Dave and Jon are here with a third installment of responses to student questions, tackling inquiries covering guessing strategy, budget book buys, test day fatigue and prep burnout remedies, and even admissions concerns over the ever-tricky choice between scholarship offers and ranking prestige. And don’t forget to submit your own questions for the next mailbag episode at lsatpodcast@powerscore.com!

• 0:00 – Intro. Queen and Bowie’s classic “Under Pressure” sets the mood for the scrutinized Reading Comprehension scenarios to come. Meanwhile, Dave drinks a Seabreeze in hopes of an early summer while Jon drinks Casa Azul Tequila and tries to drown his regrets. Jon also describes his extensive travel schedule. The segment ends with a legal discussion of Vanilla’s Ice “borrowing” of the main riff in the song.
• 11:22 – This week in the LSAT world. A recap of the latest LSAC podcast and an update on January registration numbers and applicant trends. Dave explains how he’d start a letter to LSAC’s podcast writers, which begins with, “I know I’m not your favorite person but…”
• 26:44 – Reading Comprehension Skills Tests/Problem Diagnostics. What are these self-assessment “pressure tests” all about and how do you apply them and then use the results? The guys launch into a discussion of these RC tools, each of which has been invented and developed by PowerScore. They are unique to us and you won’t find them anywhere else!
• 35:14 – Broad vs. Detail Reading Test. Let’s find out if you are reading each passage for the right things, and at the right level of big picture vs detailed information.
• 41:42 – Diagramming Test. Let’s find out how good you mark/notate each passage.
• 57:50 – Comprehension Test. Now let’s discover if your short term memory and understanding of each passage is solid.
• 1:01:30 – Speed Test. What happens when we reduce time? Do you crack under the pressure or discover you can move faster and still retain decent accuracy?
• 1:11:30 – Prediction Test. What’s your ability to know what they will ask you about? Are you a true clairvoyant or just another pretender?
• 1:18:01 – Prephrasing Test. Is your prephrasing game strong or lacking? We’ll find out using this test.
• 1:24:04 – Teaching Test. The mother of all these tests, this is the prove-it moment for whether you really understand what you just read.
• 1:32:23 – Outro.