Episode 40: Should You Focus on the Overall Score or Learning From Your Mistakes When Taking Practice LSAT Tests?

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2015

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Andrew asks if he has enough time to study for the December 2015 LSAT or should he wait until the February 2016 test. He also asks if he will be at a disadvantage if he takes a later LSAT because more people will be sitting for the exam. Kayle is doing well on her practice LSAT tests (scores of 169 and 172). When studying, she asks if she should: a) concentrate primarily on the number of questions missed; b) consider the overall score; or c) ignore everything and focus on learning from her mistakes? Dennis is concerned about a college class that has negatively impacted his GPA. He is currently retaking the class. Should he apply to law school as soon as his LSAT score is available, or wait until the semester is finished so he can report the better grade and higher GPA? We also tackle Logical Reasoning questions 5 and 6 (Section 2) from the June 2007 LSAT. Don't forget to try out the LSAT tracker. This lets you track your progress and discover what you need to work on. Lastly, Heather Jarvis, student loan expert, will be a guest on an upcoming episode. If you have a question for Heather, email us by Sept. 1. Take a listen and let us know what you think. And don’t forget to sign up for our email newsletter. Everyone who signs up will receive updates and sample chapters of the upcoming Logic Games Playbook! Sign up and we’ll be in touch!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 40 of the Thinking Elsat podcast. This is Ben Olson in Washington, D.C.
0:16.2	and with me today, as always, is Nathan Fox in San Francisco.
0:21.7	Nathan, how's it going today?
0:24.0	Oh, I'm awesome man.
0:25.0	Had a really good week.
0:27.0	Do you like rap music at all?
0:29.0	Uh, well, this is going to sound awful, but I don't really listen to music period.
0:35.0	No music at all.
0:36.3	I know, isn't that weird?
0:37.8	My wife is like, what's wrong with you?
0:39.4	I just prefer audio books and stuff like that I find them more interesting whatever the random
0:46.9	topic is and so I don't really listen to music although there was a time I don't even know if this would be
0:52.4	considered rap so people can laugh at me I don't care that's fine
0:55.6	But in high school most of my friends listen to Cyprus hill
1:00.4	Yeah, uh-huh would that be considered rap? Yes, uh-huh. Would that be considered rap? Yes. Okay, so I think at the time, either because they were my
1:06.3	friends and so I thought it was cool or I actually liked it. I did listen to that at some time.
1:11.1	Although, um, yeah, I... I did
1:15.0	like I didn't, like I said I like I said I like I said I didn't even know if it was rap so you're
1:21.7	like a big self-improvement guy, huh? You got the diet, exercise, not
1:28.9	wasting time with music going straight for the audio books. I sound like a prude or something. Yeah, I don't know. I guess I like.
1:38.7	Audio books are just really interesting. I used to listen to music actually while I commuted so I was thinking about this on the
1:47.0	way here and then I was realizing that I don't listen to music anymore I find find it kind of boring, but when I listen to an
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