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Hey,
I took the LSATs a while back (I'm studying for the bar now). I did the Princeton Review before I took it and I liked it very much. My score was high to begin with but it did help me raise it to my goal. They explained how to answer the "games" sections, which most people find the hardest. I think you get more benefit if you take the in person course and you have an actual person to talk to if you get stressed out, don't understand something, or have concerns.
The truth is you probably can do just as well or almost as well with the PR or Kaplan books, etc. But going to the class forces you to do the drills and stuff. I personally probably wouldn't have had the discipline.
Also, a lot of doing well on the LSATs is mental. Law schools are picky and they do not just take your highest LSAT score (like colleges do with the SATs). If you do poorly, you don't get an automatic "do over." (Most law schools, particularly the more selective ones, average your LSAT scores together if you take it more than once) That can be kind of nerve-racking. When I actually went to take it, I opened up the test book and for a second I was freaked out. But then, I was like "Hey! I just did every LSAT for the last 10 years in Princeton Review. I can handle this." That feeling, for me, was worth the financial sacrifices I had to make to afford the course.
I would take a practice test and see how you do. Compare your score to the admissions numbers of the schools you are looking at and then decide.
Good Luck
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