“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein. One of the biggest challenges for students considering law school is what to do with their future. “Should I go to law school?” “If I […]
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My ScoreItUp LSAT Prep students frequently have different goals. Some want to get into a local, ABA-accredited law school and are looking to raise their LSAT score into the 150’s. Others are looking to get into a Tier 1 law school, possibly with a significant merit-based scholarship, and seek a score in the 160’s. And […]
One of the things I have emphasized to my readers for years is that economies are cyclical. It is worth mentioning again during our much stronger current economic cycle.
The LSAC recently published some additional testing dates through June 2023. Here they are: Future LSAT Test Dates (2023): January 13/14, 2023 (4-section LSAT format) February 10/11, 2023 (4-section LSAT format) April 14/15, 2023 (4-section LSAT format) June 9/10, 2023 (4-section LSAT format) July or August 2023 (test date not yet published) September 2023 (test […]
Here it is…always controversial, always interesting and always conversation provoking! US News and World Reports 2023 law school rankings.
One of the frequent challenges that law school applicants face is whether to apply “early decision” to a law school, committing to that law school if accepted. While this article discusses the issue at the University (college) level, and expresses opinions regarding the impact of the process (spoiler alert: the process often favors the wealthy!), […]
I am excited to announce that after a 3-year hiatus (due to the coronavirus), ScoreItUp’s LIVE, in-person (classroom) courses are returning to Orange County in March 2023! I still remember the day I had to stop teaching ScoreItUp’s “in person” courses in the Spring of 2020. One of my students said “Mark, have you ever heard […]
Within the LSAT Prep world, there has been a lot of angst about what will happen to the LSAT’s Analytical Reasoning (AR) section. This may come as good news or bad news, depending upon how much you like the current version of AR, but AR isn’t changing any time soon. Here is an excerpt from […]
The November 2022 LSAT is coming up! Here are 10 common-sense suggestions for those of you taking the upcoming exam:
After teaching LSAT Prep for 20 years, and running ScoreItUp LSAT Prep for the past 14 years, I have seen a wide variety of questions from pre-law students. The five most common questions I get, discussed in the video below, are the following: 1. How much time should I plan to spend preparing for the […]