Anyone taken the LSAT and GREs

Hello Everyone,

I want to know how difficult to take the GREs and the LSAT?

I'm planning on taking them early 2012 and would like some insight on both exams. I always keep hearing that the LSAT focuses more on logic than writing. How much time must each exam be completed by? I want to get a better idea from these exams.

How much is it to take each exam?

 

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is administered by LSAC and is organized into five (5) sections of which four (4) are scored and one (1) is unscored and experimental. The experimental section does not affect your LSAT score. Each of the scored sections is approximately 35 minutes and all questions are multiple choice. There is a writing portion to be completed at the end of the LSAT which depending upon the law school is either ignored or given relatively little weight but it is not reflected in the LSAT score.

If you want to prepare for the LSAT I highly recommend the LSAT Bibles available from PowerScore. Also, practice tests can be purchased from a variety of sources.

 

I took them both before you were born (probably). The GRE is harder if, like me, you're not a math person.
If you have trouble with the logic puzzles on the GRE (and the logic section of the GRE if they still do that), try playing a game called "Sherlock."
Sherlock - Everett Kaser Software
The free version has more than enough different games to help you prepare for the LSAT. They're visual versions of the word games. If you pay for the game, you get more puzzles. I recommended it to students who had trouble on the LSAT the first time and they found it helpful.

 

The GRE isn't too bad. I took it back in 2003, and unfortunately, scores expire after 5 years. (Hey, they gotta have a way to milk you for more money, right?) I took it on the computer, and from what I recall, it was an adaptive test. In other words, if I kept answering correctly, the questions got harder. If I answered incorrectly, the questions got easier. I did okay for my first attempt. I kicked ass at the math part, did average on the analytical reading, and scored a 6/6 on the writing. I need to take it again, but I'm going to wait until I have another program to do, which will be a good ways in the future! I'm taking a break, darn it!

-Matt

 

I took the LSAT about nine yrs ago, don't think it's changed much since then. My best advice for prep would be to take lots of practice tests under timed conditions until you're pretty sure where you'll score, give or take. Most important motivator to study should be this: most schools will average your scores if you take the LSAT more than once. So a lame 1st effort followed by a great 2nd time = mediocre score. You essentially have one shot at a good score. Oh, and a good score will help you get in more than any other single admission factor. So you probably shouldn't take it until you can devote your full attention to it.

 

I took both the LSAT and GRE in 2008 (since I am a dual degree student). They are not very hard exams. I scored extremely well on my GRE and was slightly above average on the LSAT. This was due to my high math score on the GRE and poor preparation for the Logic Games on the LSAT.

My recommendation is to get the Princeton Review's Cracking the GRE because the Verbal section was a breeze after looking through the Princeton Review. Most of the words on the test were in the Princeton Review's "hit parade." There is a logic bible that I recommend, just like Sentinel suggested. I looked it over AFTER the exam (not very smart on my part), and found that my score would have been even higher if I would have just worked through the first 25 puzzles or so.

Best of luck to you.