Tips from Departing Demons (Ep. 542)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
After each test administration, a group of Demon users leave the platform and share their parting advice. Ben and Nathan dive into a selection of insights from these departing users.
Also in this episode
- A viewer asks whether to skip questions
- A listener asks if it’s better to move on from time-consuming questions
- How much students can expect from stipends
Check out all of our “What’s the Deal With” segments
Get caught up with our Word of the Week library
0:00 Applying with No GPA
11:35 “Best” Trial Advocacy Programs
16:23 Test D Question — “Plagiarism”
42:18 Skipping Questions
49:46 Tips from Departing Demons
58:22 How Much Are Stipends?
1:06:08 Variance in Practice Tests
1:13:45 Word of the Week — Testatrix
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Luke says I started with a 145 diagnostic. |
| 0:03.0 | I started using the demon and scored a 166. |
| 0:06.0 | Also, I just finished the January test. |
| 0:08.0 | Luke didn't settle for his 16-point improvement. |
| 0:11.0 | He decided to get greedy and wouldn't surprise me at all if Luke ends up with a 170. |
| 0:29.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 542 of the Thinking ElSat podcast. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm Nathan Fox with me as Ben Olson. |
| 0:35.8 | We're the co-founders of ElsetDemon.com and the ElSat Demon Daily podcast. |
| 0:39.3 | First item on our agenda is from Darius. Darius is a military applicant who is trying to get into a top 14 school. |
| 0:44.3 | And I think Ben, we're going to have to dig into this together, but I think that Ben has a misunderstanding |
| 0:49.3 | of a very complicated page on LSAC.org about transfer credits. But why don't you read Darius's email? |
| 0:57.2 | Sure. Good evening. My name is Darius from California. All right. And I'm in the Air Force |
| 1:04.5 | striving to get into a T-14 school, shoot for the stars, and land on the moon at worst. |
| 1:10.4 | My question pertains to how law schools, especially the T-14, |
| 1:13.9 | look at military applicants who test out of classes due to our demanding work life. |
| 1:20.2 | I've seen on LSAC.org that transferring in less than 60 credits results in no cumulative GPA being calculated by them. |
| 1:29.5 | I understand the importance of academic rigor and LSAT dominance, |
| 1:34.5 | but will the lack of cumulative GPA from LSAC turn my chances from a slim to zero? |
| 1:40.4 | I'm stuck between efficiency, price constraints, and admission politics. |
| 1:46.1 | I would be very appreciative of advice on how I could position myself to take advantage of my benefits by keeping costs low to none, while also cultivating an image to these colleges of someone who can handle academic rigor and scrutiny. |
| 2:02.6 | Thank you for your time. |
| 2:04.6 | So I can't really tell from Darius's email how many credits are being transferred this way. |
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