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Avoid These Scammerships (Ep. 562)

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Jazmine writes in asking if she should accept the offers that are waiting on her June LSAT score. Ben and Nathan advise her to sit out this admissions cycle, maximize her LSAT score, and pursue better scholarship opportunities next cycle.


Also in this episode:

- How much letters of recommendation matter 

- The right approach to the argumentative writing sample

- A Reddit post about performing worse on drilling than on sections


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0:00 Enroll Now or Reapply Next Cycle?

12:10 How Much Do LORs Really Matter?

21:09 Good at Untimed Sections but Bad at Drilling

31:36 Test D Question — Vinyl Art

43:12 How to Approach the Argumentative Writing

55:01 Demon Respondent Update

1:00:06 Word of the week — tutelage

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