Episode 75: The Ultimate Baller Move

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2016

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Phillipe (not his real name and probably not the horse from Beauty and the Beast…probably) is wondering whether he should quit his full time job so he can focus on studying for the LSAT. We both advise against this drastic plan and encourage Phillipe to focus on the quality of his study time rather than the quantity. He also asks for suggestions on managing stress and fatigue and we share some of our favorite techniques. (7:30)

Brett is a 30 year old professional who has a 3.65 GPA, a 164 average practice LSAT score, and a clean bill of health after recovering from surgery for kidney cancer in August. We’re so glad to hear you’re cancer-free! As he prepares for the December LSAT, Brett worries his application will be submitted too late to be considered for the big scholarships that he needs to attend law school. We talk about when applications are considered “late” and what that means for scholarship opportunities. Nathan counsels Brett on baller negotiating tactics, while Ben suggests he include his cancer story as an addendum to his application. (28:16)

We work on two Logical Reasoning problems from the June 2007 LSAT. To play at home just download the free test, work through Section 3, Questions 8 and 9, and listen in as we discuss the solutions in detail. (#8 at 52:20 and #9 at 1:05:02)

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0:17.1	Hello and welcome to episode 75 of the Thinking Elsap podcast. This is Ben Olson in Washington DC. Nathan, where are you at today? I'm in Los Angeles.
0:22.5	The heat wave finally broke.
0:24.0	So I actually had to wear a long sleeve shirt this morning
0:27.5	when I walked out to go get my coffee.
0:30.8	I think it's about 64 degrees, which is like as cold as it's ever going to get here in Los Angeles
0:36.3	Okay, winter is upon us. I got out my flannel shirt. Yeah, nice. Yeah, no, it's been a lot colder here, which is nice. I actually like cold weather.
0:47.0	And, you know, we had this, we had, last time we talked, it was Wednesday, so it was the day after the election, right?
0:55.8	I think?
0:56.8	Yes, it was.
0:57.8	And so I had class on Tuesday night, and then I also had class on Wednesday night, and it was almost a ghost town I mean there was just
1:05.9	such a fallout I think partly because we're in DC so many people just couldn't
1:12.4	get themselves to come to class.
1:14.9	They were up late the night before.
1:16.3	They were shocked by the election results.
1:18.9	And this week, people are recovering. They're coming back to class.
1:27.0	Kind of wondering like, oh what homework did I miss?
1:30.0	Can I start rebuilding my life? I think that's this general sense I get.
1:35.0	Did you have any fallout from the election or is it everyone in California just thinking well
1:39.7	we're gonna separate from the Union, so none of this matters.
1:43.4	Yeah, right.
1:45.6	Fallout, no, not really.
1:48.2	I had a few people, you know, I announced that discount
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