Getting you up to speed

Applying to law school is (not surprisingly) a very substantial undertaking. With the LSAT, recommendations, essays, and various forms, the process requires a strong ability to manage ones time and resources. As a student, having a full course load doesn't help much either. Fortunately, I'm trying to get a leg up on the process by using my summer vacation to get through as much as I can so that I can hit the ground running. Here's my progress thus far:

LSAT: Currently, I'm enrolled in a Kaplan course, and thus far it's going quite well. After my class ends later this month, I want to continue preparing by taking more practice tests and focusing on my weaknesses (Logic Games, anyone?). I will be taking the October administration of the exam.

Recommendations: I'm planning on getting two recommendations from professors that I've worked with and know well at school. My goal is to sit down with each of them within the first week of so of the school year, and have a discussion about the process and what would be needed of them.

Personal Statement: About a week ago, I started working on my personal statement. Right now the focus is on my life experience, and how that experience would allow me to make unique contributions to a law school. I know it has a long way to go, but I just want to get it all on paper and then spend a lot of time really refining it until it's where I want it to be.

Ideally, I want to have the personal statement done by the time I return to campus in September so that I can devote most of my (admittedly limited) free time during that month to LSAT review. By the time I finish taking the LSAT, I want my application to be complete and ready to go to the Admissions Offices.