One Less Law School (Ep. 432)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Another one bites the dust. Ben and Nathan bid adieu to Golden Gate University School of Law, which will end its JD program in May. Unfortunately, eliminating one law school doesn’t fix the problem of having too many law schools. Also on the show, the guys simplify Reading Comprehension for an overthinker. They counsel some downcast listeners on how to bounce back from a disappointing LSAT. And they weigh the admissions value of work experience versus GPA.
4:07 - Word of the Week - The guys look up a melange of words.
7:08 - Goodbye, Golden Gate - Ben and Nathan react to the news that Golden Gate University will soon discontinue its JD program.
22:40 - Stop Overthinking RC - Nathan and Ben condense Reading Comprehension down to two essential questions: What did the passage say? What’s the author’s main point? The guys instruct a listener to forget question types in RC and treat them all as Must Be Trues.
38:27 - Recovering from a Low Score - Listeners seek guidance on how to bounce back from a disappointing LSAT. The guys discuss a key to overcoming test anxiety.
50:06 - Scholarship Estimator - Listener Shane is perplexed by his results in the LSAT Demon Scholarship Estimator. Ben and Nathan dig into the numbers and assess Shane’s scholarship chances.
54:02 - Work Experience vs. GPA - Listener Donald hopes that his extensive work experience in academia will offset his low undergraduate GPA. Nathan and Ben prepare Donald to apply broadly and to walk away from bad offers.
1:01:09 - Low Score Fears - The guys assure a worried student that law schools really only care about your highest LSAT score.
1:03:27 - Retake a 173? - Listener Alexander is ready to declare victory over the LSAT with a 173, but Nathan and Ben see no downside to retaking. They push Alexander to get greedy.
1:09:35 - Shoutout - LSAT Demon student Kayla thanks Demon teacher Beth for helping her improve her LSAT score by over 25 points. Listen to Beth’s own LSAT success story on LSAT Demon Daily, Ep. 321.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and |
| 0:07.0 | welcome to episode 432 of the Thinking Elsap podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Ben Olson and with me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:15.0 | We're the co-founders of Elsat Demon.com and the Elsat Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Be Elsat Famous, you can share news and ask questions on our website that's thinking |
| 0:23.6 | El-Sat.com on Monday December 11th at 10 a.m. Pacific 1 p.m. eastern |
| 0:29.9 | well that's today actually just realize that I'm going to be doing a free class. So if you hear this, come join me. You can sign up at |
| 0:39.4 | L-SAT. Link forward slash free. Even if you can't make the class you can watch the |
| 0:44.4 | recording by doing the same thing just create a demon free account and then watch the |
| 0:48.9 | video we are going to be doing what are we going to be doing, what are we going to be doing? |
| 0:54.0 | Oh, logical reasoning, and this is an intermediate level class. |
| 0:57.5 | So, yeah, hope to see you there. |
| 1:00.7 | We have the February 2024 registration deadline coming up that's on December 26th the day after Christmas |
| 1:09.6 | anything to say there. Yeah, it's just as always, |
| 1:15.4 | when the registration deadline arrives, |
| 1:18.1 | you look at your practice test scores |
| 1:20.2 | and you determine whether your practice test scores justify you taking that test. |
| 1:27.0 | You shouldn't be signing up for tests first and then hoping that your practice test scores get you there, |
| 1:33.5 | you should be getting there via regular timed practice. |
| 1:40.2 | Take it seriously, take the practice test seriously, take your results, you know, not like obsess over them, but the test doesn't lie, you know, if you do a time test it tells you where you're at and so on December 26th you can make the decision okay am I close enough |
| 2:00.8 | to take it in February or not. Am I within striking distance or not? |
| 2:05.0 | Yeah. And I think we agree that if you're not within 10 points then you're just probably not within striking distance. |
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