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LSAT Coaching and Information

If you plan to go to Law School, you will most likely have to write the LSAT, the Law School entrance exam. It is the equivalent of the GRE for Law Schools. In some schools, your LSAT score is weighted more heavily in the application process than your GPA.

Since the LSAT is so important, it is a good idea to do as well as you possibly can on it. Since most of the types of questions on the LSAT are unlike those students have encountered before, many students find the exam extremely challenging. That is where coaching comes in.

Our LSAT coaching programs will get you used to the kinds of questions you will be answering. Coaching also gives you the tools to answer them correctly and efficiently. Give yourself an edge and sign up for LSAT Coaching today.

LSAT Information

The LSAT is still written as a traditional paper and pencil test. It consists of five multiple choice sections and one essay. Of the multiple choice sections, one will always be an experimental section, used to test new questions and equate the test to past exams.

The essay often gives students the most stress. This is very ironic, because it is not scored as part of the test. It is sent to schools you apply to, but it doesn't affect your actual scaled score in any way. The essays all follow the same basic pattern. An issue is presented, and you are asked to evaluate both sides and state which you support and why. You won't have a lot of room to write, so you will need to be clear and concise. One technique that can help you is to write up a template essay. Since the topics follow the same general pattern, you can construct an outline for essays of that type. Then on test day, the essay is already started, and you just have to fill in the blanks with relevant information.

The four remaining multiple choice sections are what are added up to calculate your score. One important point to note here. There is no penalty for wrong answers. Your raw score is the total number of questions you answered correctly on the exam. As such, if you are ever unsure of an answer, you should always guess. If you are running short on time, it is worthwhile to mark in all blank questions on your answer sheet, even if you don't read the questions. In the long run, this will actually improve your score slightly.

The scored portion of the test is divided up into one reading comprehension section, one logical reasoning section, and two critical reasoning sections. Logical reasoning means logic games, and critical reasoning means analyzing arguements.

The reading comprehension on the LSAT has more difficult passages than on most others, but it is still the same sort of question. You read a passage, then answer questions based on it. In general it is helpful to skim for the main point and the structure of the passage, then move on to the questions. Look back at the passage for answers to questions that want specific information. What ever you do, do not try to memorize the facts in the passage. There will be too many of them, and it will only waste time.

The critical reasoning section on the LSAT is also a reading based section. You will read a series of short passages, usually less than one paragraph. Then you will answer one or two questions about them. The passages all form arguments of one sort or another. The questions all ask you to analyze the arguement somehow. In general, it is helpful to read the question before the passage, and try to answer it as you read. That way, you will just have to find the answer the looks to be most like yours in the choices. One critical point, do not use any outside information in these questions. What the passage says is true for purposes of the questions. If the passage does not say it, it does not exist. Many of the answer choice traps are created by taking what is accepted as true and making it false in the passage. Avoid outside knowledge, everything you need to know is in the passages and the questions.

The LSAT is odd among standardized tests because it does not have a math component. Instead it has logical reasoning, or logic games. This section is generally the most challenging for students because the questions are of a type not often seen. Each subsection in the logical reasoning section presents a situation, a set of rules and conditions, and then a set of questions based on those.

Most of the games will be of a sort where you have to assign values to different slots. There are a lot of variations of this. These types of questions are quite easy to coach, however. The first thing you should do when you start the logical reasoning section is quickly skim through the whole section. Pick the one subsection that looks the hardest and leave it til last. Then you have more time to work on the three easier ones, and you can maximize your points on those. If time runs out, guess wildly on the hardest section.

There are other types of games than the assignment games. They tend to be harder then the most common one, since it can be difficult to draw a diagram for them. Diagrams are keys in these questions, and learning the best ways to make diagrams is an important skill for the LSAT.

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