What If I Can’t Predict the Answer? (Ep. 492)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
The best LSAT students frequently predict the correct answer. But what do you do if your prediction isn’t there? This week, Nathan and Ben revisit their adaptable approach to prediction. The guys also share test-week advice for a February LSAT taker. They weigh in on binding early deferral programs. And they examine a law school in turmoil.
1:30 - February LSAT Advice - Listener Max looks for test-week advice to help him crush the February LSAT—but Ben and Nathan don’t believe in last-minute tips and tricks. They urge Max not to take the LSAT until he’s happy with his practice test scores.
7:09 - Predictions and Question Types - Nathan and Ben discuss how to predict answers and what to do when your prediction doesn’t appear in the answer choices. Their approach is similar across question types.
24:39 - Learn from Your Mistakes - You don’t need to look for big lessons in every mistake.Your review should always address these two questions: (1) Why is the right answer right? (2) Why is the wrong answer wrong?
31:50 - Columbia LEAD Program - Ben and Nathan strongly discourage students from applying to binding early deferral programs like Columbia Law’s LEAD Fellowship.
38:22 - What’s the Deal with…? - Of all law schools in 2024, Penn State Law in University Park suffered the sharpest decline in their students’ LSAT scores. The guys investigate.
1:12:29 - Word of the Week - Other LSAT prep companies offer agglomerations of terrible tips and tricks.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I've never said that. |
| 0:02.3 | Yeah, I don't know. |
| 0:03.5 | You're not hip with the kids. |
| 0:12.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 492 of the Thinking ElSat podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Nathan Box. |
| 0:17.0 | With me is Ben Olson. |
| 0:18.1 | We're the co-founders of ElsatDemon.com and the Elsat Demon Daily |
| 0:21.4 | podcast. On Monday, February 10th, you are invited to a free class with you, Ben. This is our |
| 0:30.1 | third free class of the year already in 2025. And what are you going to talk about in that free class? |
| 0:38.4 | Yeah, we're going to be doing six logical reasoning questions together. |
| 0:43.5 | After you do them, I'm going to read through each one and explain exactly how I'm thinking |
| 0:50.0 | as I go through the arguments sentence by sentence. |
| 0:53.9 | The goal is to show you how you should be |
| 0:56.3 | reading these passages to find the right answer. Fantastic. We're going to show you how easy the |
| 1:01.4 | LSAT can be to sign up for that class. You just go to LSATdemon.com forward slash free. |
| 1:08.1 | As soon as you have a demon free account, by the way way you'll get invited to all of our free classes |
| 1:12.8 | throughout the year we do about once a month a little more than that but uh you shouldn't miss |
| 1:19.4 | ben's free class uh again that's monday february 10th go to lsat demon dot com forward slash free |
| 1:27.2 | if you would like to sign up for that class. |
| 1:30.5 | First email on our agenda today, Ben, is from Max. |
| 1:36.5 | Nathan and Ben, I'm planning to take the February LSAT and I'm curious if you have any |
| 1:40.9 | tips for how to maximize my score. |
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