LSAT Prep For Dummies
Book + 5 Practice Tests Online
4th Edition
Published on 9. May 2024
320 pages
978-1-394-26233-5 (ISBN)
Description
Impress law school admissions committees with your high LSAT score!
For prospective law school students, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a crucial part of the admissions process. Updated to reflect the latest changes to the LSAT, this revised edition of LSAT Prep For Dummies ensures you have the info you need to achieve your best score on exam day. With plenty of review materials, including five practice tests online, expert advice, and testing strategies, you'll find everything you need to help you succeed.
* Get clear and easy-to-understand reviews of all the topics covered on the LSAT exam
* Practice, practice, practice, with sample questions and full-length tests
* Study for the new LSAT, so you aren't wasting your precious study time on outdated materials
* Learn insider tips and strategies for maximizing your test preparation and boosting your score
Law school is waiting--and Dummies will help you get there.
For prospective law school students, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a crucial part of the admissions process. Updated to reflect the latest changes to the LSAT, this revised edition of LSAT Prep For Dummies ensures you have the info you need to achieve your best score on exam day. With plenty of review materials, including five practice tests online, expert advice, and testing strategies, you'll find everything you need to help you succeed.
* Get clear and easy-to-understand reviews of all the topics covered on the LSAT exam
* Practice, practice, practice, with sample questions and full-length tests
* Study for the new LSAT, so you aren't wasting your precious study time on outdated materials
* Learn insider tips and strategies for maximizing your test preparation and boosting your score
Law school is waiting--and Dummies will help you get there.
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Lisa Zimmer Hatch, MA, is a college counselor and test prep expert who has been helping students excel on standardized tests and secure challenging and lucrative careers since 1987. Lisa and her late husband, Scott A. Hatch, JD, are also the coauthors of Paralegal Career For Dummies.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 Getting Started with the LSAT
- Chapter 1 The L Team: The LSAT and Its Administrators
- Getting to Know the Enemy
- Taking a Quick Look at the Types of Questions
- Logical reasoning - putting your arguing skills to good use
- Reading comprehension - concentrating and remembering what you read
- The writing sample - jumping the final hurdle
- You Gotta Score! Scoring the LSAT
- Registering for the LSAT
- Preparing for the LSAT
- What really helps
- Practice makes perfect
- What Have You Done for Me Lately? The LSAC
- Creating and administering the LSAT
- Aiding in law school applications
- Providing other goods and services
- Chapter 2 Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success
- Planning Your LSAT Test-Taking Tactics
- Maximizing your chances
- Taking the straight or the winding road
- Taking the occasional break
- To Guess or Not to Guess
- The joy of statistics
- Is Choice (B) really best?
- Increase your odds: Eliminate the duds
- Readying Yourself for Battle
- What to bring to the testing center
- What to leave behind when testing at the center
- Testing remotely: The do's and don'ts
- Life after the LSAT: What to Do Now?
- Yeah, that worked for me
- Wait, I can do better than that!
- Canceling a score
- Previewing a score
- Repeating the LSAT
- Chapter 3 The Lowdown on Law School Admissions
- Choosing a Law School
- Where to go for information
- Important considerations
- Keeping ranking in mind
- Filling Out All the Forms - Applying to Law School
- Pick more than one
- How admissions work
- The early bird . . .
- A complete application
- Review of applications
- Don't forget the money
- Part 2 Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument
- Chapter 4 Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning
- What You Can Expect in the Logical Reasoning Sections
- Taking a Systematic Approach
- Reading the question first
- Reading the argument
- Formulating an answer
- Reading the answers and eliminating the wrong ones
- Making a Case: Essentials of Informal Logic
- Fighting fair: The elements of an argument
- Getting from point A to point B: Types of reasoning
- Elementary, my dear Watson: Deductive reasoning
- Perhaps I'm just generalizing: Inductive reasoning
- Chapter 5 Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions
- Jumping to Logical Conclusions
- Using Your Noggin to Make Inferences
- Making Assumptions
- Finding Flaws in an Argument
- Chapter 6 Strengthening and Weakening Arguments
- Understanding How These Questions Work
- Affecting cause-and-effect arguments
- Analyzing analogy arguments
- Stabbing at statistical arguments
- Build It Up: Strengthen/Support Questions
- Tear It Down: Weakening Questions
- A Twist: EXCEPT Questions
- Chapter 7 Examining Other Logical Reasoning Question Types
- Reconciling Discrepancies and Paradoxes
- Looking for paradox questions
- Perusing a paradox example
- Finding Points of Agreement and Disagreement
- Assessing points that intersect and divide
- Analyzing an agreement/disagreement example
- Reasoning by Pattern
- Finding pattern-of-reasoning questions
- Patterning a reasonable example
- Exploring Arguments Based on Principles
- Pinpointing principles questions
- Parsing a principles example
- Figuring Out an Argument's Structure
- Spotting structure questions
- Tackling a structure-of-argument example
- Knowing the Role Played by a Claim
- Determining a claim's purpose
- Trying out the role of a claim example
- Part 3 Reading Comprehension: Read 'Em but Don't Weep
- Chapter 8 Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions
- Presenting Reading Passages
- Experimenting with natural science passages
- Observing social science passages
- Entertaining a humanities passage
- Laying down the law-related passages
- Approaching Reading Questions
- Identifying the question type
- Big picture questions
- Just the facts: Direct information questions
- Reading between the lines: Inference questions
- Eliminating answer choices
- Dealing with exception questions
- Chapter 9 Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension Strategy
- Skimming the questions
- To read or not to read
- In or out of order?
- Eliminating the duds
- Picking an answer and moving on
- Pacing Yourself through the Passages
- What to read for
- Getting the main point
- Absorbing the author's tone
- Forming the framework: The passage's outline
- Using the digital tools
- Deciding whether to work in or out of order
- Starting with the Questions
- Giving Sample Passage 1 a Shot: Influenza Vaccination
- Reading and highlighting or underlining
- Thinking about the passage
- Knocking down the questions
- Conquering Sample Passage 2: Manifest Destiny
- Answering questions and highlighting or underlining
- Answering the questions - full speed ahead
- Part 4 The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument
- Chapter 10 Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt
- Picking a Side - No Ridin' the Fence
- Walking through a Practice Essay
- Organizing your argument
- Setting priorities
- Making an outline
- Structuring the essay
- One topic, two different essays
- The pro-Pekingese approach
- Going with the German shepherd
- Chapter 11 Practice Writing Samples
- Topic 1: Choosing a Law School
- Sample answer: Choosing Law School A
- Sample answer: Fighting for Law School B
- Topic 2: The Sporting Goods Store
- Sample answer: Use state funds
- Sample answer: Don't use state funds
- Part 5 The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs
- Chapter 12 Some Rainy-Day "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 1
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 1
- Section I Logical Reasoning
- Section II Reading Comprehension
- Section III Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 13 Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 1
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Computing Your Score
- Chapter 14 Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 2
- Section I Logical Reasoning
- Section II Reading Comprehension
- Section III Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 15 Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 2
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Chapter 16 Even More "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 3
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 3
- Section I Logical Reasoning
- Section II Reading Comprehension
- Section III Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 17 Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 3
- Section I: Logical Reasoning
- Section II: Reading Comprehension
- Section III: Logical Reasoning
- Part 6 The Part of Tens
- Chapter 18 Ten Myths about the LSAT
- The LSAT Doesn't Have Anything to Do with Law School
- You Can't Study for the LSAT
- You Must Take a Prep Course to Do Well on the LSAT
- You Can Spot Difficult Questions Before You Work Them
- B Is the Best Letter to Guess
- No One Reads the Writing Sample
- Finishing a Section Is Better Than Concentrating on Two-Thirds of It
- A Great LSAT Score Guarantees Admission to a Great Law School
- The LSAT Is Used Only for Admissions Purposes
- Your Score Won't Improve if You Retake the LSAT
- Chapter 19 Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice
- Business/Corporate
- Criminal
- Domestic Relations/Family Law
- Employment/Labor
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Personal Injury/Insurance Defense
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Trusts and Estates/Probate
- Index
- EULA
