The Worst Law School in America? (Ep. 483)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Some have called Cooley Law School the “worst law school in America.” Is it? Nathan and Ben investigate. The guys also demonstrate their approach to Strengthen questions, advocate a spoiler-free method of review, and compare the importance of GPA and undergraduate institution prestige.
2:41 - Logical Reasoning: Strengthen - Ben and Nathan explain why correct answers on Strengthen questions don’t simply repeat the premises. Then the guys tackle a Strengthen question from PrepTest 123. Try the question for yourself, then listen to their explanation.
37:26 - No Spoilers - Nathan and Ben encourage LSAT Demon student Vivian to reattempt the questions that she misses before reviewing the Demon’s explanations.
47:01 - Military Personal Statement - The guys advise listener Matt on how to write a personal statement that highlights his military experience without overselling it.
52:12 - Undergraduate Prestige - Your GPA matters more than the reputation of your undergraduate institution.
1:00:42 - What’s the Deal With…? - Ben and Nathan examine the admissions statistics and bar passage rate at Cooley Law School.
1:23:12 - Tips from a Departing Demon - LSAT Demon student Isabella writes: “The Demon really works, and it is actually easy! I thought that was a lie, but by the end of prep, I could make predictions on every question (usually multiple predictions). Doing a real focused hour every day gave me a 24-point improvement.”
1:24:45 - Word of the Week - Law schools goose their rankings by giving tuition discounts to high-scoring applicants.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The median LESAT is a 149. |
| 0:03.1 | The median GPA is a 3.11. |
| 0:06.9 | That's very low. |
| 0:16.4 | Hello and welcome to episode 483 of the Thinking ElSat podcast. |
| 0:21.3 | I'm Ben Olson. |
| 0:22.2 | With me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:24.0 | We're the co-founders of Elsaid Demon.com and the Elsaid Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | Be LSAT famous, share news and ask questions on our website, ThinkingElsat.com. |
| 0:34.1 | Coming up tomorrow, I believe, right? |
| 0:36.9 | This is going to air on Monday, December 2nd. Well, tomorrow, |
| 0:39.6 | Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024, we're going to have Parents Night Volume 2. We did this |
| 0:47.0 | over a year ago. It was a free class directed at parents who have your best interest at heart, but don't necessarily |
| 0:58.2 | know what advice to give you and oftentimes give you bad advice. So we want to invite you |
| 1:04.6 | and your parents to come to this free class and give us a chance to explain to them exactly how the law school admissions game is played |
| 1:13.1 | and how much money is on the line and why it's often in their best interests and yours |
| 1:19.1 | to slow down and do this right. |
| 1:22.1 | Certainly to apply with your best LSAT score because it's going to be highly determinative of where you get admitted |
| 1:29.5 | and even more importantly, the price that you pay to go. That's the real kind of dirty secret of |
| 1:38.6 | the whole law school game is that they've got a tuition that is essentially fictional, and then they tell everybody |
| 1:47.2 | what the real price of the JD is going to be when they make an offer of admission with |
| 1:53.1 | scholarships. And if you think we're lying about that, just consider the fact that at some schools, |
| 2:00.6 | 99% of the students are getting some form of |
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