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Preparing for LSATs as Told by the 2016 Presidential Nominees

Since Law School Is the First Step to the American Presidency

Chandler Lefevere

Sep 19, 2016

Fernandina Beach, FL

Preparing for LSATs as Told by the 2016 Presidential Nominees

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If Legally Blonde succeeded in teaching me anything in life, other than the “Bend and Snap” is the Holy Grail for getting the guy, it’s that law school isn’t just a walk in the park and neither is the entrance exam that will likely determine the rest of your legal career—the LSAT.

LSAT, or the Law School Admissions Test is a comprehensive exam that is used by law school admissions to, for lack of better word, determine the probability that you will actually succeed instead of fail out. The exam has a perfect score of 180 and anything above the 170 mark just about assures you admission to almost any law program you want, provided that your GPA is up to par, you are a well-rounded student, and have some pretty stellar faculty recommendations. Arguably, it is the LSAT that holds the most weight in an admission decision so it is obvious that a law school candidate needs to do as well as possible in order to stand out. Being that it is my senior year of college and my law school application due dates are quickly coming to pass, the pressure of doing well on the LSAT is intense, even more so with my wanting to attend a top 20 program. With my background in Political Science, how better to describe this process than the 2016 Presidential Nominees, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Trying to study on your own and realizing it is never going to work, because the Logic Games section is truly a creation of Satan himself.
Taking your first practice test and realizing you aren’t as smart as you thought you were.
Draining your life savings to pay for a prep course.
Having that A-HA moment when things actually start to make sense.
Going into your first LSAT and realizing that you’re practically Elle Woods already.

Harvard Law, here we come!

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

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9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

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