For the past six months, I have been studying and preparing for the LSAT. I am here to share my experience with you, so you can see what it's like without actually taking it. If you are planning on taking it, here is what to expect. If you have already taken the LSAT, here are some memories that we may share in preparing for this test.
If you don't know what the LSAT is, it is the Law School Admission Test. It is another standardized test in order to get into higher education, aka Law school. The test is 2 hours and 55 minutes of multiple choice questions with 5 sections including reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and logic games. After, there is a 35 minute essay in which you have to create an argument.
1. There is no such thing as studying from just one LSAT book. #stacksonstacksonstacks
Get ready to go through countless LSAT books and practices tests.
2. If you decide to take a prep course, you can definitely expect to have no social life.
Studying will take up a LOT of your time. You will have tons of homework. There's a good chance you’ll have to miss out on a lot of activities during the time you’re prepping for the LSAT. It will all be worth it in the end.
3. Logic games will be the best thing that ever happened to you, once you get the hang of them.
Logic games are a completely new way of thinking. They are unlike anything you’ve ever done. They are a blessing in disguise.
4. You will fall for those sucker choice answers and that's okay.
One of the worst feelings in the world, is believing that the answer choice you picked was 100% correct until you find out it's wrong.
5. You will want to cry, multiple times.
6. The hard work you put into studying DOES pay off.
The process will make you feel like it isn’t worth it, but walking out of that test will make all that hard work and effort pay off
7. Honestly, you will never fully feel prepared.
8. There will be those logic games that you just won't get.
And it will aggravate you to no end.
9. The LSAT will become a part of your everyday life.
You will start to analyze everything through logical reasoning. You'll become a master at arguing.
10. Sufficient and necessary conditions will become your best friends.
11. Just when you thought you would never use Venn Diagrams again.
You thought wrong.
12. You can not wait until the day it's over.
A huge amount of weight will be lifted off of your shoulders once you take the LSAT. By the end of it all you will never want to see another logical reasoning question ever again.
With the LSAT finally being over, it's time to move onto law school applications. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors in taking the LSAT and what comes after. Practice makes perfect, so keep on practicing and don't give up. You are not alone in this process. You’ll realize everyone is freaking out about it just as much as you are. Now go and kill the LSAT. Happy studying!
