About Maya Maltez
Maya started her LSAT tutoring practice after scoring a 178 on the LSAT in 2025. Originally from New Jersey, she is now a J.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School after graduating magna cum laude from George Washington University.
Outside of academics or work, Maya is an avid boxer and runner. She loves fiction books (ask about Fourth Wing or Project Hail Mary) and public speaking (she’s a 6x award winner in collegiate mock trial competitions). Before law school, Maya worked as both a preschool and middle school teacher, where she first developed a passion for teaching. This is why LSAT tutoring and admissions coaching felt like a natural next step to take. Breaking down difficult concepts to others and using the style of learning that each person learns best with is a tool that any good tutor or teacher should have under their belt.
Starting from a 151 diagnostic in May 2025, Maya spent six months slowly improving through consistent daily practice. She was not naturally good at the LSAT, and the process was just as difficult for her as it is for most students, but over time she collected new ideas, resources, and advice that helped her develop the approach that eventually earned her a 178.
Obviously, New Jersey is the best of the three.
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LSAT Demon. It’s a fairly priced prep company, and it was the main outside resource Maya used while studying for the LSAT. Their approach to the test and the platform itself are both far more useful and straightforward than most other prep services.
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Generally, 5+ months. This assumes you can commit an hour a day consistently to the LSAT. If you cannot find time to study every day or are unwilling to put in that much work, the timeline would likely extend to 7-8 months.
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Most LSAT students benefit from personalized support. It can be very difficult to figure out on your own what mistakes you are consistently making, how much you should be studying, or what you should even focus on from week to week. A tutor helps remove that guesswork so your study time is actually productive and you stop repeating the same mistakes.
If you are worried about the cost of private tutoring, that concern is completely understandable. But the LSAT can have a major financial impact on your admissions cycle. At many schools, a higher LSAT score can be the difference between paying close to full tuition and receiving a large scholarship.
Frequently Asked Questions
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There is a contact form directly on this website, or students can email mayamaltez04@gmail.com with any LSAT questions, law school admissions questions, or good Philly food recommendations!
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Great question. If you wanted to learn how to play soccer, you probably would not start by reading a 400-page textbook about soccer theory. You would go kick a soccer ball around until the game started to make sense. The LSAT works similarly.
The best way to learn the LSAT from scratch is usually through untimed practice and deep review of your mistakes. That process helps students understand how the test thinks, what the questions are actually asking for, and what patterns keep showing up over and over again.
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Law schools don’t care if you were busy and couldn’t study; all they see is your score. A huge part of the LSAT process is building discipline and consistency, because law school is going to demand the exact same thing from you.
Find an hour somewhere in your day. Wake up an hour earlier, study after work, or split it into two 30-minute blocks if you need to. Most people have the time, they just do not always use it well. Consistent studying beats random 6-hour panic sessions every single time.