LSAT 

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is offered several times a year, but unlike some other standardized tests for graduate school admission, students cannot schedule it at their convenience. Students should keep this in mind when planning coursework and travel. Generally, students take the LSAT in either the spring or summer or their junior year or the early fall of their senior year.

Unlike the SATs, which students may take again and again, selecting their highest score to send to colleges and universities, all LSAT scores are averaged. Therefore, it is not necessarily advantageous to take the test more than once unless you are reasonably sure your score will improve and not decline.

Opinion differs on how students should prepare for the LSAT. The LSAT is designed to test aptitude and intelligence, traits that typically do not improve by taking a test prep course. That said, test prep courses, like those offered through private companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, can familiarize students with the types of questions they will encounter on the exam and how to pace themselves accordingly. Students who are diligent and study on their own can certainly teach themselves the same strategies. The pre-law program gives one single piece of advice out repeatedly to students preparing for the LSAT—get a restful night’s sleep and eat a good breakfast!

Visit the Law School Admission Council and check out upcoming test dates.