Kaplan's Practice LSAT

Kaplan offers several practice LSAT tests each year. They are offered on campus in a classrooms just like the real LSAT. It is a full length test and timed just like the real LSAT including timed breaks. However, at the end, the proctors go over a couple of test taking strategies. They also explain what other services they have to offer and give discounts to people wanting to sign up for specific events. Answers and an analysis of how test takers performed is available a few weeks after the test date. All students who are planning to take the LSAT should take advantage of this service. You can register through their website for a location near you.

There is one being offered February 26 on Ohio State's Campus.

Last February, I took a practice LSAT test through Kaplan. It was a great experience. I had not previously been exposed to the LSAT and found the atmosphere to be a lot like taking the SAT or ACT with fewer people in the room. We were in a room that could seat over 100 people, but there were only about 20 of us there. I learned a lot from just taking the test and even more when they went over some strategies. Getting my results before I began preparing for the test was a great way to gauge how well I was preparing and to see what improvements I was making. I recommend that students take a practice test before they start preparing so they can see how far they've come.

The advantages of taking a practice LSAT include:

• Getting to know the format of the test.


• Getting a feel for long the test takes.


• Knowing what kinds of questions are in each section.


• Learning basic strategies for each section of the test.


• Learning where to find additional test preparation tools are


• Finding out where you are starting from so you can see where you are going.

Kaplan. LSAT Prep | Law Schools Admissions Consulting. (2006) Retrieved February 24, 2006 from http://www.kaptest.com/repository/templates/Lev2InitDroplet.jhtml?_lev2Parent=/www/KapTest/docs/repository/content/Law

BuckeyeThon

I am currently at BuckeyeThon- a 14 hour dance marathon to raise money for Children's Hospital. While this isn't exactly lawyer/law professor/law student related, I think this is an important event that everyone should know about. Everyone who registers as a dancer raising money (their goal is $150 for each dancer) and then dance for 14 hours straight (9pm-11am). The dancers are divided into different color teams who dance for a specific child in need. My team, the yellow team, is dancing for a 12 year-old girl with heart problems. She will be stopping by with her parents around 9am. I know that the little money each of us is raising won't make a huge difference, but I hope it can help. I also hope that knowing we are dancing for them will help brighten their day.

There are lots of different activities here for the dancers to while we are waiting (access to Macs is one of them.) There are board games, magazines, video games, crafts, and different sports. The only rule is that you can't sit down for the full 14 hours. That is a long time in the middle of the night. Again, as I said before, I know this isn't really law related, but I just wanted to let people know what's going on and what people are doing to raise money for children in need.

University of California at Los Angeles

I visited the University of California at Los Angeles this summer. The campus is a lot like Ohio State's campus. Except there are palm trees. UCLA is ranked in the top 25 according to most rankings. They had a nice self-guided tour that prospective students can take. It leads you through the law building and into the law library. The people in the admissions office were very helpful. UCLA is at the top of my list of law schools I want to apply to.