Episode 52: Questions From Listeners and a Conversation With Immigration Attorney Nikki Black

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Arnold took the LSAT in October and December 2015, and ended up raising his score to 174. We talk about retaking the LSAT, the third Logic Game on the December LSAT, and how actual LSAT scores compare to practice exams. (5:24)

Hannah has a question about an application fee waiver. She took the December LSAT and improved ten points to 163. She received an email from Georgetown inviting her to apply, but the school will not waive the application fee. Hannah asks: Is this an indication she may be admitted? Should she apply? (39:38)

Sydney asks how to create an affordable, self-led study schedule to bring her LSAT score to 170 or above. She is currently taking a prep class and working full time, and received a 161 on the December LSAT. We talk about the importance of practicing for the LSAT every day. Here’s an article that speaks to that concept, as well as Ben’s daily commitment calendar that will help you stick to your schedule. (47:20)

Oscar shares with us his experience applying for and receiving LSAT accommodations after listening to our episodes about the subject. (57:48)

Finally, Nathan interviews Nikki Black, an immigration attorney who talks about her experience attending law school and being happy as a lawyer. If you’d like to reach out to Nikki, you can send her an email or connect via Twitter at @nikkimarieblack. (1:17:40)

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0:00.0	And the Hello and welcome to the Thinking Elsat podcast this is episode 52 and I am your host today, Ben Olson in Washington, D.C.
0:26.0	and with me, as always, is Nathan Fox in San Francisco, I assume.
0:30.0	Yeah, San Francisco.
0:31.0	Doing great.
0:32.0	How are you? Good. We have a lot of letters to go through
0:36.8	today and I'm excited about that. I think there was a little lull there and then all of a sudden, or I shouldn't say letters,
0:43.5	emails, right?
0:44.5	No one writes letters.
0:45.5	Have you ever gotten a letter?
0:47.5	I sometimes write letters back and forth
0:50.5	to my eight-year-old niece.
0:52.1	That's always kind of fun. I talked to a guy, a student, an online student, and I was going to send him mail and he had me send it instead to his parents address because he does not know how the mail works in his building.
1:12.0	This is a sign of, you know, kids these days, but I mean it totally makes sense, right?
1:17.5	Print mail just has to go away.
1:19.5	It's just so stupid.
1:20.5	There's nothing that comes in the mailbox that's ever good.
1:23.0	Oh, I hate it.
1:24.0	You know, speaking of this, my family's in California, you know, pretty close to you and I'm out here in DC and I don't know when it was like two weeks ago my mom sent us something and she was like oh has it come
1:38.7	yet and I'm like no but I feel like you've sent me stuff in the past and it takes anywhere from like
1:47.2	one two sometimes three weeks and then it shows up I'm just like I what use is that you You know, it's like, I feel like we're back in the 1800s or something.
1:56.0	We can do a whole podcast about how much the United States Postal Service sucks.
2:00.0	I mean, it's just so pathetic I I've been living half time in San Francisco and half time in LA right so I
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