Customer Reviews

Arco GRE/LSAT Logic Workbook, 2000 Edition

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I used this book as part of my preparation for the analytical section, which I felt was my weakest area. Some of the early "challenging" logic problems in the book are indeed just that -- MUCH harder than anything I saw on the actual GRE.

Kaplan and The Princeton Review also put out good books on the general GRE.

The key to acing this test is to read the logic questions very slowly before diving into the problems. This book provides ample practice for learning this skill.

Beware of errors (as another reader has mentioned), later on in the book. However, once you get to the point where you can catch errors in the explanation's logic, you should give yourself a pat on the back!

Are the logic puzzles your Achille's heel on the LSAT? Then this is the book for you.

Work through the problems in this book, and the actual questions on the test will seem much easier. The examples in this book are much more difficult than the actual test. I do not think you will ever learn all the catagories of questions and identify each one definitively, but that is not the point of your studies. This book will challenge you and make the process of thinking through the logic puzzles much easier.

The book only gets 4 stars because it surprisingly contains several typos and one wrong answer. I would expect a study guide to have no mistakes.

This book had a definite impact on my score. If you take the free LSAT practice exam and score less than 150, then this book is probably not for you; purchase a more generalized study guide. This book is for the people that want to get the highest scores and accepted at the best rated law schools.

I've worked through all three of the books that I could find that were either exclusively or mostly devoted to covering the analytic questions. This was the worst as far as the instruction goes and explanation. The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 was that it had a wide variety of problem types-- probably much more wide than will be on the test.

If you are struggling with the Logic Games section of the LSAT, as I am, you might want to stay away from this book. Perhaps it was designed for someone already scoring fairly well and was looking to add a few more points to their score, because it certainly does not cater to the individual trying to learn the basic techniques in solving logic games. I cannot imagine anyone diagramming in a timely manner using the methodology contained within. The structure of warm up exercises followed by mini-games eventually leading up to practice games should work but doesn't. I never grasped how the warm-ups tied into the overall scheme of the game. The explanations following each section were short, at times awkward, and narrow in scope. The sections and explanations just did not seem to build off of each other. Not a friendly environment for someone trying to learn. However, if you are looking for a source for all of the different types of logic games, this might be for you. It contains an incredible variety of game types. You just need to be fairly efficient with them before you get started on this book.

I agree with reviewer B. Peet that the problems in the Arco workbook are unlike the LSAT problems and that the best LSAT prep is to simply take as many of the old tests as possible. However, I think that for $9 it is really worth the cash simply for the mental habits it inculcates - habits that are quite useful on many of the logic games. While the Kaplan book provided tests that were more like the LSAT I found that Arco gave me more of the sort of challenge I was looking for in a supplement to taking actual old LSATs. Also, 75% of Kaplan's advice was fluff and commonsense and could have been said in half the words, whereas Arco's advice was succinct and genuinely helpful.

The book I purchased arrived on time and was useful for a test I was scheduled to take.

No problems or worries with this order.

I passed the test.

While this book does cover all the material for the Logic games portion of the LSAT, the book complicates the material to a point of confusion. In order to remember all the set-ups they use, you would have to study for months. It is a good source but I couldn't get my head around all the different types of games they explain. Try somethig else if you are having a hard time with the games, this will only complicate matters more.

I found this book very useful; I bought it the day before I had to take the GRE, so I didn't get the full use out of it, but I think that it still really helped me on the test. The book breaks down the types of games you may find on the test - this definitely helps during the test when time is short. I haven't checked out the other books devoted to logic games, so you might want to read reviews on those books as well.

The questions are really poorly framed. The actual GRE questions are nothing like the ones you'll find in this book.

Do not buy this book. This was completely useless. Instead by the book with 10 real LSATs as this was much more worth my time.