Scholarship Shenanigans (Ep. 469)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Nathan warn listeners about tactics that some law schools use to make mediocre scholarships appear better than they really are. The guys also discuss a new ABA regulation meant to standardize 1L learning outcomes. They double down on their advice to apply broadly. And they model their approach to Logical Reasoning on a Weaken question from PrepTest 123.
2:27 - Fee Waiver Changes - LSAC now requires students with fee waivers to test twice in LawHub before registering for an official LSAT. Fee waiver recipients must also take the interactive course “How Do I Apply to Law School?”
7:44 - New Rules for Law Schools - A new ABA regulation aims to make law school courses more uniform and give law students more feedback about their academic progress. Nathan and Ben doubt that the new rules will have their intended effects.
15:51 - Better School or Better Price? - Is it better to attend a great law school for an OK price or an OK law school for a great price? Ben and Nathan urge listener Daniel to apply broadly and to focus on the LSAT before worrying about his law school decision.
23:36 - Scholarship Shenanigans - Nathan and Ben shine a light on a shady scholarship practice.
41:02 - Logical Reasoning: Weaken - The guys tackle a Weaken question from PrepTest 123. Try the question yourself. Then, listen to Ben and Nathan’s explanation.
56:50 - Word of the Week - Adopt a parsimonious attitude regarding law school.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Law School courses to become more uniform under new ABA accreditation rule. |
| 0:05.0 | I think I call bullshit. |
| 0:07.0 | I complete bullshit. There's no way that's going to happen. Hello and welcome to episode 469 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Ben Olsen. |
| 0:22.0 | With me is Nathan Fox, we're the co-founder of Elsat podcast. I'm Ben Olsen. With me is Nathan Fox. We're the co-founder of |
| 0:24.2 | Elsat demon.com and the Elsat Demon Daily podcast. Be Elsat famous share news and |
| 0:29.6 | ask questions on our website thinking Elsat.com. In two days the August |
| 0:35.0 | L-sat scores are going to be released that's Wednesday August 28th. Let us know how |
| 0:39.6 | you did good or bad we want to hear from you every time we hear good stories and we hear bad stories |
| 0:46.8 | we hear about how the test was easy and how it was so so hard so tell us your take |
| 0:52.4 | so that we can share the news to everyone else. |
| 0:57.0 | We also have a class coming up on Sunday, September 1st. |
| 1:00.0 | That's a free class. You can sign up for that at else at demon.com forward slash free. |
| 1:05.0 | It's going to be a review of test 146. |
| 1:10.0 | Anything to say there? |
| 1:12.0 | Top by Robert. Robert's been getting... Anything to say there? |
| 1:13.0 | taught by Robert. |
| 1:14.0 | Robert's getting just killer reviews lately. |
| 1:17.2 | People love his style. |
| 1:18.9 | You might have heard him before on this podcast or maybe was he on thinking else that maybe he was just on |
| 1:25.5 | el sat demon daily talking about his 39 point improvement or whatever it was that |
| 1:30.9 | wow okay I was able to have. |
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