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[Tatavo]

Anyone familiar with Velocity LSAT and if so, what are your thoughts?

Is it worth the cost to go forth with Dave in preparing for the LSAT?

http://www.velocitylsat.com/

His prices are going up a little bit on Feb.19th (3 days) so, I was just curious if anyone would recommend going with this method?

I've already worked with the PowerScore books, but after more or less bombing my LSAT last weekend, I'm looking for other alternatives...

Any feedback about Velocity LSAT would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[staffer]

Seems sketchy to charge that much for an on-line class.

[KER_2012]

staffer, on 16 February 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:

Seems sketchy to charge that much for an on-line class.

I'm inclined to agree.

Is there a reason you're looking at online prep classes as opposed to traditional ones?

[meager]

Velocity is notable because it has a presence on the top-law-schools forum.
I think the guy who runs it has 5 LSATs all above 177, with three 180s.
He has a bunch of introductory LSAT lectures available on youtube (he actually seems pretty chill haha)
, for example.

In short, he knows his stuff. If I had known about him before I started my prep, I would have considered taking the class.

[staffer]

The ability to achieve a high score doesn't necessarily equate to the ability to teach others to obtain a high score.

[meager]

lol okay

[jin45]

If you're going to take a prep course, you should really do one that gives you all released LSAT questions since Prep Test 1, even if it costs a little more. At the very least, you should supplement the Velocity course by purchasing older test prep on your own. Doing all of the questions since 1991 simply gives you an edge in predicting answer choices. For example, you'll realize that all the researchers who live in LSAT-Land suck at designing studies. If it's about heart disease, they don't control for diet/exercise/demographics. If it's about pollution, they don't take measurements over a long enough time period. They repeatedly fail at cause and correlation, especially early in the section. There are basically a finite number of ways to screw up these studies, and if you do all of the LR questions you'll pretty much have seen every one of them. Oh, and it's ALWAYS a reasonable assumption that people, including researchers, are motivated by greed--don't ever cross off a "moneyed interests" answer simply because it seems a little "extreme" or "out of scope".

I'm not saying that LSAC's political views or wrong or anything (actually I agree with a lot of them)--my point is just that if you can condition yourself to think of the world working in these specific ways, the right answer choice WILL pop out at you immediately. Doing a LOT of official test questions is the best way to immerse yourself in this world.

Edited by jin45, 16 February 2012 - 03:57 PM.

[Tatavo]

KER_2012, on 16 February 2012 - 12:24 PM, said:

I'm inclined to agree.

Is there a reason you're looking at online prep classes as opposed to traditional ones?

Well, I have already purchased the PowerScore Bibles (all 3), plus I have each of the Next 10 Preptest books. I'm just thinking that something like Velocity might help me get over the hump as Dave seems quite interesting (which should help my focus) while he also seems to know some key short-cuts that could really make things a lot easier/faster when writing the exam.

As for Velocity-LSAT, it's not entirely online. You are mailed books to go along with it and have full access to the site for 8months - allowing personal access to Dave in regards to questions, not to mention a forum as well as other perks like live podcasts.

I don't know, I've heard lot's of good things and just from watching his free, online videos, I'm strongly considering enrolling.

[KER_2012]

If you're liking the feel of it, don't mind the online format and have the money to spend, then go for it. I definitely understand the need to supplement your studying with something new!