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No two students are the same. So it’s not a surprise that traditional prep courses don’t work for everyone. If you’ve been burned by a prep course that wasn’t a match for you, we feel your pain. And we’re here to help.
If you took a classroom prep course in the past year [...]
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Brad McIlquham is Knewton’s Director of Academics. He is really into surveys, but then again, who isn’t?
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The February 2010 LSAT was this past weekend (at least for those who managed to avoid the massive snow cancellations). Just like we did in September and December, we polled our hearty Knewton students to get their feedback on [...]
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If your LSAT administration was canceled this weekend, you should be getting another email from the LSAC in the next few days; when weather gets in the way of an exam, they try to schedule a make-up test within two to three weeks.
Here are some things you should do if your LSAT was canceled:
Hang on [...]
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A storm’s a-brewin’, and the LSAC has already canceled a number of tomorrow’s LSAT administrations. Before you head out tomorrow, check to make sure your test center is open! The LSAC is keeping of running list of centers that are already closed, and that list is sure to grow today and tomorrow.
Here are the closings [...]
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The February LSAT is tomorrow, and it always helps to get a little last-minute advice. Kristen taught a great exam-day seminar back in December, so all you February test-takers should check it out! The link is below, as are some tips to remember once you’re in the exam.
One last thing: It looks like weather may [...]
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The February LSAT is a bit of a mystery to many law school applicants. A lot of folks think that it’s harder or easier than other tests during the year (it’s not), that February scores come in too late to be sent to schools for the fall (not necessarily), or that if they haven’t started [...]
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Kalyan is one of Knewton’s expert TAs, so he’s full of ideas that can supercharge your LSAT prep and GMAT prep.
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Success at Reading Comprehension depends on two limiting factors: (1) The rate at which the information you’re reading enters your brain and (2) what your brain is able to do with it. The latter, being [...]
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And this may have been your writing sample (photo by purplepick).
The December 2009 LSAT has come and gone, and now it’s just a matter of waiting for scores to come in (start hovering over your inbox on January 4).
We asked our Knewton LSAT prep students for some feedback on their test-day experience. The consensus? Logic [...]
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For all of you taking the LSAT tomorrow, good luck! By now you’ve done your practice tests, run through your drills, and gotten yourselves in optimal LSAT-taking shape. How should you spend your last precious hours before the test? Here are some tips.
I’m posting a link to a workshop we ran for our Knewton LSAT [...]
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Emily Holleman is a Content Developer at Knewton, helping students with their LSAT preparation.
If you read my friend Chris Black’s great post on passage wording last week, you already know how important language is on the LSAT. However, it’s especially important to pay attention to language use when you’re asked about an author’s attitude.
Attitude questions—you [...]
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