Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Depends on Your Learning Style
OverallIn this book, Kaplan includes the "extra tactics" to obtain an even higher score. Why weren't those tactics included in Kaplan's regular LSAT book? Good question. Anyhow, this book focuses on some of the rare and difficult LSAT question types and how to do well on those. The book provides a great mental workout, but, since the questions covered are indeed rare, will studying this book necessarily help out your score? Perhaps. You may find the regular LSAT question types easier after hammering away at this book. On the other hand, you may find that you've actually hurt your score by focusing on questions which don't appear much, and neglecting those that do appear often. Hard to say what will happen. It depends on how you learn. Methods Good, but you've got to be familiar with Kaplan's methods and terminology, which, if you aren't already, don't take too long to figure out. User Friendliness Well-written, easy to follow. Who Should Buy This Book Advanced students (those with practice test scores above 165) who have completed at least thirty of the former LSAT exams, have no issues with timing, are at a plateau, and feel that learning a bit more will help them out of their rut. However, if you are at this point, you're probably at your saturation point and it's unlikely that this book will help much. We suggest another approach instead. Find someone who's scoring low ?135 to 150 - and provide free tutoring for them. You'll be likely be amazed at how much teaching the exam will help you understand it and your own test-taking skills better. ...
Rating: - Hard...and sometimes dumb
This book is the latest book by Kaplan that attempts to prepare the masses for LSAT stardom. The book is worth the on-line price but it has some flaws. In an effort to be "hard" it seems to waste time, being so convoluted, that it defeats the purpose of practicing. As someone who has purchased nearly every LSAT book on the market and has taken dozens of practice tests, I can truly say that if you can wade through the swap of LSAT 180 - you can do very well on the exam. But...just as a side note, if I only has 30 bucks to spend on a book I would go with LSAT PreTests and pound away at the real questions.
Rating:  - The LSAT prep book
I believe this book -LSAT 180 - paired with numerous actual practice tests is the best route to achieve one's desired level of success on the LSAT. The difficulty of the problems are higher than the majority material on the test. But by raising the bar to such a high level, the problems on the LSAT were much more approachable. The book provides detailed explanations of the right and wrong answers which was a godsend for such complicated material. By reading the in depth explanations of the correct and wrong answers to a question - I developed a better ability to discern between those pesky ambiguous answers. The book is also quite witty which helps break the tension during the down time between the practice sets. I wouldn't rely on this book alone, however. I feel nothing compares to the actual practice tests. LSAT 180 is a perfect complement.You won't be disappointed.
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