LSAT Unplugged + Law School Admissions Podcast

Steve Schwartz of LSAT Unplugged created this podcast to help you with the LSAT and law school admission process. He started teaching the LSAT after scoring a 152 and gradually working his way up to a 175 (it took over a year!). Please (1) subscribe, (2) rate + review, and (3) email me your questions: podcast@lsatunplugged.com

Did LSAC Screw Up The August 2026 LSAT? They Decide 08/14/2026

Did LSAC Screw Up The August 2026 LSAT? They Decide Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42443235

Watch a Law School Die: 2026-2029 08/12/2026

Watch a Law School Die: 2026-2029 Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/BxeqNsDtpgk1 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/BxeqNsDtpgk 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://swiy.co/BxeqNsDtpgk2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42413835

Failing Law Schools 08/10/2026

Failing Law Schools Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42383670

How Law Schools Design Scholarships You’re Set Up to Lose 08/07/2026

How Law Schools Design Scholarships You’re Set Up to Lose Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42361305

Your Law School’s "93% Employed" Isn’t What You Think 08/06/2026

Your Law School’s "93% Employed" Isn’t What You Think Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/2M3CUa56VXQ I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/2M3CUa56VXQ1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://swiy.co/2M3CUa56VXQ2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42350070

Why Some Law Schools Are About to Beg You to Enroll (2026) 08/05/2026

Why Some Law Schools Are About to Beg You to Enroll (2026) Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/Vqm31LmfVwA I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/Vqm31LmfVwA1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://swiy.co/Vqm31LmfVwA2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42332090

LSAC Changed Its New Law School GPA Rule Again 08/03/2026

LSAC Changed Its New Law School GPA Rule Again Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42306365

LSAC Changed Your Law School Admissions GPA 08/02/2026

LSAC Changed Your Law School Admissions GPA Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42293415

The LSAT Changed and Nobody Told You 08/01/2026

The LSAT Changed and Nobody Told You Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42287700

The Remote LSAT Is Dead (August 2026) 07/31/2026

The Remote LSAT Is Dead (August 2026) Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42282240

LSAC GPA Rules Just Changed 07/30/2026

LSAC GPA Rules Just Changed Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42270300

The 2030 Law School Collapse Has Already Begun 07/29/2026

The 2030 Law School Collapse Has Already Begun Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42259245

LSAC Just Broke LSAT Registration. Here’s the Fix. 07/27/2026

LSAC Just Broke LSAT Registration. Here’s the Fix. Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42234585

The August 2026 LSAT Has a Problem LSAC Won’t Fix 07/26/2026

The August 2026 LSAT Has a Problem LSAC Won’t Fix Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/XPG5kkLdDh0 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/XPG5kkLdDh0-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://swiy.co/XPG5kkLdDh0-2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42219890

Law School Loans Just Got Capped at $50K 07/25/2026

Law School Loans Just Got Capped at $50K Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42214100

These Law Schools Are Quietly Failing 07/23/2026

These Law Schools Are Quietly Failing Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42197455

Why a 170 Isn’t Safe for Law School Anymore 07/22/2026

Why a 170 Isn’t Safe for Law School Anymore Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/wM-LWW_P6DA-2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42187280

165 to 175: The Last 10 Points on the LSAT 07/21/2026

165 to 175: The Last 10 Points on the LSAT Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com A 165 puts you ahead of about 90% of everyone who takes the LSAT, and it’s still not the score that changes your options. The stuff that got you to 165 stops working past a certain point, so this is the exact system top scorers use to find the last 10: the micro audit, the weekly data autopsy, explanation independence, and 3 students who broke through. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Gap: 165 vs 175 01:39 The Micro Audit 06:11 Pattern Drills + the Weekly Data Autopsy 11:59 Whose Explanations Are You Using? 13:46 The Receipts: 3 Student Case Studies 17:38 The Rebuild + Becoming the Operator /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42174945

How to Destroy LSAT Reading Comprehension 07/20/2026

How to Destroy LSAT Reading Comprehension Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com Reading comp is a third of your LSAT score, and most people lose points on it for 1 reason: nobody ever taught them that reading on this test is a different skill than the reading they’ve done their whole life. This is the complete system in 1 video, the reframe, the skeleton method, the 5 question types, the 3 answer traps, the timing fix, and the drill that proves you actually understood the passage. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Reframe: Read Like a Lawyer 04:41 Read Less, Score More 07:41 The Passage Skeleton 11:19 The 5 Question Types 17:35 The 3 Wrong-Answer Traps 21:12 The Timing Fix 25:43 Prove You Actually Understood It /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42157530

Why Smart People Bomb LSAT Logical Reasoning 07/19/2026

Why Smart People Bomb LSAT Logical Reasoning Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-2 Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored LSAT sections, so if you’re blanking on arguments or stuck between two answers that both look right, your score isn’t moving. This is the whole system: the reframe, the 3-step reading method, how to attack the 2 reasoning patterns top scorers hit on sight, the 5 answer traps, the time bank, and the review routine that separates the 150s from the 170s. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Reframe: What LR Actually Tests 05:07 How to Read Any Argument (the 3-step method) 08:54 Attack Causal Reasoning 12:54 Parallel Reasoning (match the skeleton) 17:46 The 5 Wrong-Answer Traps 22:04 Build a Time Bank 23:57 When Your Brain Freezes 27:05 Practice Smarter (the review routine) /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42145410

The 2 Words That Decide Your LSAT Score 07/18/2026

The 2 Words That Decide Your LSAT Score Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com One mix-up between necessary and sufficient assumption questions quietly bleeds Logical Reasoning points, and those 2 words decide more of your score than almost anything else in LR. This settles the difference for good: the definitions, where the points actually are, the planted trap, the negation test run with precision, the sufficient-assumption method step by step, and a 30-minute daily drill. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Two Words That Decide Your Score 00:34 The Mix-Up That Steals Points 05:41 Read the Stem, Then the Definitions 09:40 Strategy: Where the Points Actually Are 17:36 The Planted Trap 20:48 Why the Negation Test Works, and How to Run It 21:41 Negate Like a Lawyer, Not a Pessimist 24:29 Sufficient Assumptions, Step by Step 30:15 Your Instincts Are the Trap 33:22 The 30-Minute Daily Drill /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42139555

Why You’re Stuck in the 150s on the LSAT 07/17/2026

Why You’re Stuck in the 150s on the LSAT Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com More people are stuck in the 150s than anywhere else on the LSAT scale, and almost everyone there is working hard, so your effort was never the problem. Something in your prep is leaking. This is the full escape plan: the 3 traps eating your study hours, the practice system that actually compounds, the move for when you’re down to 2 answers, the wall at 165, and 2 students who ran the plan. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Where Your Hours Actually Go (the 3 traps) 05:20 The System That Compounds 10:22 The 50/50 Trap (down to 2 answers) 16:45 The Wall at 165 (fewer questions, better answers) 20:11 Proof: 2 Students Who Ran the Plan /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42133265

How the LSAT Actually Works 07/16/2026

How the LSAT Actually Works Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com One score decides where you get into law school and how much you pay for it: this is Lesson 1 of the free law school course, on how the LSAT actually works. 00:00 The 2026 money reset: tuition is priced on what you can pay 02:19 Your LSAT score is the lever 04:06 Your score beats your locked GPA 05:41 The format now, plus what changes in August 2026 09:41 The writing sample law schools actually read 15:30 How to study from day 1 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42122090

165 to 175: The Last 10 Points on the LSAT 07/15/2026

165 to 175: The Last 10 Points on the LSAT Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com The stuff that got you to 165 stops working. More practice tests, more hours, more explanations, past a certain level, more makes you worse. This is the complete system top scorers use to find the last 10 points: the micro audit that catches points you’re losing on questions you got right, the weekly autopsy that kills repeat mistakes for good, the review habit that had me write over 1,000 explanations by hand, and 3 students who broke through from exactly where you’re stuck now. I’ve been coaching the LSAT since 2005, and I scored a 175 myself after a year stuck in the low 150s. Chapters: 00:00 The Gap: what separates a 165 from a 175 01:39 The Micro Audit: points you lose on right answers 06:11 Pattern Drills + the Weekly Data Autopsy 11:59 Whose Explanations Are You Using? 13:46 The Receipts: 3 student case studies 17:38 The Rebuild + Becoming the Operator /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42106465

Why You Keep Running Out of Time on the LSAT 07/14/2026

Why You Keep Running Out of Time on the LSAT Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/CJjVgBZiObw I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/CJjVgBZiObw-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/CJjVgBZiObw-2 Running out of time on the LSAT almost never gets fixed by reading faster; this masterclass shows where your 35 minutes actually leak and how to spend them where they score: the reframe, the front-10 time bank, the exact moment to bail on a question, confidence triage, reading comp structure, passage order, and the 4th-section fade. 0:00 You don’t have a timing problem (the reframe) 4:01 Logical reasoning: the front-10 time bank 5:25 When to bail: flag and move 9:05 Triage by confidence, not question number 13:17 Why reading faster lowers your reading comp score 14:32 Reading comp: read for structure 18:39 Pick your passage order 19:17 Beat the 4th-section fade /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42095005

What Law School Actually Costs 07/14/2026

What Law School Actually Costs Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com * The sticker price on a law school website is fiction. Almost nobody pays it, and the people who do are quietly funding everybody who didn’t. Law school isn’t priced on what it’s worth. It’s priced on what you can borrow and what your LSAT score does for a school’s ranking. This is everything on the money side in 1 place: how merit aid actually works, how to read the 509 report before you apply, the conditional-scholarship trap that claws money back after you enroll, what law school really costs once you count the parts nobody adds up, what the job pays on the other side, and which schools to walk away from even with a full ride on the table. A few LSAT points can be the difference between sticker price and a free ride, between 20 years of payments and starting your career debt-free. Treat the test like the highest-paid work you’ll do all year, because it is. Free LSAT cheat sheet: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet CHAPTERS 00:00 The sticker price is fiction 03:08 Read the 509 like an insider 08:21 The conditional scholarship trap 12:02 What law school really costs 14:39 What the job actually pays 16:28 Which schools to walk away from 18:48 The decision framework 21:17 Your LSAT is the scholarship engine 23:53 Free cheat sheet /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42093420

Everything I Teach My Students About LSAT Reading Comp 07/12/2026

Everything I Teach My Students About LSAT Reading Comp Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://unpluggedprep.com/start 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://lsatunplugged.com /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42050860

A Top Law School Just Banned AI 07/12/2026

A Top Law School Just Banned AI Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/me80PdzqDY0 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I’ve been teaching this test since 2005. If you’re prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you’re in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson: https://swiy.co/me80PdzqDY0-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching: https://swiy.co/me80PdzqDY0-2 /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42046650

How to Master the New LSAT Argumentative Essay 07/10/2026

How to Master the New LSAT Argumentative Essay 🚀 Free LSAT Tutoring Lesson — 1-on-1, zero cost. 👉 https://swiy.co/AGdCw5kvi6Q 📘 FREE LSAT Cheat Sheet: Proven strategies to skyrocket your score—instantly! → https://swiy.co/AGdCw5kvi6Q-1 🔔 Subscribe for Daily LSAT Mastery: Ace your LSAT with daily expert tips → https://swiy.co/AGdCw5kvi6Q-2 📚 LSAT Unplugged Courses: Your guaranteed path to a top LSAT score → https://swiy.co/AGdCw5kvi6Q-3 🚀 Crush the LSAT—Guaranteed Results Dreaming of a top law school and zero student debt? I’m Steve Schwartz, and I’ve helped thousands of students just like you achieve 170 LSAT scores and secure full-ride scholarships. My own journey from a 152 to a 175 LSAT score taught me exactly what works—and now, I’m here to show you how. With our unmatched Higher Score Guarantee and proven 170 LSAT Guarantee, LSAT Unplugged will elevate your performance and transform your law school future. Don’t settle for average—click the links above to start mastering the LSAT today! /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42040075

The LSAT Wrong Answer Journal That Adds 10+ Points 07/09/2026

The LSAT Wrong Answer Journal That Adds 10+ Points 🚀 Free LSAT Tutoring Lesson — 1-on-1, zero cost. 👉 https://swiy.co/3dba2c2rILg 📘 FREE LSAT Cheat Sheet: Proven strategies to skyrocket your score—instantly! → https://swiy.co/3dba2c2rILg-1 🔔 Subscribe for Daily LSAT Mastery: Ace your LSAT with daily expert tips → https://swiy.co/3dba2c2rILg-2 📚 LSAT Unplugged Courses: Your guaranteed path to a top LSAT score → https://swiy.co/3dba2c2rILg-3 🚀 Crush the LSAT—Guaranteed Results Dreaming of a top law school and zero student debt? I’m Steve Schwartz, and I’ve helped thousands of students just like you achieve 170 LSAT scores and secure full-ride scholarships. My own journey from a 152 to a 175 LSAT score taught me exactly what works—and now, I’m here to show you how. With our unmatched Higher Score Guarantee and proven 170 LSAT Guarantee, LSAT Unplugged will elevate your performance and transform your law school future. Don’t settle for average—click the links above to start mastering the LSAT today! /episode/index/show/lsatunplugged/id/42028290

LSAT Unplugged + Law School Admissions Podcast

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