<p>I am currently entering my freshman year of college and while I realize that I have plenty of time to actually study for the test are there any methods to lay a foundation for the test (sort of like reading a ton of books, the NY Times, etc way before you take the SAT). I have no intention of studying yet but are there things I can do to better prepare myself when the time comes.</p>
<p>haven’t token it myself yet, but Speed reading and Comprehension is very important</p>
<p>read a LOT, learn to skim, read challenging texts. </p>
<p>listen to how people argue...watching the commentary shows on fox news or cnn might be good...try to find the logical holes in what they say.</p>
<p>if your college offers it, take a formal logic class. </p>
<p>imho, the biggest gift you can give yourself with college is taking the time to figure out whether you actually want to be a lawyer. take lots of classes that have nothing to do with law and see if you love any of them enough to spend your life in that field. conversely, try to shadow a few lawyers in different areas of of practice (and not just on the days where they go to court or do other exciting things) to see if it looks like fun.</p>
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<p>Seconded. Such a class can be very useful in terms of preperation. Reading analytic philosophy texts will likely help as well. I can recommend a few if interested.</p>
<p>By the way, I am in the same boat as you, I am a freshman too. I decided to take a bunch of practice tests just for fun. I heard the more you take the better you will do. I took the first one and got a 151, and by the time I took like 3 or 4, I raised that to a 164. They say if you do it enough you will begin to recognize patterns, I found this to be true.</p>
<p>bump.................</p>