Don't Fear Timed Practice (Ep. 489)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Drilling is great, but you need to do timed sections too. This week, Ben and Nathan highlight the importance of timed practice and explain how to manage negative emotions from practice test scores. The guys also discuss letters of recommendation, reading speed in RC, and online law schools.
1:05 - 175 or Bust? - Listener Andria is committed to pursuing a 99th percentile LSAT score. Nathan and Ben applaud Andria’s zeal but question her insistence on attending a top-ranked law school.
10:57 - Letters of Recommendation - Older applicants may struggle to obtain academic letters of recommendation. Can they get by with letters from professional acquaintances?
19:58 - RC Pacing and Stress - Listener Maya is stressed about spending too much time on the first passage in RC. Ben and Nathan implore Maya to ignore the clock and to stop trying to finish sections.
31:40 - Timed Section Fear - Many LSAT students avoid taking timed sections. Nathan and Ben discuss why you should treat timed sections as opportunities for growth—and not as IQ tests.
45:07 - Note-Taking in Review - Ben and Nathan discourage note-taking when reviewing mistakes.
51:11 - Desperate Law Schools - The guys read some holiday-themed messages sent by law schools that are desperate for applications and seat deposits.
1:17:06 - Online and Hybrid Law Schools - Nathan and Ben support Abbie’s interest in online and hybrid law school—as long as the price is right.
1:22:39 - Word of the Week - Lawyers are often accused of solipsism.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This has been happening ever since we started teaching the LSAT. |
| 0:04.1 | People see the score as an assessment of their self-worth. |
| 0:07.3 | That's why people ask, oh, is the LSAT an IQ test? |
| 0:11.0 | Will this reveal who I am? |
| 0:25.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 489 of the Thinking LSAT podcast. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm Ben Olson. |
| 0:27.9 | With me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:32.4 | We're the co-founders of Elsaid Demon.com and the Elsaid Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:39.6 | Coming up on Saturday, oh, actually Wednesday, January 15th is the January LSat. |
| 0:41.8 | Good luck to all of you who are taking that. |
| 0:47.2 | On Saturday, January 18th, we're going to have a free class. |
| 0:49.6 | That's Saturday brunch LR with Aube. |
| 0:51.9 | Everybody loves Aby. Go check out that class. |
| 0:54.0 | Just go to LSATDemon. com forward slash free if you want to |
| 0:57.2 | register for that free class again on uh saturday january 18th what's on the agenda today |
| 1:04.4 | yeah so our first email is from andria it's feet to the fire. All right. |
| 1:11.3 | We've got a note here that says Andrea recently decided to delay her applications for a year. |
| 1:16.8 | Here is the email from Andrea. |
| 1:19.3 | She says, my new plan starts with identifying my dream schools. |
| 1:23.6 | Instead of focusing solely on getting into any law school that will give me money, I now want to ensure I attend a great law school at a great price. |
| 1:33.8 | Based on my research, to have a strong chance of admission and qualify for substantial scholarships at these schools, I need to score between 173 and 175 on the LSAT. |
| 1:46.1 | My commitment to this new approach is simple. |
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