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For pure practice at an unbelievable price, you can't beat the 10 Actual series. Each book includes 10 previously administered LSATs, an answer key for each test, a writing sample for each test,score-conversion tables, and sample Comparative Reading questions and explanations.
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"Decided to go to law school and the next LSAT's were in a month. I only had four weeks to prepare and had been our of school for a 25 years. No test prep classes were available so I decided to try these books. After a few weeks my averages on the practice tests improved to over 160. If you decide to try these just be sure to review your wrong answers."
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10 Actual Official LSAT PrepTests Law School Admission Council 9780979305047 Books Reviews :
10 Actual Official LSAT PrepTests Law School Admission Council 9780979305047 Books Reviews
- After taking maybe 20 of the more recent PrepTests and the 10 in this book, it's clear that these are outdated. They're fine for getting into studying for the LSAT, but they don't give a good indication of what questions are like now. I found the Logical Reasoning section to be much easier in these, and the Reading Comprehension doesn't have the comparative reading passages like the current test. After going through these tests, I saw my scores on more recent PrepTests go down.
- Chances are, if you're reading this review, you're prepping for the LSAT, which is what this book is meant to do. However, if you get the chance, try and do the next two sets before this one. There are two pretty big changes between this book and the newer questions (in both the green/purple one (Tests 52-61) and silver-y (Tests 62-71) LSAT preptest books)
1) Comparative Passages. Yeah, this one has them in the front of the book, but it's hard to use those to simulate test-taking conditions.
2) Logic Games in this one are wicked hard relative to the newer tests. For example, one of the Logic Games in this book has three different conditions for each of several slots (I think it's like five callers on a radio show, each with names, from three different cities, and either taped or live). In short, it's a heck of a lot worse than most of the newer games are, with a lot more to balance around in your head.
Otherwise, it's the same old LSAT they've been administering for ages. I mean you can get some chuckles about clearly dated passages on technology (like one which criticizes online order processing!) and society, but by-and-large most of this book is roughly similar to the present test.
Another quirk about this one is that because the questions in this test are harder, the curve at the top end is a bit gentler. This essentially means that if you're able to do these tests, your score may not be as representative of your test day score as the new ones would be because in a lot of the tests you can miss 12 or more and still score a 170 (from Form 2LSS53). This doesn't hold true for a lot of newer tests (for example, on the 8LSN75 June 2007 test you can only miss 8 for the same score), so just be wary that the LSAT taking population has changed since the early 2000's boom time when this book's tests were scaled.
If you're using it as an early practice, go for it, but otherwise pick more recent tests, as those will be more like what you'll be taking on Test Day. Though, if you are using these books, it's still really useful to have a general prepbook to use for questions you're weakest on. - As another reviewer stated, if you are only taking 10 practice tests, these shouldn't be the ones you get. If you are doing 20+ practice tests, this is a great purchase.
Most of the old tests are good for practice. Even without comparative passages, the reading comprehension is still good for drilling.
But, before spending time on the older tests, make sure your study plan already has the newer tests accounted for closer to the test. - Great set of tests for studying for the LSAT. They include the tests, answer key, score breakdown, and test answer sheets in the back of the book. The only thing that would be nice is if there were explanations for the answers, but then the book would be much longer. Overall this is great for studying for the LSAT, but not 100% necessary if you have a tight budget for studying. These tests are older so while they are still great for studying you are better off buying test packets that includes tests that are more recent.
- Decided to go to law school and the next LSAT's were in a month. I only had four weeks to prepare and had been our of school for a 25 years. No test prep classes were available so I decided to try these books. After a few weeks my averages on the practice tests improved to over 160. If you decide to try these just be sure to review your wrong answers.
- If you're studying for the LSAT, this is the only thing that you should be using. These are actual tests that have been administered. Why waste your time with other options that are only LSAT-like questions that people have written to mimic those of the LSAT?
- It's not as if these tests don't have some value, but don't make the mistake that I did. On these tests I found logical reasoning and reading comprehension to be much easier than on newer tests, while logic games were more difficult.
If you are just practicing logic games or doing timing practice there is value in doing these tests, but as test day gets closer it is far better idea to use the more recent prep tests to practice. I saw a 5 point drop in my score when I took a new test after taking these. - If you're studying for the LSAT, I'd recommend taking at least 20-30 practice tests. Forget about the expensive classes. These books are the key to learning how to take the test.
