My colleague, Colin Elzie (also of Blueprint Test Preparation), has once again penned a missive for this very site so rife with error and misjudgment that I now consider it necessary, as a representative of Blueprint Test Prep, to disabuse you of any notions which Mr. Elzie’s piece may have left with you about the September/October LSAT.

Mr. Elzie discusses the negatives of the September/October LSAT, and while there are some (it is still the LSAT, after all, and taking the test is akin to sitting down on an anthill for four to five hours), overall, the September/October LSAT is the best possible time to take that most wondrous of all law school admissions tests.

First, we at Blueprint Test Prep have found that you have the most time to study. If you’re a college student, summer is a time to rest up from a year of beer-bonging and brain-cramming. But therein lies the beauty of the summer for LSAT study: you’re literally doing nothing else. You can spend every waking second figuring out what how to diagram a contrapositive, or learning how to diagram logic games. Unlike any other administration of the test, you’re not necessarily inundated by other school work. So while it may sound terrible to spend every waking moment of your summer studying for a logic test (which we at Blueprint Test Prep sympathize with), if you’re serious about preparing for the beast, it’s the best route to go.

Secondly, it’s early enough. If you take the September/October LSAT, you should have your score by the first week of November, which puts you ahead of all but the most obnoxious go-getters on the applications train. Our research at Blueprint Test Prep indicates that the September/October exam administration typically has the highest number of test takers. This is reflected in Blueprint Test Prep September/October classes, which tend to have more students than other test administrations.

Thirdly, you have time to take it again. If you take September/October and don’t score well, you’ll have time to take December. Because your score is so important, at Blueprint Test Prep we would recommend taking it again. If you take the December test, you’re basically up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle if you don’t do well, because the February test is too late for many law schools as far as admissions goes.

So long story short, in my humble opinion as a representative of Blueprint Test Prep, taking the September/October LSAT is the best bet for any prudent student who is looking to achieve his or her highest possible result on that most difficult and dreadful of tests.

Keep on truckin’.

 

 

Article by Dave “the Triple Threat” Woods, marketing assistant, tutor, and applications consultant for Blueprint Test Preparation. Woods began working for Blueprint Test Prep in 2009, and attributes his quick rise with Blueprint Test Prep to an almost uncanny knack for beer pong.