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The LNAT is designed to test some of your intellectual abilities rather than how much you know about particular subjects. So there are no facts to learn and no lessons to revise in preparation for the test. So how can you prepare?

We think you should concentrate on exercising the relevant parts of your brain, and on familiarising yourself with the test format. We advise you to be sceptical about anyone's claims to be able to help you do well in the test by coaching. In our view there is nothing that anyone can do to help you get a high LNAT score that you cannot equally do for yourself, if you approach your preparation in a disciplined way.

You can exercise the relevant parts of your brain very well by reading a quality newspaper every day, and thinking about the issues that are raised. What assumptions are being made? What information is being relied on to draw which conclusion? How difficult would it be to reach the opposite conclusion from the same information? More on reading and thinking

The other thing you can usefully do is practise. This has two objectives: the first is to familiarise yourself with the format of the LNAT and its questions; the second is to familiarise yourself with the kind of thinking that the LNAT requires. We offer three practice tests to help you, and commentary on the answers. You can also try freely-available questions from other sources that are similar to LNAT questions. Practice tests

Are there any tricks? Can the LNAT be 'cracked'? No. There are just a few elementary points to bear in mind when you are taking the test. You could work them out for yourself. Some people may try to charge you money to hear them. To save you time and money, we have a list. Hints and tips

Reading, thinking, writing
Practice tests
Hints and tips
Advice from past candidates

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