Have you taken the LSATs? How did you do? How did you study?
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I bought one test-prep book from each of the major companies and did self-study, because I was low on funds at the time. If you devote a few hours a day to learning and practicing sample problems, you should do fine. I got a 167 and got a scholarship at a top-tier law school. Make sure you try all the different methods available and figure out which ones work best for you – many of the books out there will give you questions geared toward their methods alone. Also, work on timing, timing, timing. Finishing the questions and knowing when to move on from the longer ones is half the battle.
I also taught for one of the major companies for a while, and while I think the course was helpful for some, the biggest thing it did was motivate people to study what they could have studied on their own anyway. So if you can motivate yourself and set a schedule (maybe with friends?), you don’t need to pay the big money for the big programs.
Check out these websites for prices and schedules:
http://www.princetonreview.com/law/testprep/testprep.asp?TPRPAGE=5
http://www.getprepped.com/competitors.html
Also since you are thinking of applying to law school, check out this website for useful application information:
www.forpeopleofcolor.org