Harvard 2L Melissa Anderson—154 to 171 (Ep. 328)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show, the guys are joined by former LSAT Demon student and current Harvard 2L, Melissa Anderson. Tune in to hear Melissa chat about boosting her score by 17 points, applying to law school as a “splitter,” and adjusting to student life at Harvard.
Plus, Ben and Nathan discuss the benefits of meditation and methods for improving productivity. They answer questions from a prospective Demon student—and debunk the need for cookie-cutter study schedules and timelines. Finally, they update the Spotify Wrapped leaderboard and award a gold medal to Thinking LSAT’s top fan of 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast uses words that lawyers don't use in court even though they're thinking them. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 328 of the Thinking Elsad |
| 0:16.9 | podcast this will air on Monday December 13th 2021 the February Elsat registration deadline is coming up in a couple weeks on December 29th. |
| 0:28.0 | Then we have the January Elsat, mid-geners starting the week of January 15th. If you haven't already joined |
| 0:36.8 | Nathan's L-Sat study group it meets every Thursday at 4 p.m. Pacific 7 p.m. |
| 0:42.4 | eastern it is just what an hour for people to come in |
| 0:46.2 | talk with you and get motivated for the upcoming El-Sat whatever that is. It's just |
| 0:51.4 | continuing. Check in wherever you're at. |
| 0:54.0 | I can help you, you know, make the most of the coming week hopefully |
| 0:59.0 | by directing you toward the right resources and the right activities. |
| 1:04.0 | Also just maybe by getting a commitment out of you to make sure that you're studying a little bit every day in the upcoming week. |
| 1:10.7 | Yep. To sign up for that class go to El Sad Demon.com |
| 1:14.0 | click on a free account to create a free demon account and then sign up for |
| 1:19.6 | Nathan's class that class under the classes schedule. |
| 1:25.0 | Anyways, today on the show we interviewed |
| 1:27.9 | Melissa Anderson, a Harvard 2L, a captain in the Army, right? |
| 1:34.0 | I believe. |
| 1:35.0 | Amazing, amazing, like just amazing applicant, |
| 1:38.0 | awesome person. |
| 1:39.4 | We read the first paragraph of her actual successful Harvard Law personal statement. |
| 1:44.1 | We read the first paragraph of her diversity statement. |
| 1:47.9 | We talked all about her L-SAT studies and her 1L year and all kinds of super cool stuff. |
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