LSAT Unplugged + Law School Admissions Podcast

Free LSAT cheat sheet: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/fmt2027long/cheatsheet Free practice test in the August 2027 format: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/fmt2027long/practicetest LSAC is getting rid of the LSAT's experimental section. Starting with the August 2027 test, the unscored questions are mixed inside all 3 sections, and nobody tells you which ones count. Reading Comp always goes first. Every section gets longer (52 minutes for Reading Comp, 45 for each Logical Reasoning section), and you get 2 breaks. The 77 scored questions, the time per question, and the 120 to 180 scale stay the same. If you test by June 2027, nothing changes for you. If you test in August 2027 or later, start training for the longer sections now, with the tests you already own. This is the plan I'd follow until LSAC puts new-format practice tests on LawHub in February 2027. Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/fmt2027long/lesson LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/fmt2027long/courses Chapters 0:00 LSAC is dropping the experimental section 1:09 Opening cold on Reading Comp 6:14 Build the 52-minute set 9:39 First break, first LR section 14:19 Last section and full comparison 19:24 Your test date decides 22:08 Practice you can start tomorrow

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I've covered the government's moves on law school money and the ABA across a string of videos. This puts all of it in one place. After the admissions files, the Justice Department opened a review of law school scholarships at William & Mary. It says it has reached no conclusions. The 509 reports show full rides were already down 23% from 2021 to 2025. And the ABA dropped its diversity rule, then got a 500-page report recommending it lose its power to accredit law schools anyway. Accreditation decides whether your school's students get federal loans and whether its grads can sit for the bar in most states. It's also the reason every school publishes the 509 numbers you use to compare them. Schools are getting more careful about anything they can't defend on paper, and your LSAT score is the number they can. Get the free LSAT cheat sheet: unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet 0:00 The DOJ's second front 0:44 Law school scholarships under federal review 7:40 Full ride scholarships are falling 10:42 The ABA and the diversity rule 13:40 What happens if the ABA loses accreditation 21:15 The 509 report and who publishes it 25:28 Why the LSAT matters more now I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://www.unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=study-plan-epic Most people plan 2 months for the LSAT. Starting from scratch, it usually takes 5 or 6. And the plan isn't the only thing that stalls people. So do a few beliefs, like thinking a 170 isn't realistic for you, that more practice tests will fix it, or that you're just not a test taker. This course is the whole plan, from your first day to test day, plus the 6 beliefs that wreck it. How long to study and how many hours a day, the order to study in, a 60-day plan, a 30-day plan, the last 2 weeks, how to review your misses, timing, test week, and when to pick your date. Each chapter is named for the problem it fixes. Find yours below, or let it run. Chapters: 0:00 Start here: the whole LSAT study plan, day 1 to test day 1:05 Part 1 | LSAT study schedule: how long, how many hours a day 11:19 Part 2 | LSAT score goals: "That score isn't realistic for me" 16:17 Too old for law school? Why 40 or 50 isn't a barrier 20:08 Studying for the LSAT while working full time 25:50 Part 3 | Why LSAT points matter: "A few points won't change much" 27:44 Why law schools pay for LSAT points 32:35 Part 4 | How to study for the LSAT: the LASER order 40:00 LSAT study week: the daily split and rest days 42:03 Part 5 | 60-day LSAT study plan: one skill at a time 53:34 Part 6 | 30-day LSAT study plan: no full tests until week 4 1:07:59 Part 7 | 2 weeks before the LSAT: what to study 1:15:37 Part 8 | More LSAT practice tests: "I just need more practice tests" 1:18:11 How many hours to study for the LSAT: 10 deep beat 40 scattered 1:21:15 LSAT burnout: the signs, and how to take a week off 1:25:13 Part 9 | LSAT review: Socratic review and the wrong-answer journal 1:30:34 Why you missed an LSAT question: stimulus, stem, or answers 1:32:56 LSAT wrong answer journal: stop just circling misses 1:47:31 Part 10 | Studying for the LSAT alone: "I can figure it out on my own" 1:50:52 LSAT study groups: why they stall your score 1:54:01 Stuck in the 150s or 160s? Why you need outside feedback 1:56:06 Part 11 | LSAT timing: how to stop running out of time 2:09:36 LSAT timing strategy: the first 10 questions in 10 minutes 2:12:22 Part 12 | LSAT test anxiety: "I'm just not a good test taker" 2:14:58 LSAT score dropped? Treat it as data, not a verdict 2:17:27 Why LSAT test-day scores fall below practice scores 2:19:54 LSAT test anxiety: use the adrenaline instead of fighting it 2:23:51 Panic on hard LSAT questions? Flag it and come back 2:29:09 How to get past LSAT test anxiety: close the score gap 2:31:32 LSAT second-guessing: the answer-change audit 2:32:17 Part 13 | LSAT test week: the last 7 days and test day 2:39:19 Part 14 | When to take the LSAT: "I'll decide later" 2:40:53 Does retaking the LSAT hurt you? What schools see 2:43:03 Retake the LSAT or apply now? The scholarship check 2:45:33 Ready for the LSAT? Average your last 5 practice tests I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/FNd2eIAT3PA/cheatsheet 00:00 One logic mistake 01:06 Sufficient vs necessary 02:04 If vs only if 02:35 The trap answer 03:56 The contrapositive 05:10 Socratic Review 05:47 The whole thing I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/FNd2eIAT3PA/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/FNd2eIAT3PA/courses

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet Real questions from my livestreams, answered on the spot. 0:00 The 10 questions everyone asks first (Q1) 8:45 When should you start studying? (Q11) 13:31 Low diagnostic score? What it means (Q17) 16:57 Books or a study program? (Q20) 18:23 How long to study (and how much) (Q23) 25:27 How often to take practice tests (Q29) 31:49 Drilling vs. timed sections (Q35) 34:00 Running out of time (Q37) 37:09 How to review wrong answers (Q39) 41:25 Fixing weak Logical Reasoning (Q42) 52:04 Fixing weak Reading Comp (Q51) 1:00:12 The writing sample (Q57) 1:03:22 Test day and rescheduling (Q60) 1:06:21 Getting extra time (accommodations) (Q63) 1:11:14 Stuck on a score plateau (Q69) 1:19:09 What is a good LSAT score? (Q75) 1:24:56 Should you retake or cancel? (Q82) 1:34:43 Can anyone get a 170+? (Q91) 1:37:08 LSAT format and other questions (Q94) I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/cZEM4j4iAa8/cheatsheet 00:00 The real problem 00:49 The diagnosis 02:07 The 3-part map 03:27 Example: the coastal city 05:02 Socratic Review 06:08 Start to finish I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/cZEM4j4iAa8/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/cZEM4j4iAa8/courses

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet People ask me every day if they're too old for law school. I've answered it in a lot of videos and lives, and this puts the whole answer in one place. No, you're not. Admissions committees ask whether you'll pass the bar, finish law school, and use the degree, and an older applicant can often answer all three better than a 22-year-old. An old GPA matters less once you've built a real career. Your letters, resume, and personal statement can carry it. The real barrier is the LSAT. If you work full time and have a family, give yourself 5 to 6 months, study in a regular block instead of marathons, and aim above your target schools' medians. Law schools only count your highest score. At 35, 42, or 51, you'll be that age anyway. The question is whether you'll be a lawyer when you get there. 0:00 Am I too old for law school? 6:33 Your law school application at 30, 40, 50 12:13 The LSAT is the real barrier 16:38 An LSAT study plan for working adults 22:38 Law school as an older student 25:03 Who should go to law school I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/L3OPjuwykBw/cheatsheet 00:00 The Duke letter 01:23 What a findings letter is 02:35 Duke's own paperwork 04:20 The medians 05:03 The model 05:35 Duke's answer 06:29 Berkeley 07:55 The one-word edit 09:02 William and Mary 10:01 What it means for deans 10:50 The pool grew at the top 11:40 The 25th isn't safe 13:20 What you can move I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/L3OPjuwykBw/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/L3OPjuwykBw/courses

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I've made a lot of videos on whether law school pays off. This one puts the whole answer in one place, with the numbers. The answer comes down to what you borrow and what you earn. Three years of tuition at the priciest schools now runs over a quarter of a million dollars, and a full price seat and a full ride at a school ranked 40 or 50 can sit $200,000 or more apart. Starting salaries split in two. A little over half land between $55,000 and $100,000, big firms pay $225,000, and almost nobody sits in between. The class of 2025 data is in here too. Five schools dropped more than 8 points in one year in graduates landing real legal jobs, Howard included. Read each school's own numbers before you sign anything. The number that moves both sides is your LSAT score. It decides which schools say yes and how much they pay you to come. 0:00 Two numbers: what you borrow, what you earn 2:39 Borrow: what the degree costs 4:55 Earn: what the degree pays 12:56 School: full price or a full ride 20:35 Data: read the school's own numbers 26:21 Score: the one number that moves both I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet "Mini logic games" are the rule-packed must be true questions in LSAT Logical Reasoning. One paragraph, a pile of rules, no argument to judge. You get every line on its own, and the whole thing falls apart the second you try to hold it all at once. I define the term, show the 2 kinds, and walk through 3 practice questions built like the real ones, easy to hard. Each one catches a different mistake. I name it and give you the fix right where it happens. You also get the 5 chain rules these questions test, plus a 2-night drill with released questions so you can see which mistake is actually yours. On the 102 released tests we have, these show up about 1 per test, flat since 1991. Honestly, that can't tell you much about today, because a test is years old by the time it's released. Takers on today's test report more, usually 1 or 2 per test. Chapters 0:00 "I can grasp the sentences separately, but never together" 0:20 What a mini logic game is 0:36 The 2 kinds 1:02 3 ways people miss these 1:29 Question 1 (easy): Radio Keswen 2:33 Mistake 1: working every rule in order 2:46 Fix 1: find the anchor 4:05 How often these show up 5:40 Question 2 (medium): the opera house 7:01 Mistake 3: could be true on a must 7:27 Fix 3: build 1 made-up world 8:23 The 5 chain rules 8:56 Question 3 (hard): Halvern and Odlum 10:17 Mistake 2: stopping 1 link early 10:48 Fix 2: follow the chain to the end 12:02 The 3 mistakes 12:11 Your 2-night drill I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com