What's My LSAT Potential? (Ep. 438)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
The LSAT is a test of reasoning skills. But the best lawyers often go beyond reason—they set unreasonable goals and work unreasonable hours to attain them. If you have dreams of attending a top law school, you should embrace a similar level of commitment. This week, Ben and Nathan discuss how your work ethic impacts your success on the LSAT, in law school, and throughout your legal career. Later, the guys share tips for managing test anxiety. They critique a misguided approach to studying Logic Games. And they contemplate the biggest risks that the world faces in 2024.
1:41 - What’s My LSAT Potential? - Don’t limit yourself to a “reasonable” score increase. Your LSAT potential comes down to how hard you’re willing to work.
19:15 - Test Anxiety - The guys discuss strategies for overcoming test-day nerves and treating the official test like an ordinary practice test.
29:21 - Overconfident and Underprepared - Listener Erica was surprised by how much she struggled with the Logic Games on the January LSAT. Ben and Nathan find an obvious flaw in Erica’s study routine: too much reading and not enough real practice.
36:36 - Survey Flaws - Nathan and Ben discuss the results of a survey about the top global risks in 2024. The guys list some of the most common survey flaws that appear on the LSAT.
1:00:36 - Worlds - Nathan quotes the No Stupid Questions podcast to describe LSAT Demon’s worlds-first approach to Logic Games: “mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive.”
1:13:50 - Optional Essays - Ben and Nathan explain why “optional” essays should be treated as mandatory if you want your application to shine.
1:16:24 - First-Gen Students - Listener Madison asks whether first-generation students have any advantage in law school admissions.
1:18:22 - LSAT Writing - Nathan and Ben break down how to approach the LSAT Writing section.
1:23:35 - Words of the Week - The guys aren’t being cantankerous, they’re just trying to galvanize you.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We can't all shoot for 180 and I agree with anonymous. I don't think 180 is a reasonable goal |
| 0:06.7 | probably for anybody. So how do I know where to stop. 438 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast. I'm Ben Olsen and with me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:25.0 | We're the co-founder of Elsat Demon.com and the Elsad Demon Daily Podcast. |
| 0:29.2 | For those of you who just finished the January Elsat, congratulations, let us know how it went, good or bad, |
| 0:35.6 | we want to hear. |
| 0:36.6 | You can do that at thinkingelsat.com. |
| 0:39.7 | You can also ask any questions about whatever |
| 0:42.0 | at thinking elseset.com. |
| 0:44.3 | Coming up this Wednesday, Nathan, you have a double black diamond |
| 0:48.4 | class that's free for everyone. |
| 0:50.5 | Yep, it's an expert level logical reasoning class. We do a whole bunch of hard questions. The questions are basically by request. So students who run across really hard questions during the week and they want to add it to the |
| 1:03.2 | double black diamond agenda they just email our help team and get the questions on |
| 1:07.0 | there or if any of our teachers or tutors encounter questions where they're like |
| 1:11.2 | ooh that was a doozy we should put this on the |
| 1:13.3 | double black diamond agenda that's how that's built this one is going to be on |
| 1:18.6 | Wednesday January 24th 9 PM Eastern time and yeah it's a free class so I guess anybody can just sign up for a demon |
| 1:28.4 | free account and come join and watch me do a whole bunch of harder logical reasoning questions. |
| 1:34.4 | Go to L-Sat.link slash free if you want to sign up for that free class coming on |
| 1:39.6 | Wednesday the 24th. |
| 1:40.8 | All right, anonymous says when have I reached my L-SAT potential? |
| 1:45.6 | Hi Ben and Nathan, I know you guys always say to take the official L-SAT when your practice |
| 1:49.9 | scores indicate that you are ready, but what does that mean? |
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