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Expanded LSAT Opportunities: Implication for Law School Admissions?
The LSAT is now being administered six times a year rather than four. In part, this is to try to head off the inroads that the GRE is making into the Law School Admission Council’s territory. What will be the impact of the additional dates on law school admissions? Tags: lsat best lsat prep law school admissions
Advise-In Solutions LSAT Results Continue to be Outstanding
During the past year, my clients and I have achieved truly outstanding LSAT results. My clients have averaged increased scores of over 13 points and over 42 percentiles. That means that, on average, they have passed nearly half of everyone who was in front of them when they started. Increases of around those numbers on an annual basis have been hallmarks of Advise-In Solutions since we started in 2010. Tags: best lsat prep advise-in solutions
Best LSAT Prep: It’s Mental Athletics, Prepare That Way (part 2)
In my last post, I framed the LSAT as a mental athletic contest. Your objective isn’t just understanding the material on the LSAT, it’s also performing when you have to perform. Most LSAT prep programs don’t spend any attention on the second of these, and that’s one reason why people’s scores often fall on test day—not just a little bit, but dramatically. You have to approach some basics correctly. You have to know your opponent, know that there are rules and know the defense (that is, what are they throwing at you). Here, I want to talk mostly about the last of these. Tags: best lsat prep best lsat score advise-in solutions lsat prep best lsat prep courses
Best LSAT Prep: It’s Mental Athletics, Prepare That Way (part 1)
The LSAT is a game. It has rules established by the LSAC and the LSAT plays by them. I am convinced that the failure to appreciate the LSAT as a sport damages LSAT performance. To succeed on the LSAT, you have to do two things successfully. Tags: best lsat prep best lsat score best lsat prep courses lsat prep best lsat preparation advise-in solutions
The Virtues of Simplicity on the LSAT
The LSAT is a hard test because the writers are very good at writing tests. What makes it hard is just that—not that it’s complicated because it’s not. The writers have a clear theory of argument in mind and they stick to it; no tricks, no sneak attacks, no changing of the rules; they play by the rules. The simpler your approach, the better. Simplicity has two virtues: it makes you both more accurate and more efficient.. Tags: best lsat prep best lsat score lsat prep lsat techniques
LSAT Home Stretch: What You Should (and Should Not) Be Doing
With a little under two weeks to go before you walk into the room to take you LSAT, you should be at a certain stage in your preparation. To finish your preparation in the best way, there are things you should and should not be doing so that you’ll be at your best on test day. Tags: best lsat prep best lsat score
Retaking the LSAT: Factors (and Facts) You Should Consider
When I first started Advise-In Solutions, one of my first blog posts—and advice I’ve given to countless prospective LSAT re-takers since—was about the factors you should consider when thinking about whether to retake the LSAT if you were not satisfied with your initial score. The general points: avoid confirmation bias, and avoid thinking you are an exception to the data without clearly understanding why you think so. Tags: best lsat prep lsat preparation best lsat preparation courses lsat repeater data
LSAT Annual Testing Dates Increase in 2018-2019: What the Change Means (So Far)
For years, the LSAT has been offered 4 times per cycle, in June, September/October, December and February. The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) recently changed that. In the 2018-2019 cycle, the test will be offered in June, September and November 2018, and January and March 2019. Is the change good for future law school applicants? How will law school admissions adjust? Tags: lsat prep law school admissions council best lsat prep lsat dates
June 2017 LSAT Two Weeks Away: Why it’s Time for Consolidation, Not Innovation
Two weeks in front of the LSAT, if you’ve properly prepared for the test, it's time to consolidate what you’ve done and fine-tune it; it’s not time to innovate or develop entirely new strategies. The reason is integral to the demands of the LSAT. A test-taker needs to have two related but distinct abilities... Tags: best lsat score best lsat prep best lsat preparation highest lsat score lsat prep
The Virtue of Simplicity in LSAT Prep
Advise-In’s very first blog post was about simplifying the LSAT. I warned about the “blizzard of paper” that LSAT study guides and programs produce, which make studying for the test more difficult rather than easier. There are too many decisions to make and each one of them takes you away from the words on the test page, which is what you need to focus on during a pressurized exam day.
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