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

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

The 2 Words That Decide Your LSAT Score

Law School Admissions Unplugged Podcast: Personal Statements, Application Essays, Scholarships, LSAT Prep, and More… · Jul 18, 2026 · 37:06

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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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