The LSAT Writing Section

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The seventh lesson of the FREE LSAT prep course offered by Insight LSAT. This is a comprehensive course for LSAT preparation, taught by an instructor who scored 179 on the LSAT. We go through every section, providing expert advice, strategies, illustrations of methods, and more!
In this lesson, we discuss the unscored writing section, providing a reliable formula for constructing a well-organized LSAT essay. We also walk through sample pre-writing and a sample essay.

[@insightlsat]

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[@judezhu5364]

at first I was for the foreign city option but after reading your essay you fully convinced me that camping is a better idea lmao thank you for the video

[@CantYouSeeMyComment]

it is winter in this scenario, that is going to be a hard camping trip lol thank you so much for all of this! :)

[@coachshowup]

was looking for this comment

[@newz2000]

I too have a 6/11/2018 test and plan to use this method. Fun side note: For my son's high school composition class, I had him use this same structure for a persuasive essay and he did awesome.

[@newz2000]

Nailed it.

[@JackDaniels-ee1fo]

Hi there! I saw your comment and got curious! I just took the LSAT on 06/11 too, but of this year lol. However, unfortunately I think I blew it, so I'm planning to take it again. I saw you are a father, so I assume you were also working while preparing and taking the LSAT, so I was wondering if there was a course or a tutor you'd recommend that could be flexible enough to help my sister and I, since the both of us work. We know the basics at this point, so I'm thinking of getting someone who could see us once per week, maybe on Saturdays, to test us out and help us improve on whatever it is we need improvement on, and then practice on our own throughout the week, but I'm not sure if there is anyone who operates like that. If you have any tips or could share some insight on your experience it would be greatly appreciated!

[@newz2000]

@@JackDaniels-ee1fo The LSAT changed after I took it. Now it's digital and, as I understand it, some of the skills have changed to be more inclusive. I used Kaplan's self-paced program and liked it, but I also customized it heavily because that's how I do things. I know others who took Kaplan's in-person one and liked it with the main feedback being not to do the accelerated version, do the longer one. Also, right before I took my test Kahn Academy launched a study track including practice tests. You could take that and it's free!

[@JackDaniels-ee1fo]

@@newz2000 thank you!

[@chenesaimoyo8983]

Speechless,so informative Thank you a million times

[@warrenlee7064]

you are simply the best. thanks.

[@rekscoper422]

I just can't thank you enough for this

[@emilycanada7903]

Great tutorial, thank you so much!

[@editordaniellemarie]

Winter camping sucks! Great video. Thank you.

[@mariamkinen8036]

The print is far too small on a screen of 4. 7 " good topic!

[@nye88701]

The camping activities are not readily available to then near their home? You can just make that up?

[@ellacreative2842]

Now if in your essay you didn't address each point you mentioned in the video. How would it be graded?

[@arianak9402]

Is it okay to have a paragraph that’s only 1 to 2 sentences for the introduction and conclusion? I thought that a paragraph had to be more sentences than that.

[@Kay-te1kv]

When I was in middle and high school, teachers always told me to write 5-8 sentences. Now that I am in college, as long you cover everything you should in an introduction(what the paper is going to be about) and conclusion then the sentence count shouldn’t matter.

[@lordmarsgaming1935]

Usually, three sentences is the absolute minimum I want to see from my students.

[@davidsandvigiii6094]

Is this how they’re doing the writing portion in 2021?

[@brandonmcneal8873]

Six paragraphs is a little much for something you can accomplish in two

[@hbk92701]

I am taking the LSAT soon. Issue is that the notice I just got says no scratch paper allowed.

[@twoscoops5197]

There is built in note taking section for the digital writing samples.

[@abaddonmacarthur6857]

"Having somebody taking it for you" even today? for real,? Daaang 2:11

[@ivalinapasse2469]

Definitely Dont Need to take my Test for Me. I Study for All my Test.

[@mone5218]

The swallowinggggggg SMHHHHHH

[@cassandrah5414]

Quit swallowing near the mic dude!!! Killing me.