Pearl vs. Turd: First 10 Questions in 10 Minutes? (Ep. 325)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The guys kick off this week’s episode with a discussion of some apoplexy-inducing proctor issues that one November test taker reported. They let listeners know how to handle it when things don’t go perfectly as planned on test day. Then, they pick apart a Strengthen question and consider a Pearls vs Turds submission: Should students make it a goal to complete the first 10 questions in 10 minutes? Finally, they review some questions that every law school hopeful should ask themselves.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.0 | One definition of explicit language is, |
| 0:06.0 | stated clearly and in detail, |
| 0:09.0 | leaving no room for confusion or doubt. |
| 0:11.0 | That's why we use those words. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 325 of the Thinking Elsat podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | Today on the show, let's see, we had a report from somebody who took the November Elsat and had a problem with it. We did hear a couple of these |
| 0:37.3 | reports from students who struggled. You know, it's frustrating. We feel you, but they're going to let you retake the test for free and you know it's only |
| 0:46.4 | affecting a small portion of the users so if you're apoplectic, take a couple deep breaths and they'll probably sort you out. |
| 0:58.9 | But anyway, that was an email from a listener who had a hard time. We did a logical reasoning question. |
| 1:04.1 | It turned out to be a strengthened question. We had a Pearls versus Tirds on timing. |
| 1:10.7 | Might know from my tone of voice that I didn't really love that tip. |
| 1:15.0 | And we wrapped it up with an email from one of our demon students |
| 1:20.0 | with a bunch of questions from Miller's book, Law School Confidential, which might help you decide whether to be a lawyer. |
| 1:30.0 | Cool. Anything else that we talked about that didn't make it into my little wrap up there? |
| 1:35.0 | That's a good summary. |
| 1:37.0 | Okay, cool. |
| 1:40.0 | This show is going to air on Monday, November 22nd. |
| 1:44.5 | That means that the January El-Sat registration deadline is coming up in roughly 10 days or |
| 1:50.5 | two weeks. |
| 1:51.6 | Wednesday, December 3rd is your decision point for whether to register for the January |
| 1:57.2 | El-Sat. I don't think you need to decide right this second, but you know roughly speaking if your practice test scores are where you want them |
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