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#6:
How
do I deal with the LSAT?
The
LSAT is your adversary. Deal with it accordingly. This test
disappoints, in varying degrees, 95% of LSAT test-takers,
because everyone wants a score in the top five percent.
Law schools, in effect, use the LSAT like a form of IQ test.
The major law schools compete against each other in the reported
results of the median LSAT score for their entering classes.
A high LSAT score does not guarantee your admission, but a
low score can make it difficult to be admitted.
The
most important rules to remember in dealing with the LSAT
are as follows:
- Don't
take the official LSAT test until you are consistently scoring
in practice the score you need for the school you want.
- Students
who practice the test frequently generally get a much better
official test result.
- Plan
to take the official test only one time. You want to show
only one official, and high, result.
If
you wisely choose to work before going to law school, you
don't need to do anything with the LSAT while you are in college.
LSAT preparation should become one of your most important
post-college tasks. Start this process by taking the free
diagnostic LSAT test offered by both the Kaplan and Princeton
Review organizations. (There are other, less well-known LSAT
tutoring organizations as well.) Pick the program most appealing
to you and work hard in it. Then when you finish, purchase
a series of old, official LSAT tests and answers. Take many
practice tests. Learn from every mistake. When you are consistently
achieving the score you need for the school you want, then
take the June or October test one year before the year you
will start law school.
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