The Truth About Softs (Ep. 555)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
A viewer writes in asking about their chances at the T14 while being a super splitter. They explain their work history includes founding a multimillion dollar healthcare business. Ben and Nathan ask if the viewer really wants to pursue law school given their entrepreneurial success. If they do, they should focus on maximizing their LSAT.
Also in this episode
- A question on the “soft” side of applications
- Partnership between Arizona State University and Starbucks
- Whether to use a recommendation letter from a former boss
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Get caught up with our Word of the Week library
0:00 Tough Love
12:43 “Soft” Side of Applications
24:04 Test D Question – Standardized-Testing
50:20 ASU and Starbucks Partnership
54:26 Super Splitter with Small Business
1:02:21 Best Time To Start Studying
1:10:04 Recommendation Letter Conundrum
1:19:30 Word of the week – vociferous
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Subject is 168 LSat 2.9 GPA, and I own and operate a multi-million dollar business. |
| 0:07.1 | Can I get into a T-14? |
| 0:09.3 | Should we just answer without even reading the body of the email? |
| 0:11.7 | Yeah, no. |
| 0:13.6 | Probably not. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah, one, no, two, why would you want to? |
| 0:18.0 | Why? |
| 0:18.9 | No and why. |
| 0:31.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 555 of the Thinking Elseap podcast. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Ben Olson. |
| 0:34.4 | With me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:38.0 | We're the co-founders of Elsaidemon.com and the ElsaDemon Daily podcast. |
| 0:44.8 | We have an email here from Connor. Connor wrote in to episode 477 of the Thinking ElSat podcast back in October of 2024. Wow. So it's been almost a year and a half, maybe a little longer. |
| 0:53.1 | He was asking for advice on when to start studying for the LSAT as a sophomore in college. |
| 0:58.3 | We advised him to prioritize maintaining the highest GPA possible and to only take the Lset |
| 1:04.7 | or take on LSAT prep if he can do so without compromising it. |
| 1:10.1 | And okay, now we're getting an update cool |
| 1:12.8 | Connor apparently has a 165 LSAT and a 4.04 undergraduate GPA so great candidate especially |
| 1:22.3 | if he can boost that LSAT a bit more than he would be any school in the country, a good Canada everywhere |
| 1:29.6 | with a 175, right? |
| 1:31.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.1 | Connor says the subject is in need of some tough love and studying advice. |
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