It’s almost time for Lipscomb’s Law, Justice and Society majors to take the LSAT, and many of them will be glad when it’s finally finished and they can return to normal life activities.
The LSAT, which is on Oct. 1, is a major test for law students, and senior Russ Aiken knows the importance of not only taking but preparing for the test.
“It is one of the most stressful things that a law student has to go through,” Aiken said. “ Nearly everyone that you talk to is going to tell you that they dreaded studying for the LSAT.”
That statement definitely rings true for LJS students.
Senior LJS major Tyler Conger has been preparing for the LSAT for more than two months. He says the Kaplan program has helped him a lot, but it still takes up a significant amount of his “down-time.”
“When I’m not doing school work, I am thinking about the LSAT,” Conger said. “I think about it before I go to bed; it’s something I think about when I get up; and it’s something I should be doing right now.”
Instead of hanging out with his friends in Gamma Xi, where Conger is president, he sits at a desk and works through problems. He says the test is not really about law but focuses more on logical reasoning and logic games that cause you to think critically about the questions.
Aiken said that it dominated his life when he was preparing for it, but now it is a thing of the past. He says that once you get your score and apply, it is really never brought up again. However, it’s getting into the right school that is the most crucial thing.
“It’s something that can separate you from getting into the school that you want to, or it can separate you from getting the scholarship money that you would like to get,” Aiken said.
“One person could be going to the same school as you,” Aiken said, “but he could be getting several more thousands of dollars than you because he scored higher on a test that you took on a random Saturday.”