Anyone here taken the LSAT???

[Darth Caedus]

So I plan on taking this in the near future and wanted to know if any of you guys have taken it. If so, was it what you expected? Harder? Easier? Did the practice books help at all? Any of these questions, thanks.

 

[pixletwin]

I took it. It sucked ass but I scored well.

 

[Mesa]

Pardon my ignorance, what's an LSAT? Sounds familiar, but I'm too lazy too google it. Lawyer stuff?

 

[Kibishii]

Pardon my ignorance, what's an LSAT?

Law School Assessment Test? Just taking a wild guess since I took the CSET and we are both in California.

 

[pixletwin]

Close. Law School Admission Test.

Its mostly logic games, puzzles, and reading comprehension.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Thanks for the info. Yea, I've been going over the logic puzzles and games and while, at first, they seemed like a piece of cake, but they are really a piece of ^^^^. I'm getting a lot better at them, so at least that's somethings.

It's good to know that life experiences and working in a career field tends to be looked upon favorably (I worked my way through undergrad work so that's good). I also already have professors from my undergrad school that will write me letters of recomm. if I ask them. I get all As and Bs so that shouldn't too much of a problem.

From what I read in the kaplan books is that the writing section really isn't counted with a whole lot of weight. They even say that the majority of the time, you're writing sample isn't even read, it's just there to round out the exam.

Haven't decided if I want to take it in October or study all year long and wait until next year, but at least I'll have ample time to study either way.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Close. Law School Admission Test.

Its mostly logic games, puzzles, and reading comprehension.

Yep, been going over practice tests, getting good at questions like this:

1. When the goalie has been chosen, the Smalltown Bluebirds hockey team has a starting lineup that is selected from two groups:

First Group: John, Dexter, Bart, Erwin
Second Group: Leanne, Roger, George, Marlene, Patricia

When deciding on the players in the lineup, the coach considers the following requirements:

Two players are always chosen from the first group, while three are chosen from the second group.
George will only start if Bart also starts.
Dexter and Bart will not start together.
If George starts, Marlene won't start.
The 4 fastest players are: John, Bart, George and Patricia
3 of the 4 fastest players will always be chosen.

If George is in the starting lineup, who must also start?

A. Marlene or John
B. Dexter or Leanne
C. Dexter or John
D. John or Patricia
E. Marlene or Roger

 

[pixletwin]

I recommend taking an LSAT course. They are a bit costly, but the tools you learn are pretty valuable. Once you get into your head the language the use to formulate the questions it becomes a bit easier.

 

[Darth Caedus]

I recommend taking an LSAT course. They are a bit costly, but the tools you learn are pretty valuable. Once you get into your head the forms of the q

From what I am reading, it's not a test to measure intelligence, but a test to measure the thought process and logical capability of a person who wants to enter law school.

 

[pixletwin]

If George is in the starting lineup, who must also start?

A. Marlene or John
B. Dexter or Leanne
C. Dexter or John
D. John or Patricia
E. Marlene or Roger

Lol. I am so glad I have left that crap behind me. That test was possible the most stressful 4 hours I have ever had in my life.

 

[pixletwin]

From what I am reading, it's not a test to measure intelligence, but a test to measure the thought process and logical capability of a person who wants to enter law school.

Yeah. Its like the litmus test from hell. Not what you know, but how you think is what they measure.. at least thats what they say.... Really its just learning patterns cloaked in words and recognizing them analytically.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Yeah. Its like the litmus test from hell. Not what you know, but how you think is what they measure.. at least thats what they say.... Really its just learning patterns cloaked in words and recognizing them analytically.

In doing this, it will somehow make you a better lawyer

 

[pixletwin]

Well your first year of law school you do ALOT of reading. I guess the LSAT does sort of measure how quickly and accurately you process and comprehend information.

 

[karamazov80]

I took it, oh, about 8 years ago. It was tough, of course, just about any standardized test used to evaluate your admission to a post-graduate institution will be (because they need a "normal distribution" of scores, and if your sample consists of people who have graduated with a bachelor's degree and want to go to law/medical/graduate school, then the tests are probably going to be pretty tough for almost everybody). I didn't even do practice tests, just took it for the hell of it, and I did OK as I recall, but it was not pleasant. I was in a room where the a/c wasn't working, and we were all sweating bullets and had to move out after we were about half-way done. You would think for something so important for so many people, that they would make sure something like this couldn't happen.

 

[Memnoch]

I took it, that (and a few other things) is when I decided I'm better suited to teaching

 

[pixletwin]

I took it, that (and a few other things) is when I decided I'm better suited to teaching

Me too!

 

[BadMoon]

Lou Brown would pee all over that test.

 

[pixletwin]

Who is Lou Brown?

 

[Darth Caedus]

Looking up LSAT classes:

LSAT Private Tutoring - 35 Hours $4,499
LSAT Private Tutoring - 25 Hours $3,399
LSAT Private Tutoring - 15 Hours $2,299

That is frakking ridiculous

 

[pixletwin]

My class cost only $600. (Still way too expensive)