Ben and Nathan Get Roasted (Ep. 538)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
The internet is full of opinions, and not all of them are kind. This week, Ben and Nathan dig into a reddit thread, reacting to some of the tougher criticisms aimed at the Demon and our co-hosts.
Also in this episode:
- Ben and Nathan react to Washington’s decision to retroactively lower its bar passage score
- A listener asks whether applying Early Decision makes sense for top law schools
- Whether a law school increasing its class size improves your odds of admission
Check out all of our “What’s the Deal With” segments
Get caught up with our Word of the Week library
0:00 Making a Last Push on Next LSAT
7:18 Should I Take the LSAT Again?
23:48 Washington Lowering Bar Passage Requirements
42:03 We Read Our Mean Comments
1:03:10 Law Schools Increasing Class Sizes
1:11:22 Can Early Decision Be Beneficial?
1:22:55 Personal Statement Gong Show
1:39:40 Word of the Week — penumbra
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Producer Jacob went around the web and found some of the more negative comments about the demon, |
| 0:05.8 | and we are going to read those to you. |
| 0:07.7 | We're not for everybody. |
| 0:08.9 | I mean, I've never been for everybody. |
| 0:11.0 | But I'll tell you this, though. |
| 0:12.3 | I teach the way I teach because I believe that my students can get it. |
| 0:16.0 | And I know from experience that they do. |
| 0:25.1 | Yeah. experience that they do. Hello and welcome to episode 538 of the Thinking Elset podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Nathan Fox. |
| 0:29.6 | With me is Ben Olson. |
| 0:30.9 | We're the co-founders of ElsetDemon.com and the Elset Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:34.6 | We're going to kick it off today with an email from Endry, who is asking |
| 0:39.0 | about making the last push. I would assume that's the last push toward the January LSAT. |
| 0:46.2 | But why don't you read it? Hey, Demon Team. I want to preface with letting you know how grateful I am |
| 0:53.3 | for your advice and your wonderful tool. |
| 0:56.4 | Okay. |
| 0:57.2 | I recently scored a 171 higher range of practice tests in the September test and want to retake before I eventually apply in the fall of 2026. |
| 1:06.1 | I have spent the last two months slacking on LSAP prep as I have been continuously studying since |
| 1:11.8 | January of 2025 with the demon and began to get a little overwhelmed with school and work, |
| 1:18.6 | etc. I picked up studying again within the last week and it seems I have kept my edge on |
| 1:24.7 | logical reasoning averaging minus one to minus two on each section. |
| 1:28.8 | On the other hand, reading comp has been a bit of a struggle as I am in the minus five to minus |
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