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Thinking LSAT

How Long Should I Study? (Ep. 307)

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

It’s natural for new students to wonder how much time they will have to spend preparing for the LSAT. The simple answer—as long as it takes—isn’t all that satisfying. But the reality is that some people may need a lot more or less time than others need. On this week’s episode, Ben and Nathan review an article that advises a more concrete timeline and compare it to their own advice. They also respond to listener questions about résumés and personal statements, share some helpful tips from a rising 2L, and explain how to overcome a “score plateau.” Read more on our website!

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.0

One definition of explicit language is,

0:06.0

stated clearly and in detail,

0:09.0

leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

0:11.0

That's why we use those words. Hello and welcome to episode 307 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast. I'm Nathan Fox that's been

0:25.3

Olson together we are the founders of the Elsat demon we also have another

0:29.8

podcast called Elsat Demon daily so you guys should check that out. What did we talk about on today's episode of thinking

0:38.0

Elsat, Ben, anything that stands out to you?

0:40.0

Yeah, we talked about some timing. How long does it take you to study for the

0:45.2

Elsat? Someone wrote a Pearls versus Turds question for us on that. We talked

0:52.2

about resumes, personal statements.

0:55.0

And then we got some very helpful tips from Kara who is a

0:59.0

just finished her 1L year and wanted to kind of pay it backward to the D-Men community, thinking else that community,

1:07.4

with a bunch of various tips about how to look forward to your one-l year?

1:14.0

Yep.

1:15.0

Last question we had was a question about how to break out of a score plateau

1:20.0

and Ben and I kind of agree that that plateau probably doesn't even exist.

1:24.7

It probably is just a small sample artifact and it also is an example of a student who

1:30.4

they've done so much work and they're already into the 170s and still they have

1:36.7

this insatiable desire to do even better. You know, they just only see their flaws, which is a boy, that's a very lawyerly,

1:50.4

very, very lawyerly characteristic to have to be you know you worked your ass off

1:56.3

you're totally already getting paid for all that work you've done and still all

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