Don't Break Your Neck on RC (Ep. 558)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Nathan review part of LSAC’s official LSAT prep curriculum. A pyramid-shaped diagram in the Reading Comprehension section catches their attention, but they remind students that the LSAT is easy and that success comes from focusing on one question at a time.
Also in this episode
- A law school starts summer classes so students qualify for Grad PLUS loans
- Demon students share success stories from the April LSAT
- A listener question about regressing performance
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0:00 Law School Starting Early for Grad PLUS Loans
7:28 April LSAT Score Release
13:10 Regressing on Performance
25:27 Test D Question – Raising Tolls
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1:01:52 Saying No to Law Schools
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a truly cursed diagram. |
| 0:02.9 | I'm going to go ahead and save everybody the time. |
| 0:05.0 | This is 100% bullshit. |
| 0:07.6 | This is nonsense. |
| 0:09.0 | What on earth were you thinking when you made this? |
| 0:11.8 | Whoever made this, it is a terrible piece of garbage. |
| 0:14.5 | Like, please burn this. |
| 0:27.4 | Hello and welcome to episode 558 of the Thinking ElSat podcast. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm Nathan Fox with me as Ben Olson. |
| 0:33.4 | We're the co-founders of ElsetDemon.com and the Elset Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | Off the bat today, we have an article from inside higher education. |
| 0:47.1 | The headline is, should graduate students start early to access grad plus loans? |
| 0:48.1 | Question mark? |
| 0:51.5 | What? |
| 0:55.4 | As we know, Ben, anytime a headline has a question mark at the end of it the answer is always no uh but uh you want to take a peek at what's happening here yeah okay so this is from |
| 1:04.0 | the article with the end of grad plus loans fast approaching |
| 1:07.8 | and full stop the sky is fast approaching. End? |
| 1:11.4 | Full stop. |
| 1:14.1 | The sky is falling. |
| 1:16.4 | No. |
| 1:17.2 | So what it actually is is a cap, right? |
| 1:19.5 | $50,000 a year. |
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