Kaplan LSAT 180

LSAT 180 is a great book...for what it is. It should be used not as a replacement for more standard test materials, but as a supplement. If you are looking for realistic LSAT questions, this isn't the right book for you. What LSAT 180 does is it gives you difficult LSAT-esque questions that will help you prepare your brain for the LSAT even if the questions are remarkably different. For example, it emphasizes process games, which are rarely seen on the LSAT...but which working through is good preparation nonetheless. I'd say if you can score 168+, you'll find it helpful. But definitely don't use it at the expense of full-length prep tests and actual questions.

The first time I took the LSAT, I scored in the 74th percentile. The second time I took the LSAT, I scored in the 95th percentile.My advice to anyone looking to achieve something similar:1. Buy this book. "Cracking the LSAT", Master the LSAT, and the more basic Kaplan LSAT are books that I had bought the first time around. My opinion is that the strategies that are suggested in these books won't help seperate you from the thousands of other LSAT takers that you're forced to compete with. So what you need to seperate yourself from the crowd are strategies that go beyond everyday, run-of-the-mill LSAT advice. And this book gives that to you in spades. Also very detailed answer explanations that go beyond probably any other on the market.2. Buy the 10 Real LSATs. Practice until you can do sections in 30 minutes. It's all about speed. If everyone had as much time as they wanted to take the LSAT, perfomance would probably be significantly higher. If you can get into about a 30 minute rhythm per section, you'll be fine. You'll avoid last minute panic on sections, and you'll have time to check over your answers. Personally, I found that the 30 minute rhythm came to me naturally after enough practice. Be prepared to take many practice tests if you want to achieve this. Whatever you do, DO NOT give yourself more than 35 minutes when taking old tests. 3. Examine your wrong answers on old LSATs. Essential if you hope to make any progress. It's really important to see here what other strategy or method could have helped you answer the problem more successfully/quickly.4. Get plenty of sleep the night before. Eat a good breakfast the morning of the test. Bring a candy bar to eat at the break, if you like chocolate. Don't underestimate the importance of how you feel physically.In addition, there was much more stress in my life the first time I took the test. I'd be stating the obvious, though, if I suggested that you minimize personal stress in your life.That's really all there was to it. Good luck.

I took the LSAT 5 years ago and the score expired so I'm studying to take it again. I did very well, but there were a couple areas of improvement.I bought this book and it was very easy to pinpoint the specific areas I was missing questions on, and hammer them down untill I was confident of my ability to answer those questions on the real LSAT. This is probably not a good book for those who need a comprehensive study guide for the LSAT, but if you are familiar with the test already, or have already taken a study course (I took Kaplan in 1997), I can't imagine a better tool to use to prepare.

I believe this book -LSAT 180 - paired with numerous actual practice tests is the best route to achieve one's desired level of success on the LSAT. The difficulty of the problems are higher than the majority material on the test. But by raising the bar to such a high level, the problems on the LSAT were much more approachable. The book provides detailed explanations of the right and wrong answers which was a godsend for such complicated material. By reading the in depth explanations of the correct and wrong answers to a question - I developed a better ability to discern between those pesky ambiguous answers.The book is also quite witty which helps break the tension during the down time between the practice sets.I wouldn't rely on this book alone, however. I feel nothing compares to the actual practice tests. LSAT 180 is a perfect complement.You won't be disappointed.