Score Release Highs and Lows (Ep. 367)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Today on the pod, Ben and Nathan celebrate two LSAT Demon students who increased their scores by a whopping thirty-one points. They also offer advice and encouragement to listeners who are disappointed by their August test scores. Plus, the first full-ride scholarship of the 2023 admissions cycle arrived even earlier than Nathan and Ben had anticipated. The guys remind listeners to apply at the beginning of the cycle—which may be August for some schools. And they discuss a tweak to their GLAD guide to law school admissions.
6:62 - The First Scholarship of the Cycle - Listener Delia shares news of her August scholarship offer from Arizona State. Ben and Nathan double down on their advice to apply as soon as applications open.
12:31 - From 145 to 176 - Long-time listener Amanda studied for three years to increase her score from 145 to 176. She reflects on some of the biggest lessons from her LSAT journey and describes how she fell in love with the test.
34:37 - An Excuse to Keep Prepping - Student McKenna is underwhelmed by her August test score. But she’s thankful for the excuse to keep studying with Demon Live and listening to the podcast. Nathan and Ben suggest that her lower-than-expected score may be a blessing in disguise.
38:07 - Decide Later - LSAT Demon student Eric suggests an edit to the GLAD acronym for admissions: “D” for “Decide.” Ben and Nathan discuss the merits of shifting your law school decision to the end of the application process.
45:48 - Questionable Admissions Advice - Admissions staff and consultants have advised listener Christina to highlight student employment in her applications. Nathan and Ben remind listeners that admissions professionals’ interests aren’t always aligned with those of the applicants.
55:50 - Should I Try Demon Live? - Ben and Nathan advise an anonymous listener on their LSAT Demon plan options.
59:31 - Four More Shots - LSAT Demon student Mariah feels discouraged by her August test score. Nathan and Ben suspect that she tried to do too much on test day. They remind Mariah that she’s got four more shots at the official test.
1:01:46 - From 140 to 171 - An anonymous listener shares news of their official 171 on the August test—a 31-point improvement over their diagnostic. The guys marvel at the fact that such drastic score increases don’t feel like anomalies anymore.
1:07:54 - Stipends and Fees - An anonymous listener provides information on a fellowship at Penn State Dickinson that could account for the large number of “more than full” scholarships. Ben and Nathan discuss the outrageous fees charged by some law schools.
1:15:49 - Pearls vs. Turds - Listener Joshua shares a tip from another LSAT prep company. Should you avoid timed practice tests until your accuracy on untimed tests is greater than ninety percent? Short answer: No.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 367 of Pinkin-Lsap Podcast. I'm Ben Olson that's Nathan Fox. |
| 0:13.4 | Together we're the co-founders of Elsat Demon.com and the Elsad Demon Daily |
| 0:17.7 | podcast. |
| 0:18.8 | If you want to get on the next show email us at help at thinking Elsat.com. This is going to air on Monday, September 12, |
| 0:26.2 | 2022. The next registration deadline for the November ElSAT is coming up. |
| 0:32.5 | It's on Thursday, September 29th. |
| 0:35.1 | You can find all these dates at L-SAT. |
| 0:37.1 | link forward slash dates. |
| 0:39.2 | Again, that's L-SAT dot link forward-s. |
| 0:42.4 | If you have not done so already, we implore you, I |
| 0:46.0 | implore you to come to Nathan's free classes. He does them every other Thursday. |
| 0:51.0 | 4 PM Pacific 7 PM Easter and this next class is going to be on Thursday, September |
| 0:55.7 | 22nd. |
| 0:56.7 | It's called your law school application checklist. |
| 1:01.1 | What are you going to talk about? |
| 1:02.1 | Well, we talked about it on today's show actually. |
| 1:05.0 | We got an amendment to our GLAD, G-P-P-A, if you're not getting a 4.0 GPA in your undergrad you don't have any |
| 1:15.3 | business studying else at right now if your undergrad is already over then okay |
| 1:20.3 | you can move on to the next step no matter what your GPA was. The next step is L for L-Sat. You really need to get the very best |
| 1:27.8 | L-Sat you can before you even think about an application cycle. Once you do have your very best L-SAT you should move on to your |
| 1:34.7 | applications. We want you applying in shit. We used to say September. |
| 1:40.3 | Yeah, but today on the show we had a long email from some, well not, sorry, not a long email, |
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