Categories: LSAT, LSAT Prep
Tags: ace the lsat blog, LSAT Prep, LSAT tutor, Manhattan LSAT tutor, Steve Schwartz LSAT
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Steve Schwartz at the Ace the LSAT blog (whom I quote in my law school admission guidebook) just let me know he came out with e-book schedules for those who are self-studying for the LSAT. If you’re taking the December or February LSAT, I highly recommend you check these out. Click here for more information about LSAT self-study schedules.
Categories: LSAT, LSAT Prep, LSAT; Rolling Admissions
Tags: LSAT, LSAT Prep, October LSAT
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Breathe deeply. LSAT day will arrive no matter what you do. A lot of your success in the next 5 days is mind over matter. Will you let the LSAT get to you, or are you excited to prove what you can do and show off all of your hard work preparing for it?
Here’s a helpful article by my friends at BlueprintPrep about what to do this week to prepare for the LSAT.
Here’s a link to one of my favorite Law School Expert Blog Talk Radio Shows about Last Minute Tips for LSAT Takers. You can listen to it online or download it from iTunes under Blog Talk Radio Feed – Ann Levine (or something like that).
In my law school admission consulting business, October is the month when most people sign up to work with me. So don’t feel you’re behind the curve. Do what you need to do on the LSAT this week, and if you’re considering working with me I’m here to talk when you’re ready. I’ll move you along very quickly. With an October LSAT score, there is still time to apply in early-mid November which is plenty of time to take advantage of rolling admissions. See my website for more information. I look forward to hearing from you.
Categories: Advice, Financing a Legal Education, Law School Admission Trends, Law School Rankings, LSAT, LSAT Prep, Wait lists, waitlist
Tags: LSAT Prep, success stories, US News Rankings, waiting list
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Yes, I miss Glee. But in the meantime, it’s been an exciting few weeks and I want to share a few highlights with you. Here they are, in no particular order:
1. I was interviewed for US News’ article, “As Law School Tuitions Climb, So Does Demand.” It’s worth a read, just don’t get to caught up in the negative comments about law school. You know how I feel about those. But I do hope that the article inspires more of you to consider scholarships over rank, at least to some degree. (The article was even picked up by Above the Law).
2. Speaking of US News…. are you sitting down? This may shock a few of you who’ve been following my blog for a while. I am going to be the Law School blogger for US News. Starting August 1st, I’ll be writing weekly columns on all things related to the law school admission cycle. Pretty exciting stuff. And, yes, I’ll even be sharing my thoughts on rankings : )
3. Another waiting list success story: One of my favorite clients, (ok, they’re pretty much all favorite clients), just found himself at a crossroads. After working on law school applications with me for two years (he wasn’t happy with his LSAT the first time around and decided to wait), he was in his car, followed by a moving truck, on his way to Tulane Law. He was excited about Tulane: great school, nice scholarship, near his girlfriend’s family. Then, he was somewhere near my hometown in Alabama when he got the call – he was pulled from the waiting list at Emory!!! He called me, totally panicked, excited about the opportunity but feeling like this was a major curve. After asking what his girlfriend thought he should do (go to Emory) I told him, “You’re three hours from Atlanta- GO!” Here’s a situation where ranking prevailed - Emory is #20 and Tulane is #45, and he really loved Emory when he visited. I offer this story as encouragement for all of you who are still on wait lists: Fight, fight, fight!!!
4. I’ve been talking to a lot of people who are wondering whether it’s too late to get started studying for the October LSAT. The answer is my favorite of all answers – it depends. Are you working full time and going to school? Then, yes, it’s too much to start fitting LSAT prep into that mix. But if you have time to dedicate, give it a shot! If a month from now, in mid-August, you find you haven’t been able to dedicate yourself to the effort then put it off until December. But if you have time to really start concentrating on it, do it! I told one of my clients this week that, come Monday, I expect her to have a study schedule set up. If you take my advice on this, you won’t have to call me (or ask on the blog) telling me you didn’t prepare adequately for the October LSAT, terrified that December is too late in the game to be competitive.
Ok, that’s about it for today. I had a wonderful week in Maui, and this weekend we’ll be going to my husband’s 20th reunion for high school. I hope your summer is going well!
Categories: Low LSAT, LSAT, LSAT Prep, LSAT; Rolling Admissions
Tags: February LSAT, LSAT, LSAT Prep, Taking the LSAT
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For all of you February LSAT takers, here’s the best 45 minutes you’ll spend this week – Listen to my Blog Talk Radio show with four elite LSAT Tutors talking about tips for test day. Listen to it online or download it through iTunes (BTR- Ann Levine)
Also, I’ve been hearing from a lot of people who are just deciding late in the game to apply for the Fall 2010 law school admission cycle and their practice LSAT scores definitely demonstrate that they aren’t ready. I do not advocate a last minute approach to LSAT prep or to the law school application process. To me, it usually means the person hasn’t really thought through the choice and applying to law school with an unknown (but predictably very poor) LSAT score is really throwing good money after bad. Here’s how to know if you’re really ready to take the LSAT.
For those of you who are ready, good luck this weekend!
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Tags: Atlas.com, Knewton.com, LSAT Prep
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This is your opportunity to ask questions that you’d like answered by the CEOs of LSAT test prep companies Knewton.com and AtlasLSAT. What do you want to know about LSAT Prep? The difference between prep options? The training of instructors? Whether they use real LSAT questions, and why or why not? This is your chance to ask!
Simply leave your questions as comments to this post and I’ll compile them in the next couple of days. I will ask as many of these questions as possible during next week’s Law School Expert Blog Talk Radio Show.
Ann K. Levine, Esq., former director of law school admissions for two ABA approved law schools, is a law school admission consultant and owner of Law School Expert,
