Barron's LSAT [Paperback]

Jerry Bobrow Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0764136380 | ISBN-13: 978-0764136382 | Edition: 12

Now, law school applicants can be assured of getting the very best when they select Barron's brand-new 12th edition of the LSAT manual. It's Total Preparation, --which means that it's the most comprehensive LSAT test preparation package on the market. Barron's features include:

A grand total of five practice LSATs with answer keys and analyses

A Barron's First! Two of the new manual's tests were actually given to law school applicants by the Law School Admission Council

In addition to the actual LSATs, Barron's manual also presents three additional model tests that reflect typical LSATs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. What's more, Barron's Total Preparation, for the LSAT offers law school applicants a wealth of extra features, including . . .

Wide-ranging practice and review for all three of the test's main sections: Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension

Detailed instruction in the form of three key steps for attacking the test's important Writing Sample question

Three logical reasoning strategies presented with insights and analysis of all test question types

Seven analytical reasoning strategies that instruct on how to approach each of the LSAT's questions

Brand-new strategy charts with tips for answering each question type

More than 300 additional practice problems with answers



In summary, law school candidates get Total Preparation, which includes two absolutely authentic LSATs that were recently given by the Law School Admission Council.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)

Five full-length practice LSATs include two actual recent tests and three additional model tests

Three key logical reasoning strategies are presented with insights into question types and complete analysis

Seven analytical reasoning strategies are presented with advice on approaching questions and step-by-step analysis

Key reading comprehension strategies with samples include the New Reading Comprehension Type

Three key steps for success when you answer the Writing Sample

New strategy charts provide tips for answering each question type

More than 300 additional practice problems

Product Details

• Paperback: 696 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 12 edition (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764136380
• ISBN-13: 978-0764136382
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,303,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars poor practice questions, June 8, 2008

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M. Yau (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barron's LSAT (Paperback)

the book gives 2 actual exams and 3 "lsat-like" exams along with practice "lsat-like" questions in each of the three sections. when you go through the "lsat-like" questions, you can tell there is a difference in the quality of the problem sets and questions. but much worse than the fact that the "lsat-like" problems are not comparable quality to the actual tests, the answer section gives very poor explanations for why one answer is better than the others, except to say that it is correct and the others are not.

the practice tests that are not real also fall short of providing a conversion from raw-score to actual lsat score, so even after you spend a full two-three hours taking a practice test, you don't really know how it would have been scored.

i would recommend buying actual lsat tests to practice off of or the kaplan books that have better explanations for the answers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mediocre at best, September 9, 2008

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ExciteMike "ExciteMike" (DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's LSAT with CD-ROM (Barron's LSAT (W/CD)) (Paperback)

M. Yau is right, the quality of this book seems sub-par. You can sense a difference between what the real tests questions feel like versus the ones created for the book, and the explanations of the answers get very lazy as the book goes on, supplying no real explanations. After I while I didn't trust whether I was getting an accurate barometer of a real LSAT. Also there are several typos and mistakes in the book, which make you doubt what you're reading sometimes when you come across a stumper. I'm very frustrated and I'm about to drop this book and go buy a new one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not good for a 'base" study book, November 7, 2009

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LimeyLe (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's LSAT (Paperback)

I have explored (bought or borrowed) almost every prep series out there on the market. I got to Barron's last and I must admit it was very disappointing. I have reviewed both the 12th and 13th editions and they are very similar so if you really love this series just buy one not both.

Now since I don't like this series I will say this, do not try to learn their techniques they truly are rubbish. The explanations are very short and do not give you much insight. Also I really just laughed out loud when I read through the logic games and their suggested set-ups. OMG, if you do these set-ups first off they will eat at your time (way too elaborate) AND they will confuse the heck out of you! It took more energy to try to follow the suggested format then to just use commonsense and guess (assuming the question is just that difficult).

The one positive I will note is that the questions in the diagnostic part and the sample tests are "closer" to real LSAT questions when compared to Kaplan but that isn't saying much. In my humble opinion official LSAT material paired with Powerscore truly is the best stuff on the market for those of you (like me) who are "teaching" ourselves vs. classroom instruction. If you insist on using this just use it for more practice tests but know that these are "easier" than the real deal so your score will tend to be inflated.
** gave this two stars simply because the tests are better than Kaplan, but again that is NOT saying much.