AdeptLRReviews of adeptlr.com

Good service could use a few enhancements to make it even better and remove technically difficulties

AdeptLR was a great tool for my LSAT learning experience and helped save a lot of time. Their customer service is also excellent.

This helped me to drill areas I was weak on and improve!

Helped me improve my score from a 158-169

Good product. Responsive customer support. Would recommend.

First, to preface, I am approaching this from my perspective as a tutor, not as a student (I can't compare platforms from a student perspective; I only used one.) I suspect that a platform's performance for a tutor applies to students, but one should judge that for themselves. I have a little over one year of tutoring the LSAT to students, working with a variety of platforms. I have no experience in data science, statistics, or algorithms. Data-wise, for my purposes, Adept’s data and presentation are better than other leading platforms. I have two main reasons for believing this. The data on “average time” per question type is invaluable; tutoring students using platforms without this is rather frustrating. The main barrier to doing well on the LSAT for many people is time, and platforms that only provide data on accuracy by question type are markedly inferior. If John has ~80% accuracy on level 3 strengthen and flaw questions but tends to spend twice the amount of time on flaw questions, it should go without saying that such is crucial information. Having to parse this out can be a pain with students who meet less frequently, amidst all the other variables I am trying to analyze. Platforms lacking this feature result in a much greater time commitment on my end to achieve anything remotely close to the same level of understanding of the student's strengths/weaknesses. This then takes me longer to properly revise the timeline in the transition towards test day, regarding the evolving ratio of drills: timed sections: full PTs. Anecdotally, perfecting that transition plays a big role in maximizing students' scores, especially with a deadline. This is much more difficult without question-type timing data. My second point, which is lesser but still relevant, refers to the presentation of the data. I urge everyone to decide for themselves, but I would be surprised to see dissent regarding how data on adept is easy to take in and quickly note. It is the correct degree of thoroughness (question type, what I refer to as sample size, accuracy, and average time). Certain other platforms' UI can be a headache... why the shapes? Please just convey the basics in the simplest manner! As to the algorithm, there are a few advantages that I have noticed compared to other similar platforms. To be concise, their adaptive algorithm is actually good. I will recommend it to students—something I am very hesitant to do—I prefer not to adopt responsibility for something I don’t have control over. It is obviously not perfect, and I prefer engineering drills myself to test specific concepts. This is platform-dependent, but from my perspective, most “AI” drilling is hard to distinguish from a random question generator, beyond question types. I generally do not notice any consistent patterns in the question selection that are beneficial to the students, whereas I can notice such with Adept. To be clear, I will generally recommend getting a deep enough understanding of the exam to understand best drilling practices on their own. However, if one is a. Newer to studying or b. Does not have the time to do so or c. Is not in a place to pay someone else to do so, the adaptive algorithm is probably the best alternative. I wish I remotely understood how algorithms worked so I could attempt something of an explanation, but the best I can do is share my observations. Each LSAT question involves different concepts or variables. For example, some have “part vs whole” involved, some have an intermediate conclusion, some involve percentages, etc. With Adept, on average, I have seen students who make mistakes with certain concepts get assigned questions that touch on those concepts more consistently than other platforms. This is the basis on which I conclude the algorithm is better. Always be skeptical of any one person’s observation; please experiment with different platforms and come to your own conclusions.

There's a host of resources for LSAT students, which often times creates a barrier for students starting their journey. AdeptLR, however, takes a no-frills approach. In my experience, its a very complex tool designed to make studying simple; Drill easier questions, review, drill harder question, and review! I can admit its not going to hold your hand, but if you're willing to keep reviewing, you'll find yourself scoring better and better as the drilling tool adapts.

Customer service responsive and reasonable with any concerns regarding subscriition. Product is easy to use for LR and good for tracking/drilling question types.