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Law School Admissions Unplugged Podcast: Personal Statements, Application Essays, Scholarships, LSAT Prep, and More…
Hosted by Steve Schwartz · EN
Stressed about applying to law school? Looking for that *something* to provide an edge when your LSAT scores and GPA aren't enough to set you apart?
Steve Schwartz of LSAT Unplugged shares insights on everything law school admissions – personal statements, diversity statements, LSAT prep, recommendation letters, and more.
This show is for you if you're looking to craft law school applications that will showcase your strengths and maximize chances of law school admission.
Please (1) subscribe, (2) rate + review, (3) email me your questions: podcast@lsatunplugged.com
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The Law School Money Trap Nobody Warns You About
2w ago00:08:26Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com
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These Law Schools Are Quietly Failing
2w ago00:13:31Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com
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Why a 170 Isn't Safe for Law School Anymore
2w ago00:11:19Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA-2
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165 to 175: The Last 10 Points on the LSAT
3w ago00:22:38Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com A 165 puts you ahead of about 90% of everyone who takes the LSAT, and it's still not the score that changes your options. The stuff that got you to 165 stops working past a certain point, so this is the exact system top scorers use to find the last 10: the micro audit, the weekly data autopsy, explanation independence, and 3 students who broke through. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Gap: 165 vs 175 01:39 The Micro Audit 06:11 Pattern Drills + the Weekly Data Autopsy 11:59 Whose Explanations Are You Using? 13:46 The Receipts: 3 Student Case Studies 17:38 The Rebuild + Becoming the Operator
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How to Destroy LSAT Reading Comprehension
3w ago00:27:02Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com Reading comp is a third of your LSAT score, and most people lose points on it for 1 reason: nobody ever taught them that reading on this test is a different skill than the reading they've done their whole life. This is the complete system in 1 video, the reframe, the skeleton method, the 5 question types, the 3 answer traps, the timing fix, and the drill that proves you actually understood the passage. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Reframe: Read Like a Lawyer 04:41 Read Less, Score More 07:41 The Passage Skeleton 11:19 The 5 Question Types 17:35 The 3 Wrong-Answer Traps 21:12 The Timing Fix 25:43 Prove You Actually Understood It
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Why Smart People Bomb LSAT Logical Reasoning
3w ago00:30:25Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-2 Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored LSAT sections, so if you're blanking on arguments or stuck between two answers that both look right, your score isn't moving. This is the whole system: the reframe, the 3-step reading method, how to attack the 2 reasoning patterns top scorers hit on sight, the 5 answer traps, the time bank, and the review routine that separates the 150s from the 170s. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Reframe: What LR Actually Tests 05:07 How to Read Any Argument (the 3-step method) 08:54 Attack Causal Reasoning 12:54 Parallel Reasoning (match the skeleton) 17:46 The 5 Wrong-Answer Traps 22:04 Build a Time Bank 23:57 When Your Brain Freezes 27:05 Practice Smarter (the review routine)
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The 2 Words That Decide Your LSAT Score
3w ago00:37:06Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com One mix-up between necessary and sufficient assumption questions quietly bleeds Logical Reasoning points, and those 2 words decide more of your score than almost anything else in LR. This settles the difference for good: the definitions, where the points actually are, the planted trap, the negation test run with precision, the sufficient-assumption method step by step, and a 30-minute daily drill. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Two Words That Decide Your Score 00:34 The Mix-Up That Steals Points 05:41 Read the Stem, Then the Definitions 09:40 Strategy: Where the Points Actually Are 17:36 The Planted Trap 20:48 Why the Negation Test Works, and How to Run It 21:41 Negate Like a Lawyer, Not a Pessimist 24:29 Sufficient Assumptions, Step by Step 30:15 Your Instincts Are the Trap 33:22 The 30-Minute Daily Drill
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One Law School Now Takes 11% of All Transfer Students in America
Jul 400:30:35Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com
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The Law School Job Market Is Now One Big Bet
Jul 300:32:41Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/dvHtr3-4yOw I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/dvHtr3-4yOw-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/dvHtr3-4yOw-2
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The Worst Law School In America (And 3 More In Danger of Collapse)
Jul 200:36:06Tap to summarizeDownload your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/-8p6buJohr4 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/-8p6buJohr4-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/-8p6buJohr4-2
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