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I spent a lot of time talking about bad LSAT books last time, but that's only because books with bad strategies, mistakes, and fake questions can...
* waste your time
* make you miserable
* possibly even ruin your life (or at least your LSAT score, which sometimes seems like the same thing)
basically, #sorrynotsorry for hating on shitty LSAT books.
Anywho, which LSAT books DON'T suck?
Well, I wrote a bunch (and I happen to think they're pretty great)...
but this article isn't about me.
Today, I want to recommend a book from the mega-corp I criticized last time, Kaplan.
They actually publish pretty great book called "Mastery Practice."
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Thing is, they don't sell it in stores - it's normally available only to students who take their $1,000+ courses.
But here's a little "hack" for ya:
*** You can get second-hand copies on sites like craigslist and Amazon ***
WHY is this book so great?
They licensed a bunch of old PrepTest questions from LSAC, then organized them by type.
And they did this for all 3 sections!
The book's generally a pretty good deal on Amazon considering the sheer number of LSAT questions you get. (You can often find copies for under 10 or 15 bucks, just make sure it doesn't have a lot of writing.)
Kaplan's categorization system isn't perfect, but it's not bad.
Theirs isn't much different from others. Just a few minor differences, main ones being the names - sequencing vs. linear, etc.
If you already have a good understanding of some other company's categories, you can figure it out.
If you don't have a good understanding, then it doesn't really matter much anyway.
(Note: Their explanations for these questions are pretty terrible, so I wouldn't pay much attention to those.)
If you don't want to get a special book just to have LSAT questions organized by type, you can obviously work through questions by type on your own using the PrepTests.
Click here to get a big list of Logical Reasoning questions organized by type:
Big List (and Spreadsheets!) of Logical Reasoning Questions by Type --->
-Steve
P.S. Next time, I'll show you how to solve questions where most LSAT books make an EPIC FAIL.
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