Self-Study Guide Plan Forum

[jasonleb1]

I've been reading the LSAT study guides on here and I've tried to synthesize them in terms of the books I should get. I plan on taking my diagnostic and beginning my studying in two weeks once this semester is over and I have ~4 months of summer break to study before school starts up again. Does the below list of books seem like a good set?

Official LSAT Superprep/Kaplan Premier 2014 (don't really understand the difference)
Manhattan LSAT Bundle, 3rd Edition
Powerscore Logic Games Bible
Powerscore Reading Comprehension Bible
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep Package (Paperback)*

Does this seem like it'll cover all my bases or should I get some more books?

*I'm not sure whether to order the whole package of tests 1-70 because I see most people just talking about the Reading and Logic books 1-38.

I'll be basing timing and scheduling on Pithypike's Guide and NoodleyOne's Foolproof guide.

[manillabay]

I've been reading the LSAT study guides on here and I've tried to synthesize them in terms of the books I should get. I plan on taking my diagnostic and beginning my studying in two weeks once this semester is over and I have ~4 months of summer break to study before school starts up again. Does the below list of books seem like a good set?

Official LSAT Superprep/Kaplan Premier 2014 (don't really understand the difference)
Manhattan LSAT Bundle, 3rd Edition
Powerscore Logic Games Bible
Powerscore Reading Comprehension Bible
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep Package (Paperback)*

Does this seem like it'll cover all my bases or should I get some more books?

*I'm not sure whether to order the whole package of tests 1-70 because I see most people just talking about the Reading and Logic books 1-38.

I'll be basing timing and scheduling on Pithypike's Guide and NoodleyOne's Foolproof guide.

4th edition

[rebexness]

You should get:

The LSAT Trainer
Manhattan LR
Manhattan or PS LG
Cambridge Ultimate (PDF!!!!!) You will use 1-38 for drilling and 39-71 for PTs).


That should cover you. The only Manhattan book with real changes for 4th Ed. is the RC- so for LR/LG you can easily purchase 3rd edition.

[03152016]

Official LSAT Superprep/Kaplan Premier 2014 (don't really understand the difference)
Manhattan LSAT Bundle, 3rd Edition
Powerscore Logic Games Bible
Powerscore Reading Comprehension Bible
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep Package (Paperback)*

SuperPrep is an official LSAC publication with three PTs from Feb '96, Feb '99, and Feb '00 and explanations for each question. Kaplan Premier 2014 is a strategy guide that contains six recent PTs.

The materials look good, but I prefer Manhattan over PS for RC, and PS over Manhattan for LR. Everyone's different though; a lot of people love the Manhattan LR book, and having both probably wouldn't hurt.

[manillabay]

I've been reading the LSAT study guides on here and I've tried to synthesize them in terms of the books I should get. I plan on taking my diagnostic and beginning my studying in two weeks once this semester is over and I have ~4 months of summer break to study before school starts up again. Does the below list of books seem like a good set?

Official LSAT Superprep/Kaplan Premier 2014 (don't really understand the difference)
Manhattan LSAT Bundle, 3rd Edition
Powerscore Logic Games Bible
Powerscore Reading Comprehension Bible
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep Package (Paperback)*

Does this seem like it'll cover all my bases or should I get some more books?

*I'm not sure whether to order the whole package of tests 1-70 because I see most people just talking about the Reading and Logic books 1-38.

I'll be basing timing and scheduling on Pithypike's Guide and NoodleyOne's Foolproof guide.

4th edition

Get the 4th edition manhattan. the ones that aren't brand new info based have updates and grammar, typo type fixes. No need to get older editions when you can get the most up to date.

[jasonleb1]

Oh wow, thanks for the replies guys!

So I'll go with:

4th edition of the Manhattan Bundle
LSAT Trainer (looks like a better alternative to the SuperPrep book)
Powerscore Bibles (I have the time to do both so why not)
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep

Is there any benefit to getting the Cambridge bundle in the digital format rather than the printed format? There's only like a $20 difference and if I'm going to have to print 70 tests the paperback version seems like it would be the better option.

[rebexness]

Oh wow, thanks for the replies guys!

So I'll go with:

4th edition of the Manhattan Bundle
LSAT Trainer (looks like a better alternative to the SuperPrep book)
Powerscore Bibles (I have the time to do both so why not)
Cambridge Ultimate LSAT Prep

Is there any benefit to getting the Cambridge bundle in the digital format rather than the printed format? There's only like a $20 difference and if I'm going to have to print 70 tests the paperback version seems like it would be the better option.

If you have to retake you are going to have to buy all that garbage again.

[jasonleb1]

Oh, I didn't even think of that. I'll definitely go with the digital version then.

Should I go for one of the endurance editions?

[mjr.don]

This was my self-study to go from 159 to 175:

Read through LG Bible.
Read through LR Bible.
Starting drilling LG and LR on separate days using sections from tests 1-39.
Read through RC Bible while continuing drilling LG, LR, and RC.
Start reading NY Times every morning for 1.5 hours to help with RC.
Get comfortable enough to take a 4 section test, timed.
Review tests and drill problem sections.
Start taking 5 section tests using a dummy section.
Do this 3 times a week for weeks leading up to test day.
Drill problem sections on off days.


Real prep tests under timed conditions were more valuable to me than books. But I do feel that the LR and LG bibles helped tremendously.