> Testy told me she too once took the LSAT, though she doesn't remember her score. Unlike many of today's students, she didn't spend months studying. "Honestly,

> Testy told me she too once took the LSAT, though she doesn't remember her score. Unlike many of today's students, she didn't spend months studying. "Honestly, I didn't even know at the time people did that." She says LSAC actually worries test-takers spend too much time preparing. It suggests students familiarize themselves with the test and the rhythm of the questions and maybe take an online course. This sounds about right. I took the LSAT in college after doing some studying. Between my first practice test and my final test I went up 12 points to 168. For those unfamiliar with the test there are 3 types of sections, plus an essay, which isn't really used by admissions offices nor is it a factor in your score. The multiple choice questions are a long form reading with many questions about a long passage, a logical reasoning section with a question per prompt, and logic games with several questions for a set of logical rules. The first two, reading and analytical, saw almost no difference in studying. There's a couple tips to get the flow of the test but there isn't much to learn: its fairly good test of innate skills. The logic games sections, even coming from a computer science background and solving similar problems for fun, were pretty challenging especially with a clock. However there are only a dozen or so variants to the games, with the occasional ringer and so studying by practicing a few of each variant has a huge pay off.