Apply Like You Mean It (Ep. 529)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Nathan explain why applying broadly maximizes admissions and scholarship opportunities. They advise students to consider waiting another cycle to submit the strongest application possible.
Also in this episode:
- An Ask-button question about reading each passage thoroughly
- Ben and Nathan’s take on law school applications that ask where else you’ve applied
- Advice on whether to waive your right to view letters of recommendation
Links Mentioned:
Register for the Los Angeles LSAC Forum: http://lsac.org/lawschoolforums
Watch Episode 529 on YouTube
Check out all of our “What’s the Deal With” segments.
Get caught up with our Word of the Week library.
0:30 - Reading Every Passage Thoroughly
7:26 - “Where Have You Applied?” on Law School Apps
10:18 - Is It Still Worth Applying?
23:16 - Tips from Departing Demons
24:53 - To Waive, or Not to Waive
30:00 - What’s the Deal with Santa Clara Law?
51:02 - Personal Statement Gong Show
1:14:38 - Word of the Week - Guffaw
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to just be like, yeah, uh-huh, I know. |
| 0:02.9 | It really is that easy. |
| 0:04.7 | You read it carefully. |
| 0:05.8 | You realized there was only one answer that answered the question. |
| 0:09.5 | That's what we're all about. |
| 0:17.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 529 of the Thinking Elseap podcast. I'm Ben Olson. With me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:25.0 | We're the co-founders of Elsaddemon.com and the Elsaid Demon Daily podcast. The first agenda item today is reading every passage thoroughly. |
| 0:34.7 | This was a question that was sent in to the ask button from Curvins. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah, Curvins, a current student in our live classes. I've seen Curvins a time or three in my |
| 0:45.4 | classes. So this was the question that he sent in. The advice of Ben, Nathan, and a couple of other |
| 0:51.5 | tutors to answer every question precisely and read every passage |
| 0:56.0 | until you have a thorough understanding has to be lunacy question mark. When I attempt this |
| 1:03.8 | method, I finish no more than 12 or 13 questions per passage, and I'm left guessing, and he |
| 1:09.2 | means section there, 12 or 13 questions per section, and I'm left guessing, and he means section there, 12 or 13 questions per section, |
| 1:12.8 | and I'm left guessing the rest of the way. Can they further elaborate on this during their next |
| 1:18.7 | Elset Demon podcast or in some video? Yes, we sure can't. Well, we're doing it on the Thinking |
| 1:23.8 | Elset podcast, Kerbans, but hopefully you will hear this. Ben, you want to tell Curvins what's up? |
| 1:29.9 | Yeah, well, there's a couple things I want to say, Curvins. One, it is true that when you slow down |
| 1:37.9 | to understand the passage precisely, the question precisely, and the answer choices, which you actually don't need to |
| 1:46.9 | slow down as much for. But when you slow down to understand the passage and the question, |
| 1:52.3 | a lot of people end up doing fewer questions. But that's not because we want you to end there, |
| 1:59.5 | but that is the place. |
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