Why LSAT Prep is broken
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- Automatic Score Improvement - Dirty Secret #1: Your Score Will Improve Automatically When You Study
One of the largest competitors in the test prep industry, which will go unnamed, has this “guarantee” on all of its classroom courses:
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“If your score doesn’t improve, you are allowed to take our class again for free.”
Doesn't this strike you as ridiculous?
First off, if you spend countless hours taking a course, and it doesn’t improve your scores, then why the heck would you ever want to take that course again? It’s plain crazy!
But there’s something even more questionable about this guarantee. It hopes that you don’t know a very simple fact about test prep:
No matter how horribly you study, as long as you are consistently putting in the time to study, your scores will ALWAYS go up a little bit!
This is just common sense. If you sit down and tank through 10 full-length practice tests, you’ll achieve a higher score. Your score won’t go up by much. Maybe 4-5 points on the actual LSAT. But it will improve.
So when a behemoth test prep company says it will “guarantee that your score will go up,” it’s like saying that they “guarantee that if you start walking, you’ll be someplace else in a few seconds.”
I routinely see my students improve their scores by 12, even 21+ points. I expect these improvements – I don’t see them as miracles because even a few practice runs with the LSAT will improve your score by 5 or so points.
When a company says it “will guarantee score improvement,” they’re not saying much. They’re relying on your ignorance of how standardized testing works and hoping you don’t know a tiny little truth:
Studying ANYTHING and in ANY WAY will improve your score a little bit. And a little bit is all you need to improve by in order for them to meet their guaranteed promise.
Here’s the thing: you shouldn’t be in the game for “a score improvement” – you should be in the game for “application-altering-slam-dunk score improvements.” Anything less, and you’re just settling.
Any amount of studying will up your score – you want to up it enough to get noticed. But when it comes to the LSAT prep industry, these watered down guarantees are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s something even more diabolical that you need to know (explained on page 2 of this guide)…
Doesn't this strike you as ridiculous?
First off, if you spend countless hours taking a course, and it doesn’t improve your scores, then why the heck would you ever want to take that course again? It’s plain crazy!
But there’s something even more questionable about this guarantee. It hopes that you don’t know a very simple fact about test prep:
No matter how horribly you study, as long as you are consistently putting in the time to study, your scores will ALWAYS go up a little bit!
This is just common sense. If you sit down and tank through 10 full-length practice tests, you’ll achieve a higher score. Your score won’t go up by much. Maybe 4-5 points on the actual LSAT. But it will improve.
So when a behemoth test prep company says it will “guarantee that your score will go up,” it’s like saying that they “guarantee that if you start walking, you’ll be someplace else in a few seconds.”
I routinely see my students improve their scores by 12, even 21+ points. I expect these improvements – I don’t see them as miracles because even a few practice runs with the LSAT will improve your score by 5 or so points.
When a company says it “will guarantee score improvement,” they’re not saying much. They’re relying on your ignorance of how standardized testing works and hoping you don’t know a tiny little truth:
Studying ANYTHING and in ANY WAY will improve your score a little bit. And a little bit is all you need to improve by in order for them to meet their guaranteed promise.
Here’s the thing: you shouldn’t be in the game for “a score improvement” – you should be in the game for “application-altering-slam-dunk score improvements.” Anything less, and you’re just settling.
Any amount of studying will up your score – you want to up it enough to get noticed. But when it comes to the LSAT prep industry, these watered down guarantees are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s something even more diabolical that you need to know (explained on page 2 of this guide)…
Section Summary: Studying in any way for any amount of time will improve your scores somewhat – this is the reason why all test prep offerings make some difference. But to get into your target schools, you will most likely need a significant improvement in your scores that goes beyond basic familiarity. If you have the time, you should learn more about my test prep programs, with average student score improvements better than any other class, tutor, or program in the world.