Why We Are the Best

The TestMasters LSAT Course consists of 80 hours of live, in-class instruction. The LSAT is a challenging exam, and mastering it requires a considerable investment of time. In class we thoroughly cover every concept, method, and strategy that is relevant to the LSAT, and this would not be possible if our course consisted of fewer hours. The large amount of class time also enables our instructors to get to know their students personally and provide them with specific help. Furthermore, since each individual class meets for four hours, TestMasters students develop the mental stamina necessary to maintain concentration on the day of the real exam.

Companies that charge over $1000 for LSAT courses that consist of a small number of lecture hours are shortchanging the students who enroll in their courses. For example, Kaplan charges $1299 for its standard 36-hour LSAT course. Short courses like these do not provide instructors with enough time to convey all of the information that LSAT students need to know. As a result, some of the most important LSAT concepts must be taught either in a cursory manner or not at all. Students who undergo this type of incomplete preparation find themselves at a disadvantage when competing with students who are fully acquainted with all of the concepts underlying the LSAT.

So why do other LSAT preparation companies offer fewer hours of live instruction? We can think of several different reasons. First of all, long LSAT courses are more costly to run than short ones. Instructors must be compensated for teaching more hours, students must be provided with a larger amount of course material, and additional classroom space must be secured. These costs create a strong incentive for companies to keep the number of lecture hours in their courses to a minimum. Secondly, offering the kind of academic program that TestMasters offers requires a long-term commitment to customer service. Some of our smaller competitors do not have the human resources to make this commitment. Finally, the courses offered by most of our competitors are based on analyses of the LSAT that are largely superficial. Such analyses do not focus on the principles of logic that form the core of the exam and consequently do not yield the intellectual content to merit a lengthy course.

It is important to note that the 80 hours of live instruction offered by TestMasters does not include diagnostic testing time. TestMasters students take four, full-length proctored diagnostic tests in addition to the 80 hours of class that they attend. Some of our competitors attempt to mislead potential customers by including diagnostic testing time in their advertised number of course hours. When comparing LSAT courses, students should be aware of the distinction between class time spent on diagnostic testing and class time dedicated to live instruction.