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Law School Applications / Re: Will numbers do it alone?
« on: March 24, 2005, 01:31:48 PM »
Quote from: ry_dogg_pcv on March 24, 2005, 11:05:02 AM
this has to be the lamest post i've ever encountered here (assuming that it isn't flame).  if you are smart enough have a 4.0+ and score in the 99.X+ percentile on the lsat, you should know that you will easilly get into the t-14.

i call flame...if you have already taken practice exams and found this board, then you have to know about the USNEWS rankings (you even used the t-14 term).  further, you must have seen the medians or 25/75 numbers. 

maybe you just want to be congratulated on such impressive numbers.

Not in the slightest.  This post deals with my most prescient and earnest concerns.  I am fairly confident in what my final GPA and LSAT will be.  I want to know if this is enough to get into the top 14 with other factors considered average.  Since I still have time, I want to know which paths will optimize my candidacy so I can use such information in making decisions.  I am by no means feigning ignorance; certainly I have looked much into the whole law school application process.  And after doing such, I still have certain concerns, which I hope to assuage per this post.

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Law School Applications / Will numbers do it alone?
« on: March 24, 2005, 01:41:16 AM »
yep

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Recommendations / Re: anybody can rate my letter of recommendation?
« on: March 23, 2005, 07:14:23 PM »
bloomich@umich.edu

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LSAC and LSDAS / Re: What do they do with the "W"s?
« on: March 23, 2005, 07:02:22 PM »
Wow, am I glad this question was asked! 8)  When I was a high school senior, I dual-enrolled at the local community college to take calculus classes that my high school didn't offer.  I took Calc II my first semester, and signed up for Calc III the second.  But being in 2nd semester senior year and realizing that I never would use higher level calculus in my future, I decided to drop the class.  Unfortunately, the community college gives you only 6 business days to drop before you get a 'W'.  Of course, as a high school senior, I was completely oblivious to this and dropped the class. 

So... fast forwad some years later... reading that I would have to submit ALL transcripts from EVERY school I attended prior to graduation, I looked up my unofficial transcript from the community college online to see a big fat 'W' listed (this is when I looked up the "6-day policy").

To put this in perspective, I have never gotten an 'A-' or below since freshman year of high school, I graduated with a 4.37 from high school.  And I currently am maintaining a 4.09 (in LSDAC terms) at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Honors College.  I work VERY hard to maintain my perfect average.  So as one could imagine, I was about to collapse when I read on LSDAC's website that they may count such grades as F's and compute them as 0.00!!!  PHEW!!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH MURPHEY'S LAW FOR POSTING THIS QUESTION :)

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Studying for the LSAT / Re: very difficult question
« on: March 23, 2005, 02:43:00 AM »
Quote from: breadboy on March 21, 2005, 10:36:54 PM
Quote from: Amanda H. on March 21, 2005, 08:25:04 PM

Yes, it would be like the U.S. President officially "declaring war" on another country.

(Officially, the president can engage in military activities for 60-90 days under the War Powers Act, but needs congressional authorization for further action.  Moreover, only the Congress can officially "declare war" under the constitution.  Therefore, the Congress would be understandably disturbed if the president officially "declared war" without seeking approval first.)

So it's a procedural concern more than a substantive one.

Although your right as far as procedure goes, the Executive office has assumed the power to declare war in every conflict after World War II (the last time war was declared in congress).

Not entirely accurate.  While you are correct that the US has not declared war since World War II, the executive office has NOT assumed the power to declare war de facto.  This still requires an act of Congress.  For instance, in 1964, all but 2 member of the US Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effectively giving President LBJ the power to wage war in Vietname, while not officially "declaring war."  This still was done by an act of Congress.  Outside of the War Powers Act, an act of Congress is needed even for "police actions," i.e. undeclared wars.  It also is important to keep in mind that one of Congress' most effective controls is appropriations.  That is to say, even if the executive could declare de facto war, she/he would still need Congress to finance it.

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Studying for the LSAT / Re: very difficult question
« on: March 20, 2005, 03:41:16 AM »
Quote from: kralf on March 18, 2005, 07:43:22 PM

prep test 32 section 1 #18

Until 1985 all commercial airlines completely replenished the cabin air in planes in flight once every 30 minutes. Since then the rate has been once every hour. The less frequently cabin air is replenished in a plane in flight, the higher the level of carbon dioxide in that plane and the easier it is for airborne illnesses to be spread.

Q: which one of the follwing is most strongly supported by the information above?

b) People who fly today are more likely to contract airborne illnesses than were people who flew prior to 1985..

e) in 1980 the level of carbon dioxide in the cabin air on a two-hour commercial airline flight
was lower than it is today on a similar flight..(answer)



Why not B is the answer?

I think B is right inference..

B requires a large leap because "people who fly" can contract airborne illnesses in arenas outside of the airplane, which complicates the whole comparison... whereas choice E is very specific in limiting any extraneous factors... it may be the case that people who happen to ride airplanes today are less likely to contract airborne illness due to advancements in medical treatment, cleaner air outside of airplanes, etc.

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