u/Icy_Dragonfruit_9314

Got my first 180 on a PT 🥹
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Got my first 180 on a PT 🥹

Have had a really weird studying history with bits and pieces all over the last 3 yrs (junior undergrad). Scored a 170 on my first test and prepping for June now.

I feel like I’ve gotten to the point that I’m in the test designers head after sheer exposure and volume. (Diagnostic 144 in like high school lol)

Edit: Regarding above,

I think once you’re in the 160’s it can be helpful to just drill and gain exposure to as many questions as possible. You begin adapting nuances you passively (and actively through a WAJ) learn into your intuition.

I used AdeptLR (lowk expensive) to drill specific question types while using LSAThacks question type guidance to solidify my intuition/approach on a problem type.

All to say, consistent volume seems to be a key driver of improvement, especially below 170’s. Past that, critically analyzing wrong answer choices and adapting approach based on that helped me break through to 17high.

Also to some degree it feels like magic. I don’t always know what it is my brains doing to make me better, but a high volume of exposure seems to improve accuracy.

u/Icy_Dragonfruit_9314 — 4 days ago

For T14’s that report it, the average percentage of first gen students in an entering class hovers around 10-12% (Various 1L Class Profiles).

There are some notable exceptions; for Yale it is 25% and 23% at Northwestern. I was surprised to see how low this number is, even for HLS it’s 9%.

Given the relative scarcity of first gen students does anyone have a speculative opinion on what degree being first-gen boosts an app? Or if that boost exists at all (perhaps that rate is just representative of applicants).

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u/Icy_Dragonfruit_9314 — 14 days ago