Refuse to Pick Wrong Answers (Ep. 478)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Nathan aren’t impressed when you narrow an LSAT question down to two answer choices. This week, the guys discuss why those who conquer the LSAT don’t settle for fifty-fifty guesses. They also share common mistakes made by LSAT beginners, examine a troubling admissions practice, and weigh in on “Why X?” statements in law school applications.
1:43 - Beginner LSAT Mistakes to Avoid - Nathan and Ben list some common mistakes made by beginner LSAT students. They encourage newcomers to focus on quality over quantity and to thoroughly review their mistakes.
9:53 - Confusing Answer Choices - The LSAT sometimes uses confusing language in the answer choices. Ben and Nathan suggest a backdoor approach to picking the correct answer: Refuse to pick a wrong one.
13:51 - Logical Reasoning: Flaw - The guys tackle a Flaw question from PrepTest 123. Try the question for yourself. Then listen to Ben and Nathan’s explanation.
35:06 - Getting Unstuck - An anonymous listener asks how to move forward when they’re stuck debating multiple answer choices. Nathan and Ben instruct Anonymous to reread the passage to discover the source of their misunderstanding.
45:06 - What’s the Deal with…? - The guys debut a new recurring segment by asking: “What’s the deal with the University of Washington Law School?” Listener Hannah unearths an admissions practice that some might call predatory.
1:03:01 - Canadian Law Schools - Listener Josh questions the importance of a high LSAT score for applicants to Canadian law schools.
1:06:09 - Target Schools - Ben and Nathan urge listener N not to limit their focus to a small list of regional target schools.
1:10:52 - Application Essays - Listener Josh relays some dubious advice regarding law school application essays.
1:16:19 - Tips from a Departing Demon - LSAT Demon student Leah says: “Keep drilling LR every spare minute. I drilled LR while walking the dog, on my lunch break, in line at Starbucks. If you have five minutes, try and do 2 LR questions.”
1:18:14 - Word of the Week - Extirpate gimmicks from your approach to the LSAT.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Your understanding score is really low if you're narrowing everything down to a 50-50. |
| 0:05.4 | You're just not getting. We have to turn zeros into one. Hello and welcome to episode 478 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast, I'm Nathan Fox. |
| 0:21.7 | With me is Ben Olson. We're the co-founder of |
| 0:24.0 | Elsat-German.com and the Elsat Demon Daily podcast. You can be Elsat famous by |
| 0:28.6 | sharing news or asking questions on our website thinking Els.com. Coming up we have |
| 0:36.7 | October El sat scores they get released as we record they get released tomorrow |
| 0:41.3 | that's October 23rd. You're listening to this. |
| 0:44.6 | October scores are already out. We'd love to know how you did. So again, go to thinking |
| 0:49.1 | Elsat.com and just drop us a note. We have a free class coming up on Saturday, November 2nd. |
| 0:55.0 | That is a review of Prep Test 141. |
| 0:59.0 | If you want to do that test ahead of time, |
| 1:02.0 | you can show up and do a free class with Demon Tudor |
| 1:07.1 | Cayley. Cayley is a very popular newer teacher with us. |
| 1:12.1 | Again, that's Saturday, November 2nd. newer teacher with us. |
| 1:15.0 | Again, that's Saturday, November 2nd, if you want to do a free class with Cayley |
| 1:17.0 | reviewing Prep Test 141. |
| 1:19.0 | If you don't have time to do the prep test beforehand, |
| 1:22.0 | that's fine, you can probably still get something out of it, |
| 1:24.0 | to show up and work your way through the questions |
| 1:26.2 | with Cayley. |
| 1:27.3 | But if you have time to do the test beforehand, |
| 1:30.6 | I think you'll get probably more out of it. |
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