Episode 89: Make a Statement with Gary Kinder
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2017
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Vacillating in Vancouver has a dream to become a criminal defense attorney; he also has a dream of not regretting the pursuit of said dream. With an aptitude for reading, writing, and standardized test-taking, Vacillating is confident in his ability to score over 170 on the LSAT. The guys address his fears and attempt to root out their cause in the hopes of helping him make a decision. (0:43)
We continue Logical Reasoning Section 3 of the June 2007 LSAT with Question 21, a weaken problem. To play at home, just download the free test; work through Section 3, Question 21; listen in as we discuss the solution. (16:50)
Ben and Nathan interview Gary Kinder, an attorney, author, and the creator of WordRake, editing software that can improve the clarity and brevity of one’s writing. Gary talks about writing a compelling opening for your personal statement and gives tips on storytelling techniques to keep a reader’s interest. He also speaks on WordRake’s role in the automation of legal work and whether it will take jobs from the industry. Finally, Gary discusses his best-selling book Victim: The Other Side of Murder.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 89. This is Ben Olson in Washington, D.C. And with me today is |
| 0:15.3 | Nathan Fox in Los Angeles. How's it going? Awesome. How you doing, man? Good. So we're going to tackle one email from a |
| 0:23.7 | listener, then a logical reasoning question from the June 2007 LSAT. And then we're going to |
| 0:30.1 | actually have a guest come on the show, Gary Kinder. Yeah, let's dive in here. So this first email is |
| 0:36.4 | from vacillating in Vancouver. Do you want to read it? |
| 0:42.4 | Sure. It says Ben and Nathan. Thank you for your labor of love on the podcast. I have recently |
| 0:46.6 | begun listening during my workday after re-igniting my dream to attend law school and become a |
| 0:52.2 | practicing criminal defense attorney. I've always wanted |
| 0:55.7 | to become an attorney. I was a national merit scholar in high school, earned a full ride to a state |
| 1:00.2 | school, and was on my way to earning a double major in two humanities fields. However, in fall of my |
| 1:05.6 | senior year, I had some major events happen within my family and became extremely depressed. I did not do the smart thing, which is medically withdraw from the semester. |
| 1:14.6 | Instead, I failed all eight of my classes, lost my scholarship, and cashed out with a general |
| 1:20.6 | studies degree and a 2.49 GPA. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm a little confused there. |
| 1:27.8 | Is that one semester or is that, |
| 1:29.6 | how do you go all the way down to a 2.49 from one semester? |
| 1:33.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:34.8 | That's a fall of senior year. |
| 1:36.7 | So maybe it's the entire senior year. |
| 1:39.5 | Maybe he ended up having to do another year to finish because if he failed all |
| 1:42.9 | his classes, |
| 1:43.5 | then he probably didn't get credit. Yeah yeah I wonder what his GPA was before I mean |
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