Is LR the New LG? (Ep. 494)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Nathan and Ben weigh in on the reports from some test-takers that the February LSAT featured more LG-style questions in Logical Reasoning. The guys also advise listeners on how to bounce back from a disappointing LSAT score. They caution applicants not to overshare in their law school applications. And they consider the importance of the LSAT Writing sample.
0:52 - New LSAT Dates - LSAC just announced test dates for the 2025–2026 LSAT cycle.
2:37 - January LSAT Scores - As January test-takers navigate the highs and lows of score release, Ben and Nathan encourage anyone who was disappointed with their score to keep studying and to treat their next official test like any other practice test.
13:33 - Is LR the New LG? - Some February test-takers have reported an increase in Logical Reasoning questions that “require” diagramming. Nathan and Ben suspect that these claims are more fiction than fact. You don’t need to diagram in LR.
28:30 - Oversharing on Applications - The guys share some common red flags in law school applications that people unwittingly raise by oversharing.
39:25 - Process of Elimination - Ben and Nathan explain when it’s okay to pick an answer via process of elimination.
42:55 - LSAT Writing - How important is LSAT Writing? Nathan and Ben discuss how law schools might consider—or ignore—these writing samples.
46:59 - Word of the Week - Bad LSAT prep stultifies students’ progress.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Mastering Contrapositive, yeah. |
| 0:04.9 | Mastering Common Sense. Okay. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 494 of the Thinking Usap Podcast. I'm Nathan Fox. With me is Ben Olson. |
| 0:20.1 | We're the co-founders of ElSatDemon.com and the ElSat Demon Daily podcast. I'm Nathan Fox. With me is Ben Olson. We're the co-founders of ElsetDemon.com and the ElSatDemon Daily |
| 0:23.9 | podcast. We have a free class coming up on March 9th, 7 p.m. Eastern. It's called Demon Foundations. |
| 0:32.2 | Elset Demon teacher Brandon is going to be teaching that class should be an excellent introduction to all things, |
| 0:39.9 | LSAT, demon. Again, that is March 9th, 7 p.m. Eastern. Just go to LSAT.org |
| 0:47.0 | forward slash free if you want to sign up for that free class. You just need a demon free account. |
| 0:53.2 | Ben, we have an announcement from law school |
| 0:55.4 | admission council. They announced the LSAT dates for the next what they call cycle. So |
| 1:02.5 | August 2025 through June of 26, we now have all of those score dates, registration deadlines. |
| 1:11.4 | Is that all in that? |
| 1:13.3 | I don't think we have registration deadlines. |
| 1:15.9 | That's what we're missing. |
| 1:16.8 | So they'll tell us when the test is and they tell us when the score releases are, but they're |
| 1:23.0 | not telling us when like the registration deadline is, which is usually six weeks before the test. |
| 1:30.1 | Any surprises on the testing dates for late 2025, early 2026? |
| 1:37.4 | No, not really. |
| 1:38.7 | Yeah, I don't think any surprises at all. |
| 1:40.8 | There are nine test administrations for those who are taking the test in the |
| 1:46.6 | United States or Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. If you are taking the test |
| 1:55.2 | anywhere else, Europe, Asia, South America, sorry, you only have four test administrations. Those are October, |
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