Kaplan LSAT 180

by Kaplan Inc. and Kaplan Test Prep

KaplanLSAT 180,?2007-2008features:*Hundreds of the toughest practice questions with strategic answer explanations*Strategies for every question type on the Logic Games, Logical Reasoning, and Reading... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419550977
• ISBN13: 9781419550973
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Kaplan
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Worked for me

I took the Feb. 2002 LSAT and studied only this book in addition to taking two or three practice LSATs. For what it's worth, from my initial baseline practice LSAT, my scored jumped 14 points into the 99th percentile when I took the real thing. That strategy may not work for everyone, but I had a pretty good understanding of LSAT testing concepts going in, and I am a good self studier. The thing I liked was after studing in this bookf or 2 months, the real LSAT questions seemed a LOT easier.

Not for beginers

Kaplan's LAST 180 contains the most difficult questions and answers that are explained well. However, this book is not for beginners, if your looking for something just to get started this book is probably not for you.

This is the only Kaplan book I would recommend...

I'm not a fan of Kaplan. Their LSAT books and technique are not that great. I would not recommend the Kaplan LSAT Comprehensive nor the Kaplan Logic Games. Instead, I would recommend Princeton Review's Cracking the LSAT instead of the former and Get Prepped's Ace the LSAT Logic Games in place of the latter. However, the Kaplan LSAT 180 is better its Princeton Review adversary, the LSAT Workout. LSAT 180 provides detailed explanations and some advice for advanced LSAT problems, unlike the LSAT Workout. I'm not saying that I wouldn't recommend the LSAT Workout. Honestly, I think that the LSAT Workout has the most difficult yet accurate LSAT simulation questions out there. But, I think the LSAT Workout is for people who have already mastered the LSAT and are looking to polish up their score. In other words, they are scoring 165-170, but are trying to get closer to that 99th percentile. The LSAT 180 is for people who have already done beginner test prep books and want some intermediate/advanced questions to work on. I really hated doing this book. I don't know if it was the presentation of the material or the way some of the questions were too out there. But, there explanations are a lot better than the LSAT Workout. But, I think after doing this book along with others (I've done Princeton Review's Cracking the LSAT and the LSAT Workout, along with the Kaplan Comprehensive Program and the Kaplan Logic Games), I understand how to do all types of LSAT questions and am a lot my accuracy has definitely improved. Now, I'm working on speed, and for that, I just take the PrepTests on real time conditions. I also bought Barron's How to Prepare for the LSAT, Nova's Master the LSAT, and Get Prepped's Ace the LSAT Logic Games. The only one I would recommend is Ace the LSAT Logic GAmes. Barron's is too basic and doesn't really provide you with anything that you already didn't know or could have looked up on Wikipedia. Master the LSAT is also basic and provides a lot of explanations. I think its like the PowerScore Bibles in that it uses real LSAT questions and explains the best techniques to use. I think Master the LSAT is a good book if Cracking the LSAT didn't really get through to use. I would rank Master the LSAT 2nd place in the best beginner book for LSAT prep (Cracking the LSAT would be 1st.) So, to sum it up, these are the books I would recommend along with the order: 1) Cracking the LSAT Was the book sufficient for you to move from beginner to intermediate? (If yes, go to 2. If not, do Master the LSAT, then go to 2.) 2) LSAT 180 Are you still having trouble with logic games? (If no, go to 3. If yes, do Ace the LSAT Logic Games, then go to 3.) 3) LSAT Workout 4) PrepTests I think that everyone has to find their own groove in this LSAT Prep thing. I like the Princeton Review. They provide a down to earth method that really works. Kaplan's method is ok. I think most people might find the methods almost exactly the sa