10: LSAT scores start at 120.
That's right, even if you only manage to get your name correct, you still get a 120. If someone tries to sound smart by saying they got a 125 on their LSAT you know they actually only got a 5 on a normal scale.
9: You don't get points taken off for answering incorrectly.
The person who answers no questions and the person who answers every question incorrect still get the same score. Anyone with $160 and a spare Saturday can say they got a 120 on the test; it's not something to be proud of. Also, you have to get 15 questions correct to move up to a 121, so if you don't feel like you can do that, it's better to just answer none.
8: LSAT scores only go up to 180.
Some genius decided that the best scale for the LSAT would be from 120 - 180, not 0 - 60 or something reasonable. Maybe a 0 score just seemed to harsh. Either way, I now have way more respect for Elle Woods (from Legally Blonde) getting a 179.
7: The LSAT has a section called Logic Games.
More formally known as Analytical Reasoning, this section is filled with brain teaser-like questions - so exciting! For those lucky enough to also get a Logic Games experiment section they get to do this twice. (I included this in order to spare others the embarrassment of saying, "They have games on the LSAT?")
6: The writing section of the LSAT is a waste of time.
Law Schools make you submit a personal statement anyway and use that to judge your writing instead of using the writing sample on the LSAT that is there to allow them to judge your writing. Waste Of Time.
5: It is not necessary to get your undergraduate degree in math.
In fact, most people will think it is really weird that you intend to go to law school with a math degree. Just something to think about.
4: Know the top 10 law schools, even if you have no intention of going to them.
People are going to be interested in the top 10 law schools, especially when you keep talking about how important they all are. So you should probably know them. They are, in order, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, U of Chicago, NYU, Berkeley, U of Pennsylvania, U of Virginia, and U of Michigan.
Fun fact - Princeton surprisingly doesn't have a law school. It did from 1847 to 1852, but then they gave up on it.
3: Know what type of law you plan on going into after law school.
Apparently there are lots of different types of law. And people are going to be interested in what type of law you plan on pursuing. If you haven't made this decision ahead of time, you may end up saying the first thing that comes to your head and sounds reasonable, which will probably be Corporate Law. (I'm not even sure if that's a real thing, but it sounds good.)
2: Have good reasoning for that type of law.
Enjoying watching the show Suits on USA is not good reasoning for wanting to go into Corporate Law. Not knowing any types of law is also not a good reason for choosing Corporate Law.
1: Read books & study up about your chosen path.
After telling everyone you intend to go into Corporate Law you should study up on it. Because Corporate Law actually sounds like the worst type of law to go into. After not sleeping for three years of law school, you'll then have to work 18 hour days and sleep in a sleeping bag at your office in your spare time. (At least, that's what the fictional book I read told me Corporate Law would be like.) However, thanks to my other fictional book, Antiquity Law is looking really good. Sadly, I think a graduate degree in some sort of antiquity study might be necessary. Also, Antiquity Law might be fake.
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