best LSAT tips that you received?

[soccerchick202]

For those of you who have taken the LSAT already, what were the best and most useful LSAT tips that you received that helped you score higher on the LSAT?

[Cardozo91809]

Originally Posted by soccerchick202

For those of you who have taken the LSAT already, what were the best and most useful LSAT tips that you received that helped you score higher on the LSAT?

Choose your test site carefully. I have heard some horror stories where test takers didn't do their research first and ended up having to take the LSAT in a building right next to a football field where the marching band was practicing. Think those people scored as high as they possibly could? I don't.

Anyway, the tip is this: research your test site by using this website: http://www.lsatrater.com/

[broken37]

Good thread idea! The best advice I received was to only take the LSAT when you are completely ready. Don't be afraid to postpone, as this is one of the most important tests you'll ever take, and you don't want to have a poor first score and have to retake .

If you are practicing consistently around 160, and want a 165, trying "extra hard" on test day isn't going to do the trick. If you want that 165, you had better postpone and study some more.

Unfortunately, I did not heed this advice the first time around lol.

[Quantumleap]

Originally Posted by broken37

Good thread idea! The best advice I received was to only take the LSAT when you are completely ready. Don't be afraid to postpone, as this is one of the most important tests you'll ever take, and you don't want to have a poor first score and have to retake .

If you are practicing consistently around 160, and want a 165, trying "extra hard" on test day isn't going to do the trick. If you want that 165, you had better postpone and study some more.

Unfortunately, I did not heed this advice the first time around lol.

I feel that this is probably the most important LSAT tip. Like if you take anything away from this thread, let it be this tip.

[pinklover2314]

Originally Posted by broken37

Good thread idea! The best advice I received was to only take the LSAT when you are completely ready. Don't be afraid to postpone, as this is one of the most important tests you'll ever take, and you don't want to have a poor first score and have to retake .

If you are practicing consistently around 160, and want a 165, trying "extra hard" on test day isn't going to do the trick. If you want that 165, you had better postpone and study some more.

Unfortunately, I did not heed this advice the first time around lol.

If you want at least 165 on your LSAT, you should be doing around 170+ on your prep tests.

[Emory013]

A great tip I received from a friend was to buy as many real LSAT tests as possible, and take as many as possible (without going crazy) in the last 1-2 months before test day.

[law gal]

Isolating my weaknesses would be my great LSAT tip.

I was getting scores lower than the goal I set for myself. I pinpointed my weaknesses, which were inference and parallel reasoning questions in the Logical Reasoning section, and drilled these types of problems for 2 weeks. When I went back to taking full length practice tests, my score went up significantly.

[justint]

My friend got a 180 on the LSAT. His advice to me was to take a break from work/school for the two months leading up to the test and study 6-8 hours a day.

[hammy307]

Originally Posted by justint

My friend got a 180 on the LSAT. His advice to me was to take a break from work/school for the two months leading up to the test and study 6-8 hours a day.

Yeah it really is a time commitment thing. Gotta put in those hours.

[law gal]

Originally Posted by justint

My friend got a 180 on the LSAT. His advice to me was to take a break from work/school for the two months leading up to the test and study 6-8 hours a day.

I was doing a practice test every day the month before my LSAT. 3 hour everyday are quite taxing... I don't know how your friend did 6-8 hours per day!