The LSAT while primarily a North American exam is also being offered in India and is now being used to admit applicants to 25 law schools in India. In 2010 only 4 schools accepted the LSAT India.
The first sitting of the LSAT India was May 16, 2010. The date is now set for the 2011 LSAT exam on April 30th, 2011 in 17 cities across India.
The LSAT India is slightly different than the typical North American LSAT. Check out some of the differences in our past article on LSAT India.
Getting started on your LSAT prep? Make sure you have a plan.
Preparing for the LSAT can be as simple as signing up and writing the exam, getting a great score and applying to law school. Although for most of us it requires much more work than that.
Your first step should be to take a practice exam. There’s a free exam and explanations for download in our online LSAT prep course. Once you have an idea as to what your score is now you can start setting goals and developing a plan to achieve them.
What should your goal LSAT score be?
Start by Continue reading “LSAT Study Schedule”
When reading your logical reasoning questions keep an eye out for any words expressing amounts. These words can be crucial to finding your correct answer. In a moment we’ll look at a sample LSAT question that uses amount words but first here’s a few examples of the words to look for:
Sample Amount Words for the LSAT
Necessary and Sufficient conditions are what make up the two sides of an IF THEN statement.
You can find IF THEN statements with necessary and sufficient conditions in both the Logic Games and Logical Reasoning sections of the LSAT.
Here’s another look at our IF THEN statements…
IF A then B
A is our sufficient condition – if we have A then we will always have B or in other Continue reading “Necessary and Sufficient Conditions”
Most people read the question stem second (after they have read the argument or stimulus for that LSAT question)
Before we get into the issue, here’s a quick look at what the stimulus and stem are: (or you can skip ahead)
What’s a stimulus?
The stimulus is a short argument or set of facts and is the first thing presented to you in every logical reasoning LSAT question.
What’s a question stem?
The question stem is the actual question e.g. What is the main point of the argument above?
The question stem is Continue reading “Question Stems on the LSAT – Read them first or last?”
Flaw, criticism or flawed reasoning questions, whatever you call them, are some of the most common questions in the logical reasoning section of the LSAT. And since logical reasoning makes up half the LSAT, that makes flawed reasoning questions some of the most common questions on the LSAT.
We cover everything you need for approaching flaw-criticism LSAT questions in our online lsat prep course, but that’s a bit too much to go over here. What we’ll look at today is one strategy to improve Continue reading “Flaw – Criticism – Flawed Reasoning – LSAT Question Strategy”
With the December 2010 LSAT over let’s take a look at which section was the experimental section.
The experimental section is almost always in the first 3 sections. It is either a logical reasoning, reading comprehension or analytical reasoning section. For each LSAT sitting test takers will have different section types as their experimental LSAT section, however, the placement in the exam is always the same. So you may have had Logical Reasoning as your experimental section while your neighbor had Reading Comprehension, but they would both be placed in the same spot in the exam. For example they might both be the first section.
Here’s more on LSAT experimental sections.
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Our Virtual LSAT Proctor has been such a hit that we’ve decided to upgrade and improve it with some suggestions from our students. Version 2 is now up and running. In case you’re wondering, it’s totally free.
Why use a Virtual LSAT Proctor?
Taking official LSAT exams under official LSAT timing conditions is an essential part of preparing for the LSAT. It helps with text anxiety, by helping you become familiar and more comfortable with the testing format. It helps you improve Continue reading “Virtual LSAT Proctor – Version 2.0″
Thinking of retaking the LSAT? Here’s a few things to consider:
Are you insane?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results – Rita Mae Brown.
If you didn’t do as well as you’d like this time around, what is going to change next time? You need a new plan of attack, something needs to change. This could be as simple as reducing your stress, studying harder, or not staying out until 4 am the night before the LSAT, but something needs to change. If you have a plan and you can make significant changes than retaking the LSAT may be in your best interest.
In this article we look at a few things to consider before deciding whether to retake the LSAT or not…
Read the rest of this post at our friend Ann Levine’s site.
Here’s a little study break and a few things to look for in a good LSAT tutor!
We’ve talked before about how to choose an LSAT tutor, here’s a less serious look at the subject of tutoring. Hope you enjoy!