For those not familiar with the term LSAT, it refers to the Law School Admission Test administered several times a year by the LSAC. The LSAT preparation industry is worth a billion dollars a year with companies like TestMasters fighting to get a chunk of this money.

The reason there is so much money in LSAT prep is that this single test can be the deciding factor of whether or not you get into the law school of your choice. Grading on a scale of 120 to 180, it is highly prized by pre-law students to land in the 170-180 range if they want to go to the top law schools.

The LSAT test is a five part test dealing with logical reasoning. This is what makes the test so hard because it does not rely on memory retention of facts but how you decipher an argument ot find its logical flaws. For those seeking to score well on this test it is advised to take a LSAT test preparation course.

The Law School Admission Test is considered one of the hardest pregraduate tests in the word. Designed by the Law School Admission Council, this test is given out several times a year and can be the single factor that decides what laws school you will attend. It is always advised to seek out a LSAT test preparation course to help study for this test.

The LSAT is broken down into five 35 minutes sections with a 35 minute writing sample afterward. The five main sections are then broken down to three categories: logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and an analytical reasoning section known by the students informally as the dreaded logic games. There is also an ungraded experimental section which can consist of any of the previous types. No student ever knows which section is the experimental and there are always several different tests handed out each test period to discourage students of figuring out which section is the experimental.

The LSAT happens four times a year and are always refferred to by their month and year as the next one is named June 2009.

There are many different software programs for math you could use in your homeschool. But some of them you may already have and not even realize it. I always suggest that parents that need math software should start with Excel. Almost everyone has the Microsoft Office suite on their computer, or has access to it. If not, you can download, for free, OpenOffice, from OpenOffice.org. This software is almost an Excel clone, and will do many of the same things. In Excel, you could create spreadsheets illustrating different concepts, like functions and formulas, or chart and graphs. For many parents, this would be enough to get through several levels of homeschooling, without having to purchase additional software. Once you outgrow Excel, there are many excellent software packages for teaching math that are available on the market, but Excel will make a good start.