“My kids all self-prepped SATs with great results…for a good and motivated student, it seems to be the best method.”
I walked into the SAT without studying and got a nearly perfect score, but I studied hard for the LSAT and wish I had studied more. Different ball game.
Best bet? Have her go to a Kaplan test prep thing where you take a full-length, timed LSAT. Then the score she gets on that is used for her “high score guarantee,” so if she doesn’t beat it on the actual LSAT, she gets her money back. Then take a course or get tutoring, take as many timed tests as possible, and re-take in June.
Endurance could be the issue, or it could be that the LSAT is really time crunched and it’s tempting to give yourself a little extra time. But I would suggest that a student who can’t make it through the LSAT needs to learn how to take a long test before her entire semester grade is based on those tests in law school.