Loophole Online and Elemental Prep have collected 502 student testimonials across Amazon book reviews, Reddit posts, TikTok, direct emails, onboarding calls, and live tutoring — including 26 students who scored 175 or higher on the LSAT.

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500+ student testimonials and counting

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Every quote here is real. They come from everywhere — verified Amazon reviews of The Loophole, Reddit threads, TikTok creators, late-night emails sent the day after a student opened their score report, onboarding calls with brand-new students, and Ellen’s own tutoring students at Elemental Prep. We pulled them all into one place. The volume is the point.

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500+
All reviews
139
Featured Amazon reviews
66
Tutoring testimonials
26
175+ scorers
Sara179
Tutoring
“Mentoring! I never thought this would be my favorite part, but the relationships I've built during mentoring have been so valuable (having a community during LSAT prep is so important!), and I've learned just how much I enjoy teaching.”
Ziyah
Email
“I love everything about the way you've set up this book; I can tell you have a beautiful heart.”
Mark
Email
“I really like the CLIR and loophole approach.”
Nira
Amazon
“This book and the methodologies in it drastically increased my LR score and demonstrably changed my law school prospects. Before I started prepping, I thought I would be heading to a law school ranked in the 50s, best case scenario. I am now at a T10 law school.”
Sarah J.170
Tutoring
“I think my favorite part of working with Ellen were the conversations that we had in between talking about the LSAT. I've worked with tutors who are focused solely on the LSAT during the entire two-hour session, and it can feel awkward. It's also hard to be vulnerable with a tutor like that.”
DrD
Amazon
“Ellen's perspectives are fresh, efficient, and effective.”
Anonymous
Amazon
“Great introduction to the reasoning section.”
Lena
Onboarding
“When your program came out — the videos — amazing videos.”
Joojookachootrain
Reddit
“I went from a 141 to 162 to 172! The tutoring is incredibly helpful.”
Nora
Email
“Love your vibes and energy -- I feel like your prep will truly speak to me better.”
sushicarton
Reddit
“Loophole! I started with the trainer, but the loophole improved my score significantly.”
Olivia178
Slack
“Okay hi everyone! My names Olivia and I've been with Elemental since May! I took the October test and scored a 178 which is so totally never what I thought I could do so I figured would share some thoughts + hope with everyone else!!”
MiniJoules
Reddit
“The loophole gave me skills that I use when evaluating stuff. I really liked it.”
Demosthenes
Amazon
“The best LR prep book on the market.”
Brandi
Amazon
“The first 20 days of studying, I improved my LSAT test score from a 147 to a 154.”
trirarworchcanemimy
Reddit
“Complete this book. Will give you excellent mental models to quickly narrow down answers.”
Sofiane174
Slack
“Hello everyone, I honestly thought the day I would write such a post would never come, but I am happy to share with you all that I scored a 174 on the September LSAT.”
Even-Money3859
Reddit
“The Loophole is leagues and bounds greater than 7Sage (for me at least).”
sharon-cake
Reddit
“The CLIR method has changed the LR game for me! I went from -3 to -6 per section to consistently -0 to -3.”
Alexa172
Tutoring
“*Score journey: 159 to 172* Working with Elemental Prep was easily the best decision I made in my LSAT journey. I first decided to sign up for an Elemental Tutor after receiving a discouraging score on my second LSAT.”
Margaret172
Tutoring
“The LSAT was the first academic hurdle that seemed impossible for me to get over. I couldn't figure out how my friends and other people on the internet were doing well on this exam. I self-studied on and off for four years and couldn't sit down to take a practice test without crying.”
Casey
Amazon
“Ellen has the gift to break down the art of the LSAT.”
Carmela
Amazon
“None compare to Ellen's.”
Mindy
Email
“I often felt like other test materials were implicitly brushing me off when I didn't understand answers or why I'd missed a question, and often had awkward or forced understandings of the LSAT, whereas your book felt like you'd engaged deeply with the test & students' challenges and stucknesses to offer strategies, frameworks, and common failure modes.”
Anonymous
Reddit
“Holy wow I recommend this book on everything. Rewiring my brain.”
LSATfiend
Reddit
“The trainer was not much help on LR. The loophole was a game changer.”
A. Haghgoo
Amazon
“Ellen and The Loophole are helpful on two levels. On the first level she can help you sharpen your reading scalpel to look at the different ways one can dissect any stimulus which other reviewers have alluded to in their reviews.”
Eun Ji172
Tutoring
“I studied for the LSAT for 8 months with a booklet by question types, color-coding every concept in 7 different colors. I had several eureka moments while I analyzed those and I thought I had mastered the LSAT. I even told my parents and friends that I wanted to teach the LSAT.”
bookbird1995
Amazon
“This is the best LSAT book I found BY FAR. Get it!!! I'm so grateful to have found it. I studied for 3-4 months using other materials and found that the more I studied, the worse my score got?? This was confusing and demoralizing, and I was considering canceling my scheduled test.”
Zack
Onboarding
“I like that it's bite-sized, if that makes sense.”

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Meet Ellen Cassidy.

Ellen wrote the book — literally. The Loophole in LSAT Logical Reasoning is recommended across r/LSAT and has shipped tens of thousands of copies.


But Ellen isn't just an author. She still tutors students 4-10 hours a day — but there's only one of her. She built Loophole Online so every student could get her complete methodology, not just the few who can book her calendar. Same strategies, same frameworks, same results — now at scale.

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