Ep. 296: 149 to 178 with Jon-Yin Chong

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Many students feel the need to apply to law school as soon as possible without reaching their potential on the LSAT. But good things come to those who wait. Nathan and Ben chat with former Demon student Jon-Yin Chong, who started his LSAT journey in 2019 and, after over a year of prep and five attempts at the official test, scored a life-changing score of 178. By postponing his law school applications, he also availed himself of several opportunities that led to his current position at Harvard Law School’s Federal Tax Clinic, which he discusses on today’s episode. Plus, Ben and Nathan consider whether all the questions on LSAT Reading Comprehension are “Must Be Trues,” answer lots of questions from the listener mailbag, and meet Ben’s biggest fan—Copper, the Golden Retriever. Read more on our website!

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains language that some people describe as unsavory,
0:04.1	but the first definition of savory is belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.
0:11.9	So I guess we use unsavory language because it's so damn savory. Hello and
0:25.0	welcome to episode 296 of the Thinking Elseat Podcast.
0:28.0	Today on the show we had an interview with a Demon student, former New York City student, John Yin.
0:37.0	John Yinc. John Yinc.
0:40.0	John Yinc.
0:41.0	So I thank you for coming on the show.
0:43.3	It was a good interview.
0:44.1	He is currently, I think still, right,
0:46.4	at the Harvard's Federal Tax Clinic.
0:48.8	He's a paralegal at the Harvard Law School
0:51.8	Federal Tax Clinic, which is awesome.
0:54.7	I mean, he's a, it's kind of gotta be weird.
0:56.8	He's a paralegal for law students,
0:59.9	but they're pretty badass law students
1:01.8	in a pretty bad-ass place.
1:03.3	And he's working on federal income tax issues
1:07.1	at Harvard Law School.
1:08.3	He's also got a whole bunch of volunteer experience
1:10.9	with low-income tax folks.
1:15.0	Yeah.
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