Stop Planning and Start Studying (Ep. 482)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Planning to study isn’t studying. This week, Nathan and Ben urge listeners to stop overthinking their study schedules and to start doing LSAT questions—one day, one hour, one question at a time. The guys also discuss conditional scholarships, optional questions on law school applications, and Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.
0:36 - Parental Pressure - An anonymous listener rages at their dad’s intrusion into their LSAT study. The guys encourage Anonymous to have a little sympathy.
9:06 - Study Schedule - You can make great progress with one focused hour of study per day. Ben and Nathan outline the best ways to use that hour: mix timed and untimed practice, promptly review mistakes, focus on understanding, and don’t overthink your study schedule.
39:41 - Conditional Scholarships - An anonymous listener received a scholarship offer that would require them to remain in “good academic standing.” Nathan and Ben assure Anonymous that this is normal.
50:10 - Alumni Connections - Some law school applications invite you to share any personal connections to alumni. Ben and Nathan discuss how applicants might use these connections without losing focus on what’s most important.
56:28 - Disclosing Your School List - Law schools might ask you which schools you’re applying to. Nathan and Ben explain why some law schools ask this question and how you should respond.
1:00:52 - What’s the Deal With…? - The guys pull back the curtain on Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, a conservative-leaning private school in Malibu, California.
1:26:26 - Tips from a Departing Demon - LSAT Demon student Samuel writes: “There are no gimmicks that can possibly match the value of skill.”
1:28:35 - Word of the Week - There are too many extant law schools.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Stop thinking about it so much, right? Less micro optimization. More actually doing the shit. |
| 0:16.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 482 of the Thinking Elseat podcast. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Nathan Fox with me as Ben Olson. |
| 0:23.0 | We are the co-founders of LSATDemon.com and the ElSat Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:28.9 | You can be LSAT famous by sharing news or asking questions on our website, thinkinglsat.com. |
| 0:36.1 | We've got an email here at the top of the show, Ben, with a subject. |
| 0:42.0 | My dad is pissing me off. Anonymous says, greetings demon team. I need advice regarding parents. |
| 0:50.3 | I was studying with an optimistic mindset after listening to episode 480, when all of a sudden I was interrupted by my father. |
| 0:58.8 | He asked me to join the family in the living room, and as I politely declined due to my being in the middle of my LSAT studying, he claimed, |
| 1:07.9 | oh, you're not serious about that. I asked, what makes you think that? Well, he replied, |
| 1:13.6 | you refuse to take multiple practice tests over and over like I told you to. You're just not serious. |
| 1:20.3 | As he shut the door, I felt my face get hot. I felt furious. I've tried explaining to him time and time |
| 1:26.6 | again the demon's strategy regarding |
| 1:28.3 | working on accuracy and skill before wasting attempts on full-length practice exams. I need to know. |
| 1:35.1 | How do you deal with your parents' negativity? Last time I checked, this dude doesn't have anything |
| 1:40.2 | close to a JD. Should I just block out family members who aren't supportive? |
| 1:45.3 | Best Anonymous. |
| 1:47.8 | Yeah, I think we could maybe help with that. |
| 1:50.5 | I mean, I would encourage you to search your heart and to maybe understand that your dad is |
| 1:58.3 | definitely trying to be supportive. Your dad wants nothing but for you to be |
| 2:04.3 | successful and happy in your life. I promise you. And so, you know, when he's saying, you're not |
| 2:11.8 | serious about that, I told you what to do. You're not doing what I told you to do. He's trying. |
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