Study Method

If money is not an impediment, then the best way to study for the LSAT is to 1) sign-up for an LSAT course; 2) actually do all the homework problems (which ought to be real licensed LSAT questions....if the testprep uses anything else, then you're being gypped); 3) re-do those homework problems (several times); 4) Start doing full sections as well as timing yourself; 5) Do full tests and time yourself (try to hit under the time limit).

Roughly speaking, this is the best LSAT study method (it worked for thousands of test takers).

Now let me tell you a true story (I love telling this story), my friend (he'll remain anonymous....but seriously, this guy exists!) took the LSAT 4 years ago. He didn't have the luxury of spending money on some fancy shmo testprep course. So he did the next best thing, purchase as many 10 Real LSAT books along with $10 separate single test booklets (not yet a part of the 10 Real LSAT series) and started taking as many practice tests as possible. So far this sounds quite typical, right?

Well, what set him apart is that he went through all the tests from June 1991 - June 2001 FIFTEEN times!!! CRAZY GUY~
He ended up memorizing every single question from June 1991-June 2001. If I were to ask him, "What's question #23 on June 1995 section 2?" he will (NO JOKE) recite the entire question + answer choices + the reasoning behind why each wrong answer is wrong and why the correct answer is correct; to the dot of the "i" and cross of the "t." This guy was insane!

You know what he got on his LSAT?

180!!!! (I'm dead serious).

When he started doing these problems over and over again, he didn't merely memorize the questions, he also memorized the reasoning behind each and every question. And the LSAT test makers can only be so creative. A lot of the questions are predictable, once you've seen and done enough practice problems.

Do I recommend his method? Honestly, NO!

Afterall, to be fair, this is a test designed to see if you're equipped to do well as a 1L (how accurately it does this....I'll discuss in my next blog) and though you can artificially increase your "reasoning" ability and even fool yourself/law schools with your high score, once you begin your 1L year, you don't have that same luxury and time to do all the reading FIFTEEN times.

Getting into a great law school is a tempting and awesome opportunity, and some people are willing to do anything (i.e. go through 10 years worth of LSAT questions 15 times) to get there. Moderation, a classical virtue (Aristotle), I think is key, even in this case.