Aaron Siegel
University of Michigan
Before TestMasters: 149
After TestMasters: 165
“Coming into my LSAT prep I honestly knew very little about the format of the test, only that it was a very important part of a law school resume and that I wanted to do well. I knew that there was reading comprehension but knew nothing of the logical reasoning type questions. I signed up with TestMasters based on the recommendation of three friends who had previously taken the TestMasters course and had nothing but good things to say about the class. While I expected to do better on the first diagnostic, I was not disappointed with my score (149) because I knew we had learned no strategies or ideas yet and had a feeling that the questions were very learnable.
Once the class began I immediately saw personal improvement. Studying for the LSAT was truly a brand new way of thinking but one that TestMasters was clearly prepared to teach. Aside from being an expert on all of the sections, my teacher was clearly very knowledgeable about many other LSAT related topics. These included more general test-taking strategies (slow down, relax, read carefully, etc.) and perspective on the importance of this test, whether or not to retake, etc. I felt that this was a very valuable part of the class as well and I credit him for that.
Without the unique TestMasters strategy for logical reasoning, I am confident I would not have achieved a desirable score increase. By dividing all of the LR questions up into different types, it allowed me to pinpoint exactly what kinds of questions I was repeatedly getting wrong and practice those questions over and over again until I began to increase my percentage of right answers. Also, by providing the approximate percentages that each question type is used on the LSAT, TestMasters really showed the students what types were the most valuable to learn. Another positive aspect of the class was the order in which the LR questions were taught, allowing the students to build upon their skills and use similar strategies for different types of questions. After getting anywhere from 9 to 12 wrong on every LR section at the beginning of the course, I was down to 3 or 4 by the end of the class (-4 and -5 on the real LSAT). Since LR questions make up the largest percentage of the test this improvement was obviously vital.
Overall, I found the class to be an excellent experience. While the class and materials were great, the confidence that my TestMasters course gave me may actually have been its most valuable part. I could not have been more prepared.”