Are any of these books obsolete? Forum

High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:32 pm

I'm currently studying for the June LSAT, and am wondering if my intended materials are outdated with regards to the current LSAT. For reference, I have not studied for the LSAT in the past.

Prep materials
Powerscore LG Bible (I've heard this may outdated with regards to the current LG format)
Manhattan LR
Manhattan RC (Is a RC prep book necessary?)
LSAT Trainer
Cambridge LG Bundle 1-38
Cambridge LR Bundle 1-38
Cambridge RC Bundle 1-38 (Do you recommend drilling RC? Is this a waste?)
Cambridge Preptests 39-70

If any of your have any recommendations for substitutions, I would appreciate it.

sjp200 · Post by **sjp200** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:03 pm

I found LR to have evolved over time, you may want to consider the paperback version of Cambridge 21-40 or whatever is in volume two instead. Same with games. I'm not a fan of the Bible but it's not outdated and many still find it useful.

Consider the LSAT trainer as well

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:35 pm

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Louis1127 · Post by **Louis1127** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:39 pm

gamerish wrote:I would actually recommend against purchasing physical copies of drilling and PT materials. If you buy the PDFs, you can print them out and redo them as much as you need.

I second this!

High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:50 pm

Thanks for the replies guys. And yes, I was intending to purchase the PDF versions of the Cambridge packets. Would I be better off buying them individually (i.e. LG, LR, and PT), or should I buy the Cambridge Endurance Edition?

Additionally, do you guys recommend LG Bible over Blueprint? I intend to supplement either of these with 7Sage and constant drilling, so if you feel one book's approach is superior, please let me know.

Also, I have ordered the LSAT Trainer. Was actually the first book I was considering given the positive reviews I've seen.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:52 pm

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High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:58 pm

Yeah, five-section tests are included in both the Endurance Edition and the Extreme Endurance Edition for Cambridge. The latter offers 6 section tests as well and essentially the same price. Would you recommend I just pick that up?

Any further insight from members who used Blueprint LG and Powerscore LG Bible would be welcome.

LitigatingLiar · Post by **LitigatingLiar** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:34 pm

Louis1127 wrote:
gamerish wrote:I would actually recommend against purchasing physical copies of drilling and PT materials. If you buy the PDFs, you can print them out and redo them as much as you need.
I second this!

I had originally bought my the physical practice tests and workbooks. I just never used the original. I always made copies. Especially of the games, so I can always have clean copies with no marks and get steered towards a right answer because I couldn't fully erase.

High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:26 pm

Update:

My prep material currently consists of:

Cambridge LG 1-38
Cambridge LR 1-38
Preptests 40-70 (5 section), 71-76 (4 section)
LSAT Trainer

I am considering the following:

Powerscore LG / Blueprint LG (once again, opinions are appreciated)
Manhattan LR
Manhattan RC

Are the latter necessary, or is the Trainer sufficient for self-studying?

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:48 pm

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High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:03 pm

@gamerish

From what I've read online, RC Drill packets aren't as highly recommended as the LG and LR drill packets. With this in mind, buying the Drill packets and the prep tests separately saves me around $20 as opposed to the Bundle, and grants me more 5 section tests.

It is also interesting that you brought up the 5 section tests for 71-76, as I had just seen that they offered those as well. I was unaware before, but thankfully I did not actually confirm purchase, thus I will be getting the 5 section for 71-75. Thank you for catching that.

As far as the Trainer is concerned, I had figured supplemental books would be necessary, but I just wanted to make sure. Do you have any opinion regarding Blueprint vs. Powerscore for LG? I am assuming Manhattan is the consensus best choice for LR and RC.

Thank you for your insight, especially with regards to PDFs and 5 section tests.

The LSAT Trainer · Post by **The LSAT Trainer** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:13 pm

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gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:45 pm

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High Charity · Post by **High Charity** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:11 pm

Final update:

Prep materials
Blueprint LG
Manhattan LR
Manhattan RC
LSAT Trainer
Cambridge LG Bundle 1-38
Cambridge LR Bundle 1-38
Cambridge RC Bundle 1-38
Cambridge Preptests 39-76, Superprep (A B C)

(This is in addition to free resources such as Manhattan LSAT forum and 7Sage logic games)

Any other recommendations? Or was this a bit overkill lol

tflan19 · Post by **tflan19** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:58 am

High Charity wrote:Final update:

Prep materials
Blueprint LG
Manhattan LR
Manhattan RC
LSAT Trainer
Cambridge LG Bundle 1-38
Cambridge LR Bundle 1-38
Cambridge RC Bundle 1-38
Cambridge Preptests 39-76, Superprep (A B C)

(This is in addition to free resources such as Manhattan LSAT forum and 7Sage logic games)

Any other recommendations? Or was this a bit overkill lol

Bit overkill but enthusiasm will get you far in LSAT prep. My recommendation: use the LSAT Trainer as the backbone for your study and then supplement with the section specific tune up materials as necessary (once you've made it through the LSAT trainer book) and then drill with additional time.

LSAT Trainer teaches a more organic and intuitive method than I found Blueprint or Manhattan to offer. These more structured approaches can be good if a certain section doesn't come to you as naturally, but I think starting with them would muddle your LSAT Trainer efforts as you would kind of be "unlearning".