Law School Discussion

I'll be more than happy to read it.

I'm sure most of the people on this board would do this, but it bares repeating. I went out to my test center yesterday (I had never been there before) and discovered the following things:

1) The directions I got of Map Quest neglected to tell me which direction (north/south) to take at an intersection. I figured it out, and went to correct way, but, on test day if I had made a mistake, it would have been uneeded stress.

2) The test center is on a road which goes through a "downtown" area. Yesterday morning, they were setting up for a festival and the road was blocked, with no detour marked. I figured my way to the building rather easily, but, still, more uneeded stress.

3) The building name wasn't exactly the same as what is indicated on my admission ticket, and the address of the building isn't clear from the main road.

4) Parking is going to be a problem. The lot was small and it is for faculty and staff only. I'm going to call to see if they are going to make special arrangments for the day of the test.

Moral of the story: do your recon, you might be surprised what you find.

BTW...for those who are curious...I'm taking the test at Stetson University in Deland, FL

I think if games are your worse section, that is the best place to start for improving. When I started out, I could get the games all correct, just not in 35 minutes. Now, after lots and lots of practice in games, I usually only miss 1 or 2. This, by itself, improved my score about 5 points. If  you don't have the Powerscore bibles, get them. They really help.

Lately, in LR sections, I have been missing 2-4 per section. In games, I usually miss 0 or 1. Last night, I took a LR section and a games section (I think it was from prep test 28 or 29, the last one in the green 10 actual book) and I totally bombed both of them, missing 6 on LR and 6 on games(!). I'm not sure if this was an anomaly or if it was a result of taking an older test than I had been (I've been working mainly in the high 30s and 40s). However, I'm concerned that I might be getting a little burnt out, but I'm not aware of it.

My study schedule pretty much goes like this: M-F I try to do two sections a night (going over the ones I miss) and on Saturday I take a full test with an experiemental, under "real" testing conditions. On Sunday, I either take a day off or a I go over problems I missed during the week. I work about 50 hours a week right now, so that's about all I can manage without going crazy.

I don't feel burnt out; I'm still rather focused. However, maybe it's time I take a break for a few days? I'd really feel more comfortable if I was scoring 170+ in practice, but I don't want to take steps back either.

I actually like the first idea the best (just to muddy the waters a bit). However, I will provide one caveat; make sure that your essay focuses on YOU not your mother. Sometimes when people write an essay about how someone changed their life, they tend to focus on the someone rather than themselves.

The 3rd topic I like the least (unless it is in response to a prompt that asks why you want to be  lawyer). I agree that it was from a pretty long time ago (Are you the same person you were when you were 15? I'm certainly not.) and I think those types of essays are going to be some what common.

I think the 2nd topic COULD work if you "do it the right way." I think pigwidgeon's concern is valid so I would be cognizant of it.

Of course, you could do some more brainstorming and come up with new topics if none of these seem to have the "wowness" for which you are looking.

I'm sort of in the same boat as you; I've been thinking about one topic for a while and now I've thought of a few others that might be better. I think I might write a rough draft of each one and see how they end up. If you have the time, you might want to try this approach and see if it works for you.