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Thinking LSAT

Ep. 197: The 3.0 GPA Cutoff

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Nathan’s back from the sweltering heat of central California, and Ben’s feeling sore in his abs—but it’s not from some wild crossfit jamboree. Nope. He’s back from seeing Seinfeld in NYC. The guys talk about their past week’s travels and then dive in to an episode chock-full of LSAT news and advice. They talk about Thomas Jefferson School of Law potentially losing its accreditation, they hear from a student who took PowerScore’s live LSAT online prep course, and they offer some advice to cash-strapped and time-rich strugglahs. 

As always, if you like the show and you want to get more from the Thinking LSAT community, check out the links below. You can connect with other folks studying for the LSAT, and get more useful resources from Nathan and Ben.  

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Upcoming Events:

6/27/19 – The June LSAT scores are released via email

7/15/19 – The July LSAT

8/1/19 – Registration deadline for the September LSAT

8/28/19 – July scores released

9/21/19 – September LSAT

03:08 – LSAT News

The guys jump right in to an oddity they’ve uncovered about the July test. As you may know, when you receive your July score back in late August, you have the opportunity to cancel your score penalty-free and take another LSAT at no cost thru April 2020. Badass, right? It’s basically a freebie in the event you crash and burn during the first digital LSAT rollout. However, you can NOT use the September LSAT as your re-take. So if you’ve paid to register for the September LSAT, you’re payin for it and that’s that. Plus, there’s rumors out there that LSAC is going to change the lifetime LSAT limit once again! Tune in to hear the news, context, and commentary from Nathan and Ben. 

17:10 – Thomas Jefferson School of Law Update

Our old friends at TJSL have been in the news yet again, dear listeners. It turns out they’re skating on some very thin ice when it comes to their ABA accreditation. This may not come as a surprise to long-time listeners who will remember that the school was placed on probation in 2017. But this past week, their troubles came to a head: the ABA withdrew Thomas Jefferson’s accreditation due to mismanagement of financial resources, and…basically offering a pisspoor legal education. However, TJ’s not goin’ down without a fight. They’re appealing and will keep their approval until the appeal process and subsequent review have been completed. The guys postulate as to why TJ’s losing their accreditation and imagine a world in which more law schools are held accountable for turning y’all into the next generation of bright, capable, prosperous law pros. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 197 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast in Vienna, Virginia.

0:11.3

This is Ben Olson. With me is Nathan Fox in Los Angeles. How's it going, Nathan?

0:17.0

Great. I just got back from a whirlwind trip to go see friends in Sacramento, teach my class in San Francisco, see my

0:25.0

family in Sacramento,

0:26.0

in the 105 degree Central Valley of California.

0:30.0

I watched my nephew play T-ball in a hundred and five degree heat.

0:34.5

Wow.

0:35.3

So that was super exciting.

0:36.7

And yeah, just got back yesterday.

0:38.8

So nice to be back home.

0:40.9

Cool.

0:41.2

This weekend I went to New York and saw Jerry Seinfeld.

0:45.8

Oh wow.

0:46.8

And he was hilarious.

0:49.2

I was somewhat hesitant because I thought that maybe, I don't know, I thought that maybe his jokes would be all from the past or like maybe he'd become a has-been or something. I have no idea, right? Because what's Jerry done since his show? I don't know, but it was hilarious the whole time. Like my face actually kind of hurt by the end because I was laughing the whole time.

1:13.7

That's awesome.

1:14.7

Good to hear.

1:15.7

She's doing new material, huh?

1:17.7

Yeah, so if you can see Jerry Seinfeld live to it.

1:21.7

Cool. Cool.

1:23.0

Have you ever watched curbe your enthusiasm?

1:26.0

No.

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