If you will be taking the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), during one of the four annual testing sessions, you should prepare very well for this half-day testing process. Ultimately, your success or failure determines whether or not you are eligible to enter law school.
There are many ways to prepare for the LSAT, there are books in the library and books you can buy that will help you prepare and study with practice questions and tests. There are also numerous sites on the Internet where you can practice the LSAT to determine if you are ready or not. Practice tests are a great, responsive, and inexpensive way to get hands-on, first-hand experience with the exam.
The LSAT is not like other tests or the SAT that you would have taken before entering your undergraduate program. The LSAT measures your analytical thinking, logical understanding, and logical reasoning skills. All of this is done by reading long passages and word problems to determine if you are prepared for the amount of work required by students in law classes. Thus, the LSAT is an aptitude test that measures intellectual ability. Critics argue that the test measures no such thing. however, law schools continue to rely heavily on it to the almost exclusion of many other important factors.
By studying for the LSAT and taking as many practice tests as possible and answering practice questions, you will prepare to take the LSAT. It’s in your best interest to find out how you learn best before tackling the practical LSAT guide. If you learn better by listening, you can ask someone to help you read the questions aloud to you. If you’re a more visual learner, you may need to draw pictures to represent some of the word problems to help you better understand what the questions are doing. No matter how you choose to study or what materials you ultimately select as your guide, you should allow 6-8 weeks of solid study to adequately prepare for the exam. Good luck!
