WTF is “Layered Conditional Logic”? (Ep. 548)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.6 • 886 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
A listener asks about alleged changes to Logical Reasoning that an LSAT YouTuber has reported. Ben and Nathan push back, maintaining that the test hasn’t meaningfully changed and that the so-called “new” question types have been around for years.
Also in this episode:
- A listener successfully secures a GPA change on their transcript.
- Whether to use a letter of recommendation from a university president
- What’s going on at Vanderbilt Law
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0:00 Conditional Scholarships
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16:35 Letter of Recommendation from the President
22:22 New Demon Plans
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47:15 Updated LR Questions?
1:01:48 What’s the Deal with Vanderbilt
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| 0:00.0 | The reports mentioned things like mini logic game like structure, layered conditional logic, |
| 0:07.0 | disguised quantitative logic, and subtler logical gaps. |
| 0:14.0 | Sorry, I'm just laughing, because I just like, what? What, what is that? |
| 0:30.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 548 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast. I'm Nathan Fox. |
| 0:35.7 | With me is Ben Olson. We're the co-founders of ElSatDemon.com and the ElSat Demon Daily podcast. Ben, we're going to kick it off today with an email |
| 0:39.0 | from Chris, who says, thank you so much. Chris writes, I want to thank you for the platform and the |
| 0:47.1 | tips you have given me throughout my journey. I'm currently 39, and in 2023, decided to complete my bachelor's degree and attend law school. |
| 0:57.0 | I opened an LSAC account and submitted my transcripts before listening to you. |
| 1:01.0 | Unfortunately, this likely locked in my 20-year GPA, but I have raised it to a 3.2. |
| 1:09.0 | Using your interface and videos, I raised my LSAT from 151 to 166, which is above the 75th |
| 1:16.6 | percentile at all four schools I applied to. I need to go in-state due to parental responsibilities, |
| 1:23.8 | but the schools don't need to know that. True. |
| 1:28.3 | My offers are Tulane gave me $40,000 a year, |
| 1:33.3 | so I would pay $35,000 a year. |
| 1:36.2 | They're ranked 71. |
| 1:39.4 | LSU, they gave me $10,000 a year, |
| 1:41.8 | so I'd have to pay $14,000 a year. |
| 1:43.8 | They're ranked 84. |
| 1:45.8 | Loyola, New Orleans, gave me $56,000 a year, conditioned on a 2.5 GPA or maintaining that, and would |
| 1:56.7 | pay $800. |
| 1:58.6 | So not a full ride, L.O. |
| 2:08.3 | Wow, not surprising. And then Southern, 9.5,000 a year would have to pay 10,000 a year. |
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