[blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

Mon Mar 16 03:57:11 UTC 2009

i as well gdid not find the logic pro blems to b e to bad sin ce I was in GT classes since age 3, gifted and talented that is, where qwe diod such problems since kindergarden on and off. I did not however request as much time as i shouldf  have for thtest so i was rushed in ever section

> From: angie at mpmail.net
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:50:53 -0400
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores
> 
> I guess I'm solidly in the minority: I liked the logic games. In fact, I think I got a perfect score on that section. This might have been due in part to all those years I wasted--er, spent in math grad school. (grin)
> 
> Angie
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> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:43:17 -0400, McCarthy, Jim wrote:
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> >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. 
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> >-----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
> >To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
> >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-----
> >From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >On Behalf Of John
> >Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:10 PM
> >To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
> >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
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> 
> 
> >-----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
> >To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> >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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