A listener asks whether they should quit their job to focus on LSAT study and law school applications. Ben and Nathan explain that there’s only so much productive studying you can do in a day and recommend keeping the job.

Also in this episode:

- Ben and Nathan poke fun at a New York Times article on homeownership with a clear flaw

- How to break out of a stuck practice test range

- Whether it makes sense to enroll with plans to transfer after 1L

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0:00 Randomly Doing Bad

9:05 New York Times Newsletter Flaw

12:20 Stuck in the Low 160s

21:04 Asking for More Money

37:43 Quitting Job to Study for the LSAT

50:48 Misleading Rankings

1:01:38 Transferring After 1L

1:09:57 Personal Statement Gong Show

1:33:13 Word of the week — ascetic

Nathan and Ben react to WashU offering a new institutional loan to help students cover tuition beyond federal loan limits. They argue that chasing a prestigious name isn't worth it if you have to borrow heavily to get there.

Also in this episode:

- Ben and Nathan roast a poorly written Wall Street Journal headline

- Whether highlighting and note-taking actually helps on the LSAT

- An engineering grad considers switching to law

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0:00 Wall Street Journal Headline

3:29 Extremely Confused

14:34 Loan from WashU

25:27 Highlighting on the LSAT

27:20 Test D Question — Nonprofit Leaders

38:05 Career Change as an Engineer

50:07 A Few More Points on Your GPA

57:26 January Score Hold

1:09:51 Word of the week — suzerain

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

11:00 Getting GPA Changed

16:35 Letter of Recommendation from the President

22:22 New Demon Plans

28:04 Tips from Departing Demons

37:50 RC Speed

47:15 Updated LR Questions?

1:01:48 What’s the Deal with Vanderbilt

1:25:34 Word of the Week — diminution