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.
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Tags: Last minute LSAT tips, LSAT
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The LSAT is Monday. You probably already know this.
You’re probably getting pretty nervous, and planning your last minute cram-sessions.
STOP right now.
THINK.
If ANYTHING crazy is going on in your life right now, do NOT take the LSAT on Monday.
I guarantee you that a month from now I’ll be fielding dozens of calls and emails from people who are disappointed with their performance on the June LSAT and who will blame the following:
1. Lack of preparation. If you have not studied for 2-3 months and taken more than 3 full length, timed practice exams, do NOT take the LSAT on Monday.
2. Death in the family or death of your best friend. If anyone in your family or close circle of friends has been injured, traumatized or killed in the last 2 weeks, do NOT take the LSAT on Monday.
3. Illness. You have the flu? Do not take the LSAT on Monday! No one wants to read an addendum mentioning vomit, diarrhea or both.
4. Side effects. Started a new medication? Does it make you drowsy or have the potential to make you drowsy or physically ill? Started a new medication to treat ADD? Don’t take the LSAT on Monday.
I don’t mean to make light of serious problems, but stop and think. Four times a year, whenever the LSAT is given, I hear from people who seek my help writing addenda to explain an LSAT score. These four reasons are among those that come up most often. You can avoid the heartache and stigma of a very low LSAT score that fails to measure your abilities on the test by simply making the adult decision – despite fever, grief, exhaustion, and anxiety – to postpone taking the test until October. Yes, you’ll have a ‘no-show’ but I swear it’s not a big deal. And if you want the experience of sitting through the test, take it and cancel it as you leave the test center. But go in with a clear head and make a good decision. Is this a good time for YOU to take the LSAT?
For those of you who ARE prepared, healthy, and whose life is (thankfully) in a state of relative normalcy, then DO take the LSAT. And spend this weekend getting TONS of sleep, reading the newspaper or other interesting/thought provoking things, maybe dabble in a logic game or two, stay away from other people taking the LSAT, and refrain from talking to anyone about the LSAT. Take care of yourself. Get yourself into a frame of mind that gets you to a place where Monday morning, over a great breakfast with lots of protein, you are saying “Alright! Let’s prove what I can do on this thing!”
Good luck to all June LSAT takers. Oh! And come back to the Blog on Monday to learn how to spend your time while waiting for your LSAT score. My 10-webinar series (“Law School Bootcamp“) begins from scratch in under two weeks. I’m even going to repeat the first 3 webinars that have already taken place since demand for them has been so high. More info on that on Monday! Good luck!
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Tags: Application Timeline, LSAT, LSAT dates, Rolling Admissions, timeline
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Steve Schwartz has a very informative post today about LSAT dates in 2010 and 2011. This information should play a part in your planning for the Fall 2011 application cycle.
The first webinar in my 10-part series will deal with this issue in more depth as we discuss setting up your timeline for Fall 2011 admission. Send me an email to reserve your place.
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: December LSAT, LSAT
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For those of you gearing up for the December LSAT, listening to my podcast/Blog Talk Radio show “Last Minute Tips for LSAT Takers” is the best 45 minutes you’ll spend this week.
Click here to listen to the Blog Talk Radio Show while online or download it at iTunes as a podcast under the name “Law School Expert.”
Next week, it’s time to get started on the application materials – but for now, it’s all about getting yourself in the right mental state to take the LSAT and do your best on it. This week is not about learning anything new or increasing your score, it’s about keeping yourself calm, collected, and ready to prove what you can do.
Good luck!
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Tags: atlas LSAT, Blog Talk Radio, LSAT, LSAT course, LSAT Preparation
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I want to thank Noah Teitelbaum of AltasLSAT for spending 45 minutes sharing LSAT preparation strategy information with my Law School Expert listeners.
Topics included:
How much you can really raise your LSAT score.
The importance of having a good LSAT instructor.
How it’s possible to perform at a level higher than your initial aptitude on the exam might dictate.
How to know if you’re really ready for the LSAT, or if you should postpone your test date.
How to know if you would benefit most from a class, a tutor, or from self-study.
If you missed the show, you can listen to it at BlogTalkRadio.com or by downloading it on iTunes.
If you have question for me or or for Noah about the show, please leave comments here. I look forward to your feedback.
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Tags: LSAT, LSAT Rule Change
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Attention, all September LSAT takers -
Be aware of these upcoming deadlines;
| Test Center Change by Mail, Phone, and Fax |
September 4, 2009 (receipt deadline) |
| Test Center Change Online |
September 6, 2009 (midnight ET) |
| Test Date Change by Mail, Phone, and Fax |
September 4, 2009 (receipt deadline) |
| Test Date Change Online |
September 6, 2009 (midnight ET) |
| LSAT Registration Refunds (partial only) |
September 4, 2009 (receipt deadline) |
NOTE: There is an additional fee for test center changes and test date changes. All LSAT refunds are partial only. See LSAT fees.
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,
