If the LSAT is something you have your designs set on conquering, you must know the exam inside and out. The University of New Mexico tells its student body that LSAT preparation is one of the most stressful experiences in a student's academic life. The university states that successful LSAT preparation strategies start with a student's ability to grasp the exam by having an accurate view of what the LSAT tests you on, why its questions are formed as they are and how much time is given to complete each section. In order to succeed at the LSAT, it is important to know these fine details of the exam. Resources like the Law School Admission Council provides detailed and accurate information about the LSAT's structure that any test-taker should investigate.
Succeeding at the LSAT requires a great degree of preparation by studying. There are a number of study guidebooks that teach students test-taking skills and how to tackle the LSAT exam. For example "LSAT Premier 2014" by Kaplan Publishing contains in-depth strategies and more than 1,100 recent LSAT questions with six real practice tests, while "The Official LSAT Preptest 68" by the Law School Admission Council contains an actual LSAT administered test that contains an answer key, a score-conversion table and writing samples. It would be advantageous to research all available study guides and invest in a few that offer various features in order to get a well-rounded approach to preparing for the exam.
Succeeding at the LSAT exam can often involve getting extra help from a tutoring service. Although you can likely find LSAT tutors advertising their services on the campus bulletin board, your time and money might be better spent with an organization that carefully researches their tutors to ensure quality. WyzAnt Tutoring and many others offers LSAT tutors who are working as current attorneys, educators and individuals who earned high scores on the LSAT and successfully tutored other people. Another option would be to take a specialized tutoring class or work one-on-one with a tutor from established educational companies like the Princeton Review. Their LSAT tutoring offers "personalized, focused and flexible coaching" to help test-takers find success and earn their target test score.
Clearly researching the LSAT exam is key to successfully passing with a high score. You may want to consider speaking with a number of first-year law students who are fresh from taking the exam. They will be able to share their experiences in taking the test, the study methods that helped make them successful and methods they used for studying and dealing with stress. First-year law students may still have their study materials they would be willing to sell at a cheaper price than buying the books new.