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Law School Admissions Unplugged Podcast: Personal Statements, Application Essays, Scholarships, LSAT Prep, and More…

Author: Steve Schwartz

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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.

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Download your free LSAT cheat sheet: https://www.unpluggedprep.com/yt/conditional/cheatsheet Most people miss LSAT conditional logic the same way. They read "only if" like "if," flip the arrow, and pick the answer that states the rule backwards. The test builds wrong answers around that exact mistake, over and over. Part 1 is the basics. Sufficient vs necessary conditions, the indicator words for each side, the contrapositive, and the 2 traps that look like it (reversals and negations). Part 2 is a practice round from one of my live classes, where I work through conditional logic questions out loud: only if, unless, "the only," exactly, if and only if, chains, and the flaws built on them (most to all, one case to all, past to future). Pause on each question and pick your answer before I explain it. Chapters: 0:00 Why conditional logic matters now 0:11 Part 1 | Conditional logic: sufficient vs necessary 6:22 Part 2 | Conditional logic: practice round 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/trxEyuNRw-4/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com
Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/trxEyuNRw-4/cheatsheet Most people hear "unscored" and skip the LSAT writing sample. Law schools don't. They read it next to your polished essays, and it's the only page they know you wrote alone with no editing. If the two don't sound like the same person, that's a red flag. In this lesson I'll show you what the argumentative prompt asks, why you pick a side and stick with it, and the plan I teach for any prompt. Choose your side fast, outline, map each source to a point, then write each paragraph, counterargument and rebuttal included. Honestly, it's not a creative project. 00:00 Why law schools read your LSAT writing sample 05:21 What the LSAT writing prompt asks of you 07:27 Pick a side and stick with it 12:11 How to plan your LSAT argumentative essay 18:05 How to write each paragraph 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/yt/trxEyuNRw-4/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com
Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/Qc2eQF6PibE/cheatsheet 00:00 The gap your score decides 01:12 The method 01:27 Below 150 02:36 150 to 154 04:12 155 to 159 04:39 160+ 05:48 165+ 07:02 170+ 07:39 The money and the loan caps 08:05 The one number you can still change 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/yt/Qc2eQF6PibE/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/Qc2eQF6PibE/courses
Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/2gLMLjQEiZ8/cheatsheet 00:00 The loan caps 00:16 What your family told you 01:03 1994 01:30 1997 01:57 2004: the peak 02:33 2010: the record class 03:17 2015: the fire sale 03:54 2016: the GRE 04:43 2019: paper dies 05:24 2021: the surge 05:54 2022: the boycott 07:16 2024: Logic Games gone 07:55 2026: the squeeze 09:21 August 2026: in person 09:48 30 years, 1 direction 10:25 3 predictions 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/yt/2gLMLjQEiZ8/lesson 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://unpluggedprep.com/yt/2gLMLjQEiZ8/courses
Free November LSAT drill sets, one practice passage for every topic in my top tier: https://www.unpluggedprep.com/drill/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=nov-predictions-epic (look for the November banner) These are the 12 Reading Comp passages I think are most likely to come back on the November LSAT. After the list, I show you how to read each kind when one shows up (law, science, humanities, comparative), and what to do in the 10 seconds after you recognize it. Then Logical Reasoning, because it's 2 of your 3 scored sections. Before the October LSAT, I posted my top 12. 4 of them came back on sections that counted. A random 12 would have caught about 1. Honestly, the list is a bet, not a leak. I don't have LSAC's tests, and nobody else does either. The teaching parts come from my past lessons, cut down to what still applies to the current test. Free LSAT cheat sheet: https://www.unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=nov-predictions-epic Free LSAT practice test: https://www.unpluggedprep.com/practice-test/start/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=nov-predictions-epic Chapters: 0:00 My 12 November LSAT predictions 0:31 Part 1 | November LSAT predicted passages: the 12, grouped by subject 7:18 Part 2 | October LSAT: did that hard section even count? 12:54 Part 3 | Don't study LSAT passage topics: the list is a tell 16:50 Part 4 | Main point vs topic: stop reading Reading Comp for facts 25:02 Part 5 | Law passages: read for the author's lean, not the rule 32:28 Part 6 | Science passages: trace the cause-and-effect chain 38:24 Part 7 | Humanities passages: it's about the critics, not the tech 46:48 Part 8 | LSAT comparative passages: name the passage before the answers 52:31 Part 9 | LSAT Logical Reasoning: it's 2 of 3 scored sections 1:06:15 Wrapping up Where the history comes from: Jon Denning and Dave Killoran's recaps, and r/LSAT, including the topic threads Graeme Blake puts together. The rule and the picks are mine.
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