With all the hype around getting a better LSAT score, law school applications and getting into the best schools possible, students often lose sight of the bigger question: “Is law school the right path for me?”
Often it’s not until a less than favourable LSAT score comes back or a few rejections letters arrive that students start to ask this question. But really, you should be thinking about this as early as possible.
Before you charge down the law school road blindly, ask yourself what you hope to get out of it and why you are taking that road.
Here’s an explanation and diagram for the set up of the first logic game on the June 2007 LSAT. You can download a copy of this LSAT Prep Test here.
This LSAT Logic game is a relatively simple ordering game, also known as a sequencing or linear game. You will be asked to place entities in an order from first to fifth. Some additional rules will help you determine where the entities fall in the order. Videos to follow will explain and diagram each of the questions for this LSAT logic game.
I often get asked how people should prepare for the LSAT and what the best use of their budget is?
Here’s a break down of the options available…
Option 1$80+ “I don’t need help” Option 2$170-230+ “Well maybe a little help” Option 3 $239 “Best Bang for your buck” Option 4$639 “3 plus extra help” Option 5$800-1200 “I like to spend money” Option 6$1600 “Lots more help!!” Option 7$4875 “If I don’t ace this test, shoot me”
If you’re thinking about going to law school or writing the LSAT here’s a few ideas on where to start.
Many students who are considering taking the LSAT feel a bit lost as to where to get started. There are tonnes of LSAT prep materials, courses, books, online courses and more out there and it can all be a bit overwhelming. Where do you start?
You probably don’t want to drop a lot of cash on an expensive LSAT course to start with. For one thing, you may be a natural and so you won’t need the extra help. Also, it’s probably better to get an idea as to the kind of help you need first before spending anything on LSAT prep courses. You may only need a few hours of LSAT tutoring to help you brush up on one or two areas.
As we’ve already discussed, it is important to simulate testing conditions and time your tests. A big part of that is the proctor and their instructions while you move through the test. Many proctors will give you a five minute warning as the end of each LSAT section approaches. If you haven’t studied with this it can throw you off and stress you out. To get used to a proctor directing the test and to enforce the strict time constraints have someone proctor the test for you or use a virtual LSAT Proctor and Timer.
With the first sitting of the LSAT – India coming up on May 16, 2010, I thought I’d take a look at the differences between it and the original LSAT. These differences are based on a comparison of the sample LSAT-India practice exam and the June 2007 LSAT as well as other materials published by LSAC and by Pearson VUE (administrators of the LSAT-India)
A few years ago a friend of mine, Robert, wrote the December sitting of the LSAT and scored in the 75th percentile. Not a great score, so Rob decided to re-write in February and registered for that exam. His intention was to study really hard over the holidays and seriously improve on the February exam. Rob had excellent grades and work experience and wrote a killer personal statement and so despite his LSAT score he got accepted to one law school very quickly after the December LSAT. In part because of this and the busy holiday season, he never sat down and studied. So Rob walked into the February LSAT without any additional preparation time over his December sitting. In fact he might even have been worse off as he had probably forgotten some of what he learned for the December exam. On the February exam, with no new skills and no additional preparation Rob scored in the 98th percentile. Why? Continue reading “Stress and the LSAT”
Preparing for the LSAT does not have to be all LSAT texts and courses. If you have a little more time to prepare I would recommend you try taking a course in logic or critical thinking or review a logical text book. Another great resource is the Logicola software that quizzes you on a number of logical principles. Not everything in the software is relevant to the LSAT, in particular the Syllogistic and Propositional sections are useful. If you plan to pick up a book or try the software your time will be best spent if you review the logical requirements for the LSAT and focus on those areas in your logical studies. The area to focus on is mostly conditional reasoning or IF-Then Statements.
If you are still taking courses it can also be a great help to take some classes in critical thinking, formal logic, symbolic logic or even an introduction to logic. None of these are necessary for the LSAT but if you have the time they can be a great help.
Here’s our second video LSAT tutorial. This one continues where our last video left off. Here we look at a typical LSAT complete and accurate list question. This is usually the first question type for most LSAT games.
You can also watch it on YouTube
With all the hype around getting a better LSAT score, law school applications and getting into the best schools possible, students often lose sight of the bigger question: “Is law school the right path for me?”
I often get asked how people should prepare for the LSAT and what the best use of their budget is?
If you’re thinking about going to law school or writing the LSAT here’s a few ideas on where to start.
Preparing for the LSAT does not have to be all LSAT texts and courses. If you have a little more time to prepare I would recommend you try taking a course in logic or critical thinking or review a 