Only Your Best Score Matters (Ep. 372)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Should you retake the LSAT? The answer is almost always yes. Today on the show, Ben and Nathan advise a student who fears scoring lower on a second attempt. They discuss why law schools care only about your highest LSAT score—and why that means there’s only upside to retaking the test. Also on the pod, the guys review a task management framework, give advice on how to stay focused, and tackle a Logical Reasoning question from PrepTest 73.
2:14 - The Four D’s of Task Management - Ben and Nathan discuss the four D’s of task management, by productivity consultant Ashley Janssen: Delete, Delegate, Defer, Do. This approach to your to-do list emphasizes deciding what NOT to do so that you can prioritize what’s truly important.
12:11 - Logical Reasoning: Test 73, Section 4, Q14 - Nathan and Ben tackle a “Supported” question from Test 73 about taxes on gasoline. Click here to try this question on your own.
24:03 - Only Your Best Score Matters - An anonymous Demon student scored lower than expected on the September LSAT. They’re prepared to retake the test, but they worry that law schools will look unfavorably on a lower score. Ben and Nathan reassure Anonymous that law schools care only about your best LSAT score.
29:13 - Should I Retake? - An anonymous listener with a score of 174 on record wonders whether to retake the LSAT to improve their chances at a top-twenty law school. Nathan and Ben think so. The guys also speculate on why LSAT scores have gone up since the beginning of the pandemic.
40:21 - Zoning Out - An LSAT Demon student asks for Ben and Nathan’s advice on how to stop zoning out on their practice tests. The guys discuss why awareness is a crucial first step. They recommend meditation to practice regaining focus.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 372 of the Thinking Alsat Podcast, I'm Nathan Fox. |
| 0:12.3 | That's been Olson together. We're the co-founder of Elsat Podcastsat Podcast, I'm Nathan Fox. That's been Olson together. |
| 0:13.3 | We're the co-founders of Elsat Demon. |
| 0:15.8 | And the Elsat Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:19.2 | If you want to be Elsat Famous, |
| 0:20.4 | you can get an upcoming show by emailing help at thinking Elsat.com. |
| 0:25.0 | The show is going to air on Monday, October 17th. |
| 0:29.0 | There's nothing super pressing happening right now. |
| 0:32.0 | The October Elsat just happened on October 15, 1415. |
| 0:37.6 | We'd love to hear how that went for you if you want to email us. The score for that test is going to come out on November 2nd and next registration |
| 0:45.5 | deadline is not until December 1st is our registration deadline for the January 2023 L-SAT. |
| 0:55.0 | Come to my free classes, please, every other Friday, 4 PM Pacific, 7 PM Eastern, |
| 1:01.7 | I do a free ELSAQ class. |
| 1:04.0 | The next one coming up on Friday, October 21st |
| 1:06.6 | is called, how do I know when I'm ready? |
| 1:10.2 | Hopefully, come join, so we can talk about how to decide whether you should or should not take the |
| 1:16.4 | official L-SAT. How are you going to know when you're ready to take the official L-SAT? |
| 1:20.6 | I would imagine it has something to do with your practice tests. |
| 1:23.0 | It has everything to do with your practice tests. |
| 1:26.0 | Yeah, like, have you done a lot of practice tests? |
| 1:28.0 | Are you happy with the scores? |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah. |
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