Thinking LSAT

Ben and Nathan welcome to the podcast John Hankey, a meditation expert who shares how meditation can help you prepare for the LSAT and conquer test anxiety. Before speaking with John, they answer the following four LSAT preparation questions from listeners: What's the best way to properly vet an LSAT tutor or course? If I want to improve my reading comprehension score, should I be reading The Economist and The New York Times? Further, should I be doing sudoku puzzles to improve my logic games score? When should I recalibrate my LSAT goals? For example, if my goal was to complete two perfect logic games, when should I increase the goal to three perfect games? Are LSAT forums an effective study tactic or way to prepare for the test? Take a listen and tell us what you think.

Ben and Nathan share thoughts about the September LSAT, and answer the following questions from two tutoring students about improving your LSAT score: What score improvement can most students expect to see? Can you improve your Reading Comprehension score? If I'm getting the first 16 questions in Logical Reasoning correct, will it be difficult to improve my score in that section? Do I have to get at least a 170 on the LSAT to get into the law schools I want, or receive scholarship offers from other schools? Is there a study schedule that's more effective than others? Take a listen and let us know what you think.

Ann Levine, law school admissions expert and author of "Law School Admissions Game," attended one of Nathan's San Francisco LSAT classes to answer law school admission questions. Some of the topics Ann addresses are: Personal statements and diversity statements Letters of recommendation Applications and addenda How to address GPA discrepancies Developing a wait list strategy Take a listen and let us know what you think.

Ben and Nathan talk about several LSAT topics, including: Strategies to approach parallel reasoning questions Creating different scenarios in games, and how to split the main diagram into multiple options Whether to stay on course for taking the September LSAT, or aim for the December test; What to do during the last two weeks of September LSAT prep Whether you should start work on your personal statement and application, or wait until after the LSAT Take a listen and let us know what you think.

Nathan has a follow-up tutoring session with Ebony, a student from Dallas, Texas. When we were first introduced to Ebony, she was struggling with a learning disability and was unsure how it would impact her LSAT performance. In the time after her initial meeting with Nathan, Ebony put into practice the following strategies: Don't skip the early questions Take practice test from a current book LSAT exam (Ebony used Volume 5) Practice logic games from older tests Slow down at the end and focus on accuracy (even if you don't finish) Skip the science-themed reading comprehension sections if needed By only working on these strategies, Ebony's practice LSAT scores increased from 152 to 157! She went from answering 32 Logical Reasoning questions correctly to 40; and 16 correct Reading Comprehension questions to 21. In this episode, Nathan and Ebony also review Logical Reasoning questions and how to approach those for correct answers. They also discuss how to use the Fox LSAT online videos to enhance her LSAT practice sessions.

Nathan talks one-on-one with a student in Dallas, Texas. Topics include: 

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LSAT teacher and author Graeme Blake joins us from Montreal to discuss five things he learned while writing thousands of LSAT explanations, the Reddit LSAT forum, why Canadian law schools don't care much for the LSAT, and lots more. Links discussed on the show:

Graeme’s “Five things I learned” article

Graeme’s site

Graeme’s books

Graeme’s email course

A rising senior from Columbia University, currently scoring 165 on the LSAT, asks us tons of great questions. Examples include: "If I'm testing an 'if-then statement on a Could be True question on a logic game, do I also need to test the contrapositive?"... "What's the best guessing strategy?"... "Should I bring an analog watch on test day?" "Should I study flash cards?"... and much more.

Nate Willis made the leap from 141 to 151 on his practice LSATs in less than two weeks. How did he do it? Strategy discussion includes necessary and sufficient assumption questions, techniques for question identification, the power of redoing logic games, and much more.