<p>Yup. Not looking for T15. She doesn’t need it. She has a job. 
(I have a successful small city general practice in Texas that she will inherit. In fact, she will have the opportunity to inherit a 3 lawyer practice. ) Background. Small Texas High School. Top 10%. No professionals in her family. No advanced degrees. No real expectations. Married. Two kids. 25. Driven to succeed. Intelligent. Indefatigable. Savvy. Insightful. People skills out the wazoo. Excellent at issue recognition, reading comprehension, and accuracy. “Self-actualized” and self-motivated. Strong sense of purpose. Confident. 2 year paralegal degree from well-respected CC program with top grades and rec’s. Presently finishing her undergraduate degree taking 12 hour semesters at a local “University Center” (Read: local directional state university satellite) by both online and in person courses (while working full-time and raising two kids while her supportive, encouraging husband works pipeline/welder out of town). 3.75 GPA. She makes top grades in the most challenging coursework offered (many involving case analysis). </p>
<p>Simply put, this kid thinks like a lawyer. Not necessarily a good thing, but there it is. Had she been friends with my daughter in high school, she’d be a lawyer today. She has a compelling personal story and will have great recommendations from practicing attorneys. She is cultivating rec’s from her professors. She will write an excellent application. I can shepherd her through this part. </p>
<p>I want y’all to assume that with an “adequate” LSAT she’ll be accepted to one of the two 4 year night law school programs in the DFW Metroplex (Texas A&M or UNT). Her academic background may simply not have been strong enough to prepare her for the LSAT. It looks to us like she will take next summer off from school to prepare for the LSAT and then finish her coursework while applying Fall of 2015 for entry Fall 2016.</p>
<p>She may need serious help on this damnable test. I have concerns about her academic background. The schools will have the same concern. The LSAT has to fix that. She has been encouraged to read dense material in a wide variety of fields but I expect she will need more than she gains from the natural process. She has right at a year. What does she need to be doing now? Schedule? Resources? Diagnostics? Right now she will start familiarizing herself with test length, format, question types. Basic stuff. Over the semester break (maybe right after New Year’s) she will take a “simulated test environment” practice test. Tutors? Online prep courses? She will have adequate time and an adequate budget for test prep. </p>
<p>To those of you who know me from this board: you know that I have helped a few kids get scholarships, get into colleges, or get into med school. If I have engendered any good will on this board I sure would like to cash it all in for this exceptional young woman. Thanks in advance. curmudgeon </p>
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