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Hey, I was wondering if anyone had some good guidelines or studying tips for me? I took the LSAT last in June 2011, and scored quite poorly due to insufficient studying - and not understanding the full scope of the exam. It seems as if many of the people here on TLS are 160+ scorers. What would be a good studying outline for say both this upcoming February and June exam?

How many hours of LR question practicing, or sections of LR per day, per week? Same with RC and LG.

Is a Kaplan book needed, or can get away with using PowerScore?

Is it truly necessary to understand the formal logic to do well?

Thank you!

NJPolicyWonk wrote:Hey, I was wondering if anyone had some good guidelines or studying tips for me? I took the LSAT last in June 2011, and scored quite poorly due to insufficient studying - and not understanding the full scope of the exam. It seems as if many of the people here on TLS are 160+ scorers. What would be a good studying outline for say both this upcoming February and June exam?

How many hours of LR question practicing, or sections of LR per day, per week? Same with RC and LG.

Is a Kaplan book needed, or can get away with using PowerScore?

Is it truly necessary to understand the formal logic to do well?

Thank you!

Have you read over one of the numerous self study guides on this forum? There are plenty of threads regarding this.

To answer one of your questions though...don't use Kaplan. I did and it helped me a bit, but powerscore has a better track record, especially for the high scorers.

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Thanks for the responses!

Another question that I have:

How much can a good or very good LSAT score make up for a not-so-great, "lower" UG GPA? i.e. a 2.6 GPA, but say coupled with a 165 or 170 LSAT score? I know the LSAT/UG GPA are "seen" as almost comparable in application "weight," if not more with the LSAT 60/40? Could I still get into a Tier II school? Thoughts on this would be very much appreciated!

NJPolicyWonk wrote:Thanks for the responses!

Another question that I have:

How much can a good or very good LSAT score make up for a not-so-great, "lower" UG GPA? i.e. a 2.6 GPA, but say coupled with a 165 or 170 LSAT score? I know the LSAT/UG GPA are "seen" as almost comparable in application "weight," if not more with the LSAT 60/40? Could I still get into a Tier II school? Thoughts on this would be very much appreciated!

Typically the lsat is going to carry more weight, even substantially more weight, than gpa. For a discussion on this go here: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=255714. lsac has the admissions formulas for nearly every school.

NJPolicyWonk wrote:
Is a Kaplan book needed, or can get away with using PowerScore?

Use Manhattan for LR

Any idea where to find a study partner/group study in Central NJ? Are there any forums for this/sites/portals? Thank you!