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Studying for the LSAT / Questions about test day
« on: November 24, 2009, 11:35:34 AM »
Hi Everyone,
I'm just starting to look into law school, and I have some newbie questions about the rules
of the game on test day.
Forgive me if these are already on here, but there doesn't seem to be a search feature here,
and I looked quite a bit online with no success.
Here are my questions:
1)I understand the basic structure of the exam - 5 multiple choice sections with a break between
sections 3 and 4. What I'm wondering is whether they take your answers to each section after
the section ends. If not, can you go back and change your answers to a previous section if you
finish one of the later ones early? Not that I'm planning to have any extra time, because I'm
pretty slow on these things, but just wondering if it's even a possibility.
2)Is the test always administered as a paper test with the Scantron bubble sheets or is it on a
computer.
3)Is it true that you can't use scrap paper? Is just read that here:
[http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/lsat/test.asp].
If that's true, I don't know how they expect you to get through those logic games. I tried a couple
last night, and diagramming them seems like the only way to have any chance of getting through them
in any reasonable amount of time. Do you have a paper copy of the exam that has the questions on it, that
you can write on?
4)I think I read that you have 5 days to cancel your score, and that if you do, the schools get notification that
you took the exam, but they get no score. Two questions on this:
a)How do the schools handle this situation as far as averaging scores? Do they just ignore it. Does it hurt you at
all?
b)What if you have a bad night's sleep, and you know you're not going to do well. If you just don't show up, is it
the same as showing up, submitting, and canceling? I'm guessing it is and the schools still get notification that
you took the exam, just no score.
Thanks,
ptoomey
I'm just starting to look into law school, and I have some newbie questions about the rules
of the game on test day.
Forgive me if these are already on here, but there doesn't seem to be a search feature here,
and I looked quite a bit online with no success.
Here are my questions:
1)I understand the basic structure of the exam - 5 multiple choice sections with a break between
sections 3 and 4. What I'm wondering is whether they take your answers to each section after
the section ends. If not, can you go back and change your answers to a previous section if you
finish one of the later ones early? Not that I'm planning to have any extra time, because I'm
pretty slow on these things, but just wondering if it's even a possibility.
2)Is the test always administered as a paper test with the Scantron bubble sheets or is it on a
computer.
3)Is it true that you can't use scrap paper? Is just read that here:
[http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/lsat/test.asp].
If that's true, I don't know how they expect you to get through those logic games. I tried a couple
last night, and diagramming them seems like the only way to have any chance of getting through them
in any reasonable amount of time. Do you have a paper copy of the exam that has the questions on it, that
you can write on?
4)I think I read that you have 5 days to cancel your score, and that if you do, the schools get notification that
you took the exam, but they get no score. Two questions on this:
a)How do the schools handle this situation as far as averaging scores? Do they just ignore it. Does it hurt you at
all?
b)What if you have a bad night's sleep, and you know you're not going to do well. If you just don't show up, is it
the same as showing up, submitting, and canceling? I'm guessing it is and the schools still get notification that
you took the exam, just no score.
Thanks,
ptoomey