I read that familiarity with the LSAC tests is the best way to study. This is what The American Bar Association states on its website at abanet.org. Also, I spotted a handy book that also simplifies the overwhelming task. Its called "The LSAT for Dummies". It might seem dumb, but I think its probably useful because it is so concise and simple. The LSAT seems to be a big psychological hurdle.

Good luck forming a study group, Baraan. :-)

PS: Kaplan's test 6 is just the 6th preptest in the series of tests Kaplan will have you take as part of the course. This test corresponds to a specific PrepTest; you can figure out the number by looking at the date of the test. If you can get me the date, I'll let you know which PrepTest is Kaplan's test 6.

Katyon - It sounds like you have 40+ tests to go. You can purchase most of them through LSAC. A few of the older ones are no longer available through LSAC. If at all possible, I suggest you make photocopies of these tests at your Kaplan center (Kaplan has all the tests). They may or may not let you do this but try. I am talking about PrepTests 1 through 8, w/ the exception of 7, PrepTest 17 (December 1995) and the February 1997 test (no PrepTest # assigned).

Besides these, you can order the three books of ten from LSAC and the SuperPrep book. That'll give you every released LSAT since 1991 . . . for a total of 50 tests.

Well I am one of those who is just getting started studying again (I am taking the October exam). I could certainly benefit from tutoring, but also from a regular study group if anyone is interested in forming one. At least meeting in the same place on a particular day helps one with a set routine (which one must obviously do on one's own as well) Please someone, respond!!!

while in kaplan course, you take up to full length exam 4, and then you are required to take one more full length exam 5 at the test center in order to meet the higher score guarantee, and subsequently i took full length exam 6 as well at the test center.

Another possibility is you're talking about a Kaplan-made test. Perhaps a book of tests that comes with teh course?





Even in this case, the 6th test might be a real test. Can you look at the date of its release? You should find it somewhere in the beginning.

Hmm, it's still a bit confusing. There are official PrepTests released by LSAC. For these, there is a test # and a corresponding date on which the test was released.

As for Kaplan, unless things have changed in the last couple of years, you take tests that are either your Diag, midterms, or final.. The preptest # on these tests corresponds with the original # whatever that may be.

Where did you take this test? As part of the course? As in, the 6th test Kaplan offers in its course. OR are you going down a list of preptests in which you are in fact taking PrepTest 6, which is probably an early 90s test. If this is the case, you have 40+ more tests to go.

the kaplan test 6.

Are you referring to PrepTest 6 or Kaplan's test 6 (if there is such a thing, I'm not sure)?

There are approximately 50 available tests.

well i have taken test 6 now (how many are left?). and i started with the kaplan course beginning of april.

More practice is great. But try to work on your weaknesses before moving onto more full-length exams. Make sure you spend a lot of time understanding/reviewing the practice test you last took. There are only so many practice tests you can take. You don't want to run out of tests you can use to gauge your performance.

When did you start preparing and what/how have you been studying? How many practice tests have you taken?

thanks, it is helpful. i did go through all this in the kaplan course, and i can do it in slow time, but when im in the fast pace of the exam itself, i get rushed and i probably over step many things. perhaps i just need more practice?

Katayon - Strengthen/weaken/assumption questions are all based on arguments (as opposed to set of statements that are not arguments). On stimuli that are arguments, you should be reading with a mind towards identifying the argument structure. That is, you should be reading for the conclusion, evidence, etc. Again, this should be a part of how you read the stimulus (never read passively on the LSAT).

In order to understand - and subsequently become faster at identifying - argument structure, I took detailed notes on arguments in the logical reasoning sections. I did this for a lot of tests and though time-consuming, it was an effective way to learn. You should become comfortable taking apart components of arguments while you read them.

So, after you've identified the argument structure meaning you know the author's conclusion, and the evidence she uses to support that conclusion (identifying assumptions if and when possible), you are in a better position to evaluate whether the evidence as given in fact supports the conclusion. It is this link between the evidence and conclusion that you are now going to try and bolster (in case of a strengthen question), or weaken (weaken questions), or perhaps there is something the author is taking for granted (an assumption) that you can identify as being central to the argument (more on two different types of assumptions later).

Let me go ahead and post this for now and see if you think it makes sense. Please let me know if it's unclear or if I've said anything even remotely useful at all! I hope it is not too general or vague but we can get specific as we go along.

i decided to postpone taking the lsat till october. i need a higher score then what i was getting. i have problem with time management. and some how some of the logic reasoning questions just dont click with me. for instance parallel reasoning is the easiest type of question, but strengthen/weaken/asumption is hard under the time pressure. any technique?