While LSAC tries to makes the testing experience as smooth and uniform as possible for everyone, a small percentage of students inevitably experience technical or human errors during any given LSAT that impedes their performance. These issues could involve a substandard test proctor, a malfunction in the testing software, problems with the testing facility, or any other number of unfortunate scenarios. We often see students panic afterwards when … [Read more...]
What GPA Do You Need for Law School?
Although your LSAT score weighs more in the eyes of law school admissions committees, your GPA plays a large role as well as it is generally considered to be a good indicator of your ability to succeed in law school.The following chart uses data provided by the 2020 ABA 509 report. For the most updated information, and for more statistics that you might find relevant, visit the ABA Required Disclosures site. You can also read this article to … [Read more...]
Should I Self-Study Before Starting an LSAT Course?
This is a question we frequently encounter on our forum, and with good reason. One of the most important things you can do in law school admissions is to plan ahead. If you signed up for an LSAT prep course that doesn’t begin for a while, you’re probably wondering if you can do anything in the meantime. Of Course! But, before we tell you to spend another couple hundred bucks on study aids, let’s make things clear. Our LSAT courses are designed … [Read more...]
What LSAT Score Do You Need for Law School?
Are you trying to figure out your target LSAT score? You should always research your goal law schools early on and find out the score range of the most recent first year class. Although you can find this information on each school’s website, we thought it would be helpful to show you all of them in one place.The LSAT scores represented are for students who were admitted in 2020. LSAT Percentiles What do the percentiles mean? These numbers … [Read more...]
When to Read the Stem in LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions
Among LSAT experts, few issues are more hotly debated than this one: should you read the question stem before or after reading the stimulus in LSAT Logical Reasoning questions? PowerScore's position on this issue has always been clear: read the stem after reading the stimulus. On this issue, we are, shall we say, originalists. We follow the original design of the Logical Reasoning multiple choice question. Deviating from this design is largely a … [Read more...]
LSAT Podcast Episode 80: The February 2021 LSAT-Flex Review
With the February 2021 LSAT-Flex finally behind us, Dave and Jon are checking in with all the details! In this episode they break down the February LSAT, reviewing its source tests and their appearances over the weekend, highlighting the most notable elements that featured each day, and finally offering a section-by-section scale matrix to help you determine the exact curve for your particular exam. … [Read more...]
LSAT Podcast Episode 79: The Death of the LSAT Flex
LSAC has just made a major announcement covering everything from the next 16-months’ worth of test dates to the future of the LSAT’s format. In episode 79 of the PodCast, Jon and Dave give a rundown of everything they’ve learned so far, as well as their take on these breaking developments! … [Read more...]
LSAC Announces Tests Through June 2022 & More
LSAC has just made a major announcement covering everything from the next 16-months’ worth of test dates to the future format of the LSAT. What follows is a rundown of everything we’ve learned so far, as well as PowerScore’s take on these developments! The Next Nine Test Dates First, we now know the official test dates for every LSAT through June 2022. These dates represent the first day of each test week, with exams offered over several days … [Read more...]
LSAT Podcast Episode 78: What’s the Deal With Addenda?
As we move deeper into this year’s admissions cycle, applicants naturally wonder what, if anything, they can still do to improve their acceptance odds. In this week’s episode, Dave and Jon offer advice on a critical decision: how and when to submit law school addenda, informing admissions committees of the circumstances behind less-than-stellar application elements and allowing them to better interpret blemishes on your record. If you’re on the … [Read more...]
Admissions Mental Health: One Student’s Story
In the first part of this blog, PowerScore CEO and LSAT Bibles author Dave Killoran discussed the stresses of applying to law school. The following story is from a student applying to Top 14 law schools this cycle.I write to you on a Wednesday afternoon. In the law school admissions world, Wednesday is typically the day when a few selected applicants are lifted from their depths of despair into the utopia that is being an admitted student. … [Read more...]
Retaking the LSAT When You’ve Seen All of the Practice Questions
If you are thinking about retaking the LSAT and you’ve practiced so much that you’ve seen most of the questions (or at least all of the problems of one type, such as Logic Games), what should you do? This can be pretty tricky question, because once you’ve seen a question, you are more likely remember the correct answer, and that takes away the originality, surprise, and challenge of the question. The Teaching Test While I can’t produce a time … [Read more...]
LSAT Podcast Episode 77: The January 2021 LSAT-Flex Review
With the January 2021 LSAT-Flex week coming to an end, Jon and Dave are finally free to tell you all about it! Join them as they break down all of the content used this week—including the international LSATs—and offer their take on everything from overall difficulty, unusual moments, and scale predictions for every possible test configuration. … [Read more...]
LSAT-Flex Prep Resources, Tips, and Predictions
Ever since the LSAT transitioned to the at-home LSAT-Flex format (at least temporarily) in the spring of 2020, we’ve been in constant touch with LSAC to receive the most-up-to-date information, developments, and tweaks to the new format. Since the LSAT-Flex’s genesis, there’ve been a lot of articles, podcasts, and webinars on the topic. It can be tough to track it all down! Keeping that in mind, here’s a compilation of all of those LSAT-Flex … [Read more...]
LSAT Podcast Episode 76: How to Resolve Resolve Questions
The first episode of the new year sees Dave and Jon tackle one of their all-time favorite Logical Reasoning question types: Resolve the Paradox! Tune in as they explain exactly how these questions work, outline the best approach for solving them, and reveal a comprehensive series of specific categories highlighting the test makers’ favorite Paradox scenarios. … [Read more...]