Another Season

It's January and the beginning of another season of LSAT teaching (prepping for the Feb test).

Today a student asked, "How long does it take to study for the LSAT?"

Tough question to answer because everyone is different. I've encountered both extremes of the spectrum: 1) A girl who studied for 5 years.....and she's still studying; 2) Another girl who took the exam cold (no prep at all!) and scored a 171.

It's a safe bet to say that most people fall somewhere snug in the middle of this spectrum (the opportunity cost of studying for this test for 5+ years is just too high; and very few people score in the 99th percentile without studying).

For those in the safe-middle your tactic is to be disciplined.

From the outset I want to declare that there's only so much an LSAT instructor can do for you. LSAT instructors can show you the way/tools/tactics/logic, but when test day arrives you're the one that'll be butting heads with the test. Simply put, you have to learn to think on your own.

This means what you learn at home is perhaps more important than what you learn in LSAT class.