11/11/2009

I was watching an LSAT video tonight – this one was on how the LSAT is scored and it seems like the 90% percentile is definitely within reach.  I just have to continue to work at the logic games section and the reading comprehension sections.  I need to do several practice reading comprehension sections yet and do some more extensive work on the logic games, but I’m feeling like I can do it.  I did buy a book today for just logic games and will work through that.  I also need to do some timed logical reasoning questions (I can handle the questions on their own, it’s now time to see if I can handle a logical reasoning section in 35 minutes and how many I get right.  My current plan is to take a practice test early in the day on Saturday and then Saturday evening going through it.  I definitely want a break between the two – will make a good time to watch the Badger game. I’m not sure what time they’re on, but I’ll tivo it if it’s not on at a convenient time.  I’m definitely feeling like law school is within reach – I just have to be willing to grab hold.  Again, I should know my LSAT score by Christmas and should know whether I got in anywhere by May 1st at the latest.  Oh, and at this point I’m taking off the Monday after the LSAT.  I’ve got a doctor’s appointment in the middle of the day and it just fit to take the day off.

As far as work goes, I’ve pretty much decided to keep the status quo until law school is decided.  I’ve discovered that my key to getting through the day is to read the Ensign during my down time.  I should finish the November Ensign tomorrow and will move to last May’s Ensign.  After that, I may start going through my mom’s church books.  Or I may go through the house looking for other Ensigns and Friends.  Either way, church material seems to be the way for me to get through the day and help keep the Spirit through the day as well.  Today was interesting, as I did more than 200 calls in the 3 hours 45 minutes before lunch, and then half that many in the 3 hours and 10 minutes I was on the phone after lunch.  (My total for the day was just under 400) That’s mostly due to the morning batch being mostly leaving messages on voicemail, whereas the afternoon it felt like every 2nd or 3rd call was a borrower.   At this point, it sounds like we’re going to take some incoming calls at some point in December and just answer questions that we’re trained to answer, and transfer the other calls to senior specialists (right now, we email a mailbox within the company and a senior specialist calls the borrower back as we can’t transfer calls we get through the autodialer system).  Sounds though like they haven’t decided when we’re getting the hardcore incoming training.  From what I understand though, they’ll either do it in December or wait until the first week of February.

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