RIP Remote LSAT (Ep. 547)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
LSAC announces that upcoming LSAT administrations will return primarily to in-person testing. Ben and Nathan discuss the shift away from remote testing and what it means for test takers.
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| 0:00.0 | We just got this long email from ELSAC announcing a change to move toward in-center testing. |
| 0:06.6 | Unless you have a special accommodation, it's going to be taken at in-person testing center, starting in August. |
| 0:19.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 547 of the Thinking ElSat podcast. I'm Ben Olson with me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:27.1 | We're the co-founders of ElSatDemon.com and the Elsad Demon Daily podcast. We just got this long |
| 0:33.1 | email from ElSack announcing a change to move toward in-center testing starting in August. |
| 0:40.9 | Yep, no more taking it at home, no more showing off your room with the camera, having an external |
| 0:47.7 | camera or whatever to show the room to your online virtual proctor. |
| 0:53.4 | They cite test security as the reason why they're doing this. |
| 0:58.1 | So they're apparently really worried about cheating. |
| 1:01.7 | We saw them last year, or whenever it was, |
| 1:05.8 | that they announced that they weren't going to do any testing at all in mainland |
| 1:09.3 | China because they were worried about cheating. |
| 1:13.2 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:14.0 | And now, I guess, everywhere, it's just going to be, unless you have a special accommodation, |
| 1:19.0 | it's going to be taken at in-person testing centers starting in August. |
| 1:24.0 | So. |
| 1:26.9 | The one stat that surprised me in this email was it said that remote test takers only account for 40% of all test takers. |
| 1:35.6 | So it sounds like the majority of people are already taking it in person. |
| 1:39.6 | So they're just removing this option for, I mean, 40% still a decent chunk of people, but |
| 1:44.9 | yeah, so most people are already doing this anyway. |
| 1:50.1 | Anything for students to take away from this? |
| 1:54.3 | Just sorry, if you're taking the LSAT in any time in August or beyond. |
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