Early Decision is a Racket (Ep. 1311)

Nate and Ben go over what we can, and can't, know about how competitive next year's admissions cycle will be.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A former Education Department official wrote a piece in the New York Times entitled, "Early Decision is a Racket. Shut It Down." Ben and Nathan apply his takeaways to law school admissions.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Demon student Connor shares how following his practice scores and studying the Demon way took him from a 150 diagnostic score to a 174.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A defeated listener writes in wondering where to go after three disappointing LSAT attempts. Nate and Josh encourage her to power through and use all five attempts if law school is what she wants to do.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A new Demon user writes in wondering why he's seeing so much RC. Josh and Nate point him in a different direction and tell him to set aside more time to study.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Rel wants to know how reapplying with a higher LSAT score might affect her admissions chances. Nate and Josh tell her a better score generally won't hurt.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate go through how to solve Sufficient Assumption questions.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate walk a listener through how to respond to an email from a law school that wants to know how likely she is to attend if admitted.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Ben tell a non-traditional applicant with a self-proclaimed "atrocious" GPA that, with the right LSAT, he could be admitted with a scholarship as a splitter.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh caution listener Brendan about highlighting in RC and encourage him to instead focus on engaging with and understanding the passage.Read more on our website. Email [email protected] with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!