From diagnostic to study plan: how it works

Most prep starts with a generic schedule. LSATPathway starts with a measurement: take a diagnostic, and your study plan is built from what it shows. This page walks through each step — what you take, what you get back, and how it changes what you study first.

Every number in the example below is illustrative. It is not a real student's result.

Step 1 — Take the diagnostic

Two forms, both free the first time, no credit card required:

The full diagnostic: a complete practice test — 2 Logical Reasoning sections of 25 questions, a Reading Comprehension section of 4 passages, and 1 experimental section, about 3 hours under real test conditions.
The quick diagnostic: 24 Logical Reasoning questions and 12 Reading Comprehension questions, about 1 hour, for a rough estimate.

You can also skip the diagnostic and start with lessons. It stays on your dashboard whenever you want it.

One thing to know before you start: the diagnostic is built from our original LSAT-style questions, not licensed LSAC material. Your result is a starting estimate, not an official score.

Step 2 — Read what comes back

You get a score estimate on the 120–180 scale, your accuracy by section, and your accuracy by question type. The result page says it in plain sentences. An illustrative example:

"LR was your toughest section: 28 of 50 correct (56%). Week 1 of your plan opens with your weakest question types."
"RC was your strongest section at 70%. Your plan keeps it warm while you close the LR gap."
"Necessary Assumption was your lowest LR question type at 40% (4 of 10). That is where focused drills pay off fastest."

If you left questions unanswered, the result says so, and how many — unanswered questions are a pacing problem, and the plan treats them differently from wrong answers.

Step 3 — Week 1 opens with your weakest types

Your study plan is generated from those results — it is not the same plan everyone gets. Week 1 opens with your weakest question types, in lessons and drills, while your stronger areas are kept warm instead of re-taught. The first week of the plan is free, on the Starter plan. The full plan — every week unlocked — is part of Self-Study.

Step 4 — Do today's work

Your dashboard shows one screen for today's work: what to study, what is due for review, and how your score is trending. Recommended drills pick 10 questions at a time — about 60% from your weakest question types, plus the types you have not drilled recently. Drills are untimed while you are learning a type. Timed sections and full tests come when your accuracy is ready for the clock — and every test can also be taken untimed.

Step 5 — Review closes the loop

Missed questions come back as spaced review until they are clean. Your accuracy by type updates as you work, and your recommendations update with it — a type stops being "weakest" when your results say it is. When you retake a diagnostic or a full test, you measure against your baseline, not against a generic curve.

What this is not

It is not a prediction. A diagnostic estimate from original questions tells you where to work; only official PrepTests calibrate an official score.
It is not a tutor-built plan. The plan is generated from your diagnostic and your accuracy as you study. If you want a person reading your work, that is what 1:1 tutoring is for — $70 an hour, no membership required.

Start with the free diagnostic.

Last updated October 20, 2026