What To Do Before Your First LSAT Class Session

Excited to dive into your Blueprint LSAT prep before your first class? Good news — you don't have to wait. Here's what to do in the meantime.

Go to the Exams tab in your student account and start your first exam. Block out about 2.5 hours (under standard timing) — this is a real, previously released LSAC PrepTest, not a simulation.

Expect it to feel hard. That's normal, and it's exactly why you're here. Don't worry about your score: this is a diagnosis of where you stand today, not a prediction of where you'll land on test day. It also generates your first data points for personalized QBank practice.

Each lesson includes short videos and quizzes ("modules") to complete before class. They won't give you full mastery of a concept, but they'll get you familiar enough that you can dive straight into practice once class starts — Blueprint LSAT classes are hands-on workshops, not lectures.

Go to your Study Plan tab and complete all modules under Lesson 1. You'll also start to see how they connect to what you saw on your diagnostic.

Spend a few minutes clicking around your account. You'll find an interactive calendar in your Study Plan (drag and drop assignments), a Lessons Learned Journal for tracking and fixing mistakes, and the QBank, where you'll build most of your LSAT skills.

Beyond your 2.5-hour live lessons, your enrollment includes "Office Hours" — live 2-hour sessions, run 6 days a week, where an instructor leads a topic discussion followed by guided practice on real LSAT questions.

A few good ones for beginners, before your course starts:

Find them under the Live tab. Filter by "Office Hours" under Type, and by instructor if you want to preview your own teacher's style. You can register for upcoming sessions or watch past recordings — live is better when your schedule allows, since you can ask questions in real time.

Your diagnostic score doesn't matter — what matters is building the habit of turning mistakes into learning. Read our blog on how to review a practice exam, and log your first entries in your Lessons Learned Journal.

Most concepts will still be unfamiliar, and that's fine — focus on the Blueprint methodology behind each explanation rather than the individual questions. You can revisit this exam after a couple of lessons, once you've learned the basics of breaking down LR arguments and tagging RC passages.

Join the Blueprint LSAT Community to connect with other students. Once your class starts, you'll also get access to a class-specific channel.

Once class starts, you'll have homework, practice tests, and review on top of your live sessions — and what you get out of it depends on what you put in. Let the people in your life know now that you may need to skip some plans over the next few months. It's temporary, and they'll understand once they see what you're working toward.

Thanks for choosing Blueprint — happy LSAT'ing!