[blindlaw] Different LSAT standards for the blind?

[Steve P. Deeley]

What school are your going for?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Different LSAT standards for the blind?


> Hello Listers,
>
> I'm preparing applications for law school right now and am wondering if
> it would benefit me to write a paragraph or two explaining why my LSAT
> score is not higher. Considering that I received all the accommodations
> I requested and that the test pretty much went according to plan, I fear
> that it might sound more like an excuse rather than a legitimate
> argument to ask them to treat a blind test taker differently. Further
> complicating this is the fact that my LSAT score is not very low, it's
> just a 162. According to my pre-law adviser, though, that's too low to
> get me into a top school. By the way, my GPA and personal statements are
> very good. Would top schools look at my LSAT score in light of the fact
> that I took the test under very non-standard conditions, and judge it
> based on those conditions? Or will they judge my score based on the
> mainstream standard? Would it benefit me to ask them to judge my score
> differently due to my blindness?
>
> best,
> Haben
>
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