New LSAT Registration Rule, Explained (Ep. 561)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
LSAC has updated the LSAT registration process so students now choose their test date and time based on when they signed up. As a result, students who register earlier get priority to preferred testing times. Ben and Nathan advise students that registering when you’re ready is still the highest priority, but those who are ready may find an advantage to signing up sooner.
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| 0:00.0 | Test takers will be assigned a scheduling window based on the order in which they register. |
| 0:05.0 | Testing sessions will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm worried that applicants are going to misunderstand this. |
| 0:11.7 | I agree. |
| 0:12.3 | I think it's very likely that this policy change will result in more people taking the test when they're not ready. |
| 0:23.6 | Thank you. in more people taking the test when they're not ready. Hello and welcome to episode 561 of the Thinking Elseap podcast. I'm Ben Olson. With me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:33.6 | We're the co-founders of Elsaid Demon.com and the Elside Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:42.4 | We have some news from Elsac regarding scheduling. |
| 0:50.4 | Yeah, it was a lengthy email, but we cut out here the pertinent part under a heading that says streamlining scheduling. |
| 0:52.7 | They said, moving to in-person testing gives us the opportunity to streamline the way test takers |
| 0:58.7 | schedule their test date and time. |
| 1:02.8 | Everybody's going to in-person testing, right, Ben? |
| 1:05.6 | That's not starting in June. |
| 1:07.0 | That's starting in August that everybody's in person. |
| 1:09.4 | I believe it's August, yeah. |
| 1:10.5 | And there are some exceptions, but very, very few. |
| 1:13.5 | It's like getting accommodated to take the test at home. |
| 1:16.8 | Yep. |
| 1:17.4 | Most people are going to be taking it at a testing center, which all the reports so far from |
| 1:22.2 | the testing centers have been good. You know, contrast that with the many horror stories from remote online proctoring. |
| 1:31.9 | They had lots of problems with that. |
| 1:33.2 | So they're giving up on that idea that started during COVID. |
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