Surrender to Win (Ep. 380)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Fears and false narratives often destroy our productivity. Only when we let go of such counterproductive thoughts can we achieve our full potential. Today on the pod, Ben and Nathan counsel listeners whose misconceptions about law school admissions have distracted them from what’s truly important. They respond to a father’s misguided advice about admissions, address fears about rising medians, and analyze “customized” scholarships.
8:27 - Penn State Merger - Penn State University Park and Penn State Dickinson have announced their merger into a single law school. Will two good law schools combine to make one excellent one? Ben and Nathan weigh in.
17:05 - Switch to the Demon? - Should listener Stefan enroll in another prep company’s “170+ guarantee” course, or should he switch to LSAT Demon? Nathan and Ben are biased, but that doesn’t make them wrong—Stefan will learn far more from the Demon.
22:04 - When Should I Subscribe? - Listener Ryan is a college student and can’t afford to spend much on LSAT prep. He asks Ben and Nathan for advice on timing his subscription. The guys urge Ryan to focus on school. He should begin his LSAT prep when his grades are right—and maybe after he finds a better-paying job.
27:37 - Misguided Advice from Dad - Listener Priscila knows she can beat her 160 LSAT score if she keeps studying. But her father wants her to apply to law school right now. Nathan and Ben counsel Priscila to stay the course and keep working to improve her score. Priscila should see herself as a potential asset to law schools and expect appropriate scholarship offers.
34:34 - Customized Scholarships - LSAT Demon team member Brittany shares an email from WashU about their “customized” scholarships, which cover special types of aid like child care and conference funding. Ben and Nathan respect WashU’s gamesmanship, but these awards don’t measure up to real merit scholarships.
41:55 - Fear of Rising Medians - Listener Larry doesn’t want to apply this cycle, but he worries that law schools’ median LSAT scores might go up next year. Nathan and Ben explain why this fear is overblown. They advise Larry that taking an extra year might do wonders for his career.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 380 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Ben Olson. |
| 0:12.0 | With me is Nathan Fox, together with the co-founders of |
| 0:14.4 | Elsat demon.com and the Elsat demon daily podcast this will air on Monday |
| 0:19.6 | December 12th 2022 if you want to get on the next show, email help at thinking |
| 0:24.5 | elseet.com or go to our website thinking else at.com. Those emails all go to |
| 0:29.8 | Nathan so you get to inundate his inbox with that question, with your question. |
| 0:37.4 | The next test is the January L-SAT, but it's already passed the registration deadline for that one so if you're not |
| 0:44.5 | registered for that you're really looking ahead to the February 2023 |
| 0:49.8 | L-sat and the registration deadline for that is December 27th, two days after Christmas. |
| 0:57.3 | You don't need to make a decision right now, just wait until you get your practice test scores |
| 1:00.8 | up to where you want them and then sign up for whatever test is next. |
| 1:05.0 | You can find all those dates at alsat.link forward slash dates. |
| 1:09.0 | Worth pointing out there that we that unlike the last couple test registrations, |
| 1:14.9 | this one has a registration after, |
| 1:18.2 | significantly after scores, |
| 1:20.4 | sorry, significantly before scores are coming out from the subsequent test. |
| 1:25.0 | The January test scores don't come out until February 1st. |
| 1:28.6 | So if you want to take the February test you're going to have to sign up way before you even take that |
| 1:32.2 | January test. |
| 1:33.7 | Yep, yep. Not the end of the world. I mean if you if your practice test indicate that you're ready |
| 1:38.8 | then you should probably sign up. But worst, worst case you withdraw. |
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