<p>I graduated from a decent university with a 3.96 GPA. Currently I'm working in the legal field and alongside an attorney for experience and unfortunately to pay those hefty undergrad loans in this poor economy. By next year I want to go to law school and I have been doing my research for the past 4 months regarding this. I know I want to go either into IP or Business Law. Nevertheless, I still have to take my LSAT. To be honest I'm horrible at standardized exams but am willing to give it a try. Couple of questions:</p>
<p>1) What test prep would you recommend? I heard Powerscore, Testmasters, and Blueprint are better than Kaplan or Princeton.</p>
<p>2) My goal is to get at least in the 155-160 range, would that be enough for a top 50 program given I have a solid resume, double majored, worked in the legal field for a year, and have good letters of recommendation? I know Top 30 would be pretty hard though.</p>
<p>My daughter is currently taking the Testmasters course. This is expensive, but it might be good for your purposes. The four proctored exams should help you get over the jitters if you tend to “choke” on standardized exams. The review of each of the questions should build up your confidence as well. The range you are looking at should be doable.</p>
<p>kunfused - on the top of the page- there is a separate forum called “LSAT Prep”- with all the times I’ve been on board, I never noticed it before. There’s not too much discussion- but at least it’s a starting point- maybe bringing the LSAT Prep forum to everyone’s attention, you can get the conversation going again.</p>
<p>My d took Kaplan. For her needs and her study habits, it was fine. She is very much a self studier, so the once a week class, with timed tests as part of classroom instruction and using the rest of the week to study the materials on her own worked well. Her score increased about 15 points from diagnostic to actual test. I think testmaster and powerscore meet for a shorter period of time but multiple classes throughout the week- that type of schedule would not work for my kid. So I honestly think that one’s learning style and study habits may come into play when choosing a test prep company.</p>
<p>Why not take a practice test, or two, and self-diagnose where you’ll need the most help?</p>
<p>Also, if you want to go to law school next year, your only option for an LSAT test date is December. The deadline for September has already passed. With the December test your scores will be available in early January. Make sure your apps. are all done well before then. In applying to law school it’s often true that the early bird gets the worm.</p>