LSAT Demon Daily

Listener Anna sometimes finds herself hating all the answer choices on LSAT questions. Ben and Nate tell her she's on the right path. Narrowing down to zero answers and reconsidering some is better than narrowing down to a 50/50.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Students on the Ask Button have been worrying about picking an answer choice that's "too strong" on Strengthen or Sufficient Assumption questions. Nate and Josh advise students to forget answer strength and focus on understanding what the question is asking.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Demon student Thierno shares how disciplined study and balancing drilling with timed sections and tests took him from a 157 to a 173.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh advise a splitter against explaining a bad GPA in an addendum.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Josh and Nate read a class review that shows how predicting the answer is an LSAT superpower.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A high diagnostic scorer writes in wondering how to structure her study time. Josh and Nate tell her to slow down and not give the test too much respect.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

LSAT Demon Teacher Abhi, Demon Veteran Liaison Damon, and former Demon student Anita, all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, discuss best practices for veterans transitioning from the military to the law school admissions process.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A struggling 1L writes in seeking advice. Ben and Nate encourage him to be honest with himself about what he wants out of law school.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate quickly run through the differences between undergraduate, institutional GPA and LSAC GPA for law school applications.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener German writes in with a dubious RC strategy that worked for his friend. Ben and Nate discuss.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Addison wants permission to break Demon protocol and do passage four before passage three on RC if it has more questions. Nate and Josh discuss the cons of this strategy.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh encourage listener Jennifer, a legal assistant, to push for her best possible LSAT score and reach her potential.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Josh and Nate read some student feedback on Josh's former RC Prediction Fundamentals class.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate walk through how to approach unfamiliar words on the LSAT.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

A listener writes in looking to use law school as an exit from sales. Ben and Nate caution him that law often isn't as lucrative as people think.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Ben break down how the Yellow Ribbon Program works for veterans looking at going to law school.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Juli is worried about her stamina on the LSAT. Nate and Josh tell her to forget about stamina or endurance, attempt fewer questions, and focus on getting those questions right.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh give a listener advice on how to make the most out of a commute to law school.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Josh and Nate give some advice to a former D1 athlete on rehabilitating a less-than-stellar GPA.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Samantha is curious about Jacksonville University's provisionally accredited law school. Josh and Nate break it down.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh go over how students should approach answer choices in LR after they've made a strong prediction.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

With the January LSAT starting tomorrow, Nate and Josh tell listeners what they should be doing in the days leading up to the test.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate give an overview of how to review LSAT mistakes effectively.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Ben weigh in on advice from a pre-law adviser: Don't apply to law school with a GPA lower than 3.6.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate counsel listener Peter, a former engineering major, on how his STEM background can serve his law school dreams.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

To ring in the new year, Ben and Nate give their take on New Year's resolutions for LSAT students.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Ben help a listener decide between two law schools and warn him of the risk of choosing a sub-par school.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Larissa is struggling with switching from drilling to timed sections. Ben and Nate give her one of the oldest pieces of Demon advice: Ignore the clock, and treat timed practice the same as drilling.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Josh and Nate react to a Reddit post with a rare pearl of wisdom: Read the argument first.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh give their thoughts on a list of "tips" for getting into law school.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Isabella is worried because her most recent practice test score was 12 points lower than a recent high practice score. Nate and Josh tell her practice scores will vary and advocate focusing on the questions instead of the score at the end.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Xavier is an aspiring law student who wants to pursue solely pro bono work. Ben and Nate tackle his unusual aspirations and answer his question about hybrid JDs.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com 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 daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Brian is already above his target school's 75th percentile LSAT score. Nate and Josh tell him to keep going because schools can raise their scores from year to year.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

At LSAT Demon, we want to help you win the law school game. In this episode, Nate and Josh dissect a Reddit post from a user that doesn't.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate encourage listener Mary to fight her frustration, trust the process, and slow down in her LSAT practice.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Ben go over what we know, and what we don't, about how the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action affects the URM filter in the Demon Scholarship Estimator.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate tackle an unusual question from a Boston University student: How do law schools treat applicants from schools that deflate grades?Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Josh and Nate tell a listener to rewrite his essays for schools he is reapplying to this cycle.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Nate and Josh address the concerns of a listener who's nervous they haven't heard from more law schools after following the Demon advice to apply early and broadly with your best possible LSAT score.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Listener Lyla is frustrated that her LSAT progress isn't going faster. Nate and Josh tell her to stay the course and keep prioritizing accuracy over speed.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ben and Nate answer an actual LSAT question to model the right way to attack an argument in LR.Read more on our website. Email daily@lsatdemon.com with questions or comments. Watch this episode on YouTube!Follow along with our example question.