – a compilation of tweets by lawyers with advice for people considering law school.
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One of my clients started a blog this week (Lawlicious) and promises to document her adventures through law school. She started off by doing something very smart – she contacted Kevin Houchin, Esq. after hearing my interview with him on BlogTalkRadio. She then reviewed his book (“Fuel the Fire: Success in Law School and Beyond”) on her blog, and now he put her review on his blog. This, my friends, is exactly what Kevin and I were talking about in that interview – start networking while you’re in law school and start writing and making your own experience. That’s how you build a career. Good job, Nicole! Keep it up!
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One of my clients asked me about a one week pre-law summer institute that promised a “certificate of completion” that would WOW law schools. She wanted to know my thoughts on whether she should participate.
What is a reason to participate in this kind of program? To spend a week talking about and studying law in order to see if you like talking about and studying law.
Any other reason is totally lame. I would discourage a client from listing this program on a resume. It’s a one-week thing and hardly significant in the scheme of your entire college career. A last ditch effort to show an interest in law despite majoring in studio art will not fool a jaded Adcom member. If you have to put this on your resume just to have something on your resume, you have bigger problems than this course can solve for you. And, lastly, since there is no honor or selectivity in getting in to the class, or any grades or exams where your performance is evaluated, a certificate that you completed the program is hardly impressive. It’s really, really desperate.
I know my readers love it when I provide responses that do not begin with “It depends” so I hope you all eat this one right up! I look forward to your comments on it.
Oh! And one last thing -
For my blog readers who sat at the booth next to me at Denny’s at Sunset and the 101 on Friday afternoon, I wish you’d introduced yourselves and said hello even though I was with my kids. My au pair told me later that you were staring and pointing and whispering and talking about personal statements. She later facebooked all her friends to tell them her host mom is some kind of book writing, law school guru “Web-Celeb.” But, sincerely, next time please say hello. I love to hear readers’ thoughts on the blog and book and to put faces on the people out in Internet-land. I just hope the next time you see me I’m not at Denny’s. I hope it’s somewhere much more glamorous.
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Thanks to Steve Schwartz of Manhattan LSAT Tutor for interviewing me about The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert. He asked some great questions about ranking versus tuition, financial aid, and why it’s important to have specific reasons for applying to each school. You can see the interview here on the LSATBlog.
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I’m so excited to announce that the first five Amazon reviews for my book have been posted and every single reviewer gave me 5 stars for “The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert.“ If you purchase the book from the publisher’s website, you will receive FREE Shipping in 2-3 days. If you sign up for my Option A “The Works” Law School Admission Consulting Package BEFORE June LSAT scores are released, you will also get a FREE copy of the book.
I look forward to your comments and questions about the book, and to (hopefully) many more 5-star reviews.
Categories: LSAT, LSAT; Rolling Admissions, Multiple LSAT scores
Tags: canceling LSAT score, keeping LSAT score, LSAT, Multiple LSAT scores
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Ok, it’s over. It’s done. Today was LSAT day.
What do you do next?
1. Decide how you feel about keeping your LSAT score:
“Canceling an LSAT Score: Will this hurt you? No. It just puts that much pressure on you for next time. So, when should you cancel? If you completely screw up by leaving an entire section blank, misbubble the last ten questions, or become violently ill in the middle of the exam, you should probably cancel. This is especially true if the score would be so demoralizing to you that you would be unable to live with yourself. Another reason to cancel is if you already have one LSAT score that you’re content with and you’re pretty sure you don’t want to have to explain to law schools why the second score is lower.” (The next paragraph goes on to discuss reasons not to cancel an LSAT score)
Also see my previous post on this subject:
2. Stay away from discussion boards. It doesn’t matter what some anonymous person says about what answer was right to which question. This will only make you crazy. The only person you should be speaking to about your LSAT test is your tutor. Stay away from anyone else who took the test and start to think about the next 3 weeks and what you can accomplish to be productive (work on LORs, personal statements, resumes, etc.
Good luck – and feel free to ask questions!
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On Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST, I will be broadcasting an interview with Kevin Houchin, Esq., author of Fuel the Spark: 5 Guiding Values for Success in Law School and Beyond.
While Fall 2010 applicants are taking the LSAT, those of you beyond that part of life (and grateful to be!) have the opportunity to benefit from some advice about starting the adventure of law school. This is not a “how to brief a case” lecture – this is about how to keep things in perspective and how to set realistic expectations for the law school experience and for your career. No matter where you’re planning to attend law school, you will learn something from Kevin.
You can call in to ask questions, or listen online, or listen online for Success Tips for Law School and Beyond.
Categories: LSAT, LSAT Prep, LSAT; Rolling Admissions, Low LSAT, Multiple LSAT scores
Tags: Cancel LSAT score, Cancelling the LSAT, LSAT, LSAT noshow
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What a great radio show this morning! Wow!
We heard great tips for the week before the test from 4 very experienced LSAT tutors:
Josh Morrison of LogicPro, Donald Viscardi of Inspirica, Bara Sapir of TestPrepNY, and Paul Siemons of Advantage Testing.
Listen to this morning’s program at my BlogTalkRadio show. It’ll be the best 45 minutes you’ll spend in the week before the June LSAT. If you’re taking the September 2009 LSAT, it’ll really help you decide how to pick an LSAT tutor/prep program because we highlighted four very different (and each effective for the right person) approaches. You can listen on your computer or download it to your iPod.
Thanks also to Bara Sapir for offering a wonderful 30-minute sample of TestPrepNY’s sample LSAT exam preparation audio program.
If you have questions based on anything discussed in the program, leave a comment here. You can ask the question to me, or to a specific tutor from our panel. I look forward to your questions and comments! And, if you find the show helpful please let me know that too. Your feedback helps me determine future blog and radio show topics.
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Ann K. Levine, Esq., former director of law school admissions for two ABA law schools, is a law school admission consultant and owner of Law School Expert,
