Face Your LSAT Fears (Ep. 428)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Test day doesn’t always go as planned. From tech problems to tricky logic games, unexpected challenges during an official LSAT attempt can be intimidating for many students. But the best-prepared test takers don’t hide from their fears—they plan for them. Also on this week’s pod, Ben and Nathan discuss why retaking is almost always the correct decision, how students can learn from their mistakes, and what low-GPA applicants can do to bolster their applications.
1:45 - October LSAT Scores - Nathan and Ben applaud LSAT Demon students’ successes on the October LSAT. The guys encourage anyone who was disappointed with their score to retake.
11:09 - Test Anxiety - Ben and Nathan describe a powerful technique for dealing with test anxiety: anticipate test-day challenges, and plan how you’ll respond.
16:14 - Learning from Mistakes - The goal of review is to learn from your mistakes so that you don’t repeat them. The guys suggest some review questions to ask yourself to help accomplish this goal.
25:26 - “Lived Experience” Essays - Some law schools are now inviting applicants to write “lived experience” essays in place of traditional diversity statements.
30:42 - Low GPA - Nathan and Ben answer a series of listener questions about applying with a low GPA. The guys advise restraint in GPA addendums, and they remind listeners that nothing atones for a low GPA like a high LSAT score.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and Thinking El-Sat Podcast, I'm Ben Olson and with me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:13.6 | We're the co-founder of El-Sat Demon.com |
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| 0:29.6 | quiet place and keep it to under 30 seconds if you can. Monday, November 13th, 10 a.m. |
| 0:36.0 | Pacific 1 p.m. eastern. Is that today? Yes, that's today. That is today. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm going to be teaching a class |
| 0:46.0 | and then on reading comprehension and then Nathan is going to come in and join |
| 0:51.0 | at 145 PM Eastern time. in and that class is called the future of the L-Sat. This is going to be for basic |
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| 1:06.3 | I'm excited to talk to our basic and premium students |
| 1:09.2 | who we don't get to talk to as often. |
| 1:11.4 | And I'm excited to talk about the future of the L-HAT. |
| 1:14.0 | So, yeah, see everybody there. |
| 1:16.1 | Yeah, very cool. |
| 1:17.6 | Wednesday, Wednesday, November 22nd |
| 1:19.8 | at 5 p.m. Pacific 8 p.m. Eastern. |
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