Law School Lowballs (Ep. 534)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
A listener writes in after a disappointing first round of scholarship offers. Ben and Nathan explain that initial offers are rarely a school’s best, they’re just the starting point. They reassure the listener that more and better offers are still on the way.
Also in this episode:
- Whether taking the January LSAT is too late to apply this cycle
- Questions about Harvard’s Junior Deferral Program
- A deeper look at one of the newest members of the T14: WashU
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0:00 - Is the January LSAT Too Late?
23:45 - Receiving Bad Scholarships
35:24 - When Do I Know When I’m Ready?
43:05 - Follow–Up on Cheating
45:18 - Harvard’s Junior Deferral Program
1:07:45 - Demon Team Tracker
1:09:19 - What’s the Deal with… WashU
1:36:54 - Word of the Week — Propinquity
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| 0:00.0 | Their first offer doesn't have to be their best offer, and in fact, why would they give |
| 0:05.3 | you their best offer first? |
| 0:07.6 | That's not how negotiations normally work. |
| 0:09.9 | And a couple bad offers early in the cycle have nothing to do with the other offers |
| 0:15.1 | that you will shortly receive. Hello and welcome to episode 534 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Nathan Fox with me as Ben Olson. |
| 0:29.6 | We're the co-founders of LSATDemon.com and the Elsat Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:34.6 | First up on our agenda today, Ben, we have an email from a listener who wants |
| 0:40.7 | advice on January LSAT timing and a character and fitness question. Okay. Hi, LSAT demon team. I hope |
| 0:49.1 | you're doing well. I'm reaching out because I could use some guidance on timing and strategy as I planned the rest of my cycle. |
| 0:56.7 | I took the November LSAT and I'm currently waiting on my score to be released. |
| 1:01.3 | Based on my section performance, I'm expecting a score in the mid-150s. |
| 1:06.9 | I'm considering taking the January LSAT to give myself more time to study and, |
| 1:11.9 | realistically, a better chance at scoring in the 160s. |
| 1:16.3 | My main questions are timing. |
| 1:18.6 | Is taking the January L-Sat too late for applying to start law school in fall of 2026? |
| 1:28.2 | Depends on how much you want to pay. |
| 1:30.1 | Depends on where you want to go. |
| 1:32.1 | I mean, I think this listener has bigger problems. |
| 1:34.6 | Much bigger problems. |
| 1:36.2 | You want to say more about that? |
| 1:38.8 | Yeah, you're scoring in the mid-150s. |
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