Ah, standardized tests. How I've exulted in your absence.
Wow, it's been over nine months since I posted my only entry. It would appear I don't have quite the journaling bug some of my friends do.
I've been toying with the idea of law school off and on for several years now. Often when I think about it, I see the obstacles and doubts blocking my path rather than the benefits. I tend to focus on things like "How would I pay for such a thing?", "Your early 30s is no time to be starting a new career!", or "Wouldn't the substantial coursework even the evening classes some of the Boston schools offer take you away unfairly from your wife?" Well, you know what? Screw 'em. I can make it work.
To that end, I ordered from Amazon a compilation of 10 of the LSAT tests from recent years, figuring that it'd be good to see what the test actually looks like and how it's structured. Besides, I love logic puzzles. Even if the rest of the tests scared me away, I could entertain myself with about 250 questions worth of those things. Through the magic of two-day shipping (Amazon Prime for the win!), the book arrived today. After cooking dinner and watching House, I banished teh wifey to someplace with a closeable door, snagged a timer, and sat down to see how I'd do on the test from October of 1999.
I half-expected the test to be OMGWTFBBQ!!!!1!111!!-type difficult, and was rather pleasantly surprised. I was pleased to find that I ended up with extra time left over for all graded sections except (ironically enough) the logic puzzles. After checking my answers and tallying my score, I would have recieved (on a scale from 120-180) a [fanfare] 155. ["you lose" trumpet sound here] Hunh. That's no good; seems kinda paltry, middle-of-the-road. I'm smarter than that! :-) I am not content with besting merely 67.14% of those who sat the test that day (even if it would result in a score slightly above the median of this year's incoming class at one of the schools I'm investigating)! So tomorrow, I'm going to have a nice sit-down with the book and see if I can't figure out why I was wrong, assimilate that learning, and see about trying the next test later in the week.
Any lawyers or proto-lawyers in the house have any suggestions as to how best to prepare?
I've been toying with the idea of law school off and on for several years now. Often when I think about it, I see the obstacles and doubts blocking my path rather than the benefits. I tend to focus on things like "How would I pay for such a thing?", "Your early 30s is no time to be starting a new career!", or "Wouldn't the substantial coursework even the evening classes some of the Boston schools offer take you away unfairly from your wife?" Well, you know what? Screw 'em. I can make it work.
To that end, I ordered from Amazon a compilation of 10 of the LSAT tests from recent years, figuring that it'd be good to see what the test actually looks like and how it's structured. Besides, I love logic puzzles. Even if the rest of the tests scared me away, I could entertain myself with about 250 questions worth of those things. Through the magic of two-day shipping (Amazon Prime for the win!), the book arrived today. After cooking dinner and watching House, I banished teh wifey to someplace with a closeable door, snagged a timer, and sat down to see how I'd do on the test from October of 1999.
I half-expected the test to be OMGWTFBBQ!!!!1!111!!-type difficult, and was rather pleasantly surprised. I was pleased to find that I ended up with extra time left over for all graded sections except (ironically enough) the logic puzzles. After checking my answers and tallying my score, I would have recieved (on a scale from 120-180) a [fanfare] 155. ["you lose" trumpet sound here] Hunh. That's no good; seems kinda paltry, middle-of-the-road. I'm smarter than that! :-) I am not content with besting merely 67.14% of those who sat the test that day (even if it would result in a score slightly above the median of this year's incoming class at one of the schools I'm investigating)! So tomorrow, I'm going to have a nice sit-down with the book and see if I can't figure out why I was wrong, assimilate that learning, and see about trying the next test later in the week.
Any lawyers or proto-lawyers in the house have any suggestions as to how best to prepare?