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Nobody really complained about it. It was just like, well, there was this passage and this is what it was. Then you had a passage that's been largely talked about, like Pueblo Indians and the crab supernova. Probably the crab supernova is the easiest way to describe this. So that passage also, even though it had some k... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Probably the crab supernova is the easiest way to describe this. So that passage also, even though it had some kind of like science and history elements to it, doesn't seem to have been that bad overall, which is great because that's what you want in something that's a little bit, you know, has something sciencey menti... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Third passage is about copyright and trademark law, kind of like your classic legal related passage. And then this section ended with the discussion of placebos and drug research. So there was not a whole lot of talk either online or even from instructors that I heard where they were like complaining about this. I don'... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
I don't think the difficulty was low, but I also don't think it was high. It's been a lot like the recent reading comprehension, which has been consistently at a level that challenges you, but doesn't destroy you. So like I said before, I mentioned Eileen Gray and the lacquer passage. That's a destroyer level passage w... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
That's a destroyer level passage where people were like, I know I'm getting worked over right here. There's nothing fun in that. For sure. Yeah. And speaking of consistency, the logical reasoning I think holds up pretty well to the last couple of tests that we've seen as well. Yeah. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. And speaking of consistency, the logical reasoning I think holds up pretty well to the last couple of tests that we've seen as well. Yeah. And I think that's actually dangerous though, because the last few tests to me, I've actually enjoyed them immensely. Like from a teaching perspective and an analytical perspe... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And I think that's actually dangerous though, because the last few tests to me, I've actually enjoyed them immensely. Like from a teaching perspective and an analytical perspective, when I look at the questions, sometimes I'm like, wow, these guys are good. You know, I have a healthy degree of respect for the people wh... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And I've looked at some of the LR on like September and November, and I'm like, I can't wait to teach this. You know, it's so good. And it's constructed in such a way that is really, it just explains what they're thinking. I want to get in there and do that. But the thing that I noticed about these sections was that th... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
I want to get in there and do that. But the thing that I noticed about these sections was that the difficulty, it wasn't kept until later and they would, you know, I think one of the passages in November question two, I think is brutally difficult for somebody who's not reading or paying attention closely. And that's t... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
So my concern initially was, you know, people were like, oh, the LR was very reasonable. And then as I kept talking to people throughout the day, I started to develop a slightly different opinion of that. And the recent LSATs have been what I call sneaky hard when it comes to LR. You're about to freak people out who ar... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
You're about to freak people out who are feeling good, by the way, just as a preface. Thanks. You can, you know, thank me later for that. But that doesn't mean that the test was hard itself. This clearly wasn't among the hardest LSATs. I think most people would say it was a fair test. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
But that doesn't mean that the test was hard itself. This clearly wasn't among the hardest LSATs. I think most people would say it was a fair test. And if you've studied recent LR as you should have, and as we've been telling people, then you would have been prepared for this. You just have to read really closely. You ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And if you've studied recent LR as you should have, and as we've been telling people, then you would have been prepared for this. You just have to read really closely. You cannot assume things. They've gotten very sophisticated in making answer choices that kind of hit on tangential issues. It's a good word. Better tha... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
They've gotten very sophisticated in making answer choices that kind of hit on tangential issues. It's a good word. Better than they used to be. Yeah. You and I have been pretty notably vocal about this. I think the word I keep coming back to for the last couple of tests has been how slippery it's been. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. You and I have been pretty notably vocal about this. I think the word I keep coming back to for the last couple of tests has been how slippery it's been. That right answers are better disguised than I've seen a lot of prior tests, pre-September tests, and wrong answers are more attractive. Yeah. You call it slipp... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
That right answers are better disguised than I've seen a lot of prior tests, pre-September tests, and wrong answers are more attractive. Yeah. You call it slippery. I've called it sneaky. We're both right when it comes to that. If you look at that section, you know, there were clearly some difficult questions out there... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
I've called it sneaky. We're both right when it comes to that. If you look at that section, you know, there were clearly some difficult questions out there. The porpoise question has been thrown around a lot as being challenging. There's a question about locomotives and steam engines. That was another tough one. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
The porpoise question has been thrown around a lot as being challenging. There's a question about locomotives and steam engines. That was another tough one. The burglary systems question clearly was difficult. And, you know, we get a really good sense of like how these questions are made and what the directions that th... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
The burglary systems question clearly was difficult. And, you know, we get a really good sense of like how these questions are made and what the directions that the answers take and things like that. But at the same time, I can't wait to see it because I'm like, ooh, how tough was it? And we never will. You're right ab... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And we never will. You're right about that. I always forget about those things. I know. But one of the things we had said before this test was that we thought it would be a new LSAT that they administered and that essentially this was taking the place of the February exam. And that's exactly what happened. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
I know. But one of the things we had said before this test was that we thought it would be a new LSAT that they administered and that essentially this was taking the place of the February exam. And that's exactly what happened. So at least we were right about that. It wasn't a repeat test. I think, you know, March, whe... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
So at least we were right about that. It wasn't a repeat test. I think, you know, March, when that test gets closer, we'll talk a little bit more about that. But as far as this test, this was pretty much what we kind of expected to see here. And I felt good about it. I think overall, the responses that I got from stude... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
But as far as this test, this was pretty much what we kind of expected to see here. And I felt good about it. I think overall, the responses that I got from students in particular were fairly positive. I think anyone feeling good about September and November should have been well positioned for this test. There was a l... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
I think anyone feeling good about September and November should have been well positioned for this test. There was a lot of linearity, which is almost the entirety of November, which is rare. So yeah, it was, I think, a very fair test, very much in line. Nothing crazy happened here. But again, we find ourselves in a po... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Nothing crazy happened here. But again, we find ourselves in a position of having to play blind detective, really, because we'll never see it. No, we never will. But that didn't stop you, my friend, from talking a little bit about how you feel it'll be scored. So let me again, put you on the spot and have you explain a... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
But that didn't stop you, my friend, from talking a little bit about how you feel it'll be scored. So let me again, put you on the spot and have you explain a little bit, not only where your initial estimations were, but how they evolved as more information came. Are you saying that I changed my mind during the course ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
Is that the... I mean, you do feel a little bit hard to pin down sometimes. Yes. And that is my ever changing nature. No, in fact, my initial kind of like preliminary estimate was that it was going to be minus 10. And that was based upon I had talked to a few instructors and I had talked to a fair selection of students... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And that is my ever changing nature. No, in fact, my initial kind of like preliminary estimate was that it was going to be minus 10. And that was based upon I had talked to a few instructors and I had talked to a fair selection of students. And I kind of, as I figured out later on, I had ended up talking to a really hi... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment0.mp3 |
And I was so busy at the time, I didn't really focus on it. But I thought about it later on, and I was like, anytime somebody says that to you, that's actually a really bad sign. Because no LR is really easy. It doesn't matter how good you are at this. There's always difficult questions. It's always a challenge. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
It doesn't matter how good you are at this. There's always difficult questions. It's always a challenge. Even if I feel like I got all the questions right in a section, I still don't think it was easy to do it. This test is just too well-made for that. And usually, when you have that type of response, I go, that's an e... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Even if I feel like I got all the questions right in a section, I still don't think it was easy to do it. This test is just too well-made for that. And usually, when you have that type of response, I go, that's an easy thing. That's an easy section, an easy question. What you're really looking at is that there's a litt... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
That's an easy section, an easy question. What you're really looking at is that there's a little bit of difficulty where somebody missed the right answer and didn't realize it. Yeah, they felt victim to some sort of trap that was appealing, but wrong. Yeah, in the LRB, there's a question from a number of years back. It... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah, in the LRB, there's a question from a number of years back. It's the beverage company representative question. It's in the weekend section. One of my favorite questions of all time. It's why it's in the book. It's in our courses as well. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
One of my favorite questions of all time. It's why it's in the book. It's in our courses as well. And the thing that I love about that is that you go through it the first time. And if you're not reading carefully, you get to the end and you choose the wrong answer. And when I used to tutor on that question and teach it... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And the thing that I love about that is that you go through it the first time. And if you're not reading carefully, you get to the end and you choose the wrong answer. And when I used to tutor on that question and teach it in class, I would always come back to the same thing. I would say, all right, how many people thi... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
I would say, all right, how many people think that it's E or whatever the most attractive wrong answer is? And 90% of the room, if not more, would be like, oh, that's it. And I'm like, you all just missed the question and you had no idea. So let's talk about how do we avoid this. Not only did they pick the wrong answer... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So let's talk about how do we avoid this. Not only did they pick the wrong answer, but with confidence. Oh, yeah. Just like, oh, obviously. Let's bow bet the mortgage. I've nailed this. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Just like, oh, obviously. Let's bow bet the mortgage. I've nailed this. Yeah, exactly. Which is such a dangerous position to be in because you feel that you are irrefutably correct and it turns out that you're not. You're standing on quicksand. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah, exactly. Which is such a dangerous position to be in because you feel that you are irrefutably correct and it turns out that you're not. You're standing on quicksand. And so that's the kind of thing that really negatively affects scores. And I'm not saying there were a bunch of questions like that. Like if somebo... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And so that's the kind of thing that really negatively affects scores. And I'm not saying there were a bunch of questions like that. Like if somebody is listening and they're like, did you just say that whole section was only? No. I'm just saying there's probably a few questions that might have been a little bit harder... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
No. I'm just saying there's probably a few questions that might have been a little bit harder than they looked at first. September and November both stood out for that exact reason. Completely. And I think this test is probably going to be a third in a row. I would agree. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Completely. And I think this test is probably going to be a third in a row. I would agree. But going back to your point, the scaling initially when I thought it was minus 10, once I felt like LR and LG might have a few greater difficulty elements, I then made the final, the official prediction at negative 11 to get a 1... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
But going back to your point, the scaling initially when I thought it was minus 10, once I felt like LR and LG might have a few greater difficulty elements, I then made the final, the official prediction at negative 11 to get a 170. So I'm actually going to cut you off really quickly, not to be too excited. I appreciat... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Any time. Only to elaborate for the uninitiated as to what a minus 10 or a minus 11 means. Because I'm sure there's a lot of people listen to it and be like, what in the world is minus 10? You didn't think I was just going to explain this? By all means, please go right ahead. Do you want me to do it? | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
You didn't think I was just going to explain this? By all means, please go right ahead. Do you want me to do it? No, yes, you do it. All right. So with a standardized test as the LSAT, if I'm going to get really fundamental with this, the main objective of the test makers is to keep things consistent. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
No, yes, you do it. All right. So with a standardized test as the LSAT, if I'm going to get really fundamental with this, the main objective of the test makers is to keep things consistent. And that's a very hard thing to do over the span of 100 questions and four different logic games and all sorts of various elements... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And that's a very hard thing to do over the span of 100 questions and four different logic games and all sorts of various elements that change test to test. And the way that they can adjust this, or at least keep things more, again, standardized and consistent, is that they can change the nature of how they translate a... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
They adjust each test up and down just a little bit. And the typical metric that's used is the number that you can miss to get a 170 on the test, which I think these days, Dave, is about a 97th percentile or so. It used to be around 98. So when we talk about minus 10, minus 11, minus 12, or 14, what we're talking about... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So when we talk about minus 10, minus 11, minus 12, or 14, what we're talking about is the number of questions that you can miss out of however many total there were, 100, 101 on this particular test in January, and still hit that 170 number, which I know for a lot of people is unambitious, but a constant target. So wh... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
The more you can miss, obviously, the harder the test overall was. So as a quick indulgence into a tangent, that's what those numbers mean. Exactly. And the nice thing is, is once you've taken the test, at that point, it doesn't matter. Whatever the number of questions you've answered correctly is kind of like in the b... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And the nice thing is, is once you've taken the test, at that point, it doesn't matter. Whatever the number of questions you've answered correctly is kind of like in the book. So you, at that point, prefer to have a test that had a larger number that you could miss for that. So when I moved it to minus 11, the general ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So when I moved it to minus 11, the general response was like, all right. Stoked about that. This is, you know, in the past, I've done this long enough now. I think I've had the experience where I'm pretty accurate. I'm either right on the money or one off. And it drives me crazy when I'm one off, but what are you goin... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
I think I've had the experience where I'm pretty accurate. I'm either right on the money or one off. And it drives me crazy when I'm one off, but what are you going to do? You just have to accept it. This is one of those cases where I'm not going to know. I'll know eventually, and then I'll be able to check myself. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
You just have to accept it. This is one of those cases where I'm not going to know. I'll know eventually, and then I'll be able to check myself. But it could be years. None of us will potentially ever know with a non-disclosed test. You know, one of the things that's kind of interesting, though, in the aftermath of any... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
But it could be years. None of us will potentially ever know with a non-disclosed test. You know, one of the things that's kind of interesting, though, in the aftermath of any of these given LSATs is people trying to figure out the experimental section. And there's a lot of questions about that. And obviously, one of t... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And there's a lot of questions about that. And obviously, one of the things that we attempt to do is to very quickly figure it out. And as East Coast test takers had left, I think probably within 20 or 30 minutes, on my Twitter feed, I had started posting the real reading comprehension sections, and then the real LG se... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
One of the things that came up, and you see this online especially, is that there were a ton of experimental sections. In logic games, they tested at least three or four different sections. Reading comprehension was at least two or three. There's a multitude of LR experimentals being tested. That actually causes a lot ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
There's a multitude of LR experimentals being tested. That actually causes a lot of confusion. Because someone comes out, and if they had, say, three LRs, that's the worst possible scenario for figuring out the experimental. Because you just have so many questions. And then, I mean, you're dealing with 75 or so questio... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Because you just have so many questions. And then, I mean, you're dealing with 75 or so questions that are floating around. Other people had 75 questions, but they had 25 that were different than yours, because they had a different experimental. So if you go online, or you're looking at these lists, and you're like, I ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So if you go online, or you're looking at these lists, and you're like, I never saw that question, and I had three experimental LRs, don't worry about it. It just means that someone else's experimental LR was different than yours. The reason they're doing that, of course, and it's getting more intense now, is they are ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
They're under a lot of pressure, and that's what helped us predict the July LSAT last year, was the fact that they didn't have a whole lot of tests in the chamber to fire for that one. And now they know they've got a situation coming where they're going to have 10 LSATs a year. Well, if that's coming, you know you bett... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So this isn't going to change. This is like the new normal in terms of all the experimental stuff that's floating around. But scores will be out, what, mid-February? What's the? Yeah, let me give you the exact date as to when these are meant to release. It's that. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
What's the? Yeah, let me give you the exact date as to when these are meant to release. It's that. Getting there. No, I know. It's February 15. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Getting there. No, I know. It's February 15. 15, OK. You're right. It's LSAC's special post-Valentine's Day present to everybody. That's right. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
15, OK. You're right. It's LSAC's special post-Valentine's Day present to everybody. That's right. Yes. And for those of you curious, or perhaps maybe history buffs, where they used to release anywhere up to 7, 8, 10 days, 12 days early, they don't do that anymore. So when they say Friday, February 15, you can count on... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yes. And for those of you curious, or perhaps maybe history buffs, where they used to release anywhere up to 7, 8, 10 days, 12 days early, they don't do that anymore. So when they say Friday, February 15, you can count on a Friday morning score release. That's what you're waking up to. Yeah, usually 9 AM Eastern, give ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
That's what you're waking up to. Yeah, usually 9 AM Eastern, give or take five or 10 minutes. Pretty normal. After they learned their lesson about a midnight the night before release, that was a one and done terrible decision. It was a terrible decision. Yes, it was. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
After they learned their lesson about a midnight the night before release, that was a one and done terrible decision. It was a terrible decision. Yes, it was. Anyway, well, at least I asked them to change it, and they did that. Yeah, actually, I'm pretty sure they heard you. Yes, they did. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Anyway, well, at least I asked them to change it, and they did that. Yeah, actually, I'm pretty sure they heard you. Yes, they did. And really listened. Don't you remember that hashtag? I do remember that hashtag. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And really listened. Don't you remember that hashtag? I do remember that hashtag. They actually listened to what we say. But wouldn't it be better if that hashtag is we thought? We thought beforehand. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
They actually listened to what we say. But wouldn't it be better if that hashtag is we thought? We thought beforehand. We considered. We pondered this problem and came up with the best decision before making the mistake. Yeah, that's right. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
We considered. We pondered this problem and came up with the best decision before making the mistake. Yeah, that's right. But then we wouldn't have their terrible software to make fun of. So I'm going to make fun of that probably the rest of my life. Well, I suppose we're in some way beneficiaries. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
But then we wouldn't have their terrible software to make fun of. So I'm going to make fun of that probably the rest of my life. Well, I suppose we're in some way beneficiaries. You talk about a lot more LSATs coming down the pipeline, which is absolutely true. And next year is going to be pure chaos. If you and I keep... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
You talk about a lot more LSATs coming down the pipeline, which is absolutely true. And next year is going to be pure chaos. If you and I keep a podcast going through next year with drinks every night, it's a race to rehab. Who's to say we're not already in rehab? This is coming to you from Betty Ford. I'm going to nee... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Who's to say we're not already in rehab? This is coming to you from Betty Ford. I'm going to need some LSAT rehab with the number of tests that are actually coming. Please give me a break. Unfortunately, we don't get one because we're actually staring down another one coming up. You want to start to talk a little bit a... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Please give me a break. Unfortunately, we don't get one because we're actually staring down another one coming up. You want to start to talk a little bit about the next several LSATs this year? All right. So the next one we've got is March. Indeed. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
All right. So the next one we've got is March. Indeed. Which is an interesting test because they've never had a March LSAT before. So when you look at the old calendar, usually had February and then June. And now they've added January and March. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Which is an interesting test because they've never had a March LSAT before. So when you look at the old calendar, usually had February and then June. And now they've added January and March. And so January has kind of taken the position of that February test, but March is completely new. So this is a test that a lot of... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And so January has kind of taken the position of that February test, but March is completely new. So this is a test that a lot of law schools will accept. And I think as the admissions window continues going on, more and more schools will say, hey, we'll take that March results. This has been a very slow cycle. If you'... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
This has been a very slow cycle. If you've been watching the admits come out and the waves that everybody's hoping for, it's not going very fast, especially compared to last year, which was already an odd year. So that March test is pretty useful. And if you get stuck onto a wait list or something like that, March can ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And if you get stuck onto a wait list or something like that, March can be a really good test to take if you bump up your score a couple of points. That can move the needle on your status or even increase some of the financials that you might get offered. That's right. Yeah. And the schools that we've talked to about t... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah. And the schools that we've talked to about the March test specifically have been, for the most part, pretty accommodating, pretty open to accepting results. Not every school is going to take it, but I think the majority will. And I also think that number is going to continue to grow through the spring. So maybe i... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And I also think that number is going to continue to grow through the spring. So maybe if you just took January and you're like, I don't know how I felt about it. I want to take the next one, you have until February 20 to register for that March test. So there is still time. So let's talk a little bit about March, part... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So there is still time. So let's talk a little bit about March, partly in terms of what we expect and just partly the logistics of it. It's a March 30, which is a Saturday morning, just like this January test was for North America, another non-disclosed test. So the same deal applies. People will get a score and a perc... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
So the same deal applies. People will get a score and a percentile scoring band, but they won't see their answers. They won't see the test content. It's another opportunity for LSAC to potentially reuse an old test. And Dave, I don't know if you've made your mind up about this. I have a suspicion. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
It's another opportunity for LSAC to potentially reuse an old test. And Dave, I don't know if you've made your mind up about this. I have a suspicion. No, I really haven't. I think they're going to reuse a recent test. So maybe I have made up my mind. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
No, I really haven't. I think they're going to reuse a recent test. So maybe I have made up my mind. Yeah, you really edged. Yeah. I don't know. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah, you really edged. Yeah. I don't know. That's quite the pause. But I think it's this. Well done. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
That's quite the pause. But I think it's this. Well done. Yeah, I think it's going to be a reuse. And I'm really interested to see what the reuse is going to be, because I also suspect that July of this year is going to be a reuse of a recent test. And so whatever they do in March here will affect that July test. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah, I think it's going to be a reuse. And I'm really interested to see what the reuse is going to be, because I also suspect that July of this year is going to be a reuse of a recent test. And so whatever they do in March here will affect that July test. And obviously, we'll keep a really close eye on that, just like... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And obviously, we'll keep a really close eye on that, just like last year when we were able to tell people, hey, do a circular game that has double stacks to it. Hopefully, we can come up with something similar for the upcoming July exam. And who knows? I mean, there's some candidates for March here. I don't know that ... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
I mean, there's some candidates for March here. I don't know that it's worth it to really go into detail about any of it, because it's such a broad array of options. Yeah, especially when you start to flirt with all these international tests and Sabbath observer tests. There's dozens of candidates. I think July, we can... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
There's dozens of candidates. I think July, we can probably put something a little bit more specific on, which we will do in the coming months, not to keep you in suspense, but we're going to keep you in suspense. No, if you actually are in suspense, I talked about it at the end of our November crystal ball seminar. Th... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
The last 10 minutes of that seminar are basically a discussion of that July test and what the options are. And that was preliminary. And we said back then that what they do in January and March would have an effect. And obviously, we still have to wait for March, so we'll see what happens. But after March, the next LSA... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
And obviously, we still have to wait for March, so we'll see what happens. But after March, the next LSAT is June. And normally, you'd think, that's just another June LSAT, but this one's actually, I think, a really interesting one. I'm very interested to see what they do, because they have decided, finally, after 1,00... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
I'm very interested to see what they do, because they have decided, finally, after 1,000 years, to remove the writing sample from test A. So I'm happy about that, because I always thought it was ridiculous. Great news. Yeah, well, I would literally write stuff like, can't you tell that option A is far superior to optio... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Yeah, well, I would literally write stuff like, can't you tell that option A is far superior to option B? I mean, that's the kind of stuff that makes you look like a jerk, but at the same time, I was like, I'm not going to write a whole lengthy thing about this. But you have to write something, otherwise, they might no... | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
They deserve the right to refuse to score it. Yeah, which is why my last official LSAT, the writing sample, was just me saying I had a severely sprained wrist and couldn't complete the writing sample. How'd you fill in all those scantrons? Painfully. Painfully. It was rough, Dave. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
Painfully. Painfully. It was rough, Dave. You got through it, though, man. You're just a warrior. I did. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
You got through it, though, man. You're just a warrior. I did. And it turns out it worked out. Most of those scantrons were OK. Yeah, they scored it, at least. So when you talk about them removing the writing sample, it's not quite as generous as that could seem at first glance. | Ep. 1 January LSAT Recap and 2019 Test Info Discussion_segment1.mp3 |
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