[blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

[Angie Matney]

Hey Tim,

I only wish I'd done as well on the other parts. (grin)

Angie

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:57:11 +0000, Tim Shaw wrote:


>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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:43:17 -0400, McCarthy, Jim wrote:
>> 
>> >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
>> >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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >-----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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