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McGraw-Hill's LSAT

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Most of my complaints with this book have already been articulated by other reviewers, but just in case you need more convincing, I am another very unhappy customer. I bought this at a bookstore and deeply regret not having checked amazon for reviews, because it was a waste of time and money, as well as a detriment to my studying. The errors found were not things that could possibly be just me misunderstanding--they were blatant like the answer & explanation not matching any of the answer options given in the question. I couldn't trust their answers for anything, so I never knew if I was getting problems wrong or they were, so it was completely useless for trying to improve my performance. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!

I am echoing all of the other comments on this book... there are so many errors that it leaves you second-guessing EVERYTHING which equals time wasted. I also agree with a previous remark that it might leave you second-guessing your OWN skills. The last thing you need when you're studying for the LSAT is to feel defeated before you've even begun. Don't buy this book!!

This is so bad that it will do more harm than good. If this is the best that Harvard students can do, then we should all be able to qualify for Harvard.

After taking the diagnostic test, the study material begins with the logic games section. In the first 30 pages of this study section I have found SEVEN ERRORS that lead the reader to an incorrect answer. This has made studying very confusing. While the methods explained in this book are useful, the number of errors makes it difficult to study and consistently trust the books answers. This is the worst type of book to include errors because the stakes are high (LSAT score) and it discourages the reader from trusting the methods explained. DO NOT GET THIS BOOK! There is about one error per problem set, and a problem set only contains 6-7 questions. Do any other purchasers know information about how to get refunded for this book?

Not to be redundant of other posters but this book is a complete scam. The last thing I need is self-doubt, thinking I'm getting questions wrong or missing something, when really it's the utter incompetence of this book's editor. Does anyone have contact info? I'm demanding a refund. Like someone else said, I wish I had read Amazon first.

I was really intrigued by this book's approach, initially. It is intense and the tactics are those in line with my own analytical style.

However, as everyone has been pointing out, this book is riddled with errors. I have the LAST Curvebreakers for Logic Games book and several times over I couldn't figure out how I had missed a question because the answer key and the question are misaligned. I am only 37 pages into this book, love the technique but going to abandon it entirely because it is so riddled with errors. Specifically, I will list three.

Page 37 Question 2 lists question C as the credited response when B is also correct according to the answer key's own justification.

Page 37 Question 5 is incorrect in their choice of C when D is the credited response, again following the answer keys own reasoning.

Page 32 Step 2 in the answer process has an incorrect graphic illustrating the correct approach.

The Curvebreakers website touted in the cover of the book doesn't even exist so that I can notify the publisher adn demand a refund.

And that should be the deciding factor.

Yes, that's right, this book MAKES UP ITS OWN test questions. You don't want that. If you're getting ready to take the LSAT, you should be working with ACTUAL test questions that have been asked in the past.

You won't see any repeat questions, but the tests are designed such that they are standardized as much as possible.

If you want to do poorly on the LSAT, buy this book. It will not adequately prepare you for REAL test questions. If you want to do better, look to books that use REAL test questions, such as Kaplan and Princeton Review. LSAC's books will give you actual old tests, but they won't give you advice for how to approach each question. Get the LSAC books once you've worked through Kaplan and/or Princeton Review and just need additional practice.

Mc Graw- Hill's Curvebreakers LSAT Prep book is a waste of time. I checked it out of the library while waiting for my LSAC 10 More Tests and Master the LSAT books. I figured I'd get a jump start on my studying. I found errors and incomplete explanations. Some solution explanations are arrived at by utilizing what appears to be a random part of the problem set. Upon further exploration, it becomes clearer why they used it, but it really requires more work than should be expected in a study guide. This is definitely not a book for the novice. I would not recommend this book and I would contact the publisher if you purchased one and request a refund. You may have to go directly through Mc Graw-Hill, as the [...] site has been suspended. I wonder why.

As mentioned in the other reviews, this book is littered with errors.

It is very frustrating to spend long periods of time on problems that you feel you aren't understanding, only to find out later that the question itself is wrong!!

My personal suggestion is to buy a different study guide and purchase actual previous LSAT exams to practice for time.

It is true that the answer keys in this book suck, making it impossible to ever really know if you are getting the sample questions correct. Obviously, that is a huge problem.

However, this is the only general book I found that assumes the user is relatively bright, and some of the tricks and suggestions were relatively unique and definitely helpful. Also, the inclusion of 6 practice tests is really nice.

So, yeah, this book sucks because of the answer key issue. But once they get that sorted out (maybe in the next addition one would hope), I think this book is going to be awesome.