{"podcast":{"title":"LSAT Unplugged + Law School Admissions Podcast","slug":"lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542","podcast_index_feed_id":608542,"rss_url":"https://lsatunplugged.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.unpluggedprep.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/9/8/5/09850bc53914d615d959afa2a1bf1c87/lsatunplugged_podcast_A_clean.png","author":"Steve Schwartz","episode_count":3129,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:20:40.580131+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542"},"episode":{"title":"The 2 Words That Decide Your LSAT Score","slug":"the-2-words-that-decide-your-lsat-score","published_at":"2026-07-18T21:35:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/the-2-words-that-decide-your-lsat-score","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542","url":"https://lsatunplugged.libsyn.com/the-2-words-that-decide-your-lsat-score","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/lsatunplugged/345882878_The_2_Words_That_Decide_Your_LSAT_Score_lsat_blog_lsac_best_lsat_book-2156.mp3?dest-id=1026185","summary":"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","meta_description":"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 si…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2226,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/episodes/the-2-words-that-decide-your-lsat-score/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/the-2-words-that-decide-your-lsat-score.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}