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Pass Key to the LSAT (Barron's Pass Key to the Lsat)

Ph.D., Jerry Bobrow

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great Deal 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This book is much cheaper than any of the others out there. It is also smaller and lighter, making that much easier to carry around. There are three tests with answers explained. I would recommend getting 10 Actual LSAT Tests first, but if you really want more practice, or to use this as a warm up to 10 Actual LSAT Tests or something like that, then this is a a fantastic bargin. The tests are slightly easier, in my oppinion, than 10 Actual LSAT Tests, so just keep that in mind.

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This book is a compact version of Barron’s full-length LSAT test preparation manual. Pass Key to the LSAT presents three full-length model tests with all questions answered and explained. They closely reflect the currently given Law School Admission Test in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. The author also provides a valuable analysis of the test’s four question types: reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, logical reasoning, and the writing sample. New in this edition is a review of logical and analytical-type reasoning, and charts analyzing recent LSATs in terms of approximate percentages of problem types and common item types, as well as suggested three-, four-, and five-step approaches to question types.

Kaplan LSAT 2008, Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan Lsat (Book & CD-Rom))

Kaplan

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Good value for the money 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Has 3 practice test which is a great value, plus I wanted to practice more logical reasoning questions and was curious about the cd. I had a host of problems running it in vista but to be honest I have xp on my other computers so it was really no big deal. But I would just like to warn people that you will have issues in Vista and its not Mac compatible I gave the rating four stars because the application crashed under my Vista laptop midway through which pissed me off. I just finished the logical reasoning section which was helpful.

I would buy this to start studying and order more practice test to study. I feel they should of added more study questions on the logical review but otherwise a great tool to supplement other materials I recommend people do not use this as sole aid though.

Kaplan let me down 2 out of 5 stars.
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I have been a big fan of Kaplan over the years. I used there test materials when preparing for the ACT and AP exams and was able to score a perfect score on the ACT and get college credit for my AP courses. Fast forward a few years, and now I am preparing for law school. So, of course the first thing I turn to is Kaplan. This big is a huge dissapointment. I am an honors english major and was really expecting some help on the analytical and logic sections. However, each section begins with a couple of pages of tips and then some practice. This book does not have in-depth explanations that you would expect from Kaplan. What really tops it all off, is that i finished this book in one week! Now, how much information and testing preparation can really be in a book if it only takes a week to complete? And that includes working dilligently and not just going through the motions!

Kaplan LSAT 180

Kaplan

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Think a 180 is out of the question?
Think again.

Kaplan's LSAT® 180 provides the extra tactics and advanced practice you need to get the absolute maximum score. Using this book with the practice tests and intensive review of Kaplan's bestselling LSAT® guide, you can get the perfect score.

TOUGHEST QUESTIONS
Practice with "high-octane" questions -- the toughest you'll face on the test -- and get comprehensive explanations, plus tips and techniques for answering them quickly and accurately.

HARDEST CONCEPTS
Target your review with focused practice sets containing the hardest Logic Games questions you'll find on the LSAT®.

STRONGEST STRATEGIES
Take apart the most complicated questions with Kaplan's powerful strategies for every question type on the Logic Games, Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension sections of the LSAT®. You'll learn how to get the most points in the least amount of time.

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McGraw-Hill''s LSAT with CD-ROM, 2009 Edition (Mcgraw Hill's Lsat)

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Harvard Law School's top-scoring students show the more than 150,000 test takers how to get an Ivy League score on the LSAT

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This popular guide by recognized experts is the one you can trust. The authors are Harvard Law School students who tutor LSAT-takers nationwide, and they've packed this new edition with their most effective study tips, test-taking secrets, and LSAT samples. These targeted, classroom-tested tips will help you tackle even the toughest questions on the exam-and achieve the highest score possible.

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Perfect Phrases for Law School Acceptance (Perfect Phrases)

Paul Bodine

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The Right Phrase for the Right Situation--Every Time

You've taken the LSAT, your transcript is in order, and you're ready to apply to law schools. Your personal statement and the interview are your major opportunity to distinguish yourself from the pack and demonstrate your full potential. Perfect Phrases for Law School Acceptance gives you the phrases, statements, and approaches that will help you form a compelling and memorable personal statement, stand out during the interview process, and impress your admissions officers.

• Provides precise and effective language for applications, essays, interviews
• Covers a wide range of potential answers to difficult questions
• Guides you through the stages of the interview process

GRE/LSAT/GMAT/MCAT Reading Com (Gre-Lsat-Gmat-Mcat Reading Comprehension Workbook)

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Time-wasting if not skill-diminishing 1 out of 5 stars.
16 of 16 people found this review helpful.

I've read this book for LSAT prep. While the selection of passages is excellent, crafting of questions is simply a bad joke. To be precise, it is mostly the answer choices that makes this book time-wasting, if not skill-diminishing. The answer choices in this book are just not the kind of choices that appear in an actual test. Especially annoying is that many "right" answer choices can be right only after a very very long stretch of logic, which NEVER happens in a real test.

NOT WORTH 1 out of 5 stars.
15 of 18 people found this review helpful.

I have reviewed the first 3 chapters which contains explaination given by the author to tackle the reading comprehension questions.But to co-relate the theory(explaination given by author) to the practice questions is practically not possible.

MY CONFIDENCE HAS NOT INCREASED BY ANY CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! READING THIS BOOK.

Excellent study tool 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.

This book helps the reader learn the correct way to annotate and outline the paragraphs on the reading comprehension section of the GRE*MCAT*LSAT*GMAT. It was very helpful.

Very Helpfull - buy it 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This is a very helpful book on Reading Section. One of the very few available ones on the market. I don't understand why there are so many books conserning LR and AR, and almost none conserning the reading. Reading was my most difficult section (as it is for many students- passages are long time is not enough, same problem..) and if there was more on the market about it I would have purchased it. Anyhow, this book is well written, explanatory, enough exercises.
The reason why I rate it with 4, not 5 stars is because it is not LSAT specific, but it also tells about MCAT, GMAT, etc. Which is important when it comes to the length of passages in the excercise section which takes up 130 out of 180 pages from the book. There are passages of different lengths from 30 to 80 lines, covering the formats of the passages given on GMAT, MCAT, etc. But what we need for LSAT - are passages of 55 - 60 lines so we can properly time ourselves and as we all know on the LSAT - TIME IS EVERYTHING.
In conclusion: helpful book - get it.
P.S. If the publishers get to see that - consider improving it.

Barron's LSAT (Barron's Lsat Law School Admission Test (Book Only))

Jerry Bobrow Ph.D.

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Editorial Review:

Now, law school applicants can be assured of getting the very best when they select Barron’s brand-new 12th edition of the LSAT manual. It’s Total Preparation, —which means that it’s the most comprehensive LSAT test preparation package on the market. Barron’s features include:

A grand total of five practice LSATs with answer keys and analyses

A Barron’s First! Two of the new manual’s tests were actually given to law school applicants by the Law School Admission Council

In addition to the actual LSATs, Barron’s manual also presents three additional model tests that reflect typical LSATs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. What’s more, Barron’s Total Preparation, for the LSAT offers law school applicants a wealth of extra features, including . . .

Wide-ranging practice and review for all three of the test’s main sections: Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension

Detailed instruction in the form of three key steps for attacking the test’s important Writing Sample question

Three logical reasoning strategies presented with insights and analysis of all test question types

Seven analytical reasoning strategies that instruct on how to approach each of the LSAT’s questions

Brand-new strategy charts with tips for answering each question type

More than 300 additional practice problems with answers



In summary, law school candidates get Total Preparation, which includes two absolutely authentic LSATs that were recently given by the Law School Admission Council.

Kaplan LSAT Writing Workbook

Kaplan

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Completely Unnecessary! 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

As a professional LSAT tutor/blogger in NYC, I can say that there is absolutely, positively, NO NEED to get a book like this. The Writing Sample is incredibly simple and straightforward. All you need is 5 minutes to look over a past writing sample to understand what they're looking for on this. Don't forget that the writing sample isn't even scored! Most law schools don't care about it. Focus your time and money on the Logic Games and Logical Reasoning instead.

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Writing basics, including grammar, mechanics, style, and word choice

Methods for time management, and for outlining and organizing Writing Sample essays on Test Day

Over 30 LSAT Writing Samples

Sample high-scoring Writing Sample essays

Guidance for creating a successful law schools application essay

Sample law schools application essays

Kaplan LSAT 180 2007-2008 (Kaplan Lsat 180)

Kaplan

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

The faux-LSAT questions in this book are not helpful. 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.

After using the PowerScore books, which use genuine LSAT questions, it was difficult to use this book, whose questions are a poor imitation of those on the LSAT. Also unlike the PowerScore books, the explanations also do not make good use of diagrams. Only purchase this book if you've run out of LSAT material to practice with. Otherwise, avoid at all costs.

Helps with uber-questions but not relevant for many takers. 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book contains several challenging LSAT-type questions but keep two things in mind.

1. All "180" questions are created by Kaplan and therefore not exactly like what you would find in the LSAT. Whether or not they would be the same is open to argument but I find most Kaplan stuff different somehow. If you don't, then this should not be an issue.

2. Many of the questions types that are covered in this book are rare and isolated so your chance of seeing them on a test is remote.

It might prove helpful to you if you are already in the 170-180 range and have either completed all of the practice tests, or have become bored with them. Of course, at that range, luck has more to do with getting a 180 than preparation. Unfortunately, if you are testing in the range of 140-165, this book will do little to get you to 180. Your time, and money, would probably be better spent going over the ones you have missed in practice and figure them out.

Arco GRE/LSAT Logic Workbook, 2000 Edition

Arco

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Confusing 2 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

If you are struggling with the Logic Games section of the LSAT, as I am, you might want to stay away from this book. Perhaps it was designed for someone already scoring fairly well and was looking to add a few more points to their score, because it certainly does not cater to the individual trying to learn the basic techniques in solving logic games. I cannot imagine anyone diagramming in a timely manner using the methodology contained within. The structure of warm up exercises followed by mini-games eventually leading up to practice games should work but doesn't. I never grasped how the warm-ups tied into the overall scheme of the game. The explanations following each section were short, at times awkward, and narrow in scope. The sections and explanations just did not seem to build off of each other. Not a friendly environment for someone trying to learn. However, if you are looking for a source for all of the different types of logic games, this might be for you. It contains an incredible variety of game types. You just need to be fairly efficient with them before you get started on this book.

Editorial Review:

The first of its kind, this step-by-step guide utilizes targeted, intensive practice for the tricky Analytical Reasoning/Logic Games questions. It features in-depth practice with every type of analytical reasoning question, detailed explanations for all questions, and questions that build from easy to challenging.