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cartercl wrote:Okay, here is my situation. To begin, I am registered for the June 8th test, and from today's date (March 31, 2009) I have been practicing for the LSAT for the past 3 weeks. I am not naturally good at the question types presented on the LSAT, but I do learn from my mistakes and adjust my approach accordingly. I took my first practice test after making it about halfway through Princeton Review's practice book and scored a disheartening 141. The next two weeks following that test I took a practice test each week, scoring a 144 and 145, respectively. I also took each test after reviewing the answers I had gotten incorrect on the prior test. I am by no means delusional, and I fully recognize the fact that I should have, at most, a T3 school in my sights. I am aiming for, AT MINIMUM, a 150; however, a 151 or 152 would be nice. This week, I will be purchasing Kaplan's 2009 LSAT Comprehesive program along with 'LSAT 180' and Kaplan's Logic Games practice. I also plan on taking more practice tests, taking a practice test per week until the week of my test, or around 8 or 9 tests. Considering the fact that my test date is 2 months away, I need to know the following: can I make enough progress to reach my current score goal, and also am I going about practicing for the test in the most effective way possible? If my current practice methods are in fact insufficient to help me reasonably obtain my goal within the next 2 months, is there anything that I could do differently to help me reach my goal? Should I take 2 practice tests per week??? Once again I am trying to get into the 150-152 range, at the least. HELP! All criticism is welcome!! Thanks in advance!

Kohinoor wrote:

cartercl wrote:Okay, here is my situation. To begin, I am registered for the June 8th test, and from today's date (March 31, 2009) I have been practicing for the LSAT for the past 3 weeks. I am not naturally good at the question types presented on the LSAT, but I do learn from my mistakes and adjust my approach accordingly. I took my first practice test after making it about halfway through Princeton Review's practice book and scored a disheartening 141. The next two weeks following that test I took a practice test each week, scoring a 144 and 145, respectively. I also took each test after reviewing the answers I had gotten incorrect on the prior test. I am by no means delusional, and I fully recognize the fact that I should have, at most, a T3 school in my sights. I am aiming for, AT MINIMUM, a 150; however, a 151 or 152 would be nice. This week, I will be purchasing Kaplan's 2009 LSAT Comprehesive program along with 'LSAT 180' and Kaplan's Logic Games practice. I also plan on taking more practice tests, taking a practice test per week until the week of my test, or around 8 or 9 tests. Considering the fact that my test date is 2 months away, I need to know the following: can I make enough progress to reach my current score goal, and also am I going about practicing for the test in the most effective way possible? If my current practice methods are in fact insufficient to help me reasonably obtain my goal within the next 2 months, is there anything that I could do differently to help me reach my goal? Should I take 2 practice tests per week??? Once again I am trying to get into the 150-152 range, at the least. HELP! All criticism is welcome!! Thanks in advance!

Who walks into the LSAT hoping to be average? That will put you in a T3-T4 school with no scholarship. Why not take the test in October and actually get a score that makes you competitive for T1 schools? There is absolutely no advantage conveyed by taking the test in June.

Kohinoor wrote:

cartercl wrote:Okay, here is my situation. To begin, I am registered for the June 8th test, and from today's date (March 31, 2009) I have been practicing for the LSAT for the past 3 weeks. I am not naturally good at the question types presented on the LSAT, but I do learn from my mistakes and adjust my approach accordingly. I took my first practice test after making it about halfway through Princeton Review's practice book and scored a disheartening 141. The next two weeks following that test I took a practice test each week, scoring a 144 and 145, respectively. I also took each test after reviewing the answers I had gotten incorrect on the prior test. I am by no means delusional, and I fully recognize the fact that I should have, at most, a T3 school in my sights. I am aiming for, AT MINIMUM, a 150; however, a 151 or 152 would be nice. This week, I will be purchasing Kaplan's 2009 LSAT Comprehesive program along with 'LSAT 180' and Kaplan's Logic Games practice. I also plan on taking more practice tests, taking a practice test per week until the week of my test, or around 8 or 9 tests. Considering the fact that my test date is 2 months away, I need to know the following: can I make enough progress to reach my current score goal, and also am I going about practicing for the test in the most effective way possible? If my current practice methods are in fact insufficient to help me reasonably obtain my goal within the next 2 months, is there anything that I could do differently to help me reach my goal? Should I take 2 practice tests per week??? Once again I am trying to get into the 150-152 range, at the least. HELP! All criticism is welcome!! Thanks in advance!

Who walks into the LSAT hoping to be average? That will put you in a T3-T4 school with no scholarship. Why not take the test in October and actually get a score that makes you competitive for T1 schools? There is absolutely no advantage conveyed by taking the test in June.

cartercl wrote:You are definitely right. I suppose my line of thought is that a person who scores in a low range during practice can only increase his performance by a marginal amount. Logically, I know that anyone can do well on the LSAT, but I just don't know how to go about obtaining a score in the upper echelon, thereby, only reinforcing my thinking that I will not be able to score highly. I need to know HOW to do this, if it is in fact possible... Am I at least doing what those high scoring test takers do to get those scores??? I have absolutely no one in my everyday life knowledgeable enough about the LSAT to answer these questions, so please pardon my ignorance...

webbylu87 wrote:definitely wait until october. and forget kaplan and princeton review. get the powerscore books. they're expensive but they're so worth it. the first time i did a practice test without any studying i got a 151. i took the test twice and used different study aid each time. i used a mcgraw-hill review book and and got a 157 on last june's test. i decided to retake in october (because i was practice testing between a 161 and 165 which makes me think that mcgraw-hill's practice tests aren't that good even though they seemed difficult at the time) and bought the powerscore bibles and did one of their weekend classes. i also bought one of the books with 10 old LSATs directly from LSAC which i definitely recommend. personally, i think the class may have been overkill and i think if you're good at studying alone and you have the time (which it appears you do) the books would be sufficient. powerscore all the way. seriously.