The Powerscore LSAT LR Bible will definitely prepare you for critical reasoning, however it is overkill as it might prepare you TOO well if you study it from front to back. If you're aiming for an 800 though and have plenty of time it would be worthwhile to look over the sections that give you trouble (i.e. the specific type of questions that you find difficult such as weaken...etc). I have not read the LSAT RC Bible but any additional RC bible can't be too bad. I'm in favor of the MGMAT RC guide since it knows you can't underline/mark up the text. I'm not sure whether or not the LSAT guide is aware the text is digital so you'll have to make some changes.

LSAT in general will prepare you very well for the verbal section though the questions are much more difficult and for most people it's not worth the extra time.

This is a great and timely topic.

I think the idea of using LSAT prep to supplement GMAT prep is kind of like a Venn Diagram problem. There are items that are:

1. Unique to GMAT (Sentence Correction)
2. Shared by both (Logical Reasoning = Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension)
3. Logic Games and formal logic problems in the Logical Reasoning section which are not that relevant to GMAT students. But, if you have a nack for Logic Games, I see them as useful mental exercises to stretch the mind before a study session.

Reading Comprehension is pretty much 100% the same as for LSAT as for GMAT.
The logical reasoning ones are a little tricky because there are formal logic problems, unnecessarily hard for GMAT students, mixed in with the other logic problems, which will be more familiar with GMAT students. (Was that last sentence constructed correctly?)

That having been said, the Powerscore Bibles are all solid materials. BTW, if you look hard enough online, you can find paper versions of every LSAT ever administered.

Also, as someone who has taken the LSATs in the past, I can definitely say it has been a big help. I've been able to largely ignore a) studying for the verbal section and b) spending money on verbal study materials. The one area I've had to supplement is in sentence corrections. But this has allowed me to focus on Quantitative, which is my weaker area.

I'd be interested to know if any other former LSAT students have had similar experiences as well.

Topher,

I'd recommend doing the law/humanities/social science problems as well, even if they seem unrelated to the GMATs. Even if they are topically different, it really is about the mental exercise. The more you do, the better you'll get elsewhere.

And besides, you don't think you'll encounter items related to law, humanities, social sciences in business school?

Are LSAT RC passages/questions similar to GMAT?

seems like overkill, but honestly if you are shooting for 760+ then yeah its worth it.

dont know how good the powerscore RC is, but i do recommend the powerscore LSAT LR bible... it does seem like overkill at times but it prepares you very well for the gmat
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LSAT passages are much longer and, I find, more complex. The question difficulty for both is roughly the same, though I have encountered a few LSAT RC questions that are very hard. Also, the LSAT includes topics not tested on the GMAT, such as law.

With that said, I think LSAT questions are good practice.
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i think the CR is more useful than the RC - only because RC really depends on you and how you ultimately interpret the passages.




if you time yourself using strict LSAT time limits (it's been awhile, so i'm not sure what they are now), then yes i think it would be worth it if you could take the RC sections fully timed and answer them. the caveat is that the LSAT covers some topics (like law) that the GMAT doesnt cover. however, i think you will still get the basics from these practice tests. i would only say save these LSAT tests towards the end of your study cycle. if you are weak on the basics, then the LSAT tests wont help you as much.
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Is this the thread for those of us studying for both?

I'm finding LSAT LR slightly more challenging than GMAT CR, but I'll know better when I tackle OG. so far just going through mgmat cr book. I'm finding my Powerscore LSAT bible and Grouped by Question type book helpful for supplemental material.

Why is GMAT so protective of their questions? You can buy every released LSAT so it's almost impossible to run out of real practice material.

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Lots of useful info here. I'm probably going to buy LR, but it looks very expensive. Too expensive.

The price is the main problem with it for me.