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(21 customer reviews) 30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Helpful LSAT Book,
July 11, 2003 By A Customer
This review is from: Kaplan LSAT 180 (Paperback)
The first time I took the LSAT, I scored in the 74th percentile. The second time I took the LSAT, I scored in the 95th percentile.My advice to anyone looking to achieve something similar:1. Buy this book. "Cracking the LSAT", Master the LSAT, and the more basic Kaplan LSAT are books that I had bought the first time around. My opinion is that the strategies that are suggested in these books won't help seperate you from the thousands of other LSAT takers that you're forced to compete with. So what you need to seperate yourself from the crowd are strategies that go beyond everyday, run-of-the-mill LSAT advice. And this book gives that to you in spades. Also very detailed answer explanations that go beyond probably any other on the market.2. Buy the 10 Real LSATs. Practice until you can do sections in 30 minutes. It's all about speed. If everyone had as much time as they wanted to take the LSAT, perfomance would probably be significantly higher. If you can get into...Read more
36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Hard...and sometimes dumb,
April 22, 2002 Joel Levy (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kaplan LSAT 180 (Paperback)
This book is the latest book by Kaplan that attempts to prepare the masses for LSAT stardom. The book is worth the on-line price but it has some flaws. In an effort to be "hard" it seems to waste time, being so convoluted, that it defeats the purpose of practicing. As someone who has purchased nearly every LSAT book on the market and has taken dozens of practice tests, I can truly say that if you can wade through the swap of LSAT 180 - you can do very well on the exam. But...just as a side note, if I only has 30 bucks to spend on a book I would go with LSAT PreTests and pound away at the real questions.
31 of 35 people found the following review helpful
A Wasted Effort,
January 4, 2004 By A Customer
This review is from: Kaplan LSAT 180 (Paperback)
In training for the LSAT, I used only official preptests sold by LSAC. Many reviewers recommended studying multiple books, like those available by Kaplan or Princeton Review. I have found that Kaplan and other study aides add to the confusion many test takers experience, and Kaplan even admits that its study guides do not help 40% of those who buy the books.
If you want to do well on the LSAT, this is the way to study: Your first purchase should the 10 More Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests. The PrepTest book will give several of real LSATs to take, though without question analysis. All of the answers are given, but they are not explained. I find this to be a bonus, because I believe that a test taker can learn more from figuring out why the answer is what is, instead of just going by the problematical answers Kaplan gives. Kaplan's answers have a tendency to be too long and lack an accurate answer. It is similar to when a person is talking but they are not really...Read more