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The LSAT is the bane of every up-and-coming lawyer's existence. Some cave under the pressure of having to do well: I mean your future depends on it. It's no secret that the LSAT's importance outweighs that of GPA at many institutions, and it's sometimes possible to "make up" for a crappy GPA with a stellar LSAT score.

This...did not happen to me. I will admit my score was pretty meh, but I still managed to receive a full scholarship to a Tier 2 school. If I'd studied more diligently and without complications from my migraine disorder, I may have scored higher, but I'm not complaining. I feel lucky that I scored as high as I did despite many complications. 

Here's how I studied and what I would and would not recommend:

September 2016:

I couldn't afford a tutor or a prep program so I studied with cheap or free materials. I bought a 3 month prep schedule from LawSchooli and used free materials from the site and the recommended PrepTest books. I also used the Logic Games walk-through videos from 7Sage. I read a lot of articles I found on Pinterest as well. 

The Prep Schedule was okay for keeping me on-task, but the suggested PrepTests were pretty old and the test has evolved a lot since then - Games especially. I think this is a big part of why I had been scoring in the 160s on PrepTests but ended up with a more average score. The Games explanations on 7Sage were a HUGE help! I recommend them to everyone taking the LSAT. JY explains things in a very easy-to-follow way that really improved my scores on Games. 

December 2016:

I knew I could score higher if I took the exam again, so I took the risk of a 2nd go around. This time, I upped my game and splurged a little bit on the 3 month program from 7Sage. I like JY's explanations so much that I put my full faith in his program and really went for it. I studied like crazy in between school work and other obligations and scored 3 points higher on this LSAT, which likely made a large influence on my current scholarship. 

I LOVED the 7Sage program. It's a lot of material to cover, but if you schedule it in every day it's very doable. It's way less expensive than some other programs and it felt effective for me. My only regret is that I didn't use 7Sage from the beginning.

What is your favorite LSAT study program? 

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