<p>i am a freshman in college right now, but back in highschool i didn’t do too well on the sat i. buying prep books and studying months before didn’t improve my scores as much as i had hope for either.</p>
<p>however, i scored extremely high on the sat ii subject placement tests. i deduced that it was because those tests were subject specific (us history, chemistry, biology, world history etc.) and because of that, i had a chance to actually “learn” material rather than learning “how to take a test.”</p>
<p>main question: is the lsat exam like the sat i in that it a “test” about taking a test? is it inherently deceiving and tricky? the prep books for the sat i only taught me test taking tricks to be successful that didn’t improve my score that much. are lsat prep books like that too?</p>
<p>Please note the exam will change in june 2007 but this is an overall description of the LSAT as define by the LSAC</p>
<p>What is the LSAT?</p>
<p>The LSAT is a half-day, standardized test administered four times each year at designated testing centers throughout the world. Most law schools throughout the US and Canada use the LSAT results as part of their admission process. All ABA-approved law schools, most Canadian law schools, and many non-ABA-approved law schools require applicants to take the LSAT.</p>
<p>***The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple-choice questions. Four of the five sections contribute to the test taker’s score. These sections include one reading comprehension section, one analytical reasoning section, and two logical reasoning sections. The unscored section typically is used to pretest new test questions or to preequate new test forms. The placement of this section, which is commonly referred to as the variable section, varies for different administrations of the test. The score scale for the LSAT is 120 to 180. A 35-minute writing sample is administered at the end of the test. The writing sample is not scored by LSAC, but copies are sent to all law schools to which you apply. ***</p>
<p>The LSAT is designed to measure skills that are considered essential for success in law school: the reading and comprehension of complex texts with accuracy and insight; the organization and management of information and the ability to draw reasonable inferences from it; the ability to think critically; and the analysis and evaluation of the reasoning and arguments of others.</p>
<p>The reading comprehension section is similar to the SAT. The other sections generally are not. The “SAT” in the LSAT name is coincidence and not relationship. The two tests are created by unrelated companies and LSAT stands for Law School Admission Test. The LSAT is also not like the SAT IIs. And in trickiness, it makes the SAT look like the amatuer in the field.</p>