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Free LSAT Workshops!
Posted by Cory@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Prep, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on January 27th, 2012
TGIF!
To celebrate the end of another work week, we’re announcing several free LSAT workshops, both Live Online and in New York City.
These 2 hours workshops will include a Logic Games and Logical Reasoning lesson, and will be led by some of our geekiest instructors. Did we mention that these are free?? Dates and links for signup are below.
Free LSAT workshops in New York:
Free Live Online LSAT Workshops:
Happy Studying!
Analyze Your LSAT PrepTest Results – The New Manhattan LSAT Tracker
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in Manhattan LSAT Announcements on September 14th, 2011
The inner workings of the new Manhattan LSAT Tracker
Cue trumpets…drum roll…da,dah! Ladies and Gentleman, esteemed members of the international community, we are pleased to announce that we’ve just finished updating our LSAT Tracker. LSAT pandemonium in the streets; children shouting for joy; dogs and cats finally getting along. Woo-hoo! Wait, what’s that? You don’t know what the LSAT Tracker is? It’s our fancy spreadsheet you should use to analyze your LSAT results. After you take a practice test, slide in your answers, hit a button or two and voila, you’ll find out what’s what with your strengths and weaknesses. As one person told me, “the Tracker tells me in detail how I suck!” (I assure you she improved). One great thing about using the Tracker is that it doesn’t reveal the correct answer if you get something wrong. That way you can go back and look at the question again without knowing what answer you should have chosen – that’s a lot more useful than simply going back and saying “oh, yeah, it is (D)!”
What’s new about this new Tracker? For one it includes a lot more tests. This Tracker covers PrepTests 46-63 (including the June 2007 LSAT, which you can find on our LSAT proctor page. It also has more detailed analysis of each section. As we all know, more graphs = more fun.
When you click on the input tab you’ll notice that the exams are not in chronological order – they’re in the order we assign them in our class. But, it’s fine to use it in any order you like. Also, we threw PT51 & 52 in their own section. Those two LSATs are stupid and deserve to be isolated to protect the other LSATs from them. Or, we use those two LSATs in our class a lot, so our students can’t really use them as authentic practice LSATs since we’ve taught the heck out of a lot of those questions (we’re sorry PT51 & 52, it’s nothing personal, we had to do it to some LSATs).
So jump in: the new tracker is located on our LSAT Resources tab, and in your Student Center. Just note one thing: we’re releasing this in beta version. We want to hear from you how to make it better. So, please, please post your feedback on the LSAT Tracker forum thread. We will listen – even if it’s about how it sucks, in detail.
Introducing: LSAT Review Sessions
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in Manhattan LSAT Announcements on August 25th, 2011
Perhaps the word “studyhall” brings up bad memories of detention for you – I will do my HW, I will do my HW, I will do my HW.
But cast aside your chalkdust torture nightmares, these Review Sessions are a different breed. All of our Fall LSAT classes (the ones aiming for the December LSAT) will now include 12 live online Review Sessions. Each session will be 2 hours of LSAT goodies – one of our teachers will lead the class through an extra set of questions on topics taught in a recent class. As usual, we’ll expect you to work hard, ask questions, answer them, debate, laugh, cry, etc. It’s an extra touch, a bit more practice, another taste of that great meal we call LSAT prep.
Some of our students will no doubt be too busy to attend – there’s a lot of HW to do already, and life is life, but we’re excited to get to teach a bit more. If you’re looking for a fall LSAT class – now with 66 hours of instructional time in all - check out our upcoming schedule and jump in. We promise we won’t make you clean the erasers.
Bad Test Taker? We’ve Got a Workshop for You
Posted by Cory@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Prep, LSAT Tips, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on August 16th, 2011
Slightly More Complicated Than Minesweeper
Comedian Daniel Tosh has a bit in his stand up act poking fun at people who claim they are ‘bad test takers’. He quips:
“Don’t you love it when people in school are like ‘I’m a bad test taker’ — you mean you’re stupid! Oh you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I know, I can totally relate, see, because I’m a brilliant painter minus my god awful brush strokes.”
While it is incredibly tempting to pick apart the flawed logic used by Mr. Tosh in this analogy, I am simply going to disagree with his overall statement; being a poor test taker does not mean you are stupid, nor are standardized tests an exhaustive or conclusive measure of one’s intellect.
There are many among us who are quite sharp yet don’t excel in the realm of standardized test taking. There’s a TON of pressure, and questions are often phrased in a misleading or confusing way. In the case of the LSAT, the exam writers are constantly setting answer traps to trick you. With all of these obstacles present in most standardized test formats, it is no wonder that many folks simply do not perform well on these exams.
Luckily for you, we at Manhattan Prep have your back. On September 15th we are debuting our first ever “Reaching Your Standardized Testing Potential” workshop in New York City. The session will be run by Jen Dziura, owner of two perfect scores on the GRE. Jen will discuss the various habits and practice routines that can help improve your performance on test day, as well as hack away at some of the intimidating myths surrounding such high stakes exams.
The best part? It’s totally free to register. Join us and begin learning how you can maximize your standardized testing potential.
LSAT Prep in Boulder and Denver!
Posted by Cory@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT news, LSAT Prep, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on July 29th, 2011
We’re going hiking, folks! It’s time to bring some order to the hills of Colorado, and since we don’t have badges or guns, we’ll bring logic. It’s unorthodox, but it doesn’t require special equipment, like chaps.
Manhattan LSAT: Offering Classes on a Foothill Near You
Noah, our Managing Director, has moved to Denver to escape the NYC summer heat, subject himself to 300+ days of sunshine, and live out his dream of actually needing a 4-wheel drive vehicle. He’s still leading the MLSAT charge and he’s about to start up classes in Boulder. So, for all of you college kids who decided to go to school up there for the skiing but now realize you’d rather not work a chair lift after graduation, head to the first session of the Fall class.
Study By Yourself, With Us
Posted by Cory@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Prep, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on July 15th, 2011
Online study groups were much less effective before the Internet was invented.
A national epidemic occurs every summer. Perfectly well-adjusted and social people become hermitically-sealed misfits as they prepare for the LSAT. Do you know someone who is suffering from this? Symptoms include, but are not limited to loss of friends, demise of love life, lowering of standards of hygiene, mis-categorization of sharpening fifteen #2 pencils as “a fun night.”
If you have a–cough, cough–friend, who is suffering from sololsatlifeitis, we can help. Have your friend join us every Tuesday night (6-8pm ET) for our online self-study group. There you’ll find like-minded geeks who are restoring their link to the human race while inching towards a 170+ score.
If you’d like to join, here are the rules:
1) You have to be using Manhattan LSAT books (we have other groups that are more free-spirited, but this group is trying to avoid wasting time navigating through multiple approaches)
2) Do the assigned HW and be prepared to discuss it.
3) Show up. One of our teachers generally will do so as well to help.
4) Do NOT talk about fight club. [Editors Note: Shouldn't this be Rule #1?]
If you–I mean your friend–wants to join, create an account on our site if that hasn’t already occurred, e-mail studentservices@manhattanlsat.com and get ready to rumble. (Yes, it’s free.)
Please join us as we work to end the suffering of tens of thousands of young American LSAT-geeks.
LSAT PrepTests: How Much is Too Much?
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Prep, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on July 8th, 2011
We have exciting news: Manhattan LSAT students now have access to all 63 LSAT PrepTests. Woo-hoo!
What Lucy failed to realize was that the rubik's cube section of the LSAT was experimental
Now that you’ve dried your tears of joy, let’s back up and talk about obsession. If you have OCD-like tendencies, the LSAT is the test for you. Not only is it one of the nit-pickiest tests out there, but the tests are also conveniently numbered and published after each administration. Except – and oh, how we love exceptions – the February exams. So, we now have 63 published LSATs floating about in the world, along with a bunch of odds and ends the LSAC put out. (Here’s a full list.)
Now the question is, should you do all 63 PrepTests? Even for our students, who now have them all at their fingertips, the answer is probably still no. Here’s why: Repetition is crucial for reaching your top LSAT score. However, simply doing LSAT after LSAT does not guarantee a great score. In fact, if you don’t watch out, you might end up reinforcing bad habits. (When I used to teach math to kids, I would never give kids oodles of division problems for this reason – or, if I did, I gave them an answer key so they could check their work after every few questions.) The key is to use your practice LSATs to practice what you’ve learned.
Here’s what you DO want to do: learn strategies – either through books or a course. Then practice those strategies with concentrated sets of that sort of question. THEN pour on the LSATs (with deep review –here are some tips on how to review your LSATs). If you have time to do 63 LSATs at that point, go right ahead. But, you should also be RE-DOING LSATs! That’s right – if you’ve done them all, it’s fine to re-do an LSAT a couple of months after your first try – you’ll probably only remember things slightly, and you’ll be reinforcing good habits (similar to brushing your teeth). This is probably a relief to anyone who’s already done 50+ LSATs and still hasn’t hit their stride – but, it’d be better if you could travel back in time and focus on learning strategies before you set off on your 50+ LSAT rampage.
For our students, pay attention – don’t start falling into the LSAT-rampage trap. Stick with the program and add in the LSATs once you’ve got the strategies understood. And isn’t it nice to know you can eat up tons of LSATs once that’s done? Bon appétit!
The Scores Are Out!
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT news, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on June 27th, 2011
Did you put up the numbers you were hoping for?
If you took the June LSAT and didn’t know that the scores were just released, you are a hermit! Go check your e-mail inbox!
For the rest of you non-hermits, if you’d like to review that LSAT with us, we’re holding a free Live Online Workshop on July 11th, at 8pm ET.
You rocked the LSAT? Awesome – good luck with your applications.
You didn’t rock it? Let’s talk. If you decide to retake, you should know that the average re-taker only does a few points better, so you better dig deep to beat that statistic! Don’t just repeat what you did last time and expect a different result – that’s the definition of insanity. Take a look at our various prep options. And, if you already took a class with someone else (gasp!), we’ve got a discount for “refugees” – folks who took another course and need to get down and dirty with us.
You kind of rocked it? Same advice as above – if you simply go and re-take, you’ll probably score about the same as this time. If you’re going to go for it, go for it. If you’d like to talk through this decision (and no, we don’t try to get everyone to take a class with us!), feel free to give us a call – (646)-254-6480 or shoot us an e-mail at studentservices@manhattanlsat.com.
The Talented Mr. Beer
Posted by Cory@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Fun, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on March 21st, 2011
Tools of the Trade
At Manhattan LSAT we are constantly swelling with pride over the achievements of our instructors. If you’ve ever spoken with us about them, you’ve probably noticed that we fancy them quite a bit! We’re lucky to have so many incredibly intelligent, talented, and downright fascinating individuals on our team.
A recent example of our collective Manhattan LSAT-instructor-coolness takes us deep in to the world of metaphor and rhyme. John Beer, a Manhattan LSAT teacher in Chicago, has recently been given the Norma Farber First Book Award for his book, The Waste Land And Other Poems, The Norma Farber Award is given annually to one exceptional poet who has published their first book of original American poetry. John will be traveling to New York City in April to accept the award.
I’ve been treating myself to a healthy sized sample of these poems for the last week or so and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
There is even an entire section toward the end of the book called “Sonnets to Morpheus”. Yep, that’s a Matrix reference!
We’re so incredibly proud of John. I would encourage any of you who are interested in poetry to check out his book, available on Amazon.
Harvard’s Stephen Burt has written a review of The Waste Land And Other Poems for bostonreview.net (scroll down a little ways until you see John’s name in the subheading)
LSAT Study Groups (Stop Playing Games with Yourself)
Posted by noah@manhattanlsat.com in LSAT Gossip, Manhattan LSAT Announcements on March 8th, 2011
Our last self-study group continue to do logic games together, years later.
Man is a social animal. And women are too, but more polite usually. And thus it makes sense that you might be hankering for a group to study with. Let’s face it: the LSAT might not make you feel so good about yourself, especially if it’s forcing you into a dark cave of untamed intellectual training. Have no fear. We’re psyched to put you in touch with some other LSAT geeks and let you get your prep on together.
We’re starting up a group in a weekend or two. You’ll all meet in an online classroom on Sundays (or more often if you like), work on assigned problems together, and one of our teachers will come and help out the group every few sessions.
This might be the motivation you’re looking for. (Or, perhaps this is how you’ll find your soul mate. And, if you do end up hooking up with someone in a serious way, bravo – you took LSAT prep to a whole new level – and you need to invite us to the wedding if you can get over your fear of commitment.) One of the benefits of this arrangement is that you end up having to explain ideas to other students (that’s a part of our classes as well).The other is that you are more likely to do the work if there’s a group that’s going to cheer you – or give you an awkward silence when you haven’t done squat.
We’ll assign you some HW, we’ll toss your group some surprise problems to work on, and we’ll mail out stickers (no, we won’t – grow up).
If you want to join up – shoot an e-mail to studentservices(@)manhattanlsat.com and we’ll plug you in.
It’s going to be fun – and serious. And free to anyone who owns a shred of one of our books, self-study courses, or is a course student. Buckle up.
