Why I Didn't Take An LSAT Review Course

[RickLax.com]

David Sedaris once wrote, “The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior.”  Similarly, bad test takers don’t grasp how bad they are at taking tests until they get their grades back. If they knew how poorly they were going to do, they would study harder. That’s the best way I can explain my decision not to take any LSAT review courses.

I might justify my decision by saying 1) I did well on the SAT, 2) the LSAT is just one letter away, 3) my ex-workout buddy, who got into a prestigious California law school—a prestigious ABA-accredited California law school—told me that the LSAT and SAT are “pretty much the same test,” and 4) I believed him.

Unfortunately, in making my decision I failed to consider that 1) my parents forced me take a Princeton Review course before the SAT, 2) the course greatly improved my SAT score, and 3) the reason I stopped working out with my ex-workout buddy was that I couldn’t tolerate his habitual lying.

Cheers,
-RickLax

[RickLax.com]

David Sedaris once wrote, “The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior.”  Similarly, bad test takers don’t grasp how bad they are at taking tests until they get their grades back. If they knew how poorly they were going to do, they would study harder. That’s the best way I can explain my decision not to take any LSAT review courses.

I might justify my decision by saying 1) I did well on the SAT, 2) the LSAT is just one letter away, 3) my ex-workout buddy, who got into a prestigious California law school—a prestigious ABA-accredited California law school—told me that the LSAT and SAT are “pretty much the same test,” and 4) I believed him.

Unfortunately, in making my decision I failed to consider that 1) my parents forced me take a Princeton Review course before the SAT, 2) the course greatly improved my SAT score, and 3) the reason I stopped working out with my ex-workout buddy was that I couldn’t tolerate his habitual lying.

Cheers,
Learn more on my blog: LawSchoolBlogger

if you have to clarify that it is in face ABA-accredited...it's probably not prestigious. and are there really any non-ABA-accredited prestigious law schools?

Good point.  I was trying to make a joke there...but I forgot to itallicize the "ABA-accredited" that came after the word "prestigious," thus killing the joke. 

Way to be on the linguistic ball, though.

[H.E. Pennypacker]

This thread blows.

[Pretentious Undergrad]

yeah... that's what killed the joke...

[Socrates]

These blog plugs suck. You said nothing insightful and use Wordpress to boot.

[chifunkera]

who would take a text this important and this expensive without bothering to find out what was on the test

[RickLax.com]

who would take a text this important and this expensive without bothering to find out what was on the test

I did find out.  I studied hard...just not with a class.  But like I said, not taking a class was probably a mistake. No disagreements here...

[RickLax.com]

This thread blows.

Not a fan of linguistic analysis?  You might not like law school...

[RickLax.com]

David Sedaris once wrote, “The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior.”  Similarly, bad test takers don’t grasp how bad they are at taking tests until they get their grades back. If they knew how poorly they were going to do, they would study harder. That’s the best way I can explain my decision not to take any LSAT review courses.

I might justify my decision by saying 1) I did well on the SAT, 2) the LSAT is just one letter away, 3) my ex-workout buddy, who got into a prestigious California law school—a prestigious ABA-accredited California law school—told me that the LSAT and SAT are “pretty much the same test,” and 4) I believed him.

Unfortunately, in making my decision I failed to consider that 1) my parents forced me take a Princeton Review course before the SAT, 2) the course greatly improved my SAT score, and 3) the reason I stopped working out with my ex-workout buddy was that I couldn’t tolerate his habitual lying.

Cheers,
Learn more on my blog: LawSchoolBlogger

if you have to clarify that it is in face ABA-accredited...it's probably not prestigious. and are there really any non-ABA-accredited prestigious law schools?

Hmm..maybe not...my question would be, what is the MOST prestigious non-accredited school?  Like...is there one that's famous for being reputable?

[DerekShiHarvard]

David Sedaris once wrote, “The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior.”  Similarly, bad test takers don’t grasp how bad they are at taking tests until they get their grades back. If they knew how poorly they were going to do, they would study harder. That’s the best way I can explain my decision not to take any LSAT review courses.

I might justify my decision by saying 1) I did well on the SAT, 2) the LSAT is just one letter away, 3) my ex-workout buddy, who got into a prestigious California law school—a prestigious ABA-accredited California law school—told me that the LSAT and SAT are “pretty much the same test,” and 4) I believed him.

Unfortunately, in making my decision I failed to consider that 1) my parents forced me take a Princeton Review course before the SAT, 2) the course greatly improved my SAT score, and 3) the reason I stopped working out with my ex-workout buddy was that I couldn’t tolerate his habitual lying.

Cheers,
Learn more on my blog: LawSchoolBlogger

if you have to clarify that it is in face ABA-accredited...it's probably not prestigious. and are there really any non-ABA-accredited prestigious law schools?

Hmm..maybe not...my question would be, what is the MOST prestigious non-accredited school?  Like...is there one that's famous for being reputable?

Whenever I read one of your posts or go to your website, I see the title of your writing and think to myself "what a great subject to write about." Then I open up the thread and am severely disappointed. This thread is a case in point.