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A New Law School Admissions Resource (that’s free for the next 2 days)
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in Applications on October 7th, 2010
While I spend 90% of my day in front of a computer, I have not yet dived into the world of e-books. But, probably you have! Even if you’re like me and you love the feel of the pages, and the gentle wear of a book’s spine, you should check out Anna Ivey’s e-book – The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions. Not only is there some juicy advice in there, but Anna just told me that this book is a free download for the next two days! It’s first come, first served – there is a limit to the kindness of publishers! Use the code LAUNCH and hop to it!
Atlas Prep Courses head to California!
Posted by admin in Applications, LSAT Gossip, LSAT Prep, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on March 18th, 2010
Spring has tentatively sprung here in our New York City Headquarters and we couldn’t be more thrilled. It’s time to pack away those down coats and bust out your LSAT books! For those of you who are fortunate to find yourselves on the West Coast, you all enjoy this weather all day, everyday right? I’d insert an audio clip of Tupac here, but I think there are more pressing concerns because there are only 80 days til the June 2010 LSAT! Have you started studying yet?
If you haven’t begun yet, fear not my California friends, because Atlas is going to Cali!
Atlas LSAT is launching our exceptional LSAT course in Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, and Berkeley at the end of this month. We’re excited to bring our course to warmer pastures.
Join us for a free Trial Class or Workshop to see how Atlas LSAT will better prepare you for the June LSAT. Our teachers have all scored 172+ (99th percentile) on the LSAT and our classes are small and rigorous.
>> The trial class is session #1 of our 12 Session LSAT Prep Course. Attend this trial class to:
- Introduce yourself to the Atlas LSAT 170+ focused Curriculum
- Receive free access to the LSAT Starter Kit, which features a practice LSAT exam, a proctor video, and detailed preptest explanations
- Experience the discussion-based teaching style
- Learn strategies to solve logic games and logical reasoning questions using real LSAT questions
- Receive prep course discounts
Select a link below to sign up. We hope to see you there!
- Free LSAT Workshop at UC Berkeley – 3/21/2010
- Trial Class at UC Irvine – 3/31/2010
- Trial Class at UC San Diego – 4/5/2010
- Trial Class at UCLA – 4/8/10
- Trial Class at UC Berkeley – 4/11/10
Good luck to everyone already studying for the June LSAT! If you need explanations when you review your practice tests, visit our LSAT Forum!
P.S. Ok, a little Tupac didn’t hurt anyone: California Love!
Should I Re-Take the LSAT in February?
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in Applications, LSAT Prep on January 10th, 2010
Good question! First off, we’ll be discussing this in our upcoming workshop in which we’ll review the December LSAT.
If you’re just looking to take an LSAT, it doesn’t matter which one you take — just take it after you’ve prepared! But if you already have taken the LSAT and are wondering whether to re-take, there’s a lot more to say. The question of whether you should re-take in June, Sep/Oct, or Dec has one set of answers. If you are wondering whether to re-take in one of those non-February months, take a look at some previous posts – should I re-take the LSAT & how to improve your LSAT score. But for February you get a special set of answers just for you!
In general, the answer is NO. Here’s why (and thanks to Ann Levine for some help on this one):
1. It’s hard to improve an LSAT score significantly in one month. Caveats: if you truly had a bad day on test day, and having such a day is completely out of the ordinary for you, sure, a re-test could conceivably show serious improvement. But, so you know, most people don’t improve that much. For example, the average person who re-takes the LSAT with a score between 150 and 160 improves only 2.4 points on the re-take (and the re-take improvement gets worse as you go up the score ladder). For most people, those 2.4 points are not enough to significantly alter your application — and for most folks, those 2 and almost a half points definitely do not warrant a re-take because . . .
2. To submit an application and then say you’d like them to wait until your February score arrives means that because of rolling admissions, you’ll be competing for fewer spots than if you submit with a December score. (And you’re obligated to tell a school if you’re re-taking.) Similarly . . .
3. If you’re hoping to use a new score to convince a school to pull you off its waiting list and you’re submitting an application with a December score, the June LSAT should be just fine for such purposes.
This may be the excuse you were waiting for to not get back on the LSAT bandwagon for a while. For those of you who are going to go for the Feb re-take, good luck and dig deep to beat the averages!
