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The logic that makes you tick...
ASU Law Admissions Waiving LSAT + GRE
If you're fine with limiting yourself to ASU Law, that could be an option to avoid the LSAT.
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However, there's a big problem with this if you care about scholarship money - they'll know you have few options for law school if you apply without the LSAT (especially so if you apply without LSAT/GRE scores).
A large part of negotiating scholarships is having offers from multiple schools.
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Written in response to the following from ASU Law's website:
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is adapting to the LSAT cancellations by announcing that it will accept applicants who have taken the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) — or no standardized test at all.
Not every LSAT book is a good LSAT book
| When it comes to LSAT prep, there are some genuinely bad books out there. Books that are worse than just not being helpful, but actually a waste of your time. And your time is valuable! After all, the time until Test Day is slowly ticking away and the last thing you need be doing is spending hours reading material that is unnecessarily long, complicated and boring. So…so…boring. That’s not to say these books are completely useless.
You might remember I ended up using mine to elevate my computer to eye level.
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| Now I don’t have to strain my neck so much when I’m doing actual LSAT work. Guess they ended up helping me after all! :) Thinking about reading these monstrosities is stressful, much less cracking one open and trying to actually read it cover-to-cover. Are there good LSAT books out there? Absolutely. In fact, I've written LSAT guides covering the same topics in a tenth of the pages. I’m saving trees over here. I’m not just trying to toot my own horn, because my guides aren't not the only good resources out there. What I’m really trying to say is you need to spend your time prepping wisely. For example, many people find knowing the concepts is good… Getting in the right LSAT mindset is even better. I’m not talking about some wishful-thinking mumbo jumbo. I’m talking about strategies the top test-takers use to get the kind of scores everyone else is chasing. It’s not a magic formula, it’s just: Once you take a look at this, you’ll already be farther along than if you were several hundred pages into a bad LSAT prep book. -Steve, the LSAT Mindset Man
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LSAT-Flex Raw Score Conversion
It won't be perfect, but it'll be close enough to give you a sense.
Another option would be to calculate your overall accuracy % on the 3 sections you complete, then use that as a baseline to approximate your accuracy % out of the total number of questions on a given exam.
(For example, if you answered 60/75 correct, that's 80% accuracy. If you maintained that level of accuracy on a 100-question exam, that would mean your raw score was 80. On the June 2007 LSAT, a raw score of 80 converts to 161.)
Give yourself a margin of error of a couple of points on each end to be safe. If you take the average of your most recent five exams you've done in a relatively short period, that will give you the best indication of where you stand.
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Is LSAT-Flex At-Home Harder Than In-Person?
We can’t say whether testing at home vs in-person at a testing center is better for *every* student. However, I suspect it’s a more pleasant one for many.
Some Potential LSAT-Flex (At-Home) Benefits:
At home, you may have a great internet connection and if you live alone, no one is going to bother you. You're not going to have a proctor walking around and you won’t be in a room full of other test takers making noise, sneezing, and or distracting you in other ways. You also avoid the hassles of booking a testing center and being placed on a waitlist.
Perhaps most importantly, the LSAT-Flex exam is only 3 sections (2 hours) rather than 5, and home is a more comfortable environment for many.
Some Potential LSAT-Flex (At-Home) Drawbacks:
If you live with roommates, family, significant others, kids, or pets, taking it at home may not be so easy.
Perhaps most importantly, if your internet is shaky and slow, or if your computer's old, you might have technical issues.
Overall, most of the students I encounter say at-home and shorter is preferable.
However, one of the biggest concerns is having the right computer and a strong-enough Internet connection. You may have to borrow one, and LSAC is taking that into consideration.
LSAC is committed to equal access. If you have a barrier of some kind that prevents taking the LSAT-Flex at-home in a comfortable environment, reach out to LSAC. They’ll probably give you a loaner device and/or help you take it at a local law school, university, etc. if you need it.
Why LSAC Created LSAT-Flex
The April LSAT was canceled because most of us now have stay-at-home orders. There was no way to administer it in-person at an LSAT testing center. Instead, LSAC has added a new LSAT-Flex administration the week of May 18. (Most will take it May 18 and 19.) It will be an alternative for those who had initially wanted to take the March and April LSAT in North America.
It will be administered online, at home on your computer. It will be different -- three sections, not five. You will have one section of games, one reasoning, and one reading comp back-to-back. They will equate the scores nonetheless. In other words, you will still get a score out of a possible 180 as an equivalent to the traditional five-section exam.
As for scores, LSAC’s site says two weeks for the online LSAT-Flex. They can't get them back much faster because of all the statistics they have to analyze, but they're also working quickly because law schools want those scores before they can evaluate applications.
By the way, most law schools are extending deadlines to wait for the LSAT-Flex. They may extend further if they need more applicants.
Virginia extended the stay-at-home order until June 10. Others, like California, extended it indefinitely. The June LSAT is June 8 and will have to be canceled, as many other states will likely extend to June 10 or beyond, meaning there's likely going to be at least one more LSAT Flex opportunity. If we see second and third waves of COVID-19, as I've been reading, the Flex will be around for a long time.
It may even be that LSAT-Flex will be here to stay as the new normal. It's very hard to go back on technology once you've advanced. Remember, there have been a number of difficulties in administering the LSAT in-person. They had to book the testing centers, hire proctors, get all the tablets in place and make sure they were fully charged. Additionally, students had to travel long distances to take the exam. If they offer the LSAT more frequently online, pulling out some of their old undisclosed test forms, it would have a number of advantages.
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