New student Jess is frustrated because her scores are “decreasing.” Are they, though? Nathan calls BS. Jess has taken only three practice tests since she started studying with the Demon. There’s a lot of noise in small samples—three data points do not establish a trend. Ben and Nathan advise Jess to focus more on understanding the questions she misses.

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Student Rosa asks the guys for advice on whether to take a gap year before law school to add volunteer work to her resume.

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Student Gabe aims to score 180 on the LSAT. Ben and Nathan explain why no one actually needs a perfect score. They recommend plugging your undergraduate GPA into the Demon’s Scholarship Estimator to get an idea of the LSAT score range that will make you competitive for full scholarships.

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Volodymyr is a first-generation immigrant who studied with LSAT Demon for six months and increased his score by 27 points. He applied early and broadly and was offered five full-ride scholarships. Volodymyr worked his ass off, and now he’ll be attending his top-choice law school for free!

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Listener Jennifer asks whether to take the April LSAT and apply for Fall 2022 admission or to take the June LSAT and apply for Fall 2023 admission. The short answer: neither. Nathan and Ben advise students not to select an official test date before their practice test scores indicate that they’re ready.

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Demon student Taylor asks how to know when she’s reached her full potential on the LSAT. Ben and Nathan take a look at Taylor’s stats and encourage her not to give up too soon. She’ll continue to make progress if she focuses on understanding her mistakes and makes use of the Demon’s live classes, full explanations, and Ask button.

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Listener Hayley writes in to ask Nathan and Ben for advice. Before they even get to her question, the guys notice several typos in her email. Their first piece of advice: Proofread your writing. If you’re going to be a lawyer, you need to practice careful communication. The guys answer Hayley’s questions and encourage her to check out the LSAT Demon Scholarship Estimator to get an idea of what LSAT score would make her competitive for scholarships.

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An anonymous listener commends the LSAT Demon Scholarship Estimator as a really helpful resource. But they’re usure whether they qualify as an underrepresented minority. Ultimately, law schools will make that determination, but if there’s a gray area, Anonymous should answer application questions honestly and generously in their favor. Ben and Nathan encourage listeners to focus on getting their best LSAT score regardless of URM status.

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Listener Nathan B has an upper-170s LSAT score and a competitive GPA to boot. But he took nine months off to study for the LSAT and is worried that law schools might frown on the gap in his resume. The guys weigh in and remind listeners that the LSAT and GPA matter far more than anything else.

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Student Tyler says he usually gets the first 15 logical reasoning questions correct, but he has recently started missing 2 or 3 questions out of the first 10. Nathan suspects that a small sample size could be part of the story. Regardless, Tyler should focus less on the number of missed questions and more on understanding his mistakes so he can avoid making them in the future.

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