1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:05,199 So I- I- I had a student call me last week, absolutely, uh, 2 00:00:05,579 --> 00:00:11,479 in a panic because they- they were trying to find an explanation for PrepTest 141, 3 00:00:11,739 --> 00:00:13,699 Section 2, Question 14. 4 00:00:14,420 --> 00:00:15,180 They searched everywhere. 5 00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:18,039 Google, Reddit, the forums... 6 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:20,659 absolutely nothing. 7 00:00:20,719 --> 00:00:25,760 It was like this question, uh, simply did not exist in the history of the world. 8 00:00:26,504 --> 00:00:28,924 Oh, I- I know that exact feeling. 9 00:00:28,964 --> 00:00:30,984 It's- it's incredibly isolating. 10 00:00:31,484 --> 00:00:34,805 You- you feel like you're the only person on the planet struggling with this 11 00:00:34,824 --> 00:00:39,404 specific logical flaw because the internet is just a blank wall. 12 00:00:40,384 --> 00:00:44,244 But, wait, PT 141? 13 00:00:44,944 --> 00:00:49,225 That's, what, one of the new ones on LawHub since they changed the format in August 14 00:00:49,344 --> 00:00:49,965 2024? 15 00:00:50,673 --> 00:00:51,352 Exactly. 16 00:00:51,772 --> 00:00:53,892 The, uh, the triple-digit tests. 17 00:00:54,432 --> 00:00:56,492 From 101 to 159. 18 00:00:57,333 --> 00:00:58,172 But here is the thing... 19 00:00:58,633 --> 00:01:02,732 and this is the- the secret LSAC isn't exactly shouting from the rooftops. 20 00:01:03,472 --> 00:01:06,212 PrepTest 141 is a ghost. 21 00:01:06,792 --> 00:01:09,952 It- it doesn't actually exist as a unique exam. 22 00:01:10,673 --> 00:01:13,772 It's a Frankenstein's monster made of older parts. 23 00:01:14,652 --> 00:01:16,192 That specific question? 24 00:01:16,232 --> 00:01:20,952 It's actually from the old PrepTest 73, which was administered back in September 25 00:01:21,132 --> 00:01:21,812 2014. 26 00:01:22,632 --> 00:01:23,732 They just re-labeled it. 27 00:01:25,443 --> 00:01:31,402 Wait, so LSAC retired the old double-digit tests, PTs 1 through 94, 28 00:01:31,602 --> 00:01:33,862 in August, and- and then they just... 29 00:01:34,202 --> 00:01:34,322 what? 30 00:01:34,802 --> 00:01:39,902 Re-shuffled the deck, slapped a 2024 or 2025 label on it, and called it a day? 31 00:01:40,583 --> 00:01:41,603 That's wild. 32 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:47,022 It's like buying a brand new car only to find out the engine is from a 2014 sedan. 33 00:01:47,794 --> 00:01:49,994 That is exactly what it is. 34 00:01:50,714 --> 00:01:54,114 When they, uh, they removed the Analytical Reasoning section... 35 00:01:54,355 --> 00:01:55,194 the Logic Games... 36 00:01:55,755 --> 00:01:59,034 they had to reformulate how they present practice material. 37 00:01:59,614 --> 00:02:04,774 So they took the old exams, stripped out the games, added a second Logical Reasoning 38 00:02:04,875 --> 00:02:09,574 section from a different old test, and- and gave it a brand-new triple-digit number. 39 00:02:10,555 --> 00:02:15,994 But because the entire LSAT prep community has spend twenty-five years writing deep, 40 00:02:16,274 --> 00:02:19,634 peer-reviewed explanations under the *old* numbering system... 41 00:02:19,934 --> 00:02:21,474 the old double-digits... 42 00:02:21,594 --> 00:02:24,375 students are suddenly cut off from all that wisdom. 43 00:02:25,186 --> 00:02:31,167 Right, because if you're typing "PT 141" into Google, you're getting zero hits. 44 00:02:31,746 --> 00:02:38,106 But if you knew it was actually PT 73, you'd get pages and pages of forum threads, 45 00:02:38,306 --> 00:02:41,927 breakdowns, LSAT Hacks, PowerScore, everything. 46 00:02:42,546 --> 00:02:44,927 How is a student supposed to bridge that gap? 47 00:02:45,326 --> 00:02:46,686 Is there a decoder ring? 48 00:02:47,319 --> 00:02:47,837 There is. 49 00:02:48,337 --> 00:02:53,157 LSAC has these, uh, they're called Conversion Tables, tucked away on their site. 50 00:02:53,697 --> 00:02:58,758 It's a spreadsheet that maps every single section of the new triple-digit tests back 51 00:02:58,777 --> 00:02:59,997 to its original source. 52 00:03:00,557 --> 00:03:04,497 If you're using LawHub, you need to keep that spreadsheet open in another tab. 53 00:03:04,937 --> 00:03:05,398 It's your... 54 00:03:05,937 --> 00:03:07,257 well, it's your decoder ring. 55 00:03:07,777 --> 00:03:12,197 If you get stuck on PT 152, you look it up, realize it's actually, 56 00:03:12,337 --> 00:03:17,437 say, PrepTest 82, and suddenly you have a decade of expert explanations at your 57 00:03:17,477 --> 00:03:17,977 fingertips. 58 00:03:19,412 --> 00:03:21,352 I wish I had known that when I started. 59 00:03:21,912 --> 00:03:27,392 When I was self-studying, I hit a massive wall because I was practicing on LawHub, 60 00:03:27,692 --> 00:03:32,972 using the new numbers, and just, um, feeling so dumb because I couldn't find help. 61 00:03:33,772 --> 00:03:37,972 Once I figured out that PT 115 was just old PT... 62 00:03:38,612 --> 00:03:39,412 whatever it was... 63 00:03:39,952 --> 00:03:41,612 it changed everything. 64 00:03:42,173 --> 00:03:44,192 I wasn't studying in a vacuum anymore. 65 00:03:44,432 --> 00:03:48,072 I was tapping into decades of collective test-taker struggle. 66 00:03:48,694 --> 00:03:53,134 It's a- it's a massive, unnecessary hurdle for self-studiers. 67 00:03:53,914 --> 00:03:58,394 LSAC wanted a clean slate for the new era, but they created a, 68 00:03:59,114 --> 00:04:01,254 uh, a structural blind spot. 69 00:04:02,174 --> 00:04:03,894 Don't let the triple digits fool you. 70 00:04:04,475 --> 00:04:08,574 You are still dealing with the same classic LSAT logic from ten, 71 00:04:08,694 --> 00:04:09,654 fifteen years ago. 72 00:04:10,454 --> 00:04:12,774 You just need the right map to find the treasure. 73 00:04:13,823 --> 00:04:15,502 So, speaking of the new format... 74 00:04:15,902 --> 00:04:19,902 without the Logic Games, we now have three scored sections... 75 00:04:20,242 --> 00:04:22,562 two Logical Reasoning, one Reading Comp... 76 00:04:23,083 --> 00:04:26,962 plus that lovely, uh, unscored experimental section. 77 00:04:27,503 --> 00:04:32,763 And statistically, since there's only one RC and two LRs scored, 78 00:04:33,302 --> 00:04:34,822 that experimental section is... 79 00:04:35,062 --> 00:04:37,382 what, way more likely to be an LR? 80 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:38,424 Yes. 81 00:04:38,985 --> 00:04:45,404 Mathematically, there is a- a roughly 66% chance that your experimental section will 82 00:04:45,444 --> 00:04:46,605 be Logical Reasoning. 83 00:04:47,204 --> 00:04:52,585 Which means, on test day, you are highly likely to face a grueling psychological 84 00:04:52,644 --> 00:04:55,984 gauntlet of *three* full LR sections. 85 00:04:56,024 --> 00:04:59,664 That is seventy-eight questions of dense, conditional logic, 86 00:05:00,125 --> 00:05:01,604 flaws, and assumptions. 87 00:05:03,076 --> 00:05:07,116 That is a recipe for absolute brain fry. 88 00:05:07,616 --> 00:05:12,596 I mean, by the time you get to that third LR section, your eyes are crossing. 89 00:05:13,217 --> 00:05:15,396 And I know so many students who try to... 90 00:05:15,877 --> 00:05:17,976 like, they try to "game" the system. 91 00:05:18,036 --> 00:05:22,736 They get to the second LR and think, "Oh, this section feels really weirdly worded, 92 00:05:22,837 --> 00:05:26,417 or maybe it's too easy, this must be the experimental one," 93 00:05:26,876 --> 00:05:28,996 and they- they kind of check out mentally. 94 00:05:29,337 --> 00:05:30,616 They ease up on the gas. 95 00:05:31,381 --> 00:05:34,301 Which is a, uh, a catastrophic mistake. 96 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:37,161 It is a statistically terrible gamble. 97 00:05:38,221 --> 00:05:40,502 LSAC is incredibly sophisticated. 98 00:05:41,042 --> 00:05:43,841 They- they don't just put the experimental section at the end. 99 00:05:44,301 --> 00:05:45,741 They mix the section order. 100 00:05:46,121 --> 00:05:47,722 They mix the difficulty. 101 00:05:47,781 --> 00:05:53,341 They will put a brutal, experimental LR section first, or they'll put a incredibly 102 00:05:53,441 --> 00:05:54,861 standard-feeling one third. 103 00:05:55,621 --> 00:06:00,542 If you guess wrong and slack off, you've just tanked your score on a section that 104 00:06:00,661 --> 00:06:01,661 actually counted. 105 00:06:02,357 --> 00:06:05,917 Right, because if you're trying to play detective during the exam, 106 00:06:06,398 --> 00:06:09,377 you're using up valuable cognitive bandwidth. 107 00:06:09,458 --> 00:06:14,077 You're analyzing the test's structure instead of analyzing the argument's logical 108 00:06:14,117 --> 00:06:14,918 gap. 109 00:06:14,958 --> 00:06:16,878 It's a- it's a massive energy leak. 110 00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:18,269 Exactly. 111 00:06:18,769 --> 00:06:23,150 In a deposition, if you're- if you're a litigator, you don't- you don't decide 112 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:27,729 midway through that a certain line of questioning doesn't matter and start coasting. 113 00:06:28,329 --> 00:06:33,189 You treat every single question with the exact same methodical aggression. 114 00:06:33,909 --> 00:06:38,109 You have to bring that exact same depositional mindset to the LSAT. 115 00:06:38,909 --> 00:06:40,529 Every section is scored. 116 00:06:41,010 --> 00:06:41,449 Period. 117 00:06:42,049 --> 00:06:45,170 Until you walk out of that room, you do not guess. 118 00:06:45,229 --> 00:06:46,329 You do not slack. 119 00:06:47,427 --> 00:06:49,086 So how do you prepare for that? 120 00:06:49,127 --> 00:06:51,606 Because three LR sections is... 121 00:06:51,846 --> 00:06:55,786 I mean, the mental stamina required for that is intense. 122 00:06:56,406 --> 00:07:00,286 How do you train for that level of fatigue without just burning out during prep? 123 00:07:00,944 --> 00:07:04,964 You have to, uh, what I call "over-stamina" train. 124 00:07:05,824 --> 00:07:09,885 When you do your practice tests, you don't just do the three scored sections. 125 00:07:10,484 --> 00:07:15,764 You must build in that fourth section every single time, and you should deliberately 126 00:07:15,904 --> 00:07:18,604 structure it to simulate the worst-case scenario. 127 00:07:19,584 --> 00:07:24,264 I have my students do "Option A" where the experimental LR is section one... 128 00:07:24,764 --> 00:07:28,264 so you are already tired before you even hit the scored material... 129 00:07:29,024 --> 00:07:34,044 or "Option B" where it is section three, right when the fatigue is hitting its peak. 130 00:07:34,864 --> 00:07:39,665 You train for the marathon so that the actual test-day sprint feels controlled. 131 00:07:41,459 --> 00:07:46,019 That sounds brutal, but, honestly, it makes so much sense. 132 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:48,019 It's like training with a weighted vest. 133 00:07:48,479 --> 00:07:53,260 If you can handle three LRs with the experimental section placed right where your 134 00:07:53,299 --> 00:07:57,379 brain wants to quit, then test day isn't going to surprise you. 135 00:07:57,420 --> 00:07:59,959 You've already survived the worst version of it. 136 00:08:00,632 --> 00:08:01,372 Exactly. 137 00:08:01,992 --> 00:08:03,992 You- you take the mystery out of it. 138 00:08:04,572 --> 00:08:08,432 When you sit down and see three LR sections, you don't panic. 139 00:08:08,932 --> 00:08:10,772 You just think, "Ah, yes. 140 00:08:11,412 --> 00:08:12,012 Option B. 141 00:08:12,732 --> 00:08:14,152 I've done this ten times already." 142 00:08:14,892 --> 00:08:19,132 You stop trying to outsmart the clock, and you just execute the method. 143 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:20,240 Yeah. 144 00:08:20,579 --> 00:08:24,839 Stop playing detective with the test format and start being a detective with the 145 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:25,699 arguments. 146 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:28,559 Alright, I think that's a perfect place to wrap. 147 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,799 Grab those conversion tables, build that stamina, and stop guessing which sections 148 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:34,219 count. 149 00:08:34,779 --> 00:08:35,359 Thanks, Adrian. 150 00:08:35,965 --> 00:08:36,845 Anytime, Nora. 151 00:08:37,404 --> 00:08:38,024 Talk soon.