Princeton Review v Powerscore Forum

[jng]

I'm trying to decide on a prep course to take and it's currently between Princeton Review in person and Powerscore online.

The Princeton Review ends about a week before the Sept LSAT and the Powerscore one about a month before. I'm already studying off Powerscore Bibles and the Princeton Prep won't begin till the beginning of July - will the prep course be useless then because I'll have gone over most of what they'll be teaching?

Should I just enroll in the Powerscore one since I'm studying now and the month gap between Powerscore ending and the LSAT will just be drilling prep tests.

[lymenheimer]

Powerscore online.

Don't do Princeton Review. They make up their own questions which is not very helpful when studying for the LSAT.

[Barack O'Drama]

I'm trying to decide on a prep course to take and it's currently between Princeton Review in person and Powerscore online.

The Princeton Review ends about a week before the Sept LSAT and the Powerscore one about a month before. I'm already studying off Powerscore Bibles and the Princeton Prep won't begin till the beginning of July - will the prep course be useless then because I'll have gone over most of what they'll be teaching?

Should I just enroll in the Powerscore one since I'm studying now and the month gap between Powerscore ending and the LSAT will just be drilling prep tests.

I have not heard many good things about the Princeton review course. Powerscore is almost certainly better from what I have heard. Blueprint and Testmasters are courses I have heard good things about. I sat in on a Blueprint course last year when I was thinking of taking the LSAT in undergrad and it seemed really legit. If I had the money I'd probably have gone with BP. Just my .02

[jng]

Or Kaplan online is also an option for me.

[lymenheimer]

Or Kaplan online is also an option for me.

Kaplan is slightly better than PR, in that they use actual LSAT questions.

[jng]

But overall, I should be looking into Powerscore?

[lymenheimer]

Or any of the other recommended classes/methods in this subofurm.

[daisrt]

But overall, I should be looking into Powerscore?

Is there any reason your options are limited to those two? I would recommend Testmasters or Blueprint for someone trying hit the mid/high 160's and above.

[jng]

Are BP and Testmasters live online courses or pre-recorded?

[potus]

Are BP and Testmasters live online courses or pre-recorded?

The BP online course I took was pre-recorded.

[daisrt]

Are BP and Testmasters live online courses or pre-recorded?

Pre-recorded, which in my book is a big plus.

[RED&BLACK]

Op, I'm trying to decided between the two you listed as well. I took a Kaplan GRE prep course-- loved the QuizBank (several thousand questions that allows you to test question type and difficulty at your own pace), but hated the course overall.

[JazzOne]

Powerscore online.

Don't do Princeton Review. They make up their own questions which is not very helpful when studying for the LSAT.

I am a former PR teacher, and this is completely inaccurate. PR might use fabricated questions for its retail books, but the questions in the course books are licensed directly from LSAC.

Having said that, don't go with PR unless you know the teacher is a local all star. PR has a high turnover, so you could get stuck with an inexperienced or poor instructor. My take on test prep companies is that the bigger companies sell the worst courses. Kaplan is the largest test prep company, with PR number 2. Stay away from both.

I was one of the few PR teachers who stayed more than a few years. The company eventually pushed me out because the students liked me too much, which was undermining PR's credibility (that was the actual explanation given by my supervisor, the 3rd or 4th supervisor I had during my time with the company).

[Alive97]

Personally if I were you I would save $1000 and just self-study. In my experience that was the better option. I took a Kaplan course and took the LSAT in 2009, and took it again in 2016 with self-study. I was doing better on PTs with the self-study. I found the advantage was I could individualize my study path, and just work on my own areas for improvement. I didn't get much out of listening to a teacher say the same things I could read in a prep book.