The Next 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests: Contains PrepTests 29-38

by Law School Admission Council

Book Overview

The half-day standardized LSAT is a key factor in your admission to law school. Before you can take it, you need to be prepared for and familiar with the kinds of questions that will be asked, and you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942639898
• ISBN13: 9780942639896
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Law School Admission Council
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Still necessary for practice!

The tests released after this book (tests 39-52), have a format where the analytical reasoning games have become much easier, but the reading comprehension section has become more difficult. Depending on your strengths and weaknesses, these tests may not accurately reflect what your final score is going to be. Starting with the June '07 LSAT (test 53), they are again changing the test--the reading comp section is going to have a compare and contrast section (see the LSAC website for more info). Regardless, the best preparation is to take EVERY test that has been published, and to review every question to see what makes certain questions correct, and what makes them incorrect. Only taking the tests won't get you as high of a score increase. Expect to spend 6 months to a year studying, especially if you are in school or working. You need all the practice you can get.

LSAT Preparation - #2 most important set of tests you'll buy

If you only take 10 PrepTests before the real LSAT, these shouldn't be the tests you take. Get the newest tests you can beginning with PrepTest 39. They aren't yet sold in a book, so you'll be buying individual test booklets. If you have time to finish all of those then add this book. It contains modern LSATs (post December 1995). Even though the tests are newer you'll still notice some slight variation between these tests and the real LSAT you'll take. That said, it's an excellent study aid, it's cost effective, and it's easier to order than a bunch of seperate tests. This book contains: PrepTest 29; October 1999 PrepTest 30; December 1999 PrepTest 31; June 2000 PrepTest 32; October 2000 PrepTest 33; December 2000 PrepTest 34; June 2001 PrepTest 35; October 2001 PrepTest 36; December 2001 PrepTest 37; June 2002 PrepTest 38; October 2002

The most valuable LSAT study tool

This packet is the newest of three such packets released by LSAC, and is invaluable to anyone studying for the LSAT. I highly recommend avoiding at all costs any practice test that is not real LSAT released by LSAC; the practice tests manufactured by Kaplan, Barron's, Princeton Review and the like tend to be over-simplified, and often have little in common with the actual LSAT. Although I recommend taking as many practice LSATs as humanly possible in preparation for the real thing, if you are short on time, get this packet instead of the previous two. The test has changed a lot over the years, and in most instances, has become more difficult; I find scoring 178 on a test from the mid-nineties to be less challenging than scoring a 170 on a test from last year. It is true that this packet simply contains past LSATs with their answer keys, and no explanation for why the right answer is the right answer. Unless you feel as extremely unfamiliar with the types of questions on the LSAT, however, that there are no explanations is probably a plus: figuring out why your answer to a question was wrong is actually more valuable than simply getting the question right. Having another book handy which explains the test and question types--I recommend Kaplan's--is extremely beneficial, though. And good luck to all future LSAT takers!

Ten most recently release LSATs from previous years

All this book is is ten old LSAT tests and answer keys. There is a short description of the test at the begining of the book, but no study materials other than the tests and keys. And no explanations of why answers are correct. If you have looked at a sample LSAT test then you already know that learning facts is not going to help. The test mostly goes on logic and uses puzzles and short questions to test your logic. There is also a reading comprehension section. So studying isn't a big issue because there is nothing to memorize. However taking practice tests will familiarize you with the test and reaquaint you with the standardized test not seen since highschool. So this is an excellent way to prepare for the LSAT. I recommend getting one of these packages of ten LSAT tests or a triple pack. I have looked through other study books at the bookstore and I don't feel that they are that helpful: Practice tests tend to be dumbed down compared to old LSATs and the study strategies laid out in the books I looked through were not that profound. In terms of having an explanation of why an answer is correct it may be better to just look at the question and the correct answer and figure it out for yourself. This way you are thinking through things as you will when you are actually taking the test. (If you want explanations of answers then LSAC also puts out triple preps, in which some of the answers are explained. The cost per test for the triple preps is comparable here.) Basically here you are getting 10 old LSATS and answer keys. There are also two other similar books (10 Actual Official LSATS and 10 More Actual, Official LSATs). Out of the three this one (Next 10 Actual, Official LSATS) is most recent, so if you are only getting one then get this one.

Used all three AO books - glad I didn't skip this one

My LSAT prep consisted of doing pretty much every practice test from all three of the AO books, as well as skimming Kaplan LSAT 180. It was an insanely boring way to prepare, but I was satisfied with my results, so I suppose it was worth it. ;) I did the tests in chronological order, figuring that it was best to save for last the tests which most resembled the one I would be taking for real. This may just be a function of the order in which I took the practice tests, but I found the games in this book harder than the games in the previous two. In fact, I was pretty freaked out by the fact that my scores on the games section started dropping as I made my way into book 3. The games in this book are slightly different from the ones in the others, and I think I would have been surprised by the games on the real test if I hadn't bought this book as well as the other two. I had learned how to do the old ones, but the new ones threw me a bit. Luckily, I got familiar with the newer types of games, which enabled me to solve them on the real test. Doing all of the practice tests (older and newer) worked best for me. But if you only have a couple of weeks to study rather than a few months, my advice would be to focus on the newer ones, or at least to do a mixture of the older and newer ones. Good luck! :)