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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Logical Reasonings / 8.31.12
A) Low law school application numbers are good news for all applicants, but they could be particularly positive for African Americans. National Law Journal. B) Above the Law’s new sports law section is a new favorite. Above the Law. C) … Read Entire Article…
Sweet Talk Will Get You Nowhere in Law School Admissions
Today we have a guest post from Anna Ivey, founder of Ivey Consulting.
I had an interesting conversation recently with a big-wig at an LSAT prep company. He observed that many people applying to law school are highly verbal, and one of the ways they have been able to get ahead in life was in part by sweet-talking their way around problems. These people with great verbal facility then sometimes hit a wall that is new to them: they can’t sweet-talk their way into success on the LSAT. The LSAT is cruel (and ruthlessly effective) that way.
I see that phenomenon too on the application side. Students’ expectations can get normed when, for example, enough professors bump up grades and give extensions, or administrators bend protocol, but will sweet-talking work on a law firm partner?
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Aug 31, 2012 - 10:01 am - By Contributing Writer
Tags: law school, law school admissions, law school application, LSAT, LSAT prep
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Book Review: The Art of the Law School Personal Statement
We’ve written dozens of blog posts about law school personal statements here on our helpful little LSAT blog, and I know you’ve read every one of them. But believe it or not, there are other resources out there that can help you craft the perfect law school admissions essay.
One of them is a new e-book called The Art of the Law School Personal Statement, by Michelle Fabio. Fabio is the former About.com Guide to Law School who became a Personal Statement Artist. Her latest work checks in at 89 pages, but manages to cover all the bases of writing an effective law school personal statement.
The book’s first point is that students should never underestimate the importance of the law school personal statement. Reading a book about how to write a 2-page essay is a good start in taking it seriously.
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Aug 30, 2012 - 6:38 pm - By Hank
Tags: law school, law school admissions, law school personal statement, LSAT, LSAT blog, personal statement
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Logical Reasonings / 8.30.12
A) Before President Obama broke Reddit yesterday, he answered a question about law school debt. Business Insider. B) She went from homeless to law school to a tax attorney for the Philadelphia Law Department. Huffington Post. C) An American journalist … Read Entire Article…
Aug 30, 2012 - 3:06 pm - By Hank
Tags: blueprint, blueprint lsat, blueprint lsat prep, law, law school, law school debt, logical reasonings, LSAT, LSAT prep
Tags: blueprint, blueprint lsat, blueprint lsat prep, law, law school, law school debt, logical reasonings, LSAT, LSAT prep
5 Ways the Republican National Convention is Like LSAT Prep
The 2012 Republican National Convention got off to a rip-roarin’ start last night in Tampa. There are still a couple days left, of course, but for LSAT prep students there’s already plenty to take away.
Here are five ways the Republican National Convention is like LSAT prep:
How the RNC is like LSAT Prep #1: Sometimes it seems awfully confusing.
Is Mitt Romney pro-choice, or anti-choice? Does he actually like lakes as much as he says he does? Who made the decision to play “My Girl” by The Temptations when Mr. Romney appeared on stage last night? Questions such as these boggle the mind.
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Aug 29, 2012 - 6:09 pm - By Ben DeGolia
Tags: june lsat, LSAT, lsat in real life, LSAT logic games, LSAT prep, studying for the lsat
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Logical Reasonings / 8.29.12
A) Here’s something they don’t warn you about law school: the wine. Above the Law. B) Some students spent their summer studying the LSAT. Some spent it campaigning. Daily Trojan. C) Barack Obama breaks Reddit. Full story tonight on Fox … Read Entire Article…
Explanatory Essays in the New Law School Admissions World
No one wants to need an explanatory essay for their law school application. It’s never a positive to explain why you were placed on probation your freshman year of college. Or why you felt the need to relieve yourself in that public alley. Or how that cop was just asking for it.
However, law school applications are down. Schools are being a little more lenient with admissions numbers. LSAT scores are dropping, and GPAs aren’t what they used to be. So surely a misdemeanor here or there will slip through the cracks, right?
Let’s split these explanatory essays up into a few categories and discuss how each one will be affected by the change in law school application volume.
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Aug 28, 2012 - 6:27 pm - By Matt Shinners
Tags: Explanatory Essay, law school, law school admissions, law school application, LSAT, lsat scores
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Logical Reasonings / 8.28.12
A) Here are some bargain law schools. It’ll have to do until Groupon gets its s*** together. Wall Street Journal. B) Then again, there’s always Indiana Tech. Above the Law. C) Hey, no biggie, but a group of Army soldiers … Read Entire Article…
Other Side Effects of LSAT Prep (Besides Making You Smarter)
Last week we covered an exciting scientific study which showed that studying with Blueprint LSAT Prep can actually make you a smarter person. For those spending their days and nights submerged in LSAT logic games, reading comp passages, and endless logical reasoning problems, it’s nice to know that all your effort has some bonus beneficial consequences on top of, you know, getting you into law school. But the rewards don’t end there! While we might not have the same academically rigorous studies to back it up, there are actually a number of other great side effects of LSAT prep that we’ve noticed. Effects such as…
Other Side Effect of LSAT Prep I: Saving You Money
Studying for the LSAT can cost a decent chunk of change, what with LSAT books, prep courses, and registering for LSAT test day.
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Aug 27, 2012 - 6:55 pm - By Colin Elzie
Tags: blueprint, blueprint lsat, blueprint lsat prep, LSAT, LSAT logic games, lsat logical reasoning, LSAT prep, lsat reading comp, lsat test, lsat test day, studying for the lsat
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Logical Reasonings / 8.27.12
A) You probably have a ton of questions about the LSAT and law school admissions. Here are answers to two of them. Law Admissions Lowdown. B) Ever wondered what happened to Chunk from The Goonies? He’s a trufflin’ shufflin’ lawyer. … Read Entire Article…
Aug 27, 2012 - 2:54 pm - By Hank
Tags: law school, law school admissions, Lawyer, logical reasonings, LSAT
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