A listener asks whether they should include their experience as a professional poker player in their application materials. Ben and Nathan advise that they should. Pursuing something at a professional level demonstrates a meaningful commitment and a proven ability.

Also in this episode:

- A law school with an endless amount of fees

- Whether you should attend an online law program

- When conditional scholarships become predatory

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0:00 William & Mary’s Law School Fees

13:38 Attending an Online Law School

23:06 Predicting Role Questions

33:23 Working as a Professional Gambler

48:20 LSAC Guided Plus Program

1:03:22 Accepting a Conditional Scholarship

1:19:08 Ohio Northern’s Summer Program

1:33:10 Word of the week — effusive

A listener asks whether they should quit their job to focus on LSAT study and law school applications. Ben and Nathan explain that there’s only so much productive studying you can do in a day and recommend keeping the job.

Also in this episode:

- Ben and Nathan poke fun at a New York Times article on homeownership with a clear flaw

- How to break out of a stuck practice test range

- Whether it makes sense to enroll with plans to transfer after 1L

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0:00 Randomly Doing Bad

9:05 New York Times Newsletter Flaw

12:20 Stuck in the Low 160s

21:04 Asking for More Money

37:43 Quitting Job to Study for the LSAT

50:48 Misleading Rankings

1:01:38 Transferring After 1L

1:09:57 Personal Statement Gong Show

1:33:13 Word of the week — ascetic

Nathan and Ben react to WashU offering a new institutional loan to help students cover tuition beyond federal loan limits. They argue that chasing a prestigious name isn't worth it if you have to borrow heavily to get there.

Also in this episode:

- Ben and Nathan roast a poorly written Wall Street Journal headline

- Whether highlighting and note-taking actually helps on the LSAT

- An engineering grad considers switching to law

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0:00 Wall Street Journal Headline

3:29 Extremely Confused

14:34 Loan from WashU

25:27 Highlighting on the LSAT

27:20 Test D Question — Nonprofit Leaders

38:05 Career Change as an Engineer

50:07 A Few More Points on Your GPA

57:26 January Score Hold

1:09:51 Word of the week — suzerain