[blindlaw] Additional Medical Factors Related to LSAT Score

[Michal Nowicki]

Aimee,

I don't recommend submitting any medical documentation.  Remember, the law
school application process is very competitive; most schools, especially
top-ranked ones, get many more qualified applicants than they can accept.
Therefore, submitting documentation of a medical disorder could scare the
person reviewing your file and ultimately kill your application.  This does
not mean, however, that informing the school of your sleep apnea is a bad
idea.  Just don't send any medical reports, and, most important, assure the
Admissions Committee that it will not affect your performance in law school
because you are getting treatment.  I hope this helps.

Michal

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee
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Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 1:09 PM
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Cc: Aimee Harwood
Subject: [blindlaw] Additional Medical Factors Related to LSAT Score

Hello everyone.  I have a quick question regarding submitting additional
information that could have had an impact on my LSAT score.  I recently
submitted additional information regarding the accessibility issues that I
had with Kaplan to clarify how much of a disadvantage it was for me during
test preparation.  I submitted this after accepting an offer to be placed on
a wait list at my top pick school.  I indicated that the score does not
appropriately reflect my abilities due to the inaccessible materials.

Now that we have a little of the background out of the way, here is my
question.  I recently did a sleep study and have a diagnosis of sleep apnea.
If you are not familiar with it, the affects on your cognitive abilities is
significant if you are not receiving treatment.  So this also would have had
a negative effect on my score.  Would it have a negative effect on the
admissions process if I were to submit documentation of this disorder and
indicate that I feel my score also could have been lower than desirable due
to this as well?  I submitted my other document regarding the Kaplan course
around June 11th.  What are your thoughts?


Aimee
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