u/PerfectScoreTutoring

But some of the comments on the LSAC announcement restricting access to Iranian citizens are some of the most rancid, degenerate comments I have seen on the Internet as a whole.

It legitimately pains me to think that the people who made those comments are looking to go to law school. The racism and dog whistling is crazy.

For anyone who has been affected by their access to LSAC services being closed off due to this unfortunate announcement, please DM me. I am happy to meet 1 on 1 with you for free and point you towards any resources or options that I know of, or offer some of my own if applicable.

edit: the resources that I can offer for free are tutoring, free access to LSAT Journal ( lsatjournal.com ) as a prep resource, connections to startup roles if this throws your immediate plans into limbo, or just someone to vent to and who can listen

It's been almost exactly 1 year since I took the LSAT that got me a 177. My diagnostic was a 155, and my improvement journey took ~4 months. Reflecting back on that, if I had to do it over again, these are the 3 most important things I would have changed.

1. Start Earlier.

My score improvement was actually spread across 2 years, in 2 chunks of 2 months each. I started studying for the September 2024 LSAT in late June and scored a 168 (169? can't remember). I got some OK results from that cycle, but knew I could have done much better on the LSAT.

My next 2 months took me from that to scoring 180s consistently in PTs in the lead-up to my 177. Looking back, I can really say that I severely underestimate how difficult this test could be and just how many hours and practice questions it would take to improve. Conversations with 100s of users of the LSAT prep tool I ended up building have also surfaced this as one of the biggest collective regrets.

Concrete action item: Budget twice as much time as you think you'll need to get to your goal score.

2. Find common patterns in your mistakes

Honestly, this one is going to seem a bit obvious, but I think the nuances around it are not quite as straightforward. Reviewing can yield plenty of common patterns that ultimately don't end up being that instructive.

Example of a bad pattern recog:

"I'm missing necessary assumption questions so I should study those more."

Example of a good one:

"I consistently miss questions that involve subtle false equivalencies - this question, for example, equated 'flights' and 'airplanes' but those actually mean two different things in the context of this question. I have to be on guard against similar words or terms that don't actually equate."

This is also the point of keeping a wrong answer journal. By actively reviewing and breaking down questions, you can start to find patterns in your notes that lead to pretty good rulesets for yourself.

Concrete action item: Go beyond categories and compare the questions you're getting wrong to see if there are deeper similarities that go past the surface.

3. Find a study/accountability partner

This is a bit more personally biased and skews toward my very ADHD brain, but finding an accountability partner on r/LSAT ended up being super helpful. I'd recommend finding someone in your same time zone and who has a similar diagnostic & goal score to you. You can even use this comment section to do that if that's helpful.

Concrete action item: Make a post or comment or anything just reaching out.

P.S. For every post I make going forward, I'll also be giving away one lifetime free access plan to LSAT Journal (www.lsatjournal.com) to a random commenter (or replier, doesn't have to be a top-level comment). The time window will be 24 hours from the OP time. For this post, maybe that comment can be seeking out a study buddy or responding to someone looking for one.

Got the Zelle this morning. Has single-handedly restored my faith (at least some of it) in the law lol

I thought about my experience 2 years ago after watching Obsession. Wont spoil anything beyond saying there's a very clear villain of the story, but the character played by Inde Navarrete reminded me of my ex with BPD.

When things were ending it felt like the world was breaking apart. Now, I wonder why I ever put up with such insanity and oscillation between obsession and recoiling - the BPD cycle.

2 years later, investing in myself and my own health has paid off in the wildest ways. I was able to start a business with a friend making software and just built an Android app that can iMessage and FaceTime that is gaining a lot of interest. I wasn't actively looking, but I met a wonderful and loving partner who is sane, consistent, and rock solid. Life is better in every single way possible.

I feel a mix of pity, disgust, and resentment for my ex, but not much beyond just hoping that their destructive behavior is limited and their reputation precedes them. But it feels so far away because my life has moved so far beyond them and it's kind of wild to reflect back on that.

If you're reading this and still in the middle, my only advice is to focus on you and you alone. They are just like that and it is unlikely they will change in meaningful ways for a long time, by which point you will be so far above them that they will be entirely irrelevant. I wish you the best of luck in that journey.

These two things aren't really related, but I thought it was funny. He should have taken me out when he had the chance.

(Also it was his boyfriend Peter Pham driving, not him lol)

But yeah, just wrapped up an Android app that can iMessage and FaceTime apple devices and can't be shut down because it's protected by ADA law.

I almost missed rent last month. AMA 🤡

hi folks, I'm one of the makers of LSAT Journal. Wrong answer journaling helped me go from a 155 to a 177 in 4 months. My attempt to make that process easier turned into LSAT Journal.

But the new goal is now to make the crazy expensive industry of LSAT prep as affordable as possible. So we made LSAT Journal's pricing $96/year for full drills, with the goal of getting our plans down to $72 per year, $60 for the 6-month plan, and $24 for monthly.

Eventually, we hope to make LSAT Journal free and run it at a loss, and justify it as a marketing expense for a note-taking device (a pen attachment that scans and digitizes your notes as your write). This goal was driven by my own money struggles when prepping for the LSAT and running into platforms that charged the same amount that we do for a year... every month.

To that end, I'm looking for current undergrads who are interested in being campus ambassadors for LSAT Journal. We think that the users who would be most responsive to a cheaper LSAT prep solution might be college students. We have about 80 students interested in being campus ambassadors so far, and are offering free lifetime access to LSAT Journal if you're interested in being an ambassador.

The best ways to reach out are by commenting here, emailing me at hojung@lsatjournal.com, or going to our website at www.lsatjournal.com and using the Intercom widget (the white smiley chat thing in the bottom right) to send us a message. If you're interested, I'd love to chat.

After spending a bunch of money on LSAT prep to get from a 155 to a 177, I built what I thought was a tiny note-taking tool for LSAT problems. I posted it on r/lsat about 8 months ago and it got 200 signups in 2 days.

Since then, it's turned into a prep platform with the goal of literally just being 10x cheaper. LSAT prep is primarily about practice problems and review, but industry-leading platforms were charging $100, $70 per MONTH on the low end. That drove the decision to price at $96/year, which will go down again to $72/year this month.

Turns out that literally just deciding to not price gouge your users can be a winning competitive advantage.

AMA about the journey. Hope I can provide useful insights.

edit: I didn't imagine that this particularly subreddit would care about LSAT prep so I didn't link at first, but it's www.lsatjournal.com if you want to check it out

I don't have to tell you about how expensive LSAT prep is. With the registration fees alone costing ~$250 and the cheapest prep platform out there costing $69/month, you're spending a small fortune before you even get to law school.

One applicant thought so too, and filed a class action lawsuit against the LSAT for monopolistic practices back in August. While it got dismissed the first time around, they re-filed in April with an improved case, and today, discovery for this case opens.

This entire field could become very different, with the biggest potential changes being what puts this process out of reach for many people. I don't think it's radical to hope for change. Let's see what happens.

I don't have to tell you about how expensive LSAT prep is. With the registration fees alone costing ~$250 and the cheapest prep platform out there costing $69/month, you're spending a small fortune before you even get to law school.

One applicant thought so too, and filed a class action lawsuit against the LSAT for monopolistic practices back in August. While it got dismissed the first time around, they re-filed in April with an improved case, and today, discovery for this case opens.

This entire field could become very different, with the biggest potential changes being what puts this process out of reach for many people. I don't think it's radical to hope for change. Let's see what happens.

I don't have to tell you about how expensive LSAT prep is. With the registration fees alone costing ~$250 and the cheapest prep platform out there costing $69/month, you're spending a small fortune before you even get to law school.

One applicant thought so too, and filed a class action lawsuit against the LSAT for monopolistic practices back in August. While it got dismissed the first time around, they re-filed in April with an improved case, and today, discovery for this case opens.

This entire field could become very different, with the biggest potential changes being what puts this process out of reach for many people. I don't think it's radical to hope for change. Let's see what happens.

Wrong answer journaling, the process of explaining and reviewing your wrong answers, helped me go from a 155 diagnostic to a 177. This was the deciding factor in getting a full scholarship to a T-25 law school (because it definitely wasn't my 3.3, well below median GPA lol).

I wanted to take some time to explain 5 methods of wrong answer journaling that might help you review and see the questions in different ways.

1. Explain every wrong answer, not just the one you got wrong

This is probably one of the most helpful ways you can increase your understanding and depth around each question. You definitely want to understand your own individual wrong answer choice, but if you can go the extra mile and understand why every single wrong answer choice is wrong, you'll be that much better on guard against similar choices in the future.

2. Visualize the problem

This can actually be pretty helpful for taking the test in the first place, but drawing things out has been helpful in the past when I'm having trouble visualizing what's actually happening in the stimulus.

https://preview.redd.it/bc1ukckd5q4h1.png?width=2940&format=png&auto=webp&s=3cc81584b26f82dd6d3b0df5e6a64fb841939394

You can use the annotation tool to do this on www.lsatjournal.com to save diagrams to each entry as of... well, yesterday.

3. Summarize and break down the stimulus

Sometimes, you just weren't able to translate the stimulus into its most basic logic. Maybe it was a specific word or confusing phrasing that tripped you up. Logging every time this happens and writing down the simplified version of the stimulus can do wonders for your overall "translation" ability.

4. Come up with a "lesson" for that particular problem, and turn it into a flashcard

I like to think about every single wrong answer as a critical lesson. Sometimes, that lesson shows up across multiple problems that you get wrong. That's the point at which it becomes your own mistake pattern that you want to identify and defend against.

I would have ongoing lessons and add the new question ID on a flashcard every time I made the mistake - this helped me keep a running list of all of my major issues so that I could be mindful of eliminating things on a pattern level instead of just an individual problem level.

5. Take a break

This is less related to wrong answer journaling and more to what effective review looks like in general. If you're getting to the point where you're making the same mistakes and burning yourself out, sometimes just a few days or a week off can help your brain reset and internalize all of the work you've already been doing.

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Anyways, good look out there y'all. And I hope this helps in your study journey.