LSATMax & BarMaxReviews of testmaxprep.com

Only a few of the lectures have professors that can keep your attention, and the books are terrible. I know the appeal is the price and lifetime access, but don't do it to yourself. I ended up abandoning this course and taking BarBri. That's how I passed. I know two other people who ONLY took BarMax and they failed.

California Bar Prep: Poor organization and outline formatting. Videos are dry and unengaging. I passed on my first try using BarMax, but I ended up totally rewriting all of the outlines to make them coherent. Spent significantly more time than should have been necessary to effectively study for the exam due to counterintuitive design of this study material. Edit in reply: The outlines are not formatted to easily convert to memory. Bar study is just a short-term memory game, and these outlines seem more oriented in trying to educate test takers rather than quickly commit the material to memory, and assume you are going to take 3 months off to study, when that isn't realistic except for unemployed post-grads (and who can afford to be unemployed in yet another economic crisis). If you didn't learn anything in law school, these outlines might help, but as someone previously licensed in other jurisdictions and familiar with bar exams and preparation, I was disappointed. One mnemonic per subject is not helpful, and there are no mnemonics that actual get to the analysis steps necessary for essays. You will need to use your own creativity to repackage the outlines in a format that makes them easily remembered. To be fair, the outlines are excellent examples of what you might copy from a gunner 1L year.

I liked the ability to access the materials online. I, however, did not like the rude feedback that I received from some of the essay graders. The feedback in those instances were not helpful and were not insightful. Instead, the comments sought to put me down rather than lift me up with a step by step analysis of why my practice essay needed improvement. Do not waste your money! This bar prep program is far from being number one like it claims. In response to reply: I did not pass because of your service. I passed because of Mary Basick’s book and my own focus and determination. I think the fact that you posted this response reflexively, rather than trying to inquire about your grader’s exact words, should show potential customers how you approach criticism of your product. I do not mind criticism if it is instructive. I do mind criticism that does not detail how I can improve. Do not try to claim credit for my passing though. I passed despite your inferior product and not because of it.

Don't Buy Essay Grading. The lectures are essentially a reading of the provided outlines with little additional information pertaining to the exam itself. Worse, the essay grading service provides almost no feedback that can't be found in the sample answers. However, the UBE program does have a large bank of essays and MBE questions, and the multiple choice feedback is a big help. If you can access outlines, multiple choice questions, and essays elsewhere, this program probably isn't worth the cost.

No special advice for LLM