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The LSAT Experience: Lessons from Those In the Know

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The LSAT Experience: Lessons from Those In the Know
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The forums of the internet runneth over with bad advice, much of it given by people who have never actually taken the LSAT, let alone leveraged it to get into a top law school. Here are some glimpses of the perspectives of people who’ve been there (and lived to tell the tale):

“Everyone looked pretty square, and I thought about how the very process that allows someone to enter the professions to enact social change couldn’t be better designed to repel the rebellious types who would want to enact such change.”

—Hanson O’Haver, journalist

“I’m sorry to be the one to break it to you, but Elle Woods’ version of the LSAT isn’t real life. Yes, she studied for hours upon hours, which is necessary, but it’s not sufficient.”

—Blaine Hill, The Hub @ TTU

“Don’t let yourself get stuck on a question.”

—Gabby Dosev, University of Florida graduate

“I studied in a diligent, trial-and-error, not-perfectly-optimized, not-perfectly-scheduled way, and ended up doing well but not 99.9% well, and I think narratives like these are important.”

—Noah Tunis, former test-taker

“If you know exactly what kind of lawyer you want to be, and you can’t stop dreaming of it — if you can’t imagine any other life for yourself — then you should chase that dream no matter how low your current LSAT score.”

—columnist at The Girl’s Guide to Law School

“I failed the LSAT… I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating.”

—Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx

“One thing I have learned from studying thousands of LSAT items is that, first appearances notwithstanding, there is a benevolent intelligence at work behind the LSAT. The test taker just needs to tap into it.”

—Stephen Harris, author of Mastering Logic Games

Hopefully, this motivates you to call your tutor and get the ball rollin’.

 

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