Law Students Flock to LSAT Prep Courses

An LSAT score can unlock your future.

For law students, an LSAT score can either unlock your future, or close the door to the school you want to attend.

“The Law School Admissions Test, a single half-day test, will be weighed by law schools as much if not more, as your entire undergraduate career,” said Yoni Stratievsky who operates the HarvardReady LSAT prep program.

He added, “It’s a pretty high stakes test, and while your undergraduate GPA (grade point average) will matter significantly, no single test even comes close to the weight given to the LSAT.”

Most stressing for some students is that you can’t cram for the LSAT. The test focuses more an aptitude than knowledge. So while sharpening certain skills will help, staying up all night to study will not. Students can prepare by taking a prep course, which focuses on a fundamental understanding of the reasoning process.

Stratievsky also warns that a single point can make a difference between two law schools. He advises that Canadian students should shoot for a score of 160(81st percentile), while American students should aim for 167 (95th percentile) and above.

The LSAT is administered by the Law School Admissions Council in September/October, December, February and June of each year. You can write the test 3 times in any two-year period.