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🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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LSAC’s Kyle McEntee rejoins the pod to share info about LSAC’s resources for law school applicants. Kyle and the guys also discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, the difficulty of fixing the problem of student loan debt, and law schools’ responses to applicants’ use of AI.
0:57 - Admission Unmasked - Kyle introduces Admission Unmasked, a free program of live events and on-demand learning modules designed to help applicants navigate the law school admission process.
7:27 - Supreme Court Decision - Kyle shares his perspective on how the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action will impact law school admissions: applicants shouldn’t let it affect where they apply.
11:01 - LSAC’s Mission - Kyle discusses LSAC’s mission to advance justice in the legal system and explains why the LSAT is a tool for equity in law school admissions. He points future law students to LSAC’s Ultimate Law School Prep course.
14:10 - Law School Forums - Kyle welcomes listeners to attend an upcoming LSAC Law School Forum. These forums give applicants a chance to meet directly with law school representatives and ask questions.
18:50 - Student Loan Debt - Kyle weighs in on the problem of law schools’ outrageous tuitions and argues that admissions officers share students’ concerns. Nathan and Ben emphasize the need for federal student loan reform—Kyle worries that capping student loans could hurt access and equity in college admissions.
34:09 - AI for Applications - Kyle urges caution to applicants using generative AI tools like ChatGPT. Law schools are still determining their policies regarding AI, and some schools may ask students whether they used AI to prepare their application materials.
45:17 - August LSAT Registration - Kyle provides an update on August LSAT registration. The registration system experienced some early glitches, but all tools are now back online and working.
53:22 - Income-Driven Repayment -
Ben and Nathan react to an article from Reason magazine claiming that President Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan will probably drive tuitions even higher. The guys expound on the perils of debt and warn applicants not to listen to advice that comes directly from law schools.
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 411 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast. I'm Nathan Fox with me |
0:11.9 | is Ben Olson. We're the co-founder of |
0:13.7 | El sat Demon.com and the El sat Demon Daily podcast with us we have a special |
0:20.0 | guest repeat guest on the show it's Kyle McInty he is the senior director of pre-law |
0:24.7 | engagement for law school admission counsel Kyle how you doing this morning I'm |
0:30.1 | pretty pretty good welcome back. Always nice to see you. So Kyle you are the |
0:37.8 | founder of law school transparency which was then integrated into LSC about a year ago. |
0:45.6 | I'm going to try not to say LSAQ on this episode. |
0:49.2 | We all say LSAAT and LSAQAC, but people who are actually working there say L-S-A-C and actually L-S-A-T. |
0:57.0 | Cool, so Kyle you joined us most recently on L-S-T Demon Daily episode 228 to talk about LSC's resources for applicants and future |
1:07.2 | law students, including admission unmasked. |
1:10.8 | I don't, maybe we could lead with that. How's, how are things going with admissions unmasked. I don't maybe we could lead with that. How's how are things going with admissions |
1:14.4 | unmasked? Yeah yeah so we did the mission on mask again this year. It's been great. |
1:20.0 | We changed up the format slightly so it's fewer live events, but the live events we did were |
1:27.8 | Q&As or asking me anything with experts. So I think those have been going really well. People are liking the ability to just like get in there |
1:34.7 | in a more relaxed environment and just ask the questions that are burning. |
1:38.8 | Kyle, can you step back for a half second and just tell people what admission unmasked is? |
1:45.0 | Absolutely. |
1:46.0 | So one of the very first projects that I wanted to do when I started at LSAC last year |
1:52.2 | was really think about how do we give a comprehensive overview of |
1:58.8 | what it is to strategically and effectively apply to law school. |
2:03.5 | Because I think there's a lot of information out there. |
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