"Any differences in tests administered in the US and those outside the US? I got another one also about the Asia test? Is there any difference between overseas and North America? I assume there wouldn't be any, but still wanted to ask someone with more expertise just to be sure."
It turns out that there is a difference -- in that it's not the same test form.
If you get a circle game about monkeys, someone in Asia might get a pure sequencing game about clowns - you get yours and they get theirs and there's no overlap.
So the people who are taking the test overseas a month from now, or a week from now, whatever it is, or they're taking the Sabbath observers' tests, it's not as if they're going to get advanced knowledge on the internet from everyone taking it now and everyone taking it on your test date.
So don't worry. Nothing unfair is happening here. The test is exactly the same in nature in that it's meant to be of equal difficulty. They're also going to have one Logic Games section, one Reading Comp section, two Logical Reasoning sections, and the experimental. And they'll also have the 35-minute constraint, and everything else will be pretty much the same.
As a bit of LSAC trivia, the LSAT-India exam is a little bit different in that that's a test administered for law as an undergrad-level degree. Whereas in North America, the LSAT is used for admission to law as a graduate-level degree and program. So for that reason, the LSAT India only has four answer choices per question, whereas everyone else for the regular grad-level LSAT has five answer choices per question.
So if you ever come across LSAT-India practice exams, you might notice that small difference, but that's pretty much it. One reason LSAC doesn't release every test administered is because they want to save some exams, i.e. some test forms, to use for overseas administrations and to use for Sabbath observers, or if something goes wrong due to the weather and they have to delay by a few weeks.
There's no benefit to taking it one location or another. It really just depends ultimately on which is the best test center for you.
I saw one photo where test-takers in India (taking the LSAT-India) they seemed pretty crammed in small desks very close together.
Maybe certain test centers in other big cities could be just as crowded and maybe not the nicest facilities. I've heard reports from students taking the LSAT in places like Beijing and Rome, and I've heard reports that those test centers might not be the nicest.
Do your research. There is an advantage to taking the LSAT when your test center is going to be relatively nicer.
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