LSATMax & BarMaxReviews of testmaxprep.com

I am a Washington Law Clerk so I did not go to Law School. I worked full time and have six children, two of whom have autism and three who have ADD. When I’m home they need me. I had to attend several IEP and accommodation meetings for school for all of them, I worked full time, was a Rule 9 appearing in court, and the first night of the bar exam, my one year old got a small fever, and I was up with her all night, and the 2nd night of the test, we had to take her to the ER and I was up again all night with her (it was not serious or contagious thankfully), but she had a fever and needed rest and cuddles. I got about 3 hours of sleep both nights, and I was distracted worrying for my daughter. I was distracted during the test, but I had five hours with a Barmax Tutor, I submitted about 7 practice essays/MPTs, and I had only had about 90 intensive hours to prep for the bar (out of a recommended 400/600 hours). Barmax was on point and it helped me get the materials I needed. I ended up with a 290 which isn’t bad given all the challenges I experienced personally. I think if I had had more study time and a little less adversity on exam days, I might have done much better, but a pass is a pass, and I’m so very happy. I had several contemporaries that used a very famous Barprep company who did the 400 hours and they were overwhelmed and did not pass. I paid a fraction of the price, and passed on my first try, and was less stressed going into the exam. I explained to my tutor at Barmax what my study schedule was, and she was honest, she didn’t think I needed to do 400 hours, but thought I wasn’t going to get enough, but when I said that all I had was about 90 hours. Once she knew I couldn’t squeeze in any more studying she fully committed to my situation and helped me focus in and target the things I needed. I appreciated her honesty and her designing a plan that was perfect for me, and she supported me with what my specific needs and process were. Thank you Barmax!!!! And Thank you Melissa A (my tutor).

Very organized setup that allows you to teach yourself the material and, if need be, access live tutors to explain the material in a different way. The setup and explanation videos for the logic games were super helpful and made me feel more comfortable with that section. My favorite part was the feedback on every answer choice for the logical reasoning. There's always little tips and tricks in those explanations that help you on future questions!

I've tried several other LSAT prep programs and no one else makes the material more clear, although you still have to put in a lot of work.

So I came into LSATMax with a target score of 165, and it felt like every couple weeks the target score shot up. Ended up with a 180, starting at a 162. I can not say it was easy, but LSATMax certainly helped along the way.

I went from a 166 to a 171 in 3 months.

I enjoy the interface and the learning progression being taught. However, I have two concerns. 1. Tutoring scheduling, I was able to schedule a tutoring session with someone who had actually left LSATMax to go to law school. Despite that, they still managed to stay in the system long enough for me to schedule an appointment with them. Obviously, the session didn't happen because they were not available. I did get refunded the hour that I scheduled, but maybe you can take a closer look at at how tutors are accounted for in your system. 2. I enjoy how many PTs there are, but there's no easy way to do a blind review once I do these tests. I find blind reviews helpful, as they help me retain lessons learned from each question I review. I recommend an option for blind reviewing a finished PT be available, instead of showing the test results with all the correct answers. Overall though, this is a solid product from a UX standpoint. Thank you.

So far my experience has been a very positive one! The explanations are clear, there is enough questions to practice, and the videos are well laid out!

Overall I think it is a great program. The study calendar is helpful and I like that I can work around my schedule. Although I understand less thorough explanations as you progress I think any section (because each section is new to us that are learning) need to have at least a few questions that outline all of the answers choices and the why's and why nots. The further I get down the study calendar the more the explanations become a "answer choice A" is the right answer and lets move on. The only other hindrance for me is the office hour lectures are in a different time zone so the times available for me for live sessions is limited with it being pretty much the same times every day.