Reddit mentions: The best lsat test guides

Powerscore games bible!!! I heard ps has a good RC but I didn't go over that. Their LR Is good as well.
http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/

Manhattan LR and RC. Their games is good but for myself personally I feel as if ps is stronger.
http://www.manhattanlsat.com/

7sage has great vids uploaded for the game sections! JY I personally think he's a little funny but I think he does a good job explaining the games. I've never taken their classes but heard they are good (hence the users above, lol).
http://7sage.com/

Sidebar has a good amount of resources posted! --->

Graeme (mod) also teaches LSAT ... Not sure if it is full time, but if you're not in the area I think I remember him saying he's done it via Skype. Also he has really good explanation books out for the pt's! Check out amazon. Which is awesome bc a lot of the LSAT and doing well is knowing why you got the answer BOTH right and wrong. :D -wow I sound like an advertisement lol.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0988127946/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1370920344&sr=8-8&pi=SL75 (this just being one.. There are volumes too I believe)

I personally didn't time myself in the beginning. Then once I'm comfortable with the sections ... I started timing myself. At first individual sections then full pt. I worked on a timed test maybe once a week and then more frequently towards the test date... Working on from older pt to the newer ones.

If you're looking for a certain schedule to set for yourself ... I hear lsatblog does a good job of this. http://www.google.com/search?q=lsatblog&btnG=&biw=320&bih=263&sa=2

I use this app that is out for both iOS and android called LSAT proctor by Kaplan. I absolutely love it.

Hmmm lol this is long enough I bet. Sorry for that. Anyhow ...

Just wanted to note that I'm using my phone to post so there may be tons (or little -hopefully) of grammatical errors and I'm hoping the links above works. Apologies of they don't.

Blackistheonlycolor, I largely agree with this post but I would like to share a few thoughts.

Self Study is THE way to prepare for the LSAT. I think an LSAT course is only a good option if you need more help grasping the basics than self study is providing.

The books that PhiPsiSciFi provided are certainly good, but I think there are a few changes which could maximize your prep. My book recommendation list would be:

• The Logic Games Bible $45
  
• Manhattan 3-book set $82
  
• Cambridge LR 1-20 $47
  
• Cambridge LR 21-40 $60
  
• Cambridge RC 1-20 $32
  
• Cambridge RC 21-40 $40
  
• Cambridge Complete LG Set PDF $90
  
• PTs 52-61 $20
  
• PTs 62-71 $22
  
• LSAT SuperPrep $17
  
• [LSAT PT 72] (http://www.amazon.com/Official-LSAT-PrepTest-72-PrepTests-ebook/dp/B00MXDVYS4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412298868&sr=1-2&keywords=LSAT+72) $6
  
  Total is $461. Now I realize that is significantly more money that the list given above, but if you can swing it, you will get a lot more bang for your buck. The Manhattan LSAT books tend to be a little bit better than the Powerscore ones. The Powerscore Logic Games Bible is certainly a great asset to have, which is why I included it here, but the LR Bible doesn't flow as well as Manhattan's and the RC Bible is nowhere near as good. The next big difference is that my list includes PTs 1-40 only as drills instead of complete tests. The earlier tests are quite a bit different than the modern LSAT, so while you won't get an extremely representative score by taking the full PTs, you can get improve by having the questions broken down into drills. That said, if there was anything you wanted to take off this list, The Cambridge LR 1-20 and RC 1-20 aren't 100% necessary. They are certainly nice to have, but you can only realistically do so many drills and it will be better to do the more modern ones found in PTs 21-40. But if you are planning to study for 6+ months, get 1-20 as well as 21-40. You will want to get all of the Logic Games though. Personally, I think PDF works better because you will want to re-print several of them to complete multiple times. You will also want to re-do every logic game section from tests 40+, which isn't really necessary for the LR and RC sections.
  The rest of my list is pretty much the same. I added PT 72 and you will want to get 73 when that comes out too. Overall, you will get 24 PTs from my suggestions (20 from the two books, 3 from SuperPrep, and PT 72. Obviously you hit 25 if you get PT 73 as well) which should be plenty. If you needed anymore buy the individual PTs from 41 up. I know this is a good bit of money, but it is soooo much cheaper than any reputable LSAT Course and it is more effective too.

When I said "51 onward" I was referring to PrepTest 51 and onward. PrepTest, commonly abbreviated as PT are previously administered LSATs. Every LSAT is released as such, except for those pertaining to the February administration. The most recent PrepTest is number 77, which corresponds to the LSAT that was administered in December of 2015. Each PrepTest contains the four officially scored sections of the LSAT plus the writing sample question, it however does not include the experimental section as this would compromise future LSATs. When you purchase the LSAT PrepTest volumes, you do not receive explanations, only an answer key and percentile conversion chart to each exam. However, the LSAC has released a book called SuperPrep II which includes 3 PrepTests, of which is there not only an answer key, but official explanations to each and every question, explaining why the right answer to each is the, well right answer. Although the LSAC does not have an explanation for all of their PrepTests published, there are many forums, websites and even published books which will do so for you. For example, The Princeton Review will be shortly releasing "LSAT Decoded" which will explain all of the answers in corresponding LSATs(PrepTests) I listed the following books that I purchased and recommend. Go to your local bookstore and read a couple pages of the Prep Company's book and see if their method of teaching works for you, if not, find another. Lastly, I would like to say that it is of absolutely no trouble for myself, I am more than happy to help, and thus I wish you the best of luck in your endeavour! :D

I posted the links to the books I bought and have been enjoying, please take caution before purchasing it from these links, as I posted the Amazon Canadian links as I live in Canada. Anyway, I believe either the Kaplan Premier 2016-2017 or LSAT trainer are an absolute must, although you could get away with not getting a prep company strategy set, I strongly encourage getting at the very least a comprehensive all in one. Any more questions or concerns about anything related to the LSAT please feel free to send me a message/reply.

http://www.amazon.ca/10-Actual-Official-LSAT-PrepTests/dp/0986045519/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-2&keywords=LSAT

http://www.amazon.ca/Official-LSAT-SuperPrep-II-Champion/dp/0990718689/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-10&keywords=LSAT

http://www.amazon.ca/Actual-Official-PrepTests-Comparative-Reading/dp/0984636005/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-9&keywords=LSAT

http://www.amazon.ca/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253799&sr=8-3&keywords=LSAT

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1937707784?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1937707776?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0990718697?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0986045543?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0986086231?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

You're at a 152, and you want to jump 13 points. You have a little over five months, and two breaks (Thanksgiving and winter/holiday break).

I know literally nothing about you except for what is included in that post, but I'd say you can improve 13 points (from a 152; would be a different story if you were at a 165 trying to improve 13 points to a 178) in five months.

I've gone through most of the legitimate books. From your post, I'm assuming you've only read/are reading the Powerscore books.

I'd recommend:

The LSAT Trainer,
Manhattan LSAT Logical Reasoning, and
The Blueprint for LSAT Logic Games

You said you're looking for vast LR improvement; if you can do that with the Logical Reasoning bible, great! That means you're smarter than I am, because I couldn't do it. MLSAT LR and The LSAT Trainer are significantly better at helping with LR. It's really not even comparable. As regards LG, PS LG is still very solid, relative ordering notwithstanding (I think PS calls it sequencing? the whole tree, with A > G/D etc.). I personally like Blueprint LG a little better, but with hard work, PS LG can definitely get you there.

There is a noticeable difference between MLSAT LR/LSAT Trainer and Powerscore LR.

After reading the books, you need to practice, and get familiar with individual question types/game types. How you want to do that is up to you, but I used the Cambridge LSAT bundle. It divides PTs 1-38 into question types for LR, game types for LG, and passage types for RC, so that you can focus on problem areas and work on proper habits/seeing patterns. It also has PTs 39-68 untouched, so you can just use them as regular tests. If you don't want to buy the whole shebang, I'd recommend you at least get the LR and LG bundles.

tl;dr: 152 to 165 in five months is definitely doable. Get The LSAT Trainer, Manhattan LSAT Logical Reasoning, the Blueprint for Logic Games (optional), and the Cambridge sets.

Here are the links to what I referenced in this post:
http://www.amazon.com/The-LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377229180&sr=8-1&keywords=THE+LSAT+trainer

http://www.amazon.com/The-Blueprint-LSAT-Logic-Games/dp/0984219900/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377229201&sr=8-1&keywords=Blueprint+for+LSAT

http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Logical-Reasoning-Strategy-Edition/dp/193570785X/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1377229214&sr=8-2&keywords=Manhattan+LR

http://www.cambridgelsat.com/bundles/ultimate-prep-package/

HTH

> Well, I just saw this post and want to clear up a few things

Here is the original thread she is referring to. The suspicions/concerns raised there definitely have merit.


>not only did I teach the Binary Solution course at Columbia Law School (and subsequently at the College)

True, based on this article from Columbia's student paper in 1997: [LSAT Course Proves Helpful]
(http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19970528-01.2.18#)

> I was invited by the then-Dean of Minority Admissions (Dean V Amory) to provide the course at the law school after she saw the videos of my games algorithm

True, based on this flyer from CUNY:


> (a section I cracked long before most of today's companies existed).

??? Just makes you sound arrogant ??? A lot of companies have been around just as long as yours...

> Furthermore, BinSol is, and remains the ONLY complete and general solution for the LSAT, and has the only Casebook that completely explains the LSAT in one volume because it is a true Casebook (not just a collection of past LSAT questions). A Casebook contains a collection of typical and boundary cases organized along the lines of a theory of classification.

This sounds like gibberish. And Mike Kim would like to have a word with you about your book being the only book/course available that covers the entire LSAT in one volume (and his book is sitting at 4.5/5 stars on Amazon with over 160 reviews).

> I could go on in detail, but it's best to just see the best course at one of our free previews at NYU (next one is in Feb 13-14, RSVP here www.binarysolution.com) as for this thread it's clearly the product of competitors, and predictably culminates in a link to another prep course.

You market your course here and in the same sentence attack other people for doing the same?

> Our small, smart course has dealt with attacks since it's inception-- and for good reason -- it's still the simplest, most powerful solution to the LSAT, and reduces each question on the LSAT to a single, bright line, either-or adjudication. And we don't require that you identify the question either - because the method is based on a semantic deconstruction - so you learn to solve as you read. Which makes the approach more natural and Rapid than any other.

More gibberish. With no evidence. WTF is "bright line"? Why is it more natural? How is it more rapid?

> So get the facts first- hand of you are reading this, and when you read something about us make sure to cross-check (eg, read the filtered reviews on Yelp), cause test prep is big business, and companies are known to post in the blogosphere . Good luck !

You know sometimes people write bad reviews...a method won't work for everyone.

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After reading this post and reviewing Binary Solutions' website, everything about you and your company just feels off. Your writing would make me extremely wary of taking your course and of any claims you make.

My recommendations:

• Perhaps do some editing/self-reflection before making public posts like this
  
  
• Your LSAT scores, a lucid explanation of your method, and more evidence backing up your claims would make many more amenable to taking your classes. Rants about competitors attacking you, jargon-laden/highfalutin descriptions of your methods, and bitching about poor reviews just make you sound...scammy and paranoid.
  
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  All in all, this post/situation is just strange.

Much of the logic required for the test is shared among sections, so studying for one helps the others. Also, each section tends to require a slow progression because you are basically changing how you think, so a lot of people recommend intertwining the three to some extent.

Logic games are usually the quickest to improve on, so a lot of people start with more of a focus there. This allows you to shape your mind to LSAT faster and can help with the other sections. It also gives you a sense of progress and accomplishment.

Reading comprehension and logical reasoning are basically how well you pay attention to what you read and how you logically connect the provided information, so how fast and to what extent you pick those sections up depends on how well you build those skills. Sometimes that takes days to see drastic improvement (I had a student go from the mid-teens to the mid-twenties on RC in a day because he changed to a more effective approach), but often it takes months (usually because one is just practicing instead of changing what he or she is doing wrong).

First, I recommend that you take a practice test. You can access June 2007 for free. This will help you to determine what needs the most work. You will eventually want to buy at least some of the official preptests (all are good, but newer is more relevant and therefore more important):

• PrepTest 77
  
• PrepTest 76
  
• PrepTest 75
  
• PrepTest 74
  
• PrepTest 73
  
• PrepTest 72
  
• PrepTests 62-71
  
• PrepTests 52-61
  
• PrepTests 29-38
  
• PrepTests 19-28
  
• PrepTests 7, 9-16, 18
  
• 10 Real LSATs Grouped by Question Type: Manhattan LSAT Practice Book
  
  Then, I suggest working with a set of prep books or online lessons. A lot of people like 7Sage, the LSAT Trainer, and PowerScore, but there are other options as well.
  
  Three pieces of advice:
  
  1.) Don't blow through all of your practice tests - even though there are 77 of them - a lot of people who start early tend to run out. That leads to:
  
  2.) Don't take a lot of practice tests early. Your job is not to practice your current (bad) habits; instead, it is to identify what aspects of your approach you are doing wrong and make a conscious effort to fix them. You will get much more out of slow, untimed, exhaustive, reflective study than out of plowing through lots of practice tests expecting something to change. If you are not improving yourself, do not just continue to take practice tests - instead:
  
  3.) Don't be afraid to look into a tutor. An experienced one can usually diagnose issues and sometimes that is more efficient and effective than working through it on your own, especially when you are stuck and struggling to improve. That can be expensive sometimes, but it can also be the reason why you get into your target school and/or the reason why you get a scholarship (my prep, many years ago, paid for itself many times over).
  
  Good luck!

Hey u/wowmuchinfo, don't worry too much about previous knowledge of the law! The LSAT is a test of analytical, reading, and logic skills. There's tons of helpful information in this sub's sidebar, including this Intro to the LSAT,

What system of studying makes most sense will depend on what your style of learning is. Given that the test is now administered on a digital tablet, I would recommend some kind of online study course (I used 7sage and personally loved it, but other programs out there include the LSAT demon, and some others discussed on this past post). There are also free prep tests and resources from LSAC and Khan Academy. And I've seen great things about tutors posted in the sub, there's this (fairly old) directory, plus some searches could probably steer you towards someone.

I didn't buy any books, so truly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but I've seen people here rave about loophole, the powerscore logic games bible, and the LSAT trainer. Lots of posts here recommend buying physical books of prep tests (see below) but I would not do that, as with the switch to the digital format, practicing the test on paper won't set you up as well for the real deal.

Studying for the test is generally broken down into three activities: curriculum (reviewing the test structure and questions), drilling or sections (doing sections of the test, timed or untimed), and prep tests (taking practice tests under timed conditions, followed by review.) Generally, the first thing you'll want to take a diagnostic test to see where you are now. Usually, people use the test from June 2007 as their diagnostic. Here's the PDF, but if you buy any of the programs, a digital tester should be included, and you might want to wait and do that. What you do from there will depend on what program you're focused on. Once you've taken your diagnostic, you might want to visit 7sage's predictor to see what your target score is based on your top school. My last tip: save as many of the most recent tests (i.e. those numbered in the 70s and 80s) for later in your studying. They are likely more similar to what your test will be like.

The LSAT is a sticky wicket, but with time and practice, it's conquerable. Good luck!

Hi -- your LSAT score is good for five years, and most schools now consider only your highest score. So, if you'd like to take it this Oct to have a score under your belt for whenever you decide to go to law school, you can definitely do so. I suggest you take the exam whenever you have a good chunk of time and motivation to prepare, and that you take it with enough time after so that if you need to take it again to get the score you want, you can do so.

BTW, I am the co-creator of Manhattan LSAT, and I've developed a new book that you may be interested in. Here is the amazon link:http://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373646806&sr=1-22&keywords=lsat

and here is the top-law-schools discussion of my book --
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=209573

and here is the website for the book -- http://www.thelsattrainer.com/

on my site, you can download the first chapter of the book for free, and I think that chapter will have a lot of the basic information about the LSAT that you are looking for.

I hope that helps! Best of luck with your prep. -- Mike

I used 7Sage and this book: http://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426031750&sr=8-1&keywords=the+lsat+trainer

That book is amazing and really breaks down the deconstruction of arguments in a way that just clicked for me. Not particularly helpful in the LG department, but thats where 7Sage came in.

So I would say that book is great for boosting LR and 7Sage is great for boosting AR (LG). The book also had some decent methods of breaking down RC.

Good luck. Glad I'm done with all that.

From a 147 to a 165 is a pretty large jump, but likely achievable if you have the time. So by next June or October? Perhaps. But probably not by February if that's the test you're going for. If you have the discipline, self-preparation is the way to go.

I would suggest starting out with the Powerscore LSAT Bibles (one for each of the sections), as internet collective wisdom has separated these out as the "best" books with which to begin. Link on Amazon. They are not cheap, but are much cheaper than a prep course.

Next, get some actual tests (ACTUAL past ones, not ones produced by testing companies to save on licensing costs) and go through them untimed, analyzing as you go. The key part is the analysis. It doesn't matter how many tests you practice with if you're not analyzing, for every question you got wrong, or even wondered about but guessed correctly, EXACTLY why the right answer was the right answer and why EVERY other answer was incorrect. Link on Amazon.

If you need more resources once you start breaking into the 160's or feel stuck, I would recommend The LSAT Trainer by Mike Kim. It's remarkably cheap given that it goes over each section, but I wouldn't recommend starting off with it necessarily unless you already have a good general understanding of the test.

Another online resource (beyond r/LSAT) which may be helpful is the TLS LSAT Prep forum.

Best of luck!

If it vouches for this process at all, I moved from a 164 to a 176 using essentially the steps above. So a 10+ point jump is not unreasonable, but it does take time.

1. Different people will have different opinions about what makes a law school "good" so you should look at different resources and determine if Temple's program and outcomes qualify as "good" to you. That being said, there are several rankings out there, US News and World Report is the main one, ILRG has a sortable data table that's helpful, ATL also has a list, and 7sage has some good tools, to name a few. Other useful things to look into are the 509 reports and other ABA information for employment outcomes, grant amounts, and other good info.
   
2. Don't commute, it'll drain you, especially a 3-hour round trip commute. Also, buses can be really difficult to study on I personally cannot do it, I study at home and in the library almost exclusively.
   
3. A year seems like a long time to study for the LSAT, I think I studied for ~4 months. I would spend a few hours a day studying and I would do 1-3 time-constrained practice exams each weekend, tracking my progress for each test and for each section. I used an app (i think the 7sage one, can't remember now though) on my phone to simulate test room noise and time. I used the Powerscore Logical Reasoning Bible. Also, I would recommend subscribing to the Economist, its voice is very similar to the voice of the LSAT reading sections.

What's up dude. Post the exact same to someone above. Should work for you too.

Took the LSAT in June. Went from a cold diagnostic of 154 to a 167. (Retaking in Sept for a 170+). Books I used/recommend:

https://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539064&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+trainer

https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-Logic-Games-Powerscore-Preparation/dp/0988758660/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539126&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+logic+game+bible

https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Bible/dp/0991299221/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539163&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+logic+reasoning+bible

Books I used but don't recommend:

https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-LSAT-Reading-Comprehension-Bible/dp/099129923X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539188&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+reading+comprehension

Get your practice tests here (seriously, do 20+ under timed conditions while filling out LSAT bubble sheets):

https://www.amazon.com/10-Actual-Official-LSAT-PrepTests/dp/0986045519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539233&sr=8-1&keywords=10+lsat+preptests

https://www.amazon.com/Actual-Official-PrepTests-Comparative-Reading/dp/0984636005/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539233&sr=8-3&keywords=10+lsat+preptests

Also, use https://7sage.com/

Sign up for a free account, and use their logic game explanations. They also have analytics that will track your progress and spit out analysis concerning where your weak areas are.

Good luck!

The LSAT Trainer. Great Instructional book for those motivated to study on their own. Website : http://www.thelsattrainer.com/
Book: http://www.amazon.com/The-LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-driven/dp/0989081508

Good Luck!

I used the LSAT Trainer my first go-round, and while I liked its style (and it gets great reviews here and at TLS), I felt like it was just a little too light in terms of instruction. Granted, I wasn't nearly rigorous enough with actually doing the (outside the book) drills prescribed, but I would have preferred to have more questions, exercises etc within the book, and have outside exercises supplement that. My second take I used the Manhattan series which I greatly preferred - a lot more material within the book, and I found its instruction style very helpful especially for LG. I also studied a lot harder for my second take so I'm sure that played into my opinions about the books, but even if my score hadn't increased I still think I'd prefer the Manhattan books.

Edit: I went from 160 to 168 with a year between sittings, but only about two months of consistent studying before the second exam

http://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Encyclopedia-Disrespecting/dp/1479391271/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1465083245&sr=8-2&keywords=fox+lsat

I found it really useful. I decided law isn't the path for me, but the questions where you have a big text and have to infer what the author is implying or arguing is really useful, and there is a question type on GRE Verbal that is pretty analogous, even if the question stimuli is a little more brief.

The book is a little expensive for what it is, it might be worth looking for at a uni library or public library.

I'm using the powerscore LSAT series, however, I'm trying to hone in on a particular subset of LR questions that were covered by the powerscore book, but had too brief of a problem set. There were about 8 practice questions on 'infer the best answer based on the above info' type questions, which I performed pretty poorly on, so I need to focus on those types of problems.
A user in another thread suggested Nathan Fox's book on LR which offers a more detailed overview of certain problems, which I think would be the most useful to me at this point.

Here's what the LSAC says about this in their Guide to Reading Comprehension Questions in The Official LSAT SuperPrep II.

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE PASSAGE SAYS OR IMPLIES

For each Reading Comprehension passage, you will be asked questions about the various ideas conveyed by the passage. These questions can range from very basic and straightforward questions (what does the passage say, literally?) to more sophisticated questions (what does the author imply without saying it explicitly?) to quite complex and advanced questions (what can be inferred from evidence presented in the passage, independently of whether or not the author intended the implication?). We will discuss all of these types of questions, starting with those at the basic end of the spectrum.

Try the third party sellers. They usually work well, especially the ones "fulfilled by amazon".

Cracking the LSAT (2015 ed.) is good and has 6 real practice tests.

However, you're sort of going about it the wrong way. The practice tests are really valuable learning experiences and you shouldn't waste them when you haven't yet developed good LSAT-taking habits. You need those practice tests once you've taken a course and learned the techniques. If you just want to read through the material and then maybe take one practice test (be strict and time yourself accurately!) just to get a sense of where you're starting from, then that's OK. Maybe you'll score 99th percentile first time and can feel confident you don't need a course. But for the vast majority of people, a structured course will improve your score. It's expensive, but it works.

Source: I taught LSAT for a test prep company for 7 years.

The LR sections are standardized by exam, not by section. You should be getting roughly the same (or hopefully decreasing as you get better) TOTAL LR questions wrong from one diagnostic to another.

If you want to get to 163+ in six weeks, you're going to have to commit a LOT of time. You basically want to drill every section.

I personally like Nathan Fox's book (http://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Encyclopedia-Disrespecting/dp/1479391271#) for LR. Go through the entire book and read the explanations/redo the questions until you understand them. Print up a bunch of copies of logic games and redo them using whatever solving method you like (there are a ton out there) or buy powerscore or something. Same with reading comp.

Reevaluate where you are after a few weeks - some people can rise quickly, but if you need to wait until December don't feel bad about it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1542365937

This is the one I usually recommend. It's a drill book, divided by game type. It's a really useful tool in my opinion.

Yea, but I'm finding the only way to get really good at logic games is just to keep doing them. Here's the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982661800/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

The 1-20 book should be on the side bar somewhere.

Thought I'd chime in. Went from a 156 in September to a 165 in January. This might be pretty unconventional but all I did was read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-LSAT-Quick-Dirty-Primer/dp/1480211893 . Starting in November I then did one section and review of that section per day. About one month out I started doing about 2 full PTs and review thereof per week. Two weeks out I started doing a full PT a day. Worked well for me!

LG Bible and the corresponding Workbook. Really focus on learning how to break them down, not on the time, because if you don't understand the problems there's no way you're going to finish them quickly.

Once you feel more confident about it, use the released exams as practice, especially the most recent ones. You can buy them in bundles on Amazon, or get them individually from LSAC. Don't just extrapolate your grade, actually try to figure it out.

These were my two most useful resources for LR:

Fox LSAT LR Encyclopedia
http://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Encyclopedia-Disrespecting/dp/1479391271

Also go to the Manhattan LSAT forums for explanations.

> LSAT Trainer

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0989081508/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0989081508&linkCode=as2&tag=7l-20

This one?

And why do you recommend it over the powerscore's?

Thanks for constructive response, is this the book you referenced?

The creator of this sub /u/graeme_b has a website called LSAT hacks that has every test from 29-38 and 62-77 and their explanations. If you prefer book format, you can find his explanations on amazon or buy them through his website.

Here's the website itself:

https://lsathacks.com/explanations/

Here's the book format of one of his explanations from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Preptest-72-Explanations-Study/dp/1927997070?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Use this one! It's harder than LSAC games. Just skip the matrix games when you see them (there are like 2-3 matrix games in the 16 practice sections included), they aren't useful practice.

https://www.amazon.com/Ace-LSAT-Logic-Games-Prepped/dp/0974853364

I hear this is pretty good, but I haven't personally used it: https://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Encyclopedia-Disrespecting/dp/1479391271/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

I could only find it available for purchase on the American amazon website. https://www.amazon.com/Loophole-LSAT-Logical-Reasoning/dp/1732749000/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=loophole+lsat&qid=1567657711&s=gateway&sprefix=loophole+&sr=8-1

I just looked this up out of curiosity; the closest thing I could find to "Cambridge LSAT difficult LR questions" is $899 used on Amazon. My guess (from this listing, and also from what I read on other sites) is that it went out of print some time ago and whoever owns it realizes that an obsessive LSAT taker for whom money is no object might actually pay that. More power to the seller, IMO, but I do wish something similar still existed within a reasonable price range.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Bible/dp/0991299221&ved=2ahUKEwj-n_SEu7LjAhVGOs0KHZCDCRcQFjAAegQIBRAC&usg=AOvVaw2JF31-X_neHa275CnhxhZt

Interesting. Trying to drive up demand through scarcity, perhaps? Maybe the book isn't selling as well as all the reviews would suggest...or maybe it's selling TOO well.

I gave it a 4-star review on Amazon if you're interested.

TLDR; it's solid, but suspiciously overhyped.

Check out the Thinking Lsat podcast and find out what you're getting yourself into. Whatever you do, don't do Kaplan anything. It's shit. I recommend this to get you into the right mindset.

I think what's best is probably to start out doing them by game type until you can go about -1 average on each game in about the target time.

Look into getting something like this: (it not only has them by type but it's hard to fidn those PTs anyways, so might as well use them for drilling)
https://www.amazon.com/Real-LSATs-Grouped-Question-Type/dp/1937707369/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466898472&sr=8-2&keywords=manhattan+lsat+by+question+type

It's 10 tests worth of PTs but split up by type for LG and LR (R is just broken into individual sections, not even individual passages). For instance it's broken into like basic ordering practice set 1, which is like 4 games, say game 2 of PT 43, game 1 of PT 48, etc, and basic ordering practice set 2, which is like 4 other games.

Here's what I'd recommend:
First, photo copy at least 5 copies of each game so you can redo it multiple times. Or else write the answers on a separate paper and don't do any work or cross anything out on the real sheet.

If your issues are due to not knowing good ways to diagram the games rather than just going slow, do the first half of each type one game at a time and review how to do it by watching the 7sage videos even if you got them all right unless you absolutely crushed it.

If your issues are just because you go slow, or for the second half of each type, you can do the second half of each type all in a row and then review all 4 or so games all in one go by watching them on 7sage.

Then the next day, redo every game that either took you too long or you got one wrong. And if any of them took too long again or you got any wrong again (probably most of the games still did), watch the 7sage video again.

Then the next day move on to the next type, like basic grouping or whatever. Do the same thing that I said above for the first type of doing them, reviewing them etc. Except also add in some of the ones you still get wrong from the first type.

Then the next day do more review of the second type and any of the first type you still get wrong.

Keep doing this until you get through all the types in the book and are comfortably getting no more than about 1 wrong per game in about the target time listed on 7sage.

Eventually you'll kind of remember how to do each game, but that's fine because you'll also learn to recognize patterns of rules that always come up. You'll get comfortable with the basics of each type because you'll have done so many of one type in a row rather than bouncing back and forth between types and not solidifying in your mind how to do them as well.

Then you should move onto full practice tests. No sense doing a ton of practice tests when you are making too many rookie mistakes.

(also you might as well go by question type for learning how to do LR since you have them split up in the Manhattan book anyways)