Episode Details

Ben answers listener questions about LSAT preparation, law school admissions, artificial intelligence, and personal statements. He begins by explaining why most students take too many full-length LSAT practice tests and should spend more time completing individual sections, reviewing mistakes, and improving their understanding.

For Logical Reasoning, Ben argues that students should attempt fewer questions and aim for better than 90 percent accuracy on the questions they complete. He explains why practice is for learning, not protecting your score, and why skipping every difficult question can prevent meaningful improvement.

The episode also covers Reading Comprehension strategy, including the importance of predicting the passage’s main point and recognizing the author’s opinion. Ben discusses when highlighting or taking notes may help, as well as when those habits become substitutes for actually understanding the passage.

Ben then addresses whether artificial intelligence will replace lawyers and whether prospective students should reconsider law school because of AI. He also answers a listener’s question about submitting transcripts from every college attended and offers broader advice about choosing a career based on the work you want to do rather than prestige or distant predictions.

Finally, Ben reviews a law school personal statement and explains why applicants should focus on proving that they deserve admission rather than repeatedly explaining why they want to become lawyers. He identifies weak openings, unnecessary descriptions of feelings, AI-sounding phrases, passive storytelling, and the excessive length that makes many personal statements less persuasive.

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