So this week I become one step closer to my goal of law school. Yes, my heart rate just increased typing that sentence. This past weekend I took a practice LSAT exam. This needless to say was extremely hard. However, I did not do as bad as I was expecting and earned a 144 out of 180. To put it into more manageable terms it was like getting an 80% on a test. My goal for the LSATs is to earn a 160-165 which would be like getting a 90% on a test. I took the practice test at Georgetown University. Georgetown is about a 30 min walk from the Rosslyn Metro station. You have to cross over the Potomac River, but thankfully there is a bridge. On my way to the test I was a little unsure were to go but luckily there was always someone walking around who I could pester for directions. Crossing over the bridge I passed some military runners who almost hit me with there american flag. Below was my view from the bridge. After, I crossed the bridge my directions sent me on to 36th street. However, from the main street off the bridge there is no access to 36th street. Which under regular touring situations I would be totally fine getting a little lost is my forte but I needed to be starting my test in 20 mins. So after checking Google maps I took a hunch (because my maps have not been updated for quite some time) to turn down 35th st. and go up a block. Lone behold was 36th st. I was so so excited to see it that I took a picture of the sign which you can see below. After walking a couple of more blocks I was at Georgetown University which was in full fall bloom. Falling leaves of all different colors and sizes, people playing Frisbee, and students with backpacks, it looked like I was walking through a college campus movie. As seen in my picture below: So the test. . . upon arriving at the proper building I was checked in by Kaplan to my practice test. The LSAT is made up of 5 sections 35 mins each.
- 1 reading compreshention - 2 logic question sections - 1 puzzle game section - 1 experimental section Reading comprehension is exactly what is sounds like there is about 4 to 5 short readings with questions at the end. This section was really hard for me to finish in 35 mins. The logic questions ask you to choose the best or worst answer to an argument or what is statement will strengthen or weaken the argument the most. The key part to this section is the most option because there can be several great answers just not all of them will be the right answers. What I call the puzzle game section is a problem that needs to be solved fitting certain criteria. This was one of the questions on my test: Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists - Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will all begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 p.m. and the last at 6 p.m The schedule of auditions must conform to the following conditions: Jackson auditions earlier than Herman does. Gabrieli auditions earlier than King does. Gabriell auditions either immediately before or immediately after Lauder does. Exactly one audition separates the audition of Jackson and Lauder. Then they would ask questions along the lines of which schedule works and which ones cannot. The experimental section is when the makers of the LSAT put in practice questions. You never know which section is the experimental section. This is slightly frustrating since this section is not graded. The worst part about the LSAT is there is only 1, 15 min break. after the third section. Which after racking your brains for roughly 2 hours is much needed. the only negative side is it makes the last two sections appear to last forever. Thankfully this is one step closer to my goal of law school. As I have previously mentioned law school is a very daunting task for me. Taking the practice LSAT helped ease my fears because I though I was going to score in around the 100 range. You can imagine after I plugged in my answers on-line my happy dance around my apartment with my very different score. My only fear is that now my doomsday prophecy has not come true that I will slack off when it comes to the LSAT. I think if I keep reminding myself to study and making a study schedule I will be just fine. Well that was my adventure of the practice LSAT which puts me of step closer to my vision of becoming a lawyer.
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Kate Mitchell
11/5/2013 11:21:37 am
Thank you for explaining the different sections of the LSAT! I did not know what types of things were on it, but you gave me a clear idea. I think it's awesome that you took a practice test here, you'll kill it next time!!
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AuthorMy name is Shannon McCullough. I have Political Science and Legal Studies degree at Nazareth College of Rochester. I have previously interned at the Office of the Attorney General for DC. Currently, I am studying my Masters degree in International Relations at Shandong University in Jinan, China. Archives
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