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Thinking LSAT

Episode 17: Parallel Reasoning, Games and the Sept. LSAT

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2014

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Nathan talk about several LSAT topics, including: Strategies to approach parallel reasoning questions Creating different scenarios in games, and how to split the main diagram into multiple options Whether to stay on course for taking the September LSAT, or aim for the December test; What to do during the last two weeks of September LSAT prep Whether you should start work on your personal statement and application, or wait until after the LSAT Take a listen and let us know what you think.

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0:00.0

The Hello everyone this is episode 17 of the thinking else at. This is Ben Olson in Washington, D.C.

0:25.0

And with me today is Nathan Fox in San Francisco.

0:28.0

Nathan, I do want to hear how you're doing,

0:31.0

but I should say before that you've been quite a

0:34.5

workhorse I've been listening to the episodes you've done with Ebony and they've

0:39.9

got a lot of good tips in them. Yeah, thanks.

0:43.0

I mean, Ebony's a really great guest and she's been doing really well.

0:46.0

So we've missed having you.

0:47.3

It's really just been a scheduling thing.

0:49.7

But yeah, thanks.

0:52.1

I'm glad you got a chance to listen to those.

0:55.0

Yeah, and it sounds like she's doing pretty well and took to heart your advice to slow down,

1:00.6

which, you know, it's tough for a lot of people. Yeah she's doing

1:04.2

amazingly well so far I can't wait to talk to her again and and check in and see how

1:08.2

she's doing. Yeah so you're doing good I guess.

1:13.0

Oh yeah everything's great. It's nice to talk to you again. I'm looking forward to today's show.

1:18.0

We have a lot of cool stuff on the agenda I think.

1:22.0

Yeah, so let's see here, I'll just go through that really quickly.

1:26.0

We want to talk about how to approach matching questions, which are the parallel reasoning questions or parallel flaw questions I think sometimes people

1:34.6

call them and then talk about creating different worlds in the games right I think people will

1:42.1

call that different scenarios or different options, how to split

1:45.4

a, I guess your main diagram into multiple options and whether you should or shouldn't do that

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