This blog comes to you from special guest, Pamela Adewoyin, Esq. Former PowerScore student Pamela Adewoyin experienced a terrific score increase after taking a prep course. Here's her story. Putting in the Effort Pamela bounced from place to place as a child but learned to call the Bronx, New York, home. From a very early age, she knew that she wanted to be an attorney. Ambitious and dedicated, Pamela focused on her schoolwork throughout her … [Read more...]
Jail Time for Claiming Drinking Water Helps Prevent Dehydration?
In 2008, two German professors asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to approve a certain claim for use in labeling bottled water. The claim at issue was whether “regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration and of concomitant decrease of performance."The EFSA denied the request. Linking Drinking Water and Dehydration Understandably, the decision caused an uproar, especially … [Read more...]
7 Things People Who Prep for the LSAT Are Tired of Hearing
Statistically speaking, most of your friends aren't going to law school. For better or worse, they also know very little about the LSAT, let alone LSAT prep. Sure, they may hear you muttering something nonsensical about mauve dinosaurs, but they probably dismiss it for lunacy. That's par for the course. Why else would you go to law school in the first place?If you're taking the LSAT soon, chances are you are about to start a prep course or … [Read more...]
Challenge Yourself: Are You Ready for Law School?
This comes from special guest, Ann Levine. One of the biggest questions that I help clients answer on a regular basis is one of the most basic: are they ready for law school? If you’re thinking about law school, here are three challenges to give yourself to help make this incredibly important decision. Talk to 3 Lawyers Law school isn’t an end goal in and of itself. Law school is the major step in the process of becoming a lawyer. So, first … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Failure: Turning LSAT Fails into Positives
Over in the PowerScore LSAT Discussion Forum, I've been talking with one of our students about confidence. I often write about the necessity of a positive mental outlook and of believing in yourself, and this student was concerned about a few recent practice test scores that were a few points below average. As I've discussed elsewhere, there's an element of randomness to the composition of each LSAT, and that variation affects your results so you … [Read more...]
Batman vs. Superman is You vs. LSAC
The title's weird, I know. Let me explain. You may already be familiar with the popular movie, "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice". It features a showdown between two of DC Comics' most legendary heroes: the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel. The Epic Battle Prior to its release, the barrage of advertising got me thinking about the epic battle of Batman and Superman. Were such a confrontation to take place in real life, who would win? More … [Read more...]
Practice and Over-Practicing for the LSAT
In a Time article on over-practicing, there are several good pieces of advice for LSAT test-takers. From that advice, we can draw some guidelines on how you should prepare for the LSAT. Let's take a look at what they said and what it means for you. The Article The article references a study published by the Journal of Neuroscience. In this study, researchers observed subjects performing tasks repeatedly and measured energy expenditure as they … [Read more...]
What to Do When You’re Feeling Defeated by LSAT Prep
Our free to use LSAT Discussion Forum is a tremendous resource for any student gearing up to take the LSAT and apply to law school, and while I'm sure the majority of our blog readers frequent the Forum and participate, it's easy for helpful posts there to slip through the cracks. In an effort to help our readers here stay fully informed, we occasionally have highlights of common questions we encounter in the forum. Two things first:Go use … [Read more...]
Get a Grip on your LSAT Prep
It's fair to say that we generally think of friction as a negative thing. That's basically an accurate view in the context of personal and societal relationships. But, friction can also be very useful, even necessary, in other settings. For example, LSAT prep. We're going to go into how you can adapt the concept of friction to grain traction in your prep and accelerate past the plateau you may be on. How Friction it Works In case you need a … [Read more...]
Not a Morning Person? Start Behaving Like One if You Want to Kill It on the LSAT
If you're taking the LSAT in the morning, you'll likely have to wake up pretty early to be prepared for the LSAT. Depending on how close you are to your test center, you may need to wake up at 6 AM to even get to the test center on time. Unless you are decidedly a "morning person," this might be a problem. The Importance of Sleep Even if you do manage to fall asleep at a reasonable hour the day before (unlikely, unless you train for it), … [Read more...]
World Domination, LSAT-Style
For many years, the LSAT was used only in the United States and Canada. Then, a number of years ago, LSAC struck a deal with Melbourne University in Australia to have the LSAT used for admission to the JD program. Several other schools and countries that have also adopted the LSAT in some form, including schools in India, China, and Puerto Rico. But, why is LSAC doing this? The answer is market expansion and financial stability. College … [Read more...]
How to Stay Motivated When Preparing for the LSAT
For most people, preparing for any standardized test can be somewhat stressful. The LSAT is a very challenging test, and in a competitive field, the stakes can be high. For a lot of people, even beginning to prepare can seem daunting. With so much potentially riding on your LSAT performance, here are a few suggestions to get and stay motivated. Commiserate It can be very helpful to know that you don’t have to take on this daunting test alone. … [Read more...]
How Stress Can Actually Help Your Score
For the last week or so we have been posting articles about mentally and physically preparing for the upcoming LSAT. Now the day of the test is almost here, and I wanted to add a final thought about the stress that everyone faces when taking the LSAT. As you walk into the test, keep this in mind: Stress will not hurt your performance, and it can actually help. That's right, stress isn't the test-killer that many people expect it to be. In … [Read more...]
The Weekend Before the LSAT
So, you've got a test coming up on Monday. Ideally, you've already been preparing, you're in the home stretch! And we're here to help. Here are a few last-minute suggestions to make sure you're ready for test day. Relax Don’t forget to take a day off! If you don't have to work, that's all the better. You need a day for your brain to take a break and gear up for a long Monday. Avoid activities that are too mentally taxing. Yes, that includes … [Read more...]