[blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

[McCarthy, Jim]

I take Craig's point, but  I do think that the logic games or whatever
they are called may actually measure one's ability to apply conditions.
And though I hated those questions and found them difficult as a blind
person not to mention just weird, I think that properly using conditions
may be a valuable thing to do in law school and beyond as a lawyer.  

Now to the real point though, I imagine that regardless what the studies
say about the predictive power of the LSAT, the one thing it possibly
can do is rank candidates.  There is so much variability among the
higher education institutions of this country that grades are probably
somewhat meaningless because we really don't know what kind of effort a
student must put forward to get a particular grade at any particular
institution.  The possible answer to this is to make us all take the
same dull test and compare us that way.  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Craig Borne
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

John,

I agree.  Never in my 3 1/2 years of law school was I asked to calculate
how many green M and Ms would fit in a school locker.

Craig

Craig Borne
Baltimore, Maryland
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
defense of custom."  --Thomas Paine, Common Sense

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of John
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

It has been several years since I had the displeasure of taking the
LSAT, but something I have always pondered about is this fictional
belief that the LSAT score is an accurate predictor of how a student
will do in his first year of law school. I personally believe that it is
not a predictor of anything, much less, how a person will perform in law
school.
I am sure that there a thousand studies supporting and refuting this
claim.
I just find it interesting.
Take care,
John

John A. Ramsey Jr., Esq.

Gainesville, FL 32609

Phone: (352) 505-6642



-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Angie Matney
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:17 PM
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Subject: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores


Here's what UVA's web site says:

What is your policy on multiple LSAT scores?
The ABA requires law schools to report LSAT information using an
admitted students highest score, so that is the score to which we give
the most weight. We evaluate all information submitted as part of the
application for admission, however, including all scores earned on the
LSAT. Studies by the Law School Admission Council suggest that in most
cases the average score is the most accurate predictor of academic
performance in the first year of law school, so we encourage applicants
with a significant difference in LSAT scores to include with their
application any information that may be relevant to the interpretation
of test results, such as illness, testing conditions, or other
circumstances that may have affected LSAT performance. 







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