Limited Budget, taking Feb retake, what product will help?

[dented]

I scored 160 in December, -7RC, -8 and -6 LR, -6 LG. I missed the deduction in game 3 of LG or I felt like I would have been a -2 instead.

I need to get as close to 170 as possible. I teach school and coach a sport full time, have a wife and 3 kids. I don't have a bazillion hours of study time. I learn quick. First practice was 150 and I only spent 20 hours study for December, only paying attention to diagramming logic games and then solving everything else by brute force. I have taken zero courses, and the only time I have spent on RC and LR is in learning how to write out contrapositives.

I have very limited funds... wife and 3 kids... you know the deal, I am sure. Which product/products will get me the most bang-for-the-buck quickly, understanding that a brew pub is the only right answer?

EDIT - spoke to admission counselor at t-50 school and she recommended PowerScore to boost my score just a tad to be competitive, which is the reason I am asking here.

[Adam Tyson]

Hey dented, I know what you're talking about. I was a dad with a 3-year-old, a mortgage and a full time job when I went to law school part time at night, and funds were tight.

There are, of course, a lot of resources out there besides ours, some of which are very good. Spend a little time on reddit, top law schools, etc. polling the folks there for advice on some of those. When it comes to our resources, and looking at how you did in December and how you feel about Logic Games, I think you need to focus on LR, and I would suggest either our Logical Reasoning Bible, the Question Type Training book, or both. Combine that with whatever practice tests, problem sets, and free resources you can find, through our website and elsewhere, and you should have plenty in hand to get those LR sections down to, say -3 each, a huge improvement. Keep up your games practice, looking for the weird games and really working on digging for those inferences, and get the LG score up to where you think it should have been, and those extra 12 right answers will get you a lot closer to where you want to be. To go from a 160 to a 170 on that test means at least 15 more correct answers (not every scoring scale is the same, but they will all be close to that one), so a little improvement on RC will also probably be needed, but you have to focus on where you will get the most return on your investment at this point.

One word of caution - you can find out there on the web all sorts of "simulated" LSAT questions, sections, and even full tests. Stay away from them like the plague. In my opinion, they are mostly awful, not well vetted and not sufficiently like what you will encounter on the real deal that they will not give you what you need. Getting the real, official stuff is worth it.

Again, I understand about funds being tight, but consider the return on investment in the form of possible scholarship money and eventual job prospects. Spending a little extra now on the best study materials (whether ours or not) is likely to pay off. If you can afford a little extra now to get that return later, you won't regret it.

Good luck! Keep coming back here for help, and we'll be here for you.