Hi Guys,
By now you are under a ton of stress and maybe you are worried about previous scores or you have not written the LSATs yet at all.
Here are some ways of thinking about it I found very helpful. Continue reading
McMaster Pre-Law Society - Wine and Cheese
“Hello John,
Your one piece of advice was more meaningful than any part of the ______ course. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to talk to you that day.
If you are at all available to meet for one day in Toronto to discuss an overview of general approaches to the LSAT, I think it would be extremely helpful. Please let me know if you are able to meet in January and at what cost it would be.”
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Personal “Early Bird Start”:
For people taking the June 12, 2012 LSAT we are offering you the opportunity of a “Personal Early Bird Start”. What does this mean?
You are invited to take a three hour private session featuring:
– Pre-Law Counseling
– Areas of Pre-LSAT Prep that may be appropriate for you
– Early Bird LSAT Logic Games and Logical Reasoning start
– anything else that you want to talk about
This may be done in a live meeting in downtown Toronto or over the telephone. It is scheduled at a time that works for you.
The cost is an additional $250 over the cost of the Mastering The LSAT program. In other words the cost of the Mastering The LSAT program with the “Personal Early Bird” start is $999 + $250 = $1249.
The personal “Early Bird Start is available without the taking the Mastering The LSAT course for $499.
To schedule your Private “Early Bird” Start call 416 410 7737.
Note: This is also available as a small group session – a group of friends, etc.
Guest Post by Kyle Pasewark of Advise In Solutions
A few weeks ago, I spoke with John Richardson, who teaches LSAT prep in Toronto, about doing a blog post for our sites on why most LSAT prep courses—and their marketing material—tend to underemphasize reading comprehension.
Things have been a little busy lately, but sometimes delay is a good thing. In this case, it allowed me to have lunch with Elise Jaffe, a former law firm colleague who is now the pre-law advisor at Hunter College in New York City. Elise and John are always insightful and, while this post is my view, it owes a lot to those conversations. Continue reading
Opportunities To Study Law
Most people go to law school because they want to become a lawyer. Pre-law students spend much of their time asking the answerable question of: what are the chances of getting into law school? Furthermore, they worry incessantly about Canadian law school rankings. Yet, many pre-law students in Canada are unaware of the range of opportunities available to them. The purpose of this post is to (at the very least) make you aware of the range of opportunities available to you. It is NOT to give specific advice about programs. Remember that the “trend is always your friend”. Think about my predictions. A global legal practice is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Continue reading
Renaming The LSAT – Let’s call it the “READ” Test
Principle: The best acronyms should be descriptive acronyms!
What does the acronym “LSAT” stand for?
LSAT is an acronym that stands for “Law School Admission Test”.
The LSAT is:
– a four letter word;
– a barrier between you and the law school of your choice (or perhaps any law school)
– a standardized test (every test taker gets the same questions);
– a multiple choice test (rewarding answer identification first and understanding second);
– a long test;
– a test administered under strict time constraints;
– an important test Continue reading
Welcome To LSAT Logic Games Dot Calm
The LSAT is a test of reading and reasoning in three different contexts. One of the contexts is called “Analytical Reasoning” or “Logic Games” (LSAT Logical Reasoning and LSAT Reading Comprehension are the other two contexts).
Many LSAT test takers experience a high degree of anxiety with the LSAT Logic Games. The good news is that Logic Games is quite susceptible to short term improvement.
Reading and Reasoning – The Two Fundamental Aspects
Reading – Understanding the conditions in Logic Games
Reasoning – Making inferences with the reasoning that you understand
More people have trouble with the reading and understanding of the conditions than with making inferences from the conditions.
LSAT Reality – Time Is A Wasting – You Need to Get Started
Any LSAT teacher or book can explain the answers to Logic Games questions after the fact. Although this has some value, it is irrelevant. The real problem is that people either don’t know how to get started or take so long getting started that they run out of time. You must learn to proceed without the confidence even when you are uncomfortable.
Logic Games – The LSAT Perspective
In April of 2010, Lori Davis, a senior test designer at LSAT, offered a webinar on LSAT Analytical Reasoning. It was very interesting – I wrote a summary of of it. Read about the Logic Games Webinar here.
Some Basic LSAT Logic Games Skills
Skill 1 – How To Accurately Understand The Conditions Continue reading
Introducing LSAT Logical Reasoning – The Terrain
Introduction – What Skills Does The LSAT Test?
The LSAT is a test of reading and reasoning in context. Your reading and reasoning skills will tested in the broad contexts of the following three question types:
– LSAT Logical Reasoning
– LSAT Reading Comprehension
The Format Of Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning consists of two of the four scored sections on the LSAT. Each section will have approximately twenty-five questions. For this reason many people say that “Logical Reasoning” is fifty percent of the LSAT. No, reading and reasoning is one hundred percent of the LSAT. Continue reading
Definition: the words “LSAT Happiness” mean that an LSAT test taker has:
“achieved a score that is high enough that he or she will not be rejected from law school.”
The February LSAT scores are out. There are four groups of score recipients: Continue reading
I highly recommend that you visit “discoverlaw.org
”. It is either run by or in conjunction with the Law School Admission Council (the people who brought you the LSAT).
On Thursday April 28, 2010, Discoverlaw.org conducted an “LSAT Prep Webinar” about how to prepare for the Analytical Reasoning (Logic Games) portion of the LSAT.
It was conducted by Lori Davis, who is a senior test specialist at LSAT. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that LSAT has run a seminar dedicated to LSAT preparation. As a long time, LSAT prep class teacher, I was interested to hear what LSAT says about its own test. I was treated to one hour of “LSAT on the LSAT”. It was interesting. I made notes and decided to put those notes on my LSAT blog and social media sites. What follows is a summary of the Webinar (both the information given and the my impressions of it) for the benefit of those who were unable to attend. Discoverlaw.org will be running more LSAT prep Webinars. Continue reading