Are You Ready to Take the LSAT? (Ep. 417)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
With the deadline to register for the October LSAT only days away, Nathan and Ben share some advice to students who are on the fence about registering. Simply put, your recent practice test scores will tell you whether you’re ready to take the test. The guys also consider what a “reasonable” price for law school would be, discuss how best to negotiate law school scholarships, and uncover a pearl of wisdom regarding Main Point questions in RC.
2:20 - October LSAT Registration - Nathan and Ben counsel LSAT Demon student Nafosat on whether she’s ready to register for the October LSAT.
7:25 - U. Chicago Settlement - Ben and Nathan comment on a recent Reuters article about alleged price fixing by elite U.S. colleges and universities. The guys remind applicants that law schools are in it for the money.
14:24 - Don’t Pay for Prestige - An anonymous listener asks whether it’s reasonable to pay $40k annual tuition to attend an elite law school. Nathan and Ben discourage listeners from paying for “prestige.”
20:18 - Negotiating Scholarships -
Listener Perrin asks how to negotiate law school scholarships. Ben and Nathan recommend applying broadly to discover your value in the marketplace, then using better offers as bargaining chips.
LSAT Demon Daily, Ep. 163: How to Negotiate Law School Scholarships
24:51 - Saving Practice Tests - Ben and Nathan assure students that there’s no need to save newer practice tests for later.
25:32 - Pearls vs. Turds - LSAT Demon team member Elizabeth suggests a fun way to judge Main Point answer choices in Reading Comprehension.
28:51 - Personal Statement Topic - “I’m boring,” laments an anonymous LSAT Demon student struggling to pick a personal statement topic. Nathan and Ben encourage Anonymous to write about a work experience that showcases their work ethic and problem-solving skills.
32:22 - Focus on Accuracy - Listener Mason feels discouraged because he’s still scoring -10 in Logical Reasoning. Ben and Nathan instruct Mason to slow down and focus on accuracy.
35:43 - Test Limit Exemptions - When requesting an exception to LSAC’s limits on repeating the LSAT, it’s not enough to cite “underperformance” on official tests. Nathan and Ben consider the sorts of extenuating circumstances that might qualify for an exemption from the five-test limit.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 417 of the Thinking Elsat podcast. I'm Nathan Fox. With me as Ben Olson, we are the co-founder of the co-founder of Elsat Podcastsat Podcast. I'm Nathan Fox. With me as Ben Olson. |
| 0:12.8 | We are the co-founders of El-Sat Demon.com and the El-Sat Demon Daily Podcast. |
| 0:17.6 | You can be El-Sat famous, share news, and ask questions on our website, thinking El-Sat. |
| 0:22.3 | com. On on Thursday September 14th at 5 p.m. |
| 0:26.6 | Pacific 8 p.m. Eastern I am teaching a free class it's the class that I teach every |
| 0:31.6 | Thursday evening for L-at Demon Live subscribers and this one is going to be open to everybody. |
| 0:38.4 | All you need is an Elsat Demon free account. Go to L.sat-D-M-Sat-D-M-N-Free, if you would like to get information and register for that class. |
| 0:49.6 | Again, it's Thursday, September 14th, 5 p.m, 8 PM Eastern, a free two-hour, all levels, all topics, |
| 0:57.2 | El-SAT class. Hope to see you there. News, we've got scores coming out August 2023 scores are going to come out two days after this episode |
| 1:08.3 | airs that's coming out on August 30th apparently if you successfully took the retake |
| 1:14.4 | from the August, L-Sat, there were a bunch of, |
| 1:16.9 | there was a big snafu with Prometric |
| 1:19.6 | on this last test administration, but they have said that if you took the retake successfully, you will |
| 1:27.8 | get your scores with everybody else on August 30th. So that's good news. Next deadline you need to think about is August 31st is the registration |
| 1:37.4 | deadline for the October 2023 test, and it's real easy to decide whether you should register. |
| 1:43.6 | Basically, are you happy with your practice test scores? |
| 1:46.8 | If this episode is coming out on Monday, August 28th, |
| 1:51.1 | you really have a good idea whether you are going to be ready to take the |
| 1:56.3 | October L-Sat are are you happy with your practice test scores then register if you're not |
| 2:02.0 | happy with your practice test scores, then don't register. If you're within five points, then maybe it's worth registering. But if you're like 15 points away, then just don't waste your money. |
| 2:14.6 | Don't waste your time. |
| 2:15.9 | Don't register for a test that you are not ready for. |
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