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I'd like to prepare for the LSAT with the hope of getting a sufficiently good score to get a job at Testmasters or Blueprint. I have two main questions:

1. If I know I will never apply to law school and am taking the LSAT purely so I can teach it, can I just skip the essay?

2. I'd like to save up enough money from such a job to start my own non-LSAT-related tutoring company and would also like to do non-LSAT tutoring on the side. How strict are the non-compete agreements? Would they be a significant impediment to my plans?

1. Write the essay anyway. If you're good enough to teach, your off-the-cuff essay will be good enough to be useful. I occasionally showed students mine to give them an example of what admissions officers would see. It's 35 minutes, and you'll have it forever.

2. You'll have to check with each company. And also state law. For instance, California generally bans non-competes. Each company will have different language. You'll want to find out what it says in terms of prohibited activities, and length of time after employment, or whether it terminates with the end of employment.

If you're in a major city, you can also find tutoring students independently.

You need a lot more than a good score to teach for either. It will work in your favor that your not a pre law student though. Many, if not most, of the people at BP/Manhattan etc have been there 5+ years. Especially I'm bigger cities turnover is inconsistent. If you're willing to move anywhere you'll have a better shot, but still not a good one, even with a 180. And forget the whole thing if you're not outgoing/personable/confident etc with experience teaching something and also a really good public speaker.