LSAT Studying 10 Hours Per Week For A Year

It's great to hear that you're taking such a long time to study, but just make sure you avoid burnout.

You might start with ~10 hours/week but then increase it significantly due to the kind of "LSAT addiction" that may come along as a result of studying during such a long period, especially if you're focused.

See LSAT Score Before Canceling? July 2019 LSAT

This was unique to the July 2019 LSAT due to the transition period from paper/pencil to digital.

It was a nice option, but not particularly useful since law schools don't average multiple scores. Having a relatively lower-than-ideal score on record vs. a cancellation doesn't matter that much.

It's beneficial, of course, if you might've canceled what you thought was a low score but then discovered that it was actually worth keeping.

I typically don't recommend canceling in any circumstances unless you're certain something went terribly wrong. I do think that it's nice for the July 2019 LSAT that students got the opportunity to make a more informed decision.

Mastering LSAT Logic Games

The secret to mastering LSAT Logic Games is doing and redoing lots of games. Most people don't do enough. You should do at least 100 Logic Games and review them thoroughly. And redo any you have trouble with. It's a lot of work, but it'll build your understanding.

Don't any of them go by without thoroughly understanding how to solve each one - and not only that, but how to solve each one efficiently rather than by brute force (i.e. drawing lots of hypotheticals for each question and answer choice). There's typically a way to spot which answer choices are more likely to be correct than others. Same goes for particular answer choices that you can more likely eliminate.

LSAT Prep Advice For Student with Low 150s Diagnostic Test Result

Arm yourself with the best LSAT prep books. The good news is that you have plenty of time to study, and a perfectly fine cold diagnostic. You scored around the median cold, so you definitely have the potential to improve to a great score (like 170+). And LSAT Logic Games is the easiest section to improve on, so you have plenty of low-hanging fruit to pick.

In short, I do see you getting there. Put in the work, build a strong foundation under untimed conditions, make sure you understand everything thoroughly, then later move on to timed conditions and bring it all together. I've created plenty of LSAT study plans, so feel free to check those out. All the best as you study over the next several months!

LSAT Prep Advice for Student Scoring in the 140s

Much depends on your goals, but with a 143/146, you still don't have a strong foundation yet, and there's plenty of room to improve in all areas.

While LG is definitely an area where you can pick up a lot of points, I wouldn't neglect the other sections either. You don't want to get rusty on them, and there are still points for you to pick up there also. So my recommendation would be to to work to build a strong foundation in all areas - practice all sections, and review prep books/explanations for all sections as well.

Legally Blonde's Influence on Women Lawyers

"A lot of professional women have been underestimated in life—after all, the profession still has rampant gender bias, and women still make up the minority of lawyers.

That moment when Warner said Elle wasn’t smart enough for law school was a catalyst in the movie... and one of those experiences women lawyers can relate to: being seen as less competent, intelligent or being judged solely on appearances."
http://www.abajournal.com/voice/article/how-legally-blonde-influenced-a-generation-of-women-lawyers

Barbie Judge Doll

Mattel just unveiled the Barbie Judge Doll, its 2019 Barbie Career of the Year doll.

"With over 200 careers since 1959, this year Barbie takes the stand as a Judge!" the company wrote on Twitter. "The Barbie Judge Doll encourages girls to learn more about making decisions to change the world for the better."

The company chose a judge as its Career of the Year doll after learning that only 33% of sitting US state judges are women, Lisa McKnight, senior vice president and global brand general manager of Barbie, told USA TODAY.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/07/us/barbie-judge-doll-trnd/index.html

Undergraduate Majors by LSAT Score

Undergrad Majors by LSAT Score

I just saw someone argue that philosophy is the best pre-law major.

My response - does majoring in philosophy CAUSE you to do better on the LSAT? Or is it that those who major in philosophy are already likely to do better?

Updated data from 2014-2016 - little has changed: 

Removing LSAT Logic Games?

From the National Law Journal:

LSAT takers tend to either love or hate the logic games section, depending on how well they do on that section, said several LSAT prep providers. They also agreed that the logic games section is the easiest to master with practice. 

“Once you get the hang of them, they can be the most fun section,” said Steve Schwartz, an LSAT tutor who also blogs about the test. “And I think they are also the most teachable on the exam, because they are mathematical in nature. It’s the easiest section to master and get a perfect score on with time. But obviously, if someone has a visual impairment, that changes everything.” 

\Schwartz said that if the council opts to eliminate the logic games section altogether, it could decide to add another section of logical reasoning and incorporate more questions focused on deductive reasoning. Or it could come up with an entirely new section.

LSAT Logic Games Advice

With games, it’s about taking what they give you and not only applying it, but, at the same time, reading carefully and not reversing conditional statements, for example. Having this general approach (and you can gain it, of course, through doing lots and lots of the LSAT problems and reading anything critically that you encounter in real life) will mean you’re much better suited to attack any LSAT question you come across, whether it seems familiar at first or not. If you simply apply a technique that you learned from somebody else, you’re not going to be able to attack that as well when you’re faced with an unfamiliar problem on test day, and it may throw you off due to general test day stress and that sort of thing.

LSAT Cancellations, Retakes, and LSAT Q&A Miscellaneous

Different for every student and depends on goals. Normally I'd recommend against canceling unless something went horribly wrong. 

If you're not totally satisfied with your score, retake, try to do better, and see what you can do differently this time around.

-if your next step is retaking the LSAT ----->


When NOT to retake: When you've given it all you reasonably can. At some point you do have to move on with your life :)

But if you haven't done everything you can - i.e. if there's material/resources you haven't used, now's the time to go nuclear and pull out all the stops!

If you've got 1-2 months, that's is enough time to make a big difference, especially if you're not starting from scratch.

Law schools only get your score out of 180 - they don't get a breakdown like what you posted.

Disclosed vs Undisclosed - Difficulty doesn't change at all - the LSAT is equated, so all tests are the same. And non-disclosed ones eventually become future disclosed ones, so there's not a true distinction in the long-term


LSAC shouldn't have an issue with you retaking the LSAT for financial aid leverage. Many do this without issue, and law schools encourage it. Law schools report the highest score of matriculating applicants. so if you retake it and do better, they'll have reason to reward you. Go for that 180!