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You wouldn't. Of course not. But why male models? The LSAT's over. So you had a bunch of LSAT's this weekend. They're done. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The LSAT's over. So you had a bunch of LSAT's this weekend. They're done. And obviously, we're all happy about it. Which means not only are we drinking sparkling wine. And note, I'm drinking the rosé version. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And obviously, we're all happy about it. Which means not only are we drinking sparkling wine. And note, I'm drinking the rosé version. Yeah. I'm not. Are you drinking the straight brute? | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. I'm not. Are you drinking the straight brute? Yes. Yeah, so you've got the white version. I actually prefer rosé sparkling wine or champagne. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yes. Yeah, so you've got the white version. I actually prefer rosé sparkling wine or champagne. It's just slightly sweeter to me. But that whole idea of a little bit of a celebration also has fueled the song that we've chosen, which happens to be by Pharrell Williams. And it is a very popular song from several years ba... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
It's just slightly sweeter to me. But that whole idea of a little bit of a celebration also has fueled the song that we've chosen, which happens to be by Pharrell Williams. And it is a very popular song from several years back. One of my daughter's favorite songs. And that is the song, Happy. That's how I'm feeling tod... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
One of my daughter's favorite songs. And that is the song, Happy. That's how I'm feeling today. That's how I'm feeling too. We have weathered the LSAT storm of the past couple of days. I'm quite happy. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's how I'm feeling too. We have weathered the LSAT storm of the past couple of days. I'm quite happy. And as always, we'll link to the song here in the comments too, if anybody wants to get a toe tap and pop a bottle, listen to some Pharrell. That's a toe tapping song for sure. For sure. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And as always, we'll link to the song here in the comments too, if anybody wants to get a toe tap and pop a bottle, listen to some Pharrell. That's a toe tapping song for sure. For sure. Yeah. There was another happy moment, at least for me, as I saw it come up. And credit to you. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. There was another happy moment, at least for me, as I saw it come up. And credit to you. Because yesterday was April Fool's. And never one to miss an opportunity. Explain. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Because yesterday was April Fool's. And never one to miss an opportunity. Explain. Explain what you've done. It's part of the happy theme, you know. April Fool's is a day that I really enjoy. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Explain what you've done. It's part of the happy theme, you know. April Fool's is a day that I really enjoy. I like pranking a few people. Put a cut out of a spider inside of one of our lampshades so I could scare the family, which was excellent. You're a monster. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I like pranking a few people. Put a cut out of a spider inside of one of our lampshades so I could scare the family, which was excellent. You're a monster. But I post a blog usually every year on April Fool's. And it does change sometimes. But this one was about Yale accepting the GRE. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
But I post a blog usually every year on April Fool's. And it does change sometimes. But this one was about Yale accepting the GRE. And if any of you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this. Just know that that is not real. Yale is not accepting the GRE. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And if any of you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this. Just know that that is not real. Yale is not accepting the GRE. Yale Law School. Yeah, that is not accepting. Yeah, Yale Law School is not accepting the GRE. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yale Law School. Yeah, that is not accepting. Yeah, Yale Law School is not accepting the GRE. I'm sure the grad schools actually are. But I definitely was able to catch a few people who did not realize at first that I was joking. But if you do read that article, it's probably, I guess, to me, one of the better things t... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I'm sure the grad schools actually are. But I definitely was able to catch a few people who did not realize at first that I was joking. But if you do read that article, it's probably, I guess, to me, one of the better things that I've written on a humor level. Because the three spokespeople that are mentioned in there,... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Because the three spokespeople that are mentioned in there, one of whom is real, but not an actual Yale or Stanford dean. The other two names are plays on words. So you might want to check that out. We'll leave it to the reader to figure it out. We'll link to that blog as well. Yale's not accepting the GRE yet. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
We'll leave it to the reader to figure it out. We'll link to that blog as well. Yale's not accepting the GRE yet. They're not accepting it. I think they will at some point. Harvard's done it. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
They're not accepting it. I think they will at some point. Harvard's done it. And so it makes a lot of sense. And it's interesting, because last week when we were talking, one of the things that had come up, and somebody asked me about this, was that industry standard comment that LSAC always likes to make. And they as... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And so it makes a lot of sense. And it's interesting, because last week when we were talking, one of the things that had come up, and somebody asked me about this, was that industry standard comment that LSAC always likes to make. And they asked me if I didn't believe in the idea that LSAC should be saying it's the ind... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
In other words, how does the GRE stack up against the LSAT? And I think that's a worthwhile point to mention, because I don't know that I talk about it a whole lot, but I strongly feel that at least for law school admissions, the LSAT's a way better test. I don't think they should say industry standard, but they could ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And if you go out and you talk to lawyers about it, especially people who have taken both the GRE and the LSAT, they're often, if they've been especially in the profession for like five or more years, they're often stunned by the idea that the GRE might even be used for law school admissions. So this year, as we're sta... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I don't think it's nearly as interesting from a content standpoint. It is what I call a mile wide and an inch deep. It covers all these different topics, and the GRE's done a great job of selling the idea that, hey, if you do well on this test, you could be a good lawyer. And the math section applies because we want a ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And the math section applies because we want a more quantitative analysis in these modern times. But I don't think there's anything like the rigor of the logical reasoning and reading comprehension. And even though a lot of people would say logic games is far-fetched, I don't think it is. I think it relates to how the ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I think it relates to how the facts of a case really are something that you have to juggle and conditions change. So to me, I may have said that I don't think that they should say that the LSAT's the industry standard, but it is easily better than the GRE, in my opinion, for the purposes of going to law school. It's re... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And interestingly enough, the comment that the admissions people that I have heard speak from these schools have repeated is that the GRE so far has done a better job at predicting first-year law school success for applicants. The GRE scores that they get from applicants correlate better to success. Now, let's keep in ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I know. It feels almost like an LSAT question. Where's the flaw in this study? You know, ETS actually posted their study to me once when I said, hey, let's show some proof. And they're like, here's the proof. And my first response to them was, number one, I don't want to review a study that you sponsored. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
You know, ETS actually posted their study to me once when I said, hey, let's show some proof. And they're like, here's the proof. And my first response to them was, number one, I don't want to review a study that you sponsored. You know, it's like when the oil companies tell me, hey, oil pollution isn't bad. I'm like, ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
You know, it's like when the oil companies tell me, hey, oil pollution isn't bad. I'm like, hmm. Big tobacco is like, ah, cigarettes. That was my next example. What are you worried about? Cigarettes are totally safe for you, a study from big tobacco. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That was my next example. What are you worried about? Cigarettes are totally safe for you, a study from big tobacco. It's that kind of scenario where I'm like, don't give me a study like that. I want something that comes from a completely unbiased source. And if I recall correctly, and I may be wrong, but I don't think... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
It's that kind of scenario where I'm like, don't give me a study like that. I want something that comes from a completely unbiased source. And if I recall correctly, and I may be wrong, but I don't think I am. I'll tell you. That was a backwards-looking study in the sense that they had people who would already in schoo... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I'll tell you. That was a backwards-looking study in the sense that they had people who would already in school report their GRE scores or alternatively go take the GRE. And I don't find that to be credible at all. Hey, you're in law school. We want you to be in this study. Would you go take the GRE? | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Hey, you're in law school. We want you to be in this study. Would you go take the GRE? And by the way, there's zero pressure on you to do well. Just go take it. That's a completely different environment. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And by the way, there's zero pressure on you to do well. Just go take it. That's a completely different environment. That's part of what it was. That's actually not the group that I'm referring to. The group that I'm referring to were students that applied with solely a GRE score, no LSAT. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's part of what it was. That's actually not the group that I'm referring to. The group that I'm referring to were students that applied with solely a GRE score, no LSAT. And they compared those to LSAT-only applicants that they called equivalent in terms of the correspondence between the two scores. In other words,... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And they compared those to LSAT-only applicants that they called equivalent in terms of the correspondence between the two scores. In other words, this GRE score we think relates to this LSAT score. They'd look at the two applicants from both pools and see that the GRE people performed better coming in with those metri... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So that's slightly different. The ETS study and some of the early justifications among schools to take the GRE were incredibly backwards-looking. They literally went, they time-traveled, essentially. Like, we have these people who applied with an LSAT score, and they got in, oh, look, that one's got a GRE score on its ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Like, we have these people who applied with an LSAT score, and they got in, oh, look, that one's got a GRE score on its record. The GRE score's also good, as Harvard applicants would be expected to have. So GRE must count, too. That's what Harvard ultimately said when they accepted it. And I understand that. I mean, th... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's what Harvard ultimately said when they accepted it. And I understand that. I mean, they have their justification. There's a lot of value in them wanting to expand the pool of applicants. The thing I'll say about the group that you're referring to, I wonder how many there were. Yeah, that's my big issue here, sam... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
There's a lot of value in them wanting to expand the pool of applicants. The thing I'll say about the group that you're referring to, I wonder how many there were. Yeah, that's my big issue here, sample size. This hasn't gone on long enough. We don't have nearly enough data points to talk about this stuff. Ultimately, ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
This hasn't gone on long enough. We don't have nearly enough data points to talk about this stuff. Ultimately, it's outliers that you're having to draw conclusions from. Yeah, and early on, who are they going to accept? Just the average GRE scores? No, they're going to accept the highest possible ones, the ones who wou... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah, and early on, who are they going to accept? Just the average GRE scores? No, they're going to accept the highest possible ones, the ones who would be most likely to perform better. You would think. So whatever, now that we've eviscerated that. It will be interesting to watch the way that things develop. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
You would think. So whatever, now that we've eviscerated that. It will be interesting to watch the way that things develop. But since this is an LSAT podcast, let's turn back to it. Tell me what's going on in the LSAT world. You know, it has been such an active week. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
But since this is an LSAT podcast, let's turn back to it. Tell me what's going on in the LSAT world. You know, it has been such an active week. There's been so much going on. And obviously, we'll close out with the idea of all the LSATs that came up. But the first thing they started with was they've done a couple of ev... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
There's been so much going on. And obviously, we'll close out with the idea of all the LSATs that came up. But the first thing they started with was they've done a couple of events. They've done their Live with Kelly and Ken, as well as released another Law Colon Fully Blog, both of which are on the same topic of law a... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
They've done their Live with Kelly and Ken, as well as released another Law Colon Fully Blog, both of which are on the same topic of law and the leadership, or embracing leadership in legal education. And since it's not about the LSAT, we're not going to talk about it. So that's all I've got to say about that. Yeah, we... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah, we'll link to those blogs, as we always do in that webinar. You're welcome to check them out if there's literally nothing else going on in your life. The other thing that's come out in the LSAT world, and it just came out a couple of hours ago as of this recording, is they have now released all of their registrat... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The good news is if you're worried that you might miss one, you probably won't, because none of them start until July 20. That's the first. And then things really don't get hot and heavy until September and October, a little bit into November. So that's when you'll see this huge spike in these forum events. Which, by t... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So that's when you'll see this huge spike in these forum events. Which, by the way, if you're thinking, I wonder if I should go, why not? Yeah. If you're seriously interested in law school, I think it's actually a cool event, because you've got representatives pretty much every law school out there. They're ready and w... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
If you're seriously interested in law school, I think it's actually a cool event, because you've got representatives pretty much every law school out there. They're ready and willing to talk to you. And you never know when you might make a connection that really helps you down the line or might be memorable to that par... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And at worst, you get a sense of how the school wants to present itself. You certainly get a ton of free information at those events. So I do think it's worth your time to go if it's, you know, I wouldn't spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars to get there. But if you're in DC and you're like, hey, I can go do it, do i... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
But if you're in DC and you're like, hey, I can go do it, do it. Yeah. I think that's actually where the July 20 forum is, is in DC. It is. So that's the first of many. The other thing, speaking of deadlines, is just to make mention of the next LSAT that's coming up on June 3. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
It is. So that's the first of many. The other thing, speaking of deadlines, is just to make mention of the next LSAT that's coming up on June 3. The registration deadline ends three weeks from at least probably when this podcast is posted. It's April 24 is the deadline. Midnight Eastern, April 24 is the deadline to reg... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The registration deadline ends three weeks from at least probably when this podcast is posted. It's April 24 is the deadline. Midnight Eastern, April 24 is the deadline to register for that test. So mark your calendars. If you're looking for June, you don't want to miss it. And if you know you're going to take that tes... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So mark your calendars. If you're looking for June, you don't want to miss it. And if you know you're going to take that test, sign up sooner as opposed to later. Test centers will close. You can get put in places you don't want to have to go to. Yeah, and that June LSAT is really the last one, by and large, if you're ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Test centers will close. You can get put in places you don't want to have to go to. Yeah, and that June LSAT is really the last one, by and large, if you're thinking that you're on the wait list and you want to try to get off a wait list, or alternately, if you want to try to change your financial circumstances in term... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So we wrote a blog a while back about using the June LSAT to get off the wait list. And if you can go out and post a higher score, law schools will take note. And it can move you from the status of limbo into an accepted admit status. So consider where you are on that spectrum. Obviously, if you're at a 178 and somehow... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So consider where you are on that spectrum. Obviously, if you're at a 178 and somehow you're on the wait list, it's not going to matter if you get a 179 or a 180. But if you're at a 160 and the median for the school you're looking at is 164, a couple more points, especially if you get a 164, would make a huge differenc... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah, even that late in the game. And of course, Dave's referring to trying to start this same calendar year. There's a lot of schools out there that, believe it or not, will actually accept June. The other, I think, hallmark of June is that it's the last guarantee that you get a paper test. Paper, man. Paper, man. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The other, I think, hallmark of June is that it's the last guarantee that you get a paper test. Paper, man. Paper, man. So if you're just jonesing for something non-digital, this is your chance to make sure it happens. July, it's possible. September, you're out of luck. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So if you're just jonesing for something non-digital, this is your chance to make sure it happens. July, it's possible. September, you're out of luck. You're going to have a tablet. The last 100% paper test in the domestic US North American market. That's right. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
You're going to have a tablet. The last 100% paper test in the domestic US North American market. That's right. Where everybody gets it. That's right. It's also a great one if you feel like you're ready and want to get a jump on things. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Where everybody gets it. That's right. It's also a great one if you feel like you're ready and want to get a jump on things. It's a good one to take to start the cycle, too. If you're applying this fall for starting next year, man, June puts you out at the very forefront of things. You've got the whole summer then to p... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
It's a good one to take to start the cycle, too. If you're applying this fall for starting next year, man, June puts you out at the very forefront of things. You've got the whole summer then to polish applications and submit on day one. So I love June for a lot of reasons, not least of which it's also in the afternoon.... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So I love June for a lot of reasons, not least of which it's also in the afternoon. Another Monday test. A Monday test. And it's disclosed, one of the three this year that you actually get a copy of. So obviously both fans of June here. But that's an LSAT in the future. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And it's disclosed, one of the three this year that you actually get a copy of. So obviously both fans of June here. But that's an LSAT in the future. The main focus tonight are LSATs in the past. And the very near immediate test. That's right. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The main focus tonight are LSATs in the past. And the very near immediate test. That's right. So we're going to talk a little bit about the Saturday, the big test in the US and Canada in a minute. But what we really want to do is kind of set the table so that you can see how challenging it is for all these LSATs to go ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So we're going to talk a little bit about the Saturday, the big test in the US and Canada in a minute. But what we really want to do is kind of set the table so that you can see how challenging it is for all these LSATs to go on and really what is actually happening with them. But before we get into these discussions, ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So the first thing is, is everything that we say and what we're going to talk about is based upon information that is completely and fully public. There are a number of chat boards out there where topics based on the tests that people took are widely discussed. And we're using that information to at least talk about th... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
It also means, though, that we don't want to disclose too much about the exam. We may know more than we actually say, but we're not going to talk about specific answer choices to problems. We're not going to talk about very specific question details. When we get to logic games, we're not going to talk about the rules i... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
When we get to logic games, we're not going to talk about the rules in a game, for example, or list out the variables. We're not going to talk about solution strategies or really game types themselves. And that's simply a nod to the fact that that's the kind of information that can be prejudicial to somebody who might ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
The broad information that we'll disclose is I don't think anything that really causes an issue and has been out there for years and years for each one of these tests. It's fairly widely accepted at this point. You can have these discussions. What isn't public knowledge necessarily is our impressions of the difficulty ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
What isn't public knowledge necessarily is our impressions of the difficulty and so forth. And so we'll talk a little bit about that. But that is really very broad and is based upon a wide variety of information sources. That's right. Yeah. We're going to talk about enough that I think people could evaluate themselves ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's right. Yeah. We're going to talk about enough that I think people could evaluate themselves in hindsight, but not so much that they could gain an advantage if they haven't taken that particular test yet. That's really the big deal here is it's more about self-evaluation. One of the problems that you have in this... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's really the big deal here is it's more about self-evaluation. One of the problems that you have in this 20 to 21 day period after you take the test but before you get your score is that borderline panic of I feel uptight and anxious and nervous and maybe even more so than you did the day or two before the test. B... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And so one of the things that we are trying to do is to actually help people relax a little bit. Oh, OK, everybody thought that was difficult. I did too. I'm normal. That kind of scenario. Or everybody thought that was difficult, but I thought it was mildly difficult but not terrible. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I'm normal. That kind of scenario. Or everybody thought that was difficult, but I thought it was mildly difficult but not terrible. I feel better about myself. So this is really kind of like an exercise in a little bit of mental self-care and feeling calm. And that is the goal here is to avoid this black hole that peop... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
I feel better about myself. So this is really kind of like an exercise in a little bit of mental self-care and feeling calm. And that is the goal here is to avoid this black hole that people are often thrown into where they're like, I don't know anything about this. This purgatory. Yeah. There's a lot of purgatory limb... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
This purgatory. Yeah. There's a lot of purgatory limbo references. That's right. Today already, that's two of them. So let's talk very briefly about the lineup of LSATs that actually occurred. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
That's right. Today already, that's two of them. So let's talk very briefly about the lineup of LSATs that actually occurred. So first off, on Saturday morning across the US and Canada, we know that there was what we call the regular Saturday domestic LSAT. On Saturday in Europe, as well as Central America, South Ameri... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
So first off, on Saturday morning across the US and Canada, we know that there was what we call the regular Saturday domestic LSAT. On Saturday in Europe, as well as Central America, South America, there was the Saturday international test. That is a different test administration. And obviously, because of different ti... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And obviously, because of different time zones, it happens at different points in the day. And then on Sunday, there was another international test that was in Asia and Australia and New Zealand. Don't want to forget New Zealand. Yeah, and then finally on Monday, here comes another LSAT that is the Monday Sabbath LSAT.... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah, and then finally on Monday, here comes another LSAT that is the Monday Sabbath LSAT. And finally, there's accommodated tests that are going on usually all of those days, as well as days throughout the week. Yeah, even now. And so when you take a look at it, they're really juggling a lot of different exams and a l... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
And so when you take a look at it, they're really juggling a lot of different exams and a lot of different locations. So it is kind of a complex operation. And the thing to note about those kind of main tests, the Saturday domestic, the two international tests, and the Sabbath tests is they're all different exams. They... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
They give a different exam to each group. So as you go through it, we've talked about this before, the frequency with which they reuse tests. For example, the Saturday international test in Europe was the February 2012 LSAT. Now, that means something to John and I, but to the typical person out there, they're like, tha... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment0.mp3 |
But then when the Sabbath test observers came around, they had the February 2013 LSAT. So if you were a Sabbath day observer, knowing anything about the other LSATs had no impact on you. And you didn't know which test it was going to be that you got. Right. I think the most you could probably draw out of knowing, say, ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
Right. I think the most you could probably draw out of knowing, say, that the people in Europe got Feb 2012, would be a deep suspicion that you wouldn't. Yeah. But that's hardly helpful. Yeah, but if you're not spending every minute of your life watching what LSAC does, like that you and I are doing, it's not going to ... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
But that's hardly helpful. Yeah, but if you're not spending every minute of your life watching what LSAC does, like that you and I are doing, it's not going to have a significant impact on you. And of course, I've said before, and I continue to maintain, that overanalyzing this type of information is actually detriment... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
Because you begin focusing on past exams, little details that you think will tip you off to something, instead of focusing on doing the questions that are in front of you. So I think it's more harmful than not. But there is such a demand for people to know what was scored, what wasn't after the test, that they will tal... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
Right. Why do you think that is? I mean, I know why you think. But explain why it is that people care so much about determining precisely what their sections are going to be that count versus won't. Where's the value in knowing this in the first place? Well, I mean, obviously, the first reason is human nature. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
But explain why it is that people care so much about determining precisely what their sections are going to be that count versus won't. Where's the value in knowing this in the first place? Well, I mean, obviously, the first reason is human nature. People want to know answers. They don't like uncertainty. Give me the k... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
People want to know answers. They don't like uncertainty. Give me the knowledge. Yeah. Curious answers, right? Yeah, if somebody went out and got destroyed on a reading comprehension section, and then they find out later on that it was experimental, the calmness that comes back into their life is a lot better. | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah. Curious answers, right? Yeah, if somebody went out and got destroyed on a reading comprehension section, and then they find out later on that it was experimental, the calmness that comes back into their life is a lot better. As we'll talk about very briefly later on, there is an option to cancel the test. But the... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
As we'll talk about very briefly later on, there is an option to cancel the test. But these days, it's really not something that most people need to do, given the way law schools use scores in the admissions process. But I feel like a lot of it is just avoiding panic, avoiding anxiety, and feeling like, OK, this is wha... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
That other section, which I may or may not have liked, wasn't part of the test. And you go and take a history test in college, and they're like, here's 100 questions. You know you're being scored on those 100 questions. The average college exam does include experimentals. And so the idea of experimentals is really well... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
The average college exam does include experimentals. And so the idea of experimentals is really well understood in standardized testing. But in the rest of our lives, we don't have to deal with that uncertainty. We know what we were asked. We know whether or not we got it right or wrong after you get the test back. And... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
We know what we were asked. We know whether or not we got it right or wrong after you get the test back. And we know we were scored on that. So understanding what you were scored on is, I think, something that is like a shared universal desire among test takers. Yeah, a big part of this is trying to determine why you a... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
So understanding what you were scored on is, I think, something that is like a shared universal desire among test takers. Yeah, a big part of this is trying to determine why you are stuck in this limbo. What's likely to occur when the results are real, when you get that feedback? Trying to predict a reasonable range, a... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
Trying to predict a reasonable range, a high end, a low end. Because certain decisions are made based off of that. Not to keep cancel things so much, which, again, we'll touch on at the end. But more like, I better keep studying, because I don't think this is going to be a high enough result. Or I need to let schools k... | Ep. 10 March 2019 LSAT Review and Scale Prediction_segment1.mp3 |
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