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Where to Find LSAT Practice Tests to Use in Test Prep

Every good tutor you ask will tell you that it’s essential to incorporate practice tests into your LSAT study routine. Taking a practice test can be revealing whether you take it before you study or after you’ve gotten some context. You might be the type of person who wants to maximize your self-study before you look to a tutor for help. Alternatively, you might have a throwing-spaghetti-at-the-wall approach, and you are looking to get started yesterday.

Why do some LSAT students struggle with reading comprehension?

In teacher Kelly Gallagher’s acclaimed book Readicide (2009), he warns against what he candidly and unsparingly defines as “the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.” Many of us who grew up in the early-aughts post-NCLB standardized-testing era in America were young victims of readicide (NCLB is short for the “No Child Left Behind” Act signed by President Bush in 2002). 

What does science say about studying for the LSAT?

In a sea of study-related services & products vying for our attention, it’s difficult to tell what’s going to best help any particular one of us get the most out of the test prep experience. Some of us swear by flashcards, while others live by the practice test; some of us think that we learn better visually, others by ear, others yet by mnemonic device.

Mastering 'Exception' Questions in LSAT Reading Comprehension

Navigating the LSAT Reading Comprehension section can be challenging, especially when encountering "exception" questions. These questions require you to identify the one answer choice that doesn’t match the given reasons or examples in a passage. The video “Finding the Exception to a LSAT Reading Comp Purpose Using LSAT PrepTest 158 Section 1, Question 13” provides a step-by-step approach to tackling these tricky questions.

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