I'm currently relaxing on a couch in the ARC, enjoying the campus WiFi. My summer apartment no longer has Internet (the product of a shady housemate discontinuing it and returning our modem after she moved out for the year... without notifying those of us who still live there), so I'm glad that I live close enough to campus that I can just walk over and pick a spot to sit back, relax, and study/check my email/update Facebook/BLOG. It's a lovely 101 degrees outside right now, so free Internet and air conditioning with a Starbucks 20 feet away from me is a highlight for the day.
I've been keeping busy the past week and a half. Lots of time working, of course, but I've also been studying Arabic, working on IRB renewals for the Psych lab I'm managing, reading, and hanging out with friends (a couple of my high school friends came up to Davis yesterday, which was nice). And of course I'm studying for the LSAT too! After spending the first month and a half of my summer intending to study for the LSAT yet barely even cracking open a prep book - despite having two checked out from the local library - I finally buckled down and set up a study plan for myself. I'll be doing one practice test per week up until I take the test in February, except for doing a test every other week while I'm in D.C. unless I find myself with more time on my hands. In theory I'll also be doing practice sections during the week and honing Logical Reasoning, which is currently my worst section. My first full-length practice test of the year (taken last Saturday, the first day of my new study routine) was a 169... a full 7 points higher than my first practice test back in spring of my freshman year. Considering this is only the second full practice test I've done, I am ecstatic about this and am confident that I can break a 174 in February... provided I stick with my study schedule, of course! I wouldn't say no to a perfect 180, but realistically I'll be in the mid-170s. Still 99th percentile, and definitely good enough to get me into a top law school (maybe even HYS)!
As you can see, law school is definitely on the mind right now. A lot of my free time at work is spent stalking the websites of T-14 law schools and poring over their viewbooks. I've plugged potential scores into Law School Predictor at least a dozen times this summer, if not in August alone. At this rate, I'm pretty much determined to plan my way into a top law school. Being an obsessive planner has never led me wrong so far and I doubt it will now! I spend so much time talking about the LSAT and law school that I think half of my Facebook friends are probably convinced that I'm graduating a year early and applying for law school this fall. What can I say? I'm just excited for the future and determined to be on top of applications!
I've been keeping busy the past week and a half. Lots of time working, of course, but I've also been studying Arabic, working on IRB renewals for the Psych lab I'm managing, reading, and hanging out with friends (a couple of my high school friends came up to Davis yesterday, which was nice). And of course I'm studying for the LSAT too! After spending the first month and a half of my summer intending to study for the LSAT yet barely even cracking open a prep book - despite having two checked out from the local library - I finally buckled down and set up a study plan for myself. I'll be doing one practice test per week up until I take the test in February, except for doing a test every other week while I'm in D.C. unless I find myself with more time on my hands. In theory I'll also be doing practice sections during the week and honing Logical Reasoning, which is currently my worst section. My first full-length practice test of the year (taken last Saturday, the first day of my new study routine) was a 169... a full 7 points higher than my first practice test back in spring of my freshman year. Considering this is only the second full practice test I've done, I am ecstatic about this and am confident that I can break a 174 in February... provided I stick with my study schedule, of course! I wouldn't say no to a perfect 180, but realistically I'll be in the mid-170s. Still 99th percentile, and definitely good enough to get me into a top law school (maybe even HYS)!
As you can see, law school is definitely on the mind right now. A lot of my free time at work is spent stalking the websites of T-14 law schools and poring over their viewbooks. I've plugged potential scores into Law School Predictor at least a dozen times this summer, if not in August alone. At this rate, I'm pretty much determined to plan my way into a top law school. Being an obsessive planner has never led me wrong so far and I doubt it will now! I spend so much time talking about the LSAT and law school that I think half of my Facebook friends are probably convinced that I'm graduating a year early and applying for law school this fall. What can I say? I'm just excited for the future and determined to be on top of applications!
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