LSAT Prep Courses - Page 2

HelloKitty22 · #16 03-01-2005, 01:03 PM

I would agree with kddani. The difference between a 150 and even a 155 would be a big difference for you. Also, most people have problems with games, so all the courses focus on that especially.
I took Princeton Review and it really worked for me. I went up only four points but I was very high up on the scale so I had to get like 7 or 8 more questions right to get that big of a jump. And the extra points got me to the next "tier."
The other thing I would say about the course is that it made me really confident. When I took the SAT, I was kind of like "whatever, if I do bad I can just take it again." But the LSAT isn't like that. You really need to do well the first shot. The pressure can be a lot and it's nice to be able to say "hey, I just spent weeks studying, did all the homework, took all the practice tests, I'm ready!" I don't know if test anxiety is a problem for you but I found the course really helped me get my mind in the right place.

GeekyPenguin · #17 03-01-2005, 02:10 PM

If you suck at games the course might be worth it ...unfortunately a 150 won't really get you in too many places so it would definitely be worth trying to get it up.

deadbear80 · #18 03-01-2005, 08:15 PM

DEFINITELY stick with the course! When I took the LSATs, I took the Kaplan course. My first day in the class was 3 days after I had returned from my semester in Australia (and I don't think I was fully back on US timing) and had never even looked at an LSAT practice. I took the first diagnostic cold...and didn't do very well. Opposite problem of you--always great at games, but logical reasoning and I had problems forever! Needless to say, from the start of the course to my actual LSAT score...I improved 13 points. Kaplan really helped me pull apart the test and see where to 'cut corners' to save time. I know a lot of people were helped in games b/c Kaplan shows you how to do them well with the time alloted. I finished every section on the actual LSAT thanks to them...
So yeah, stay with it and keep plugging away. My other advice: once the class is over go to their testing center and keep taking practice LSATs--I did for 2 weeks before the exam and I know it really helped...it's great that they have that 'free' resource, so use it!
I'm now a fairly happy 1L at a Top 20 Law School...and wouldn't be here without having taken a prep course. Good luck to you!

Munchkin03 · #19 03-01-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
If you suck at games the course might be worth it ...unfortunately a 150 won't really get you in too many places so it would definitely be worth trying to get it up.

What about Cooley?

GeekyPenguin · #20 03-01-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
What about Cooley?

You know, I think Cooley is too good for me, so if I don't get into Wisconsin, I think I will be going to People's College of Law instead.

kddani · #21 03-01-2005, 08:56 PM

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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
You know, I think Cooley is too good for me, so if I don't get into Wisconsin, I think I will be going to People's College of Law instead.

I almost busted out laughing the other day when i walked into one of our atty's offices and saw that he had a Cooley diploma. I never realized he'd gone there.
Dude lives in a nice house and makes okay money... who'd he have to sleep with here in Pittsburgh to get a good job?

bruinaphi · #22 03-01-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
You know, I think Cooley is too good for me, so if I don't get into Wisconsin, I think I will be going to People's College of Law instead.

If you are attending the open house at PCL on the 10th you are welcome to crash with me.

GeekyPenguin · #23 03-01-2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by bruinaphi
If you are attending the open house at PCL on the 10th you are welcome to crash with me.

Gee thanks!

Do you think that they will hate me there for getting an economics degree from such a capitalist institution?

IheartAphi · #24 03-01-2005, 10:20 PM

I took Princeton review and was very disappointed. The class was too slow paced for me and I spent my time working ahead and ignoring what was going on (we had someone who had a question about the most mudane things) My score never improved. I was also in a class with people scoring 15 points below me through the entire time.

What helped me the most was praticing games until I rocked at them. I got the experimential game section completely right from last October.

I will be at Campbell Law next year. My friend was accepted at Cooley, but she decided to stay in NC for law school instead.

NC will have a law school at Elon University in two years. It might be something worth considering. I am still a huge fan of Charleston Law. Their average LSAT and GPA are already higher than an approved Law School in my state.

Munchkin03 · #25 03-01-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Gee thanks! Do you think that they will hate me there for getting an economics degree from such a capitalist institution?

You've turned me into a law school snob, I tell you!

GeekyPenguin · #26 03-01-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
You've turned me into a law school snob, I tell you!

There are worse things in life to be.

Exquisite5 · #27 03-02-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by deadbear80
DEFINITELY stick with the course! When I took the LSATs, I took the Kaplan course. My first day in the class was 3 days after I had returned from my semester in Australia (and I don't think I was fully back on US timing) and had never even looked at an LSAT practice. I took the first diagnostic cold...and didn't do very well. Opposite problem of you--always great at games, but logical reasoning and I had problems forever! Needless to say, from the start of the course to my actual LSAT score...I improved 13 points. Kaplan really helped me pull apart the test and see where to 'cut corners' to save time. I know a lot of people were helped in games b/c Kaplan shows you how to do them well with the time alloted. I finished every section on the actual LSAT thanks to them...
So yeah, stay with it and keep plugging away. My other advice: once the class is over go to their testing center and keep taking practice LSATs--I did for 2 weeks before the exam and I know it really helped...it's great that they have that 'free' resource, so use it!
I'm now a fairly happy 1L at a Top 20 Law School...and wouldn't be here without having taken a prep course. Good luck to you!

Co-sign! Take the course!! Deadbear80 went up 13 points and I went up 12- for you that could take you up to a 162- that is scholarship money at some schools! What is $1200 if you're getting a $70-120,000 education free??!!

SDTSarah · #28 03-08-2005, 11:36 PM

Quick question--

I'll be graduating in the fall of '06, so I don't want to take an LSAT class yet. What books would you recommend (Kaplan, PR, etc...)? I don't know if I'll need to take a class, but I figure I have at least the summer to decide.

I guess I could ask my sister who just got into Harvard Law.

sweete81 · #29 03-09-2005, 12:48 AM

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Co-sign! Take the course!! Deadbear80 went up 13 points and I went up 12- for you that could take you up to a 162- that is scholarship money at some schools! What is $1200 if you're getting a $70-120,000 education free??!!

I promise to the most high, that this story is true!

I took the free diagnostic on the 26th of February sponsored by Kaplan and afterwards I felt a little downtrodden because I didn't finish all of the test in the time allotted. The following week, I received my score back and I became downtrodden again. I never wanted to give up on my dream to attend law school, but I began to have serious doubts as to whether I would get into law school because of my lsat score. I aimed for a 165 but got far from that

(sidebar, my gpa is around the same as yours, so I wanted to do extremely well on the LSAT to get into of all places, HOWARD LAW {currently an alumnus of Howard Undergrad and I have wanted to attend Howard Law since I was 8, no lie}) After reading this forum and your responses more specifically yours, I feel that attempting to score a 165 is not out of reach and that if I put my mind and the right resources to it, I can obtain my 165! I will start my Kaplan course next week and I am really looking forward to it!

This is just true testimony to show when you are down and you may believe that you are the only footprints in the sand, the Lord is the one that is carrying you through! God can use anyone as a vessel and he used you to encourage me! Thank you Exquisite 5, for inspiring me and motivating me despite knowing me from a can of paint! I hope that I am apart of the class of 2006!!! Once again THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul!

Anyone, Please feel free to pm me with ANY helpful advice, because I have never been this nervous about ANYTHING!

Sincerely
Sweete81

P.S. Deadbear80, you motivated me as well, but I can really identify with Exquisite because she attends the school that I want to attend in addition to her g.p.a.
P.P.S. AWWWW HU!

Betarulz! · #30 03-09-2005, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by deadbear80
My other advice: once the class is over go to their testing center and keep taking practice LSATs--I did for 2 weeks before the exam and I know it really helped...it's great that they have that 'free' resource, so use it!

I'll co-sign on that based on the experience of my friend who is going to be teaching the Kaplan LSAT course this summer. She took the October test and once school started she took practice LSATs on Monday and Wednesday mornings and on Tues/Thurs she went over them and looked for why she got questions wrong. Obviously she did well enough to be eligible to teach for Kaplan, and she's gotten into 6 top 20 schools so far, and has yet to be rejected from any others she applied to.