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Princeton Review---Help! |
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Just not sure... |
| Date Posted: |
10/22/2002 |
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I don't want to say anyone can do it on their own. You might be someone who happens to need the structure and guidance of a prep course. My own experience was as follows. I started studying about six months before the October LSAT (too early). My thinking was that I would study on my own at a leisurely pace and then take a prep course. But when it came time to take the course, I realized i had gotten about as far as I was going to get. The first time I took the LSAT I got a 161 or something like that. After a few months of using various study guides I was regularly scoring between 169 and 175, averaging about a 171 or 172. Now, who knows what I got on the actual test (will find out this Saturday). But regardless, I doubt that PR or Kaplan could have pushed me past that top 175, or would have had me scoring closer to the 175 on a regular basis.
So I tend to think if you have a good work ethic you can learn everything they teach you in those courses on your own. I would recommend the book "Master the LSAT" and then take as many previous LSATs as possible (preferably all of them if you're really serious about doing well).
Good luck! |
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if PR is the way to go. I appreciate your imput though...my work ethic is strong but I am not sure if PR can give me something that I cannot get out of those books. By the way, who wrote "Master the LSAT?"
Another student just told me that not taking PR is a huge mistake--that it would really increase my score (timed: 164).
Still so undecided and the class starts this Saturday!
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