This article is not an argument for why you should take the LSAT. In a good and sane world, you’ve arrived at this page not because you’re wondering about your general life direction (we at Blueprint LSAT Prep are not in the business of career counseling), but because you want to know why you should study for the LSAT.

And, boy, do we at Blueprint LSAT Prep have some advice on that.

First, and of foremost importance in our opinion at Blueprint LSAT Prep, the test is graded on a curve. That doesn’t mean that LSAC sends its minions to hand score this test on the sloping hills of Scotland; it means that how you score on the LSAT is very much dependent on how everyone else scores on the test. So what that means is that if your friends are enrolled in an LSAT Prep course it might behoove you to enroll yourself in an LSAT Prep course just to level the playing field. The amount of LSAT prep work other students do should have a direct effect on the amount you do.

So take an LSAT Prep course for that reason.

Secondly, we at Blueprint LSAT Prep would like to break some news to you: the test isn’t exactly easy. The average score on the exam is somewhere between a 150 and a 151, which will get you admission into many of the finest Puerto Rican law schools, but little else besides. If you’re in the 150’s, and don’t have some awesome back story, you can kiss most Tier 1 schools goodbye. While some people are just naturally brilliant/well-suited for an utterly mind-numbing logic test, most people need to do some actual studying to get above that average range. In our learned opinion at Blueprint LSAT Prep, the test lends itself well to preparation, with a methodology for each section that can be digested and trusted to see you through anything the malicious architects of the test can spew at you from their ravenous maw...

Anyhoo, we at Blueprint really recommend prepping for the LSAT if you find yourself in that average range because average on the test means double-plus-ungood in terms of law school admissions.

Thirdly, getting an awesome score on the test is hugely important for law school. If you want to get into a Top-14 school, and in our experience at Blueprint LSAT Prep, it appears that everyone wants to get into a Top-14 school, then just a heads up: a good LSAT score is as close to absolutely necessary as it comes. We at Blueprint LSAT Prep strongly suggest that if a T-14 school is your goal, you’d best find yourself in a prep course.

Happy hunting.

 

Article by Jodi Triplett and Trent Teti, principals and owners of Blueprint LSAT Preparation, enjoyers of Pina Coladas and/or getting caught in the rain. Blueprint LSAT Preparation focuses on test preparation, law school applications, and watching Jersey Shore.