What do you think my LSAT score will be?

LiberalCensors
Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:22:40 +0000

In regards to my early typo, I make a lot of errors because I think faster than I can type and I’m lazy.

In regards to my advice, I think reading a lot is a good way to “study” because when you take the test for the LSAT you will be very nervous (I know I was). Its best if when you do the test you act intuitively and on instinct without thinking about it. Reading a lot will get your speed and comprehension up without you even thinking about it. Its also more likely to make law a good fit because you apparently have to read a lot in law school and as a lawyer. Go figure.

Also realize, only about half of all the people who take the bar in california passed this year. I would bet serious money its more a consequence of too many people trying to be lawyers becacuse they see it as a safe thing to do after college. Studying more slowly, rather than just spiking up your performance on a test in the short-run, will improve your long-term abilities and make you better at being a lawyer in the long-term.

As such, I would definitely not suggest studying or cramming over 2-3 months. If you need that much work to do well on the lsat, you might spike your score up in the short run, but in the long-run you will probably forget everything and not know if law really reflects your natural ability and talents. Realize also you only get to take it once (well you should at least), so you should probably prepare for it slowly anyways/

You sound to me very street-wise, and I use to get by just trying to get just the bare-minimum A too, until I realized law was right for me and reflected my natural abilities as a very prolific reader, writer, and polemicist. If you can’t be sure that being a lawyer reflects your natural abilities (and consequently interests), you won’t be able to work hard in the long-run for law, I believe you’ll end up as one of those peopel failing the bar exam continuallly.