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Demon student Adrienne asks about scholarships to hybrid and part-time programs. Nathan and Ben uncover more inconsistencies in ABA 509 reports. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube. 0:15 - Target Scores Are Unnecessary 24:02 - Dreaming LSAT 32:30 - Take a Gap Year 39:49 - Follow-Up: What Is “African American”? 50:50 - Your Personal Statement Is Your Sales Pitch

LSAT Demon teacher Brandon Beaver joins Nathan to advise an anonymous listener on their personal statement. Brandon and Nathan tell listeners to treat their personal statement as a sales pitch, not a life story. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Listener Quentin writes in with a thoughtful response to Episode 328 . Nathan and Ben continue their discussion about who qualifies as “African American” on law school applications. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

An anonymous Demon student didn’t score as highly as they could have on the August LSAT. They already registered to retake the test in October but worry about taking a gap year. Ben and Nathan encourage Anonymous to take a gap year and forget about applications until they have their best score on record. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this ep...

An anonymous listener shares a prophetic dream about seashells. Nathan and Ben remind Anonymous that feeling confident doesn’t mean you stop studying. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Ben and Nathan edit an overlong email from listener Anthony. They dissuade him from pursuing a “target” score and advise him to focus on school before the LSAT. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube . 0:15 - 139 to 164: Sam's LSAT Success Story 22:08 - Addressing Character and Fitness Issues 29:17 - Don't Register Until You're Ready 31:35 - Reread Sentences, Not Passages 36:47 - 155 to 176: "Frances" Got Greedy

Demon student “Frances'' could have settled for her original goal score of 164. She got greedy instead. Now, with an official 176, she can apply at the beginning of the cycle with an LSAT score that won’t make her UGPA sad. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Anonymous struggles to stay focused on abstract or philosophical passages. Nathan and Ben think it’s crucial to catch yourself as soon as you don’t understand something and to reread that sentence before moving on. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Ben and Nathan advise listener Erika not to register for future tests until she’s happy with her practice test scores. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

An anonymous listener wonders how to address a minor possession charge on their law school applications. Nathan and Ben counsel Anonymous not to apologize but to answer any character and fitness questions simply with facts. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Former LSAT Demon student Sam Chen joins Nathan to discuss her LSAT success story. Sam improved her LSAT from 139 to 164, despite being a non-native English speaker, by studying for over 1,000 hours over the course of ten months. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube . 0:15 - Build Confidence One Question at a Time 6:56 - 157 to 174: Hannah's LSAT Success Story 43:35 - Am I an African American? 47:02 - Burning Boats and Bridges 55:17 - Staying "Objective" on the LSAT

Demon student Taranpreet struggles to remain objective when evaluating arguments on the LSAT. Ben and Nathan discuss why accepting things for the sake of argument doesn’t require strict objectivity. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Demon student Noah applied to law schools this cycle even though his official 164 doesn’t match his best practice test score. He already has a full ride scholarship offer in hand, but he worries that he might be leaving money on the table at higher-ranked schools. Nathan and Ben advise him on how to withdraw his applications without harming his scholarship chances next cycle. Read more on our webs...

An anonymous listener who was born in Egypt isn’t sure how to classify their race on law school applications. Ben and Nathan weigh in. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Former LSAT Demon student Hannah Chanin joins Nathan to share her LSAT success story. After improving her LSAT by 14 points with the Demon, Hannah attended Washington University in St. Louis on a full-ride scholarship. Now she’s a lawyer working in-house at a biotech company. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Anonymous lacks confidence in the effectiveness of their study. Nathan and Ben’s advice? Start by getting the easy ones right, and confidence will follow. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube . 0:15 - 147 to 174: Beth's LSAT Success Story 41:34 - What Is the "URM Bump?" 45:08 - When in Doubt, Disclose 48:31 - Argue Against the Answer Choices 54:58 - Don't Expect to Transfer

Nathan and Ben examine ABA 509 reports to illustrate how rarely students transfer into higher-rated law schools. They urge listeners to never attend a school they wouldn’t be happy to graduate from. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Listener Stacy feels confident on Strengthen questions but frequently gets stuck on Weaken questions. Ben and Nathan remind Stacy never to “make a case” for an answer choice. Attack the argument by asking whether the premises prove the conclusion. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Listener Daisy’s immigration status is in doubt after she fled her home country due to religious persecution. Dose she need to disclose this on her law school applications? Nathan and Ben advise her to err on the side of disclosure. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Ben and Nathan discuss why law schools favor underrepresented minorities in their admissions and scholarship decisions, and how the LSAT Demon Scholarship Estimator accounts for this bump. Read more on our website ! Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube .

Former LSAT Demon student Beth Noble joins Nathan to share her LSAT success story. Beth improved her LSAT from 147 to 167—a twenty point increase—after studying with the Demon. She didn’t stop there. Beth got greedy and kept retaking the test until she reached 174. She advises current students to take their time and delay their applications until next year if necessary. Read more on our website !...