This is a guest article by my friend Dustin Timblin.

So you’ve decided to go to law school. The first thing you should do after taking that important step is to realize how important your LSAT score is to your overall acceptance chances. The LSAT is often called the “great equalizer” because it levels the playing field across majors and schools in order to more objectively evaluate your chances of success in law school. The LSAT score is by far the most important factor in the admissions process, followed by the GPA, and then the personal statement, soft factors, letters of …

Class – Fundamentals of Investments

Topic – Bonds, Options, Futures, and Mutual Funds

Test Type – 40 Questions—20 True/False, 20 Multiple Choice

Time Permitted - 1 Hour 20 Minutes.

Percentage of Grade - 30%.

Amount of time studying – Approximately 20-25 hours, including group tutoring and group study

In this class, we are allowed a single 3×5 index card to utilize as a cheat sheet on each test.  The best way to utilize this card is to type all your formulas and relevant info on a computer and shrinking it down, printing it out, and stapling it …

My first semester of college I logged onto my university bookstore’s website and pre-ordered my books well ahead of schedule. All told I paid close to 500 dollars. This even included a few used volumes.

My most recent semester of college I logged onto my university bookstore’s website and wrote down all of the ISBN numbers for all of the books I would need. I then proceeded to reserve all of them, except for two or three, at my local library. I bought old editions of the ones I couldn’t find for …

Class - Tennessee Topics: Upper Division.

Topic - Tennessee history through the Civil War.

Test Type - Essay: Choice of 5, pick 2.

Time Permitted - 1 Hour 20 Minutes.

Percentage of Grade - 15%.

Amount of time studying - Approximately 5 days, including a group study session.

As my professor says, tests like this usually give you enough rope to save yourself or hang yourself.

The first thing I do on tests like this is figure out which questions I am going to answer. I usually use a three check rating system. Three checks …

After months of rest from the last race, the gun fired yet again sometime in late August or early September. Like sprinters, we ran as fast as we could until we crossed the finish line. During our runs we expended all of our energy and ignored other interests.

Only a few of us made it to the podium. With another race coming in about a month, it is crucial to make the most of your academic offseason to reach your potential.

Equilibrium

Some people might call it “making a New Year’s resolution”, but …

A couple days ago I applied for Teach for America. I originally heard of the program in a book I read over the summer called Ms. Moffett’s First Year: Becoming a Teacher in America. Until a few days ago, I had forgotten about it, but my memory was refreshed while browsing Harvard Law School’s website for a friend of mine.

I noticed that by opting to pursue certain programs, such as the Peace Corps and Teach for America, enrollment could be deferred for two or more years. This …

This will be my shortest post yet, but I’d rather ponder it on my blog than toss it to the wolves at Yahoo answers.

Sometimes I’m in a hurry to get coffee or tea down my gullet before class and I burn my tongue.

My question is simply this: What is the hottest a food or liquid can be before the human tongue can no longer stand the heat? (If there is a range between different individuals, this would be interesting as well.) Also, is it possible to develop a tolerance to the heat while still maintaining your sense of taste?

Luck is mostly why finals suck.

If you know ninety-nine things about a topic and somebody else knows one, it is a given that you will wipe the floor with them on a final.

If you know fifty things about a topic and somebody else knows fifty as well, though, who will get the better grade? It’s really the luck of the draw. If you have a multiple choice test, especially, you could find yourself making a 25 while the other person makes a 100. (Assuming you pick the same letter, the test is ABCD, and …

This is a guest post by a friend of mine who is currently going through the process of planning to retake the MCAT and scrambling for money.

All this even though his MCAT score was just fine and his course schedule was rigorous.

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Below are the top ten tips I can give to any individual wanting to get into medical school (ranked in order of importance).

1.) Be born a woman or a minority, preferably both.

African American/Hispanic applicants face entirely separate and severely lower criterion for admission.  Females also …

Now that this incredibly busy semester has come to a close, (and the election is OVER!), I think it’s a good time to analyze some of your grades.

It’s really easy to say that you were “given” a grade, but it is more likely that the grade you received is the one you earned. (Though we all appreciate the pity points some of our professors give us from time to time.)

How much of your grade had to do with your actual performance? How objective were your professors? I hope to find …