1 00:00:19,899 --> 00:00:24,739 So, I was looking at the updated LawHub interface that LSAC is putting out, 2 00:00:25,299 --> 00:00:29,800 and, uh, they have made this massive change to how we interact with the screen. 3 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:35,059 With the new interface, you will be able to highlight content throughout the exam. 4 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,019 And I, I mean, literally anywhere on the screen. 5 00:00:38,459 --> 00:00:44,539 The stimulus, the question stem, and, yes, even the individual answer choices 6 00:00:44,579 --> 00:00:45,279 themselves. 7 00:00:45,902 --> 00:00:47,142 Oh, no. 8 00:00:47,562 --> 00:00:51,302 That, that sounds like an absolute nightmare in disguise. 9 00:00:51,822 --> 00:00:56,562 Honestly, when I was studying, the last thing I wanted was more things to click on. 10 00:00:58,096 --> 00:01:00,796 It is a total psychological trap. 11 00:01:01,476 --> 00:01:04,916 They sell it as this, you know, this user friendly feature, 12 00:01:05,257 --> 00:01:09,996 like, oh, look, now you can highlight the word except in option C, 13 00:01:10,556 --> 00:01:13,517 or underline a conditional trigger in option D. 14 00:01:14,337 --> 00:01:19,936 But what you are actually doing is, is, you are creating massive visual pollution. 15 00:01:20,831 --> 00:01:26,611 Right, because if you highlight a word like always or except in a wrong answer, 16 00:01:27,111 --> 00:01:31,451 you are literally, um, you are gluing your eyes to the trap. 17 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:37,392 You are anchoring your brain to the very nonsense that LSAC designed to mislead you 18 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:38,251 in the first place! 19 00:01:39,171 --> 00:01:42,212 When I was aiming for my score, I, I had this rule. 20 00:01:42,691 --> 00:01:44,871 Keep the screen clean. 21 00:01:45,632 --> 00:01:48,511 By the time you get to section three, if your screen looks like a, 22 00:01:48,731 --> 00:01:51,851 a coloring book, your eyes are just exhausted. 23 00:01:52,527 --> 00:01:53,227 Exactly. 24 00:01:53,887 --> 00:01:55,587 Think about it like a deposition. 25 00:01:56,267 --> 00:02:01,428 If I am questioning a witness, I do not take a, a yellow marker and start color 26 00:02:01,567 --> 00:02:04,467 coding their lies on the transcript while they are speaking. 27 00:02:05,267 --> 00:02:09,887 No, you, you keep your eyes on the core claim, the baseline. 28 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:14,087 You compare everything they say against that single anchor. 29 00:02:14,827 --> 00:02:19,167 For the LSAT, that anchor is the main conclusion of the stimulus. 30 00:02:20,042 --> 00:02:22,962 So, wait, what is the new protocol then? 31 00:02:23,022 --> 00:02:28,423 If we have all these, uh, fancy new tools, how do we actually use them without 32 00:02:28,442 --> 00:02:29,282 hurting our score? 33 00:02:30,046 --> 00:02:31,546 My advice is simple. 34 00:02:32,326 --> 00:02:36,586 Treat the answer choices as strictly, um, read only. 35 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:38,986 Do not touch them with the highlighter. 36 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:44,206 Restrict your highlighting exclusively to the main conclusion in the stimulus. 37 00:02:44,986 --> 00:02:50,246 Find the logical skeleton, mark that, and leave the rest of the screen completely 38 00:02:50,406 --> 00:02:51,026 pristine. 39 00:02:51,732 --> 00:02:56,012 Now, there is another feature they added that is, uh, well, 40 00:02:56,472 --> 00:02:57,892 it is equally dangerous. 41 00:02:58,592 --> 00:03:02,492 They have introduced a new Reset Response feature. 42 00:03:02,552 --> 00:03:07,372 It is a single button that lets you clear your selected answer choice with one 43 00:03:07,472 --> 00:03:07,753 click. 44 00:03:08,486 --> 00:03:10,867 Wait, a button just to unselect? 45 00:03:11,486 --> 00:03:12,326 Why is that bad? 46 00:03:12,966 --> 00:03:15,126 If I change my mind, I want to clear it, right? 47 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,199 It is about friction, or rather, the lack of it. 48 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:24,599 When you make it effortless to clear your answer without instantly committing to a 49 00:03:24,699 --> 00:03:29,339 new one, you, you create this frictionless doubt loop. 50 00:03:30,079 --> 00:03:35,119 You click Reset Response, and suddenly you are sitting in this anxious state of 51 00:03:35,299 --> 00:03:40,420 limbo, staring at five blank bubbles, second guessing your entire life. 52 00:03:41,180 --> 00:03:42,939 It encourages indecision. 53 00:03:43,548 --> 00:03:44,647 Oh, I see. 54 00:03:45,987 --> 00:03:51,447 It is like, instead of active logical progress, you are just, 55 00:03:51,527 --> 00:03:53,947 uh, you are escaping. 56 00:03:55,267 --> 00:03:58,007 My rule was always commit or skip. 57 00:03:58,907 --> 00:04:04,667 If you want to change your answer from B to D, you do not clear B first and drift. 58 00:04:05,347 --> 00:04:10,827 You actively select D because you have a concrete, constructive reason to believe D 59 00:04:10,888 --> 00:04:11,427 is better. 60 00:04:12,387 --> 00:04:17,548 The only time that Reset Response button is actually useful is if you made a blind 61 00:04:17,588 --> 00:04:21,487 guess, say at the end of a section, and you want to clear it so you do not 62 00:04:21,587 --> 00:04:24,307 accidentally miskey during your review process later. 63 00:04:25,046 --> 00:04:27,746 Yes, that is a perfect use case. 64 00:04:28,486 --> 00:04:34,326 Otherwise, it is just a, a security blanket that actually makes you more insecure. 65 00:04:35,146 --> 00:04:39,706 Speaking of the new layout, they also changed the visual question bar. 66 00:04:40,167 --> 00:04:44,007 It now segments the questions by Reading Comprehension passage. 67 00:04:44,427 --> 00:04:47,706 Which, honestly, is a game changer for pacing. 68 00:04:47,766 --> 00:04:51,867 Instead of seeing a giant, overwhelming row of thirty questions, 69 00:04:52,286 --> 00:04:54,226 you see them grouped by passage. 70 00:04:54,882 --> 00:05:00,701 Right, so you can visually track your eight and a half minute limit per passage much 71 00:05:00,741 --> 00:05:01,481 more naturally. 72 00:05:02,081 --> 00:05:05,581 It gives you a macro view of where you are in the section. 73 00:05:06,257 --> 00:05:07,257 Precisely. 74 00:05:07,797 --> 00:05:13,597 So, use that visual grouping to keep your pacing on track, but ignore the cosmetic 75 00:05:13,737 --> 00:05:15,557 highlighting tools on the answer choices. 76 00:05:16,117 --> 00:05:21,258 Keep your process clean, build that stamina, and do not let the new interface play 77 00:05:21,437 --> 00:05:22,357 mind games with you. 78 00:05:23,106 --> 00:05:23,767 Well said. 79 00:05:24,667 --> 00:05:28,826 Alright, let us put the markers down and get back to the logic.