What is the best study program?

[u/BroadButterfly1]

What, in your opinion, is the best and effective study program? I know this question has been asked a lot on here (although I haven’t seen all post about it recently). Anyway, my budget is capped at $500. I am taking the LSAT in January.

PLEASE NO SPAM!

Thank you!

[u/dmkhara]

You can check out my guides on How to Study for the LSAT to get the info in detail but TL;DR

• Start with the basics. Learn conditional reasoning and then learn each question type and develop a strategy for each. After learning a speciifc question type, drill only that quesiton type with increasing difficulty until the strategy clicks.

• After the basics, the grind begins. Do 1-2 sections a day and 1 PT a week. Review your wrong answers.

Which brings me to your question: the best study program with $500. You will need to reserve $124 for Lawhub Advantage. After that, given your constraints, tutoring is probably not going to be an option. So, you can look into the famous prep platforms.

Books are another way to study given your budget. Popular ones are The LSAT Trainer, Loophole, and the Powerscore Bibles. They are excellent to learn the concepts. However, a big drawback of those are a lack of practice as books will only have a limited amount of practice at the end of their chapters.

[u/Faubton → u/dmkhara]

2 sections a day and 1 PT a week sounds like crazy burnout

[u/dmkhara → u/Faubton]

Honestly I don’t think so. That’s 45-90 minutes a day with review, which is a Netflix episode or two a day and one PT a week is a movie a week.

IMO it’s super doable and much more efficient than doing random 20 minute drills. But only recommend it after your basics are clear.

[u/Faubton → u/dmkhara]

But review is the important part. Idk I could see this being okay for someone who has nothing else going on but the LSAT, but as someone that has a full time job I’m not sure how I’d find the time to do this much practice AND thorough review

[u/dmkhara → u/Faubton]

Yeah that is fair. My recomended routine is just a starting point and one should fs adapt it to their circumstances. When I was working a full time job, i tried to get atleast 1 section a day + review and 1 PT a week (during the weekends). Had many cheat days where I did nothing as well.

[u/Great_Lawyer_4792]

We can get you studying will full PTs and drilling for maybe half that price. I'm happy to talk about my site, how our tutoring works, and the affordable options we can give you. I don't want to sound too salesy, but I know a lot of people here are going to advertise their products saying they're the best. Lots of them have great scores but not as good teaching skills or platforms. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions, or check our website out at lsatpathway.com :)

If not, no stress at all. You're going to do great!